Biocatalytic reduction of short-chain carboxylic acids into their corresponding alcohols with syngas fermentation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1066-1077

  Perez, Jose M ^a   Richter, Hanno ^a   Loftus, Sarah E ^a   Angenent, Largus T ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Biofuels; Butanol; Carboxydotrophic bacteria; Carboxylate conversion; Ethanol; Hexanol; Proponal; Syngas

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION; BIOMASS YIELD; CARBOXYLATE CONVERSIONS; CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION; CLOSTRIDIUM LJUNGDAHLII; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FERMENTATION PROCESS; HEXANOL; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; METABOLIC ENERGY; N-BUTANOL; PRODUCTION OF; PROPONAL; SHORT-CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SOURCE OF ELECTRONS; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS FERMENTATIONS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOLS; BIOFUELS; BUTENES; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYTOLOGY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROGENATION; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; STOICHIOMETRY;

SYNTHESIS GAS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FERREDOXIN; HEXANOIC ACID; HEXANOL; HYDROGEN; ISOBUTANOL; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; PROPANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; PROTON; VALERIC ACID;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOCATALYST; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; ENERGY BALANCE; FERMENTATION; GAS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; STOICHIOMETRY; WILD TYPE;

ALCOHOLS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; GASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM LJUNGDAHLII; CLOSTRIDIUM RAGSDALEI;

EID: 84874218159     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24786     Document Type: Article

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