Metabolic engineering in dark fermentative hydrogen production; theory and practice

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 8414-8422

  Abo Hashesh, Mona ^a   Wang, Ruofan ^a,b   Hallenbeck, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Biohydrogen; Hydrogenase; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOHYDROGEN; CURRENT STATUS; DARK FERMENTATION; DARK FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGENASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PRACTICAL PROCESS; PROCESS APPROACH; PRODUCT PRODUCTION; REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; METABOLISM; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

BIOFUEL; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS POWER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; SOLAR POWER; SUBSTRATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY;

DARKNESS; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051675508     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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