Microbial ethanol production: Experimental study and multivariate evaluation

Forensic Science International

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 189-198

  Boumba, Vassiliki A ^a   Economou, Vangelis ^a   Kourkoumelis, Nikolaos ^a   Gousia, Panagiota ^a   Papadopoulou, Chrissanthy ^a   Vougiouklakis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomarker(s); Ethanol; Fermentation; Higher alcohols; Microbial ethanol production; Multivariate statistics; Post mortem blood; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 2 BUTANOL; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; GLUCOSE; ISOBUTANOL; ISOPENTYL ALCOHOL; PROPANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL ETHANOL PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84856468097     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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