Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

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Microbial Diversity in Three-Stage Methane Production Process Using Food Waste

음식물 쓰레기를 이용한 3단계 메탄생산 공정의 미생물 다양성

  • Nam, Ji-Hyun (Energy and Environment Fusion Technology Center, Myongji University) ;
  • Kim, Si-Wouk (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chosun University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Hun (Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University)
  • 남지현 (명지대학교 에너지환경융합기술연구소) ;
  • 김시욱 (조선대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 이동훈 (충북대학교 미생물학과)
  • Received : 2012.06.11
  • Accepted : 2012.06.26
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

Anaerobic digestion is an alternative method to digest food wastes and to produce methane that can be used as a renewable energy source. We investigated bacterial and archaeal community structures in a three-stage methane production process using food wastes with concomitant wastewater treatment. The three-stage methane process is composed of semianaerobic hydrolysis/acidogenic, anaerobic acidogenic, and strictly anaerobic methane production steps in which food wastes are converted methane and carbon dioxide. The microbial diversity was determined by the nucleotide sequences of 16S rRNA gene library and quantitative real-time PCR. The major eubacterial population of the three-stage methane process was belonging to VFA-oxidizing bacteria. The archaeal community consisted mainly of two species of hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanoculleus). Family Picrophilaceae (Order Thermoplasmatales) was also observed as a minor population. The predominance of hydrogenotrophic methanogen suggests that the main degradation pathway of this process is different from the classical methane production systems that have the pathway based on acetogenesis. The domination of hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanoculleus) may be caused by mesophilic digestion, neutral pH, high concentration of ammonia, short HRT, and interaction with VFA-oxidizing bacteria (Tepidanaerobacter etc.).

혐기성 소화는 음식물 쓰레기와 같은 폐기물로부터 재생 가능한 에너지원으로 메탄을 생성하는 공정이다. 본 연구에서는 음식물 쓰레기와 폐수를 동시에 처리하는 3단계 메탄생산 공정을 이용한 혐기성 소화공정의 bacteria와 archaea 군집 변화를 조사하였다. 3단계 메탄생산 공정은 음식물 쓰레기 및 폐수를 메탄과 이산화탄소로 전환하는 반혐기성 가수분해/산생성, 혐기성 산생성과 혐기성 메탄생성조로 구성되어있으며, 16 rRNA 유전자 라이브러리의 염기서열 분석과 정량 PCR 등의 분자생물학적 방법으로 주요 미생물 군집을 조사하였다. 메탄생산 공정의 주요 미생물 군집은 VFA-산화 박테리아와 Methanoculleus 속에 속하는 hydrogenotrophic methanogen의 두 종(species)이었다. 또한, 소수의 Picrophilaceae 과(Thermoplasmatales 목)의 archaea도 확인하였다. 음식물을 이용한 3단계 메탄생산 공정은 acetogenesis를 기반으로 하는 고전적 메탄생성 공정과 달리 주로 hydrogenotrophic methanogen의 분해 경로에 의해 이루어 짐을 알 수 있다. 이들 균주의 우점은 중온 소화공정, 중성 pH, 높은 암모니아 농도, 짧은 HRT, Tepidanaerobacter 속 등과 같은 VFA 산화세균과의 상호작용 등에서 기인한 것으로 생각된다.

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