Production of butyric acid by a cellulolytic actinobacterium Thermobifida fusca on cellulose

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-244

  Merklein, Kyle ^a   Fong, Stephen S ^b   Deng, Yu ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Batch processing; Butyric acid; Cellulase; Cellulose; Fermentation

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION; SUBSTRATES;

ACID PRODUCTION; CATALYZED REACTIONS; CELLULASE; DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES; HEMICELLULASES; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; SYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA;

BUTYRIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYL COENZYME A; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; COENZYME A; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MANNOSE; SUCROSE; XYLOSE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA; VELOCITY;

EID: 84903831403     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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