Activity and viability of methanogens in anaerobic digestion of unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4239-4245

  Sousa, Diana Z ^a   Salvador, Andreia F ^a   Ramos, Juliana ^a   Guedes, Ana P ^a   Barbosa, Sónia ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a,b   Alves, M Madalena ^a   Pereira, M Alcina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOCLASTIC METHANOGENS; DEGREE OF TOLERANCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; LIVE/DEAD STAINING; LONG-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; LIPIDS; METHANE; PALMITIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

METHANOGENS;

ARCHAEAL DNA; METHANE; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; FATTY ACID; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SURVIVAL;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARCHAEA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; METHANE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLEIC ACID; PALMITATES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI;

EID: 84879816083     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00035-13     Document Type: Article

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