Thermophilic sulphate and sulphite reduction in lab-scale gas-lift reactors using H2 and CO2 as energy and carbon source

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 807-814

  Van Houten, Renze T ^a,b   Yun, Shang Yu ^c   Lettinga, Gatze ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biofilm; Gas lift reactor; Immobilization; Sulphate reduction; Sulphite reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; REDUCTION;

GAS LIFT REACTORS; SULPHATES; SULPHITES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; MINERAL; SULFATE; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; ENERGY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REACTOR;

EID: 0343765717     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970905)55:5<807::AID-BIT11>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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