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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Daniel Zitomer, Shorewood, WI (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Zitomer, Shorewood, WI (US);
Assignee:
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/04 (2013.01); C12P 5/02 (2013.01); Y02E 50/343 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods for improving performance of an anaerobic digester system. The methods typically include adding a culture comprising hydrogenotrophic methanogens to the system, otherwise referred to as bioaugmentation.