我的厌氧菌研究之路与心得

My research road and experience on anaerobes

摘要:

厌氧微生物，尤其是产甲烷古菌，广泛分布于各种缺氧环境中，它们具有丰富多样的代谢途径，在地球碳氮等重要物质循环及维持环境健康中发挥着不可或缺的作用。厌氧菌不仅是人肠道微生物组的主要成分，而且是将废物降解转化为生物能源——甲烷的驱动者。我从认识厌氧微生物，尤其是产甲烷古菌，到毕生对它们的研究，既有心得又有经验教训，愿在《微生物学通报》建刊50周年之际，分享给致力于微生物研究的青年才俊们，希望对你们有所借鉴。

Abstract:

Anaerobic microorganisms, particularly methanogens, are widely distributed in the anoxic environments of earth. They have diverse metabolic potentials, and play indispensable roles in earth materials cycle and maintaining environmental and human healthy. Anaerobes are not only the main species in human intestinal microbiome, but also are the players converting organic waster to bioenergy, methane. I have been engaged in anaerobes especially in methanogenic archaea for more than 30 years, and would like to share my experience and lessons in the research on anaerobes with the young microbiologists at the time of the 50^th anniversary of Microbiology China.