Simplifying microbial electrosynthesis reactor design

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Giddings, Cloelle G S ^a   Nevin, Kelly P ^a   Woodward, Trevor ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a   Butler, Caitlyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Bioelectrochemical system; CO2 sequestration; Microbial electrosynthesis; Renewable energy storage; Sporomusa ovata

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACIDAMINOCOCCACEAE; AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; H CELL REACTOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ELECTROSYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTOR EFFICIENCY;

SPOROMUSA OVATA;

EID: 84931262255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00468     Document Type: Article

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