Presence and role of viruses in anaerobic digestion of food waste under environmental variability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The interaction among microorganisms in the anaerobic digestion of food waste (ADFW) reactors lead to the degradation of organics and the recycling of energy. Viruses are an important component of the microorganisms involved in ADFW, but are rarely investigated. Furthermore, little is known about how viruses affect methanogenesis.

Results

Thousands of viral sequences were recovered from five full-scale ADFW reactors. Gene-sharing networks indicated that the ADFW samples contained substantial numbers of unexplored anaerobic-specific viruses. Moreover, the viral communities in five full-scale reactors exhibited both commonalities and heterogeneities. The lab-scale dynamic analysis of typical ADFW scenarios suggested that the viruses had similar kinetic characteristi

SUBMITTER: Fan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401857 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature