Elimination of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in fungal biofilters: Reducing start-up time using different carbon sources

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 758-765

  Vergara Fernández, Alberto ^a,b   Hernández, Sergio ^a   Revah, Sergio ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE PROCESOS Y TECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofilter start up; Biofiltration; Fungal biofilter; Fusarium solani; N hexane

Indexed keywords

1-HEXANOL; BACTERIAL SYSTEMS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBON SOURCE; CONSUMPTION RATES; CRITICAL LOAD; ELIMINATION CAPACITY; FUNGAL BIOFILTER; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC VOCS; HYPHAL GROWTH; N-HEXANE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RESIDENCE TIME; SLOW GROWTH; START-UPS; STARTUP TIME; TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS; WHEAT BRAN;

ASSOCIATED GAS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; FUNGI; GLYCEROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEXANE;

CARBON; GLYCEROL; HEXANE; HEXANOL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELIMINATION REACTION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; WHEAT BRAN;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; DIETARY FIBER; FUNGI; GLYCEROL; HEXANES; HEXANOLS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79952586179     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23003     Document Type: Article

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