Microaerobic conditions in anaerobic sludge promote changes in bacterial composition favouring biodegradation of polymeric siloxanes
A. E. Ortiz-Ardila,
Beatriz Díez Moreno,
C. Celis,
P. Jenicek,
R. Labatut
July 2021
Abstract
Microaeration changes the native anaerobic microbial community composition allowing the degradation of polydimethylsiloxanes and releasing volatile siloxanes into biogas.
Publication
Royal Society of Chemistry
Beatriz Díez Moreno
Associate Professor.
P. Universidad Católica de Chile.
School of Biological Sciences,
Department of Molecular
Genetics and Microbiology,
Santiago, Chile.