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Insect gut bacteria: a promising tool for enhanced biogas production

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Utilization of unexplored lignocellulolytic microbial resources is in demand due to its ability to degrade the waste-plant biomasses like water-hyacinth or noxious weeds for alternative second-generation biofuel production, i.e., biogas. One such “biotechnological treasure-box” is the herbivorous insect gut-system, as its’ symbionts produce key hydrolytic enzymes like lignocellulases, cellulases, xylanases, and pectinases responsible for degradation of their host’s diet plant-biomasses. In this context, this review revealed such lignocellulolytic gut bacterial populations inhabiting the gut-system of only eight orders viz., Blattodea, Lepidoptera, Isoptera, Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera among 31 insect orders. Proteobacteria is the most predominant group found in every case. Regarding enhanced biogas production, gut bacteria from only three insect orders i.e., Blattodea, Coleoptera, and Diptera were explored so far. Therefore, deployment of such gut bacteria with immense lignocellulolytic potentialities can be harnessed as the sustainable bioresource technology for augmented biogas production utilizing waste-plant biomasses.

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Binoy Kumar Show and Aishiki Banerjee are thankful to BBSRC, United Kingdom [Grant Ref: BB/S011439/1] for financial support and research fellowship. Sandipan Banerjee is thankful to the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, for granting DBT Twinning Project [No. BT/PR25738/NER/95/1329/2017]. Richik GhoshThakur is thankful to the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for financial support [DST (DST/TMD/MI/OMGI/ 2018/14)].

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Show, B.K., Banerjee, S., Banerjee, A. et al. Insect gut bacteria: a promising tool for enhanced biogas production. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol 21, 1–25 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-021-09607-8

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