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- adjective of, or relating to a
methanogen - adjective capable of producing
methane
Etymologies
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Examples
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Special microorganisms are responsible for the generation of methane, called methanogenic archaea.
innovations-report 2009
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However, gas is still a fossil fuel unless the author is thinking of methane digestors or similar methanogenic technologies, which were not mentioned in his article, and its combustion still results in carbon dioxide emissions.
Response: We don't need to de-industrialise to meet our emissions targets 2011
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One possibility is to fortify feed with tannins, which appear to inhibit methanogenic activity.
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Apart from temperature, water regime, and plant cover, methanogenic bacteria are strongly affected by biological interactions within the soil community.
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For example, ecosystems can be a source of CH4 (if methanogenic bacteria prevail), or hydrogen sulfide and other sulfides (if sulfate-reducing bacteria dominate), or acetic acid (if a large population of acetogens is present).
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In contrast, methanotrophic and methanogenic bacteria appear to be widespread in tundra areas.
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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Isolation and characterization of oligotrophic acido-tolerant methanogenic consortia from a Sphagnum peat bog.
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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Yet, with the exception of the role of methanogenic bacteria in relation to methane eruptions in the past, the Sixth mass extinction is a novelty: For the first time in its history, the biosphere is in crisis through biological forcing by an advanced form of life, namely the activity of a technological carbon-emitting species.
Planet Eaters 2008
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The two main phases of this process are the acidic phase during which mainly CO2 is formed and the methanogenic phase.
2. Biogas technology 1993
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Manure from ruminants, particularly cattle, is very useful for starting the fermentation process, because it already contains the necessary methanogenic bacteria.
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