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Role of syntrophic microbial communities in high-rate methanogenic bioreactors
- Stams, Alfons J.M.; Sousa, Diana Z.; Kleerebezem, R.; Plugge, C.M.
- Water Science and Technology, 66(2), 352-362, 2012
Publisher: International Water Association Publishing
Abstract
Anaerobic purification is a cost-effective way to treat high strength industrial wastewater. Through anaerobic treatment of wastewaters energy is conserved as methane, and less sludge is produced. For high-rate methanogenesis compact syntrophic communities of fatty acid-degrading bacteria and methanogenic archaea are essential. Here, we describe the microbiology of syntrophic communities in methanogenic reactor sludges and provide information on which microbiological factors are essential to obtain high volumetric methane production rates. Fatty-acid degrading bacteria have been isolated from ...
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