Self-assembling a 1,4-dioxane-degrading consortium and identifying the key role of Shinella sp. through dilution-to-extinction and reculturing

• Published in: Microbiology spectrum Vol. 11; no. 6; p. e0178723
• Main Authors: Tian, Kun, Zhang, Yue, Chen, Ruihuan, Tan, Ding, Zhong, Ming, Yao, Dandan, Dong, Yuanhua, Liu, Yun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 12.12.2023
• Subjects: 1,4-dioxane; consortium; dilution-to-extinction; Environmental Microbiology; key degraders; next-generation sequencing; Research Article; key degraders; dilution-to-extinction; next-generation sequencing; consortium; 1,4-dioxane

Assembling a functional consortium and identifying novel degraders from contaminated environments are still challenging due to the large diversity of microorganisms and the difficulty in isolating pure cultures. Here, we constructed a relatively simple functional consortium by enriching 1,4-dioxane-...