Cocultures of anaerobic fungi and chain-elongating bacteria stably convert lignocellulose to butyrate and hexanoate
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ABSTRACT: This study looks at the gene expression of two chain-elongating bacteria, Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus and Megasphaera elsdenii, in monoculture and in coculture with anaerobic gut fungi (Neocallimastix lanati). P. alactolyticus in particular has appeared stable in synthetic cocultures with anaerobic fungi based on metabolic output, and this RNA-seq study was designed to further assess that stability. Additionally, chain-elongating bacteria can use fungal fermentation products to generate short- and medium-chain fatty acids, and this study was employed to see how genes involved in this process (reverse beta oxidation) were regulated in coculture compared to monoculture.
ORGANISM(S): Neocallimastix lanati (nom. inval.) Megasphaera elsdenii Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus
PROVIDER: GSE291899 | GEO | 2026/01/06
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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