Consolidated bioprocessing of AFEX-pretreated corn stover to ethanol and hydrogen in a microbial electrolysis cell

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7875-7881

  Speers, Allison M ^a   Reguera, Gemma ^a  

^a 6190 Biomedical and Physical Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; AMMONIA FIBERS; CELLULOMONAS; CONSOLIDATED BIOPROCESSING; CORN STOVER; ELECTRICAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ELECTRON DONORS; ENERGY RECOVERY; FERMENTATION BYPRODUCTS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY; SULFURREDUCENS; SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BYPRODUCTS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

ALCOHOL; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; CATALYST; CROP RESIDUE; ELECTROKINESIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FUEL CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; HYDROLYSIS; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

AMMONIA FIBER EXPANSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYST; CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOMONAS UDA; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONSOLIDATED BIOPROCESSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ETHANOLOGENESIS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; HYDROLYSIS; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; SCREENING;

AMMONIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CELLULOMONAS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ETHANOL; FUMARATES; GEOBACTER; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE PRODUCTS; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOMONAS UDA; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863948662     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3008497     Document Type: Article

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