PHB production by Methylocystis hirsuta from natural gas in a bubble column and a vertical loop bioreactor

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-56

  Rahnama, Fereshteh ^a   Vasheghani Farahani, Ebrahim ^a   Yazdian, Fatemeh ^b   Shojaosadati, Seyed Abbas ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Biosynthesis; Bubble columns; Methylocystis hirsuta; Optimization; Poly 3 hydroxybutyrate (PHB)

Indexed keywords

AIR RATIO; BUBBLE COLUMN BIOREACTORS; CELL DRY WEIGHT; FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN; KEY PARAMETERS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; METHYLOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; NITROGEN CONTENT; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PHB ACCUMULATION; PHB PRODUCTION; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

METHYLOCYSTIS;

EID: 84860217343     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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