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Imachi H, Nobu MK, Kato S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Miyata M, Ogawara M, Saito Y, Sakai S, Tahara YO, Takano Y, Tasumi E, Uematsu K, Yoshimura T, Itoh T, Ohkuma M, Takai K. Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, obligately syntrophic archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Asgard' archaea, and proposal of the new archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota phyl. nov. and kingdom Promethearchaeati regn. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:006435. [PMID: 38967634 PMCID: PMC11316595 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006435] [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: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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An anaerobic, mesophilic, syntrophic, archaeon strain MK-D1T, was isolated as a pure co-culture with Methanogenium sp. strain MK-MG from deep-sea methane seep sediment. This organism is, to our knowledge, the first cultured representative of 'Asgard' archaea, an archaeal group closely related to eukaryotes. Here, we describe the detailed physiology and phylogeny of MK-D1T and propose Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov. to accommodate this strain. Cells were non-motile, small cocci, approximately 300-750 nm in diameter and produced membrane vesicles, chains of blebs and membrane-based protrusions. MK-D1T grew at 4-30 °C with optimum growth at 20 °C. The strain grew chemoorganotrophically with amino acids, peptides and yeast extract with obligate dependence on syntrophy with H2-/formate-utilizing organisms. MK-D1T showed the fastest growth and highest maximum cell yield when grown with yeast extract as the substrate: approximately 3 months to full growth, reaching up to 6.7×106 16S rRNA gene copies ml-1. MK-D1T had a circular 4.32 Mb chromosome with a DNA G+C content of 31.1 mol%. The results of phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene and conserved marker proteins indicated that the strain is affiliated with 'Asgard' archaea and more specifically DHVC1/DSAG/MBG-B and 'Lokiarchaeota'/'Lokiarchaeia'. On the basis of the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the most closely related isolated relatives were Infirmifilum lucidum 3507LTT (76.09 %) and Methanothermobacter tenebrarum RMAST (77.45 %) and the closest relative in enrichment culture was Candidatus 'Lokiarchaeum ossiferum' (95.39 %). The type strain of the type species is MK-D1T (JCM 39240T and JAMSTEC no. 115508). We propose the associated family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom as Promethearchaeaceae fam. nov., Promethearchaeales ord. nov., Promethearchaeia class. nov., Promethearchaeota phyl. nov., and Promethearchaeati regn. nov., respectively. These are in accordance with ICNP Rules 8 and 22 for nomenclature, Rule 30(3)(b) for validation and maintenance of the type strain, and Rule 31a for description as a member of an unambiguous syntrophic association.
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- Hiroyuki Imachi
- 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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- 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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- Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM), RIKEN BioResource Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan
- Submarine Resources Research Center, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
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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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- 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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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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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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- 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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- 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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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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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 Marine and Earth Sciences, Marine Work Japan, Yokosuka, Japan
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- Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM), RIKEN BioResource Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM), RIKEN BioResource Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan
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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
- Section for Exploration of Life in Extreme Environments, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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Das A, Verma M, Mishra V. Food waste to resource recovery: a way of green advocacy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:17874-17886. [PMID: 37186182 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27193-w] [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: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Due to the massive growth in population and urbanization, there has been a huge increase in the volume of food waste globally. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that around one-third of all food produced each year is wasted. Food waste leads to the emission of greenhouse gas and depletion of the soil fertility. Nevertheless, it has immense potential for the recovery of high-value energy, fuel, and other resources. This review summarizes the latest advances in resource recovery from food waste by using technologies that include food waste-mediated microbial fuel cell (MFC) for bioenergy production. In addition to this, utilization of food waste for the production of bioplastic, biogas, bioethanol, and fertilizer has been also discussed in detail. Competitive benefits and accompanying difficulties of these technologies have also been highlighted. Furthermore, future approaches for more efficient use of food waste for the recovery of valuable resources have been also offered from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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- Alok Das
- School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT (BHU), U.P, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT (BHU), U.P, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT (BHU), U.P, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Li C, Lü F, Peng W, He P, Zhang H. Efficacy of bioaugmentation with nondomesticated mixed microbial consortia under ammonia inhibition in anaerobic digestion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 391:129954. [PMID: 37914055 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129954] [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: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Bioaugmentation shows promise in mitigating ammonia-induced microbial inhibition in anaerobic digestion processes. However, the advanced technical requirements and high costs associated with pure strain cultivation, as well as the time-consuming and labor-intensive process of domesticating consortia, present challenges for industrial applications. Herein, the efficacy of bioaugmentation with nondomesticated mixed microbial consortia was evaluated, which resulted in a significant methane production improvement of 5.6%-11.7% and 10.3%-13.5% under total ammonia nitrogen concentrations of 2.0 and 4.9 g-N/L, respectively. Microbial analysis revealed that at high ammonium levels, the bioaugmented culture facilitated a transition in the methanogenic pathway from acetoclastic to hydrogenotrophic by regulating symbiotic relationships between propionate- and acetate-oxidizing bacteria and methanogens. Consortium type and dose applied were identified as crucial factors determining bioaugmentation effectiveness. Overall, nondomesticated mixed microbial consortia demonstrate potential as cost-effective bioaugmentation agents for mitigating ammonia-induced inhibition.
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- Chao Li
- Institute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Jiaxing-Tongji Environmental Research Institute, Jiaxing 314051, Zhejiang Province, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Jiaxing-Tongji Environmental Research Institute, Jiaxing 314051, Zhejiang Province, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Kamagata Y. Cultivating the unseen: Lessons from James Tiedje. MLIFE 2023; 2:217-223. [PMID: 38817816 PMCID: PMC10989887 DOI: 10.1002/mlf2.12083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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- Yoichi Kamagata
- National Institute of Advanced and Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)TsukubaJapan
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Jin Y, Lu Y. Syntrophic Propionate Oxidation: One of the Rate-Limiting Steps of Organic Matter Decomposition in Anoxic Environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0038423. [PMID: 37097179 PMCID: PMC10231205 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00384-23] [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] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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Syntrophic propionate oxidation is one of the rate-limiting steps during anaerobic decomposition of organic matter in anoxic environments. Syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria (SPOB) are members of the "rare biosphere" living at the edge of the thermodynamic limit in most natural habitats. Hitherto, only 10 bacterial species capable of syntrophic propionate oxidization have been identified. SPOB employ different metabolisms for propionate oxidation (e.g., methylmalonyl-CoA pathway and C6 dismutation pathway) and show diverse life strategies (e.g., obligately and facultatively syntrophic lifestyle). The flavin-based electron bifurcation/confurcation (FBEB/C) systems have been proposed to help solve the thermodynamic dilemma during the formation of the low-potential products H2 and formate. Molecular ecological approaches, such as DNA stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) and metagenomics, have been used to detect SPOB in natural environments. Furthermore, the biogeographical pattern of SPOB has been recently described in paddy soils. A comprehensive understanding of SPOB is essential for better predicting and managing organic matter decomposition and carbon cycling in anoxic environments. In this review, we described the critical role of syntrophic propionate oxidation in anaerobic decomposition of organic matter, phylogenetic and metabolic diversity, life strategies and ecophysiology, composition of syntrophic partners, and pattern of biogeographic distribution of SPOB in natural environments. We ended up with a few perspectives for future research.
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- Yidan Jin
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Fuess LT, Eng F, Bovio-Winkler P, Etchebehere C, Zaiat M, Nascimento CAOD. Methanogenic consortia from thermophilic molasses-fed structured-bed reactors: microbial characterization and responses to varying food-to-microorganism ratios. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2022. [PMCID: PMC9753886 DOI: 10.1007/s43153-022-00291-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The heterogeneous character of fixed-film reactors may create highly specialized zones with a stratified distribution of microbial groups and varying capabilities to withstand high organic loads in anaerobic digestion (AD) systems. The microbial distribution and methane-producing potential of biomass from different regions (feeding zone and structured bed) of two second-stage thermophilic (55 ºC) fixed-film reactors were assessed. Three levels of food-to-microorganism (F/M) ratio (0.4, 1.0 and 3.0 g-COD g−1VS) using fermented (two-stage AD) and fresh (single-stage AD) sugarcane molasses were tested in batch reactors, simulating low to high organic loads. Specific methane production rates increased as the F/M increased when using fermented molasses, maintaining efficient methanogenesis at substrate availability levels threefold higher than single-stage schemes (3.0 vs. 1.0 g-COD g−1VS). Success in methane production derived from the homogenous establishment (similar in both feeding zone and bed) of syntrophic associations between acetogens (Pelotomaculum, Syntrophothermus, Syntrophomonas and Thermodesulfovibrio), acetate oxidizers (Thermoacetogenium, Mesotoga and Pseudothermotoga) and hydrogenotrophic methogens (Methanothermobacter and Methanoculleus) replacing acetoclastic methanogens (Methanosaeta). Phase separation under thermophilic conditions was demonstrated to boost methane production from sugar-rich substrates, because the process depends on microbial groups (hydrogenotrophs) that grow faster and are less susceptible to low pH values compared to acetotrophs.
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- Lucas Tadeu Fuess
- Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo. Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 580, Bloco 18—Conjunto das Químicas, São Paulo, SP 05508-000 Brazil
- Biological Processes Laboratory, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo (EESC/USP), Av. João Dagnone 1100, São Carlos, SP 13563-120 Brazil
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- Biological Processes Laboratory, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo (EESC/USP), Av. João Dagnone 1100, São Carlos, SP 13563-120 Brazil
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- Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics, Biological Research Institute “Clemente Estable”, 3318 Italia Avenue, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics, Biological Research Institute “Clemente Estable”, 3318 Italia Avenue, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Biological Processes Laboratory, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo (EESC/USP), Av. João Dagnone 1100, São Carlos, SP 13563-120 Brazil
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo. Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 580, Bloco 18—Conjunto das Químicas, São Paulo, SP 05508-000 Brazil
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Imachi H, Nobu MK, Miyazaki M, Tasumi E, Saito Y, Sakai S, Ogawara M, Ohashi A, Takai K. Cultivation of previously uncultured microorganisms with a continuous-flow down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) bioreactor, using a syntrophic archaeon culture obtained from deep marine sediment as a case study. Nat Protoc 2022; 17:2784-2814. [PMID: 36104596 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-022-00735-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In microbiology, cultivation is a central approach for uncovering novel physiology, ecology, and evolution of microorganisms, but conventional methods have left many microorganisms found in nature uncultured. To overcome the limitations of traditional methods and culture indigenous microorganisms, we applied a two-stage approach: enrichment/activation of indigenous organisms by using a continuous-flow down-flow hanging sponge bioreactor and subsequent selective batch cultivation. Here, we provide a protocol for this bioreactor-mediated technique using activation of deep marine sediment microorganisms and downstream isolation of a syntrophic co-culture containing an archaeon closely related to the eukaryote ancestor (Candidatus Promethearchaeum syntrophicum strain MK-D1) as an example. Both stages can easily be tailored to target other environments and organisms by modifying the inoculum, feed solution/gases, attachment material and/or cultivation media. We anaerobically incubate polyurethane sponges inoculated with deep-sea methane seep sediment in a reactor at 10 °C and feed anaerobic artificial seawater medium and methane. Once phylogenetically diverse and metabolically active microorganisms are adapted to synthetic conditions in the reactor, we transition to growing community samples in glass tubes with the above medium, simple substrates and selective compounds (e.g., antibiotics). To accommodate for the slow growth anticipated for target organisms, primary cultures can be incubated for ≥6-12 months and analyzed for community composition even when no cell turbidity is observed. One casamino acid- and antibiotic-amended culture prepared in this way led to the enrichment of uncultured archaea. Through successive transfer in vitro combined with molecular growth monitoring, we successfully obtained the target archaeon with its partner methanogen as a pure syntrophic co-culture.
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- Hiroyuki Imachi
- 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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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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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
- Section for Exploration of Life in Extreme Environments, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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Lu B, Jiang C, Chen Z, Li A, Wang W, Zhang S, Luo G. Fate of polylactic acid microplastics during anaerobic digestion of kitchen waste: Insights on property changes, released dissolved organic matters, and biofilm formation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 834:155108. [PMID: 35398128 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Polylactic acid (PLA), an alternative to petroleum-based plastics, has been widely used in food packaging and disposable tableware for biodegradable properties. As a result, PLA fragments were often mixed with kitchen waste (KW) and disposed of together. This study aimed to assess the fate of polylactic acid microplastics (PMP) when co-digested with KW. The spiked PMP did not increase the methane yield of KW but had deformation and fragmentation at mesophilic and thermophilic conditions, respectively. Identification of physicochemical properties and leachates showed that the anaerobic digestion of the KW process caused the aging and fragmentation of PMP, including the generation of irregular cracking and tiny daughter particles, the increase of oxygen-containing functional groups, and the releasing of dissolved organic matters (DOM). The thermophilic anaerobic digestion with KW enhanced the aging and fragmentation of PMP to the highest degree, which was attributed to the high temperature and enriched microorganisms (Peptococcaceae, Tepidimicrobium, and Clostridium_sensu_stricto_7) in the biofilm. Clostridium_sensu_stricto_7 was only found in the anaerobic digestion with KW, which meant the KW anaerobic digestion could contribute to the enrichment of microorganisms that promoted the PMP degradation.
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- Bei Lu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai 200438, China
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- PerkinElmer (shanghai) Enterprise Management Co. LTD, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Biomass Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Center, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai 200438, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai 200438, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Dyksma S, Gallert C. Effect of magnetite addition on transcriptional profiles of syntrophic Bacteria and Archaea during anaerobic digestion of propionate in wastewater sludge. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2022; 14:664-678. [PMID: 35615789 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an important technology for the effective conversion of waste and wastewater to methane. Here, syntrophic bacteria transfer molecular hydrogen (H2 ), formate, or directly supply electrons (direct interspecies electron transfer, DIET) to the methanogens. Evidence is accumulating that the methanation of short-chain fatty acids can be enhanced by the addition of conductive material to the anaerobic digester, which has often been attributed to the stimulation of DIET. Since little is known about the transcriptional response of a complex AD microbial community to the addition of conductive material, we added magnetite to propionate-fed laboratory-scale reactors that were inoculated with wastewater sludge. Compared to the control reactors, the magnetite-amended reactors showed improved methanation of propionate. A genome-centric metatranscriptomics approach identified the active SCFA-oxidizing bacteria that affiliated with Firmicutes, Desulfobacterota and Cloacimonadota. The transcriptional profiles revealed that the syntrophic bacteria transferred acetate, H2 and formate to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens, whereas transcription of potential determinants for DIET such as conductive pili and outer-membrane cytochromes did not significantly change with magnetite addition. Overall, changes in the transcriptional profiles of syntrophic Bacteria and Archaea in propionate-fed lab-scale reactors amended with magnetite refute a major role of DIET in the studied system.
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- Stefan Dyksma
- Faculty of Technology, Microbiology - Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Emden, Germany
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- Faculty of Technology, Microbiology - Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Emden, Germany
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Zhou H, Zhao Z, Xu X, Ye M, Cao Z. Enzymatic integrated in-situ advanced anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge for the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 150:383-393. [PMID: 35926402 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in sewage sludge can cause high ecotoxicological risks in the environment and public health concerns. The aims of this study were to establish enzymatic integrated in-situ advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) by adding cellulase and papain as well as the two enzymes combined with zero valent iron (ZVI) directly into the anaerobic digesters to explore the removal of antibiotics and ARGs under the mesophilic condition (35 °C). The methane production potential during in-situ AAD was effectively improved. Papain and cellulase at 30 mg/gTSS were most effective in improving antibiotic removal. The removal of sulfamerazine (SMZ) and sulfadiazine (SMR) could reach 89.10 % and 71.75 %. Combined enzymes with ZVI also enhanced the removal of all target antibiotics, especially roxithromycin (ROX), SMZ and SMR most significantly. Except for sul1, tetA and tetB, the removal of ARGs by papain reached 6.33 %-82.15 %. The addition of cellulase effectively improved tetA removal. The combination of biological enzymes further enhanced the removal of qnrS and ermX. The tetG, tetB, sul3, ermX, ermT, qnrS, and aac(6')-IB-CR by combined enzymes with ZVI could even not be detected after digestion. Addition of papain, cellulase, and ZVI caused variations in the dominant bacteria. All target antibiotics presented significant positive correlations with the genera norank_f__Bacteroidetes_vadinHA17, norank_f__norank_o__SJA-15, norank_f__norank_o__Aminicenantales. Redundancy analysis showed archaea Methanosaeta and Candidatus_ Methanoacidiosum genera greatly contributed to antibiotics removal with the combination of enzymes and ZVI. Co-occurrence network analysis indicated the removal of ARGs was mainly based on the changes of existence of host bacteria.
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- Haidong Zhou
- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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Westerholm M, Calusinska M, Dolfing J. Syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria in methanogenic systems. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2022; 46:fuab057. [PMID: 34875063 PMCID: PMC8892533 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuab057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The mutual nutritional cooperation underpinning syntrophic propionate degradation provides a scant amount of energy for the microorganisms involved, so propionate degradation often acts as a bottleneck in methanogenic systems. Understanding the ecology, physiology and metabolic capacities of syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria (SPOB) is of interest in both engineered and natural ecosystems, as it offers prospects to guide further development of technologies for biogas production and biomass-derived chemicals, and is important in forecasting contributions by biogenic methane emissions to climate change. SPOB are distributed across different phyla. They can exhibit broad metabolic capabilities in addition to syntrophy (e.g. fermentative, sulfidogenic and acetogenic metabolism) and demonstrate variations in interplay with cooperating partners, indicating nuances in their syntrophic lifestyle. In this review, we discuss distinctions in gene repertoire and organization for the methylmalonyl-CoA pathway, hydrogenases and formate dehydrogenases, and emerging facets of (formate/hydrogen/direct) electron transfer mechanisms. We also use information from cultivations, thermodynamic calculations and omic analyses as the basis for identifying environmental conditions governing propionate oxidation in various ecosystems. Overall, this review improves basic and applied understanding of SPOB and highlights knowledge gaps, hopefully encouraging future research and engineering on propionate metabolism in biotechnological processes.
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- Maria Westerholm
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, BioCentre, Almas allé 5, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, rue du Brill 41, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Faculty of Energy and Environment, Northumbria University, Wynne Jones 2.11, Ellison Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8QH, UK
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Durán U, Monroy O, Gómez J, Ramírez F. Influence of oxygen on the vinyl acetate elimination pathway and microbial community structure of methanogenic sludge. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2022; 94:e1666. [PMID: 34837253 DOI: 10.1002/wer.1666] [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: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Methanogenic-aerobic coupled processes were used to biological degradation of vinyl acetate (VA) to provide evidence of oxygen role for their complete elimination from different angles. First, physiological characterization of a continuous methanogenic-aerobic reactor fed by VA and glucose (G) showed that by adding G, the VA got 100% hydrolyzed to acetate, and then, by adding 1 mg·L-1 ·d-1 of dissolved oxygen (DO), this acetate got methanized by 40% and aerobically mineralized by 60%. Second, batch assays in the presence and absence of sodium azide suggest that VA at different concentrations was eliminated by both anaerobic and aerobic metabolic pathways, because without azide and in the presence of 1 mg DO·L-1 increased methane and carbon dioxide formation rates at 80% and 75%, respectively. Finally, microbial population dynamics analysis of the reactor by DGGE-sequencing highlighted that Brevibacillus agri (aerobic) and Methanosarcina barkeri (anaerobic) were identified as responsible for VA elimination by up to 98.6%. PRACTITIONER POINTS: Vinyl acetate is removed by simultaneous methanation and aerobic respiration. Methanosarcina barkeri and Brevibacillus agri removed up to 99% of vinyl acetate. DO and VA have a selective effect on the metabolism and population dynamics.
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- Ulises Durán
- Environmental Engineering Department, Engineering Institute UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Biotechnology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Biotechnology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Biotechnology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
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Patterns of syntrophic interactions in methanogenic conversion of propionate. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:8937-8949. [PMID: 34694448 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11645-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Methanogenesis is central to anaerobic digestion processes. The conversion of propionate as a key intermediate for methanogenesis requires syntrophic interactions between bacterial and archaeal partners. In this study, a series of methanogenic enrichments with propionate as the sole substrate were developed to identify microbial populations specifically involved in syntrophic propionate conversion. These rigorously controlled propionate enrichments exhibited functional stability with consistent propionate conversion and methane production; yet, the methanogenic microbial communities experienced substantial temporal dynamics, which has important implications on the understanding of mechanisms involved in microbial community assembly in anaerobic digestion. Syntrophobacter was identified as the most abundant and consistent bacterial partner in syntrophic propionate conversion regardless of the origin of the source culture, the concentration of propionate, or the temporal dynamics of the culture. In contrast, the methanogen partners involved in syntrophic propionate conversion lacked consistency, as the dominant methanogens varied as a function of process condition and temporal dynamics. Methanoculleus populations were specifically enriched as the syntrophic partner at inhibitory levels of propionate, likely due to the ability to function under unfavorable environmental conditions. Syntrophic propionate conversion was carried out exclusively via transformation of propionate into acetate and hydrogen in enrichments established in this study. Microbial populations highly tolerant of elevated propionate, represented by Syntrophobacter and Methanoculleus, are of great significance in understanding methanogenic activities during process perturbations when propionate accumulation is frequently encountered. Key points • Syntrophobacter was the most consistent bacterial partner in propionate metabolism. • Diverse hydrogenotrophic methanogen populations could serve as syntrophic partners. • Methanoculleus emerged as a methanogen partner tolerant of elevated propionate.
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Jin Y, Jiao S, Dolfing J, Lu Y. Thermodynamics shapes the biogeography of propionate-oxidizing syntrophs in paddy field soils. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2021; 13:684-695. [PMID: 34089233 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Soil biogeochemical processes are not only gauged by the dominant taxa in the microbiome but also depend on the critical functions of its 'rare biosphere' members. Here, we evaluated the biogeographical pattern of 'rare biosphere' propionate-oxidizing syntrophs in 113 paddy soil samples collected across China. The relative abundance, activity and growth potential of propionate-oxidizing syntrophs were analysed to provide a panoramic view of syntroph biogeographical distribution at the continental scale. The relative abundances of four syntroph genera, Syntrophobacter, Pelotomaculum, Smithella and Syntrophomonas were significantly greater at the warm low latitudes than at the cool high latitudes. Correspondingly, propionate degradation was faster in the low latitude soils compared with the high latitude soils. The low rate of propionate degradation in the high latitude soils resulted in a greater increase of the total syntroph relative abundance, probably due to their initial low relative abundances and the longer incubation time for propionate consumption. The mean annual temperature (MAT) is the most important factor shaping the biogeographical pattern of propionate-oxidizing syntrophs, with the next factor being the soil's total sulfur content (TS). We suggest that the effect of MAT is related to the thermodynamic conditions, in which the endergonic constraint of propionate oxidation is leveraged with the increase of MAT. The TS effect is likely due to the ability of some propionate syntrophs to facultatively perform sulfate respiration.
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- Yidan Jin
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8QH, UK
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Feng K, Wang Q, Li H, Du X, Zhang Y. Microbial mechanism of enhancing methane production from anaerobic digestion of food waste via phase separation and pH control. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 288:112460. [PMID: 33780819 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Phase separation and pH control are commonly used to improve methane production during anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste, but their influencing mechanisms have not been fully discovered through microbial analysis. In this study, single-phase AD (SPAD), two-phase AD without pH control (TPAD-pHUC), and TPAD with fermentation pH controlled at 6.0 and 4.5 were conducted. The results showed that phase separation decreased the ratio of total bacteria to total archaea in the methanogenic phase. At the organic loading rate (OLR) of 1.9 g/(L·d), methanogenesis was dominated by acetoclastic Methanosaeta in both SPAD and TPAD-pHUC, while elevated Methanoculleus and active hydrogen production initiated a shift from the acetoclastic to hydrogenotrophic pathway in SPAD as OLR increased, eventually resulting in excessive acidification at OLR 3.2 g/(L·d). TPAD-pHUC was dominated by Methanosaeta with scarce hydrogen production genes, and thus maintained a delicate balance between fewer acidogens and methanogens at OLR 3.2-3.7 g/(L·d). TPAD with pH control exhibited higher methane yield (460-482 ml/g) at OLR 1.9 g/(L·d) due to the enhancement of protein degradation and the conversion from methylated compounds to methane by Methanosarcina. High Na+ concentration facilitated the proliferation of hydrogen production bacteria, but inhibited acetoclastic methanogenesis at OLR 2.4 g/(L·d). In comparison with SPAD and pH control, TPAD without pH control, integrating 4 d acidogenesis and 22 d methanogenesis, exhibited the best and steady performance at OLR 3.7 g/(L·d) with methane production exceeding 370 ml/g.
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- Kai Feng
- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China; Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Urban Water Cycle and Environment Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Shenzhen Zhonghuanbohong Environmental Technology Co, Ltd, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Research Laboratory for Sludge and Food Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Murphy TR, Xiao R, Hamilton-Brehm SD. Hybrid genome de novo assembly with methylome analysis of the anaerobic thermophilic subsurface bacterium Thermanaerosceptrum fracticalcis strain DRI-13 T. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:209. [PMID: 33757423 PMCID: PMC7988955 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07535-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a dearth of sequenced and closed microbial genomes from environments that exceed > 500 m below level terrestrial surface. Coupled with even fewer cultured isolates, study and understanding of how life endures in the extreme oligotrophic subsurface environments is greatly hindered. Using a de novo hybrid assembly of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequences we produced a circular genome with corresponding methylome profile of the recently characterized thermophilic, anaerobic, and fumarate-respiring subsurface bacterium, Thermanaerosceptrum fracticalcis, strain DRI-13T to understand how this microorganism survives the deep subsurface. RESULTS The hybrid assembly produced a single circular genome of 3.8 Mb in length with an overall GC content of 45%. Out of the total 4022 annotated genes, 3884 are protein coding, 87 are RNA encoding genes, and the remaining 51 genes were associated with regulatory features of the genome including riboswitches and T-box leader sequences. Approximately 24% of the protein coding genes were hypothetical. Analysis of strain DRI-13T genome revealed: 1) energy conservation by bifurcation hydrogenase when growing on fumarate, 2) four novel bacterial prophages, 3) methylation profile including 76.4% N6-methyladenine and 3.81% 5-methylcytosine corresponding to novel DNA methyltransferase motifs. As well a cluster of 45 genes of unknown protein families that have enriched DNA mCpG proximal to the transcription start sites, and 4) discovery of a putative core of bacteriophage exclusion (BREX) genes surrounded by hypothetical proteins, with predicted functions as helicases, nucleases, and exonucleases. CONCLUSIONS The de novo hybrid assembly of strain DRI-13T genome has provided a more contiguous and accurate view of the subsurface bacterium T. fracticalcis, strain DRI-13T. This genome analysis reveals a physiological focus supporting syntrophy, non-homologous double stranded DNA repair, mobility/adherence/chemotaxis, unique methylome profile/recognized motifs, and a BREX defense system. The key to microbial subsurface survival may not rest on genetic diversity, but rather through specific syntrophy niches and novel methylation strategies.
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- Trevor R Murphy
- Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA.
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Singh A, Schnürer A, Westerholm M. Enrichment and description of novel bacteria performing syntrophic propionate oxidation at high ammonia level. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:1620-1637. [PMID: 33400377 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Inefficient syntrophic propionate degradation causes severe operating disturbances and reduces biogas productivity in many high-ammonia anaerobic digesters, but propionate-degrading microorganisms in these systems remain unknown. Here, we identified candidate ammonia-tolerant syntrophic propionate-oxidising bacteria using propionate enrichment at high ammonia levels (0.7-0.8 g NH3 L-1 ) in continuously-fed reactors. We reconstructed 30 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from the propionate-fed reactors, which revealed two novel species from the families Peptococcaceae and Desulfobulbaceae as syntrophic propionate-oxidising candidates. Both MAGs possess genomic potential for the propionate oxidation and electron transfer required for syntrophic energy conservation and, similar to ammonia-tolerant acetate degrading syntrophs, both MAGs contain genes predicted to link to ammonia and pH tolerance. Based on relative abundance, a Peptococcaceae sp. appeared to be the main propionate degrader and has been given the provisional name "Candidatus Syntrophopropionicum ammoniitolerans". This bacterium was also found in high-ammonia biogas digesters, using quantitative PCR. Acetate was degraded by syntrophic acetate-oxidising bacteria and the hydrogenotrophic methanogenic community consisted of Methanoculleus bourgensis and a yet to be characterised Methanoculleus sp. This work provides knowledge of cooperating syntrophic species in high-ammonia systems and reveals that ammonia-tolerant syntrophic propionate-degrading populations share common features, but diverge genomically and taxonomically from known species.
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- Abhijeet Singh
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SE-750 07, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SE-750 07, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SE-750 07, Sweden
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Jannat MAH, Lee J, Shin SG, Hwang S. Long-term enrichment of anaerobic propionate-oxidizing consortia: Syntrophic culture development and growth optimization. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 401:123230. [PMID: 32650104 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Propionate is a quantitatively important methanogenic intermediate in anaerobic digesters and only limited number of microbes can utilize it under syntrophic association with methanogens. The syntrophic propionate oxidizing bacterias are known to be slow growers due to the low energy yield. Thus, propionate get accumulated frequently in anaerobic digesters and it negatively affect digester performance. In this study, propionate degrading consortia from four different seeding sources were enriched in sequential bath mode in two phases; first adaption phase with 1 g/L of propionate concentration and later, high-strength phase with 3 g/L. From 16s rRNA gene based metagenomics analysis of the former phase, four syntrophic microbial groups, Syntrophaceae, Syntrophomonadaceae, Methanobacterium and Methanosaeta were found to be dominant with complete degradation of propionate. The substrate accelerated microbial shifts were observed at high-strength phase with significant decrease of Syntrophaceae up to 26.9 %. Using Response Surface Methodology, pH 6.8-6.9 and temperature 34.5-34.9 °C were found to be optimum growth conditions for the propionate degradation culture. Observed results could be useful to improve degradation efficiencies and obtained enriched culture can be used to recover propionate-accumulated digesters by bio-augmentation.
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- Md Abu Hanifa Jannat
- Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Future Convergence Technology Research Institute, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea.
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Tanikawa D, Seo S, Motokawa D. Development of a molasses wastewater treatment system equipped with a biological desulfurization process. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:24738-24748. [PMID: 31820243 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-07077-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, a laboratory scale experiment for the treatment of synthetic molasses wastewater using a combination of an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) and a two-stage down-flow hanging sponge (TSDHS) reactor (ABR-TSDHS system) was conducted. The TSDHS comprised a closed-type first-stage down-flow hanging sponge (first DHS) for desulfurization and an open-type second-stage DHS (second DHS) for post-treatment of effluent from the ABR and first DHS. Effluent from the second DHS was sprinkled on top of the first DHS, whereas biogas produced from the ABR was supplied to its bottom. A chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency of 88.3% was found for the ABR-TSDHS system during the final treatment phase. The ABR achieved a maximum organic loading rate (OLR) of 3.70 kg COD/(m3 day). Most of the organic matter was degraded in the first compartment of the ABR, with methane-producing archaea as its main consumer. The biogas generated by the ABR contained high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (up to 4,500 ppm). In the TSDHS, the first DHS achieved 87.3% hydrogen sulfide removal via dissolution into sprinkled effluent water. Dissolved sulfide in the first DHS effluent was oxidized to sulfate in the second DHS in the absence of aeration. In addition, 85.0% of the ammonia and 57.7% of the total nitrogen were removed in the second DHS via biological reactions, including sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification. Therefore, the ABR-TSDHS system can be applied to not only molasses wastewater treatment but also the desulfurization of the produced biogas.
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- Daisuke Tanikawa
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Kure College, 2-2-11, Aga-minami, Kure, Hiroshima, 737-8506, Japan.
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- Advanced Course, Project Design Engineering, National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Kure College, 2-2-11, Aga-minami, Kure, Hiroshima, 737-8506, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Kure College, 2-2-11, Aga-minami, Kure, Hiroshima, 737-8506, Japan
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Novel syntrophic bacteria in full-scale anaerobic digesters revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:906-918. [PMID: 31896784 PMCID: PMC7082340 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0571-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) degradation is an important process in methanogenic ecosystems, and is usually catalyzed by SCFA-oxidizing bacteria in syntrophy with methanogens. Current knowledge of this functional guild is mainly based on isolates or enrichment cultures, but these may not reflect the true diversity and in situ activities of the syntrophs predominating in full-scale systems. Here we obtained 182 medium to high quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from the microbiome of two full-scale anaerobic digesters. The transcriptomic response of individual MAG was studied after stimulation with low concentrations of acetate, propionate, or butyrate, separately. The most pronounced response to butyrate was observed for two MAGs of the recently described genus Candidatus Phosphitivorax (phylum Desulfobacterota), expressing a butyrate beta-oxidation pathway. For propionate, the largest response was observed for an MAG of a novel genus in the family Pelotomaculaceae, transcribing a methylmalonyl-CoA pathway. All three species were common in anaerobic digesters at Danish wastewater treatment plants as shown by amplicon analysis, and this is the first time their syntrophic features involved in SCFA oxidation were revealed with transcriptomic evidence. Further, they also possessed unique genomic features undescribed in well-characterized syntrophs, including the metabolic pathways for phosphite oxidation, nitrite and sulfate reduction.
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Wang HZ, Lv XM, Yi Y, Zheng D, Gou M, Nie Y, Hu B, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Tang YQ. Using DNA-based stable isotope probing to reveal novel propionate- and acetate-oxidizing bacteria in propionate-fed mesophilic anaerobic chemostats. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17396. [PMID: 31758023 PMCID: PMC6874663 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53849-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Propionate is one of the most important intermediates of anaerobic fermentation. Its oxidation performed by syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria coupled with hydrogenotrophic methanogens is considered to be a rate-limiting step for methane production. However, the current understanding of SPOB is limited due to the difficulty of pure culture isolation. In the present study, two anaerobic chemostats fed with propionate as the sole carbon source were operated at different dilution rates (0.05 d-1 and 0.15 d-1). The propionate- and acetate-oxidizing bacteria in the two methanogenic chemostats were investigated combining DNA-stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) and 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing. The results of DNA-SIP with 13C-propionate/acetate suggested that, Smithella, Syntrophobacter, Cryptanaerobacter, and unclassified Rhodospirillaceae may be putative propionate-oxidizing bacteria; unclassified Spirochaetaceae, unclassified Synergistaceae, unclassified Elusimicrobia, Mesotoga, and Gracilibacter may contribute to acetate oxidation; unclassified Syntrophaceae and Syntrophomonas may be butyrate oxidizers. By DNA-SIP, unclassified OTUs with 16S rRNA gene abundance higher than 62% of total Bacteria in the PL chemostat and 38% in the PH chemostat were revealed to be related to the degradation of propionate. These results suggest that a variety of uncultured bacteria contribute to propionate degradation during anaerobic digestion. The functions and metabolic characteristics of these bacteria require further investigation.
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- Hui-Zhong Wang
- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China
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- Department of Energy and Resources, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Energy and Resources, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8566, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8566, Japan
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- College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, No. 24, South Section 1, First Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China.
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Saha S, Jeon BH, Kurade MB, Govindwar SP, Chatterjee PK, Oh SE, Roh HS, Lee SS. Interspecies microbial nexus facilitated methanation of polysaccharidic wastes. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 289:121638. [PMID: 31212174 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Compositional variations in organic wastes influence microbial abundancy and syntrophy during anaerobic digestion (AD), impacting the normal performance of digesters for methanation. Investigation of the microbial dynamics during AD following augmentation with polysaccharidic wastes (PW) revealed the association of effective digester performance and methane yields with the microbial nexus. Dominance of the acidogenic saccharolytic genera, Prevotella, Eubacterium, and Lachnoclostridium, enhanced the utilization of carbohydrates (54%) in PW-augmented digesters. Spearman's rs correlation showed dynamic interspecies interactions among acetogenic syntrophs, and that of iron oxidizers/reducers with acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Propionate oxidizers in Chloroflexi (i.e., Bellilinea, Levilinea, and Longilinea) exhibited positive associations with acetoclastic methanogens. Increase in the population of acetoclastic methanogens (Methanosaeta, 77% and Methanosarcina, 9%) accelerated the methanogenic activity of PW-augmented digesters by 7 times during the exponential phase, increasing the methane yield (75%) compared to the control. Thus, microbial syntrophy facilitated the effective methanation of PW during AD process.
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- Shouvik Saha
- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Energy Research and Technology Group, CSIR Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur 713-209, India
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- Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Gangwon-do 26493, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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Roth H, Gallo S, Badger P, Hillwig M. Changes in microbial communities of a passive coal mine drainage bioremediation system. Can J Microbiol 2019; 65:775-782. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2018-0612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Drainage from abandoned mines is one factor greatly affecting the streams and vegetation in and around Pittsburgh and the Appalachian Mountains where coal mining occurred. This drainage may be more acidic, alkaline, or metal based. Different methods for remediation exist. Passive remediation is one method used to naturally allow the metals to precipitate out and aid in cleaning up the water. The goal of this study is to sample different holding ponds in a sequential passive remediation system and determine microbial communities present at each site of an abandoned coal mine drainage site. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene of the sediment indicated the most abundant phyla at each of the 5 ponds and wetland area included Proteobacteria (36%–43%), Bacteroidetes (12%–37%), Firmicutes (3%–11%), and Verrucomicrobia (6%–11%). Analysis of genera between the first, and most polluted, pond included Solitalea, Pedosphaera, and Rhodocyclus, whereas the microbial community from the wetland site at the end of the remediation system included Ignavibacterium, Pelotomaculum, and Petrimonas. The results of our microbial community composition study of sediment from a passive treatment system are in line with organisms commonly found in sediment regardless of iron oxide precipitation, while others are preferentially found in the less polluted wetland site.
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- Hannah Roth
- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
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- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
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- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
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- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
- Department of Science, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA 15108, USA
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Hamilton-Brehm SD, Stewart LE, Zavarin M, Caldwell M, Lawson PA, Onstott TC, Grzymski J, Neveux I, Lollar BS, Russell CE, Moser DP. Thermoanaerosceptrum fracticalcis gen. nov. sp. nov., a Novel Fumarate-Fermenting Microorganism From a Deep Fractured Carbonate Aquifer of the US Great Basin. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2224. [PMID: 31611860 PMCID: PMC6776889 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Deep fractured rock ecosystems across most of North America have not been studied extensively. However, the US Great Basin, in particular the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly the Nevada Test Site), has hosted a number of influential subsurface investigations over the years. This investigation focuses on resident microbiota recovered from a hydrogeologically confined aquifer in fractured Paleozoic carbonate rocks at 863 - 923 meters below land surface. Analysis of the microorganisms living in this oligotrophic environment provides a perspective into microbial metabolic strategies required to endure prolonged hydrogeological isolation deep underground. Here we present a microbiological and physicochemical characterization of a deep continental carbonate ecosystem and describe a bacterial genus isolated from the ecosystem. Strain DRI-13T is a strictly anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, fumarate-respiring member of the phylum Firmicutes. This bacterium grows optimally at 55°C and pH 8.0, can tolerate a concentration of 100 mM NaCl, and appears to obligately metabolize fumarate to acetate and succinate. Culture-independent 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicates a global subsurface distribution, while the closest cultured relatives of DRI-13T are Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum (90.0% similarity) and Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae (88.0% similarity). The predominant fatty acid profile is iso-C15 : 0, C15 : 0, C16 : 0 and C14 : 0. The percentage of the straight-chain fatty acid C15 : 0 is a defining characteristic not present in the other closely related species. The genome is estimated to be 3,649,665 bp, composed of 87.3% coding regions with an overall average of 45.1% G + C content. Strain DRI-13T represents a novel genus of subsurface bacterium isolated from a previously uncharacterized rock-hosted geothermal habitat. The characterization of the bacterium combined with the sequenced genome provides insights into metabolism strategies of the deep subsurface biosphere. Based on our characterization analysis we propose the name Thermoanaerosceptrum fracticalcis (DRI-13T = DSM 100382T = ATCC TSD-12T).
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- Scott D. Hamilton-Brehm
- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, United States
- Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
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- Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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- Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, United States
- Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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Identification of novel potential acetate-oxidizing bacteria in thermophilic methanogenic chemostats by DNA stable isotope probing. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:8631-8645. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10078-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Dyksma S, Gallert C. Candidatus Syntrophosphaera thermopropionivorans: a novel player in syntrophic propionate oxidation during anaerobic digestion. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2019; 11:558-570. [PMID: 30985964 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Propionate is an important intermediate in the anaerobic mineralization of organic matter. In methanogenic environments, its degradation relies on syntrophic associations between syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria (SPOB) and Archaea. However, only 10 isolated species have been identified as SPOB so far. We report syntrophic propionate oxidation in thermophilic enrichments of Candidatus Syntrophosphaera thermopropionivorans, a novel representative of the candidate phylum Cloacimonetes. In enrichment culture, methane was produced from propionate, while Ca. S. thermopropionivorans contributed 63% to total bacterial cells. The draft genome of Ca. S. thermopropionivorans encodes genes for propionate oxidation via methymalonyl-CoA. Phylogenetically, Ca. S. thermopropionivorans affiliates with the uncultured Cloacimonadaceae W5 and is more distantly related (86.4% 16S rRNA gene identity) to Ca. Cloacimonas acidaminovorans. Although Ca. S. thermopropionivorans was enriched from a thermophilic biogas reactor, Ca. Syntrophosphaera was in particular associated with mesophilic anaerobic digestion systems. 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencng and a novel genus-specific quantitative PCR assay consistently identified Ca. Syntrophosphaera/Cloacimonadaceae W5 in 9 of 12 tested full-scale biogas reactors thereby outnumbering other SPOB such as Pelotomaculum, Smithella and Syntrophobacter. Taken together the ubiquity and abundance of Ca. Syntrophosphaera, those SPOB might be key players for syntrophic propionate metabolism that have been overlooked before.
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- Stefan Dyksma
- Faculty of Technology, Microbiology - Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Emden, Germany
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- Faculty of Technology, Microbiology - Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Emden, Germany
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Zhang C, Yuan Q, Lu Y. Inhibitory effects of ammonia on syntrophic propionate oxidation in anaerobic digester sludge. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 146:275-287. [PMID: 30278382 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Syntrophic propionate oxidation (SPO) coupled with methanogenesis is often inhibited under high ammonium concentrations in anaerobic digesters. However, the inhibitory mechanism remains poorly understood. We conducted two independent laboratory experiments with a swine manure digester sludge. In experiment I, RNA-based stable isotope probing (SIP) was applied to determine the active players of both bacteria and methanogens involved in SPO under different ammonium concentrations (0, 3 and 7 g NH4+N L-1). In experiment II, the dynamics of the bacterial community under ammonia stress was monitored using the 16S rRNA pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR under similar conditions as in experiment I but without the addition of external propionate. An additional higher ammonium treatment (10 g NH4+N L-1) was applied in experiment II to maximize the ammonia stress. We identified that the Smithella bacteria and the Methanosaetaceae and Methanospirillaceae archaea were the most active players involved in SPO and methanogenesis. We revealed that Smithella, Methanosaetaceae and Methanospirillaceae were moderately and severely inhibited at 3 and 7-10 g NH4+N L-1, respectively. However, the fermentative bacteria appeared to be more tolerant to ammonia stress. The microbial responses were corroborated with the accumulation of VFAs and the repression of methanogenesis under high ammonium conditions.
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- Chen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Hidalgo-Ahumada CAP, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Tamaki H, Liu WT, Kamagata Y, Stams AJM, Imachi H, Sousa DZ. Novel energy conservation strategies and behaviour of Pelotomaculum schinkii driving syntrophic propionate catabolism. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:4503-4511. [PMID: 30126076 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Under methanogenic conditions, short-chain fatty acids are common byproducts from degradation of organic compounds and conversion of these acids is an important component of the global carbon cycle. Due to the thermodynamic difficulty of propionate degradation, this process requires syntrophic interaction between a bacterium and partner methanogen; however, the metabolic strategies and behaviour involved are not fully understood. In this study, the first genome analysis of obligately syntrophic propionate degraders (Pelotomaculum schinkii HH and P. propionicicum MGP) and comparison with other syntrophic propionate degrader genomes elucidated novel components of energy metabolism behind Pelotomaculum propionate oxidation. Combined with transcriptomic examination of P. schinkii behaviour in co-culture with Methanospirillum hungatei, we found that formate may be the preferred electron carrier for P. schinkii syntrophy. Propionate-derived menaquinol may be primarily re-oxidized to formate, and energy was conserved during formate generation through newly proposed proton-pumping formate extrusion. P. schinkii did not overexpress conventional energy metabolism associated with a model syntrophic propionate degrader Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans MPOB (i.e., CoA transferase, Fix and Rnf). We also found that P. schinkii and the partner methanogen may also interact through flagellar contact and amino acid and fructose exchange. These findings provide new understanding of syntrophic energy acquisition and interactions.
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- Catalina A P Hidalgo-Ahumada
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Center of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237-0061, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Zhang Y, Li J, Liu F, Yan H, Li J. Mediative mechanism of bicarbonate on anaerobic propionate degradation revealed by microbial community and thermodynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:12434-12443. [PMID: 29460248 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1430-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Syntrophic acetogenesis of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) such as propionate and butyrate is considered as the rate-limiting step of anaerobic digestion. Though being extensively researched, the mechanism is not well understood as the main constraint on developing effective solutions to the practical problem. In the present research work, the mediation of methanogenic propionate degradation by exogenous bicarbonate was evaluated, while the mechanism was revealed by microbial community and thermodynamics. It was found that the exogenous bicarbonate not more than 0.10 mol/L acted as a mediative role to enrich syntrophic acetogenic bacteria and decrease the actual Gibbs free energy change (ΔG) of syntrophic acetogenesis reaction, resulted in the increased degradation rate and methane production rate of propionate. The remarkably increased ΔG of methanogenic propionate degradation by the exogenous bicarbonate more than 0.15 mol/L decreased the degradation rate and methane production rate of propionate, though the ΔG of syntrophic acetogenesis reaction was also decreased by the exogenous bicarbonate. This research work provided a control strategy to enhance syntrophic acetogenesis, as well as the methanogenic VFAs degradation.
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- Yupeng Zhang
- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Harbin, 150090, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Redundancy in Anaerobic Digestion Microbiomes during Disturbances by the Antibiotic Monensin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.02692-17. [PMID: 29500266 PMCID: PMC5930344 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02692-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The antibiotic monensin is fed to dairy cows to increase milk production efficiency. A fraction of this monensin is excreted into the cow manure. Previous studies have found that cow manure containing monensin can negatively impact the performance of anaerobic digesters, especially upon first introduction. Few studies have examined whether the anaerobic digester microbiome can adapt to monensin during the operating time. Here, we conducted a long-term time series study of four lab-scale anaerobic digesters fed with cow manure. We examined changes in both the microbiome composition and function of the anaerobic digesters when subjected to the dairy antibiotic monensin. In our digesters, monensin was not rapidly degraded under anaerobic conditions. The two anaerobic digesters that were subjected to manure from monensin feed-dosed cows exhibited relatively small changes in microbiome composition and function due to relatively low monensin concentrations. At higher concentrations of monensin, which we dosed directly to control manure (from dairy cows without monensin), we observed major changes in the microbiome composition and function of two anaerobic digesters. A rapid introduction of monensin to one of these anaerobic digesters led to the impairment of methane production. Conversely, more gradual additions of the same concentrations of monensin to the other anaerobic digester led to the adaptation of the anaerobic digester microbiomes to the relatively high monensin concentrations. A member of the candidate OP11 (Microgenomates) phylum arose in this anaerobic digester and appeared to be redundant with certain Bacteroidetes phylum members, which previously were dominating.IMPORTANCE Monensin is a common antibiotic given to dairy cows in the United States and is partly excreted with dairy manure. An improved understanding of how monensin affects the anaerobic digester microbiome composition and function is important to prevent process failure for farm-based anaerobic digesters. This time series study demonstrates how anaerobic digester microbiomes are inert to low monensin concentrations and can adapt to relatively high monensin concentrations by redundancy in an already existing population. Therefore, our work provides further insight into the importance of microbiome redundancy in maintaining the stability of anaerobic digesters.
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Li Y, Sun Y, Li L, Yuan Z. Acclimation of acid-tolerant methanogenic propionate-utilizing culture and microbial community dissecting. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 250:117-123. [PMID: 29161570 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The acid-tolerant methanogenic propionate degradation culture was acclimated in a propionate-fed semi-continuous bioreactor by daily adjusting the digestate pH. The performance of propionate fermentation, the respond of microbial community structure to the acidic environment, and the microbial network for propionate degradation in the acid-tolerant culture was investigated. The results demonstrated that after long term of acclimation to low pH, the digester could produce methane from propionate at pH 4.8-5.5 with 0.3-0.4 L g-1 propionic acid (HPr) d-1 of the volatile solids (VS) methane production. The predominant methanogens shifted from acetoclastic methanogens (∼87%) to hydrogenotrophic methanogens (∼67%) in the bioreactor with the dropping pH, indicating that hydrogenotrophic methanogens were more acid-tolerant than acetoclastic methanogens. Smithella (∼11%), Syntrophobacter (∼7%) and Pelotomaculum (∼3%) were the main propionate oxidizers in the acid-tolerant propionate-utilizing culture. Methanothrix dominant acetoclastic methanogens, while Methanolinea and Methanospirillum were the major H2 scavengers to support Syntrophobacter and Pelotomaculum syntrophic propionate degradation.
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- Ying Li
- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
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- Laboratory of Biomass Bio-chemical Conversion, GuangZhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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Wang P, Wang H, Qiu Y, Ren L, Jiang B. Microbial characteristics in anaerobic digestion process of food waste for methane production-A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 248:29-36. [PMID: 28779951 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Food waste (FW) is rich in starch, fat, protein and cellulose. It is easy to decay and brings environmental pollution and other social problems. FW shows a high potential to produce methane by anaerobic digestion (AD) due to its high organic content. However, many inhibitors, such as accumulation of ammonia and volatile fatty acids (VFAs), usually result in inefficient performances and even process failure. Microorganisms play an important role in the process of hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis and methanogenesis. This review provided a critical summary of microbial characteristics to obtain connects of microbial community structure with operational conditions at various states of AD, such as mesophilic and thermophilic, wet and dry, success and failure, pretreated or not, lab-scale and full-scale. This article emphasizes that it is necessary to analyze changes and mechanisms of microbial communities in unbalanced system and seek efficiency dynamic succession rules of the dominant microorganisms.
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- Pan Wang
- School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- School of Food and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- China Cleaner Production Center of Light Industry, Beijing 100012, China
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Müller N, Timmers P, Plugge CM, Stams AJM, Schink B. Syntrophy in Methanogenic Degradation. (ENDO)SYMBIOTIC METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98836-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Zhuang L, Ma J, Tang J, Tang Z, Zhou S. Cysteine-Accelerated Methanogenic Propionate Degradation in Paddy Soil Enrichment. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2017; 73:916-924. [PMID: 27815590 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0882-x] [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: 06/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Propionate degradation is a critical step during the conversion of complex organic matter under methanogenic conditions, and it requires a syntrophic cooperation between propionate-oxidizing bacteria and methanogenic archaea. Increasing evidences suggest that interspecies electron transfer for syntrophic metabolism is not limited to the reducing equivalents of hydrogen and formate. This study tested the ability of an electron shuttle to mediate interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic methanogenesis. We found that cysteine supplementation (100, 400, and 800 μM) accelerated CH4 production from propionate in paddy soil enrichments. Of the concentrations tested, 100 μM cysteine was the most effective at enhancing propionate degradation to CH4, and the rates of CH4 production and propionate degradation were increased by 109 and 79%, respectively, compared with the cysteine-free control incubations. We eliminated the possibility that the stimulatory effect of cysteine on methanogenesis was attributable to the function of cysteine as a methanogenic substrate in the presence of propionate. The potential catalytic effect involved cysteine serving as an electron carrier to mediate interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic propionate oxidization. The redox potential of cystine/cysteine, which is dependent on the concentration, might be more suitable to facilitate interspecies electron transfer between syntrophic partners at a concentration of 100 μM. Pelotomaculum, obligately syntrophic, propionate-oxidizing bacteria, and hydrogenotrophic methanogens of the family Methanobacteriaceae are predominant in cysteine-mediated methanogenic propionate degradation. The stimulatory effect of cysteine on syntrophic methanogenesis offers remarkable potential for improving the performance of anaerobic digestion and conceptually broaden strategies for interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic metabolism.
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- Li Zhuang
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, No. 808 Tianyuan Road, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, No. 808 Tianyuan Road, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, No. 808 Tianyuan Road, Guangzhou, 510650, China.
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, No. 808 Tianyuan Road, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, No. 808 Tianyuan Road, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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Jing Y, Wan J, Angelidaki I, Zhang S, Luo G. iTRAQ quantitative proteomic analysis reveals the pathways for methanation of propionate facilitated by magnetite. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 108:212-221. [PMID: 27817893 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Methanation of propionate requires syntrophic interaction of propionate-oxidizing bacteria and hydrogenotrophic methanogens, which is referred to as interspecies electron transfer. The present study showed that 10 mg/L conductive magnetite enhanced the methane production rate from propionate by around 44% in batch experiments, and both direct interspecies electron transfer and interspecies H2 transfer were thermodynamically feasible with the addition of magnetite. The methanation of propionate facilitated by magnetite was also demonstrated in a long-term operated continuous reactor. The methane production rate from acetate by the enriched mixed culture with magnetite was higher than that without magnetite, while similar methane production rates were found from H2/CO2 by the enriched mixed culture with and without magnetite. The ability to utilize molecular H2 indicated interspecies H2 transfer played a role in the enriched culture with magnetite, and propionate-oxidizing bacteria relating with interspecies H2 transfer were also detected by metagenomic sequencing. Metagenomic sequencing analysis also showed that Thauera, possibly relating with direct interspecies electron transfer, were enriched with the addition of magnetite. iTRAQ quantitative proteomic analysis, which was used in mixed culture for the first time, showed that magnetite induced the changes of protein expression levels involved in various pathways during the methanation of propionate. The up-regulation of proteins involved in propionate metabolism were found, and they were mainly originated from propionate-oxidizing bacteria which were not reported to be capable of direct interspecies electron transfer until now. Cytochrome c oxidase was also revealed as the possible protein relating with direct interspecies electron transfer considering its up-regulation with the addition of magnetite and origination from Thauera. Most of the up-regulated proteins in methane metabolism were originated from Methanosaeta, while most of the enzymes with down-regulated proteins were originated from Methanosarcina. However, the up-regulated proteins relating with hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis were originated from neither Methanosaeta nor Methanosarcina, indicating they were not involved in direct interspecies electron transfer. The hydrogenotrophic methanogens, e.g. Methanospirillum, Methanosphaerula et al., might be involved in direct interspecies electron transfer. Overall, the present study showed that both direct interspecies electron transfer and interspecies H2 transfer were present during methanation of propionate facilitated by magnetite.
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- Yuhang Jing
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP(3)), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP(3)), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP(3)), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP(3)), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China.
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Ahlert S, Zimmermann R, Ebling J, König H. Analysis of propionate-degrading consortia from agricultural biogas plants. Microbiologyopen 2016; 5:1027-1037. [PMID: 27364538 PMCID: PMC5221444 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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In order to investigate the propionate-degrading community of agricultural biogas plants, four propionate-degrading consortia (Ap1a, N12, G12, and Wp2a) were established from different biogas plants which were fed with renewable resources. The consortia were cultivated in a batch for a period of 2-4 years and then analyzed in an 8-week batch experiment for microbial succession during propionate degradation. Community shifts showed considerable propagation of Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens, Cryptanaerobacter sp./Pelotomaculum sp., and "Candidatus Cloacamonas sp." in the course of decreasing propionate concentration. Methanogenic species belonged mainly to the genera Methanosarcina, Methanosaeta, and Methanoculleus. Due to the prevalent presence of the syntrophic acetate-oxidizing species Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans and potentially autotrophic homoacetogenic bacteria (Moorella sp., Thermacetogenium sp.), a theoretical involvement of syntrophic acetate oxidation and autotrophic homoacetogenesis in stable and efficient propionate degradation was indicated. Considering theoretical Gibbs free energy values at different hydrogen partial pressures, it is noticeable that syntrophic acetate oxidation and autotrophic homoacetogenesis have the potential to counterbalance adverse hydrogen partial pressure fluctuations, stabilizing most probably continuous and stable propionate degradation.
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- Stephan Ahlert
- Institute of Microbiology and Wine ResearchJohannes Gutenberg UniversityMainzGermany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Wine ResearchJohannes Gutenberg UniversityMainzGermany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Wine ResearchJohannes Gutenberg UniversityMainzGermany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Wine ResearchJohannes Gutenberg UniversityMainzGermany
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Shkoporov AN, Efimov BA, Kondova I, Ouwerling B, Chaplin AV, Shcherbakova VA, Langermans JAM. Peptococcus simiae sp. nov., isolated from rhesus macaque faeces and emended description of the genus Peptococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5187-5191. [PMID: 27613234 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A study of the faecal microbiome in three healthy female rhesus macaques revealed the presence of a novel obligately anaerobic, chemoorganoheterotrophic, non-sporing, coccoid, non-motile, Gram-stain-positive bacterial species. Three strains of this species, designated as M108T, M916-1/1, and M919-2/1, were non-haemolytic, H2S-positive, catalase-positive, bile- and NaCl-sensitive and required peptone for growth. Strains also were asaccharolytic, able to utilize sulfite, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur as electron acceptors, and produced acetic and butyric acids as metabolic end-products. Strain M108T is characterized by the prevalence of C14 : 0, C16 : 0 and C18 : 1ω9cis dimethyl acetal among the cellular fatty acids, and the presence of MK-10 menaquinone. The DNA G+C content was found to be 51 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of partial 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains M108T, M916-1/1 and M919-2/1 placed these strains into the genus Peptococcus (family Peptococcaceae). On the basis of phenotypic and genotypic properties we conclude that these strains represent a novel bacterial species for which the name Peptococcus simiae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is M108T (=DSM 100347T=VKM B-2932T).
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- Andrei N Shkoporov
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Animal Science Department, Biomedical Primate Research Center, P.O. Box 3306, 2280 GH Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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- Animal Science Department, Biomedical Primate Research Center, P.O. Box 3306, 2280 GH Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino 142290, Russia
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- Animal Science Department, Biomedical Primate Research Center, P.O. Box 3306, 2280 GH Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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Venkiteshwaran K, Bocher B, Maki J, Zitomer D. Relating Anaerobic Digestion Microbial Community and Process Function. Microbiol Insights 2016; 8:37-44. [PMID: 27127410 PMCID: PMC4841157 DOI: 10.4137/mbi.s33593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) involves a consortium of microorganisms that convert substrates into biogas containing methane for renewable energy. The technology has suffered from the perception of being periodically unstable due to limited understanding of the relationship between microbial community structure and function. The emphasis of this review is to describe microbial communities in digesters and quantitative and qualitative relationships between community structure and digester function. Progress has been made in the past few decades to identify key microorganisms influencing AD. Yet, more work is required to realize robust, quantitative relationships between microbial community structure and functions such as methane production rate and resilience after perturbations. Other promising areas of research for improved AD may include methods to increase/control (1) hydrolysis rate, (2) direct interspecies electron transfer to methanogens, (3) community structure-function relationships of methanogens, (4) methanogenesis via acetate oxidation, and (5) bioaugmentation to study community-activity relationships or improve engineered bioprocesses.
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- Kaushik Venkiteshwaran
- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Ino K, Konno U, Kouduka M, Hirota A, Togo YS, Fukuda A, Komatsu D, Tsunogai U, Tanabe AS, Yamamoto S, Iwatsuki T, Mizuno T, Ito K, Suzuki Y. Deep microbial life in high-quality granitic groundwater from geochemically and geographically distinct underground boreholes. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2016; 8:285-294. [PMID: 26743638 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2015] [Revised: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Deep granitic aquifer is one of the largest, but least understood, microbial habitats. To avoid contamination from the surface biosphere, underground drilling was conducted for 300 m deep granitic rocks at the Mizunami underground research laboratory (URL), Japan. Slightly alkaline groundwater was characterized by low concentrations of dissolved organic matter and sulfate and the presence of > 100 nM H2 . The initial biomass was the highest (∼10(5) cells ml(-1) ) with the dominance of Hydrogenophaga spp., whereas the phylum Nitrospirae became predominant after 3 years with decreasing biomass (∼10(4) cells ml(-1) ). One week incubation of groundwater microbes after 3 years with (13) C-labelled bicarbonate and 1% H2 and subsequent single-cell imaging with nanometer-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry demonstrated that microbial cells were metabolically active. Pyrosequencing of microbial communities in groundwater retrieved at 3-4 years after drilling at the Mizunami URL and at 14 and 25 years after the drilling at the Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland, revealed the occurrence of common Nitrospirae lineages at the geographically distinct sites. As the close relatives of the Nitrospirae lineages were exclusively detected from deep groundwaters and terrestrial hot springs, it suggests that these bacteria are indigenous and potentially adapted to the deep terrestrial subsurface.
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- Kohei Ino
- Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-64 Yamanouchi, Akiyo-cho, Mizunami, Gifu, 509-6132, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-64 Yamanouchi, Akiyo-cho, Mizunami, Gifu, 509-6132, Japan
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-64 Yamanouchi, Akiyo-cho, Mizunami, Gifu, 509-6132, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Juste-Poinapen NMS, Turner MS, Rabaey K, Virdis B, Batstone DJ. Evaluating the potential impact of proton carriers on syntrophic propionate oxidation. Sci Rep 2015; 5:18364. [PMID: 26670292 PMCID: PMC4680937 DOI: 10.1038/srep18364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Anaerobic propionic acid degradation relies on interspecies electron transfer (IET) between propionate oxidisers and electron acceptor microorganisms, via either molecular hydrogen, formate or direct transfers. We evaluated the possibility of stimulating direct IET, hence enhancing propionate oxidation, by increasing availability of proton carriers to decrease solution resistance and reduce pH gradients. Phosphate was used as a proton carrying anion, and chloride as control ion together with potassium as counter ion. Propionic acid consumption in anaerobic granules was assessed in a square factorial design with ratios (1:0, 2:1, 1:1, 1:2 and 0:1) of total phosphate (TP) to Cl(-), at 1X, 10X, and 30X native conductivity (1.5 mS.cm(-1)). Maximum specific uptake rate, half saturation, and time delay were estimated using model-based analysis. Community profiles were analysed by fluorescent in situ hybridisation and 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing. The strongest performance was at balanced (1:1) ratios at 10X conductivity where presumptive propionate oxidisers namely Syntrophobacter and Candidatus Cloacamonas were more abundant. There was a shift from Methanobacteriales at high phosphate, to Methanosaeta at low TP:Cl ratios and low conductivity. A lack of response to TP, and low percentage of presumptive electroactive organisms suggested that DIET was not favoured under the current experimental conditions.
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- The University of Queensland, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Ghent University, Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- The University of Queensland, Advanced Water Management Centre, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- The University of Queensland, Centre for Microbial Electrochemical Systems, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Advanced Water Management Centre, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Yamada C, Kato S, Ueno Y, Ishii M, Igarashi Y. Conductive iron oxides accelerate thermophilic methanogenesis from acetate and propionate. J Biosci Bioeng 2015; 119:678-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The impact of gamma radiation on sediment microbial processes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:4014-25. [PMID: 25841009 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00590-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microbial communities have the potential to control the biogeochemical fate of some radionuclides in contaminated land scenarios or in the vicinity of a geological repository for radioactive waste. However, there have been few studies of ionizing radiation effects on microbial communities in sediment systems. Here, acetate and lactate amended sediment microcosms irradiated with gamma radiation at 0.5 or 30 Gy h(-1) for 8 weeks all displayed NO3 (-) and Fe(III) reduction, although the rate of Fe(III) reduction was decreased in 30-Gy h(-1) treatments. These systems were dominated by fermentation processes. Pyrosequencing indicated that the 30-Gy h(-1) treatment resulted in a community dominated by two Clostridial species. In systems containing no added electron donor, irradiation at either dose rate did not restrict NO3 (-), Fe(III), or SO4 (2-) reduction. Rather, Fe(III) reduction was stimulated in the 0.5-Gy h(-1)-treated systems. In irradiated systems, there was a relative increase in the proportion of bacteria capable of Fe(III) reduction, with Geothrix fermentans and Geobacter sp. identified in the 0.5-Gy h(-1) and 30-Gy h(-1) treatments, respectively. These results indicate that biogeochemical processes will likely not be restricted by dose rates in such environments, and electron accepting processes may even be stimulated by radiation.
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Shift of Propionate-Oxidizing Bacteria with HRT Decrease in an UASB Reactor Containing Propionate as a Sole Carbon Source. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 175:274-86. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1265-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kallistova AY, Goel G, Nozhevnikova AN. Microbial diversity of methanogenic communities in the systems for anaerobic treatment of organic waste. Microbiology (Reading) 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261714050142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ju F, Zhang T. Novel microbial populations in ambient and mesophilic biogas-producing and phenol-degrading consortia unraveled by high-throughput sequencing. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2014; 68:235-46. [PMID: 24633337 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0405-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Methanogenesis from wastewater-borne organics and organic solid wastes (e.g., food residues) can be severely suppressed by the presence of toxic phenols. In this work, ambient (20 °C) and mesophilic (37 °C) methane-producing and phenol-degrading consortia were enriched and characterized using high-throughput sequencing (HTS). 454 Pyrosequencing indicated novel W22 (25.0 % of bacterial sequences) in the WWE1 and Sulfurovum-resembled species (32.0 %) in the family Campylobacterales were the most abundant in mesophilic and ambient reactors, respectively, which challenges previous knowledge that Syntrophorhabdus was the most predominant. Previous findings may underestimate bacterial diversity and low-abundance bacteria, but overestimate abundance of Syntrophorhabdus. Illumina HTS revealed that archaeal populations were doubled in ambient reactor and tripled in mesophilic reactor, respectively, compared to the ∼4.9 % (of the bacteria and archaea sequences) in the seed sludge. Moreover, unlike the dominance of Methanosarcina in seed sludge, acetotrophic Methanosaeta predominated both (71.4-76.5 % of archaeal sequences) ambient and mesophilic enrichments. Noteworthy, this study, for the first time, discovered the co-occurrence of green sulfur bacteria Chlorobia, sulfur-reducing Desulfovibrio, and Sulfurovum-resembling species under ambient condition, which could presumably establish mutualistic relationships to compete with syntrophic bacteria and methanogens, leading to the deterioration of methanogenic activity. Taken together, this HTS-based study unravels the high microbial diversity and complicated bacterial interactions within the biogas-producing and phenol-degrading bioreactors, and the identification of novel bacterial species and dominant methanogens involved in the phenol degradation provides novel insights into the operation of full-scale bioreactors for maximizing biogas generation.
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- Feng Ju
- Environmental Biotechnology Lab, The University of Hong Kong SAR, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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Diversity of dechlorination pathways and organohalide respiring bacteria in chlorobenzene dechlorinating enrichment cultures originating from river sludge. Biodegradation 2014; 25:757-76. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-014-9697-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Liu Y, Qiao JT, Yuan XZ, Guo RB, Qiu YL. Hydrogenispora ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium from anaerobic sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1756-1762. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.060186-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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An anaerobic, spore-forming, ethanol-hydrogen-coproducing bacterium, designated LX-BT, was isolated from an anaerobic sludge treating herbicide wastewater. Cells of strain LX-BT were non-motile rods (0.3–0.5×3.0–18.0 µm). Spores were terminal with a bulged sporangium. Growth occurred at 20–50 °C (optimum 37–45 °C), pH 5.0–8.0 (optimum pH 6.0–7.7) and 0–2.5 % (w/v) NaCl. The strain could grow fermentatively on glucose, maltose, arabinose, fructose, xylose, ribose, galactose, mannose, raffinose, sucrose, pectin, starch, glycerol, fumarate, tryptone and yeast extract. The major end-products of glucose fermentation were acetate, ethanol and hydrogen. Yeast extract was not required but stimulated growth. Nitrate, sulfate, thiosulfate, elemental sulfur, sulfite, anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate, fumarate and Fe (III) nitrilotriacetate were not used as terminal electron acceptors. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 56.1 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C14 : 0 and C16 : 0. The most abundant polar lipids of strain LX-BT were diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylglycerol. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that it belongs to an as-yet-unidentified taxon at the order- or class-level (OPB54) within the phylum
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, showing 86.5 % sequence similarity to previously described species of the
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cluster. The name Hydrogenispora ethanolica gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate strain LX-BT ( = DSM 25471T = JCM 18117T = CGMCC 1.5175T) as the type strain.
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- Yi Liu
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
- Shandong Industrial Engineering Laboratory of Biogas Production & Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266101, PR China
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- Shandong Industrial Engineering Laboratory of Biogas Production & Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266101, PR China
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- Shandong Industrial Engineering Laboratory of Biogas Production & Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266101, PR China
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- Shandong Industrial Engineering Laboratory of Biogas Production & Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266101, PR China
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- Shandong Industrial Engineering Laboratory of Biogas Production & Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266101, PR China
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Venkatakrishnan H, Tan Y, Majid MBA, Pathak S, Sendjaja AY, Li D, Liu JJL, Zhou Y, Ng WJ. Effect of a high strength chemical industry wastewater on microbial community dynamics and mesophilic methane generation. J Environ Sci (China) 2014; 26:875-884. [PMID: 25079418 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(13)60515-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Revised: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A high strength chemical industry wastewater was assessed for its impact on anaerobic microbial community dynamics and consequently mesophilic methane generation. Cumulative methane production was 251 mL/g total chemical oxygen demand removed at standard temperature and pressure at the end of 30 days experimental period with a highest recorded methane percentage of 80.6% of total biogas volume. Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) analysis revealed that acetic acid was the major intermediate VFAs produced with propionic acid accumulating over the experimental period. Quantitative analysis of microbial communities in the test and control groups with quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction highlighted that in the test group, Eubacteria (96.3%) was dominant in comparison with methanogens (3.7%). The latter were dominated by Methanomicrobiales and Methanobacteriales while Methanosarcinaceae in test groups increased over the experimental period, reaching a maximum on day 30. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profile was performed, targeting the 16S rRNA gene of Eubacteria and Archaea, with the DNA samples extracted at 3 different time points from the test groups. A phylogenetic tree was constructed for the sequences using the neighborhood joining method. The analysis revealed that the presence of organisms resembling Syntrophomonadaceae could have contributed to increased production of acetic and propionic acid intermediates while decrease of organisms resembling Pelotomaculum sp. could have most likely contributed to accumulation of propionic acid. This study suggested that the degradation of organic components within the high strength industrial wastewater is closely linked with the activity of certain niche microbial communities within eubacteria and methanogens.
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- Harish Venkatakrishnan
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore; Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Center, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore.
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Center, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore; School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China.
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- Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Center, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Center, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Center, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore; Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Center, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore; Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore.
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Ban Q, Li J, Zhang L, Jha AK, Zhang Y. Quantitative analysis of previously identified propionate-oxidizing bacteria and methanogens at different temperatures in an UASB reactor containing propionate as a sole carbon source. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 171:2129-41. [PMID: 24026412 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0465-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Propionate degradation is crucial for maintaining the efficiency and stability of an anaerobic reactor. However, there was little information about the effects of ecological factor on propionate-oxidizing bacteria (POB). In current research, quantitative real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) of some identified POB and methanogens with a decrease in temperature in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor containing propionate as sole carbon source was investigated. The results showed that there were at least four identified POB, including Pelotomaculum schinkii, Pelotomaculum propionicum, Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans, and Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens, observed in this UASB reactor. Among them, P. schinkii was dominated during the whole operational period. Its quantity was 1.2 × 10(4) 16S rRNA gene copies per nanogram of DNA at 35 °C. A decrease in temperature from 35 to 30 °C led to P. schinkii to be increased by 1.8 times and then it was gradually reduced with a decrease in temperature from 30 to 25, 20, and 18 °C stepwise. A decrease in temperature from 35 to 20 °C did not make the amount of methanogens markedly changed, but hydrogenotrophic methanogens (Methanospirillum) and acetotrophic methanogens (Methanosaeta) at 18 °C were increased by an order of magnitude and 1.0 time, respectively, compared with other experimental conditions.
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- Qiaoying Ban
- College of Environment and Resource, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, People's Republic of China,
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Identification of microorganisms in the granules generated during methane fermentation of the syrup wastewater produced while canning fruit. Process Biochem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2013.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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