A portable anaerobic microbioreactor reveals optimum growth conditions for the methanogen Methanosaeta concilii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1653-1658

  Steinhaus, Benjamin ^a   Garcia, Marcelo L ^a   Shen, Amy Q ^a   Angenent, Largus T ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; MICROFLUIDICS; PH EFFECTS; SHEAR STRESS;

ANAEROBIC CHAMBER; MICROBIOREACTOR; OPTIMUM GROWTH CONDITIONS;

METHANOGENS;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOREACTOR; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; GROWTH RESPONSE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; SHEAR STRESS;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIOREACTOR; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VELOCITY;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; NITROGEN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

METHANOSAETA CONCILII;

EID: 33947262968     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01827-06     Document Type: Article

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