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- J. Kiptoo
- Department of Biological Science, University of Eldoret, PO Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya
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- National Sericulture Research Center (KALRO), PO Box 7816-01000, Thika, Kenya
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- Department of Biological Science, University of Eldoret, PO Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya
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- Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service, PO Box 4910-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, PO Box 58711-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Michigan State University, Department of Horticulture, Plant and Soil Sciences Bldg, 1066 Bogue Street Room A440-D, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Current address: USDA-NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture), Institute of Food Production and Sustainability, Stop 2240, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-2240, USA
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- Cirad UR Hortsys, Montpellier, France
- Icipe – African Insect Science for Food and Health, PO Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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Jacquet S, Garros C, Lombaert E, Walton C, Restrepo J, Allene X, Baldet T, Cetre-Sossah C, Chaskopoulou A, Delecolle JC, Desvars A, Djerbal M, Fall M, Gardes L, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Goffredo M, Gottlieb Y, Gueye Fall A, Kasina M, Labuschagne K, Lhor Y, Lucientes J, Martin T, Mathieu B, Miranda M, Pages N, Pereira da Fonseca I, Ramilo DW, Segard A, Setier-Rio ML, Stachurski F, Tabbabi A, Talla Seck M, Venter G, Zimba M, Balenghien T, Guis H, Chevillon C, Bouyer J, Huber K. Colonization of the Mediterranean basin by the vector biting midge speciesCulicoides imicola: an old story. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:5707-25. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S. Jacquet
- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- CNRS; UMR 5290 Maladies Infectieuses & Vecteurs-Ecologie, Génétique, Ecologie, Contrôle (MIVEGEC); Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
- IRD; UR 224 MIVEGEC; BP 64501, Agropolis 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- INRA; UMR1355; Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; 06903 Sophia Antipolis France
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- Computational and Evolutionary Biology; Faculty of Life Sciences; University of Manchester; Manchester UK
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- Plateforme de recherche CYROI; CRVOI; Sainte Clotilde La Réunion France
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- USDA-ARS European Biological Control Laboratory; 54623 Thessaloniki Greece
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- Medicine Faculty; Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology (IPPTS); EA7292 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology; Umea University; Umea Sweden
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- Regional Veterinary Laboratory of Draa-Ben-Kheda; Tizi-Ouzou Algeria
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- ISRA-LNERV; BP 2057 Dakar Senegal
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- Cirad; UPR AGIRs, RP-PCP; Harare Zimbabwe
- Cirad; UPR AGIRs; Montpellier France
- Department of Biological Sciences, Entomology; University of Zimbabwe; PO Box MP 167 Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G. Caporale’; 64100 Teramo Italy
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine; The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Rehovot Israel
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- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Sericulture; PO Box 7816 Code 01000 Thika Kenya
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- Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases; Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa
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- Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des produits Alimentaires (ONSSA); Rabat Morocco
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- Departamento de Patología Animal; Facultad de Veterinaria; Universidad de Zaragoza; Zaragoza Spain
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- UR Hortsys; Cirad; Montpellier France
- Plant Health Department; ICIPE; Nairobi Kenya
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- Medicine Faculty; Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology (IPPTS); EA7292 67000 Strasbourg France
- EID Méditerranée; 34184 Montpellier France
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- Laboratory of Zoology; University of Balearics (UIB); Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA); UAB-IRTA; Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Spain
- CIRAD; UMR CMAEE; 97170 Petit Bourg Guadeloupe France
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária; CIISA; ULisboa; 1300-477 Lisboa Portugal
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- CNRS; UMR 5175 CEFE; Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
- EPHE Campus CNRS; 1919 route de Mende 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- Lab of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnologies & Biomolecules (LR 11 IPT 06); Pasteur Institute of Tunis; Tunis Tunisia
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- Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases; Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Entomology; University of Zimbabwe; PO Box MP 167 Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CNRS; UMR 5290 Maladies Infectieuses & Vecteurs-Ecologie, Génétique, Ecologie, Contrôle (MIVEGEC); Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
- IRD; UR 224 MIVEGEC; BP 64501, Agropolis 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- ISRA-LNERV; BP 2057 Dakar Senegal
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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Kasina M, Kleyböcker A, Michalik M, Würdemann H. Extremely fast increase in the organic loading rate during the co-digestion of rapeseed oil and sewage sludge in a CSTR--characterization of granules formed due to CaO addition to maintain process stability. Water Sci Technol 2015; 72:1569-1577. [PMID: 26524448 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In a co-digestion system running with rapeseed oil and sewage sludge, an extremely fast increase in the organic loading rate was studied to develop a procedure to allow for flexible and demand-driven energy production. The over-acidification of the digestate was successfully prevented by calcium oxide dosage, which resulted in granule formation. Mineralogical analyses revealed that the granules were composed of insoluble salts of long chain fatty acids and calcium and had a porous structure. Long chain fatty acids and calcium formed the outer cover of granules and offered interfaces on the inside thereby enhancing the growth of biofilms. With granule size and age, the pore size increased and indicated degradation of granular interfaces. A stable biogas production up to the organic loading rate of 10.4 kg volatile solids m(-3) d(-1) was achieved although the hydrogen concentration was not favorable for propionic acid degradation. However, at higher organic loading rates, unbalanced granule formation and degradation were observed. Obviously, the adaption time for biofilm growth was too short to maintain the balance, thereby resulting in a low methane yield.
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- M Kasina
- German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, Section 4.5 Geomicrobiology, Potsdam 14473, Germany E-mail: ; Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-063, Poland
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- German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, Section 4.5 Geomicrobiology, Potsdam 14473, Germany E-mail:
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- Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-063, Poland
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- German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, Section 4.5 Geomicrobiology, Potsdam 14473, Germany E-mail: ; University of Applied Science Merseburg, Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 06217 Merseburg, Germany
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Kleyböcker A, Lienen T, Liebrich M, Kasina M, Kraume M, Würdemann H. Application of an early warning indicator and CaO to maximize the time-space-yield of an completely mixed waste digester using rape seed oil as co-substrate. Waste Manag 2014; 34:661-668. [PMID: 24369843 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In order to increase the organic loading rate (OLR) and hereby the performance of biogas plants an early warning indicator (EWI-VFA/Ca) was applied in a laboratory-scale biogas digester to control process stability and to steer additive dosing. As soon as the EWI-VFA/Ca indicated the change from stable to instable process conditions, calcium oxide was charged as a countermeasure to raise the pH and to bind long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) by formation of aggregates. An interval of eight days between two increases of the OLR, which corresponded to 38% of the hydraulic residence time (HRT), was sufficient for process adaptation. An OLR increase by a factor of three within six weeks was successfully used for biogas production. The OLR was increased to 9.5 kg volatile solids (VS) m(-3) d(-1) with up to 87% of fat. The high loading rates affected neither the microbial community negatively nor the biogas production process. Despite the increase of the organic load to high rates, methane production yielded almost its optimum, amounting to 0.9 m(3)(kg VS)(-1). Beneath several uncharacterized members of the phylum Firmicutes mostly belonging to the family Clostridiaceae, a Syntrophomonas-like organism was identified that is known to live in a syntrophic relationship to methanogenic archaea. Within the methanogenic group, microorganisms affiliated to Methanosarcina, Methanoculleus and Methanobacterium dominated the community.
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- A Kleyböcker
- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Microbial GeoEngineering, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Microbial GeoEngineering, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Microbial GeoEngineering, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Microbial GeoEngineering, 14473 Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Geological Science, Jagiellonian University, 30-063 Krakow, Poland
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- Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Microbial GeoEngineering, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
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Wangai AW, Redinbaugh MG, Kinyua ZM, Miano DW, Leley PK, Kasina M, Mahuku G, Scheets K, Jeffers D. First Report of Maize chlorotic mottle virus and Maize Lethal Necrosis in Kenya. Plant Dis 2012; 96:1582. [PMID: 30727337 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-12-0576-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In September 2011, a high incidence of a new maize (Zea mays L.) disease was reported at lower elevations (1,900 m asl) in the Longisa division of Bomet County, Southern Rift Valley, Kenya. The disease later spread to the Narok South and North and Naivasha Districts. By March 2012, the disease was reported at up to 2,100 m asl. Diseased plants had symptoms characteristic of virus diseases: a chlorotic mottle on leaves, developing from the base of young whorl leaves upward to the leaf tips; mild to severe leaf mottling; and necrosis developing from leaf margins to the mid-rib. Necrosis of young leaves led to a "dead heart" symptom, and plant death. Severely affected plants had small cobs with little or no grain set. Plants frequently died before tasseling. All maize varieties grown in the affected areas had similar symptoms. In these regions, maize is grown continuously throughout the year, with the main planting season starting in November. Maize streak virus was present, but incidence was low (data not shown). Infected plants were distributed throughout affected fields, with heavier infection along field edges. High thrips (Frankliniella williamsi Hood) populations were present in sampled fields, but populations of other potential disease vectors, such as aphids and leafhoppers, were low. Because of the high thrips populations and foliar symptoms, symptomatic plants were tested for the presence of Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) (3) using tissue blot immunoassay (TBIA) (1). Of 17 symptomatic leaf samples from each Bomet and Naivasha, nine from Bomet and all 17 from Naivasha were positive for MCMV. However, the observed symptoms were more severe than commonly associated with MCMV, suggesting the presence of maize lethal necrosis (MLN), a disease that results from maize infection with both MCMV and a potyvirus (4). Therefore, samples were tested for the presence of Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV), which is present in Kenya (2). Twenty-seven samples were positive for SCMV by TBIA, and 23 of 34 samples were infected with both viruses. Virus identities were verified with reverse-transcription (RT)-PCR (Access RT-PCR, Promega) and MCMV or SCMV-specific primers. MCMV primers (2681F: 5'-ATGAGAGCAGTTGGGGAATGCG and 3226R: 5'-CGAATCTACACACACACACTCCAGC) amplified the expected 550-bp product from three leaf samples. Amplicon sequences were identical, and had 95 to 98% identity with MCMV sequences in GenBank. SCMV primers (8679F: 5'-GCAATGTCGAAGAAAATGCG) and 9595R: 5'-GTCTCTCACCAAGAGACTCGCAGC) amplified the expected 900-bp product from four leaf samples. Amplicon sequences had 96 to 98% identity, and were 88 to 96% identical with SCMV sequences in GenBank. To our knowledge, this is the first report of MCMV and of maize coinfection with MCMV and SCMV associated with MLN in Kenya and Africa. MLN is a serious threat to farmers in the affected areas, who are experiencing extensive to complete crop loss. References: (1) P. G. S. Chang et al. J. Virol. Meth. 171:345, 2011. (2) Delgadillo Sanchez et al. Rev. Mex. Fitopat. 5:21, 1987. (3) Jiang et al., Crop Prot. 11:248, 1992. (4) R. Louie, Plant Dis. 64:944, 1980.
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- A W Wangai
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 57811-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 57811-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 57811-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 57811-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 57811-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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Kleyböcker A, Liebrich M, Kasina M, Kraume M, Wittmaier M, Würdemann H. Comparison of different procedures to stabilize biogas formation after process failure in a thermophilic waste digestion system: influence of aggregate formation on process stability. Waste Manag 2012; 32:1122-1130. [PMID: 22405750 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Revised: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Following a process failure in a full-scale biogas reactor, different counter measures were undertaken to stabilize the process of biogas formation, including the reduction of the organic loading rate, the addition of sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and the introduction of calcium oxide (CaO). Corresponding to the results of the process recovery in the full-scale digester, laboratory experiments showed that CaO was more capable of stabilizing the process than NaOH. While both additives were able to raise the pH to a neutral milieu (pH>7.0), the formation of aggregates was observed particularly when CaO was used as the additive. Scanning electron microscopy investigations revealed calcium phosphate compounds in the core of the aggregates. Phosphate seemed to be released by phosphorus-accumulating organisms, when volatile fatty acids accumulated. The calcium, which was charged by the CaO addition, formed insoluble salts with long chain fatty acids, and caused the precipitation of calcium phosphate compounds. These aggregates were surrounded by a white layer of carbon rich organic matter, probably consisting of volatile fatty acids. Thus, during the process recovery with CaO, the decrease in the amount of accumulated acids in the liquid phase was likely enabled by (1) the formation of insoluble calcium salts with long chain fatty acids, (2) the adsorption of volatile fatty acids by the precipitates, (3) the acid uptake by phosphorus-accumulating organisms and (4) the degradation of volatile fatty acids in the aggregates. Furthermore, this mechanism enabled a stable process performance after re-activation of biogas production. In contrast, during the counter measure with NaOH aggregate formation was only minor resulting in a rapid process failure subsequent the increase of the organic loading rate.
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- A Kleyböcker
- Microbial GeoEngineering, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Lerm S, Kleyböcker A, Miethling-Graff R, Alawi M, Kasina M, Liebrich M, Würdemann H. Archaeal community composition affects the function of anaerobic co-digesters in response to organic overload. Waste Manag 2012; 32:389-399. [PMID: 22192420 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 11/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Microbial community diversity in two thermophilic laboratory-scale and three full-scale anaerobic co-digesters was analysed by genetic profiling based on PCR-amplified partial 16S rRNA genes. In parallel operated laboratory reactors a stepwise increase of the organic loading rate (OLR) resulted in a decrease of methane production and an accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs). However, almost threefold different OLRs were necessary to inhibit the gas production in the reactors. During stable reactor performance, no significant differences in the bacterial community structures were detected, except for in the archaeal communities. Sequencing of archaeal PCR products revealed a dominance of the acetoclastic methanogen Methanosarcina thermophila, while hydrogenotrophic methanogens were of minor importance and differed additionally in their abundance between reactors. As a consequence of the perturbation, changes in bacterial and archaeal populations were observed. After organic overload, hydrogenotrophic methanogens (Methanospirillum hungatei and Methanoculleus receptaculi) became more dominant, especially in the reactor attributed by a higher OLR capacity. In addition, aggregates composed of mineral and organic layers formed during organic overload and indicated tight spatial relationships between minerals and microbial processes that may support de-acidification processes in over-acidified sludge. Comparative analyses of mesophilic stationary phase full-scale reactors additionally indicated a correlation between the diversity of methanogens and the VFA concentration combined with the methane yield. This study demonstrates that the coexistence of two types of methanogens, i.e. hydrogenotrophic and acetoclastic methanogens is necessary to respond successfully to perturbation and leads to stable process performance.
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- S Lerm
- International Centre for Geothermal Research (ICGR), GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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