Title:Recent Advances in Factors and Methods for Stimulation of Biomethane Production
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Author(s): Neha Thakur, Anshuman Khardenavis and Hemant J. Purohit
Affiliation:
Keywords:
Anaerobic digestion, methane, methanogenesis, microbial community, reactor systems, stimulation.
Abstract: The role of methanogenesis in the global carbon cycle is very important for recycle of renewable
biomass which, has the potential for contribution to independence from fossil fuels. Anaerobic
microbes comprised of fermentative and acetogenic species decompose the complex biomass to
hydrogen, formate and, acetate that are further metabolized to methane by methanogens. A general review
of biogenic production of methane and methanogenic diversity involved is presented. This review
gives an overview of recent patents on methane production and focuses mainly on different methods, systems and,
microbial methanogenic community involved in anaerobic digestion that can be used for improved understanding of the
microbial community function and relationships in methanogenesis.
