Continuous methane fermentation and the production of vitamin B 12 in a fixed-bed reactor packed with loofah

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-290

  Yang, Yingnan ^a   Zhang, Zhenya ^b   Lu, Jun ^b   Maekawa, Takaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimated methanogens; CO2 fixation; Continuous feed; Fixed bed; Methane fermentation; Vitamin B12 production

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; FERMENTATION; HYDRAULICS; METHANE; PH;

BIO REACTION;

VITAMINS;

BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; METHANOGENESIS; VITAMIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; FIXED BED REACTOR; GAS; LIQUID CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0842281605     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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