Hydrogenotrophic methanogens are the key for a successful bioaugmentation to alleviate ammonia inhibition in thermophilic anaerobic digesters.
Ammonia-tolerant consortium
Biogas
Methanoculleus thermophilus
Methanosarcina thermophila
Microbial community
Journal
Bioresource technology
ISSN: 1873-2976
Titre abrégé: Bioresour Technol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9889523
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
25
05
2019
revised:
20
08
2019
accepted:
24
08
2019
pubmed:
7
9
2019
medline:
11
10
2019
entrez:
7
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Bioaugmentation to alleviate ammonia inhibition under thermophilic anaerobic digestion has never been reported, as well as the working mechanism that allows a fast and successful bioaugmentation. Thus two bioaugmentation inocula (an enriched culture, and a mixed culture composed 50/50 by Methanoculleus thermophilus and the enriched culture) on the recovery of ammonia-inhibited thermophilic continuous reactors was assessed. The results showed that bioaugmentation improved methane yield by 11-13% and decreased the volatile fatty acids (VFA) by 45-52% compared to the control reactor (abiotic augmentation). Moreover, the importance of hydrogenotrophic methanogens to a fast and successful bioaugmentation was recognized. Specifically, the instant hydrogen partial pressure reduction by the bioaugmented hydrogenotroph created thermodynamically favourable conditions for the acetate oxidation process and consequently, the catabolism of other VFA. High-throughput sequencing results strengthened this explanation by showing that the bioaugmented M. thermophilus stimulated the growth of syntrophic acetate oxidising bacterium Thermacetogenium phaeum, immediately after bioaugmentation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31491648
pii: S0960-8524(19)31300-8
doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122070
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Ammonia
7664-41-7
Methane
OP0UW79H66
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
122070Informations de copyright
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