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ArticleBiotechnology letters2023

Monitoring of a microbial community during bioaugmentation with hydrogenotrophic methanogens to improve methane yield of an anaerobic digestion process.

Aixa Kari Gállego-Bravo, Jaime García-Mena, Alberto Piña-Escobedo, Gloria López-Jiménez, María Eugenia Gutiérrez-Castillo, Luis Raúl Tovar-Gálvez

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Article in Biotechnology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bioaugmentation in anaerobic digesters: a systematic review.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2026
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  4. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aixa Kari Gállego-BravoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Mexicano Para la Producción más Limpia, Av. Acueducto s/n, 07340, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Jaime García-MenaDepartamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Cinvestav, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, 07360, Ciudad de México, Mexico. jgmena@cinvestav.mx.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-3711
Alberto Piña-EscobedoDepartamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Cinvestav, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, 07360, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Gloria López-JiménezDepartamento de Ciencias Básicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Av. Acueducto s/n, 07340, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
María Eugenia Gutiérrez-CastilloInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios Sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, Calle 30 de Junio de 1520 s/n, 07340, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Luis Raúl Tovar-GálvezInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios Sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, Calle 30 de Junio de 1520 s/n, 07340, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0821-966X
Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MXCentro Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia

Funding

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (MX) CONACyT-163235 INFR-2011-01Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado, Instituto Politécnico Nacional CIIEMAD IPN SIP 20172277Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado, Instituto Politécnico Nacional CIIEMAD IPN SIP 20180942Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado, Instituto Politécnico Nacional CIIEMAD IPN SIP 20195607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methane production by microbial fermentation of municipal waste is a challenge for better yield processes. This work describes the characterization of a hydrogenotrophic methanogen microbial community used in a bioaugmentation procedure to improve the methane yield in a thermophilic anaerobic process, digesting the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. The performance of the bioaugmentation was assessed in terms of methane production and changes in the microbial community structure. The results showed that bioaugmentation slightly improved the cumulative methane yield (+ 4%) in comparison to the control, and its use led to an acceleration of the methanogenesis stage. We observed associated significant changes in the relative abundance of taxa and their interactions, using high throughput DNA sequencing of V3-16S rRNA gene libraries, where the abundance of the archaeal hydrogenotrophic genus Methanoculleus (class Methanomicrobia, phylum Euryarchaeota) and the bacterial order MBA08 (class Clostridia, phylum Firmicutes) were dominant. The relevant predicted metabolic pathways agreed with substrate degradation and the anaerobic methanogenic process. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of the addition of hydrogenotrophic methanogens in the generation of methane, while treating organic waste through anaerobic digestion.

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EuryarchaeotaMicrobiotaAnaerobiosisBacillotaBioreactorsMethaneRNA, Ribosomal, 16SMethaneRNA, Ribosomal, 16SAnaerobic digestionBioaugmentationHydrogenotrophic methanogensMethane yieldOFMSW

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PMID37535136
PMCPMC10460350
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