Metagenome from a Spirulina digesting biogas reactor: analysis via binning of contigs and classification of short reads.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process in which a consortium of microorganisms transforms a complex substrate into methane and carbon dioxide. A good understanding of the interactions between the populations that form this consortium can contribute to a successful anaerobic digestion of the substrate. In this study we combine the analysis of the biogas production in a laboratory anaerobic digester fed with the microalgae Spirulina, a protein rich substrate, with the analysis of the metagenome of the consortium responsible for digestion, obtained by high-throughput DNA sequencing. The obtained metagenome was also compared with a metagenome from a full scale biogas plant fed with cellulose rich material.

Results

The optimal organic loading rate for the anaerobi

SUBMITTER: Nolla-Ardevol V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4683858 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature