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Cultivation of well adapted pelletized methanogenic sludge

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Treating soluble wastewaters anaerobically in UASB-reactors, the development of sludge-granules can be expected, provided that there are optimal growing conditions. Two types of granules were obtained, both with high specific activities and excellent settling properties. Type 1 mainly consists of short fragments of multicellular filaments of a bacterium showing much resemblance with a recently isolated acetate-degrading methanogenic bacterium (Zehnder et al, 1980). Type 2 is mainly made up by long filaments of presumably the same bacterium. The development of anaerobic bulking sludge must be prevented.

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  1. Agricultural University, de Dreijen 12, 6703, Wageningen, BC, The Netherlands

    Look Hulshoff Pol, Jan Dolfing, Willem de Zeeuw & Gatze Lettinga

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Pol, L.H., Dolfing, J., de Zeeuw, W. et al. Cultivation of well adapted pelletized methanogenic sludge. Biotechnol Lett 4, 329–332 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132835

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