The use of the carbon/nitrogen ratio and specific organic loading rate as tools for improving biohydrogen production in fixed-bed reactors

Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-54

  Del Pilar Anzola Rojas, Mélida ^a   Da Fonseca, Samantha Gonçalves ^b   Da Silva, Cynthia Canedo ^b   De Oliveira, Valeria Maia ^b   Zaiat, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen ratio; Fermentation process; Hydrogen producing microbial consortium; Natural inoculum; Specific organic loading rate

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; HYDROGEN; SUCROSE; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; DNA EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION; FIXED BED REACTOR; FLOW RATE; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POROSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; RUMINOCOCCACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84926337039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2215017X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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