Review of sustainable methane mitigation and biopolymer production

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1579-1610

  Karthikeyan, O P ^a   Chidambarampadmavathy, K ^a   Cirés, Samuel ^a   Heimann, Kirsten ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES;

FAST TRACKS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; METHANE MITIGATION; OPTIMIZED PROCESS; PURE CULTURE; REACTOR DESIGNS; RESEARCH NEEDS; STARVED CONDITIONS;

METHANE;

BIOPOLYMER; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; FOSSIL FUEL; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHANE; METHANOTROPHY; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; METHANOTROPH; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PH; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84929643311     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2014.966422     Document Type: Review

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