Ammonia threshold for inhibition of anaerobic digestion of thin stillage and the importance of organic loading rate

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 180-194

  Moestedt, Jan ^a,b   Müller, Bettina ^b   Westerholm, Maria ^b   Schnürer, Anna ^b  

^a Tekniska verken i Linköping AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; BIOFUEL;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MCRA GENE; METHANOCULLEUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIC LOADING RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THIN STILLAGE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEON; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FERMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BIOFUELS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FERMENTATION; METAGENOMICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84959039003     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12330     Document Type: Article

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