TY - JOUR AU - Lazuka, Adèle AU - Auer, Lucas AU - O’Donohue, Michael AU - Hernandez-Raquet, Guillermina PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/17 TI - Anaerobic lignocellulolytic microbial consortium derived from termite gut: enrichment, lignocellulose degradation and community dynamics JO - Biotechnology for Biofuels SP - 284 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Lignocellulose is the most abundant renewable carbon resource that can be used for biofuels and commodity chemicals production. The ability of complex microbial communities present in natural environments that are specialized in biomass deconstruction can be exploited to develop lignocellulose bioconversion processes. Termites are among the most abundant insects on earth and play an important role in lignocellulose decomposition. Although their digestive microbiome is recognized as a potential reservoir of microorganisms producing lignocellulolytic enzymes, the potential to enrich and maintain the lignocellulolytic activity of microbial consortia derived from termite gut useful for lignocellulose biorefinery has not been assessed. Here, we assessed the possibility of enriching a microbial consortium from termite gut and maintaining its lignocellulose degradation ability in controlled anaerobic bioreactors. SN - 1754-6834 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1282-x DO - 10.1186/s13068-018-1282-x ID - Lazuka2018 ER -