Robust, high-productivity phototrophic carbon capture at high pH and alkalinity using natural microbial communities

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sharp, Christine E ^a   Urschel, Sydney ^a   Dong, Xiaoli ^a   Brady, Allyson L ^b   Slater, Greg F ^b   Strous, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae biofuel; Biofilm; Microbial ecology; Mixed community; Phormidium kuetzingianum

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROORGANISMS; PH; PRODUCTIVITY; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

ALGAE BIOFUELS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MIXED-COMMUNITY; PHORMIDIUM;

ALKALINITY;

ALGA; ALKALINITY; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH;

ALGAE; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 85019041307     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0769-1     Document Type: Article

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