Influence of acidic pH on hydrogen and acetate production by an electrosynthetic microbiome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  LaBelle, Edward V ^a   Marshall, Christopher W ^b   Gilbert, Jack A ^b,c,d,e   May, Harold D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENSITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSYNTHETIC MICROBIOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY ELECTRON DONOR; PH MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; MICROFLORA;

ACETATES; ACETOBACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84908021230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109935     Document Type: Article

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