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Microbial Ecology of Anaerobic Digesters: The Key Players of Anaerobiosis
Joint Authors
Pervez, Arshid
Ali Shah, Fayyaz
Maroof Shah, Mohammad
Ahmad Asad, Saeed
Mahmood, Qaisar
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-21, 21 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Anaerobic digestion is the method of wastes treatment aimed at a reduction of their hazardous effects on the biosphere.
The mutualistic behavior of various anaerobic microorganisms results in the decomposition of complex organic substances into simple, chemically stabilized compounds, mainly methane and CO2.
The conversions of complex organic compounds to CH4 and CO2 are possible due to the cooperation of four different groups of microorganisms, that is, fermentative, syntrophic, acetogenic, and methanogenic bacteria.
Microbes adopt various pathways to evade from the unfavorable conditions in the anaerobic digester like competition between sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) and methane forming bacteria for the same substrate.
Methanosarcina are able to use both acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic pathways for methane production.
This review highlights the cellulosic microorganisms, structure of cellulose, inoculum to substrate ratio, and source of inoculum and its effect on methanogenesis.
The molecular techniques such as DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) utilized for dynamic changes in microbial communities and FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) that deal with taxonomy and interaction and distribution of tropic groups used are also discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ali Shah, Fayyaz& Mahmood, Qaisar& Maroof Shah, Mohammad& Pervez, Arshid& Ahmad Asad, Saeed. 2014. Microbial Ecology of Anaerobic Digesters: The Key Players of Anaerobiosis. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-21.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ali Shah, Fayyaz…[et al.]. Microbial Ecology of Anaerobic Digesters: The Key Players of Anaerobiosis. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048639
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ali Shah, Fayyaz& Mahmood, Qaisar& Maroof Shah, Mohammad& Pervez, Arshid& Ahmad Asad, Saeed. Microbial Ecology of Anaerobic Digesters: The Key Players of Anaerobiosis. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1048639
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1048639