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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Pierre Belaich, Marseilles, FR;
Marie-Laure Fardeau, Pennes Mirabeau, FR;
Jean-Paul Peillex, Montpellier, FR;
Andre Pavia, Montpellier, FR;
Assignee:
Gaz De France, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435167 ; 435170 ; 435822 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a high-yield methane production process, comprising cultivating on a culture medium containing a source of nitrogen and assimilable salts, the methanogenic bacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum or any other methanogenic bacterium having the same physiological growth properties, with a forced supply of gaseous H.sub.2 /CO.sub.2 mixture.