Ahmed Elreedy, Mohamed Elsamadony, Alsayed Mostafa, Johannes Gescher, Omar Y Abdelaziz, Manabu Fujii
{"title":"Illuminating bioprocess responses to metal-based nanoparticles addition along hydrogen and methane production pathways: A review.","authors":"Ahmed Elreedy, Mohamed Elsamadony, Alsayed Mostafa, Johannes Gescher, Omar Y Abdelaziz, Manabu Fujii","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research has discussed the positive impacts of metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) on bioprocesses producing either hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) or methane (CH<sub>4</sub>). The enhancement has been explained by mechanisms such as direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET), metal corrosion, and dissimilatory reduction. Such interactions could induce further benefits, such as controlling oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), mitigating toxicants, promoting enzymatic activity, and altering the microbiome, which have not yet been comprehensively discussed. Factors like metal type, oxidation state, and size of NPs are crucial for their reactivity and corresponding responses. This review discusses how different redox potentials of metals can regulate metabolic pathways and how NPs and their reactive ions can eliminate toxicants (e.g., sulfate) and enhance the activity of intra- and extracellular enzymes. The enrichment of responsive microorganisms in correlation with NPs is further discussed. A better understanding of the multifaceted role of metal-based NPs can guide potential new incorporation strategies to improve bioprocesses.</p>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":" ","pages":"131824"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carla Pereira Magalhães, M Salomé Duarte, M Alcina Pereira, Alfons J M Stams, Ana J Cavaleiro
{"title":"Facultative anaerobic bacteria enable syntrophic fatty acids degradation under micro-aerobic conditions.","authors":"Carla Pereira Magalhães, M Salomé Duarte, M Alcina Pereira, Alfons J M Stams, Ana J Cavaleiro","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131829","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131829","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trace amounts of oxygen stimulate facultative anaerobic bacteria (FAB) within anaerobic bioreactors, which was shown to correlate with enhanced methane production from long-chain fatty acids. The relationship between FAB and fatty acid-degrading syntrophic communities under micro-aerobic conditions is still unclear. In this work, two syntrophic co-cultures, Syntrophomonas wolfei + Methanospirillum hungatei and Syntrophomonas zehnderi + Methanobacterium formicicum, were assembled and incubated with short, medium and long-chain fatty acids, with 0-10 % O<sub>2</sub>, in the presence and absence of FAB, here represented by Pseudomonas spp. Without Pseudomonas, the syntrophic activity was inhibited by 79 % at 0.5 % O<sub>2</sub>, but with Pseudomonas, the syntrophic co-cultures successfully converted the fatty acids to methane with up to 2 % O<sub>2</sub>. These findings underscore the pivotal role of FAB in the protection of syntrophic fatty acid-degrading communities under micro-aerobic conditions and emphasizes its significance in real-scale anaerobic digesters where strictly anaerobic conditions may not consistently be maintained.</p>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":" ","pages":"131829"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142637991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liuying Song , Juntong Ha , Shunan Zhao , Weiquan Li , Yu Qin , Qigui Niu , Ruiping Liu , Yu-You Li
{"title":"Using amino acid waste liquid as functional supplement to change microbial community in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket treatment of methanolic wastewater","authors":"Liuying Song , Juntong Ha , Shunan Zhao , Weiquan Li , Yu Qin , Qigui Niu , Ruiping Liu , Yu-You Li","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, amino acid waste liquid was employed as a functional supplement (designated as amino acid-rich FS) in the up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) treatment of methanolic wastewater. The effect of amino acid-rich FS was evaluated through repeated batch tests, showing that a 0.5% and 1% dosage increased the maximum methane production rate by 93.60% and 123.04%, respectively, by promoting faster methanol degradation. Additionally, long-term operation of the UASB reactor was conducted with increased dosages of amino acid-rich FS, resulting in improved performance. Microbial community analysis demonstrated that the addition of amino acid-rich FS enhanced microbial diversity, with the abundance of <em>Sporomusa</em> increasing by 47.5 times. Beyond the original cooperative relationships, an additional synergy between <em>Sporomusa</em> and <em>Methanosarcina</em> was observed. These findings could address the key challenge of limited microbial diversity in the anaerobic treatment of methanolic wastewater.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":"416 ","pages":"Article 131825"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142637995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetite-mediating direct interspecies electron transfer is not pivotal role in directing electrons toward methane production from sulfate containing wastewater","authors":"Zhu Liang , Wei Ding , Xinhou Zhang , Yun Chen , Nan Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131809","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131809","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sulfate reduction can compete for electrons with methane production, thereby reducing methane production. Several factors, such as magnetite addition, carbon sources, and the chemical oxygen demand (COD)/SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> ratio, can influence the direction of electron flow toward methanogenesis. However, their contributions to methane production remain unclear. In this study, the addition of magnetite significantly enhanced the maximum methane production rate (<em>R<sub>max</sub></em>). The enrichment of <em>Methanothrix</em> and <em>Methanobacterium</em> in the conductive material groups indicated the establishment of a methanogenesis process through direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET). Although the DIET pathway enhanced <em>R<sub>max</sub></em> in the conductive material groups, this increase did not translate into a higher methane yield in this study. The contribution of DIET pathway to methane yield was negligible compared with the effect of COD/SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> ratio and carbon sources. The relative contribution of COD/SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> ratio exceeded 40 % in directing electron flow.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":"416 ","pages":"Article 131809"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142610750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"pH shifting adaptive evolution stimulates the low pH tolerance of Pediococcus acidilactici and high L-lactic acid fermentation efficiency","authors":"Zhibin Li, Lingxiao Zhang, Bin Zhang, Jie Bao","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131813","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131813","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>L-lactic acid fermentation at low pH reduces the use of neutralizers during fermentation and the generation of solid wastes in purification processes. Most lactic acid bacteria exhibit weak tolerance and poor cell viability at low pH. This study proposes a pH shifting adaptive evolution method to improve the low-pH tolerance of an engineered <em>Pediococcus acidilactici</em> strain. In the first stage, cells were cultured at a moderate pH to maintain the cell viability, then shifted to a low pH to enhance low-pH tolerance. Long-term pH shifting evolution culture of the engineered <em>P. acidilactici</em> between the moderate and low pH resulted in a 43 % increase in L-lactic acid production at pH 4.6 (110.4 g/L) and a 2.1-fold increase at pH 4.4 (80.7 g/L) compared to the parental strain when using wheat straw as a feedstock. This pH-shifting adaptive evolution strategy provides an effective tool for improving the low-pH tolerance of lactic acid bacteria.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":"416 ","pages":"Article 131813"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142610752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feedstock optimization with low carbon to nitrogen ratio during algal sludge aerobic composting: Quality and gaseous emissions.","authors":"Hainan Wu, Chengkai Wang, Jiahui Zhou, Haibing Cong, Yu Gao, Wei Cai, Shaoyuan Feng, Chi Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131811","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated compost quality and gaseous emissions during the algal sludge composting. The experiment explored the feasibility of low initial carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio composting by using different volume ratios of algal sludge and spent mushroom substrates (1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4, corresponding to C/N ratios of 9.5, 12.3, 14.6, 16.0, respectively). The results showed that increasing the proportion of algal sludge in the initial material led to a longer maturation time and higher nitrogen losses but also enhanced the mineralization of organic nitrogen (converted to NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> and NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>) and reduced carbon losses. The addition of carbon-rich bulking agents within a certain range improved the diversity and interactions of bacterial communities during algal sludge composting. In conclusion, considering the nitrogen and carbon lost, retained, and made available across the four treatments, treatment 3 (C/N = 14.6) appears to be the optimal choice for low C/N composting.</p>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":" ","pages":"131811"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tony C Li, Yingqian Lin, Ling Ding, Steve Smith, April Z Gu
{"title":"Policy impact on economic and environmental sustainability of anaerobic digestion: Industrial case study Insights.","authors":"Tony C Li, Yingqian Lin, Ling Ding, Steve Smith, April Z Gu","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper thoroughly examines how policy incentives impact the economic and environmental sustainability of anaerobic digestion (AD) systems. It uses techno-economic and life cycle analyses, along with real industry data, to explore the entire AD process-from feedstock acceptance to digestate disposal. It evaluates the effects of various U.S. policy crediting programs on the economic viability of different AD pathways for treating sewage sludge and food waste. Tipping fees are identified as the primary driver of profitability, while policy credits play a crucial role in enhancing economic feasibility, particularly for renewable natural gas production. However, future regulatory changes could reshape this economic landscape. All AD pathways are found to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, though economic outcomes are highly sensitive to digestate disposal costs and feedstock tipping fees. Co-digestion with food waste is proposed as a strategy to reduce dependence on policy credits and improve long-term economic stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":" ","pages":"131815"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142637993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Boyan Duan , Yanyan Wu , Shanyu Xie , Tao Hong , Yuanfan Yang , Mingjing Zheng , Zedong Jiang , Yanbing Zhu , Qingbiao Li , Hui Ni , Yuanpeng Wang , Xiping Du , Zhipeng Li
{"title":"Antifungal mechanism and application to phytopathogenic fungi after anaerobic fermentation of Gracilaria agar wastewater","authors":"Boyan Duan , Yanyan Wu , Shanyu Xie , Tao Hong , Yuanfan Yang , Mingjing Zheng , Zedong Jiang , Yanbing Zhu , Qingbiao Li , Hui Ni , Yuanpeng Wang , Xiping Du , Zhipeng Li","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131818","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131818","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Agar production is accompanied by a large amount of wastewater, which threatens the ecological environment and wastes biomass resources. The high-value utilization of biomass resources in wastewater is one of the key factors in wastewater treatment. We investigated the conversion process and antifungal mechanism of large molecule polysaccharides in wastewater into small molecule substances with antifungal activity through anaerobic fermentation. The results indicated that anaerobic fermentation of GAW achieved inhibition rates of 91.06 % and 88.94 % against <em>Alternaria alternata</em> and <em>Alternaria</em> spp. 16S rDNA sequencing and metabolomics revealed that dominant species such as <em>Blautia</em>, <em>Agathobacter</em> and <em>Sphingomonas</em> converted polysaccharide into phenolic acids like procyanidin C and columbidin. These substances disrupted the integrity of fungal cells, leading to their death. The preparation of composite antifungal agents using fermentation products effectively inhibited cherry tomato spoilage and toxin production. This study provided reliable technical support for the reuse of seaweed waste resources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":"416 ","pages":"Article 131818"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synchronised removal of nitrogen and sulphate from rubber industrial wastewater by coupling of Sulfammox and sulphide-driven autotrophic denitrification in anaerobic membrane bioreactor.","authors":"Ishanka Wimalaweera, Fumin Zuo, Qihe Tang, Qianwen Sui, Shameen Jinadasa, Sujithra Weragoda, Tharindu Ritigala, Rohan Weerasooriya, Yawei Wang, Hui Zhong, Madhubhashini Makehelwala, Yuansong Wei","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131785","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131785","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Global rubber industry, growing 4-6 % annually with 13.76 million Mt of rubber produced in 2019, significantly impacts the economy. This study explores coupling sulfate-dependent ammonium oxidation (Sulfammox) and sulfide-driven autotrophic denitrification (SDAD) within an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) to treat high-strength natural rubber wastewater. Over 225 days, the AnMBR system achieved maximal chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN), ammonium nitrogen (NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N), and sulfate sulfur (SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>-S) removal efficiencies of 58 %, 31 %, 13 %, and 45 %, respectively. TN is predominantly removed through Sulfammox (accounting for 49 % of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N removal), SDAD, and conventional denitrification pathways. Sulfate removal is achieved via Sulfammox (responsible for 43 % of SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>-S removal), and Dissimilatory sulfate-reducing (DSR) processes (contributing 57 % of SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>-S removal). Microbial analysis identified Desulfovibrio and Sulfurospirillum as key microbes, while metagenomic analysis highlighted crucial sulfur and nitrogen cycling pathways. The findings support Sulfammox and SDAD as promising eco-friendly strategies for treating ammonia- and sulfate-rich industrial wastewater.</p>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":" ","pages":"131785"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142610760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenjing Yang, Shuzhen Li, Shuai Gao, Hui Zhong, Zhiguo He
{"title":"High-temperature stimulation enhances polyhydroxyalkanoates accumulation in thermophile Aeribacillus pallidus BK1.","authors":"Wenjing Yang, Shuzhen Li, Shuai Gao, Hui Zhong, Zhiguo He","doi":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131816","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131816","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are intracellular storage polymers that enhance bacterial resistance in environments. While the role of PHAs regulation in thermophiles under high-temperature stimulation is understudied, this work investigates Aeribacillus pallidus BK1, a thermophile with heat resistance up to 155 °C. Our results showed that A. pallidus's PHAs yield was 1.45 g/L. After 90 °C and 121 °C stimulations, the PHAs yield doubled to 3.33 g/L. The PHAs ratios increased from 35.63 % (60 °C) to 75.46 % (90 °C) and 77.15 % (121 °C). RNA-seq analysis revealed a common strategy of activating glucose transporters to enhance glucose uptake at both temperatures. At 90 °C, A. pallidus BK1 prioritized PHAs accumulation over the TCA cycle. At 121 °C, PHAs production was further enhanced by upregulating monomer polymerization and downregulating acetyl-CoA carboxylase expression. These findings offered valuable insights into the high-temperature defense mechanisms of thermophiles and suggested that A. pallidus BK1 holds promise as a bio-production platform for PHAs production under thermal stimulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":258,"journal":{"name":"Bioresource Technology","volume":" ","pages":"131816"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}