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Cinnamate β-Oxidation Consortium

Ecological State STABLE
Environment anaerobic environment
ENVO:00002229
Source File Cinnamate_Degradation_Consortium.yaml

A syntrophic 3-member anaerobic consortium for degradation of cinnamate via β-oxidation to benzoate, consisting of Papillibacter cinnamivorans, Syntrophus sp., and Methanobacterium formicicum. P. cinnamivorans performs β-oxidation of cinnamate to benzoate, followed by syntrophic benzoate degradation by Syntrophus sp. to acetate, H2, and CO2, with the methanogen consuming H2 to produce methane. This stepwise aromatic compound degradation pathway is important for anaerobic bioremediation.

Taxonomy

Taxon Ontology ID Functional Roles Abundance
Papillibacter cinnamivorans NCBITaxon:100176
PRIMARY_DEGRADER
DOMINANT
Syntrophus sp. NCBITaxon:2426
SYNTROPHIC_PARTNER
ABUNDANT
Methanobacterium formicicum NCBITaxon:2162
SYNTROPHIC_PARTNER
ABUNDANT

Ecological Interactions

Cinnamate β-Oxidation to Benzoate

COMMENSALISM

Source Taxon: Papillibacter cinnamivorans

Metabolites: cinnamate (CHEBI:23252), benzoate (CHEBI:30746)

Biological Processes:

Downstream Effects:
→ Syntrophic Benzoate Degradation

Evidence

  • PMID:12432464 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "In the presence of bromoethanesulfonic acid (BESA), cinnamate was transformed to benzoate, whereas under methanogenic conditions without BESA, cinnamate was first transformed to benzoate via beta-oxidation and subsequently completely degraded into acetate, CH(4), and CO(2)"

Syntrophic Benzoate Degradation

SYNTROPHY

Source Taxon: Syntrophus sp.

Metabolites: benzoate (CHEBI:30746), acetate (CHEBI:30089), hydrogen (CHEBI:49637), carbon dioxide (CHEBI:16526)

Biological Processes:

Downstream Effects:
→ Methanogenesis

Evidence

  • PMID:12432464 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "Papillibacter cinnamivorans was responsible for benzoate production from cinnamate, whereas a syntrophic association between Syntrophus sp. and the methanogen degraded benzoate to acetate, CH(4), and CO(2)"

Methanogenesis

SYNTROPHY

Source Taxon: Methanobacterium formicicum

Metabolites: hydrogen (CHEBI:49637), carbon dioxide (CHEBI:16526), methane (CHEBI:16183)

Biological Processes:

Evidence

  • PMID:12432464 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "In the presence of bromoethanesulfonic acid (BESA), cinnamate was transformed to benzoate, whereas under methanogenic conditions without BESA, cinnamate was first transformed to benzoate via beta-oxidation and subsequently completely degraded into acetate, CH(4), and CO(2)"

Environmental Factors

Factor Value Unit
Anaerobic conditions strict N/A
Substrate cinnamate N/A
Degradation pathway stepwise (cinnamate → benzoate → acetate/CH4/CO2) N/A