The relationship between seasonal temperatures, organic loading rate (OLR) and the structure of archaeal communities in anaerobic digesters was investigated. Previous studies have often assessed archaeal<i> </i>community structure at fixed temperatures and constant OLRs, or at variable temperatures not...

The <i>Bacterial</i> and <i>Archaeal</i> communities in a 1.14 m³ ambient temperature anaerobic digester treating dairy cow manure were investigated using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLP) and direct sequencing of the cloned polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products. Results indicate...