Selective microbial electrosynthesis of methane by a pure culture of a marine lithoautotrophic archaeon

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-55

  Beese Vasbender, Pascal F ^a   Grote, Jan Philipp ^a   Garrelfs, Julia ^b   Stratmann, Martin ^a   Mayrhofer, Karl J J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Bioelectrochemistry; Carbon dioxide reduction; Extracellular electron transfer; Methanogenesis; Microbial electrosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; MINERAL;

AUTOTROPHY; BIOENERGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MINERALS;

EID: 84914182434     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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