Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 217, Issue -, Pages 44-49Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.077
Keywords
Anaerobic digestion; Biogas; pH; DGGE; Microbial community
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Laboratory-scale reactors, in which the pH could be auto-adjusted, were employed to investigate the mesophilic methane fermentation with pig manure (7.8% total solids) at pH 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0. Results showed that the performance of anaerobic digestion was strongly dependent on pH value. Biogas production and methane content at neutral pH 7.0 were significantly higher (16,607 mL, 51.81%) than those at pH 6.0 (6916 mL, 42.9%) and 8.0 (9739 mL, 35.6%). Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting and Shannon's index indicated that the samples contained highly diverse microbial communities. The major genus at pH 7.0 was Methanocorpusculum, compared with that was Methanosarcina at both pH 6.0 and 8.0. Our research revealed that cultures maintained at pH 7.0 could support increased biogas production, which has significant implications for the scale-up biogas engineering. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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