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Metatranscriptomic analysis of lignocellulolytic microbial communities involved in high-solids decomposition of rice straw

Overview of attention for article published in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, December 2014
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Title
Metatranscriptomic analysis of lignocellulolytic microbial communities involved in high-solids decomposition of rice straw
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/s13068-014-0180-0
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Christopher W Simmons, Amitha P Reddy, Patrik D’haeseleer, Jane Khudyakov, Konstantinos Billis, Amrita Pati, Blake A Simmons, Steven W Singer, Michael P Thelen, Jean S VanderGheynst

Abstract

New lignocellulolytic enzymes are needed that maintain optimal activity under the harsh conditions present during industrial enzymatic deconstruction of biomass, including high temperatures, the absence of free water, and the presence of inhibitors from the biomass. Enriching lignocellulolytic microbial communities under these conditions provides a source of microorganisms that may yield robust lignocellulolytic enzymes tolerant to the extreme conditions needed to improve the throughput and efficiency of biomass enzymatic deconstruction. Identification of promising enzymes from these systems is challenging due to complex substrate-enzyme interactions and requirements to assay for activity. In this study, metatranscriptomes from compost-derived microbial communities enriched on rice straw under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions were sequenced and analyzed to identify lignocellulolytic enzymes overexpressed under thermophilic conditions. To determine differential gene expression across mesophilic and thermophilic treatments, a method was developed which pooled gene expression by functional category, as indicated by Pfam annotations, since microbial communities performing similar tasks are likely to have overlapping functions even if they share no specific genes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 2 2%
Brazil 1 1%
India 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 80 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 19 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 21%
Researcher 15 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 7%
Student > Bachelor 4 5%
Other 9 10%
Unknown 15 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 30%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 23 27%
Environmental Science 9 10%
Engineering 4 5%
Chemistry 3 3%
Other 3 3%
Unknown 18 21%
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#862
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