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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2025

Impact of trace metal supplementation on anaerobic biological methanation under hydrogen and carbon dioxide starvation.

G Ghiotto, N De Bernardini, E Orellana, G Fiorito, L Cenci, P G Kougias, S Campanaro, L Treu

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2025. 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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8 authors.

G Ghiotto *Department of Biology, University of Padua, via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131, Padova, Italy.
N De Bernardini *Department of Biology, University of Padua, via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-737X
E OrellanaDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131, Padova, Italy.
G FioritoDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1242-4782
L CenciBTS Biogas s.r.l., Via Vento 9, 37010, Affi, VR, Italy.
P G KougiasSoil and Water Resources Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation Dimitra, Thermi, Thessaloniki, 57001, Greece.
S CampanaroDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131, Padova, Italy. stefano.campanaro@unipd.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-1648
L TreuDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5053-4452

Funding

EC | LIFE programme (LIFE) LIFE20 CCM/GR/001642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomethanation is a crucial process occurring in natural and engineered systems which can reduce carbon dioxide to methane impacting the global carbon cycle. However, little is known about the effect of on-and-off gaseous provision and micronutrients on bioconversion. Here, anaerobic microbiomes underwent intermittent feeding with incremental starvations and selective metal supplementation to assess the impact of hydrogen and carbon dioxide availability on microbial physiology. Resilience was tested under differential cultivations in basal medium supplemented with either nickel or cobalt. Nickel-augmented cultures exhibited faster recovery upon starvation, suggesting a beneficial effect. Dominant Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus demonstrated robust growth, genetic stability and transcriptional downregulation when starved. Conversely, bacteria were plastic and prone to genetic fluctuations, accumulating mutations on genes encoding for ABC-transporters and C-metabolism enzymes. This study pioneers cellular resilience and response to micronutrient supplementation in anaerobic carbon dioxide-fixating microbiomes, offering valuable insights into microbial activity recovery after carbon and electron donor deprivation.

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Carbon DioxideHydrogenMethaneAnaerobiosisBacteriaCulture MediaMethanobacteriaceaeMicrobiotaNickelCarbon DioxideCulture MediaHydrogenMethaneNickel

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PMID39779717
PMCPMC11711509

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