Abstract

As an emerging technology, high solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) was usually hampered by the long lag phase of methane production. A reasonable starting mode enabled fast startup in HSAD, which was scarcely reported. This study established 5 starting modes for HSAD with pig manure. The results showed that system T4 (biogas slurry once and then autologous leachate reflux) had the shortest lag phase. Starting modes had a total effect of 36.6% on gas production, among which 17.1% affected gas production directly and 19.5% affected it through other factors. About 12/17 of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and 3 mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were effectively reduced during HSAD. System T4 had the highest microbial diversity and the largest number of unique OTUs. MGEs explained most for ARGs variation (>50%), followed by microbial community. Most of the potential host genera for ARGs belonged to Firmicutes phyla, which could be decreased by starting modes.

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