Title |
Metatranscriptomic analysis of lignocellulolytic microbial communities involved in high-solids decomposition of rice straw
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Published in |
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/s13068-014-0180-0 |
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Authors |
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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