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Interactions between Clostridium beijerinckii and Geobacter metallireducens in co-culture fermentation with anthrahydroquinone-2, 6-disulfonate (AH2QDS) for enhanced biohydrogen production from xylose

  1. Xinyu Zhang1,
  2. Xiaofeng Ye1,
  3. Kevin T. Finneran1,2,
  4. Julie L. Zilles1,
  5. Eberhard Morgenroth1,3,4,*

Article first published online: 1 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1002/bit.24627

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Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volume 110, Issue 1, pages 164–172, January 2013

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Zhang, X., Ye, X., Finneran, K. T., Zilles, J. L. and Morgenroth, E. (2013), Interactions between Clostridium beijerinckii and Geobacter metallireducens in co-culture fermentation with anthrahydroquinone-2, 6-disulfonate (AH2QDS) for enhanced biohydrogen production from xylose. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 110: 164–172. doi: 10.1002/bit.24627

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  1. 1

    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

  2. 2

    Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Anderson, South Carolina 29625

  3. 3

    ETH Zurich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland; telephone: +41-44-633-48-30; fax: +41-58-765-5028

  4. 4

    Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Dübendorf, Switzerland

*Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 1 SEP 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 7 AUG 2012 08:22AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 26 JUL 2012
  5. Manuscript Revised: 19 JUL 2012
  6. Manuscript Received: 18 APR 2012

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  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: 0756054

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