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Confirmation of operative acetate, H 2 /CO 2 and methanol methanogenic pathways in the solid‐state refuse fermentation
Author(s) -
Kasali G.B.,
Shibani S.B.,
Senior E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1989.tb00218.x
Subject(s) - trimethylamine , dimethylamine , methanogenesis , fermentation , methanol , sodium acetate , chemistry , sodium pump , acetogenesis , sodium , biochemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , methane , ouabain
By use of the radiolabelled substrates sodium [1– 14 C] acetate, sodium [2– 14 C] acetate, NaH 14 CO 3 and 14 CH 3 OH, three of the possible methanogenic pathways in fermenting refuse were confirmed. Due to the absence of a methanol pool, however, the relative contribution of each could not be determined. Circumstantial evidence for an operative trimethylamine pathway was gained but not confirmed whilst preliminary attempts to stimulate methanogenesis in refuse by supplementation with mono‐and dimethylamine proved unsuccessful.