Publication details
Microorganisms in an aquifer environment
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | „Power to methane“ technology seems to be a promising approach for converting hydrogen and carbon dioxide to energy-rich methane. One of the ways of conversion is the biological way when methane is formed as the product of methanogenic archaea metabolism. These microorganisms have colonized The Earth 3.5 billion years ago, producing methane in many types of oxygen free environments (marshes, river and lake sediments). Archaea were also isolated from underground gas storage environments. Here, together with bacteria, form a closely related community of anaerobic microorganisms. The composition of this community is influenced by many physical and chemical factors, the geological and hydrogeological nature of the environment. Research the metabolic relationships of the microbiological community in a natural environment helps to understand and subsequently regulate the targeted production of biomethane in these huge natural "bioreactors." |