Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 166, Issue -, Pages 479-484Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.085
Keywords
Biowaste; Wet digestion; Start-up phase; VFA degradation; Population dynamics
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [Ga-546/4-2]
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Volatile fatty acid (VFA) metabolism and population changes during re-start of a wet anaerobic digester for treatment of biowaste suspensions were investigated. Initially acetate and propionate accumulated. However, VFA degradation rates improved within 2 weeks, reaching a balanced metabolism with constantly low VFA concentrations. The total microbial population consisted of 60% acidogenic + acetogenic and 40% methanogenic bacteria. Maximally 5.1% of all bacteria in the digester were propionate-oxidizing bacteria. Pelotomaculum species were dominant, followed by much lower numbers of Smithella species and Syntrophobacter species. Pelotomaculum and Smithella spec. decreased during acetate and propionate accumulation and recovered later on, whereas Syntrophobacter spec. was steadily increasing during start-up. A nearly constant proportion of Methanosaeta spec. was present all time, while Methanosarcina spec. decreased and Methanomicrobiales increased during accumulation and degradation of acetate and propionate. During steady state proportions as in the inoculum were obtained. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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