Anaerobic digestion of the microalga Spirulina at extreme alkaline conditions: biogas production, metagenome and metatranscriptome

A haloalkaline anaerobic microbial community obtained from soda lake sediments was used to inoculate anaerobic reactors for the production of methane rich biogas. The microalga Spirulina was successfully digested by the haloalkaline microbial consortium at alkaline conditions (pH 10, 2.0 M Na+). Con...

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Main Authors: Vimac eNolla-Ardevol, Marc eStrous, Halina Elisabeth Tegetmeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00597/full