Syntrophic interactions drive the hydrogen production from glucose at low temperature in microbial electrolysis cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-76

  Lu, Lu ^a   Xing, Defeng ^a   Ren, Nanqi ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Low temperature; Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC); Pyrosequencing; Syntrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; CURRENT PRODUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; GLUCOSE FERMENTATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS; OXIDIZATION; PYROSEQUENCING; SYNTROPHIC INTERACTION;

CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; RNA; TEMPERATURE;

GLUCOSE;

GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; RNA 16S;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUEL CELL; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; LOW TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERMENTATION; GEOBACTER; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SYNTROPHIC INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; COLD TEMPERATURE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN;

EID: 84866152771     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.040     Document Type: Article

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