Metagenomes and Metagenome-Assembled Genomes from Microbiomes Metabolizing Thin Stillage from an Ethanol Biorefinery

Nathaniel W Fortney; Kevin S Myers; Abel T Ingle; Kevin A Walters; Matthew J Scarborough; Timothy J Donohue; Daniel R Noguera

doi:10.1128/mra.00290-22

Metagenomes and Metagenome-Assembled Genomes from Microbiomes Metabolizing Thin Stillage from an Ethanol Biorefinery

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Aug 18;11(8):e0029022. doi: 10.1128/mra.00290-22. Epub 2022 Jul 18.

Authors

Nathaniel W Fortney^{1

2}, Kevin S Myers^{1

2}, Abel T Ingle^{1

2

3}, Kevin A Walters^{1

2

4}, Matthew J Scarborough⁵, Timothy J Donohue^{1

2

4}, Daniel R Noguera^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
² Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
⁴ Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
⁵ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.

Abstract

Here, we report the metagenomes from five anaerobic bioreactors, operated under different conditions, that were fed carbohydrate-rich thin stillage from a corn starch ethanol plant. The putative functions of the abundant taxa identified here will inform future studies of microbial communities involved in valorizing this and other low-value agroindustrial residues.

Grants and funding

DE-SC0018409/U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)