Methanogenic community change in a full-scale UASB reactor operated at a low F/M ratio

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 903-910

  Kolukirik, M ^a   Ince, O ^a   Ince, B Kasapgil ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol distillery effluents; Archaeal composition; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Specific methanogenic activity; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLUORESCENCE; METHANOGENS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACETOCLASTIC METHANOGENIC CAPACITY; ORGANIC LOADING RATES (OLR); SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY (SMA); UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB);

BIOREACTORS;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISTILLATION; EFFLUENT; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR; UPFLOW REACTOR;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; DNA PRIMERS; FOOD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOSAETA;

EID: 34250193244     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520701366640     Document Type: Article

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