Culture-based and culture-independent approach for the study of the methanogens and obligate anaerobes from different landfill sites.

ABSTRACT: The landfill is a cheap way of solid waste management in developing countries. The majority of landfills are non-sanitary and work as open garbage dumping sites and pose threats to public and environmental health. Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the chemistry and microbiology of landfills is imperative to develop the right policies for landfill management. In the current study, we investigated the chemistry and microbiology of three Indian landfill sites using culture-based and culture-independent molecular approaches. Our data indicate that the nature of landfills varies from site to site in terms of chemistry, pollutants, and pathogens. We also enriched and cultivated three methanogens using an optimized medium and constructed two high-quality draft genomes from enriched microbio

SUBMITTER: Prakash O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860756 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature