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Sizova MV, Muller P, Panikov N, Mandalakis M, Hohmann T, Hazen A, Fowle W, Prozorov T, Bazylinski DA, Epstein SS. Stomatobaculum longum gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic bacterium from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 63:1450-1456. [PMID: 22843721 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.042812-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A strictly anaerobic Gram-stain-variable but positive by structure, non-spore-forming bacterium designated Lachnospiraceae bacterium ACC2 strain DSM 24645(T) was isolated from human subgingival dental plaque. Bacterial cells were 4-40 µm long non-motile rods, often swollen and forming curved filaments up to 200 µm. Cells contained intracellular, poorly crystalline, nanometre-sized iron- and sulfur-rich particles. The micro-organism was able to grow on yeast extract, trypticase peptone, milk, some sugars and organic acids. The major metabolic end-products of glucose fermentation were butyrate, lactate, isovalerate and acetate. The growth temperature and pH ranges were 30-42 °C and 4.9-7.5, respectively. Major fatty acids were C14 : 0, C14 : 0 DMA (dimethyl aldehyde), C16 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c DMA. The whole-cell hydrolysate contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, indicating peptidoglycan type A1γ. The DNA G+C content was calculated to be 55.05 mol% from the whole-genome sequence and 55.3 mol% as determined by HPLC. There were no predicted genes responsible for biosynthesis of respiratory lipoquinones, mycolic acids and lipopolysaccharides. Genes associated with synthesis of teichoic and lipoteichoic acids, diaminopimelic acid, polar lipids and polyamines were present. According to the 16S rRNA gene sequence phylogeny, strain DSM 24645(T) formed, together with several uncultured oral clones, a separate branch within the family Lachnospiraceae, with the highest sequence similarity to the type strain of Moryella indoligenes at 94.2 %. Based on distinct phenotypic and genotypic characteristics, we suggest that strain DSM 24645(T) represents a novel species in a new genus, for which the name Stomatobaculum longum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Stomatobaculum longum is DSM 24645(T) ( = HM-480(T); deposited in BEI Resources, an NIH collection managed by the ATCC).
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- Maria V Sizova
- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- The Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, USA
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Andreoni V, Finoli C, Manfrin P, Pelosi M, Vecchio A. Studies on the accumulation of cadmium by a strain of Proteus mirabilis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1991.tb01723.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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He Q, He Z, Joyner DC, Joachimiak M, Price MN, Yang ZK, Yen HCB, Hemme CL, Chen W, Fields MM, Stahl DA, Keasling JD, Keller M, Arkin AP, Hazen TC, Wall JD, Zhou J. Impact of elevated nitrate on sulfate-reducing bacteria: a comparative study of Desulfovibrio vulgaris. ISME JOURNAL 2010; 4:1386-97. [PMID: 20445634 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Sulfate-reducing bacteria have been extensively studied for their potential in heavy-metal bioremediation. However, the occurrence of elevated nitrate in contaminated environments has been shown to inhibit sulfate reduction activity. Although the inhibition has been suggested to result from the competition with nitrate-reducing bacteria, the possibility of direct inhibition of sulfate reducers by elevated nitrate needs to be explored. Using Desulfovibrio vulgaris as a model sulfate-reducing bacterium, functional genomics analysis reveals that osmotic stress contributed to growth inhibition by nitrate as shown by the upregulation of the glycine/betaine transporter genes and the relief of nitrate inhibition by osmoprotectants. The observation that significant growth inhibition was effected by 70 mM NaNO(3) but not by 70 mM NaCl suggests the presence of inhibitory mechanisms in addition to osmotic stress. The differential expression of genes characteristic of nitrite stress responses, such as the hybrid cluster protein gene, under nitrate stress condition further indicates that nitrate stress response by D. vulgaris was linked to components of both osmotic and nitrite stress responses. The involvement of the oxidative stress response pathway, however, might be the result of a more general stress response. Given the low similarities between the response profiles to nitrate and other stresses, less-defined stress response pathways could also be important in nitrate stress, which might involve the shift in energy metabolism. The involvement of nitrite stress response upon exposure to nitrate may provide detoxification mechanisms for nitrite, which is inhibitory to sulfate-reducing bacteria, produced by microbial nitrate reduction as a metabolic intermediate and may enhance the survival of sulfate-reducing bacteria in environments with elevated nitrate level.
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- Qiang He
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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Thanks to the work of Terrance J. Beveridge and other pioneers in the field of metal-microbe interactions, prokaryotes are well known to sequester metals and other ions intracellularly in various forms. These forms range from poorly ordered deposits of metals to well-ordered mineral crystals. Studies on well-ordered crystalline structures have generally focused on intracellular organelles produced by magnetotactic bacteria that are ubiquitous in terrestrial and marine environments that precipitate Fe(3)O(4) or Fe(3)S(4), Fe-bearing minerals that have magnetic properties and are enclosed in intracellular membranes. In contrast, studies on less-well ordered minerals have focused on Fe-, As-, Mn-, Au-, Se- and Cd-precipitates that occur intracellularly. The biological and environmental function of these particles remains a matter of debate.
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- K J Edwards
- Geomicrobiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, USA.
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Chang YJ, Peacock AD, Long PE, Stephen JR, McKinley JP, Macnaughton SJ, Hussain AK, Saxton AM, White DC. Diversity and characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in groundwater at a uranium mill tailings site. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:3149-60. [PMID: 11425735 PMCID: PMC92994 DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.7.3149-3160.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microbially mediated reduction and immobilization of U(VI) to U(IV) plays a role in both natural attenuation and accelerated bioremediation of uranium-contaminated sites. To realize bioremediation potential and accurately predict natural attenuation, it is important to first understand the microbial diversity of such sites. In this paper, the distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in contaminated groundwater associated with a uranium mill tailings disposal site at Shiprock, N.Mex., was investigated. Two culture-independent analyses were employed: sequencing of clone libraries of PCR-amplified dissimilatory sulfite reductase (DSR) gene fragments and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) biomarker analysis. A remarkable diversity among the DSR sequences was revealed, including sequences from delta-Proteobacteria, gram-positive organisms, and the Nitrospira division. PLFA analysis detected at least 52 different mid-chain-branched saturate PLFA and included a high proportion of 10me16:0. Desulfotomaculum and Desulfotomaculum-like sequences were the most dominant DSR genes detected. Those belonging to SRB within delta-Proteobacteria were mainly recovered from low-uranium (< or =302 ppb) samples. One Desulfotomaculum-like sequence cluster overwhelmingly dominated high-U (>1,500 ppb) sites. Logistic regression showed a significant influence of uranium concentration over the dominance of this cluster of sequences (P = 0.0001). This strong association indicates that Desulfotomaculum has remarkable tolerance and adaptation to high levels of uranium and suggests the organism's possible involvement in natural attenuation of uranium. The in situ activity level of Desulfotomaculum in uranium-contaminated environments and its comparison to the activities of other SRB and other functional groups should be an important area for future research.
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- Y J Chang
- Center for Biomarker Analysis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37932-2575, USA
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Sakaguchi T, Burgess JG, Matsunaga T. Magnetite formation by a sulphate-reducing bacterium. Nature 1993. [DOI: 10.1038/365047a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Andreoni V, Finoli C, Manfrin P, Pelosi M, Vecchio A. Studies on the accumulation of cadmium by a strain ofProteus mirabilis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Moench TT. Bilophococcus magnetotacticus gen. nov. sp. nov., a motile, magnetic coccus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1988; 54:483-96. [PMID: 3232969 DOI: 10.1007/bf00588385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The morphological, biochemical, and magnetotactic properties of a single magnetic bacterium are reported. Although this bacterium has not been cultured axenically, the unusual magnetotactic behavior has allowed the collection of cell material of sufficient quantity and purity to allow characterization. The results indicate that this organism represents a new genus of colorless, sulfur-depositing bacteria, albeit of uncertain affiliation. The name proposed for this new genus/species, Bilophococcus magnetotacticus, reflects the most distinctive traits of morphology, motility, and magnetic mineral formation. Classification is based on type descriptive material.
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- T T Moench
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Brecklinghaus J, Schwartz W, Näveke R. Geomikrobiologische Untersuchungen XIV. Schwermetall-Toleranz desulfurizierender Bakterien unter verschiedenen ökologischen Bedingungen. J Basic Microbiol 1981. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3630210202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chapter 6.2 Reductive Reactions in the Sulfur Cycle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1979. [DOI: 10.1016/s0166-1116(08)71063-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Moench TT, Konetzka WA. A novel method for the isolation and study of a magnetotactic bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1978; 119:203-12. [PMID: 215094 DOI: 10.1007/bf00964274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The magnetococcus, a magnetotactic bacterium, has been grown in a complex simulated natural environment. Sufficiently pure samples of cells were obtained magnetically making axenic cultures unnecessary for many purposes. The magnetococcus is a Gram-negative coccus, 1.6 micron in diameter and readily distinguished by highly refractile inclusions and its magnetotactic behavior. This organism is actively motile by means of two bundles of flagella. Electron dense ferromagnetic inclusions were localized between the flagellar bundles. Collections of magnetococci were morphologically homogeneous and negligibly contaminated by extraneous bacteria. DNA extracted from pooled collections of cells was homogeneous by analytical CsC1 centrifugation. The guanine-cytosine content was 61.7%. Total iron by percent cellular dry weight was 3.8%. Comparisons with a previously described magnetotactic marine coccus were made.
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Gadd GM, Griffiths AJ. Microorganisms and heavy metal toxicity. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 1977; 4:303-17. [PMID: 24232222 DOI: 10.1007/bf02013274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The environmental and microbiological factors that can influence heavy metal toxicity are discussed with a view to understanding the mechanisms of microbial metal tolerance. It is apparent that metal toxicity can be heavily influenced by environmental conditions. Binding of metals to organic materials, precipitation, complexation, and ionic interactions are all important phenomena that must be considered carefully in laboratory and field studies. It is also obvious that microbes possess a range of tolerance mechanisms, most featuring some kind of detoxification. Many of these detoxification mechanisms occur widely in the microbial world and are not only specific to microbes growing in metal-contaminated environments.
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- G M Gadd
- Department of Microbiology, University College Cardiff, Newport Road, CF2 1TA, Cardiff, South Wales
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