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Moriya H, Takita Y, Matsumoto A, Yamahata Y, Nishimukai M, Miyazaki M, Shimoi H, Kawai SJ, Yamada M. Cobetia sp. Bacteria, Which Are Capable of Utilizing Alginate or Waste Laminaria sp. for Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Synthesis, Isolated From a Marine Environment. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:974. [PMID: 32984275 PMCID: PMC7479843 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We isolated the Cobetia sp. strains IU 180733JP01 (5-11-6-3) and 190790JP01 (5-25-4-2) from seaweeds and showed that both strains accumulate poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] homopolymer in a nitrogen-limiting mineral salt medium containing alginate as a sole carbon source. Genome sequence analysis of the isolated strains showed that they have putative genes which encode enzymes relevant to alginate assimilation and P(3HB) synthesis, and the putative alginate-assimilating genes formed a cluster. Investigation of the optimum culture conditions for high accumulation of P(3HB) showed that when the 5-11-6-3 strain was cultured in a nitrogen-limiting mineral salt medium (pH 5.0) containing 6% NaCl and 3% (w/v) alginate as a sole carbon source for 2 days, the P(3HB) content and P(3HB) production reached 62.1 ± 3.4 wt% and 3.11 ± 0.16 g/L, respectively. When the 5-25-4-2 strain was cultured in a nitrogen-limiting mineral salt medium (pH 4.0) containing 5% NaCl and 3% (w/v) alginate for 2 days, the P(3HB) content and P(3HB) production reached 56.9 ± 2.1 wt% and 2.67 ± 0.11 g/L, respectively. Moreover, the 5-11-6-3 strain also produced P(3HB) in a nitrogen-limiting mineral salt medium (pH 5.0) containing 6% NaCl and freeze-dried and crushed waste Laminaria sp., which is classified into brown algae and contains alginate abundantly. The resulting P(3HB) content and P(3HB) productivity were 13.5 ± 0.13 wt% and 3.99 ± 0.15 mg/L/h, respectively. Thus, we demonstrated the potential application of the isolated strains to a simple P(3HB) production process from seaweeds without chemical hydrolysis and enzymatic saccharification.
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- Hiroki Moriya
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- New Field Pioneering Division, New Value Creation Center, Toyota Boshoku Corporation, Kariya, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
- Education and Research on Sanriku Fishery Industry Department, Organization for Revitalization of the Sanriku Region and Regional Development, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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The effects of Microalgae Biomass Co-Substrate on Biogas Production from the Common Agricultural Biogas Plants Feedstock. ENERGIES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/en13092186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the effects on methane production of the addition of microalgae biomass of Arthrospira platensis and Platymonas subcordiformis to the common feedstock used in agricultural biogas plants (cattle manure, maize silage). Anaerobic biodegradability tests were carried out using respirometric reactors operated at an initial organic loading rate of 5.0 kg volatile solids (VS)/m3, temperature of 35°C, and a retention time of 20 days. A systematic increase in the biogas production efficiency was found, where the ratio of microalgae biomass in the feedstock increased from 0% to 40% (%VS). Higher microalgae biomass ratio did not have a significant impact on improving the efficiency of biogas production, and the biogas production remained at a level comparable with 40% share of microalgae biomass in the feedstock. This was probably related to the carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio decrease in the mixture of substrates. The use of Platymonas subcordiformis ensured higher biogas production, with the maximum value of 1058.8 ± 25.2 L/kg VS. The highest content of methane, at an average concentration of 65.6% in the biogas produced, was observed in setups with Arthrospira plantensis biomass added at a concentration of between 20%–40% to the feedstock mixture.
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Klassen V, Blifernez-Klassen O, Wibberg D, Winkler A, Kalinowski J, Posten C, Kruse O. Highly efficient methane generation from untreated microalgae biomass. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:186. [PMID: 28725266 PMCID: PMC5513056 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0871-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The fact that microalgae perform very efficiently photosynthetic conversion of sunlight into chemical energy has moved them into the focus of regenerative fuel research. Especially, biogas generation via anaerobic digestion is economically attractive due to the comparably simple apparative process technology and the theoretical possibility of converting the entire algal biomass to biogas/methane. In the last 60 years, intensive research on biogas production from microalgae biomass has revealed the microalgae as a rather challenging substrate for anaerobic digestion due to its high cell wall recalcitrance and unfavorable protein content, which requires additional pretreatment and co-fermentation strategies for sufficient fermentation. However, sustainable fuel generation requires the avoidance of cost/energy intensive biomass pretreatments to achieve positive net-energy process balance. RESULTS Cultivation of microalgae in replete and limited nitrogen culture media conditions has led to the formation of protein-rich and low protein biomass, respectively, with the last being especially optimal for continuous fermentation. Anaerobic digestion of nitrogen limited biomass (low-N BM) was characterized by a stable process with low levels of inhibitory substances and resulted in extraordinary high biogas, and subsequently methane productivity [750 ± 15 and 462 ± 9 mLN g-1 volatile solids (VS) day-1, respectively], thus corresponding to biomass-to-methane energy conversion efficiency of up to 84%. The microbial community structure within this highly efficient digester revealed a clear predominance of the phyla Bacteroidetes and the family Methanosaetaceae among the Bacteria and Archaea, respectively. The fermentation of replete nitrogen biomass (replete-N BM), on the contrary, was demonstrated to be less productive (131 ± 33 mLN CH4 g-1VS day-1) and failed completely due to acidosis, caused through high ammonia/ammonium concentrations. The organization of the microbial community of the failed (replete-N) digester differed greatly compared to the stable low-N digester, presenting a clear shift to the phyla Firmicutes and Thermotogae, and the archaeal population shifted from acetoclastic to hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. CONCLUSIONS The present study underlines the importance of cultivation conditions and shows the practicability of microalgae biomass usage as mono-substrate for highly efficient continuous fermentation to methane without any pretreatment with almost maximum practically achievable energy conversion efficiency (biomass to methane).Graphical abstractGrowth condition dependence of anaerobic conversion efficiency of microalgae biomass to methane.
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- Viktor Klassen
- Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Life Science Engineering (KIT), Bioprocess Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Biology/Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Hughes AD, Kelly MS, Black KD, Stanley MS. Biogas from Macroalgae: is it time to revisit the idea? BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2012. [PMID: 23186536 PMCID: PMC3542030 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The economic and environmental viability of dedicated terrestrial energy crops is in doubt. The production of large scale biomass (macroalgae) for biofuels in the marine environment was first tested in the late 1960's. The culture attempts failed due to the engineering challenges of farming offshore. However the energy conversion via anaerobic digestion was successful as the biochemical composition of macroalgae makes it an ideal feedstock. The technology for the mass production of macroalgae has developed principally in China and Asia over the last 50 years to such a degree that it is now the single largest product of aquaculture. There has also been significant technology transfer and macroalgal cultivation is now well tried and tested in Europe and America. The inherent advantage of production of biofuel feedstock in the marine environment is that it does not compete with food production for land or fresh water. Here we revisit the idea of the large scale cultivation of macroalgae at sea for subsequent anaerobic digestion to produce biogas as a source of renewable energy, using a European case study as an example.
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- Adam D Hughes
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Marine BioEnergy Scotland, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Department of Ecology, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Marine BioEnergy Scotland, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland
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Zhong W, Zhang Z, Luo Y, Qiao W, Xiao M, Zhang M. Biogas productivity by co-digesting Taihu blue algae with corn straw as an external carbon source. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2012; 114:281-286. [PMID: 22459954 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.02.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A batch anaerobic test was conducted to evaluate the effects of adding high carbon content of corn straw to the digestion of Taihu blue algae to attain an optimal C/N ratio for higher methane yield. The addition of corn straw in algae at a C/N ratio of 20/1 increased methane yield by 61.69% at 325 mL g(-1)VS(-1) (compared with 201 mL g(-1) VS(-1) of algae digestion alone), followed by C/N ratios of 16/1 and 25/1, all operated at 20 g VSL(-1) and 35 °C. The results suggest the optimal C/N ratio for co-digestion of algae with corn straw is 20/1. The findings could offer options for efficient methane production and waste treatment.
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- Weizhang Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, PR China
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Uchida M, Murata M. Isolation of a lactic acid bacterium and yeast consortium from a fermented material of Ulva spp. (Chlorophyta). J Appl Microbiol 2005; 97:1297-310. [PMID: 15546421 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02425.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS Microbiota in a fermented culture of Ulva spp. was examined with the objective to characterize the type of fermentation and to obtain starter microbes for performing seaweed fermentation. METHOD AND RESULTS Fermented Ulva spp. cultures which were obtained and transferred in a laboratory were examined for their microbiota. With phenotypic characterization and phylogenetic analysis based on rRNA gene nucleotide sequences, the predominant micro-organisms were identified as Lactobacillus brevis, Debaryomyces hanseni var. hansenii, and a Candida zeylanoides-related specimen, suggesting that the observed fermentation can be categorized to lactic acid and ethanol fermentation. Inoculating the individually cultured cell suspensions of the three kinds of micro-organisms with cellulase induced the fermentation in various kinds of seaweed. CONCLUSIONS A microbial consortium composed of a lactic acid bacterium, L. brevis, and yeasts, D. hansenii and a C. zeylanoides-related specimen, were predominant in a fermented culture of Ulva spp. Lactic acid and ethanol fermentation could be induced in various kinds of seaweed by adding this microbial consortium along with cellulase. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This is the first report of lactic acid and ethanol fermentation in seaweed, which is expected to provide a new material for food and dietary applications.
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- National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Maruishi, Ohno, Saeki Hiroshima, Japan.
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