[Digestion] Fwd: providing oxygen to methanogens

[David House]

Dr. Etheridge,

On 9/24/2014 3:27 AM, Dr Stephen P Etheridge wrote:
> Dear List
>
> Many years ago we found some unexplained stimulation of biogas production
> when oxygen had accidentally been introduced into an anaerobic system. This
> was as air, and not oxygen in chemical form. While this should have
> traditionally been inhibitory to the methanogens, for some reason, in the
> specific circumstances prevailing at the time it was not. At the time we
> explored this in the literature and found a paper by Pirt and Lee which
> indicated recorded stimulation due to oxygen introduction. If I can track it
> down I will forward it.

"Enhancement of methanogenesis by traces of oxygen in bacterial 
digestion of biomass", S.J. Pirt, Y.K. Lee. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 
Volume 18, Issues 1–2, April 1983, Pages 61–63?



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