Gina Chaput, Jacob Ford, Lani DeDiego, Achala Narayanan, Wing Yin Tam, Meghan Whalen, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, Alex Spunde, Manoj Pillay, Krishnaveni Palaniappan, Neha Varghese, Natalia Mikhailova, I-Min Chen, Dimitrios Stamatis, T B K Reddy, Ronan O'Malley, Chris Daum, Nicole Shapiro, Natalia Ivanova, Nikos C Kyrpides, Tanja Woyke, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Kristen M DeAngelis
Novel bacterial isolates with the capabilities of lignin depolymerization, catabolism, or both, could be pertinent to lignocellulosic biofuel applications. In this study, we aimed to identify anaerobic bacteria that could address the economic challenges faced with microbial-mediated biotechnologies, such as the need for aeration and mixing. Using a consortium seeded from temperate forest soil and enriched under anoxic conditions with organosolv lignin as the sole carbon source, we successfully isolated a novel bacterium, designated 159R...
June 29, 2022: Microbiology Spectrum