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Anaerobic thermophilic culture system

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OSTI ID:5572452
A mixed culture system of the newly discovered microorganism thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus atcc31550 and the microorganism clostridium thermocellum atcc31549 is described. In a mixed nutrient culture medium that contains cellulose, these microorganisms have been coupled and cultivated to efficiently ferment cellulose to produce recoverable quantities of ethanol under anaerobic, thermophilic conditions.
Assignee:
Department of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4292406
OSTI ID:
5572452
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English