A Microcosm Model for the Study of Microbial Community Shift and Carbon Emission from Landfills.

ABSTRACT: The landfill is an inexpensive way of municipal solid waste (MSW) management and contributes extensively to the total carbon budget and global climate change. Three landfills from two geographically distinct metro- cities of India were taken as model systems to create microcosms and study their physiochemistry, microbiology, and carbon emission. The microcosm experiments revealed that facultative anaerobic bacterial community showing the dominance in the beginning but with the progression of anoxia and anaerobic conditions, methanogenesis prevailed, resulting in a clear shift towards the abundance of methanogens especially the members of Methanosarcina, Methanocorpusculum, and Methanoculleus (70-90% of the total microbial population). Geochemical data showed a wide range of h

SUBMITTER: Sagar I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980185 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature