C1-carbon sources for chemical and fuel production by microbial gas fermentation

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-72

  Dürre, Peter ^a   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICALS; COAL DEPOSITS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FERMENTATION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; COMMODITY CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); SUSTAINABLE FUELS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

2 OXOBUTYRIC ACID; 2,3 BUTANEDIOL; ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; BOTRYOCOCCENE; BUTANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOL; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; GAS;

ACETOBACTERIUM WOODII; AEROBIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SOURCE; CARBOXYDOTHERMUS HYDROGENOFORMANS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AUTOETHANOGENUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LJUNGDAHLII; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; FOSSIL; GASIFICATION; IDEONELLA; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; METHYLOMIRABILIS OXYFERA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOTROPHA CARBOXIDOVORANS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPOROMUSA OVATA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; BACTERIUM; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; GAS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOFUELS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERMENTATION; GASES;

EID: 84926020090     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2015.03.008     Document Type: Review

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