@article{fdi:010007508,
  title = {{M}ethane production from acetamide in an upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket reactor based on a synergistic association between an aerobic rod and methonogens},
  author = {{G}uyot, {J}ean-{P}ierre and {F}errer, {H}enri and {F}lorina, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}cetamide degradation was investigated in a bench-scale upflow anaerobic sludge-blanket ({UASB}) reactor, successively fed with acetamide, acetate and acetamide, over a period of 343 days, at different hydraulic retention times. {T}he reactor was seeded with the sludge previously described, in which methanogenesis from acetamide was performed through a synergistic relationship between an acetamide-degrading, aerobic rod and methanogens. {W}hen the reactor was fed acetamide, the chemical oxygen demand ({COD}) removal efficiency was 86% at volumetric loads less than 1.18 kg {COD}/m3/day. {A}t higher volumetric loads, the efficiency decreased markedly, e.g. 50.9% at a volumetric organic load of 3.39 kg {COD}/m3/day with an accumulation of both acetamide and acetate. {T}he same reactor, when fed with acetate one day, reached a high {COD} removal (99%). {E}vidence of the inhibition of acetate degradation by acetamide is presented. {A}fter a long period (135 days) without feeding the reactor with acetamide, the sludge reactor was still capable of degrading acetamide when this substrate was supplied again. {I}t seems that the synergistic degradation of acetamide by aerobes and methanogens present in the {UASB} reactor sludge is stable over a long period (343 days), in spite of limiting concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the feed. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{FERMENTATION} ; {ANAEROBIOSE} ; {METHANOGENESE} ; {BIODEGRADATION} ; {ACETAMIDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied {M}icrobiology and {B}iotechnology},
  volume = {43},
  numero = {},
  pages = {1107--1111},
  ISSN = {0175-7598},
  year = {1995},
  DOI = {10.1007/{BF}00166933},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010007508},
}