title: Frementation of biowaste to H2 by Bacillus licheniformis.
abstract: Completely damaged wheat grains, unfit for human consumption, were fermented to H2 by Bacillus licheniformis strain JK1. Batch-culture fermentation of wheat slurries [6% (w/v) total solids and 5.8% (w/v) organic solids (OS)] evolved 225, 205 and 203 l of biogas-H, a mixture of H2, CO2 and H2S, per kg OS at pH 6, 7 and 8, respectively. H2 constituted 25% to 41% of the total biogas-H evolved. In single-stage continuous culture, H2 generated/kg OS reduced was 70 l at pH 6 and 74 l at pH 7 and 8.
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authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Kalia
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Joshi