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Molecular Analysis of the Microorganisms in a Thermophilic CSTR used for Continuous Biohydrogen Production  

Oh, You-Kwan (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Park, Sung-Hoon (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Ahn, Yeong-Hee (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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KSBB Journal / v.20, no.6, 2005 , pp. 431-437 More about this Journal
Abstract
Molecular methods were employed to investigate microorganisms in a thermophilic continuous stirred tank reactor(CSTR) used for continuous $H_2$ production. The reactor was inoculated with heat-treated anaerobic sludge and fed with a glucose-based medium. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis showed dynamic changes of bacterial populations in the reactor during 43 days of operation. Gas composition was constant from approximately 14 days but population shift still occurred. Populations affiliated with Fervidobactrium gondwanens and Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum were dominant on 21 and 41 days, respectively. Keeping pH of the medium at 5.0 could suppress methanogenic activity that was detected during initial operation period. $CH_4$ and mcrA detected in the samples obtained from the reactor or inoculum suggested the heat treatment condition employed in this study is not enough to remove methanogens in the inoculum. PCR using primer sets specific to 4 main orders of methanogens suggested that major $H_2$-consuming methanogens in the CSTR belong to the order Methanobacteriales.
Keywords
Anaerobic; biohydrogen production; DGGE; microbial community; thermophilic CSTR;
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