Microbial contamination of fuel ethanol fermentations

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Beckner, M ^a   Ivey, M L ^a   Phister, T G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Dekkera bruxellensis; Lactobacilli

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; CONTAMINATION; ETHANOL; LACTIC ACID; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; YEAST;

BIO-ETHANOLS; DEKKERUM BRUXELLENSIS; ETHANOL FERMENTATION; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FERMENTATION SYSTEMS; FUEL ETHANOL FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS; LOSS OF TIME; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION;

FERMENTATION;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; OXYGEN; PH; SURVIVAL; YEAST;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; DEKKERA; DEKKERA BRUXELLENSIS; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEKKERA BRUXELLENSIS; LACTOBACILLUS SP.; SACCHAROMYCES SP.;

EID: 80052615877     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03124.x     Document Type: Article

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