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Project

Title
Charakterisierung des genetischen und enzymatischen Potentials von Biogas-Mikrobiomen mittels Metaanalyse von Metagenomdatensätzen; Teilvorhaben 1: Phylogenetische und funktionelle Metaanalytik ausgewählter Zielorganismen (Biogas-GeneMining)
Acronym
Biogas-GeneMining
Start
01.08.2019
End
28.02.2023
Coordinating Institute
Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB)
Partner
Universität Bielefeld

Allocated to research program
Summary
The aim of the collaborative project is the use of high-throughput molecular data from agricultural biogas plants for a detailed characterization of microbial networks by means of comprehensive bioinformatic analysis (meta-analysis), in which process engineering related background data is integrated (meta-meta-analysis). Based on such an integrative data analysis, novel information is to be derived on relationships between biotic and abiotic process factors in biogas production, which should form a novel and innovative basis for the further process engineering optimization of the biogas process. Subproject 1 involves the study of the composition of biogas microbiomes based on currently available metagenome data sets as well as the characterization of functional properties of the involved microbial species. For this purpose, additionally, the genetic information of microbial isolates from biogas reactors is used. Existing data gaps are closed by generating and evaluating new genome and Metagenom data sets. The work is intended to serve for the identification and characterization of hitherto unrecognized key organisms which are of process engineering significance for degradation steps in the biogas process.

Funding
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Funding agency
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
Grant agreement number
22025717
Funding framework
Förderprogramm Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, Förderschwerpunkt Mikrobiologische Prozesse in Biogasanlagen