Thermodynamic analysis of growth of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-81

  Schill, Natascha A ^a,b   Liu, Jing Song ^a   Von Stockar, Urs ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic growth; Biothermodynamics; Calorimetry; Continuous culture; Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum; Methanogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENTROPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GROWTH KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROBIC METHYLOTROPHES; ANEROBIC GROWTH; BIOTHERMODYNAMICS; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENTROPY RETARDED GROWTH; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOGENESIS; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CALORIMETRY; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENERGY BALANCE; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; THERMODYNAMICS;

METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM;

EID: 0033526869     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990705)64:1<74::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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