Potential for direct interspecies electron transfer in an electric-anaerobic system to increase methane production from sludge digestion

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Zhiqiang ^a   Zhang, Yaobin ^a,b   Wang, Liying ^b,c   Quan, Xie ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; SEWAGE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METHANE; SEWAGE;

EID: 84930959088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11094     Document Type: Article

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