Electro-Fermentation – Merging Electrochemistry with Fermentation in Industrial Applications

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 866-878

  Schievano, Andrea ^a   Pepé Sciarria, Tommy ^a   Vanbroekhoven, Karolien ^b   De Wever, Heleen ^b   Puig, Sebastià ^c   Andersen, Stephen J ^d   Rabaey, Korneel ^d   Pant, Deepak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biorefinery; electro fermentation; extracellular electron transfer; industrial fermentation; microbial electrochemical technologies

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; REFINING;

BIOREFINERIES; CARBON EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM;

FERMENTATION;

BIOMASS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BIOREACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BIOREACTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84965177018     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.04.007     Document Type: Review

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