Linking Microbial Community Structure and Function During the Acidified Anaerobic Digestion of Grass.

ABSTRACT: Harvesting valuable bioproducts from various renewable feedstocks is necessary for the critical development of a sustainable bioeconomy. Anaerobic digestion is a well-established technology for the conversion of wastewater and solid feedstocks to energy with the additional potential for production of process intermediates of high market values (e.g., carboxylates). In recent years, first-generation biofuels typically derived from food crops have been widely utilized as a renewable source of energy. The environmental and socioeconomic limitations of such strategy, however, have led to the development of second-generation biofuels utilizing, amongst other feedstocks, lignocellulosic biomass. In this context, the anaerobic digestion of perennial grass holds great promise for the conversion of

SUBMITTER: Joyce A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871674 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature