Rapid establishment of thermophilic anaerobic microbial community during the one-step startup of thermophilic anaerobic digestion from a mesophilic digester

Water Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-19

  Tian, Zhe ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Li, Yuyou ^b   Chi, Yongzhi ^a   Yang, Min ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Establishment; One step startup; Thermophilic anaerobic digestion; Thermophilic anaerobic microbial community

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; METHANOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ARCHAEAL POPULATION; COMMUNITY IS; ESTABLISHMENT; MESOPHILIC; ONE-STEP STARTUP; START-UP STRATEGY; THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; THERMOPHILIC ANEROBIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; THERMOPHILICS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METHANOCULLEUS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOSARCINA THERMOPHILA; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; DEVICES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; MICROBIOTA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84911407780     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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