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Principles of high-speed methane production by thermophilic fermenter-methanogen syntrophy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26420881
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Energy engineering
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

KUWABARA Tomohiko  筑波大学, 生命環境系, 准教授 (80153435)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 五十嵐 健輔  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 生物プロセス研究部門, 研究員 (90759945)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Keywords発酵細菌-メタン菌栄養共生 / 固相培養 / メタン生産 / 硫化水素 / 水素共役栄養共生 / メタン / 軽石 / 空気気相 / 陰圧化 / 二酸化炭素除去 / 発酵細菌 / メタン菌 / 栄養共生
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The principles of biological CH4 production were studied through establishment of a system where combustible H2S-free CH4 can be produced daily. Toward this objective, we applied a solid-phase cultivation method, using dacite pumice, to a syntrophic system of T. globiformans and M.jannaschii. Dacite pumice, used as a solid support for anaerobic co-cultivation of these microorganisms, was the inoculum for solid-phase carried-over cultivation (SCC). When SCC was conducted with an aerobic medium under gas phase (air), H2S-free CH4 was produced. Microporous structures of the dacite pumice preserved the anaerobic environment, and H2S from microbial metabolic activities made the bulk liquid phase anaerobic. This was scavenged by O2 in the air. When CO2 was removed by placing solid NaOH, separated from the medium, the CH4 concentration increased to a combustible level after 24 h of aerobic SCC. These results together indicate that the removal of O2 and CO2 had effects of decompression.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Progeny production in the periplasm of Thermosipho globiformans2017

    • Author(s)
      Tomohiko Kuwabara, Kensuke Igarashi
    • Journal Title

      Extremophiles

      Volume: 21

    • NAID

      120007128963

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Hydrogen Sulfide Free Methane Production by Fermenter2016

    • Author(s)
      Kensuke Igarashi, Tomohiko Kuwabara
    • Journal Title

      Energy Fuels

      Volume: 30 Issue: 6 Pages: 4945-4950

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b00494

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Natural synthesis of bioactive greigite by solid gas reactions2016

    • Author(s)
      Kensuke Igarashi, Yasuhisa Yamamura, Tomohiko Kuwabara
    • Journal Title

      Geochim Cosmochim Acta

      Volume: 191 Pages: 47-57

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.005

    • NAID

      120007129392

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Activation of Methanogenesis by Greigite2016

    • Author(s)
      Kensuke Igarashi
    • Organizer
      The International Society for Extremophiles
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学(京都府・京都市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Proliferation of Thermosipho globiformans Studied Using High-Temperature Microscopy2016

    • Author(s)
      Tomohiko Kuwabara
    • Organizer
      The International Society for Extremophiles
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学(京都府・京都市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 発酵細菌-メタン菌栄養共生系の空気下固相培養法によるメタン生産2015

    • Author(s)
      五十嵐健輔,桑原朋彦
    • Organizer
      極限環境生物学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京海洋大学(東京都港区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-08
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Fermenter-methanogen syntrophy

    • URL

      http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kuwabara/index.html

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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