Microbial community composition and dynamics in a semi-industrial-scale facility operating under the MixAlco™ bioconversion platform

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 587-596

  Hollister, E B ^a   Hammett, A M ^a   Holtzapple, M T ^b   Gentry, T J ^a   Wilkinson, H H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxylate platform; Lignocellulosic biofuels; MixAlco process; Mixed microbial communities; Tag pyrosequencing; Time series

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CARBOXYLATION; DYNAMICS; FERMENTATION; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

CARBOXYLATE PLATFORMS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LIGNO-CELLULOSICS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOFUEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MIXALCO PROCESS; MIXED MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PYROSEQUENCING; TAG-PYROSEQUENCING; TIMES SERIES;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; LIGNOCELLULOSE; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; BIOREACTOR; CLOSTRIDIA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIA;

EID: 78651097267     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04919.x     Document Type: Article

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