A metagenome-level analysis of a microbial community fermenting ultra-filtered milk permeate.

ABSTRACT: Fermentative microbial communities have the potential to serve as biocatalysts for the conversion of low-value dairy coproducts into renewable chemicals, contributing to a more sustainable global economy. To develop predictive tools for the design and operation of industrially relevant strategies that utilize fermentative microbial communities, there is a need to determine the genomic features of community members that are characteristic to the accumulation of different products. To address this knowledge gap, we performed a 282-day bioreactor experiment with a microbial community that was fed ultra-filtered milk permeate, a low-value coproduct from the dairy industry. The bioreactor was inoculated with a microbial community from an acid-phase digester. A metagenomic analysis was used to a

SUBMITTER: Walters KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10263058 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature