Trace element and temperature effects on microbial communities and links to biogas digester performance at high ammonia levels

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Westerholm, Maria ^a   Müller, Bettina ^a   Isaksson, Simon ^a   Schnürer, Anna ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetogens; fhs; Hydrogen; mcrA; Methanogens; Syntrophic acetate oxidising bacteria; VFA

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; HYDROGEN; METHANE; METHANOGENS; MICROORGANISMS; RNA; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACETOGENS; FHS; LABORATORY SCALE DIGESTERS; MCRA; METHANOGENIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; SYNTROPHIC ACETATE OXIDATIONS; VFA;

PULP DIGESTERS;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; HYDROGEN; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACE ELEMENT;

METHANOCULLEUS BOURGENSIS;

EID: 84959344956     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0328-6     Document Type: Article

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