Microbiology of synthesis gas fermentation for biofuel production

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-206

  Henstra, Anne M ^a   Sipma, Jan ^b   Rinzema, Arjen ^a   Stams, Alfons JM ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GASES; MICROORGANISMS;

CARBOXYDOTROPHIC HYDROGENOGENIC BACTERIA; MESOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS; MULTICARBON COMPOUNDS;

BIOFUELS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOFUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGEN;

BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FERMENTATION; GASIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOPHILE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; GASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249931692     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.03.008     Document Type: Review

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