Published in

American Society for Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 8(75), p. 2566-2572, 2009

DOI: 10.1128/aem.02260-08

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Effect of Biowaste Sludge Maturation on the Diversity of Thermophilic Bacteria and Archaea in an Anaerobic Reactor

Journal article published in 2009 by M. Goberna, H. Insam ORCID, I. H. Franke-Whittle
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Upload
Green circle
Postprint: archiving allowed
Upload
Orange circle
Published version: archiving restricted
Upload
Policy details
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

ABSTRACT Prokaryotic diversity was investigated near the inlet and outlet of a plug-flow reactor. After analyzing 800 clones, 50 bacterial and 3 archaeal phylogenetic groups were defined. Clostridia (>92%) dominated among bacteria and Methanoculleus (>90%) among archaea. Significant changes in pH and volatile fatty acids did not invoke a major shift in the phylogenetic groups. We suggest that the environmental filter imposed by the saline conditions (20 g liter −1 ) selected a stable community of halotolerant and halophilic prokaryotes.