Isolation of natural cultures of anaerobic fungi and indigenously associated methanogens from herbivores and their bioconversion of lignocellulosic materials to methane

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7925-7931

  Jin, Wei ^a   Cheng, Yan Fen ^a   Mao, Sheng Yong ^a   Zhu, Wei Yun ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fungus; Lignocelluloses; Methane; Methanogen

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ANAEROBIC FUNGUS; FIBER DEGRADATION; IN-VITRO; INDUSTRIAL USE; LIGNOCELLULOSES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; METHANE PRODUCTION; RICE STRAWS;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; FUNGI; GENES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIGNIN; METHANE; RNA;

METHANOGENS;

LIGNOCELLULOSE; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELLULOSE; FUNGUS; HERBIVORE; LIGNIN; METHANE; RICE; STRAW;

ANAEROMYCES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HERBIVORE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; MICROSCOPY; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIROMYCES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; EURYARCHAEOTA; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; HERBIVORY; LIGNIN;

ANAEROMYCES; FUNGI; METHANOBREVIBACTER; NEOCALLIMASTIX; PIROMYCES;

EID: 79960845137     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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