Use of a three-stage laboratory model to determine the effects of temperature on individual trophic groups of methanogenic associations isolated from anoxic landfill

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 333-338

  James, A Gordon ^a   Watson Craik, Irene A ^a   Senior, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cellulose degradation; Landfill; Methanogenesis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; ESTERS; LAND FILL; POLLUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANOXIC CATABOLISM; ANOXIC LANDFILL; BUTYRATE; CELLOBIOSE; METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; METHANOGENIC ASSOCIATIONS; VALERATE;

METHANOGENS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE; VALERIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; LABORATORY; LANDFILL; METHANOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030443834     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199612)67:4<333::AID-JCTB584>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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