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Luo J, Huang W, Zhang Q, Guo W, Xu R, Fang F, Cao J, Wu Y. A preliminary metatranscriptomic insight of eggshells conditioning on substrates metabolism during food wastes anaerobic fermentation. Sci Total Environ 2021; 761:143214. [PMID: 33160662 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The anaerobic treatment of food wastes (FW) for resource recovery has been extensively studied. However, the information on the traits of functional genes and enzymes for substrates metabolisms and their associations with microbial community are little. In this study, the influences of eggshells conditioning on the substrates metabolism for volatile fatty acids production (VFAs) in the process of FW fermentation were investigated at genetic levels by using the metatranscriptomic approach. The obtained results suggested that the critical genes involved in the carbohydrate and protein metabolisms (i.e. pgmB, GPI, glsA, pyrB and etc.) were up-regulated in the eggshell-conditioned reactor, which were beneficial to the bioconversion of macromolecule organics during FW fermentation. Moreover, the functional genes related with the intermediate products metabolism (i.e. pyruvate acid, butanoate) also exhibited differential genetic expression levels, which resulted in the alteration of microbial metabolic pathways and contributed to the acetic and butyric acids accumulation. In addition, a preliminary association of microbial distribution and genetic expressions was analyzed. The distinct distribution of microbial community in different FW fermentation systems affected the corresponding microbial contribution to those genetic expression levels of metabolic enzymes involved in VFAs production. This study would provide new insights of the underlying mechanism of VFAs promotion in the eggshell-conditioned FW fermentation process from the perspectives of substrates metabolisms at genetic and functional traits.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jingyang Luo
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Biotransformation of Organic Solid Waste, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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