Anaerobic co-digestion changes microbial community and synergistically increases biogas production in municipal digesters

WEFTEC 2012 - 85th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 5360-5378

  Navaratnam, Navaneethan ^a   Topczewski, Peter ^b   Maki, James ^c   Zitomer, Daniel H ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Sewerage District   (United States)

^c Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Co digestion; Microbial community structure; Specific methanogenic activity

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; ELECTROPHORESIS; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION; BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL; CODIGESTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); METHYL-COENZYME M REDUCTASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; SPECIFIC METHANOGENIC ACTIVITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84896736477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2175/193864712811709706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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