Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry

The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the microbial population of anaerobic sludge digesters during the adaptation to pig slurry (PS) using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and qualitative scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Additionally, the relationship betw...

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Autores principales: Moset, Verónica, Cerisuelo, Alba, Ferrer, Pablo, Jimenez, A., Bertolini, Edson, Cambra-López, María
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Publicado: 2017
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5710
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author Moset, Verónica
Cerisuelo, Alba
Ferrer, Pablo
Jimenez, A.
Bertolini, Edson
Cambra-López, María
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Cambra-López, María
Cerisuelo, Alba
Ferrer, Pablo
Jimenez, A.
Moset, Verónica
author_facet Moset, Verónica
Cerisuelo, Alba
Ferrer, Pablo
Jimenez, A.
Bertolini, Edson
Cambra-López, María
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description The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the microbial population of anaerobic sludge digesters during the adaptation to pig slurry (PS) using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and qualitative scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Additionally, the relationship between microbial parameters and sludge physicochemical composition and methane yield was examined. Results showed that the addition of PS to an unadapted thermophilic anaerobic digester caused an increase in volatile fatty acids (VFA) concentration, a decrease in removal efficiency and CH4 yield. Additionally, increases in total bacteria and total archaea were observed using qPCR. Scanning electron micrographs provided a general overview of the sludge's cell morphology, morphological diversity and degree of organic matter degradation. A change in microbial morphotypes from homogeneous cell morphologies to a higher morphological diversity, similar to that observed in PS, was observed with the addition of PS by SEM. Therefore, the combination of qPCR and SEM allowed expanding the knowledge about the microbial adaptation to animal slurry in thermophilic anaerobic digesters.
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spelling ReDivia57102025-04-25T14:44:39Z Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry Moset, Verónica Cerisuelo, Alba Ferrer, Pablo Jimenez, A. Bertolini, Edson Cambra-López, María The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the microbial population of anaerobic sludge digesters during the adaptation to pig slurry (PS) using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and qualitative scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Additionally, the relationship between microbial parameters and sludge physicochemical composition and methane yield was examined. Results showed that the addition of PS to an unadapted thermophilic anaerobic digester caused an increase in volatile fatty acids (VFA) concentration, a decrease in removal efficiency and CH4 yield. Additionally, increases in total bacteria and total archaea were observed using qPCR. Scanning electron micrographs provided a general overview of the sludge's cell morphology, morphological diversity and degree of organic matter degradation. A change in microbial morphotypes from homogeneous cell morphologies to a higher morphological diversity, similar to that observed in PS, was observed with the addition of PS by SEM. Therefore, the combination of qPCR and SEM allowed expanding the knowledge about the microbial adaptation to animal slurry in thermophilic anaerobic digesters. 2017-06-01T10:12:52Z 2017-06-01T10:12:52Z 2014 MAR 19 2014 article Moset, V., Cerisuelo, A., Ferrer, P., Jimenez, A., Bertolini, E., Cambra-Lopez, M. (2014). Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry. Environmental technology, 35(6), 749-758. 0959-3330 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5710 10.1080/09593330.2013.848940 en openAccess Impreso
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title Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry
title_full Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry
title_fullStr Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry
title_full_unstemmed Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry
title_short Microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry
title_sort microbial examination of anaerobic sludge adaptation to animal slurry
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