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Li X, Yang Y, Lu CS, Kobayashi T, Kong Z, Hu Y. Oleate Impacts on Acetoclastic and Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenesis under Mesophilic and Thermophilic Conditions. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:3423. [PMID: 36834117 PMCID: PMC9960261 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study investigated oleate inhibition concentration on mesophilic and thermophilic sludge by utilizing acetate and H2/CO2 (80:20, v/v) as substrate, respectively. In addition, another batch experiment was carried out to explore the influence of oleate loads (mM-oleate/g-VS) on methane production. Generally, the mesophilic anaerobic system was more stable than the thermophilic system, which embodied higher microbial abundance, higher methane yield, and higher oleate tolerance. Furthermore, this study provides a possible methanogenic pathway impacted by oleate under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions according to functional microbial composition. Lastly, this paper provides noticeable and avoidable oleate concentrations and loads under different experimental conditions as a guide for future anaerobic bioreactors of lipidic waste biodegradation.
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- Xiang Li
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
- Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
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Liu Q, Romani M, Wang J, Planer-Friedrich B, Pausch J, Dorodnikov M. Alternating Wet-Dry Cycles Rather than Sulfate Fertilization Control Pathways of Methanogenesis and Methane Turnover in Rice Straw-Amended Paddy Soil. Environ Sci Technol 2021; 55:12075-12083. [PMID: 34409832 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Alternate wet-drying (AWD) and sulfate fertilization have been considered as effective methods for lowering CH4 emissions from paddy soils. However, there is a clear knowledge gap between field studies that focus on the quantification of emissions and laboratory studies that investigate mechanisms. To elucidate mechanisms of CH4 production and oxidation under field conditions, rice was planted in straw-amended mesocosms with or without sulfate fertilization under continuously flooded conditions (FL) or two wet-dry cycles. CO2 and CH4 concentrations in soil air and their natural C isotope compositions were measured at stem elongation, booting, and flowering stages. CH4 concentration reached 51 mg C L-1 at the flowering stage under FL, while it decreased to 0.04 mg C L-1 under AWD. Relative 13C enrichment in CH4 and depletion in CO2 under AWD indicated CH4 oxidation. Ample organic substrate supply may have reduced competition between sulfate-reducing bacteria and methanogenic archaea, and therefore, it explains the absence of a decrease in CH4 concentrations in sulfate treatments. 13C enrichment in CO2 over time (6 and 7‰ with and without sulfate fertilizers, respectively) under FL indicates continuous contribution of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis to CH4 production with ongoing rice growth. Overall, AWD could more efficiently reduce CH4 production than sulfate fertilization in rice straw-amended paddy soils.
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- Qiong Liu
- Agroecology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
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- Ente Nazionale Risi-Rice Research Centre, Castello d'Agogna 27030, Italy
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- Environmental Geochemistry, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Agroecology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95440, Germany
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- Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37077, Germany
- Biogeochemistry of Agroecosystems, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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Yang YH, He H, Mi TZ, Liu YT, Liu JY, Zhang GD, Li MY, Zhen Y. [Community Characteristics of Methanogens and Methanogenic Pathways in Salt-tolerant Rice Soil]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2021; 42:3472-3481. [PMID: 34212674 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202011138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It is known that methanogens play a critical role in the carbon cycle in soil, while methanogen community characteristics and their environmental influencing factors in the soil planted with salt-tolerant rice remain unclear. In this study, methanogen abundance, community composition, and relationships with environmental factors in soils planted with the salt-tolerant rice (YC1703) and ordinary rice (Lindao 10) were evaluated in the rice improvement demonstration base of Qingdao Wisdom Agricultural Industry using real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR and Illumina high-throughput sequencing. The results indicated that the abundance and community richness of methanogens in Lindao 10 soil were significantly higher than those in YC1703 soil, and methanogens in YC1703 soil exhibited higher diversity. The combined effects of rice varieties, rice growth period, and environmental factors had impacts on the methanogen community. The hydrogenotrophic methanogens were dominant in the YC1703 and Lindao 10 soils; thus, we speculated that the dominant pathway of methane production in these soils was hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis.
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- Yu-Hong Yang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.,Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.,College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.,Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.,College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.,College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Qingdao Salt and Alkali Rice Research and Development Center, Qingdao 266041, China
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- Jiutian Wisdom Agricultural Group, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.,Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.,College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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Logroño W, Popp D, Nikolausz M, Kluge P, Harms H, Kleinsteuber S. Microbial Communities in Flexible Biomethanation of Hydrogen Are Functionally Resilient Upon Starvation. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:619632. [PMID: 33643248 PMCID: PMC7904901 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.619632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Ex situ biomethanation allows the conversion of hydrogen produced from surplus electricity to methane. The flexibility of the process was recently demonstrated, yet it is unknown how intermittent hydrogen feeding impacts the functionality of the microbial communities. We investigated the effect of starvation events on the hydrogen consumption and methane production rates (MPRs) of two different methanogenic communities that were fed with hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Both communities showed functional resilience in terms of hydrogen consumption and MPRs upon starvation periods of up to 14 days. The origin of the inoculum, community structure and dominant methanogens were decisive for high gas conversion rates. Thus, pre-screening a well performing inoculum is essential to ensure the efficiency of biomethanation systems operating under flexible gas feeding regimes. Our results suggest that the type of the predominant hydrogenotrophic methanogen (here: Methanobacterium) is important for an efficient process. We also show that flexible biomethanation of hydrogen and carbon dioxide with complex microbiota is possible while avoiding the accumulation of acetate, which is relevant for practical implementation. In our study, the inoculum from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating wastewater from paper industry performed better compared to the inoculum from a plug flow reactor treating cow manure and corn silage. Therefore, the implementation of the power-to-gas concept in wastewater treatment plants of the paper industry, where biocatalytic biomass is readily available, may be a viable option to reduce the carbon footprint of the paper industry.
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- Washington Logroño
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Logroño W, Popp D, Kleinsteuber S, Sträuber H, Harms H, Nikolausz M. Microbial Resource Management for Ex Situ Biomethanation of Hydrogen at Alkaline pH. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8040614. [PMID: 32344539 PMCID: PMC7232305 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8040614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Biomethanation is a promising solution to convert H2 (produced from surplus electricity) and CO2 to CH4 by using hydrogenotrophic methanogens. In ex situ biomethanation with mixed cultures, homoacetogens and methanogens compete for H2/CO2. We enriched a hydrogenotrophic microbiota on CO2 and H2 as sole carbon and energy sources, respectively, to investigate these competing reactions. The microbial community structure and dynamics of bacteria and methanogenic archaea were evaluated through 16S rRNA and mcrA gene amplicon sequencing, respectively. Hydrogenotrophic methanogens and homoacetogens were enriched, as acetate was concomitantly produced alongside CH4. By controlling the media composition, especially changing the reducing agent, the formation of acetate was lowered and grid quality CH4 (≥97%) was obtained. Formate was identified as an intermediate that was produced and consumed during the bioprocess. Stirring intensities ≥ 1000 rpm were detrimental, probably due to shear force stress. The predominating methanogens belonged to the genera Methanobacterium and Methanoculleus. The bacterial community was dominated by Lutispora. The methanogenic community was stable, whereas the bacterial community was more dynamic. Our results suggest that hydrogenotrophic communities can be steered towards the selective production of CH4 from H2/CO2 by adapting the media composition, the reducing agent and the stirring intensity.
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Nagoya M, Kouzuma A, Ueno Y, Watanabe K. Isolation of an Obligate Mixotrophic Methanogen That Represents the Major Population in Thermophilic Fixed-Bed Anaerobic Digesters. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8020217. [PMID: 32041148 PMCID: PMC7074840 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8020217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Methanothermobacter Met2 is a metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) that encodes a putative mixotrophic methanogen constituting the major populations in thermophilic fixed-bed anaerobic digesters. In order to characterize its physiology, the present work isolated an archaeon (strain Met2-1) that represents Met2-type methanogens by using a combination of enrichments under a nitrogen atmosphere, colony formation on solid media and limiting dilution under high partial pressures of hydrogen. Strain Met2-1 utilizes hydrogen and carbon dioxide for methanogenesis, while the growth is observed only when culture media are additionally supplemented with acetate. It does not grow on acetate in the absence of hydrogen. The results demonstrate that Methanothermobacter sp. strain Met2-1 is a novel methanogen that exhibits obligate mixotrophy.
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- Misa Nagoya
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan; (M.N.); (A.K.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan; (M.N.); (A.K.)
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- Kajima Technical Research Institute, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0036, Japan;
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- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan; (M.N.); (A.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-42-676-7079
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Ma H, Yan W, Xiao X, Shi G, Li Y, Sun B, Dou Y, Zhang Y. Ex Situ Culturing Experiments Revealed Psychrophilic Hydrogentrophic Methanogenesis Being the Potential Dominant Methane-Producing Pathway in Subglacial Sediment in Larsemann Hills, Antarctic. Front Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29515536 PMCID: PMC5826372 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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It was recognized only recently that subglacial ecosystems support considerable methanogenic activity, thus significantly contributing the global methane production. However, only limited knowledge is available on the physiological characteristics of this kind of methanogenic community because of the technical constraints associated with sampling and cultivation under corresponding environmental conditions. To elucidate methanogenesis beneath the glacial margin in East Antarctic Ice Sheet, we took an integrated approach that included cultivation of microbes associated with the sediment samples in the lab and analysis of mcrA gene therein. After 7 months of incubation, the highest rate of methanogenesis [398 (pmol/day)/gram] was observed at 1°C on a supply of H2. The rates of methanogenesis were lower on acetate or unamended substrate than on H2. The rates on these two substrates increased when the temperature was raised. Methanomicrobiales predominated before and after prolonged incubation, regardless whether H2, acetate, or unamended substrate were the energy source. Therefore, it was inferred that psychrophilic hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis was the primary methane-producing pathway in the subglacial ecosystem we sampled. These findings highlight the effects of temperature and substrate on potential methanogenesis in the subglacial sediment of this area, and may help us for a better estimation on the Antarctica methane production in a changing climate.
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- Hongmei Ma
- SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China
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- SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China
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- SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China
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- College of Electrical and Power Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Wu J, Cao Z, Hu Y, Wang X, Wang G, Zuo J, Wang K, Qian Y. Microbial Insight into a Pilot-Scale Enhanced Two-Stage High-Solid Anaerobic Digestion System Treating Waste Activated Sludge. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017; 14:ijerph14121483. [PMID: 29189754 PMCID: PMC5750901 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14121483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Revised: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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High solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) is a rapidly developed anaerobic digestion technique for treating municipal sludge, and has been widely used in Europe and Asia. Recently, the enhanced HSAD process with thermal treatment showed its advantages in both methane production and VS reduction. However, the understanding of the microbial community is still poor. This study investigated microbial communities in a pilot enhanced two-stage HSAD system that degraded waste activated sludge at 9% solid content. The system employed process “thermal pre-treatment (TPT) at 70 °C, thermophilic anaerobic digestion (TAD), and mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD)”. Hydrogenotrophic methanogens Methanothermobacter spp. dominated the system with relative abundance up to about 100% in both TAD and MAD. Syntrophic acetate oxidation (SAO) bacteria were discovered in TAD, and they converted acetate into H2 and CO2 to support hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. The microbial composition and conversion route of this system are derived from the high solid content and protein content in raw sludge, as well as the operational conditions. This study could facilitate the understanding of the enhanced HSAD process, and is of academic and industrial importance.
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- Jing Wu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
- China Northwest Architecture Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd., Xi'an 710018, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Cao ZP, Wu J, Zuo JE, Wang XL, Wang C, Wang GQ, Wang KJ, Qian Y. [Microbial Structure of an Enhanced Two-phase High-solid Anaerobic Digestion System Treating Sludge]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2017; 38:2059-2064. [PMID: 29965114 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.201611057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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High-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) of sludge has several advantages like smaller reactor, lower energy consumption and less digestate. However, the understanding about the mechanism especially the microbial mechanism is still limited. In this study, microbial communities of a pilot-scale sludge HSAD system at steady state were investigated with 16S rRNA clone library technology. The system employed an enhanced two-phase anaerobic digestion process, i. e. 'hyperthermophilic acidogenesis (70℃, 3 d)-thermophilic methanogenesis (55℃, 12.5 d)' to treat waste activated sludge with a solid content of about 9%. The volatile solid (VS) removal rate was 35.7% and methane yield (CH4/VSremoved) was 0.648 m3·kg-1. The bacterial compositions of the two phases were significantly different:there were plenty of proteolytic bacteria in hyperthermophilic acidogenesis phase; and the bacteria degrading polysaccharides like cellulose and the bacteria utilizing long-chain fatty acids were found in thermophilic methanogenesis phase; some bacteria degrading simple saccharides existed in both phases. In both phases, the dominant archaea were Methanothermobacter. Especially, 100% of the retrieved archaea in the thermophilic methanogenesis phase belonged to genus Methanothermobacter. This indicated that hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis was the predominant methanogenesis pathway in this system since methane was only detected in the methanogenesis phase.
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- Zhi-Ping Cao
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,China Northwest Architecture Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710018, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Kirk MF, Wilson BH, Marquart KA, Zeglin LH, Vinson DS, Flynn TM. Solute Concentrations Influence Microbial Methanogenesis in Coal-bearing Strata of the Cherokee Basin, USA. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1287. [PMID: 26635755 PMCID: PMC4649258 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Microorganisms have contributed significantly to subsurface energy resources by converting organic matter in hydrocarbon reservoirs into methane, the main component of natural gas. In this study, we consider environmental controls on microbial populations in coal-bearing strata of the Cherokee basin, an unconventional natural gas resource in southeast Kansas, USA. Pennsylvanian-age strata in the basin contain numerous thin (0.4–1.1 m) coalbeds with marginal thermal maturities (0.5–0.7% Ro) that are interbedded with shale and sandstone. We collected gas, water, and microbe samples from 16 commercial coalbed methane wells for geochemical and microbiological analysis. The water samples were Na–Cl type with total dissolved solids (TDS) content ranging from 34.9 to 91.3 g L−1. Gas dryness values [C1/(C2 + C3)] averaged 2640 and carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios of methane differed from those of carbon dioxide and water, respectively, by an average of 65 and 183‰. These values are thought to be consistent with gas that formed primarily by hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. Results from cultivation assays and taxonomic analysis of 16S rRNA genes agree with the geochemical results. Cultivable methanogens were present in every sample tested, methanogen sequences dominate the archaeal community in each sample (avg 91%), and few archaeal sequences (avg 4.2%) were classified within Methanosarcinales, an order of methanogens known to contain methylotrophic methanogens. Although hydrogenotrophs appear dominant, geochemical and microbial analyses both indicate that the proportion of methane generated by acetoclastic methanogens increases with the solute content of formation water, a trend that is contrary to existing conceptual models. Consistent with this trend, beta diversity analyses show that archaeal diversity significantly correlates with formation water solute content. In contrast, bacterial diversity more strongly correlates with location than solute content, possibly as a result of spatial variation in the thermal maturity of the coalbeds.
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- Matthew F Kirk
- Department of Geology, Kansas State University Manhattan KS, USA
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- Department of Geology, Kansas State University Manhattan KS, USA
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- Department of Geology, Kansas State University Manhattan KS, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL, USA
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Xu H, Gong S, Sun Y, Ma H, Zheng M, Wang K. High-rate hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis for biogas upgrading: the role of anaerobic granules. Environ Technol 2015; 36:529-537. [PMID: 25347307 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.979886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis has been proved to be a feasible biological method for biogas upgrading. To improve its performance, the feasibility of typical anaerobic granules as the inoculum was investigated in both batch and continuous experiments. The results from batch experiments showed that glucose-acclimated granules seemed to perform better than granules acclimated to acidified products (AP, i.e. acetate, propionate and ethanol) in in situ biogas upgrading systems and a slightly higher H2 consumption rate (1.5 mmol H2 g VSS(-1) h(-1)) was obtained for glucose-acclimated granules. For AP-acclimated granules, the inhibition on anaerobic digestion and pH increase (up to 9.55±0.16) took place, and the upgrading performance was adversely affected. In contrast, better performance for AP-acclimated granules was observed in ex situ systems, possibly due to their higher hydrogenotrophic methanogenic activities (HMA). Moreover, when gas-liquid mass transfer limitations were alleviated, the upgrading performance was significantly improved (three-fold) for both glucose-acclimated and AP-acclimated granules. The HMA of anaerobic granules could be further enhanced to improve biogas upgrading performance via continuous cultivation with H2/CO2 as the sole substrate. During the three months' cultivation, secondary granulation and microbial population shift were observed, but anaerobic granules still remained intact and their HMA increased from 0.2 to 0.6 g COD g VSS(-1) d(-1). It indicated that the formation of hydrogenotrophic methanogenic granules, a new type of anaerobic granules specialized for high-rate hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis and biogas upgrading, might be possible. Conclusively, anaerobic granules showed great potential for biogas upgrading.
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- Heng Xu
- a State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , Peoples Republic of China
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