Gaining electricity from in situ oxidation of hydrogen produced by fermentative cellulose degradation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 286-290

  Niessen, J ^a   Schröder, Uwe ^a   Harnisch, F ^a   Scholz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biohydrogen; Cellulose; Clostridium; Hydrogen oxidation; Microbial fuel cells

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXIDATION; POWER GENERATION;

BIO-HYDROGEN; CELLULOSE DEGRADATION; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; HYDROGEN OXIDATION; IN-SITU OXIDATION; MESOPHILIC; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; OXIDATION OF HYDROGEN;

CELLULOSE;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; HYDROGEN; PLATINUM POLY(TETRAFLUOROANILINE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELLULOSE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM;

EID: 24144497132     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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