Growth of anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria in a high-pressure membrane capsule bioreactor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1286-1296

  Timmers, Peer H A ^a   Gieteling, Jarno ^a   Widjaja Greefkes, H C Aura ^a   Plugge, Caroline M ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a,b   Lens, Piet N L ^c   Meulepas, Roel J W ^a,c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; PORE SIZE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMBIENT PRESSURES; ANAEROBIC METHANE; ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE MEMBRANES; METHANE OXIDATION RATES; METHANE PRODUCTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION;

METHANE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREACTOR; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PRESSURE; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ECKERNFORDE BAY; GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

DESULFUROMONADALES;

METHANE; SULFATE;

ARCHAEON; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; SEDIMENT;

ARCHAEA; BIOREACTORS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 84922022072     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03255-14     Document Type: Article

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