Effective thermal pretreatment of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) for the enhancement of biomethanation: VIT® gene probe technology for microbial community analysis with special reference to methanogenic Archaea

Water Hyacinth (WH) remains an intractable challenge worldwide hindering the aquatic ecosystems but a potential lignocellulosic biomass for the generation of renewable biogas through Anaerobic Digestion (AD). Here, autoclave pretreatment at 121 °C for 30 min was utilized to pretreat WH in order to enhance its solubilization. Cow Dung (CD), as a source of microorganisms, was mixed with the pretreated WH (1:1 w/w dry basis) followed by mixing with...