Analysis of novel bacterial metagenome-assembled genomes from lignin-degrading microbial consortia.

ABSTRACT: Despite recent progress, bacterial degradation of lignin is not completely understood. To address the mechanisms that bacteria from unknown taxonomic groups use to perform lignin-monomer degradation, functional analysis of bacterial metagenome-assembled genomes from soil-derived consortia enriched for microorganisms capable of degrading lignin was performed. A total of 232 metagenome-assembled genomes were recovered. After applying quality criteria of at least 70 % genome completeness and contamination less than or equal to 10 %, 39 genomes were obtained. From these, a total of 14 genomes from bacteria of unknown classification at lower taxonomic levels (i.e., only classified to the order level or higher) were chosen for further functional analysis. A global analysis of the potential ecolo

SUBMITTER: Balestrini VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11570740 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature