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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2019

Formation of phenylacetic acid and phenylpropionic acid under different overload conditions during mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion.

Andreas Otto Wagner, Eva Maria Prem, Rudolf Markt, Rüdiger Kaufmann, Paul Illmer

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andreas Otto Wagner1Department of Microbiology, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25d, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6009-8498
Eva Maria Prem1Department of Microbiology, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25d, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Rudolf Markt1Department of Microbiology, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25d, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Rüdiger Kaufmann2Department of Ecology, Universität Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15/Technikerstraße 25/5, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Paul Illmer1Department of Microbiology, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25d, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Universität Innsbruck · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 29143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSubstrate spectra for anaerobic digestion have been broadened in the past decade, inter alia, due to the application of different pretreatment strategies and now include materials rich in lignocellulose, protein, and/or fat. The application of these substrates, however, also entails risks regarding the formation of undesired by-products, among which phenolic compounds are known to accumulate under unfavorable digestion conditions.

methodsDifferent states of overload were simulated in batch experiments while reviewing the generation of phenyl acids out of different lab-use substrates in order to evaluate the impact on biogas and methane production as well as some additional process performance parameters under defined laboratory conditions. Investigations were conducted under both mesophilic and thermophilic conditions.

resultsIt could be shown that the tested input materials led to the formation of phenyl acids in a substrate-dependent manner with the formation itself being less temperature driven. Once formed, the formation of phenyl acids turned out to be a reversible process.

conclusionsAlthough a mandatory negative impact of phenyl acids per se on the anaerobic digestion process in general and the methanogenesis process in particular could not be proven, phenyl acids, however, seem to play an important role in the microbial response to overloaded biogas systems.

Indexed as

Anaerobic digestionBiogasMethanePAA, PPAPhenylacetic acidPhenylpropionic acid

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PMID30787959
PMCPMC6368962
OpenAlexW2941760731

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