Culture-based and culture-independent approach for the study of the methanogens and obligate anaerobes from different landfill sites
Om Prakash, Sahab Ram Dewala, Yogesh Nimonkar, Shalaka K. Patil, Ashvini Chauhan, Amit Yadav, Dheeraj P. Dhotre, Dilip R. Ranade · 2024
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Om Prakash and co-authors dug into three Indian landfill sites in 2023, pairing classic culturing with DNA methods to census the methane makers and strict anaerobes within. The head dates the work 2023; the catalog says a year later. Landfills are the cheap waste answer across the developing world, and most are open dumps whose chemistry and microbes decide their danger to neighbors.
The sites differed sharply in chemistry, pollutants, and pathogens. From enriched samples the team coaxed three methane-producing microbes into culture with a tuned medium. Two draft genomes were assembled from the enriched communities. Readers get a site-by-site microbial report with policy stakes: you cannot manage a dump safely until you know which invisible workforce is running it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Om Prakash, Sahab Ram Dewala, Yogesh Nimonkar, Shalaka K. Patil, Ashvini Chauhan, Amit Yadav, Dheeraj P. Dhotre, Dilip R. Ranade |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |