Uncovering syntrophic potential from genome-resolved metagenomics of suspended and granular anaerobic digestion sludges
Maaike S Besteman, Emilie Alaux, Anna Doloman, Guillaume Tahon, Thijs J G Ettema, Diana Z Sousa, Tillmann Lueders · 2026
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Description
A team of sludge researchers maps partner microbes in waste digestion in a 2026 paper. In oxygen free digestion, some microbes can only eat fats by working in pairs, passing products to methane makers. Few such partners have ever been grown in pure culture, so their ranks stay murky.
The team read genes from suspended and granular sludge and rebuilt more than seven hundred near complete genomes. Network maps show tight links between methane makers and known fat eaters in granular sludge. Several new families stand out as likely eaters of butyrate, propionate, or acetate. The genome set is offered as a resource for hunting fresh partners.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maaike S Besteman, Emilie Alaux, Anna Doloman, Guillaume Tahon, Thijs J G Ettema, Diana Z Sousa, Tillmann Lueders |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |