Enrichment of acetogenic bacteria in high rate anaerobic reactors under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4261-4269

  Ryan, P ^a   Forbes, C ^a   McHugh, S ^a   O'Reilly, C ^a   Fleming, G T A ^a   Colleran, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acetogens; Anaerobic; Thermophilic; UASB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETOGENS; ANAEROBIC; HYDROGENOTROPHIC METHANOGENS; SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; THERMOPHILIC; THERMOPHILIC CONDITIONS; UASB; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED REACTORS;

SUBSTRATES;

ACETIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PROPIONIC ACID; VANILLIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACETATE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; METHANOGENESIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION GROWTH; PROKARYOTE; SLUDGE; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOPHILY;

ACETOGENIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTES BY METABOLISM; SLUDGE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; GLUCOSE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954217510     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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