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SUMMARY:Plenary Lecture 12: Determining the microbial population dynamics 
 of anaerobic digestion using metagenomics - Chong\, J (University of York)
DTSTART:20140911T145500Z
DTEND:20140911T153000Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Co-authors: Henry Nicholls (University of York)\, Kelly Redeke
 r (University of York)\, Peter Ashton (University of York) \n\nAnaerobic d
 igestion (AD) is a process that uses microbial consortia to convert organi
 c waste to methane and carbon dioxide (biogas) that can be burned to gener
 ate heat and electricity. This technology can be applied to both liquid an
 d solid wastes and is in common use. While there is a broad understanding 
 of the principles of AD\, the dynamics of the microbial populations involv
 ed in AD are still poorly characterised. Recent advances in next generatio
 n DNA sequencing technologies (NGS) have made shotgun sequencing of sample
 s a cost-effective means for determining the composition of microbial popu
 lations. We are using NGS to build a detailed catalogue of the microbes pr
 esent in a bench-scale AD system and to track the dynamics of this microbi
 al community with the goals of identifying those species that are essentia
 l for the degradation of specific molecules and how the conflicting requir
 ements of different members of the population are met.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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