Mesophilic syntrophic acetate oxidation during methane formation in biogas reactors

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-261

  Schnürer, Anna ^a   Zellner, Gerhard ^b   Svensson, Bo H ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetate oxidation; Ammonium; Anaerobic digestion; Biogas reactor; Mesophilic; Methanoculleus; Methanogen; Salt; Syntrophic; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; METHANE;

BIOREACTOR; DEGRADATION; GROWTH; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SLUDGE;

METHANOCULLEUS;

EID: 17144466202     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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