Comprehensive characterization of toxicity of fermentative metabolites on microbial growth Mike Himmel

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wilbanks, Brandon ^a   Trinh, Cong T ^a,b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Carboxylic acids; Energy density; Escherichia coli; Esters; Growth inhibition; Hydrophobicity; Partition coefficient; Total surface area; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMOLECULES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHAINS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; HEALTH; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; TOXICITY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ENERGY DENSITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SHORT-CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

METABOLITES;

ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESTER; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION; METABOLITE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SURFACE AREA; TOXICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 85036613889     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0952-4     Document Type: Article

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