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Título: | Characterization of an anaerobic thermophilic glycerol-degrading enrichment culture |
Autor(es): | Cavaleiro, A. J. Sousa, D. Z. Alves, M. M. Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria |
Data: | 7-Jun-2015 |
Citação: | Cavaleiro, A. J.; Sousa, D. Z.; Alves, M. M.; Stams, A. J. M., Characterization of an anaerobic thermophilic glycerol-degrading enrichment culture. FEMS 2015 - 6th Congress of European Microbiologists. No. 1480, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 7-11, 2015. |
Resumo(s): | Background: The glycerol market was totally changed by the biodiesel industry, which resulted in the production of an excess of this compound as an industrial by-product. As a consequence, the price of glycerol dropped and a huge interest in alternatives for its valorisation emerged since then. In the field of Biotechnology research, glycerol is an attractive compound for the microbial production of chemical building blocks. Objectives: The aim of this work was to investigate thermophilic anaerobic communities capable of conversion of glycerol. Methods: Thermophilic sludge from a lab-scale anaerobic reactor fed with skim milk and sodium oleate (50:50% chemical oxygen demand) was incubated at 55°C in closed bottles containing bicarbonate-buffered medium supplemented with 10mM glycerol. Periodic successive transfers of the glycerol-converting enrichment culture, combined with serial dilutions were performed. After eight generations a highly enriched, low diversity (microscopic observations and 16s rRNA DGGE profiling) microbial culture was obtained. Conclusions: The enriched culture converted glycerol mainly to methane (6mM) and acetate (7mM) within 6 days of incubation. A yet unknown organic compound was also produced. Sequencing results obtained on the Illumina platform showed the bacterial predominance of an uncultured Thermotoga species (75 % of the retrieved sequences), an uncultured Anaerobaculum species (13 %) and a close relative to Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus (5 %). Isolation of the new uncultured Thermotoga and Anaerobaculum species is ongoing and their role in glycerol degradation will be assessed. |
Tipo: | Resumo em ata de conferência |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/35823 |
Versão da editora: | http://fems-microbiology.kenes.com/ |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
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