Electricity from methane by reversing methanogenesis

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  McAnulty, Michael J ^a   Poosarla, Venkata G ^a   Kim, Kyoung Yeol ^a   Jasso Chávez, Ricardo ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a   Wood, Thomas K ^a,c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; METHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FUEL CELL; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SLUDGE; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; SLUDGE;

ARCHAEA; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 85019920438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15419     Document Type: Article

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