How to sustainably feed a microbe: Strategies for biological production of carbon-based commodities with renewable electricity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Butler, Caitlyn S ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Biocommodities; CO2 sequestration; Microbial electrosynthesis; renewable energy storage

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOREACTOR; CATHODE RAY TUBE; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW;

EID: 85006744106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01879     Document Type: Review

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