Biodegradación anaeróbica del residuo de la producción de cebolla del valle bonaerense del río Colorado
Rinland, María Emilia · Repositorio Institucional Digital UNS · 2016
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Colorado River Bonaerense Valley (VBRC) is located in south Buenos Aires province and is the major onion producing region of Argentina. The production of onion in this region generates annually 12,000 to 20,000 tons of discarded onion bulbs on account of their shape, size or sanitary conditions. Generally, this waste is thrown away in fields nearby packhouses, disposed in landfills or left in growing areas, turning into a contamination source. Biomethanation is the anaerobic degradation of organic matter to biogas (70 % methane and 30 % carbon dioxide) by a consortium of facultative anaerobic and strictly anaerobic bacteria and methanogenic archaea that work sequentially and synergistically. Biogas production from onion waste could be a valuable alternative in order to solve the environmental problem it causes today. However, onion waste is an unconventional substrate for biogas production. In addition, it has characteristics that may negatively influence the anaerobic degradation. If the interaction between the prokaryotic communities involved in the anaerobic degradation is disrupted, biogas production decreases and the digestion process could be interrupted. To our knowledge, there is no specific information available about de anaerobic digestion of this type of onion waste. As a consequence, this thesis addresses simultaneously studies about the native microbiota and the feasibility of onion waste to be used as a substrate for biomethanation. We isolated bacterial strains from onion waste in different degradation stages and from different localities. In order to characterize the isolates we developed a culture medium prepared with onion juice as the main
source of nutrients. The most remarkable strains in the aerobic degradation of onion inner fleshy leaves were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis MB2-62 and Pseudomonas poae VE-74 were the most outstanding. In addition, mixed-cultures with anaerobic hydrolytic activity were also obtained from onion waste. We selected those with high efficiency to anaerobically degrade onion outer leaves. Then, we isolated and identified the members of each culture. All the strains belonged to phylum Firmicutes, among them, Desulfotomaculum guttoideum was frequently detected. Several experiments allowed us to determine the most appropriate conditions for onion waste anaerobic biodegradation, namely, addition of urea and inoculation with sludge from previous digestions. It was also detected that onion waste contains all the functional groups needed for the hydrolytic-acetogenic stage of biomethanation. However, in order to produce methane it is necessary to load other substrate in the reactor as source of methanogenic archaea. In conclusion, based on the studies performed in this thesis, it was possible to determine the conditions for using the onion waste of VBRC as substrate for biomethanation. These conditions are loading the reactor with the same ratio of onion waste and activated sludge from manure in mesophilic conditions. Consequently, a possible alternative for onion waste reutilization was established.
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Rinland, M. E. (2016). Biodegradación anaeróbica del residuo de la producción de cebolla del valle bonaerense del río Colorado. Repositorio Institucional Digital UNS. http://repositoriodigital.uns.edu.ar/handle/123456789/2663
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Rinland, María Emilia. Biodegradación anaeróbica del residuo de la producción de cebolla del valle bonaerense del río Colorado. Repositorio Institucional Digital UNS, 2016. http://repositoriodigital.uns.edu.ar/handle/123456789/2663.
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Rinland, María Emilia. 2016. Biodegradación anaeróbica del residuo de la producción de cebolla del valle bonaerense del río Colorado. Repositorio Institucional Digital UNS. http://repositoriodigital.uns.edu.ar/handle/123456789/2663.
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Rinland, M. E. 2016, Biodegradación anaeróbica del residuo de la producción de cebolla del valle bonaerense del río Colorado, Repositorio Institucional Digital UNS, available at: http://repositoriodigital.uns.edu.ar/handle/123456789/2663 [Accessed 22 Jun. 2026].
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- Título
- Biodegradación anaeróbica del residuo de la producción de cebolla del valle bonaerense del río Colorado
- Autor / colaboradores
- Rinland, María Emilia
- Editorial
- Repositorio Institucional Digital UNS
- Año de publicación
- 2016
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