Biohydrogen Production: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Operation Strategies for Enhanced Yield

Anaerobic Biotechnology for Bioenergy Production: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 189-219

  Khanal, Samir Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark fermentation; Embden Meyerhoff Parnas and Entner Doudoroff pathways; Facultative anaerobes; Formate hydrogen lyase (FHL) complex; Hydrogen producing microbes; Mixed culture environment; Pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889876732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813804545.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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