Temporal variation in bacterial and methanogenic communities of three full-scale anaerobic digesters treating swine wastewater

Gyuseong Han, Seung Gu Shin, Kyungjin Cho, Joonyeob Lee, Woong Kim, Seokhwan Hwang

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Abstract

To investigate the effects of temporal variations of process parameters on microbial community structures in the two types of full-scale anaerobic digester treating swine wastewater, three full-scale anaerobic digesters were monitored. An anaerobic filter (AF)-type digester located in Gong-Ju (GJ) showed the highest COD removal among three digesters and maintained stable efficiency. A digester in Hong-Seong (HS) was of the same type as it GJ and showed improved efficiency over the sampling period. A continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR)-type digester in Soon-Cheon (SC) showed decreasing efficiency due to a high residual concentration of VFAs and NH 4 + . These process efficiencies were closely correlated to the Simpson indices of the methanogenic communities. Genera Bacillus, Methanosaeta, and Methanospirillum that have filamentous morphology were dominant in both AF-type digesters, but genera Acholeplasma, Methanosarcina, and Methanoculleus that have spherical or coccoid morphology were dominantly abundant in the CSTR-type digester. Correlation between populations suggests a possible syntrophic relationship between genera Desulfobulbus and Methanosaeta in digesters GJ and HS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1217-1226
Number of pages10
JournalEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jan 2019

Keywords

  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Digester type
  • Full-scale, swine wastewater
  • Microbial community
  • Multivariate analysis

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