Improved bioproduction of short-chain fatty acids from waste activated sludge by perennial ryegrass addition

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4576-4584

  Jia, Shuting ^a   Dai, Xiaohu ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Dai, Lingling ^a   Wang, Rongchang ^a   Zhao, Jianfu ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; C N ratio; Short chain fatty acids; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON; CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; LIGNIN; MICROORGANISMS; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUBSTRATES;

16S RRNA GENE CLONE LIBRARIES; C/N RATIO; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS (SCFAS); SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; METHANE; NITROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID; PROTEIN; RNA 16S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CARBON; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; GRASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PH; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSTRIDIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GENE LIBRARY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SPIROCHETE;

BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIA; LOLIUM PERENNE; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 84879020132     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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