Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 217-229.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-0968

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Construction of Microbial Consortium for Efficient Degradation of Corn Straw and Evaluation of Its Degradation Effect

WANG Xin-guang1(), TIAN Lei2, WANG En-ze2, ZHONG Cheng1(), TIAN Chun-jie2()   

  1. 1. College of Biotechnology,Tianjin University of Science and Technology,Tianjin 300457
    2. Key Laboratory of Molisols Agroecology,Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology,Chinese Academy of Science,Changchun 130102
  • Received:2021-08-02 Online:2022-04-26 Published:2022-05-06
  • Contact: ZHONG Cheng, TIAN Chun-jie E-mail:wangxg1997202106@163.com;czhong@tust.edu.cn;tiancj@iga.ac.cn

Abstract:

In response to the problems of difficult degradation and low utilization rate of corn straw,the efficient degradation microbial consortium HD composed of Bacillus subtilis WF-8,B. lincheniformis WF-11,B. cereus WS-1 and Streptomyces nogalater WF-10 was constructed,then the degradation effect was evaluated,which provided theoretical basis for the research and development of microbial compound agents of efficiently degrading corn stalk. Single factor experiment,orthogonal experiment and response surface method were combined to optimize the enzyme production medium and fermentation conditions of the microbial consortium HD. And experiments of liquid and solid fermentation were conducted to evaluate the degradation effect of the microbial consortium HD on corn straw. The results showed that the optimal carbon and nitrogen sources of microbial consortium HD were straw powder and(NH42SO4,the optimal addition amounts were 15 and 4 g/L. And the optimal fermentation conditions were as follows:temperature 34℃,inoculating amount 5%,fermentation time 6 d and initial pH 7.2. Under this condition,the cellulase activity was 164.21 U/mL,1.9 times higher than that before optimization,which was significantly higher than that of a single strain. After inoculating the microbial consortium into liquid fermentation medium and solid fermentation medium,the degradation rate reached 47% and 63.6%,respectively;and the degradation rate was significantly higher than that of the single strain and control groups. The results indicate that the microbial consortium HD has great potential in the degradation of corn straw,which lays a foundation for the research and development of microbial consortium agents for the efficient degradation of corn straw.

Key words: microbial consortium, degradation of corn straw, activity of cellulase, optimization of fermentation conditions