Increased methane production in cyanobacteria and methanogenic microbe co-cultures.

A novel light-to-bioenergy system produced 3.5 times the baseline methane output using a co-culture of cyanobacteria (Oscillatoria sp.) and a methanogenic microbial community. Analysis of micronutrients in the system during the growth phase indicated that cobalt, iron, nickel and zinc were not appreciably consumed. The stable consumption and return of macronutrients calcium and magnesium were also observed. Essential macronutrients nitrogen, in the form of nitrate, and phosphorus showed no cycling during the growth phase and were depleted at rates of 0.35mg/L/day and 0.40µg/L/day, respectively. Biofilm formation increased the resilience of biomass to bacterial degradation in an anaerobic digester, as shown by viability assays of cyanobacterial biofilms in the co-culture.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Bioresource Technology

• Publication date

  2017-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.126PMID 28709074
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Wastewater treatment and biofuel production through attached culture of Chlorella vulgaris in a porous substratum biofilm reactor

  2017cited by this paper
• Methanogens rapidly transition from methane production to iron reduction

  2016cited by this paper
• Effects of magnesium deficiency on photosynthesis and carbohydrate partitioning

  2016cited by this paper
• An advanced micro-bio-loop to produce biogas

  2016cited by this paper
• Microalgae potential as a biogas source: current status, restraints and future trends

  2016cited by this paper
• Life cycle assessment of biomass production in microalgae compact photobioreactors

  2015cited by this paper
• Lifecycle assessment of microalgae to biofuel: Comparison of thermochemical processing pathways

  2015cited by this paper
• Assessing the potential of algal biomass opportunities for bioenergy industry: A review

  2015cited by this paper
• Microalgal biofilms for biomass production

  2015cited by this paper
• Anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass: challenges and opportunities.

  2015cited by this paper
• The potentials and challenges of algae based biofuels: a review of the techno-economic, life cycle, and resource assessment modeling.

  2015cited by this paper
• Die for the community: an overview of programmed cell death in bacteria

  2015cited by this paper
• Microalgae for third generation biofuel production, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and wastewater treatment : Present and future perspectives - A mini review

  2014cited by this paper
• Spatio-temporal study of phytoplankton cell viability in a eutrophic reservoir using SYTOX Green nucleic acid stain

  2014cited by this paper
• Anaerobic digestion of algae biomass: A review

  2014cited by this paper
• Process characteristics, inhibition factors and methane yields of anaerobic digestion process, with particular focus on microalgal biomass fermentation

  2014cited by this paper
• The role of anaerobic digestion in the emerging energy economy.

  2014cited by this paper
• Perspectives on engineering strategies for improving biofuel production from microalgae--a critical review.

  2014cited by this paper
• Review of evolution, technology and sustainability assessments of biofuel production

  2014cited by this paper
• Heterotrophic and mixotrophic cultivation of microalgae for biodiesel production in agricultural wastewaters and associated challenges—a critical review

  2014cited by this paper
• Screening microalgae strains for their productivity in methane following anaerobic digestion

  2013cited by this paper
• Nitrogen supply is an important driver of sustainable microalgae biofuel production.

  2013cited by this paper
• Nutrient recovery from wastewater streams by microalgae: Status and prospects

  2013cited by this paper
• Cyanobacteria as a source of hydrogen for methane formation

  2013cited by this paper
• Development of a rotating algal biofilm growth system for attached microalgae growth with in situ biomass harvest.

  2013cited by this paper
• Evaluation of mass and energy balances in the integrated microalgae growth-anaerobic digestion process

  2013cited by this paper
• Experimental study on a coupled process of production and anaerobic digestion of Chlorella vulgaris.

  2011cited by this paper
• The biofilm matrix

  2010cited by this paper
• Dewatering of microalgal cultures : a major bottleneck to algae-based fuels

  2010cited by this paper
• Citric acid wastewater as electron donor for biological sulfate reduction

  2009cited by this paper
• Zinc‐Handling in Cyanobacteria: An Update

  2008cited by this paper
• Archaeal and bacterial community composition of sediment and plankton from a suboxic freshwater pond.

  2007cited by this paper
• Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

  2007cited by this paper
• Anaerobic co-digestion of algal sludge and waste paper to produce methane.

  2007cited by this paper
• Phosphorus storage in Chlorella vulgaris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) cells and its dependence on phosphate supply

  2006cited by this paper
• Biofilms: the matrix revisited.

  2005cited by this paper
• The Biofilm Matrix

  2003cited by this paper
• Cell Death in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development

  2003cited by this paper
• Removal of Nitrate from Groundwater by Cyanobacteria: Quantitative Assessment of Factors Influencing Nitrate Uptake

  2000influential reference
• Effects of Nickel and Cobalt on Kinetics of Methanol Conversion by Methanogenic Sludge as Assessed by On-Line CH4 Monitoring

  1999cited by this paper
• Microbial heavy-metal resistance

  1999cited by this paper
• STORAGE OF PHOSPHORUS IN NITROGEN‐FIXING ANABAENA FLOS‐AQUAE (CYANOPHYCEAE) 1

  1994cited by this paper
• A Role for Nickel in Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation and Growth via Cyanophycin Metabolism

  1988cited by this paper
• Evidence for direct roles of calcium in photosynthesis

  1984cited by this paper
• The influence of ammonium-nitrogen on the specific activity of pelletized methanogenic sludge

  1984cited by this paper
• Composition of the major elements and trace elements of 10 methanogenic bacteria determined by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry

  1983cited by this paper
• Improved performance of anaerobic digestion ofSpirulinamaxima algal biomass by addition of carbon-rich wastes

  1983cited by this paper
• Effects of Nickel, Cobalt, and Molybdenum on Performance of Methanogenic Fixed-Film Reactors

  1981cited by this paper
• Anaerobic decomposition of algae

  1970influential reference
• Investigations of the Role of Iron in Chlorophyll Metabolism. II. Effect of Iron Deficiency on Chlorophyll Synthesis.

  1963cited by this paper
• Investigations on the role of iron in chlorophyll metabolism.

  1960cited by this paper
• Biological conversion of light energy to the chemical energy of methane.

  1959cited by this paper

• Synthetic, marine, light-driven, autotroph-heterotroph co-culture system for sustainable β-caryophyllene production.

  2024cites this paper
• UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO CENTRO DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR NA AGRICULTURA PAUL LINEKER AMARAL DE MELO Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4 and N2O) in saline-alkaline systems of the Pantanal of Nhecolândia/MS, Brazil. Piracicaba

  2023cites this paper
• Cyanobacteria and Algal-Based Biological Life Support System (BLSS) and Planetary Surface Atmospheric Revitalizing Bioreactor Brief Concept Review

  2023cites this paper
• Impact of Fe2+ and Shear Stress on the Development and Mesoscopic Structure of Biofilms—A Bacillus subtilis Case Study

  2022cites this paper
• In Vitro Quantification of Nitrogen Fixation and Methane Generation in the Bioturbated Littoral Surface Sediments of Bakkhali Coast, Northeastern Bay of Bengal

  2021cites this paper
• Anaerobic digestion of microalgal biomass for bioenergy production, removal of nutrients and microcystin: current status

  2021cites this paper
• Application of Biochar on methane production through organic solid waste and ammonia inhibition

  2021cites this paper
• Microalgae cultivation

  2021cites this paper
• Cyanobacteria as a biofuel source: advances and applications

  2020cites this paper
• The Magnitude and Drivers of Methane Ebullition and Diffusion Vary on a Longitudinal Gradient in a Small Freshwater Reservoir

  2020cites this paper
• EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF CYANOBACTERIAL HOSTS FOR FUTURE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

  2020cites this paper
• Impact of chlorpyrifos, TCP and N-substituted aromatic compounds on methane production from organic solid waste (OSW) using co-culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Methanosarcina mazei

  2020cites this paper
• Genetic and metabolic advances in the engineering of cyanobacteria.

  2019cites this paper
• Synergy of carbon and nitrogen removal of a co-culture of two aerobic denitrifying bacterial strains, Acinetobacter sp. GA and Pseudomonas sp. GP

  2018cites this paper