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ArticleMicroorganisms2020

Effect of Inoculum Pretreatment on the Composition of Microbial Communities in Anaerobic Digesters Producing Volatile Fatty Acids.

Lucia Blasco, Minna Kahala, Elina Tampio, Markku Vainio, Satu Ervasti, Saija Rasi

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lucia BlascoNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, Tietotie 4, FI-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.
Minna KahalaNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, Tietotie 4, FI-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.
Elina TampioNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, Tietotie 4, FI-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8080-4492
Markku VainioNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, Tietotie 4, FI-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.
Satu ErvastiNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, Tietotie 4, FI-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.
Saija RasiNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, Tietotie 4, FI-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4007-9783
Natural Resources Institute Finland · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are intermediates in the methane formation pathway of anaerobic digestion and can be produced through the fermentation of organic wastes. VFAs have become an anticipated resource- and cost-effective way to replace fossil resources with higher added value and more versatile fuels and chemicals. However, there are still challenges in the production of targeted compounds from diverse and complex biomasses, such as urban biowastes. In this study, the aim was to modulate the microbial communities through inoculum treatment to enhance the production of green chemicals. Thermal and freeze-thaw treatments were applied to the anaerobic digester inoculum to inhibit the growth of methanogens and to enhance the performance of acidogenic and acetogenic bacteria. VFA fermentation after different inoculum treatments was studied in batch scale using urban biowaste as the substrate and the process performance was assessed with chemical and microbial analyses. Inoculum treatments, especially thermal treatment, were shown to increase VFA yields, which were also correlating with the dynamics of the microbial communities and retention times of the test. There was a strong correlation between VFA production and the relative abundances of the microbial orders Clostridiales (families

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16S rDNA amplicon sequencinganaerobic digestionbiowastemethanogenic archaeamicrobial communitiesvolatile fatty acids

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PMID32316448
PMCPMC7232380
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