Microbial diversity and dynamics during methane production from municipal solid waste

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1982-1992

  Bareither, Christopher A ^a,b   Wolfe, Georgia L ^b   McMahon, Katherine D ^b   Benson, Craig H ^c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor landfill; Methane; Methanogen; Municipal solid waste; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR LANDFILL; CELLULOSE AND HEMICELLULOSE; METHANOMICROBIALES (MMB); MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); QUANTITATIVE PCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; CELLULOSE; LEACHATE TREATMENT; METHANATION; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RNA;

METHANOGENS;

METHANE;

ABUNDANCE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CELLULOSE; GAS PRODUCTION; LANDFILL; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDETES; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FIRMICUTES; LANDFILL LEACHATE; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA GENE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOTOGAE; WASTE TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOSARCINACEAE;

BIOREACTOR LANDFILL; METHANE; METHANOGEN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883802422     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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