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Table 4 Bacterial and archaeal families in the fermentation reactors

From: Continuous production of biohythane from hydrothermal liquefied cornstalk biomass via two-stage high-rate anaerobic reactors

Families

Function

Taxonomy (phylum, class)

Metabolic features

Reference

Acetobacteraceae

Acidogenesis

Proteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria

Ferment glucose and produce acetate

[59]

Anaerolineaceae

Acidogenesis

Detoxification

Chloroflexi, Anaerolineae

Some species ferment glucose; major metabolic end products are VFAs and hydrogen; involved in phenol degradation

[60, 61]

Bacillaceae

Acidogenesis

Detoxification

Firmicutes, Bacilli

Some species produce acid from carbohydrates; degrades polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

[62]

Bacteriovoracaceae

Unclear

Proteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria

Invade the periplasm of their prey where they grow and replicate

[63]

Caldilineaceae

Acidogenesis

Chloroflexi, Caldilineae

Some species ferment glucose; major metabolic end products succinate, lactate, acetate, CO2 and traces of hydrogen

[64]

Christensenellaceae

Acidogenesis

Firmicutes, Clostridia

Some species ferment glucose; major metabolic end products are acetate and butyrate

[65]

Comamonadaceae

Acidogenesis

Detoxification

Proteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria

Some species ferment pyruvate and glucose; degrade polycyclic aromatic compounds

[59]

Clostridiaceae

Acidogenesis

Detoxification

Firmicutes, Clostridia

Some species ferment glucose; metabolic end products are hydrogen, butyrate, acetate and lactate; ferment methoxylated aromatics to acids, and degrade the aromatic amino acids

[62, 66, 67]

Desulfovibrionaceae

Acetogenesis

Detoxification

Proteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria

Some species utilize lactate and pyruvate; Major metabolic end products are acetate, hydrogen and CO2; degrade aromatic aldehydes and furfural

[50, 68]

Geobacteraceae

Detoxification

Proteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria

Aromatic compounds are used by several species

[50]

Lachnospiraceae

Acidogenesis

Firmicutes, Clostridia

Some species ferment glucose; major metabolic end products are butyrate, succinate, acetate, lactate, formate and hydrogen

[69]

Leuconostocaceae

Acidogenesis

Firmicutes, Bacilli

Some species are heterofermentative and produce lactate

[69]

Nitrospiraceae

Unclear

Nitrospirae, Nitrospira

Some species consume for sulfate reduction

[53]

Peptococcaceae

Acidogenesis

Firmicutes, Clostridia

Fermentative, and syntrophy with hydrogenotrophs

[50, 62]

Planococcaceae

Acidogenesis

Firmicutes, Bacilli

Some species ferment glucose

[69]

Porphyromonadaceae

Acidogenesis

Bacteroidetes, Bacteroidia

Some species ferment glucose; end products of glucose fermentation are acetate, hydrogen, and CO2

[53]

Propionibacteriaceae

Acidogenesis

Actinobacteria, Actinobacteria

Ferment glucose; Main metabolic end products is propionic acid

[70]

Pseudomonadaceae

Detoxification

Proteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria

Some spices degradation the aromatic compounds

[71]

Ruminococcaceae

Acidogenesis

Firmicutes, Clostridia

Ferment glucose; metabolic end products are hydrogen and VFAs

[21]

Spirochaetaceae

Acetate-oxidizing

Spirochaetae, Spirochaetes

Major metabolic end products are hydrogen and CO2

[51]

Streptococcaceae

Acidogenesis

Firmicutes, Bacilli

Carbohydrates are fermented to produce mainly lactic acid

[62]

Synergistaceae

Acidogenesis

Synergistetes, Synergistia

Some species ferment glucose and organic acids; Metabolic end products are acetate, CO2 and hydrogen; Co-culture with the hydrogenotrophic methanogens

[72, 73]

Syntrophaceae

Acetogenesis

Proteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria

Propionate and butyrate-utilizing bacteria; Co-culture with hydrogenotrophic methanogens

[74, 75]

Syntrophomonadaceae

Acetogenesis

Firmicutes, Clostridia

Some species utilize fatty acids of 4-18 carbon atoms; Syntrophic association with hydrogenotrophic methanogens

[69, 76, 77]

Syntrophorhabdaceae

Acetogenesis

Detoxification

Proteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria

Syntrophic degradation of aromatic compounds, and produce acetate and hydrogen

[50]

Thermotogaceae

Acidogenesis

Thermotogae, Thermotogae

Able to ferment carbohydrates and peptides

[78]

Methanobacteriaceae

Methanogenic

Euryarchaeota, Methanobacteria

Hydrogenotrophic methanogens

[52]

Methanoregulaceae

Methanogenic

Euryarchaeota, Methanomicrobia

Hydrogenotrophic methanogens

[53]

Methanosaetaceae

Methanogenic

Euryarchaeota, Methanomicrobia

Acetoclastic methanogens

[52]

Methanosarcinaceae

Methanogenic

Euryarchaeota, Methanomicrobia

Hydrogenotrophic and acetoclastic methanogens

[52]

Methanospirillaceae

Methanogenic

Euryarchaeota, Methanomicrobia

Hydrogenotrophic methanogens

[52]