Cellulose-to-Methane Quad-Culture SynCom

Community ID CommunityMech:000089

Ecological State ENGINEERED

Environment laboratory bioreactor
ENVO:01001405

A four-species anaerobic synthetic community coupling cellulose degradation, sulfate reduction, and methanogenesis.

Taxonomy

Taxon	Ontology ID	Functional Roles	Abundance
Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum	NCBITaxon:1521	PRIMARY_DEGRADER	N/A
PMID:36847519 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO) "Here, we constructed a quad-culture consisting of a cellulolytic bacterium (Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum), a hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanospirillum hungatei), an acetoclastic methanogen (Methanosaeta concilii), and a sulfate-reducing bacterium (Desulfovibrio vulgaris)."
Methanospirillum hungatei	NCBITaxon:323259	SYNTROPHIC_PARTNER	N/A
PMID:36847519 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO) "Here, we constructed a quad-culture consisting of a cellulolytic bacterium (Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum), a hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanospirillum hungatei), an acetoclastic methanogen (Methanosaeta concilii), and a sulfate-reducing bacterium (Desulfovibrio vulgaris)."
Methanosaeta concilii	NCBITaxon:2224	SYNTROPHIC_PARTNER	N/A
PMID:36847519 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO) "Here, we constructed a quad-culture consisting of a cellulolytic bacterium (Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum), a hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanospirillum hungatei), an acetoclastic methanogen (Methanosaeta concilii), and a sulfate-reducing bacterium (Desulfovibrio vulgaris)."
Desulfovibrio vulgaris	NCBITaxon:881	SYNTROPHIC_PARTNER	N/A
PMID:36847519 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO) "Here, we constructed a quad-culture consisting of a cellulolytic bacterium (Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum), a hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanospirillum hungatei), an acetoclastic methanogen (Methanosaeta concilii), and a sulfate-reducing bacterium (Desulfovibrio vulgaris)."

Ecological Interactions

Taxon

Cross-feeding

Mutualism

Syntrophy

Competition

Commensalism

Niche partitioning

Colonization facilitation

Strain competition

Predation

Cellulose Cross-Feeding to Methane

CROSS_FEEDING

Evidence

PMID:36847519 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)

"Here, we constructed a quad-culture consisting of a cellulolytic bacterium (Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum), a hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanospirillum hungatei), an acetoclastic methanogen (Methanosaeta concilii), and a sulfate-reducing bacterium (Desulfovibrio vulgaris)."

Environmental Factors

Factor	Value	Unit
defined synthetic community design	Rational functional-guild assembly of cellulolytic, sulfate-reducing, hydrogenotrophic methanogenic, and acetoclastic methanogenic members.	N/A
PMID:36847519 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO) "Here, we constructed a quad-culture consisting of a cellulolytic bacterium (Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum), a hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanospirillum hungatei), an acetoclastic methanogen (Methanosaeta concilii), and a sulfate-reducing bacterium (Desulfovibrio vulgaris)."