ISSN:
1432-0991
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We have investigated the number of methanogenic bacteria in different samples of fresh feces and effluents from the anaerobic digestion of cattle and swine waste and municipal sludges. We have further compared conventional anaerobic techniques with the rigorous, oxygen-free, anaerobic, experimental conditions obtained in a controlled glove cabinet atmosphere. It was found that the total number of oxygen-intolerant methanogenic bacteria was about 10–100 times higher than that of anaerobic oxygen-tolerant methanogenic bacteria. We have also developed a simple technique for the growth of methanogenic bacteria that permits the realization of rigorous anaerobic conditions without the use of a glove cabinet.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01588834
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