Abstract
Over the past decades, anaerobic biotechnology is commonly used for treating high-strength wastewaters from different industries. This biotechnology depends on interactions and co-operation between microorganisms in the anaerobic environment where many pollutants’ transformation to energy-rich biogas occurs. Properties of wastewater vary across industries and significantly affect microbiome composition in the anaerobic reactor. Methanogenic archaea play a crucial role during anaerobic wastewater treatment. The most abundant acetoclastic methanogens in the anaerobic reactors for industrial wastewater treatment are Methanosarcina sp. and Methanotrix sp. Hydrogenotrophic representatives of methanogens presented in the anaerobic reactors are characterized by a wide species diversity. Methanoculleus sp., Methanobacterium sp. and Methanospirillum sp. prevailed in this group. This work summarizes the relation of industrial wastewater composition and methanogen microbial communities present in different reactors treating these wastewaters.
Highlights
Today, water is an integral part of the course of our lives, from the operation and maintenance of households to extensive industrial and agricultural use
The results show that chlorophenols with greater hydrophobicity accumulate more efficiently in membranes, causing a greater disturbance to the membrane structure [85]
Anaerobic wastewater treatment is highlighted in many sources as a very efficient and ecological alternative to aerobic technologies
Summary
Water is an integral part of the course of our lives, from the operation and maintenance of households to extensive industrial and agricultural use. It shows that industry in Europe is a major consumer of water in relation to other sectors. The role of microorganisms and their formation into complex communities is an essential pillar of the whole anaerobic biotechnology, but so far there are few laboratories and publications that deal with this issue in detail Interactions between microorganisms, their co-operation or competition, with other aspects, have a significant impact on the final functionality of the whole process. This review contains a basic description of anaerobic technology and the composition of selected types of industrial wastewater It summarizes information on the occurrence of microorganisms and tries to define the composition of methanogenic communities’ present in this environment
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