P-49 Development of pretreatment method of food wastes for efficient methane fermentation : Isolation and identification of lipid degrading microorganisms from activated sludge

Abstract

Methane fermentation is a promising technique to create renewable energy from food waste and other biomass. In this study, lipid degrading microorganisms were isolated from activated sludge for efficient methane fermentation of lipid-rich food wastes. Strain-01, which was estimated as yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, showed high performance in beef tallow degradation. It is expected that microbial pretreatment process using Strain-01 enhance methane fermentation of lipid-rich food wastes.