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Methanogenic Microorganisms in Industrial Wastewater Anaerobic Treatment

Authors

VÍTĚZOVÁ Monika KOHOUTOVÁ Anna VÍTĚZ Tomáš HANIŠÁKOVÁ Nikola KUSHKEVYCH Ivan

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Processes
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8121546
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr8121546
Keywords wastewater treatment; industrial wastewater; anaerobic reactor; anaerobic digestion; methanogenesis; biogas; microbial community
Description Over the past decades, anaerobic biotechnology is commonly used for treating high-strength wastewaters from different industries. This biotechnology depends on interactions and co-operation between microorganisms in the anaerobic environment where many pollutants’ transformation to energy-rich biogas occurs. Properties of wastewater vary across industries and significantly affect microbiome composition in the anaerobic reactor. Methanogenic archaea play a crucial role during anaerobic wastewater treatment. The most abundant acetoclastic methanogens in the anaerobic reactors for industrial wastewater treatment are Methanosarcina sp. and Methanotrix sp. Hydrogenotrophic representatives of methanogens presented in the anaerobic reactors are characterized by a wide species diversity. Methanoculleus sp., Methanobacterium sp. and Methanospirillum sp. prevailed in this group. This work summarizes the relation of industrial wastewater composition and methanogen microbial communities present in different reactors treating these wastewaters.
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