Enhancing anaerobic syntrophic propionate degradation using modified polyvinyl alcohol gel beads.

Sitthakarn Sitthi, Masashi Hatamoto, Takahiro Watari, Takashi Yamaguchi

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Article in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sitthakarn SitthiDepartment of Energy and Environment Science, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan.

Masashi HatamotoDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan.

Takahiro WatariDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan.

Takashi YamaguchiDepartment of Science Technology Innovation, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan.

Nagaoka University of Technology · JP

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Abstract

Modified polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) beads serve as effective anaerobic microbe immobilization carriers. PVA beads were mixed with different conductive materials, activated carbon, magnetite, and green tuff stone powder. In this study, modified PVA beads were used to investigate the effect of using, promote methane production, and enhance direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) on the anaerobic syntrophic degradation of propionate, which is an essential intermediate process for generating methane in anaerobic digesters. The batch experiment showed that PVA mixed with activated carbon had the highest methane conversion rate of 72%, whereas the rates for control (sludge) was 61%. Moreover, the lag time during the second and third feedings was shorter by 5-fold than for the first feeding when modified PVA beads were added. The syntrophic propionate degrading microorganisms in the modified PVA beads was

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Chemical engineeringConductive materialsDirect interspecies electron transferEnergyEnvironmental chemical engineeringEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental managementEnvironmental pollutionEnvironmental scienceMethane productionPolyvinyl alcohol beadSyntrophic propionate degradation

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PMID33319110

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05665

PMCPMC7725729

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