Medium chain length alkane solvent-cell transfer rates in two-liquid phase, Pseudomonas oleovorans cultures

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-23

  Schmid, Andrew ^a   Sonnleitner, Bernhard ^a   Witholt, Bernard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkane; Carrier solvent; Cell lysis; Mass transfer; Pseudomonas oleovorans; Two liquid phase bioprocess

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; SUBSTRATES;

CELL LYSIS RATE; TWO-LIQUID PHASE BIOPROCESS;

CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPROCESS; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS;

PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

EID: 0032487327     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19981005)60:1<10::AID-BIT2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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