Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a microbial process that produces renewable energy in the form
of methane by treating organic waste and high-strength wastewater. Recent studies have …

Highlights•Requirements for microbial management in anaerobic digestion are
revised.•Bacterial evenness and active Archaea population are proposed as microbial …

The microbial community of 21 full-scale biogas reactors was examined using 454
pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene sequences. These reactors included seven (six …

Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) via conductive materials can provide significant
benefits to anaerobic methane formation in terms of production amount and rate. Although …

Dry anaerobic bio-conversion (D-AnBioC) of high-solid organic substrates (OS) is
considered as a sustainable option for waste management practices in different parts of the …

The microbial communities and abundance in anaerobic sludge from 4 industrial and 2
municipal wastewater treatment plants were investigated using 454 pyrosequencing …

Highlights•Emerging complimentary approaches to study diverse anaerobic digestion
communities.•Metagenomics enables reconstruction of genomes to explore functional …

Responses of bacterial and archaeal communities to the addition of straw during anaerobic
digestion of manure at different temperatures (37° C, 44° C and 52° C) were investigated …

Anaerobic digestion is regarded as a key environmental technology in the present and
future bio-based economy. The microbial community completing the anaerobic digestion …

To better understand the relationship between the environmental variables and microbial
communities of activated sludge, we took winter samples from different biological treatment …