Survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the intermediate and final digestion products of biogas plants.

Piera MazzoneS CorneliA Di PaoloC MarescaA FeliciM BiagettiM CiulloC SebastianiG PezzottiS LeoM RicchiN Arrigoni

Published in: Journal of applied microbiology (2018)

Our data are unable to exclude the presence of MAP in the final products of the biogas plants, particularly those products from the single digester; therefore, the use of digestates as fertilizers is a real concern related to the possible environmental contamination with MAP.

Keyphrases

anaerobic digestion
risk assessment
human health
mycobacterium tuberculosis
sewage sludge
high density
deep learning
data analysis
life cycle