Determination of methanogenic pathways through carbon isotope (δ13C) analysis for the two-stage anaerobic digestion of high-solids substrates

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4705-4714

  Gehring, Tito ^a   Klang, Johanna ^b   Niedermayr, Andrea ^a   Berzio, Stephan ^a   Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Klocke, Michael ^b   Wichern, Marc ^a   Lübken, Manfred ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); ISOTOPES; LEACHING; LOADING; METHANE; POLLUTION CONTROL; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LEACH BED REACTORS; METHANOGENIC PATHWAYS; ORGANIC LOADING RATES; TWO-STAGE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DELTA C 13; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOFUEL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOGAS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIGESTIBILITY; DOMINANCE; METHANOGENESIS; SUBSTRATE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC FILTER; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOSAETA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; EURYARCHAEOTA; FILTRATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM;

METHANOSAETA;

ACETATES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON ISOTOPES; EURYARCHAEOTA; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FILTRATION; METHANE; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84926444229     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505665z     Document Type: Article

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