Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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680644 | Bioresource Technology | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Various marine sediments were evaluated as promising microbial sources for methane fermentation of Saccharina japonica, a brown alga, at seawater salinity. All marine sediments tested produced mainly acetate among volatile fatty acids. One marine sediment completely converted the produced volatile fatty acids to methane in a short period. Archaeal community analysis revealed that acetoclastic methanogens belonging to the Methanosarcina genus dominated after cultivation. Measurement of the specific conversion rate at each step of methane production under saline conditions demonstrated that the marine sediments had higher conversion rates of butyrate and acetate than mesophilic methanogenic granules. These results clearly show that marine sediments can be used as microbial sources for methane production from algae under high-salt conditions without dilution.
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Authors
Toyokazu Miura, Akihisa Kita, Yoshiko Okamura, Tsunehiro Aki, Yukihiko Matsumura, Takahisa Tajima, Junichi Kato, Yutaka Nakashimada,