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Tortosa G, Fernández-González AJ, Lasa AV, Aranda E, Torralbo F, González-Murua C, Fernández-López M, Benítez E, Bedmar EJ. Involvement of the metabolically active bacteria in the organic matter degradation during olive mill waste composting. Sci Total Environ 2021; 789:147975. [PMID: 34082203 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
RNA-based high-throughput sequencing is a valuable tool in the discernment of the implication of metabolically active bacteria during composting. In this study, "alperujo" composting was used as microbial model for the elucidation of structure-function relationships with physicochemical transformation of the organic matter. DNA and RNA, subsequently retrotranscribed into cDNA, were isolated at the mesophilic, thermophilic and maturation phases. 16S rRNA gene was amplified by quantitative PCR (qPCR) and Illumina MiSeq platform to assess bacterial abundance and diversity, respectively. The results showed that the abundance of active bacteria assessed by qPCR was maximum at thermophilic phase, which confirm it as the most active stage of the process. Concerning diversity, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria were the main phyla presented in composts. Concomitantly, three different behaviours were observed for bacterial dynamics: some genera decreased during the whole process meanwhile others proliferated only at thermophilic or maturation phase. Statistical correlation between physicochemical transformations of the organic matter and bacterial diversity revealed bacterial specialisation. This result indicated that specific groups of bacteria were only involved in the organic matter degradation during bio-oxidative phase or humification at maturation. Metabolic functions predictions confirmed that active bacteria were mainly involved in carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles transformations, and pathogen reduction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Germán Tortosa
- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, c/ Profesor Albareda, 1, 18008 Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, c/ Profesor Albareda, 1, 18008 Granada, Spain
| | - Ana V Lasa
- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, c/ Profesor Albareda, 1, 18008 Granada, Spain
| | - Elisabet Aranda
- Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, Edificio Fray Luis, c/ Ramón y Cajal, 4, 18071 Granada, Spain; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja, s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
| | - Fernando Torralbo
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, s/n, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
| | - Carmen González-Murua
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, s/n, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
| | - Manuel Fernández-López
- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, c/ Profesor Albareda, 1, 18008 Granada, Spain
| | - Emilio Benítez
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, c/ Profesor Albareda, 1, 18008 Granada, Spain
| | - Eulogio J Bedmar
- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Agencia Estatal CSIC, c/ Profesor Albareda, 1, 18008 Granada, Spain
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