Diversity and activity of enriched ruminal cultures of anaerobic fungi and methanogens grown together on lignocellulose in consecutive batch culture

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 4821-4828

  Cheng, Yan Fen ^a   Edwards, Joan E ^b   Allison, Gordon G ^b   Zhu, Wei Yun ^a   Theodorou, Michael K ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fungi; Consecutive batch culture; Methane; Methanogenic Archaea; Rumen

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FUNGI; BATCH CULTURE; CO-CULTURES; CONSECUTIVE BATCH CULTURE; DIGESTA; END-PRODUCT; END-PRODUCTS; FUNGAL DIVERSITY; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PER UNIT; PLANT FIBRES; RUMEN; TIME PERIODS;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LIGNIN; METHANE; METHANOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; METHANE;

ACETATE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARLEY; COCULTURE; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GAS; GROWTH RATE; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; FORMIC ACIDS; FUNGI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATES; LIGNIN; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RUMEN;

FUNGI; HORDEUM;

EID: 67649220660     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.04.031     Document Type: Article

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