Production of acetic acid from methanol by thermophilic Methanosarcina sp.: Acetate production as an index in abnormal methane fermentation

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-242

  Yamaguchi, Makoto ^a   Minami, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetic acid formation; Methane producing bacteria; Methanol; Methanosarcina sp.; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; COENZYMES; INORGANIC ACIDS; METHANE; METHANOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BROMOETHANESULFONIC ACID; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

FERMENTATION;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON 13; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA SP.;

EID: 0031723023     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80121-9     Document Type: Article

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