Continuous acetate production through microbial electrosynthesis from CO2 with microbial mixed culture

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 921-927

  Batlle Vilanova, Pau ^a   Puig, Sebastià ^a   Gonzalez Olmos, Rafael ^a,b   Balaguer, Maria Dolors ^a   Colprim, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Institut Químic de Sarrià Universitat Ramon Llull   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocathode; Carbon dioxide valorization; Electroautotrophs; Homoacetogenesis; Valuable compounds

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; FEEDSTOCKS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS; BIOCATHODES; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; ELECTROAUTOTROPHS; HOMOACETOGENESIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGES; SUBSTRATE AVAILABILITIES; VALUABLE COMPOUNDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL ELECTROSYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84960800803     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4657     Document Type: Article

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