The effect of detergent on methanogenesis by Methanosarcina barkeri

Khalil, EF, Whitmore, TN, Gamel-El-Din, H, El-Bassel, A and Lloyd, D 1989. The effect of detergent on methanogenesis by Methanosarcina barkeri. FEMS Microbiology Letters 57 (3) , 313--316. 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03355.x

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Abstract

Both growth and methanogenesis of Methanosarcina barkeri are completely inhibited by sodium dodecylbenzene sulphonate at between 15 and 20 mg·1−1. At lower concentrations growth of cultures was delayed, but no uncoupling of methanogenesis from growth was observed. Higher concentrations of detergent (50 mg·1−1) produced marked alterations in the surface structures of organisms observed in scanning electron micrographs. Thus levels of a detergent common in anaerobic sewage treatment plants can inhibit methanogenesis, the terminal stage in the anaerobic digestion process

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option D
ISSN:	0378-1097
Date of Acceptance:	12 October 1988
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2020 11:00
URI:	http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/127885

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