Electrifying microbes for the production of chemicals

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Tremblay, Pier Luc ^a   Zhang, Tian ^a  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical systems; CO2 reduction; Electricity; Electron transfer mechanisms; Microbial electrosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYST; CLOSTRIDIUM; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ELECTRODE; MICROBIAL ELECTROSYNTHESIS; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84927559065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00201     Document Type: Review

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