The cause of "acid crash" and "acidogenic fermentations" during the batch acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE-) fermentation process

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Maddox, I S ^a   Steiner, E ^a   Hirsch, S ^a   Wessner, S ^a   Gutierrez, N A ^c   Gapes, J R ^b   Schuster, K C ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; SOLVENT;

ACIDITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN;

ACETONE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUTANOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROXY ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 0034003164     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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