title: Methane Yield Database: Online infrastructure and bioresource for methane yield data and related metadata.
abstract: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a community supported online infrastructure and bioresource for methane yield data and accompanying metadata collected from published literature. In total, 1164 entries described by 15,749 data points were assembled. Analysis of data collection showed little congruence in reporting of methodological approaches. The largest identifiable source of variation in reported methane yields was represented by authorship (i.e. substrate batches within particular substrate class) within which experimental scales (volumes (0.02-5l), incubation temperature (34-40 °C) and % VS of substrate played an important role (p < 0.05, npermutations = 999) as well. The largest fraction of variability, however, remained unaccounted for and thus unexplained (> 63%). This calls for reconsideration of accepted approaches to reporting data in currently published literature to increase capacity to service industrial decision making to a greater extent.
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Boštjan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Murovec
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Hajdrichova 28, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kolbl
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Animal Science, Group for Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domžale, Slovenia. Electronic address: blaz.stres@bf.uni-lj.si.
authors.forename: Blaž
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stres
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D020407:Internet; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D008697:Methane
keywords: Batch; Biogas; Industry; Infrastructure; Methane yield database