Genome-centric metagenomic insights into the role of Chloroflexi in anammox, activated sludge and methanogenic reactors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The phylum Chloroflexi is highly abundant in a wide variety of wastewater treatment bioreactors. It has been suggested that they play relevant roles in these ecosystems, particularly in degrading carbon compounds and on structuring flocs or granules. Nevertheless, their function is not yet well understood as most species have not been isolated in axenic cultures. Here we used a metagenomic approach to investigate Chloroflexi diversity and their metabolic potential in three environmentally different bioreactors: a methanogenic full-scale reactor, a full-scale activated sludge reactor and a lab scale anammox reactor.

Results

Differential coverage binning approach was used to assemble the genomes of 17 new Chloroflexi species, two of which are proposed as new Candida

SUBMITTER: Bovio-Winkler P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9942424 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature