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acetogenic bacteria
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acetogenic bacteria [‚a·sə·tō¦jen·ik bak′tir·ē·ə]
(biochemistry)
Anaerobic bacteria capable of reducing carbon dioxide to acetic acid or converting sugars into acetate.


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But it will probably be many years before methods of promoting acetogen activity are commercially available.
The front-end fermentation unit scales up production of the naturally occurring bacteria, called an acetogen, which ZeaChem uses in its fermentation process.
He was President of Nutri-Sol Chemical Company, Marine Insulation Company, Corban Industries and Acetogen Gas Company of Florida.
 
 
 
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