Anaerobic decomposition of switchgrass by tropical soil-derived feedstock-adapted consortia

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Deangelis, Kristen M ^a,b   Fortney, Julian L ^c   Borglin, Sharon ^c   Silver, Whendee L ^c,d   Simmons, Blake A ^b,e   Hazen, Terry C ^b,c,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULASE; IRON OXIDE; NITRATE; RIBOSOME RNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; RAIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON SOURCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRMICUTES; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SOIL ANALYSIS; ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PANICUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEROIDETES; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENES, RRNA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PANICUM; PHYLOGENY; RAIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFATES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84857875720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00249-11     Document Type: Article

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