Microbial methane oxidation processes and technologies for mitigation of landfill gas emissions

C Scheutz, P Kjeldsen, JE Bogner… - Waste management …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Landfill gas containing methane is produced by anaerobic degradation of organic waste.
Methane is a strong greenhouse gas and landfills are one of the major anthropogenic …

Phospholipid fatty acid–a bioindicator of environment monitoring and assessment in soil ecosystem

A Kaur, A Chaudhary, A Kaur, R Choudhary, R Kaushik - Current science, 2005 - JSTOR
The key driving factor for sustainable agriculture is soil ecosystem, where pivotal services
are provided by the soil biota,'the biological engine of the earth', which can act as early …

Ecology of aerobic methanotrophs in controlling methane fluxes from wetlands

TR Chowdhury, RP Dick - Applied soil ecology, 2013 - Elsevier
Methane (CH4) is a critical greenhouse gas, with wetlands and flooded rice soils
contributing> 38% of the global emissions of CH4. A key process that offsets CH4 production …

Biotic systems to mitigate landfill methane emissions

M Huber-Humer, J Gebert… - Waste Management & …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Landfill gases produced during biological degradation of buried organic wastes include
methane, which when released to the atmosphere, can contribute to global climate change …

Microbial oxidation of CH4 at different temperatures in landfill cover soils

G Börjesson, I Sundh, B Svensson - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Biological oxidation of CH4 is an important constraint on the emission of this gas from areas,
such as landfills to the atmosphere. We studied the effect of temperature on methanotrophic …

Seasonal variation in methane oxidation in a landfill cover soil as determined by an in situ stable isotope technique

J Chanton, K Liptay - Global biogeochemical cycles, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal variations in the oxidation of methane during its transport across the soil cap of a
landfill in Leon County, Florida, were determined in situ with a stable isotopic technique. The …

Landfill gas generation after mechanical biological treatment of municipal solid waste. Estimation of gas generation rate constants

G De Gioannis, A Muntoni, G Cappai, S Milia - Waste Management, 2009 - Elsevier
Mechanical biological treatment (MBT) of residual municipal solid waste (RMSW) was
investigated with respect to landfill gas generation. Mechanically treated RMSW was …

Kinetics of microbial landfill methane oxidation in biofilters

J Gebert, A Groengroeft, G Miehlich - Waste Management, 2003 - Elsevier
A methane oxidizing biofilter system fitted to the passive venting system of a harbor sludge
landfill in Germany was characterized with respect to the the methanotrophic population …

Biotechnologies for greenhouse gases (CH4, N2O, and CO2) abatement: state of the art and challenges

JC López, G Quijano, TSO Souza, JM Estrada… - Applied microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Today, methane (CH 4), nitrous oxide (N 2 O), and carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions
represent approximately 98% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory worldwide, and …

Limits and dynamics of methane oxidation in landfill cover soils

KA Spokas, JE Bogner - Waste management, 2011 - Elsevier
In order to understand the limits and dynamics of methane (CH4) oxidation in landfill cover
soils, we investigated CH4 oxidation in daily, intermediate, and final cover soils from two …