Anaerobic CO2 fixation by the acetogenic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3176-3183

  Hu, Peng ^a   Rismani Yazdi, Hamid ^a   Stephanopoulos, Gregory ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetogen; Biofuel; Carbon dioxide fixation; Metabolic engineering; Syngas fermentation

Indexed keywords

ACETOGEN; ACETOGENIC BACTERIA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MICROBIAL PROCESS; SYNGAS FERMENTATIONS;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; CARBON MONOXIDE; MASS TRANSFER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PH; SYNTHESIS GAS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOORELLA THERMOACETICA;

EID: 84881667252     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14127     Document Type: Article

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