Question

Microbial degradation rate of anaerobic digestion is higher than that of aerobic digestion.

(a) True

(b) False

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The above asked question is from Microbial Transformations of Pesticides in division Microbial Transformations of Pesticides of Environmental Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right option is (a) True

To elaborate: The degradation rate of anaerobic digestion is about 80% whereas that of aerobic digestion is 50%. So, in a way anaerobic digestion is more efficient but the amount of time consumption for the degradation depends on the substrate used and the process used.