Natural and Synthetic Microbial Communities for Sustainable Production of Optimised Biogas

Project Information

MICRO4BIOGAS

Grant agreement ID: 101000470

DOI

10.3030/101000470

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2021

Start date 1 June 2021

End date 31 May 2025

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 5 739 650,08

EU contribution

€ 5 739 650,08

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA
Spain

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Final video
Project dissemination & communication plan

Project dissemination & communication plan. The plan will be updated on M24, M36 and M48

Finished and publicly available roadmap

Finished and publicly available roadmap (e-book)

Visual ID, web & social media

Visual ID web social media

Documents, reports (20)

Report on the communication and dissemination activities performed within the EBA
Report on the new technologies and innovations in the European biogas landscape
Identification of synergies list and selected activities
Initial communication pack
Report on the integration into the roadmap of the feedback of relevant stakeholders
Report on Techno-economic Assessment (TEA)
Scientific review about policy analysis
Internal communication protocol and quality proceedings handbook
Detailed report on the sampling of the biogas plants
Preliminary Report on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) including Goal and Scope definition and inventories analysis
Market analysis report
Report on modelling approaches for synthetic microbial consortia
Preliminary Report on Techno-economic Assessment (TEA) including data collection and methodology development
Report outlining financing options for biogas producers
List of entities contacted which could become members of the EBA and contacted by members of the MICRO4BIOGAS consortium
Report on the surveys' campaign

Report on the surveys’ campaign

First scheme of the roadmap available online on the project website
Detailed report about the enrichment of microaerophilic, acidifying microbiomes and their suitability for nitrogen elimination
Report on Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA)
Report on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Other (1)

e-learning Platform

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan (DMP)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (15)

The highly differentiated gut of Pachnoda marginata hosts sequential microbiomes: microbial ecology and potential applications

Author(s): Àngela Vidal-Verdú, Daniel Torrent, Alba Iglesias, Adriel Latorre-Pérez, Christian Abendroth, Paola Corbín-Agustí, Juli Peretó, Manuel Porcar
Published in: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, Issue 10, 2024, ISSN 2055-5008
Publisher: npj
DOI: 10.1038/s41522-024-00531-7

Hybrid Energy Solutions for Enhancing Rural Power Reliability in the Spanish Municipality of Aras de los Olmos

Author(s): Pooriya Motevakel, Carlos Roldán-Blay, Carlos Roldán-Porta, Guillermo Escrivá-Escrivá, Daniel Dasí-Crespo
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 3790, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/app15073790

Evaluation of the Spanish regulation on self-consumption photovoltaic installations. A case study based on a rural municipality in Spain

Author(s): Daniel Dasí-Crespo, Carlos Roldán-Blay, Guillermo Escrivá-Escrivá, Carlos Roldán-Porta
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 204, 2025, Page(s) 788-802, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.055

The Stool Microbiome in African Ruminants: A Comparative Metataxonomic Study Suggests Potential for Biogas Production

Author(s): Felipe Werle Vogel, Nicolas Carlotto, Zhongzhong Wang, Lydia Garrido, Vasiliki Chatzi, Raquel Gonzalez Herrero, Luis Benavent-Albarracín, Javier Martinez Gimenez, Loles Carbonell, Manuel Porcar
Published in: Fermentation, Issue 10, 2025, Page(s) 119, ISSN 2311-5637
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation10030119

A 3D printed plastic frame deeply impacts yeast cell growth

Author(s): Esther Molina-Menor, Àngela Vidal-Verdú, Carlos Gomis-Olcina, Juli Peretó, Manuel Porcar
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Issue 11, 2023, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1250667

Simplicity Hits the Gas: A Robust, DIY Biogas Reactor Holds Potential in Research and Education in Bioeconomy

Author(s): Felipe Werle Vogel, Nicolas Carlotto, Zhongzhong Wang, Raquel González-Herrero, Juan Bautista Giménez, Aurora Seco, Manuel Porcar
Published in: Fermentation, Issue 9, 2025, Page(s) 845, ISSN 2311-5637
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9090845

Assessing hydrocarbon degradation capacity of Isoptericola peretonis sp. nov. and related species: a comparative study

Author(s): Àngela Vidal-Verdú, Adriel Latorre-Pérez, Javier Pascual, Ruth Mañes-Collado, Aitana Nevot-Terraes, Manuel Porcar
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1471121

The microwave bacteriome: biodiversity of domestic and laboratory microwave ovens

Author(s): Alba Iglesias, Lorena Martínez, Daniel Torrent, Manuel Porcar
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1395751

Sagittula salina sp. nov., isolated from marine waste

Author(s): Leila Satari, Esther Molina-Menor, Àngela Vidal-Verdú, Javier Pascual, Juli Peretó, Manuel Porcar
Published in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Issue 72, 2023, ISSN 1466-5026
Publisher: Society for General Microbiology
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005240

Multivariate comparison of taxonomic, chemical and operational data from 80 different full-scale anaerobic digester-related systems

Author(s): Pascal Otto, Roser Puchol-Royo, Asier Ortega-Legarreta, Kristie Tanner, Jeroen Tideman, Sjoerd-Jan de Vries, Javier Pascual, Manuel Porcar, Adriel Latorre-Pérez, Christian Abendroth
Published in: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, Issue 17, 2024, ISSN 2731-3654
Publisher: BMC (Springer Nature)
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-024-02525-1

Strategic Resource Planning for Sustainable Biogas Integration in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Author(s): Pooriya Motevakel, Carlos Roldán-Blay, Carlos Roldán-Porta, Guillermo Escrivá-Escrivá, Daniel Dasí-Crespo
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 642, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/app15020642

Optimising a Biogas and Photovoltaic Hybrid System for Sustainable Power Supply in Rural Areas

Author(s): Carlos Roldán-Porta, Carlos Roldán-Blay, Daniel Dasí-Crespo, Guillermo Escrivá-Escrivá
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 13, 2025, Page(s) 2155, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/app13042155

Metagenomic Insights Into the Ecology, Taxonomy and Metabolic Capabilities of ‘ <i>Candidatus</i> Darwinibacteriales’ Ord. Nov. (Formerly

Author(s): Roser Puchol‐Royo, Javier Pascual, Asier Ortega‐Legarreta, Pascal Otto, Jeroen Tideman, Sjoerd‐Jan de Vries, Christian Abendroth, Kristie Tanner, Manuel Porcar, Adriel Latorre‐Perez
Published in: Microbial Biotechnology, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1751-7915
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.70258

Microbiome Characterization after Aerobic Digestate Reactivation of Anaerobically Digested Sewage Sludge

Author(s): Pascal Otto, Mozhdeh Alipoursarbani, Daniel Torrent, Adriel Latorre-Pérez, Thomas Paust, Alfred Albert, Christian Abendroth
Published in: Fermentation, Issue 9, 2023, Page(s) 471, ISSN 2311-5637
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9050471

The Microbiome of Things: Appliances, Machines, and Devices Hosting Artificial Niche-Adapted Microbial Communities

Author(s): Leila Satari, Alba Iglesias, Manuel Porcar
Published in: Microorganisms, Issue 11, 2025, Page(s) 1507, ISSN 2076-2607
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11061507

Other (2)

Mikroskopische Helden der Biogasbranche

Author(s): Christian Abendroth, Christina Dornack, Sven Nefigmann, Pascal Otto
Published in: Schriftenreihe Umweltingenieurwesen Band, Issue 110, 2022, ISBN 978-3-86009-535-5
Publisher: Universität Rostock, Agrar- und Umweltwissenschaftliche Fakultät,
DOI: 10.18453/rosdok_id00003615

Unveiling the ecology, taxonomy, and metabolic capabilities of MBA03, a potential key player in anaerobic digestion

Author(s): Roser Puchol-Royo, Javier Pascual, Asier Ortega-Legarreta, Pascal Otto, Jeroen Tideman, Sjoerd-Jan de Vries, Christian Abendroth, Kristie Tanner, Manuel Porcar, Adriel Latorre-Perez.
Published in: bioRxiv, 2023
Publisher: CSH