Propionate degradation by mesophilic anaerobic sludge: Degradation pathways and effects of other volatile fatty acids

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-391

  Lens, Piet N L ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a   Dijkema, Cor ^b   Colleran, Emer ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acetate; butyrate; isomerisation; propionate; reductive carboxylation

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SLUDGE;

EID: 0029855412     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)89156-2     Document Type: Article

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