Mixed culture syngas fermentation and conversion of carboxylic acids into alcohols

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 337-346

  Liu, Kan ^a   Atiyeh, Hasan K ^a   Stevenson, Bradley S ^b   Tanner, Ralph S ^b   Wilkins, Mark R ^a   Huhnke, Raymond L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop in biofuel; Mixed culture syngas fermentation; N Butanol; N Hexanol; N Propanol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DIESEL FUELS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; PROPIONIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ALKALIBACULUM BACCHI; CLOSTRIDIUM PROPIONICUM; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; HIGHER ENERGY DENSITY; N-BUTANOL; N-HEXANOL; N-PROPANOL; SYNGAS FERMENTATIONS;

SYNTHESIS GAS;

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HEXANOIC ACID; PROPANOL; PROPIONIC ACID;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GAS; ORGANIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION;

ALKALIBACULUM BACCHI STRAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIALES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PROPIONICUM; FERMENTATION; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MIXED CULTURE SYNGAS FERMENTATION; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM PROPIONICUM;

DROP-IN BIOFUEL; MIXED CULTURE SYNGAS FERMENTATION; N-BUTANOL; N-HEXANOL; N-PROPANOL;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLOSTRIDIUM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; PROPIONATES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84889605641     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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