Identification of methanogenic pathways in anaerobic digesters using stable carbon isotopes

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 509-514

  Laukenmann, Stephan ^a   Polag, Daniela ^a   Heuwinkel, Hauke ^b   Greule, Markus ^a   Gronauer, Andreas ^b   Lelieveld, Jos ^a   Keppler, Frank ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzuchtung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; Methane; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CARBON FRACTION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LASER SPECTROMETERS; METHANOGENIC PATHWAYS; REACTION CHAINS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

BIOGAS; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; METHANOL; SODIUM;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; BIOGAS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; METHANE; METHANOL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ABSORPTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; DIGESTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; INOCULATION; MAIZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SPECTROMETER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650243847     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201000074     Document Type: Article

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