Joana I. Alves

TL;DR: For the first time, it is demonstrated that a step feeding start-up is required to produce a specialized and efficient anaerobic community for continuous high rateAnaerobic treatment of LCFA-rich wastewater.

TL;DR: The results showed that "engineered inocula" where known hydrogen producers are co-inoculated with HTG is an efficient way to start up biohydrogen-producing reactors.

TL;DR: Principal component analysis of the DGGE profiles from methanogenic and sulfate-reducing oleate- and palmitate-enrichment cultures showed a greater influence of the substrate than the presence or absence of sulfate, indicating that the bacterial communities degrading LCFA in the absence/presence of sulfates are rather stable.

TL;DR: It is proposed that strain E3-O(T) should be classified in the genus Moorella as a representative of a novel species, Moorella stamsii, which has the ability to ferment various sugars and grow with CO as the sole carbon and energy source.

TL;DR: Insight into how thermophilic anaerobic communities develop using syngas/CO as sole energy and carbon source can be steered for specific end products and subsequent microbial synthesis of chemicals is provided.