Microbial ecology of the leach bed anaerobic digestion of unsorted municipal solid waste

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 9-16

  Silvey, P ^a   Pullammanappallil, P C ^a   Blackall, L ^a   Nichols, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; DGGE; Leach bed; Methanogenesis; Microbial ecology; PLFA

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS; LEACHING; LIPIDS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; PH EFFECTS; SOLID WASTES;

BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL (BMP); DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW); PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034096029     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0050     Document Type: Article

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