Stable acetate production in extreme-thermophilic (70°C) mixed culture fermentation by selective enrichment of hydrogenotrophic methanogens

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Fang ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ding, Jing ^a   Dai, Kun ^b   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^c   Zeng, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ARCHAEON; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; HEAT; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; METHANOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETATES; ARCHAEA; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84902303850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05268     Document Type: Article

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