Microbial community structure in a thermophilic aerobic digester used as a sludge pretreatment process for the mesophilic anaerobic digestion and the enhancement of methane production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 145, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-89

  Jang, Hyun Min ^a   Park, Sang Kyu ^a   Ha, Jeong Hyub ^a   Park, Jong Moon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD); Methane production; Real time PCR; Thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; METHANE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AEROBIC DIGESTIONS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; METHANE PRODUCTION; REAL-TIME PCR;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; GAS PRODUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THERMOPHILIC AEROBIC DIGESTION; UREIBACILLUS THERMOPHILES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINALES; THERMUS; UREIBACILLUS;

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION (MAD); METHANE PRODUCTION; REAL-TIME PCR; THERMOPHILIC AEROBIC DIGESTION (TAD);

BACILLALES; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84883463902     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.094     Document Type: Article

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