Biofilm reactors for industrial bioconversion process: Employing potential of enhanced reaction rates

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Qureshi, Nasib ^a   Annous, Bassam A ^b   Ezeji, Thaddeus C ^c   Karcher, Patrick ^c   Maddox, Ian S ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADSORBENT; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; FUMARIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERMENTATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; INDUSTRY; REVIEW; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 26944453668     PISSN: 14752859     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-4-24     Document Type: Review

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