The Liquefying Compartment in the MELISSA Cycle: Evaluation of Three Thermophilic Strains 941346
MELISSA is a micro-organism based ecosystem, designed to recycle waste products, primarily through anaerobic processes. In order to have an efficient cycling of elements such as C, N, S, the degradation of biological polymers, present in the MELISSA substrate, is a crucial step. In this paper batch experiments to evaluate the cellulolytic capacity of Clostridium thermocellum and Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum are described. A thermophilic proteolytic strain was isolated from a dry anaerobic composting reactor digest. The strain was taxonomically studied and identified as Coprothermobacter proteolyticus I8, a strictly anaerobic bacterium. Five proteins and ten carbohydrates were tested as a substrate for the isolated strain. Growth of the three strains on rat faeces (= test substrate) was monitored. Both Clostridium strains failed to grow in the substrate whereas Coprothermobacter could grow. The proteolytic activity of Coprothermobacter proteolyticus should be improved.
Citation: Meheus, L., Kersters, I., and Verstraete, W., "The Liquefying Compartment in the MELISSA Cycle: Evaluation of Three Thermophilic Strains," SAE Technical Paper 941346, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941346. Download Citation
Author(s):
Leen Meheus, Ilse Kersters, Willy Verstraete
Affiliated:
University of Gent
Pages: 7
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1994 Transactions: Journal of Aerospace-V103-1
Related Topics:
Bacteria
Biological sciences
Polymers
Recycling
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