Poplar Biomass Degrading Community Metagenome. bioreactor metagenome

In addition to determining the major players in this community, the work is specifically aimed at identifying functions potentially involved in the depolymerization of cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin, ad to assign specific roles to the prevalent community members in the collaborative process of biomass decomposition. Examination of the community that developed on poplar biomass in a non-aerated bioreactor over the course of a year, with no microbial inoculation other than the naturally occurring organisms on the woody material.