Oklahoma State University

The University of Oklahoma

Brigham Young University

Randy S Lewis

Raymond L Huhnke

John Randall Phillips

Hasan K Atiyeh

Ralph S Tanner

Providing a microbial catalyst in a reaction broth, providing an adsorptive solid into the reaction broth, providing a producer gas into the reaction broth, and obtaining a fermentation product from the reaction broth resulting from activity of the microbial catalyst in the presence of the adsorptive solid.

Method improving producer gas fermentation

A novel clostridia bacterial species (, ATCC BAA-622, 'P11') is provided. P11 is capable of synthesizing, from waste gases, products which are useful as biofuel. In particular, P11 can convert CO to ethanol. Thus, this novel bacterium transforms waste gases (e.g. syngas and refinery wastes) into useful products. P11 also catalyzes the production of acetate.

Isolation and characterization of novel clostridial species

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Provo, UT, United States of America

Randy S Lewis