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Survival of pathogenic bacteria during mesophilic anaerobic digestion of animal waste
Authors:Theresa E Kearney  MJ Larkin  JP Frost  PN Levett
Institution:School of Biology and Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast;Agriculture Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down;Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
Abstract:The survival of pathogenic bacteria was investigated during the operation of a full-scale anaerobic digester which was fed daily and operated at 28°C. The digester had a mean hydraulic retention time of 24 d. The viable numbers of Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter jejuni were reduced during mesophilic anaerobic digestion. Echerichia coli had the smallest mean viable numbers at each stage of the digestion process. Its mean T90 value was 76.9 d. Yersinia enterocolitica was the least resistant to the anaerobic digester environment; its mean T90 value was 18.2 d. Campylobacter jejuni was the most resistant bacterium; its mean T90 value was 438.6 d. Regression analysis showed that there were no direct relationships between the slurry input and performance of the digester and the decline of pathogen numbers during the 140 d experimental period.
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