Enhancement of biogenic sulfide production in a packed-bed bioreactor via critical inoculum design and carrier material selection

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 855-863

  McMahon, Matthew J L ^a   Daugulis, Andrew J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Consortium; Desulfovibrio desulfuricans; Immobilized; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DRAINAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIO-PROCESSES; BIOREACTOR; CARRIER MATERIALS; CONSORTIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; IMMOBILIZED; PACKED-BED BIOREACTOR; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

SULFATE MINERALS;

INFUSORIAL EARTH; SULFIDE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; FERMENTATION; IMMOBILIZATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PACKED BED REACTOR; VOLUMETRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; MATERIALS TESTING; SULFATES; SULFIDES;

EID: 48449090272     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21827     Document Type: Article

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