The diversity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the seven bioreactors

Arch Microbiol. 2018 Aug;200(6):945-950. doi: 10.1007/s00203-018-1510-6. Epub 2018 Apr 2.

Abstract

Anaerobic technology has a wide scope of application in different areas such as manufacturing, food industry, and agriculture. Nowadays, it is mainly used to produce electrical and thermal energy from crop processing, solid waste treatment or wastewater treatment. More intensively, trend nowadays is usage of this technology biodegradable and biomass waste processing and biomethane or hydrogen production. In this paper, the diversities of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) under different imputed raw material to the bioreactors were characterized. These diversities at the beginning of sampling and after cultivation were compared. Desulfovibrio, Desulfobulbus, and Desulfomicrobium genus as dominant among sulfate reducers in the bioreactors were detected. The Desulfobulbus species were dominant among other SRB genera before cultivation, but these bacteria were detected only in three out of the seven bioreactors after cultivation dominant.

Keywords: Biogas; Bioreactors; Hydrogen sulfide; Sulfate-reducing bacteria.

MeSH terms

  • Biodiversity*
  • Bioreactors / microbiology*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Phylogeny
  • Sulfates / metabolism
  • Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / classification
  • Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / genetics
  • Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / metabolism
  • Wastewater / microbiology

Substances

  • Sulfates
  • Waste Water