Andreas Schlüter

TL;DR: It is concluded that selected algae species can be good substrates for biogas production and that anaerobic fermentation can seriously be considered as final step in future microalgae-based biorefinery concepts.

TL;DR: Results demonstrate that WWTP bacteria are a reservoir for various resistance genes, and detection of about 64 % of the 192 reference resistance genes in bacteria obtained from the WWTP's final effluents indicates that these resistance determinants might be further disseminated in habitats downstream of the sewage plant.

TL;DR: Findings derived from genomic analysis of IncP-1 resistance plasmids isolated from WWTP bacteria reveal that animal, human and plant pathogens and other bacteria isolated from different habitats share a common pool of resistance determinants.

TL;DR: Results suggest that species related to those of the genus Methanoculleus play a dominant role in methanogenesis in the analysed fermentation sample, and assignment of numerous contig sequences toClostridial genomes including gene regions for cellulolytic functions indicates that clostridia are important for hydrolysis of cellulosic plant biomass in the biogas fermenter under study.

TL;DR: The phylogenetic structure of the microbial community residing in a fermentation sample from a production-scale biogas plant fed with maize silage, green rye and liquid manure was analysed by an integrated approach using clone library sequences and metagenome sequence data obtained by 454-pyrosequencing.