title: 16S rDNA characterisation of bacterial and archaeal communities during start-up of anaerobic thermophilic digestion of cattle manure.
abstract: A laboratory-scale continuously stirred anaerobic thermophilic batch digester was inoculated with cattle manure. Bacterial and archaeal communities, as well as digester performances, were analysed during reactor start-up for about 20 days. Polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) was used for overall detection and for study of the dynamics of microbial populations. Dominant bacteria and archaea 16S rDNAs were sequenced from the sample on day 12. Ten bacteria and 3 archaea OTUs (operational taxonomic units) were identified from the 52 clones sequenced. Sequences corresponding to the dominant bacterial SSCP peak were phylogenetically close to the 16S rDNA sequence of Bacillus thermoterrestris, whereas sequences corresponding to the two dominant archaeal SSCP peaks were phylogenetically close to the 16S rDNA sequence of Methanoculleus thermophilicus and Methanosarcina thermophila.
authors.affiliation: High Technology National Center, 21 Kavtaradze street, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chachkhiani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dabert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abzianidze
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Partskhaladze
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tsiklauri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dudauri
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Godon
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors; D002417:Cattle; D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D008372:Manure / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D011157:Population Dynamics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D008372:Manure