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Anaerolineaceae and Methanosaeta turned to be the dominant microorganisms in alkanes-dependent methanogenic culture after long-term of incubation

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Title
Anaerolineaceae and Methanosaeta turned to be the dominant microorganisms in alkanes-dependent methanogenic culture after long-term of incubation
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AMB Express, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13568-015-0117-4
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Bo Liang, Li-Ying Wang, Serge Maurice Mbadinga, Jin-Feng Liu, Shi-Zhong Yang, Ji-Dong Gu, Bo-Zhong Mu

Abstract

The methanogenic alkanes-degrading enrichment culture which had been incubated for over 1,300 days amended with n-alkanes (C15-C20) was investigated through clone libraries of bacteria, archaea and assA, mcrA functional genes. These enrichment cultures were obtained from oily sludge after an initial incubation of the oily sludge without any carbon source and then an enrichment transfer with n-alkanes (C15-C20) for acclimation. Activation of alkanes, methane precursor generation and methanogenic pathways are considered as three pivotal stages for the continuous methanogenesis from degradation of alkanes. The presence of functional genes encoding the alkylsuccinate synthase α-subunit indicated that fumarate addition is most likely the one of initial activation step for degradation of n-alkanes. Degradation intermediates of n-alkanes were octadecanoate, hexadecanoate, butyrate, isobutyrate, acetate and propionate, which could provide the appropriate substrates for acetate formation. Both methyl coenzyme M reductase gene and 16S rRNA gene analysis showed that microorganisms of Methanoseata were the most dominant methanogens, capable of using acetate as the electron donor to produce methane. Bacterial clone libraries showed organisms of Anaerolineaceae (within the phylum of Chloroflexi) were predominant (45.5%), indicating syntrophically cooperation with Methanosaeta archaea was likely involved in the process of methanogenic degradation of alkanes. Alkanes may initially be activated via fumarate addition and degraded to fatty acids, then converted to acetate, which was further converted to methane and carbon dioxide by methanogens.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 208 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 53 25%
Researcher 38 18%
Student > Master 31 15%
Student > Bachelor 16 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 6%
Other 26 12%
Unknown 36 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 51 24%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 24 11%
Engineering 12 6%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 10 5%
Other 26 12%
Unknown 54 25%
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#6,956,978
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