Education and production. Chicken manure methanogenesis. 1. Selective inhibition of acetate conversion to methane

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Poult. Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0660576· OSTI ID:5722600

Dosoretz, C; Lamed, R

Thermophilic (55 C) methanogenesis of chicken manure was examined after prolonged acclimatization procedures. Unusual steady state parameters were obtained in quasi-continuous operations: volatile solids = 24 to 96 g/L, retention time = 5 to 20 days, in which methane was continuously formed (.5 to .7/L.L/day), H/sub 2/ was not present, but acetate (19 to 222 mM), other fatty acids, and ammonia nitrogen (800 to 2,830 mg/L) levels were very high. Tracer (2-(/sup 14/C) acetate) studies showed that acetate accumulation resulted from inhibition of acetate conversion to methane. Enumeration of H/sub 2/-oxidizing methanogenic populations as well as acetate-degrading methanogens indicated adequate populations in chicken manure relative to cow manure. Thus, measurement of acetate degradation activities indicated its inhibition, whereas bacterial enumeration studies indicated no lack of methanogenic bacterial populations. These findings are in disagreement with the uninhibited fast rate of aceticlastic methanogenesis in cow manure. Therefore, it may be concluded that the methanogenic populations are unchanged, but their capacity to decarboxylate acetate is somehow blocked, which would lead to concomittant accumulation of acetate in addition to the formation of CO/sub 2/ and H/sub 2//CO/sub 2/-derived methane as the major fermentation end products. (Refs. 33).

• Research Organization: Tel-Aviv Univ., Ramat Aviv, Israel; MIGAL, Galilee Technological Center, Kinyat Shemona 10200, Israel. Dept. Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences; Tel-Aviv Univ., Ramat Aviv, Israel. Dept. Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5722600
• Journal Information: Poult. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Poult. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 66:4; ISSN POSCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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PRODUCTION
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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