Rescuing ethanol photosynthetic production of cyanobacteria in non-sterilized outdoor cultivations with a bicarbonate-based pH-rising strategy

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhu, Zhi ^a,b   Luan, Guodong ^a   Tan, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Haocui ^a,c   Lu, Xuefeng ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate based Integrated Carbon Capture System; Biocontamination control; Bioethanol; Outdoor cultivation; pH rising strategy; Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOETHANOL; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CONTAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; ETHANOL; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY;

BICARBONATE-BASED INTEGRATED CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEM; CONTROLLING STRATEGIES; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; OUTDOOR CULTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP;

ETHANOL FUELS;

BICARBONATE; BIOFUEL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CULTIVATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ETHANOL; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PANNONIBACTER PHRAGMITETUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 85020167748     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0765-5     Document Type: Article

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