Form and function of Clostridium thermocellum biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 231-239

  Dumitrache, Alexandru D ^a   Wolfaardt, Gideon ^b,e   Allen, Grant ^a   Liss, Steven N ^c   Lynd, Lee R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RATIO; BACTERIAL ADHERENCE; BIOFILM ACTIVITY; BIOFILM GROWTH; CARBON FLOW; CELL ATTACHMENTS; CELL DIVISIONS; CELL PRODUCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULOLYTIC BACTERIUM; CELLULOSE CONVERSION; CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS; CELLULOSIC SUBSTRATES; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COLONIZATION RATE; CONTINUOUS-FLOW REACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC MATRIXES; HYDROLYSIS RATE; PRIMARY CARBON; SITU FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; SUBSTRATE CONVERSION;

ACETIC ACID; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; LACTIC ACID; OLIGOMERS; PH; SUBSTRATES;

LOADING;

CARBON; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COLONIZATION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CARBON; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM;

EID: 84871906709     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02563-12     Document Type: Article

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