Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 90-101.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-1217

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Microbiome and Its Research Progress of Anaerobic Digestion

LI Ye-qing1(), JING Zhang-mu1, JIANG Hao1, XU Quan1, ZHOU Hong-jun1, FENG Lu2()   

  1. 1. College of New Energy and Materials,China University of Petroleum(Beijing),Beijing Key Laboratory of Biogas Upgrading Utilization,Beijing 102249
    2. Department of Engineering,Aarhus University,Tjele 8830,Denmark
  • Received:2020-09-27 Online:2021-01-26 Published:2021-01-15
  • Contact: FENG Lu E-mail:liyeqingcup@126.com;lufeng@eng.au.dk

Abstract:

A massive amount of organic waste is produced every year in China. The improper disposal of organic waste causes significantly negative impacts on ecology,climate,and human health. Anaerobic digestion has been recognized as a reliable,green and sustainable approach for the treatment of organic waste. However,due to the lack of precise and effective monitoring methods,the microscopic process of an anaerobic digestion is often regarded as a “black box”. With the development of microbiome,researchers have acquired a deeper understanding of the correlation analysis between microbial community and operating parameters,metabolic pathway analysis and other aspects. According to “three stages and four communities” in an anaerobic digestion,typical microbiome are introduced,including 16S rRNA genome,metagenome,metatranscriptome and metaproteome. In addition,the six commonly bioinformatics analysis methods for microbial community are described in detail,such as species composition analysis,α diversity analysis,OTU similarity analysis,and multivariate statistical analysis. Finally,the research progress of microbiology in anaerobic digestion process is systematically reviewed,aiming to provide support for the study of the structure and function of anaerobic digestion,and the development of new anaerobic digestion processes and technologies.

Key words: anaerobic digestion, high-throughput sequencing, microbial composition, bioinformatics