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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2024

High synthetic cost-amino acids reduce member interactions of acetate-degrading methanogenic microbial community.

Jian Yao, Quan Zhang, Min Gou, Yue-Qin Tang

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Anaerobic Digestion of Agricultural Residues for Biogas Production.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2026
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jian YaoCollege of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Quan ZhangSINOPEC (Dalian) Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Min GouCollege of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Yue-Qin TangCollege of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Chengdu Organic Chemicals (China) · CNSichuan University · CNSinopec (China) · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The cooperation among members of microbial communities based on the exchange of public goods such as 20 protein amino acids (AAs) has attracted widespread attention. However, little is known about how AAs availability affects interactions among members of complex microbial communities and the structure and function of a community. Methods: To investigate this question, trace amounts of AAs combinations with different synthetic costs (low-cost, medium-cost, high-cost, and all 20 AAs) were supplemented separately to acetate-degrading thermophilic methanogenic reactors, and the differences in microbial community structure and co-occurring networks of main members were compared to a control reactor without AA supplementation. Results: The structure of the microbial community and the interaction of community members were influenced by AAs supplementation and the AAs with different synthetic costs had different impacts. The number of nodes, links, positive links, and the average degree of nodes in the co-occurrence network of the microbial communities with AAs supplementation was significantly lower than that of the control without AAs supplementation, especially for all 20 AAs supplementation followed by the medium- and high-cost AAs supplementation. The average proportion of positive interactions of microbial members in the systems supplemented with low-cost, medium-cost, high-cost, all AAs, and the control group were 0.42, 0.38, 0.15, 0.4, and 0.45, respectively. In addition, the ecological functions of community members possibly changed with the supplementation of different cost AAs. Discussion: These findings highlight the effects of AAs availability on the interactions among members of complex microbial communities, as well as on community function.

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acetate-degrading methanogenic microbial communityamino acid availabilityamino acid synthesis costmicrobial community structuremicrobiological interactions

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