Microbial community structure of a pilot-scale thermophilic anaerobic digester treating poultry litter

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2321-2334

  Smith, Ami M ^a,c   Sharma, Deepak ^a   Lappin Scott, Hilary ^b   Burton, Sara ^c   Huber, David H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methane; Microbial diversity; Poultry waste; Thermophilic digester

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; POULTRY WASTES; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; THERMOPHILIC DIGESTERS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLONING; METHANE; METHANOGENS; RNA; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BIOGAS; METHANE; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; METABOLISM; METHANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POULTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOPHILY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLONE; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FIRMICUTES; METHANOGEN; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLUM; POULTRY; PYROSEQUENCING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIALES; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; FIRMICUTES; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; OTUS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEWAGE;

EID: 84896701310     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5144-y     Document Type: Article

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