Biofixation of CO2 on a pilot scale: Scaling of the process for industrial application

Felipe Camerini; Michele da Rosa Andrade Zimmermann de Souza; Michele Greque de Morais; Bruna da Silva Vaz; Etiele Greque de Morais; Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa*

doi:10.5897/AJMR2015.7641

African Journal of
Microbiology Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1996-0808
DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
Start Year: 2007
Published Articles: 5241

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Biofixation of CO2 on a pilot scale: Scaling of the process for industrial application

Felipe Camerini

Felipe Camerini
Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Michele da Rosa Andrade Zimmermann de Souza

Michele da Rosa Andrade Zimmermann de Souza
Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Michele Greque de Morais

Michele Greque de Morais
Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Bruna da Silva Vaz

Bruna da Silva Vaz
Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Etiele Greque de Morais

Etiele Greque de Morais
Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa*

Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa*
Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Food Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Article Number - 8BAC5B458769
Vol.10(21), pp. 768-774 , June 2016
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2015.7641

Received: 23 June 2015
Accepted: 18 February 2016
Published: 07 June 2016

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