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Chemosphere

Title:		Insights on the microbial communities developed during the anaerobic fermentation of raw and pretreated microalgae biomass
Author(s):		Llamas M; Magdalena JA; Greses S; Tomas-Pejo E; Gonzalez-Fernandez C;
Address:		"Biotechnological Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy, Avda. Ramon de La Sagra 3,28935, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain. Biotechnological Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy, Avda. Ramon de La Sagra 3,28935, Mostoles, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: cristina.gonzalez@imdea.org"
Journal Title:		Chemosphere
Year:		2021
Volume:		20200809
Issue:
Page Number:		127942 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127942
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1298 (Electronic) 0045-6535 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are considered building blocks for bioproducts in the so-called carboxylate platform. These compounds can be sustainably produced via anaerobic fermentation (AF) of organic substrates, such as microalgae. However, SCFAs bioconversion efficiency is hampered by the hard cell wall of some microalgae. In this study, one thermal and two enzymatic pretreatments (carbohydrases and proteases) were employed to enhance Chlorella vulgaris biomass solubilization prior to AF. Pretreated and non-pretreated microalgae were assessed in continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) for SCFAs production. Aiming to understand microorganisms' roles in AF depending on the employed substrate, not only bioconversion yields into SCFAs were evaluated but microbial communities were thoroughly characterized. Proteins were responsible for the inherent limitation of raw biomass conversion into SCFAs. Indeed, the proteolytic pretreatment resulted in the highest bioconversion (33.4% SCFAs-COD/CODin), displaying a 4-fold enhancement compared with raw biomass. Population dynamics revealed a microbial biodiversity loss along the AF regardless of the applied pretreatment, evidencing that the imposed operational conditions specialized the microbial community. In fact, a reduced abundance in Euryarchaeota phylum explained the low methanogenic activity, implying SCFAs accumulation. The bacterial community developed in the reactors fed with pretreated microalgae exhibited high acidogenic activities, being dominated by Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. Firmicutes was by far the dominant phylum when using protease (65% relative abundance) while Bacteroidetes was prevailing in the reactor fed with carbohydrase-pretreated microalgae biomass (40% relative abundance). This fact indicated that the applied pretreatment and macromolecule solubilization have a strong effect on microbial distribution and therefore in SCFAs bioconversion yields"
Keywords:		"Anaerobiosis Bacteria/metabolism Bacteroidetes Biodiversity Biomass Carbohydrate Metabolism Chlorella vulgaris Fatty Acids, Volatile/metabolism Fermentation/physiology Firmicutes Microalgae/metabolism/*physiology Microbiota Anaerobic fermentation Biomass;"
Notes:		"MedlineLlamas, Mercedes Magdalena, Jose Antonio Greses, Silvia Tomas-Pejo, Elia Gonzalez-Fernandez, Cristina eng England 2020/08/25 Chemosphere. 2021 Jan; 263:127942. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127942. Epub 2020 Aug 9"