摘要
Organic matter in sewage sludge can be converted into volatile fatty acids (VFAs) as renewable carbon sources. This work for the first time demonstrates that 尾-cyclodextrin (尾-CD) molecules enhance sludge hydrolysis for production of VFAs. With 0.2 g 尾-CD g鈭? dried solids (DSs), the increment rate for VFAs peaked at 4200 g g鈭? DSs g鈭? 尾-CD, with acetate and propionate as the predominant VFAs. Compositional and microbial community analyses confirm that the 尾-CD molecules break a cell鈥檚 membrane, such that it releases intracellular substances. Although 尾-CD molecules inhibited activities of methanogens, they did not impair those of acid-forming bacteria, thereby demonstrating that 尾-CD-assisted VFAs are renewable organic carbon sources, except in anaerobic digestion processes.