Archaea and Bacteria Acclimate to High Total Ammonia in a Methanogenic Reactor Treating Swine Waste

Inhibition by ammonium at concentrations above 1000 mgN/L is known to harm the methanogenesis phase of anaerobic digestion. We anaerobically digested swine waste and achieved steady state COD-removal efficiency of around 52% with no fatty-acid or H2 accumulation. As the anaerobic microbial community...

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Main Authors: Sofia Esquivel-Elizondo, Prathap Parameswaran, Anca G. Delgado, Juan Maldonado, Bruce E. Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Archaea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4089684