Influence of thermophilic aerobic digestion as a sludge pre-treatment and solids retention time ofmesophilic anaerobic digestion on the methane production, sludge digestion and microbial communities in a sequential digestion process

Water Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Jang, Hyun Min ^a   Cho, Hyun Uk ^a   Park, Sang Kyu ^b   Ha, Jeong Hyub ^a,b   Park, Jong Moon ^a,b,c  

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

^b Department of Chemical Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Mesophilic anaerobic digestion; Real time PCR; Thermophilic aerobic digestion; Waste activated sludge

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; METHANE; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROBIC DIGESTIONS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; REAL-TIME PCR; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMER DNA; SEWAGE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTROKINESIS; GAS PRODUCTION; GEL; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ULTUNENSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MESOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM BEIJINGENSE; METHANOGEN; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SOLID RETENTION TIME; THERMOPHILE; THERMOPHILIC AEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMUS; TIME; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOSYNTHESIS; PH; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ULTUNENSE; METHANOBACTERIUM BEIJINGENSE; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; THERMUS; UREIBACILLUS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

EID: 84888434041     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.041     Document Type: Article

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