ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2015
Inoculum selection influences the biochemical methane potential of agro-industrial substrates.
Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Maximizing bio-methane potential from municipal landfill leachate through ultrasonic pretreatment.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Impact of Operational Factors, Inoculum Origin, and Feedstock Preservation on the Biochemical Methane Potential.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Feedstock thermal pretreatment selectively steers process stability during the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Biodiversity-function relationships in methanogenic communities.Molecular ecology · 2018Article
- Biochemical methane potential of microalgae biomass using different microbial inocula.Biotechnology for biofuels · 2018Article
- The microbial community structure in industrial biogas plants influences the degradation rate of straw and cellulose in batch tests.Biotechnology for biofuels · 2016Article
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Abstract
Obtaining a reliable estimation of the methane potential of organic waste streams in anaerobic digestion, for which a biochemical methane potential (BMP) test is often used, is of high importance. Standardization of this BMP test is required to ensure inter-laboratory repeatability and accuracy of the BMP results. Therefore, guidelines were set out; yet, these do not provide sufficient information concerning origin of and the microbial community in the test inoculum. Here, the specific contribution of the methanogenic community on the BMP test results was evaluated. The biomethane potential of four different substrates (molasses, bio-refinery waste, liquid manure and high-rate activated sludge) was determined by means of four different inocula from full-scale anaerobic digestion plants. A significant effect of the selected inoculum on the BMP result was observed for two out of four substrates. This inoculum effect could be attributed to the abundance of methanogens and a potential inhibiting effect in the inoculum itself, demonstrating the importance of inoculum selection for BMP testing. We recommend the application of granular sludge as an inoculum, because of its higher methanogenic abundance and activity, and protection from bulk solutions, compared with other inocula.
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