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Considering the scarcity of data in the literature regarding phylogenetic and metabolic composition of different inocula, especially those from thermophilic conditions, this research aimed at characterizing the microbial community and preferable metabolic pathways of an UASB reactor sludge applied to the thermophilic treatment (55°C) of sugarcane vinasse, by means of shotgun metagenomics. After its metabolic potential was depicted, it was possible to observe several genes encoding enzymes that are of great importance to anaerobic digestion processes with different wastes as substrate, especially regarding the biodegradation of carbohydrates and ligninolytic compounds, glycerolypids, volatile fatty acids and alcohols metabolism and biogas (H 2  and CH 4 ) production. The genera identified in higher relative abundances for Bacteria domain were  Sulfirimonas  (37.52 ± 1.8%), possibly related to the sludge endogenic activity due to its strong relation with a peptidoglycan lyase enzymes family, followed by  Fluviicola  (5.01 ± 1.0%),  Defluviitoga  (4.36 ± 0.2%),  Coprothermobacter  (4.32 ± 0.5%),  Fervidobacterium  (2.93 ± 0.3%),  Marinospirillum  (2.75 ± 0.2%),  Pseudomonas  (2.14 ± 0.2%) and  Flavobacterium  (1.78 ± 0.1%), mostly related with carbohydrates fermentations and/or H 2  production. For Archaea domain,  Methanosarcina  (0.61 ± 0.1%),  Methanothermobacter  (0.38 ± 0.0%),  Methanoculleus  (0.30 ± 0.1%),  Thermococcus  (0.03 ± 0.0%),  Methanolobus  (0.02 ± 1.8%),  Methanobacterium  (0.013 ± 0.0%),  Aciduliprofundum  and  Pyrococcus  (0.01 ± 0.0%) were the most dominant ones, being  Methanosarcina  the most related with methanogenesis. It was concluded that the robust inoculum description performed in this study may subside future biotechnological researches by using similar inocula (UASB sludges), focusing on the obtainment of value-added by-products by means of anaerobic digestion, such as volatile fatty acids, alcohols and biogas (H 2  and CH 4 ), by using several types of waste as substrate.

Microbial and functional characterization of granulated sludge from full-scale UASB thermophilic reactor applied to sugarcane vinasse treatment