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Deore KS, Dhakephalkar PK, Dagar SS. Phylogenetically and physiologically diverse methanogenic archaea inhabit the Indian hot spring environments. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:332. [PMID: 37707605 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03661-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Mesophilic and thermophilic methanogens belonging to the hydrogenotrophic, methylotrophic, and acetotrophic groups were isolated from Indian hot spring environments using BY and BCYT growth media. Following initial Hinf I-based PCR-RFLP screening, 70 methanogens were sequenced to ascertain their identity. These methanogens were phylogenetically and physiologically diverse and represented different taxa distributed across three physiological groups, i.e., hydrogenotrophs (53), methylotrophs (14) and acetotrophs (3). Overall, methanogens representing three families, five genera, and ten species, including two putative novel species, were recognized. The highest number and diversity of methanogens was observed at 40 ℃, dominated by Methanobacterium (10; 3 species), Methanosarcina (9; 3 species), Methanothermobacter (7; 2 species), Methanomethylovorans (5; 1 species) and Methanoculleus (3; 1 species). Both putative novel methanogen species were isolated at 40 ℃ and belonged to the genera Methanosarcina and Methanobacterium. At 55 ℃, limited diversity was observed, and resulted in the isolation of only two genera of methanogens, i.e., Methanothermobacter (28; 2 species) and Methanosarcina (4; 1 species). At 70 ℃, only members of the genus Methanothermobacter (5; 2 species) were isolated, whereas no methanogen could be cultured at 85 ℃. Ours is the first study that documents the extensive range of cultivable methanogenic archaea inhabiting hot springs across various geothermal provinces of India.
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- Kasturi Shirish Deore
- Bioenergy Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune, 411004, India
- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India
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- Bioenergy Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune, 411004, India
- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India
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- Bioenergy Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune, 411004, India.
- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India.
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Prakash O, Dodsworth JA, Dong X, Ferry JG, L'Haridon S, Imachi H, Kamagata Y, Rhee SK, Sagar I, Shcherbakova V, Wagner D, Whitman WB. Proposed minimal standards for description of methanogenic archaea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37097839 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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Methanogenic archaea are a diverse, polyphyletic group of strictly anaerobic prokaryotes capable of producing methane as their primary metabolic product. It has been over three decades since minimal standards for their taxonomic description have been proposed. In light of advancements in technology and amendments in systematic microbiology, revision of the older criteria for taxonomic description is essential. Most of the previously recommended minimum standards regarding phenotypic characterization of pure cultures are maintained. Electron microscopy and chemotaxonomic methods like whole-cell protein and lipid analysis are desirable but not required. Because of advancements in DNA sequencing technologies, obtaining a complete or draft whole genome sequence for type strains and its deposition in a public database are now mandatory. Genomic data should be used for rigorous comparison to close relatives using overall genome related indices such as average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene is also required and can be supplemented by phylogenies of the mcrA gene and phylogenomic analysis using multiple conserved, single-copy marker genes. Additionally, it is now established that culture purity is not essential for studying prokaryotes, and description of Candidatus methanogenic taxa using single-cell or metagenomics along with other appropriate criteria is a viable alternative. The revisions to the minimal criteria proposed here by the members of the Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Methanogenic Archaea of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes should allow for rigorous yet practical taxonomic description of these important and diverse microbes.
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- Om Prakash
- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007, Maharashtra, India
- Symbiosis Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Lavale, Pune-412115, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biology, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- CNRS, IFREMER, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, University of Brest, F-29280, Plouzané, France
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- Institute for Extra-cutting-edge Science and Technology Avant-garde Research (X-star), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8560, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, Chungdae-ro 1, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune, 411007, Maharashtra, India
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- Laboratory of Anaerobic Microorganisms, All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM), Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Federal Research Center Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Nauki 3, Pushchino, Moscow, 142290, Russian Federation
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section Geomicrobiology, Telegrafenberg A71-359, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Institut of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Dang Q, Zhao X, Li Y, Xi B. Revisiting the biological pathway for methanogenesis in landfill from metagenomic perspective-A case study of county-level sanitary landfill of domestic waste in North China plain. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 222:115185. [PMID: 36586711 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.115185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Landfill is the third highest contributor to anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions, produced primarily by the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by microbes. However, how various microbial metabolic processes contribute to CH4 production in domestic waste landfill remains elusive. We addressed this problem by investigating the methanogenic communities, methanogenic functional genes, KEGG modules and KEGG pathways in a county-level MSW sanitary landfill in North China Plain, China. Results showed that Methanomicrobiales, Methanobacteriales, Methanosarcinales, Micrococcales, Corynebacteriales and Bacillales were the dominant methanogens. M00357, M00346, M00567 and M00563 were the four major methane metabolic modules. The most abundant genes were ACSS, ackA and fwd with the relative abundance of 19.26-54.54%, 6.14-25.78% and 6.76-16.51%, respectively. The two essential genes of methanogenesis were detected with the relative abundance of 2.66-9.58% (mtr) and 1.63-9.14% (mcr). These findings indicated that acetotrophic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis were the major pathways. Methanomicrobiales, Methanosarcinales and Clostridiales were the key microbes to these pathways identified by co-occurrence network. Analysis of relative contribution of species to function further showed that Micrococcales, Corynebacteriales and Bacillales were special contributors to acetotrophic methanogenesis pathway. Redundancy analysis revealed that above functional genes and microbes were mainly controlled by NH4+ and pH. Our results can help to provide develop the fine management strategies for methane utilization and emission reduction in landfill.
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- Qiuling Dang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Hazardous Waste Identification and Risk Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Hazardous Waste Identification and Risk Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Hazardous Waste Identification and Risk Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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Palabikyan H, Ruddyard A, Pomper L, Novak D, Reischl B, Rittmann SKMR. Scale-up of biomass production by Methanococcus maripaludis. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1031131. [PMID: 36504798 PMCID: PMC9727139 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1031131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The development of a sustainable energy economy is one of the great challenges in the current times of climate crisis and growing energy demands. Industrial production of the fifth-generation biofuel methane by microorganisms has the potential to become a crucial biotechnological milestone of the post fossil fuel era. Therefore, reproducible cultivation and scale-up of methanogenic archaea (methanogens) is essential for enabling biomass generation for fundamental studies and for defining peak performance conditions for bioprocess development. This study provides a comprehensive revision of established and optimization of novel methods for the cultivation of the model organism Methanococcus maripaludis S0001. In closed batch mode, 0.05 L serum bottles cultures were gradually replaced by 0.4 L Schott bottle cultures for regular biomass generation, and the time for reaching peak optical density (OD578) values was reduced in half. In 1.5 L reactor cultures, various agitation, harvesting and transfer methods were compared resulting in a specific growth rate of 0.16 h-1 and the highest recorded OD578 of 3.4. Finally, a 300-fold scale-up from serum bottles was achieved by growing M. maripaludis for the first time in a 22 L stainless steel bioreactor with 15 L working volume. Altogether, the experimental approaches described in this study contribute to establishing methanogens as essential organisms in large-scale biotechnology applications, a crucial stage of an urgently needed industrial evolution toward sustainable biosynthesis of energy and high value products.
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- Hayk Palabikyan
- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria,Arkeon GmbH, Tulln a.d. Donau, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria,Arkeon GmbH, Tulln a.d. Donau, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria,Arkeon GmbH, Tulln a.d. Donau, Austria,*Correspondence: Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann,
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Prasitwuttisak W, Hoshiko Y, Maeda T, Haraguchi A, Yanagawa K. Microbial Community Structures and Methanogenic Functions in Wetland Peat Soils. Microbes Environ 2022; 37. [PMID: 35851269 PMCID: PMC9530717 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me22004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Methane metabolism in wetlands involves diverse groups of bacteria and archaea, which are responsible for the biological decomposition of organic matter under certain anoxic conditions. Recent advances in environmental omics revealed the phylogenetic diversity of novel microbial lineages, which have not been previously placed in the traditional tree of life. The present study aimed to verify the key players in methane production, either well-known archaeal members or recently identified lineages, in peat soils collected from wetland areas in Japan. Based on an analysis of microbial communities using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and the molecular cloning of the functional gene, mcrA, a marker gene for methanogenesis, methanogenic archaea belonging to Methanomicrobiales, Methanosarcinales, Methanobacteriales, and Methanomassiliicoccales were detected in anoxic peat soils, suggesting the potential of CH4 production in this natural wetland. “Candidatus Bathyarchaeia”, archaea with vast metabolic capabilities that is widespread in anoxic environments, was abundant in subsurface peat soils (up to 96% of the archaeal community) based on microbial gene quantification by qPCR. These results emphasize the importance of discovering archaea members outside of traditional methanogenic lineages that may have significant functions in the wetland biogeochemical cycle.
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- Department of Biological Functions Engineering, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
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- Department of Biological Functions Engineering, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
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- Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu
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Harirchi S, Wainaina S, Sar T, Nojoumi SA, Parchami M, Parchami M, Varjani S, Khanal SK, Wong J, Awasthi MK, Taherzadeh MJ. Microbiological insights into anaerobic digestion for biogas, hydrogen or volatile fatty acids (VFAs): a review. Bioengineered 2022; 13:6521-6557. [PMID: 35212604 PMCID: PMC8973982 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2035986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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In the past decades, considerable attention has been directed toward anaerobic digestion (AD), which is an effective biological process for converting diverse organic wastes into biogas, volatile fatty acids (VFAs), biohydrogen, etc. The microbial bioprocessing takes part during AD is of substantial significance, and one of the crucial approaches for the deep and adequate understanding and manipulating it toward different products is process microbiology. Due to highly complexity of AD microbiome, it is critically important to study the involved microorganisms in AD. In recent years, in addition to traditional methods, novel molecular techniques and meta-omics approaches have been developed which provide accurate details about microbial communities involved AD. Better understanding of process microbiomes could guide us in identifying and controlling various factors in both improving the AD process and diverting metabolic pathway toward production of selective bio-products. This review covers various platforms of AD process that results in different final products from microbiological point of view. The review also highlights distinctive interactions occurring among microbial communities. Furthermore, assessment of these communities existing in the anaerobic digesters is discussed to provide more insights into their structure, dynamics, and metabolic pathways. Moreover, the important factors affecting microbial communities in each platform of AD are highlighted. Finally, the review provides some recent applications of AD for the production of novel bio-products and deals with challenges and future perspectives of AD.
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- Sharareh Harirchi
- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Paryavaran Bhavan, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture and, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Taicheng Road 3#, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Long-Term Assessment of Temperature Management in an Industrial Scale Biogas Plant. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14020612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Temperature management is one of the primary considerations of biogas plant operation, and influences physical and biochemical processes. An increase in the temperature leads to an increase in the hydrolysis rate of the feedstock, while it can inhibit microorganisms taking part in different stages of anaerobic digestion. Because of the complexity of the biochemical processes within the anaerobic digestion process, there is a lack of knowledge about the effects of temperature and temperature change on efficiency. Moreover, the impact of stirring directly affects the temperature distribution in the anaerobic digestion reactors. In this study, the temperature management in an industrial-scale biogas plant was examined, and the effect of small temperature changes (from the operation temperature 42 °C) on the efficiency was studied in a laboratory under two different conditions: with stirring (at 40 and 44 °C) and without stirring (at 40 and 44 °C). The examination results from the biogas plant showed that heat transfer in the reactor was not sufficient at the bottom of the digester. Adaptation of the post-digester samples to the temperature changes was more challenging than that of the digester samples. From digestate samples, higher biomethane generation could be obtained, resulting from sufficient contact between microorganisms, enzymes, and substrates. Overall, differences between these changing conditions (approx. 6 NmL CH4 g VS−1) were not significant and could be adapted by the process.
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Kim GB, Cayetano RDA, Park J, Jo Y, Jeong SY, Lee MY, Kim SH. Effect of low-thermal pretreatment on the methanogenic performance and microbiome population of continuous high-solid anaerobic digester treating dewatered sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 341:125756. [PMID: 34419881 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Undigested and dewatered sludge at 10% total solids was pretreated at 60 °C for 3 h and fed to a lab-scale horizontal anaerobic bioreactor for 130 days with solids retention time (SRTs) from 25 to 16 d. The low-thermal pretreatment enabled higher net energy production, improved sludge treatment efficiency, and enhanced digestion stability. The highest average biomethane yield and production rate were 138.5 mL/g VS and 0.43 L/L.d, respectively, and the economic benefit was expected to be the maximum at SRT 16 d. Pretreatment did not increase the specific methanogenic activity per unit methanogen, but resulted in higher abundance of methanogenic archaea and hydrolytic bacteria. Methanogenic population shifted from hydrogenotrophic to acetoclastic, consistent with predicted gene expression at SRT equal or below 20 d. Anaerobic digestion along with low-thermal could be a feasible management strategy for undigested dewatered sludge from small WWTPs.
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- Gi-Beom Kim
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Environment N Energy O&M Inc, Gyeonggi-do 17970, Republic of Korea
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- Environment N Energy O&M Inc, Gyeonggi-do 17970, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Dalby FR, Hafner SD, Petersen SO, VanderZaag AC, Habtewold J, Dunfield K, Chantigny MH, Sommer SG. Understanding methane emission from stored animal manure: A review to guide model development. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2021; 50:817-835. [PMID: 34021608 DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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National inventories of methane (CH4 ) emission from manure management are based on guidelines from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change using country-specific emission factors. These calculations must be simple and, consequently, the effects of management practices and environmental conditions are only crudely represented in the calculations. The intention of this review is to develop a detailed understanding necessary for developing accurate models for calculating CH4 emission from liquid manure, with particular focus on the microbiological conversion of organic matter to CH4 . Themes discussed are (a) the liquid manure environment; (b) methane production processes from a modeling perspective; (c) development and adaptation of methanogenic communities; (d) mass and electron conservation; (e) steps limiting CH4 production; (f) inhibition of methanogens; (g) temperature effects on CH4 production; and (h) limits of existing estimation approaches. We conclude that a model must include calculation of microbial response to variations in manure temperature, substrate availability and age, and management system, because these variables substantially affect CH4 production. Methane production can be reduced by manipulating key variables through management procedures, and the effects may be taken into account by including a microbial component in the model. When developing new calculation procedures, it is important to include reasonably accurate algorithms of microbial adaptation. This review presents concepts for these calculations and ideas for how these may be carried out. A need for better quantification of hydrolysis kinetics is identified, and the importance of short- and long-term microbial adaptation is highlighted.
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- Frederik R Dalby
- Dep. of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus Univ., Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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- Dep. of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus Univ., Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
- Hafner Consulting LLC, Reston, VA, 20191, USA
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- Ottawa Research and Development Ctr., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Ottawa Research and Development Ctr., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science, Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Quebec Research and Development Ctr., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Quebec, QC, G1V 2J3, Canada
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- Dep. of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus Univ., Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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Dalby FR, Hafner SD, Petersen SO, Vanderzaag A, Habtewold J, Dunfield K, Chantigny MH, Sommer SG. A mechanistic model of methane emission from animal slurry with a focus on microbial groups. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252881. [PMID: 34111183 PMCID: PMC8191904 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Liquid manure (slurry) from livestock releases methane (CH4) that contributes significantly to global warming. Existing models for slurry CH4 production-used for mitigation and inventories-include effects of organic matter loading, temperature, and retention time but cannot predict important effects of management, or adequately capture essential temperature-driven dynamics. Here we present a new model that includes multiple methanogenic groups whose relative abundance shifts in response to changes in temperature or other environmental conditions. By default, the temperature responses of five groups correspond to those of four methanogenic species and one uncultured methanogen, although any number of groups could be defined. We argue that this simple mechanistic approach is able to describe both short- and long-term responses to temperature where other existing approaches fall short. The model is available in the open-source R package ABM (https://github.com/sashahafner/ABM) as a single flexible function that can include effects of slurry management (e.g., removal frequency and treatment methods) and changes in environmental conditions over time. Model simulations suggest that the reduction of CH4 emission by frequent emptying of slurry pits is due to washout of active methanogens. Application of the model to represent a full-scale slurry storage tank showed it can reproduce important trends, including a delayed response to temperature changes. However, the magnitude of predicted emission is uncertain, primarily as a result of sensitivity to the hydrolysis rate constant, due to a wide range in reported values. Results indicated that with additional work-particularly on the magnitude of hydrolysis rate-the model could be a tool for estimation of CH4 emissions for inventories.
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- Frederik R. Dalby
- Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- * E-mail: (SDH); (FRD); (SGS)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Hafner Consulting LLC, Reston, Virginia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SDH); (FRD); (SGS)
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Quebec Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- * E-mail: (SDH); (FRD); (SGS)
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In the biogas plants, organic material is converted to biogas under anaerobic conditions through physical and biochemical processes. From supply of the raw material to the arrival of the products to customers, there are serial processes which should be sufficiently monitored for optimizing the efficiency of the whole process. In particular, the anaerobic digestion process, which consists of sequential complex biological reactions, requires improved monitoring to prevent inhibition. Conventional implemented methods at the biogas plants are not adequate for monitoring the operational parameters and finding the correlation between them. As Artificial Intelligence has been integrated in different areas of life, the integration of it into the biogas production process will be inevitable for the future of the biogas plant operation. This review paper first examines the need for monitoring at the biogas plants with giving details about the process and process monitoring as well. In the following sections, the current situation of implementations of Artificial Intelligence in the biogas plant operation and in the similar industries will be represented. Moreover, considering that all the information gathered from literature and operational needs, an implementation model will be presented.
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Satora M, Magdziarz M, Rząsa A, Rypuła K, Płoneczka-Janeczko K. Insight into the intestinal microbiome of farrowing sows following the administration of garlic (Allium sativum) extract and probiotic bacteria cultures under farming conditions. BMC Vet Res 2020; 16:442. [PMID: 33187511 PMCID: PMC7666521 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02659-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Due to the tendency to reduce antibiotic use in humans and animals, more attention is paid to feed additives as their replacement. Crucial role of feed additives is to improve the health status, production efficiency and performance. In this original research, we estimate the potential influence of garlic (Allium sativum) extract and probiotic formula including Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus fermentum on the intestinal microbiota of sows, using the next generation sequencing method (NGS). Results Our results indicate that the overall species richness as well as the composition of swine gut microbiota may be shaped by regular feeding with supplemented additives. On the Family and Genus level both additives (garlic extract and probiotics) seem to decrease microbiome diversity and richness. However, when it comes to garlic supplementation, we found the opposite trend on the Species level. Conclusions The analysis of the selected microbial function indicates that both additives used in this study (garlic extract and composition of probiotics) seem to create a greater metabolic potential than estimated in a control group of sows. A general trend of losing or decreasing members of pathogenic species in the swine microbiome seems to occur in relation to both supplemented additives. In the prevention of some bacterial diseases supplemented additives could be considered for future use.
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- Marta Satora
- Department of Epizootiology with Clinic for Birds and Exotic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Plac Grunwaldzki 45, Wrocław, Poland
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- Hugo Steinhaus Center, Faculty of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wyspianskiego 27, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Pathophysiology and Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 31, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Epizootiology with Clinic for Birds and Exotic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Plac Grunwaldzki 45, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Epizootiology with Clinic for Birds and Exotic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Plac Grunwaldzki 45, Wrocław, Poland.
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Blake LI, Sherry A, Mejeha OK, Leary P, Coombs H, Stone W, Head IM, Gray ND. An Unexpectedly Broad Thermal and Salinity-Tolerant Estuarine Methanogen Community. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8101467. [PMID: 32987846 PMCID: PMC7600826 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Moderately thermophilic (Tmax, ~55 °C) methanogens are identified after extended enrichments from temperate, tropical and low-temperature environments. However, thermophilic methanogens with higher growth temperatures (Topt ≥ 60 °C) are only reported from high-temperature environments. A microcosm-based approach was used to measure the rate of methane production and methanogen community structure over a range of temperatures and salinities in sediment from a temperate estuary. We report short-term incubations (<48 h) revealing methanogens with optimal activity reaching 70 °C in a temperate estuary sediment (in situ temperature 4–5 °C). While 30 °C enrichments amended with acetate, H2 or methanol selected for corresponding mesophilic trophic groups, at 60 °C, only hydrogenotrophs (genus Methanothermobacter) were observed. Since these methanogens are not known to be active under in situ temperatures, we conclude constant dispersal from high temperature habitats. The likely provenance of the thermophilic methanogens was studied by enrichments covering a range of temperatures and salinities. These enrichments indicated that the estuarine sediment hosted methanogens encompassing the global activity envelope of most cultured species. We suggest that estuaries are fascinating sink and source environments for microbial function study.
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- Lynsay I. Blake
- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; (A.S.); (O.K.M.); (P.L.); (H.C.); (I.M.H.)
- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Lower Mount Joy, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
- Correspondence: (L.I.B.); (N.D.G.)
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; (A.S.); (O.K.M.); (P.L.); (H.C.); (I.M.H.)
- Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment, Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; (A.S.); (O.K.M.); (P.L.); (H.C.); (I.M.H.)
- Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri P.M.B. 1526, Nigeria
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; (A.S.); (O.K.M.); (P.L.); (H.C.); (I.M.H.)
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; (A.S.); (O.K.M.); (P.L.); (H.C.); (I.M.H.)
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- Water Institute and Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa;
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; (A.S.); (O.K.M.); (P.L.); (H.C.); (I.M.H.)
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; (A.S.); (O.K.M.); (P.L.); (H.C.); (I.M.H.)
- Correspondence: (L.I.B.); (N.D.G.)
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The biogas production technology has improved over the last years for the aim of reducing the costs of the process, increasing the biogas yields, and minimizing the greenhouse gas emissions. To obtain a stable and efficient biogas production, there are several design considerations and operational parameters to be taken into account. Besides, adapting the process to unanticipated conditions can be achieved by adequate monitoring of various operational parameters. This paper reviews the research that has been conducted over the last years. This review paper summarizes the developments in biogas design and operation, while highlighting the main factors that affect the efficiency of the anaerobic digestion process. The study’s outcomes revealed that the optimum operational values of the main parameters may vary from one biogas plant to another. Additionally, the negative conditions that should be avoided while operating a biogas plant were identified.
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Hydrogenotrophic methanogen strain of Methanospirillum from anaerobic digester fed with agro-industrial waste. Biologia (Bratisl) 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-020-00559-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Selective Enrichment of Clostridium Spp. by Nutrition Control from Sihe Coal Geological Microbial Communities. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2020; 192:952-964. [PMID: 32617844 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-020-03367-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In the coal biogasification, butyric acid is an important intermediate product. The enrichment of butyric acid-producing bacteria in coal geological methanogens is critical to confirm this assertion. Therefore, to study a method for enrichment of butyric acid-producing bacteria and to explore characteristic factors for evaluating the enrichment effect would be the basis for further strain isolation and metabolomics research. In this study, the nutrition control method was used for the butyric acid-producing bacteria enrichment from concentrated bacteria solution in Sihe coal seam. The characteristic factors' changes in gas production, gas composition, butyric acid concentration, and pH were observed and analyzed in the experiment. High-throughput sequencing was used as a verification method to validate the medium and genera enrichment effect that can be used for the butyric acid-producing bacteria. Through experimental research and analysis, it was identified that the glucose-sucrose-maltose medium was the beneficial medium to the enrichment of butyric acid-producing bacteria, and the high-throughput sequencing determined that the enriched genera were Clostridium spp. Glucose-sucrose-maltose medium experimental data confirmed that the decrease of CO2 and H2 daily yield, the increase of butyric acid concentration, and the decrease of pH value had a significant positive correlation with the enrichment of Clostridium spp.
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A synthesis of bacterial and archaeal phenotypic trait data. Sci Data 2020; 7:170. [PMID: 32503990 PMCID: PMC7275036 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0497-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A synthesis of phenotypic and quantitative genomic traits is provided for bacteria and archaea, in the form of a scripted, reproducible workflow that standardizes and merges 26 sources. The resulting unified dataset covers 14 phenotypic traits, 5 quantitative genomic traits, and 4 environmental characteristics for approximately 170,000 strain-level and 15,000 species-aggregated records. It spans all habitats including soils, marine and fresh waters and sediments, host-associated and thermal. Trait data can find use in clarifying major dimensions of ecological strategy variation across species. They can also be used in conjunction with species and abundance sampling to characterize trait mixtures in communities and responses of traits along environmental gradients.
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Compte-Port S, Fillol M, Gich F, Borrego CM. Metabolic versatility of freshwater sedimentary archaea feeding on different organic carbon sources. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231238. [PMID: 32267873 PMCID: PMC7141681 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Members of the phylum Bathyarchaeota and the class Thermoplasmata are widespread in marine and freshwater sediments where they have been recognized as key players in the carbon cycle. Here, we tested the responsiveness of archaeal communities on settled plant debris and sediment from a karstic lake to different organic carbon amendments (amino acids, plant-derived carbohydrates, and aromatics) using a lab-scale microcosm. Changes in the composition and abundance of sediment and biofilm archaeal communities in both DNA and RNA fractions were assessed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and qPCR, respectively, after 7 and 30 days of incubation. Archaeal communities showed compositional changes in terms of alpha and beta diversity in relation to the type of carbon source (amino acids vs. plant-derived compounds), the nucleic acid fraction (DNA vs. RNA), and the incubation time (7 vs. 30 days). Distinct groups within the Bathyarchaeota (Bathy-15 and Bathy-6) and the Thermoplasmata (MBG-D) differently reacted to carbon supplements as deduced from the analysis of RNA libraries. Whereas Bathyarchaeota in biofilms showed a long-term positive response to humic acids, their counterparts in the sediment were mainly stimulated by the addition of tryptophan, suggesting the presence of different subpopulations in both habitats. Overall, our work presents an in vitro assessment of the versatility of archaea inhabiting freshwater sediments towards organic carbon and introduces settled leaf litter as a new habitat for the Bathyarchaeota and the Thermoplasmata.
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- Sergi Compte-Port
- Water Quality and Microbial Diversity, Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Scientific and Technological Park of the University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Water Quality and Microbial Diversity, Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Scientific and Technological Park of the University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Group of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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- Water Quality and Microbial Diversity, Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Scientific and Technological Park of the University of Girona, Girona, Spain
- Group of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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Volatile Fatty Acids Production from Microalgae Biomass: Anaerobic Digester Performance and Population Dynamics during Stable Conditions, Starvation, and Process Recovery. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24244544. [PMID: 31842312 PMCID: PMC6943514 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24244544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Disturbances in anaerobic digestion (AD) negatively impact the overall reactor performance. These adverse effects have been widely investigated for methane generation. However, AD recently appeared as a potential technology to obtain volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and thus, the impact of process disturbances must be evaluated. In this sense, microbial response towards a starvation period of two weeks was investigated resulting in a conversion of organic matter into VFAs of 0.39 ± 0.03 COD-VFAs/CODin. However, the lack of feeding reduced the yield to 0.30 ± 0.02 COD-VFAs/CODin. Microbial analysis revealed that the starvation period favored the syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacteria coupled with hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Finally, the system was fed at 9 g COD/Ld resulting in process recovery (0.39 ± 0.04 COD-VFAs/CODin). The different microbiome obtained at the end of the process was proved to be functionally redundant, highlighting the AD robustness for VFAs production.
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Zapata Martínez O, Serrano A, Aguilera Flores MM, Villa-Gómez DK. Rabbit manure as a potential inoculum for anaerobic digestion. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2019; 54:943-950. [PMID: 31057058 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2019.1610293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The potential of using rabbit manure as inoculum for biogas production was evaluated through batch assays using bean straw as substrate. The microbial diversity in the rabbit manure included lignin-degrading bacteria (classes Bacteroidia, Bacilli and Clostridia) as well as key acetoclastic (Matheanosarcina and Methanosaeta), and hydrogenotrophic (Methanobacterium, Methanolinea, and Methanovebribacter) archaea. The effects of particle size, substrate to inoculum ratio (S/X) and pH adjustment were studied to improve the inoculum activity. The adjustment of the pH entailed the highest improvement in methane production (515%) and rate (164%). However, high S/X, (3-4), resulted in the acidification of the processes, denoting an imbalance between hydrolytic bacteria and methanogenic archaea in the rabbit manure. This confirmed that the use of rabbit manure as inoculum could sustain anaerobic digestion from agricultural residues, although a proper enrichment and adaptation is necessary to ensure an appropriate methane production.
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- O Zapata Martínez
- a Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria De Ingeniería Campus Zacatecas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Zacatecas , México
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- b School of Civil Engineering , The University of Queensland , St Lucia , QLD , Australia
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- a Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria De Ingeniería Campus Zacatecas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Zacatecas , México
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- b School of Civil Engineering , The University of Queensland , St Lucia , QLD , Australia
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Pore SD, Engineer A, Dagar SS, Dhakephalkar PK. Meta-omics based analyses of microbiome involved in biomethanation of rice straw in a thermophilic anaerobic bioreactor under optimized conditions. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 279:25-33. [PMID: 30710817 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Biomethanation of rice straw was performed at 55 °C without thermochemical pretreatment using cattle dung supplemented with Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strains. Methane yield of 323 ml g-1 VS obtained under optimized conditions such as particle size (1 mm), carbon to nitrogen ratio (15:1), substrate to inoculum ratio (1:1), organic loading rate (7.5% w/v) and hydraulic retention time (20 days), was one of the highest ever reported from rice straw. Metagenome analysis revealed several putative novel taxa among resident microbes. The genomes of Clostridium, Hungateiclostridium, Alkaliphilus, Anaerocolumna, Olsenella, Paenibacillus, Pseudoclostridium, Tepidanaerobacter and Turicibacter were recovered as metagenome assisted genomes. Clostridium spp. and M. thermautotrophicus were the dominant hydrolytic and methanogenic microbes, respectively. Syntrophic acetate oxidation coupled to hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis was found to be the major pathway for methane production. Efficient thermophilic biomethanation of rice straw without thermochemical pretreatment using cattle dung supplemented with M. thermautotrophicus is reported for the first time.
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- Soham D Pore
- Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India; Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India
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- Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India
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- Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India; Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India
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- Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India; Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India.
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Piché-Choquette S, Constant P. Molecular Hydrogen, a Neglected Key Driver of Soil Biogeochemical Processes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:e02418-18. [PMID: 30658976 PMCID: PMC6414374 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02418-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The atmosphere of the early Earth is hypothesized to have been rich in reducing gases such as hydrogen (H2). H2 has been proposed as the first electron donor leading to ATP synthesis due to its ubiquity throughout the biosphere as well as its ability to easily diffuse through microbial cells and its low activation energy requirement. Even today, hydrogenase enzymes enabling the production and oxidation of H2 are found in thousands of genomes spanning the three domains of life across aquatic, terrestrial, and even host-associated ecosystems. Even though H2 has already been proposed as a universal growth and maintenance energy source, its potential contribution as a driver of biogeochemical cycles has received little attention. Here, we bridge this knowledge gap by providing an overview of the classification, distribution, and physiological role of hydrogenases. Distribution of these enzymes in various microbial functional groups and recent experimental evidence are finally integrated to support the hypothesis that H2-oxidizing microbes are keystone species driving C cycling along O2 concentration gradients found in H2-rich soil ecosystems. In conclusion, we suggest focusing on the metabolic flexibility of H2-oxidizing microbes by combining community-level and individual-level approaches aiming to decipher the impact of H2 on C cycling and the C-cycling potential of H2-oxidizing microbes, via both culture-dependent and culture-independent methods, to give us more insight into the role of H2 as a driver of biogeochemical processes.
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An evolving view of methane metabolism in the Archaea. Nat Rev Microbiol 2019; 17:219-232. [DOI: 10.1038/s41579-018-0136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pyzik A, Ciezkowska M, Krawczyk PS, Sobczak A, Drewniak L, Dziembowski A, Lipinski L. Comparative analysis of deep sequenced methanogenic communities: identification of microorganisms responsible for methane production. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:197. [PMID: 30572955 PMCID: PMC6302309 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1043-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although interactions between microorganisms involved in biogas production are largely uncharted, it is commonly accepted that methanogenic Archaea are essential for the process. Methanogens thrive in various environments, but the most extensively studied communities come from biogas plants. In this study, we employed a metagenomic analysis of deeply sequenced methanogenic communities, which allowed for comparison of taxonomic and functional diversity as well as identification of microorganisms directly involved in various stages of methanogenesis pathways. RESULTS A comprehensive metagenomic approach was used to compare seven environmental communities, originating from an agricultural biogas plant, cattle-associated samples, a lowland bog, sewage sludge from a wastewater treatment plant and sediments from an ancient gold mine. In addition to the native consortia, two laboratory communities cultivated on maize silage as the sole substrate were also analyzed. Results showed that all anaerobic communities harbored genes of all known methanogenesis pathways, but their abundance varied greatly between environments and that genes were encoded by different methanogens. Identification of microorganisms directly involved in different stages of methane production revealed that hydrogenotrophic methanogens, such as Methanoculleus, Methanobacterium, Methanobrevibacter, Methanocorpusculum or Methanoregula, predominated in most native communities, whereas acetoclastic Methanosaeta seemed to be the key methanogen in the wastewater treatment plant. Furthermore, in many environments, the methylotrophic pathway carried out by representatives of Methanomassiliicoccales, such as Candidatus Methanomethylophilus and Candidatus Methanoplasma, seemed to play an important role in methane production. In contrast, in stable laboratory reactors substrate versatile Methanosarcina predominated. CONCLUSIONS The metagenomic approach presented in this study allowed for deep exploration and comparison of nine environments in which methane production occurs. Different abundance of methanogenesis-related functions was observed and the functions were analyzed in the phylogenetic context in order to identify microbes directly involved in methane production. In addition, a comparison of two metagenomic analytical tools, MG-RAST and MetAnnotate, revealed that combination of both allows for a precise characterization of methanogenic communities.
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- Adam Pyzik
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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Effect of Mechanical Pre-Treatment of the Agricultural Substrates on Yield of Biogas and Kinetics of Anaerobic Digestion. SUSTAINABILITY 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/su10103669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effect of mechanical pre-treatment of nine different agricultural substrates minced to particle sizes of 1.5 mm, 5 mm and 10 mm on biogas and methane yields and fermentation kinetics was investigated. The results showed, that for five of the nine tested substrates (grass, Progas rye, Palazzo rye, tall wheatgrass, beet), a higher biogas production was obtained for the degree of fragmentation of 10 mm compared to fragmentation of 5 mm and 1.5 mm. For fragmentation of 5 mm, the highest biogas production was achieved for sorghum silage, Atletico maize and Cannavaro maize—649.80, 735.59 and 671.83 Nm3/Mg VS, respectively. However, for the degree of fragmentation of 1.5 mm, the highest biogas production (510.43 Nm3/Mg volatile solid (VS)) was obtained with Topinambur silage. The modified Gompertz model fitted well the kinetics of anaerobic digestion of substrates and show a significant dependence of the model parameters Hmax (biogas production potential) and Rmax (maximum rate of biogas production) on the degree of substrate fragmentation.
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Mauerhofer LM, Reischl B, Schmider T, Schupp B, Nagy K, Pappenreiter P, Zwirtmayr S, Schuster B, Bernacchi S, Seifert AH, Paulik C, Rittmann SKMR. Physiology and methane productivity of Methanobacterium thermaggregans. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:7643-7656. [PMID: 29959465 PMCID: PMC6097776 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9183-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2), associated with global temperature rise, and drastically decreasing fossil fuels necessitate the development of improved renewable and sustainable energy production processes. A possible route for CO2 recycling is to employ autotrophic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens for CO2-based biological methane (CH4) production (CO2-BMP). In this study, the physiology and productivity of Methanobacterium thermaggregans was investigated in fed-batch cultivation mode. It is shown that M. thermaggregans can be reproducibly adapted to high agitation speeds for an improved CH4 productivity. Moreover, inoculum size, sulfide feeding, pH, and temperature were optimized. Optimization of growth and CH4 productivity revealed that M. thermaggregans is a slightly alkaliphilic and thermophilic methanogen. Hitherto, it was only possible to grow seven autotrophic, hydrogenotrophic methanogenic strains in fed-batch cultivation mode. Here, we show that after a series of optimization and growth improvement attempts another methanogen, M. thermaggregas could be adapted to be grown in fed-batch cultivation mode to cell densities of up to 1.56 g L-1. Moreover, the CH4 evolution rate (MER) of M. thermaggregans was compared to Methanothermobacter marburgensis, the CO2-BMP model organism. Under optimized cultivation conditions, a maximum MER of 96.1 ± 10.9 mmol L-1 h-1 was obtained with M. thermaggregans-97% of the maximum MER that was obtained utilizing M. marburgensis in a reference experiment. Therefore, M. thermaggregans can be regarded as a CH4 cell factory highly suited to be applicable for CO2-BMP.
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- Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer
- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Universität Wien, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Wien, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Universität Wien, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Wien, Austria
- Krajete GmbH, Linz, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Universität Wien, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Wien, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Universität Wien, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Wien, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Universität Wien, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Wien, Austria
- Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Bioarchitectures, Wien, Austria
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- Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Linz, Austria
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- Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Bioarchitectures, Wien, Austria
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- Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Linz, Austria
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- Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Universität Wien, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Wien, Austria.
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Jo Y, Kim J, Hwang K, Lee C. A comparative study of single- and two-phase anaerobic digestion of food waste under uncontrolled pH conditions. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 78:509-520. [PMID: 32559939 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study compared single- versus two-phase systems for semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of food waste without pH control at varying organic loading rates (OLRs). The methanogenic reactors of both systems required trace element supplementation for stable operation at 3.0 g VS (volatile solids)/L∙d or higher OLRs. Under trace-element supplemented conditions, both systems achieved stable and efficient performance at OLRs up to 4.0 g VS/L∙d. The two-phase system outperformed the single-phase system at 1.0-4.0 g VS/L∙d OLRs, but it failed at an OLR of 5.0 g VS/L∙d. Meanwhile, the single-phase system maintained the stable performance and reached its maximum methane production at this OLR. These results suggest that a single-phase configuration is more advantageous for robust treatment of food waste without pH control at high organic and hydraulic loads. Hydrogenotrophic methanogens dominated the methanogen community throughout the experiment in both systems. Microbial community structure shifts correlated with reactor operation and performance characteristics.
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- Yeadam Jo
- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Process Engineering Team, Global Engineering Division, GS E&C, GRAN SEOUL, 33 Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03159, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
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Vishnivetskaya TA, Buongiorno J, Bird J, Krivushin K, Spirina EV, Oshurkova V, Shcherbakova VA, Wilson G, Lloyd KG, Rivkina EM. Methanogens in the Antarctic Dry Valley permafrost. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 94:5033399. [DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiy109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya
- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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- University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia
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Michał B, Gagat P, Jabłoński S, Chilimoniuk J, Gaworski M, Mackiewicz P, Marcin Ł. PhyMet 2 : a database and toolkit for phylogenetic and metabolic analyses of methanogens. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2018; 10:378-382. [PMID: 29624889 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The vast biodiversity of the microbial world and how little is known about it, has already been revealed by extensive metagenomics analyses. Our rudimentary knowledge of microbes stems from difficulties concerning their isolation and culture in laboratory conditions, which is necessary for describing their phenotype, among other things, for biotechnological purposes. An important component of the understudied ecosystems is methanogens, archaea producing a potent greenhouse-effect gas methane. Therefore, we created PhyMet2 , the first database that combines descriptions of methanogens and their culturing conditions with genetic information. The database contains a set of utilities that facilitate interactive data browsing, data comparison, phylogeny exploration and searching for sequence homologues. The most unique feature of the database is the web server MethanoGram, which can be used to significantly reduce the time and cost of searching for the optimal culturing conditions of methanogens by predicting them based on 16S RNA sequences. The database will aid many researchers in exploring the world of methanogens and their applications in biotechnological processes. PhyMet2 with the MethanoGram predictor is available at http://metanogen.biotech.uni.wroc.pl.
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- Burdukiewicz Michał
- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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Repinc SK, Šket R, Zavec D, Mikuš KV, Fermoso FG, Stres B. Full-scale agricultural biogas plant metal content and process parameters in relation to bacterial and archaeal microbial communities over 2.5 year span. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2018; 213:566-574. [PMID: 29477353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A start-up of 4 MW agricultural biogas plant in Vučja vas, Slovenia, was monitored from 2011 to 2014. The start-up was carried out in 3 weeks with the intake of biomass from three operating full-scale 1-2 MW donor agricultural biogas plants. The samples were taken from donor digesters and from two serial digesters during the start-up over the course of 2.5 years. Bacterial and Archaeal microbial communities progressively diverged from the composition of donor digesters during the start-up phase. The rate of change of Bacterial community decreased exponentially over the first 2.5 years as dynamics within the first 70 days was comparable to that of the next 1.5 years, whereas approximately constant rate was observed for Archaea. Despite rearrangements, the microbial communities remained functionally stable and produced biogas throughout the whole 2.5 years of observation. All systems parameters measured were ordered according to their Kernel density (Gaussian function) ranging from the most dispersed (substrate categories used as cosubstrates, quantities of each cosubstrate, substate dry and volatile matter, process parameters) towards progressively least dispersed (trace metal and ion profiles, aromatic-polyphenolic compounds, biogas plant functional output (energy)). No deficiency was detected in trace metal content as the distribution of metals and elements fluctuated within the suggested limits for biogas over 2.5 year observation. In contrast to the recorded process variables, Bacterial and Archaeal microbial communities exhibited directed changes oriented in time. Variation partitioning showed that a large fraction of variability in the Bacterial and Archaeal microbial communities (55% and 61%, respectively) remained unexplained despite numerous measured variables (n = 44) and stable biogas production. Our results show that the observed reorganization of microbial communities was not directly associated with impact on the full-scale biogas reactor performance. Novel parameters need to be determined to elucidate the variables directly associated with the reorganization of microbial communities and those relevant for sustained function such as the more in-depth interaction between TSOC, trace metal profiles, aromatic-polyphenolic compounds and ionic strength (e.g. electrical conductivity).
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- Sabina Kolbl Repinc
- Institute of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Jamova 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Jamova 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, Slovenia; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Joshi A, Lanjekar V, Dhakephalkar PK, Dagar SS. Cultivation of multiple genera of hydrogenotrophic methanogens from different environmental niches. Anaerobe 2018; 50:64-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Aptekmann AA, Nadra AD. Core promoter information content correlates with optimal growth temperature. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1313. [PMID: 29358630 PMCID: PMC5777992 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19495-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The subtle mechanisms by which protein-DNA interactions remain functional across a wide range of temperatures are largely unknown. In this work, we manually curated available information relating fully sequenced archaeal genomes with organism growth temperatures. We built a motif that represents the core promoter of each species and calculated its information content. We then studied the relation between optimal growth temperature (OGT) and information content (IC) in the promoter region.We found a positive correlation between G + C content and OGT in tRNA regions and not in overall genome. Furthermore, we found that there is a positive correlation between information content and optimal growth temperatures in Archaea. This can't be explained by an increased C+G composition nor by other obvious mechanisms. These findings suggest that increased information content could produce a positive fitness in organisms living at high temperatures. We suggest that molecular information theory may need to be adapted for hyperthermophiles.
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- Ariel A Aptekmann
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratorio de Bioquímica Estructural, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN). Intendente Güiraldes 2160, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Química Biológica, Laboratorio de Bioquímica Estructural, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN). Intendente Güiraldes 2160, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Laboratorio de Bioquímica Estructural, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Detman A, Mielecki D, Pleśniak Ł, Bucha M, Janiga M, Matyasik I, Chojnacka A, Jędrysek MO, Błaszczyk MK, Sikora A. Methane-yielding microbial communities processing lactate-rich substrates: a piece of the anaerobic digestion puzzle. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2018; 11:116. [PMID: 29721040 PMCID: PMC5910564 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1106-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anaerobic digestion, whose final products are methane and carbon dioxide, ensures energy flow and circulation of matter in ecosystems. This naturally occurring process is used for the production of renewable energy from biomass. Lactate, a common product of acidic fermentation, is a key intermediate in anaerobic digestion of biomass in the environment and biogas plants. Effective utilization of lactate has been observed in many experimental approaches used to study anaerobic digestion. Interestingly, anaerobic lactate oxidation and lactate oxidizers as a physiological group in methane-yielding microbial communities have not received enough attention in the context of the acetogenic step of anaerobic digestion. This study focuses on metabolic transformation of lactate during the acetogenic and methanogenic steps of anaerobic digestion in methane-yielding bioreactors. RESULTS Methane-yielding microbial communities instead of pure cultures of acetate producers were used to process artificial lactate-rich media to methane and carbon dioxide in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors. The media imitated the mixture of acidic products found in anaerobic environments/digesters where lactate fermentation dominates in acidogenesis. Effective utilization of lactate and biogas production was observed. 16S rRNA profiling was used to examine the selected methane-yielding communities. Among Archaea present in the bioreactors, the order Methanosarcinales predominated. The acetoclastic pathway of methane formation was further confirmed by analysis of the stable carbon isotope composition of methane and carbon dioxide. The domain Bacteria was represented by Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Synergistetes, Actinobacteria, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes, Caldithrix, Verrucomicrobia, Thermotogae, Chloroflexi, Nitrospirae, and Cyanobacteria. Available genome sequences of species and/or genera identified in the microbial communities were searched for genes encoding the lactate-oxidizing metabolic machinery homologous to those of Acetobacterium woodii and Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Furthermore, genes for enzymes of the reductive acetyl-CoA pathway were present in the microbial communities. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that lactate is oxidized mainly to acetate during the acetogenic step of AD and this comprises the acetotrophic pathway of methanogenesis. The genes for lactate utilization under anaerobic conditions are widespread in the domain Bacteria. Lactate oxidation to the substrates for methanogens is the most energetically attractive process in comparison to butyrate, propionate, or ethanol oxidation.
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- Anna Detman
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec, Poland
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- Oil and Gas Institute, National Research Institute, Cracow, Poland
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- Oil and Gas Institute, National Research Institute, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Estimating Population Turnover Rates by Relative Quantification Methods Reveals Microbial Dynamics in Marine Sediment. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 84:AEM.01443-17. [PMID: 29054869 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01443-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The difficulty involved in quantifying biogeochemically significant microbes in marine sediments limits our ability to assess interspecific interactions, population turnover times, and niches of uncultured taxa. We incubated surface sediments from Cape Lookout Bight, North Carolina, USA, anoxically at 21°C for 122 days. Sulfate decreased until day 68, after which methane increased, with hydrogen concentrations consistent with the predicted values of an electron donor exerting thermodynamic control. We measured turnover times using two relative quantification methods, quantitative PCR (qPCR) and the product of 16S gene read abundance and total cell abundance (FRAxC, which stands for "fraction of read abundance times cells"), to estimate the population turnover rates of uncultured clades. Most 16S rRNA reads were from deeply branching uncultured groups, and ∼98% of 16S rRNA genes did not abruptly shift in relative abundance when sulfate reduction gave way to methanogenesis. Uncultured Methanomicrobiales and Methanosarcinales increased at the onset of methanogenesis with population turnover times estimated from qPCR at 9.7 ± 3.9 and 12.6 ± 4.1 days, respectively. These were consistent with FRAxC turnover times of 9.4 ± 5.8 and 9.2 ± 3.5 days, respectively. Uncultured Syntrophaceae, which are possibly fermentative syntrophs of methanogens, and uncultured Kazan-3A-21 archaea also increased at the onset of methanogenesis, with FRAxC turnover times of 14.7 ± 6.9 and 10.6 ± 3.6 days. Kazan-3A-21 may therefore either perform methanogenesis or form a fermentative syntrophy with methanogens. Three genera of sulfate-reducing bacteria, Desulfovibrio, Desulfobacter, and Desulfobacterium, increased in the first 19 days before declining rapidly during sulfate reduction. We conclude that population turnover times on the order of days can be measured robustly in organic-rich marine sediment, and the transition from sulfate-reducing to methanogenic conditions stimulates growth only in a few clades directly involved in methanogenesis, rather than in the whole microbial community.IMPORTANCE Many microbes cannot be isolated in pure culture to determine their preferential growth conditions and predict their response to changing environmental conditions. We created a microcosm of marine sediments that allowed us to simulate a diagenetic profile using a temporal analog for depth. This allowed for the observation of the microbial community population dynamics caused by the natural shift from sulfate reduction to methanogenesis. Our research provides evidence for the population dynamics of uncultured microbes as well as the application of a novel method of turnover rate analysis for individual taxa within a mixed incubation, FRAxC, which stands for "fraction of read abundance times cells," which was verified by quantitative PCR. This allows for the calculation of population turnover times for microbes in a natural setting and the identification of uncultured clades involved in geochemical processes.
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Oehler DZ, Etiope G. Methane Seepage on Mars: Where to Look and Why. ASTROBIOLOGY 2017; 17:1233-1264. [PMID: 28771029 PMCID: PMC5730060 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2017.1657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Methane on Mars is a topic of special interest because of its potential association with microbial life. The variable detections of methane by the Curiosity rover, orbiters, and terrestrial telescopes, coupled with methane's short lifetime in the martian atmosphere, may imply an active gas source in the planet's subsurface, with migration and surface emission processes similar to those known on Earth as "gas seepage." Here, we review the variety of subsurface processes that could result in methane seepage on Mars. Such methane could originate from abiotic chemical reactions, thermogenic alteration of abiotic or biotic organic matter, and ancient or extant microbial metabolism. These processes can occur over a wide range of temperatures, in both sedimentary and igneous rocks, and together they enhance the possibility that significant amounts of methane could have formed on early Mars. Methane seepage to the surface would occur preferentially along faults and fractures, through focused macro-seeps and/or diffuse microseepage exhalations. Our work highlights the types of features on Mars that could be associated with methane release, including mud-volcano-like mounds in Acidalia or Utopia; proposed ancient springs in Gusev Crater, Arabia Terra, and Valles Marineris; and rims of large impact craters. These could have been locations of past macro-seeps and may still emit methane today. Microseepage could occur through faults along the dichotomy or fractures such as those at Nili Fossae, Cerberus Fossae, the Argyre impact, and those produced in serpentinized rocks. Martian microseepage would be extremely difficult to detect remotely yet could constitute a significant gas source. We emphasize that the most definitive detection of methane seepage from different release candidates would be best provided by measurements performed in the ground or at the ground-atmosphere interface by landers or rovers and that the technology for such detection is currently available. Key Words: Mars-Methane-Seepage-Clathrate-Fischer-Tropsch-Serpentinization. Astrobiology 17, 1233-1264.
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma 2, Roma, Italy, and Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Zheng S, Wang B, Liu F, Wang O. Magnetite production and transformation in the methanogenic consortia from coastal riverine sediments. J Microbiol 2017; 55:862-870. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-017-7104-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kim J, Kim H, Lee C. Ulva biomass as a co-substrate for stable anaerobic digestion of spent coffee grounds in continuous mode. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 241:1182-1190. [PMID: 28625349 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ulva biomass was evaluated as a co-substrate for anaerobic digestion of spent coffee grounds at varying organic loads (0.7-1.6g chemical oxygen demand (COD)/Ld) and substrate compositions. Co-digestion with Ulva (25%, COD basis) proved beneficial for SCG biomethanation in both terms of process performance and stability. The beneficial effect is much more pronounced at higher organic and hydraulic loads, with the highest COD removal and methane yield being 51.8% and 0.19L/g COD fed, respectively. The reactor microbial community structure changed dynamically during the experiment, and a dominance shift from hydrogenotrophic to aceticlastic methanogens occurred with increase in organic loading rate. Network analysis provides a comprehensive view of the microbial interactions involved in the system and confirms a direct positive correlation between Ulva input and methane productivity. A group of populations, including Methanobacterium- and Methanoculleus-related methanogens, was identified as a possible indicator for monitoring the biomethanation performance.
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- Jaai Kim
- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
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Paulo LM, Ramiro-Garcia J, van Mourik S, Stams AJM, Sousa DZ. Effect of Nickel and Cobalt on Methanogenic Enrichment Cultures and Role of Biogenic Sulfide in Metal Toxicity Attenuation. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1341. [PMID: 28769906 PMCID: PMC5513950 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Metals play an important role in microbial metabolism by acting as cofactors for many enzymes. Supplementation of biological processes with metals may result in improved performance, but high metal concentrations are often toxic to microorganisms. In this work, methanogenic enrichment cultures growing on H2/CO2 or acetate were supplemented with trace concentrations of nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), but no significant increase in methane production was observed in most of the tested conditions. However, high concentrations of these metals were detrimental to methanogenic activity of the cultures. Cumulative methane production (after 6 days of incubation) from H2/CO2 was 40% lower in the presence of 8 mM of Ni or 30 mM of Co, compared to controls without metal supplementation. When acetate was used as substrate, cumulative methane production was also reduced: by 18% with 8 mM of Ni and by 53% with 30 mM of Co (after 6 days of incubation). Metal precipitation with sulfide was further tested as a possible method to alleviate metal toxicity. Anaerobic sludge was incubated with Co (30 mM) and Ni (8 mM) in the presence of sulfate or sulfide. The addition of sulfide helped to mitigate the toxic effect of the metals. Methane production from H2/CO2 was negatively affected in the presence of sulfate, possibly due to competition of hydrogenotrophic methanogens by sulfate-reducing bacteria. However, in the enrichment cultures growing on acetate, biogenically produced sulfide had a positive effect and more methane was produced in these incubations than in similar assays without sulfate addition. The outcome of competition between methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria is a determinant factor for the success of using biogenic sulfide as detoxification method.
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- Lara M. Paulo
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen UniversityWageningen, Netherlands
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- Farm Technology Group, Plant Sciences GroupWageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen UniversityWageningen, Netherlands
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de GualtarBraga, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen UniversityWageningen, Netherlands
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Wen X, Yang S, Horn F, Winkel M, Wagner D, Liebner S. Global Biogeographic Analysis of Methanogenic Archaea Identifies Community-Shaping Environmental Factors of Natural Environments. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1339. [PMID: 28769904 PMCID: PMC5513909 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Methanogenic archaea are important for the global greenhouse gas budget since they produce methane under anoxic conditions in numerous natural environments such as oceans, estuaries, soils, and lakes. Whether and how environmental change will propagate into methanogenic assemblages of natural environments remains largely unknown owing to a poor understanding of global distribution patterns and environmental drivers of this specific group of microorganisms. In this study, we performed a meta-analysis targeting the biogeographic patterns and environmental controls of methanogenic communities using 94 public mcrA gene datasets. We show a global pattern of methanogenic archaea that is more associated with habitat filtering than with geographical dispersal. We identify salinity as the control on methanogenic community composition at global scale whereas pH and temperature are the major controls in non-saline soils and lakes. The importance of salinity for structuring methanogenic community composition is also reflected in the biogeography of methanogenic lineages and the physiological properties of methanogenic isolates. Linking methanogenic alpha-diversity with reported values of methane emission identifies estuaries as the most diverse methanogenic habitats with, however, minor contribution to the global methane budget. With salinity, temperature and pH our study identifies environmental drivers of methanogenic community composition facing drastic changes in many natural environments at the moment. However, consequences of this for the production of methane remain elusive owing to a lack of studies that combine methane production rate with community analysis.
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- Xi Wen
- Section 5.3 Geomicrobiology, GFZ German Research Centre for GeosciencesPotsdam, Germany.,College of Electrical Engineering, Northwest University for NationalitiesLanzhou, China
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- Section 5.3 Geomicrobiology, GFZ German Research Centre for GeosciencesPotsdam, Germany.,State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of SciencesLanzhou, China
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- Section 5.3 Geomicrobiology, GFZ German Research Centre for GeosciencesPotsdam, Germany
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- Section 5.3 Geomicrobiology, GFZ German Research Centre for GeosciencesPotsdam, Germany
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- Section 5.3 Geomicrobiology, GFZ German Research Centre for GeosciencesPotsdam, Germany
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- Section 5.3 Geomicrobiology, GFZ German Research Centre for GeosciencesPotsdam, Germany
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Xiao KQ, Beulig F, Kjeldsen KU, Jørgensen BB, Risgaard-Petersen N. Concurrent Methane Production and Oxidation in Surface Sediment from Aarhus Bay, Denmark. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1198. [PMID: 28713339 PMCID: PMC5492102 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Marine surface sediments, which are replete with sulfate, are typically considered to be devoid of endogenous methanogenesis. Yet, methanogenic archaea are present in those sediments, suggesting a potential for methanogenesis. We used an isotope dilution method based on sediment bag incubation and spiking with 13C-CH4 to quantify CH4 turnover rates in sediment from Aarhus Bay, Denmark. In two independent experiments, highest CH4 production and oxidation rates (>200 pmol cm-3 d-1) were found in the top 0-2 cm, below which rates dropped below 100 pmol cm-3 d-1 in all other segments down to 16 cm. This drop in overall methane turnover with depth was accompanied by decreasing rates of organic matter mineralization with depth. Molecular analyses based on quantitative PCR and MiSeq sequencing of archaeal 16S rRNA genes showed that the abundance of methanogenic archaea also peaked in the top 0-2 cm segment. Based on the community profiling, hydrogenotrophic and methylotrophic methanogens dominated among the methanogenic archaea in general, suggesting that methanogenesis in surface sediment could be driven by both CO2 reduction and fermentation of methylated compounds. Our results show the existence of elevated methanogenic activity and a dynamic recycling of CH4 at low concentration in sulfate-rich marine surface sediment. Considering the common environmental conditions found in other coastal systems, we speculate that such a cryptic methane cycling can be ubiquitous.
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- Ke-Qing Xiao
- Center for Geomicrobiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus UniversityAarhus, Denmark
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Gaworski M, Jabłoński S, Pawlaczyk-Graja I, Ziewiecki R, Rutkowski P, Wieczyńska A, Gancarz R, Łukaszewicz M. Enhancing biogas plant production using pig manure and corn silage by adding wheat straw processed with liquid hot water and steam explosion. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:259. [PMID: 29151888 PMCID: PMC5679381 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0922-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pig manure utilization and valorization is an important topic with tightening regulations focused on ecological and safety issues. By itself pig manure is a poor substrate for biogas production because of its excessive nitrogen content relative to available organic carbon. Such substrate is alkaline, and methanogenesis can be suppressed, and so additional substrates with high organic carbon must be added. The most promising is straw, which is available from adjacent biogas plant cultures. However, the abundant lignocellulosic biomass of wheat straw undergoes slow decomposition, and only a fraction of the chemical energy can be converted into biogas; thus economical methods for pretreatment increasing bioavailability are sought. RESULTS A method was investigated to increase the methane yield in a full-scale plant for co-fermenting pig manure with corn silage, which was the default substrate in the original source reactors. Increased lignocellulosic bioavailability of wheat straw was achieved by combining liquid hot water (LHW) and steam explosion (SE). According to FT-IR analysis, the treatment resulted in hemicellulose hydrolysis, partial cellulose depolymerization, and lignin bond destruction. Low-mass polysaccharides (0.6 × 103 g mol-1) had significantly higher concentration in the leachate of LHW-SE wheat straw than raw wheat straw. The methanogenic potential was evaluated using inoculum from two different biogas plants to study the influence of microorganism consortia. The yield was 24-34% higher after the pretreatment process. In a full-scale biogas plant, the optimal conditions were ~ 165 °C, ~ 2.33 MPa, and 10 min in LHW and ~ 65 °C and ~ 0.1 MPa for SE. The processes did not generate detectable inhibitors according to GC-MS analysis, such as furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. CONCLUSIONS The LHW-SE combined pretreatment process increases the bioavailability of carbohydrates from wheat straw. The LHW-SE treated wheat straw gave similar biogas yields to corn silage, thus enables at least partial replacement of corn silage and is good for diversification of substrates. Surprisingly, microorganisms consortia from other biogas plant fed with other substrates may have higher efficiency in utilization of tested substrate. Thus, methanogenic consortia may be considered in the process of optimization at industrial scale. The efficiency was calculated, and the LHW-SE may be profitable at full industrial scale and further optimization is proposed.
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- Michał Gaworski
- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Polymer and Carbonaceous Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Gdańska 7/9, 50-344 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biotransformation, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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Wilson RM, Hopple AM, Tfaily MM, Sebestyen SD, Schadt CW, Pfeifer-Meister L, Medvedeff C, McFarlane KJ, Kostka JE, Kolton M, Kolka R, Kluber LA, Keller JK, Guilderson TP, Griffiths NA, Chanton JP, Bridgham SD, Hanson PJ. Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13723. [PMID: 27958276 PMCID: PMC5159855 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Peatlands contain one-third of soil carbon (C), mostly buried in deep, saturated anoxic zones (catotelm). The response of catotelm C to climate forcing is uncertain, because prior experiments have focused on surface warming. We show that deep peat heating of a 2 m-thick peat column results in an exponential increase in CH4 emissions. However, this response is due solely to surface processes and not degradation of catotelm peat. Incubations show that only the top 20-30 cm of peat from experimental plots have higher CH4 production rates at elevated temperatures. Radiocarbon analyses demonstrate that CH4 and CO2 are produced primarily from decomposition of surface-derived modern photosynthate, not catotelm C. There are no differences in microbial abundances, dissolved organic matter concentrations or degradative enzyme activities among treatments. These results suggest that although surface peat will respond to increasing temperature, the large reservoir of catotelm C is stable under current anoxic conditions.
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- R. M. Wilson
- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, 117 N Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory—Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, California 92866, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, California 92866, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, 117 N Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Luo G, Li J, Li Y, Wang Z, Li WT, Li AM. Performance, kinetics behaviors and microbial community of internal circulation anaerobic reactor treating wastewater with high organic loading rate: Role of external hydraulic circulation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 222:470-477. [PMID: 27764739 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Performance of internal circulation anaerobic reactor (IC) treating wastewater at high organic loading rate (OLR) and role of external hydraulic circulation were evaluated. When the OLR was increased from 2.50 to 18.94kgCOD/m3/d, COD removal decreased to 85% slightly and methane production increased to 4.49L/L/d with the upflow velocity of 1.0m/h resulted from the additional hydraulic circulation. Withdrawal of external hydraulic circulation led to decrease of COD removal to lower than 60% drastically and methane production by 81%. Accumulation of volatile fatty acids caused decline of pH to below 6.0 and the shift of substrate metabolic pathway to the hybrid fermentation. In addition, both maximum methane production rate and maximum substrate degradation rate obtained from mathematical models decreased significantly. Hydrogenotrophic methanogens including Methanobacterium and Methanocorpusculum predominated in the anaerobic sludge and the shift of microbial community was also observed.
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- Gan Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Cho SK, Kim DH, Quince C, Im WT, Oh SE, Shin SG. Low-strength ultrasonication positively affects methanogenic granules toward higher AD performance: Implications from microbial community shift. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2016; 32:198-203. [PMID: 27150761 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2016.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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To elucidate the enhanced methane yield from organic wastes, the effects of low-strength ultrasonication on the microbial community structures in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors were for the first time analyzed using pyrosequencing. Interestingly, a more even microbial community was observed in the ultrasonicated granules than in the control, which could compensate for the decreased richness and resulted in comparable (archaea) or even higher (bacteria) diversity. The ultrasonicated granules contained higher levels of δ-Proteobacteria, of which many are reportedly potential syntrophs, as well as methanogenic genera Methanosaeta, Methanotorris, and Methanococcus. The increased presence of syntrophic bacteria with their methanogenic partners was discussed with respect to hydrogen flux; their selective proliferation seems to be responsible for the enhanced anaerobic performance. This study is the first research shedding light on the novel function of low-strength ultrasound shifting the microbial structure towards better biogas production performance, and will facilitate application of low-strength ultrasound to other bioprocesses.
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- Si-Kyung Cho
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Dongguk University, 32 Dongguk-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, 327 Chungang-no, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University, San 16-1, Duckmyoung-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.
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Kim J, Lee C. Response of a continuous anaerobic digester to temperature transitions: A critical range for restructuring the microbial community structure and function. WATER RESEARCH 2016; 89:241-51. [PMID: 26689661 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Temperature is a crucial factor that significantly influences the microbial activity and so the methanation performance of an anaerobic digestion (AD) process. Therefore, how to control the operating temperature for optimal activity of the microbes involved is a key to stable AD. This study examined the response of a continuous anaerobic reactor to a series of temperature shifts over a wide range of 35-65 °C using a dairy-processing byproduct as model wastewater. During the long-term experiment for approximately 16 months, the reactor was subjected to stepwise temperature increases by 5 °C at a fixed HRT of 15 days. The reactor showed stable performance within the temperature range of 35-45 °C, with the methane production rate and yield being maximum at 45 °C (18% and 26% greater, respectively, than at 35 °C). However, the subsequent increase to 50 °C induced a sudden performance deterioration with a complete cessation of methane recovery, indicating that the temperature range between 45 °C and 50 °C had a critical impact on the transition of the reactor's methanogenic activity from mesophilic to thermophilic. This serious process perturbation was associated with a severe restructuring of the reactor microbial community structure, particularly of methanogens, quantitatively as well as qualitatively. Once restored by interrupted feeding for about two months, the reactor maintained fairly stable performance under thermophilic conditions until it was upset again at 65 °C. Interestingly, in contrast to most previous reports, hydrogenotrophs largely dominated the methanogen community at mesophilic temperatures while acetotrophs emerged as a major group at thermophilic temperature. This implies that the primary methanogenesis route of the reactor shifted from hydrogen- to acetate-utilizing pathways with the temperature shifts from mesophilic to thermophilic temperatures. Our observations suggest that a mesophilic digester may not need to be cooled at up to 45 °C in case of undesired temperature rise, for example, by excessive self-heating, which offers a possibility to reduce operating costs.
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- Jaai Kim
- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 689-798, Republic of Korea
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- School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 689-798, Republic of Korea.
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Chojnacka A, Szczęsny P, Błaszczyk MK, Zielenkiewicz U, Detman A, Salamon A, Sikora A. Noteworthy Facts about a Methane-Producing Microbial Community Processing Acidic Effluent from Sugar Beet Molasses Fermentation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128008. [PMID: 26000448 PMCID: PMC4441513 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Anaerobic digestion is a complex process involving hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis and methanogenesis. The separation of the hydrogen-yielding (dark fermentation) and methane-yielding steps under controlled conditions permits the production of hydrogen and methane from biomass. The characterization of microbial communities developed in bioreactors is crucial for the understanding and optimization of fermentation processes. Previously we developed an effective system for hydrogen production based on long-term continuous microbial cultures grown on sugar beet molasses. Here, the acidic effluent from molasses fermentation was used as the substrate for methanogenesis in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket bioreactor. This study focused on the molecular analysis of the methane-yielding community processing the non-gaseous products of molasses fermentation. The substrate for methanogenesis produces conditions that favor the hydrogenotrophic pathway of methane synthesis. Methane production results from syntrophic metabolism whose key process is hydrogen transfer between bacteria and methanogenic Archaea. High-throughput 454 pyrosequencing of total DNA isolated from the methanogenic microbial community and bioinformatic sequence analysis revealed that the domain Bacteria was dominated by Firmicutes (mainly Clostridia), Bacteroidetes, δ- and γ-Proteobacteria, Cloacimonetes and Spirochaetes. In the domain Archaea, the order Methanomicrobiales was predominant, with Methanoculleus as the most abundant genus. The second and third most abundant members of the Archaeal community were representatives of the Methanomassiliicoccales and the Methanosarcinales. Analysis of the methanogenic sludge by scanning electron microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction showed that it was composed of small highly heterogeneous mineral-rich granules. Mineral components of methanogenic granules probably modulate syntrophic metabolism and methanogenic pathways. A rough functional analysis from shotgun data of the metagenome demonstrated that our knowledge of methanogenesis is poor and/or the enzymes responsible for methane production are highly effective, since despite reasonably good sequencing coverage, the details of the functional potential of the microbial community appeared to be incomplete.
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- Aleksandra Chojnacka
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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