What heat is telling us about microbial conversions in nature and technology: From chip- to megacalorimetry

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-284

  Maskow, Thomas ^a   Kemp, Richard ^b   Buchholz, Friederike ^a   Schubert, Torsten ^a   Kiesel, Baerbel ^a   Harms, Hauke ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALORIMETRY; CATABOLISM; HEAT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; RESPIROMETRY; SHORT SURVEY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA; CALORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77953551938     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00121.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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