Temperature and solids retention time control microbial population dynamics and volatile fatty acid production in replicated anaerobic digesters

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Vanwonterghem, Inka ^a   Jensen, Paul D ^a   Rabaey, Korneel ^a,b   Tyson, Gene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; MICROBIOTA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923360250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08496     Document Type: Article

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