Hydrogen sulfide production from elemental sulfur by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans in an anaerobic bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 569-577

  Escobar, Claudio ^a   Bravo, Loreto ^a   Hernández, José ^a   Herrera, Leandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biofilm; H 2S stripping; H2S(g) production rate; Sulfur availability

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; REACTION RATES; YEAST;

H 2S STRIPPING; H2S(G) PRODUCTION RATE; INITIAL SULFUR DENSITY; SULFUR AVAILABILITY;

SULFUR;

BICARBONATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DISULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICAN; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; SULFUR BACTERIUM; VELOCITY; YEAST;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SULFUR;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 35048838142     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21457     Document Type: Article

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