Animal digestive strategies versus anaerobic digestion bioprocesses for biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-62

  Bayané, Ali ^a   Guiot, Serge R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Hindgut; Lignocellulose; Rumen fermentation; Termite

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952745553     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-010-9209-4     Document Type: Review

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