Improving the methane production and energy yield of biogas reactors by fungal bioaugmentation was investigated in this research. Results from testing with the ZymoBIOMICS Targeted Sequencing Service revealed that both fungal bioaugmentation and the different use of either whole crop or crop residues influenced the composition of the bacterial community in the reactors, with several taxa only identified in the bioaugmented samples, but that neither factor influence the methanogenic archaea composition, even though the methane yield in bioaugmented samples increased by 15-33%.

Akyol, Ç., Ince, O., Bozan, M., Ozbayram, E.G., and Ince, B. (2019). Fungal bioaugmentation of anaerobic digesters fed with lignocellulosic biomass: What to expect from anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. Bioresour. Technol., 277, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.biortec

The authors investigated the microbial pools associated with landfill reactors that are impacted by nanomaterials. Using the ZymoBIOMICS Targeted Sequencing Service, they discovered that the bacterial communities were similar between control reactors and nanomaterial-containing reactors, but the archaea communities were highly different.

Akyol, Ç., Ozbayram, E.G., Demirel, B., Onay, T.T., Ince, O., and Ince, B. (2019). Linking nano-ZnO contamination to microbial community profiling in sanitary landfill simulations. Environ Sci Pollut Res. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-04906-8

This study investigated how varying interchange ratios in wastewater treatment affects microbial community composition. Sample analysis via the ZymoBIOMICS Targeted Sequencing Service demonstrated that the relative abundance of the phyla Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Bacteroidetes varied according to the interchange ratio and that the species of Thiothrix were highly abundant in all samples, revealing their potential importance to wastewater treatment processes.

Karlikanovaite-Balikci, A., Ozbayram, E.G., Yagci, N., and Ince, O. (2019). Microbial community shifts in the oxic-settling-anoxic process in response to changes to sludge interchange ratio. Heliyon, 5(4), e01517. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01517

This study is the first to investigate the bacterial community of the egg parasitoid Telenomus tridentatus. Using the ZymoBIOMICS Targeted Sequencing Service, Ramírez-Ahuja et al. showed the gut bacterial community of this parasitoid wasp is dominated by Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria and lay the groundwork for future studies regarding the role of bacterial communities in wasp species.

Ramírez-Ahuja, M.D.L., Gómez-Govea, M.A., Lugo-Trampe, A., Borrego-Soto, G., Delgado-Enciso, I., Ponce-Garcia, G., ... Rodríguez-Sanchez, I.P. (2019). Microbiota of Telenomus tridentatus (Platygastroida: Scelionidae): An unwanted parasitoid. J Appl Entomol

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