The Microbiology of Anaerobic Digesters

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Glossary 171 absorb Penetration of a substance into the body of an organism aceticlastic cleavage Conversion of acetate to metha ...

biomass The quantity or weight of all organisms within the treatment process biorecalcitrant A compound that is degraded slowly ...

hydrogenotroph The use of hydrogen by bacteria as a substrate hyperthermophile Organisms that grow at very high temperatures int ...

reduction The biological or chemical removal of oxygen from a compound or the addition of electrons to a compound respiration Th ...

absorption of wastes; 4, 7, 49, 111, 145 acetate; 7, 14, 15, 16, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 37, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, ...

176 INDEX feedback inhibition; 106, 113 filamentous organisms; 7, 12, 17, 19, 133 fixed-film bacteria/digesters; 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, ...

INDEX 177 temperature; 7, 9, 28, 29, 43, 44, 62, 74, 79, 80, 82, 83, 88, 89–92, 108, 113, 117, 118, 123, 124, 128, 130, 131, 136 ...