The source of inoculum plays a defining role in the development of MEC microbial consortia fed with acetic and propionic acid mixtures

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 182-183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-18

  Ruiz, Vianey ^a   Ilhan, Zehra Esra ^b   Kang, Dae Wook ^b   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^b,c   Buitrón, Germán ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Microbial ecology; Microbial electrolysis cells; Pyrosequencing; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ECOLOGY; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXTURES; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL (MECS); MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS; MICROBIAL STRUCTURES; PYROSEQUENCING;

PROPIONIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; HYDROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIRMICUTES; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PROPIONATES;

EID: 84900344318     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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