Methanosarcina spp., the key to relieve the start-up of a thermophilic anaerobic digestion suffering from high acetic acid loads

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 347-354

  Lins, Philipp ^a   Reitschuler, Christoph ^a   Illmer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acetate; Adaptation; Inoculation; Methanosarcina; Start up

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; METHANE; PH;

ACETATE; ADAPTATION; BIO-AUGMENTATION; INOCULATION; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; BIOGAS; METHANE;

ABUNDANCE; ACETIC ACID; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGESTIBILITY; DNA; FERMENTATION; INOCULATION; METHANE; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA CONTENT; FERMENTATION; INOCULATION; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCULLEUS; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES;

ACETATE; ADAPTATION; INOCULATION; METHANOSARCINA; START-UP;

ACETIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA; METHANE; METHANOSARCINA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

EID: 84889581875     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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