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Glaciers as microbial habitats: current knowledge and implication. J Microbiol 2022; 60:767-779. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-022-2275-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Life from a Snowflake: Diversity and Adaptation of Cold-Loving Bacteria among Ice Crystals. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12030312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Incredible as it is, researchers have now the awareness that even the most extreme environment includes special habitats that host several forms of life. Cold environments cover different compartments of the cryosphere, as sea and freshwater ice, glaciers, snow, and permafrost. Although these are very particular environmental compartments in which various stressors coexist (i.e., freeze–thaw cycles, scarce water availability, irradiance conditions, and poorness of nutrients), diverse specialized microbial communities are harbored. This raises many intriguing questions, many of which are still unresolved. For instance, a challenging focus is to understand if microorganisms survive trapped frozen among ice crystals for long periods of time or if they indeed remain metabolically active. Likewise, a look at their site-specific diversity and at their putative geochemical activity is demanded, as well as at the equally interesting microbial activity at subzero temperatures. The production of special molecules such as strategy of adaptations, cryoprotectants, and ice crystal-controlling molecules is even more intriguing. This paper aims at reviewing all these aspects with the intent of providing a thorough overview of the main contributors in investigating the microbial life in the cryosphere, touching on the themes of diversity, adaptation, and metabolic potential.
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Calvillo-Medina RP, Gunde-Cimerman N, Escudero-Leyva E, Barba-Escoto L, Fernández-Tellez EI, Medina-Tellez AA, Bautista-de Lucio V, Ramos-López MÁ, Campos-Guillén J. Richness and metallo-tolerance of cultivable fungi recovered from three high altitude glaciers from Citlaltépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes (Mexico). Extremophiles 2020; 24:625-636. [PMID: 32535716 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-020-01182-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In Mexico little is known about high-altitude glacial psychrotolerant or psychrophilic fungal species, with most glacial fungi isolated from polar environments or Alpine glaciers. It has been documented that some of these species may play an important role in bioremediation of contaminated environments with heavy metals. In the present study, 75 fungi were isolated from glaciers in Citlaltépetl (5675 masl) and Iztaccíhuatl (5286 masl) volcanoes. Combining morphological characteristics and molecular methods, based on ITS rDNA, 38 fungi were partially identified to genus level, 35 belonging to Ascomycota and three to Mucoromycota. The most abundant genera were Cladosporium, followed by Alternaria and Sordariomycetes order. All isolated fungi were psychrotolerant, pigmented and resistant to different concentrations of Cr(III) and Pb(II), while none tolerated Hg(II). Fungi most tolerant to Cr(III) and Pb(II) belong to the genera Stemphylium, Cladosporium and Penicillium and to a lesser extent Aureobasidium and Sordariomycetes. To our knowledge, this is the first report on cultivable mycobiota richness and their Cr and Pb tolerance. The results open new research possibilities about fungal diversity and heavy metals myco-remediation. Extremophilic fungal communities should be further investigated before global warming causes permanent changes and we miss the opportunity to describe these sites in Mexico.
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- Molecular Genetics and Biology of Microorganisms, Dept. Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Productos Naturales (CIPRONA) Y Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- Centro Nacional de Innovaciones Biotecnológicas (CENIBiot), Centro Nacional de Computación Avanzada (CNCA), CeNAT-CONARE, San José, Costa Rica
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Sustainable Intensification Program, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Y Proteómica, Instituto de Oftalmología "Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro, Mexico
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Li Y, Zhang C, Yang K, Shi J, Ding Y, Gao Z. De novo sequencing of the transcriptome reveals regulators of the floral transition in Fargesia macclureana (Poaceae). BMC Genomics 2019; 20:1035. [PMID: 31888463 PMCID: PMC6937737 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6418-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Fargesia macclureana (Poaceae) is a woody bamboo species found on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) approximately 2000 ~ 3800 m above sea level. It rarely blossoms in the QTP, but it flowered 20 days after growing in our lab, which is in a low-altitude area outside the QTP. To date, little is known regarding the molecular mechanism of bamboo flowering, and no studies of flowering have been conducted on wild bamboo plants growing in extreme environments. Here, we report the first de novo transcriptome sequence for F. macclureana to investigate the putative mechanisms underlying the flowering time control used by F. macclureana to adapt to its environment. Results Illumina deep sequencing of the F. macclureana transcriptome generated 140.94 Gb of data, assembled into 99,056 unigenes. A comprehensive analysis of the broadly, specifically and differentially expressed unigenes (BEUs, SEUs and DEUs) indicated that they were mostly involved in metabolism and signal transduction, as well as DNA repair and plant-pathogen interactions, which may be of adaptive importance. In addition, comparison analysis between non-flowering and flowering tissues revealed that expressions of FmFT and FmHd3a, two putative F. macclureana orthologs, were differently regulated in NF- vs F- leaves, and carbohydrate metabolism and signal transduction were two major KEGG pathways that DEUs were enriched in. Finally, we detected 9296 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) that may be useful for further molecular marker-assisted breeding. Conclusions F. macclureana may have evolved specific reproductive strategies for flowering-related pathways in response to photoperiodic cues to ensure long vegetation growing period. Our findings will provide new insights to future investigations into the mechanisms of flowering time control and adaptive evolution in plants growing at high altitudes.
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- Ying Li
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Open Laboratory on the Science and Technology of Bamboo and Rattan, Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for Bamboo and Rattan Resources, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, 100102, China
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- Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Open Laboratory on the Science and Technology of Bamboo and Rattan, Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for Bamboo and Rattan Resources, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, 100102, China
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- State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Open Laboratory on the Science and Technology of Bamboo and Rattan, Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for Bamboo and Rattan Resources, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, 100102, China
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- Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Open Laboratory on the Science and Technology of Bamboo and Rattan, Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for Bamboo and Rattan Resources, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, 100102, China.
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Genome of Crucihimalaya himalaica, a close relative of Arabidopsis, shows ecological adaptation to high altitude. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:7137-7146. [PMID: 30894495 PMCID: PMC6452661 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1817580116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Crucihimalaya himalaica, a close relative of Arabidopsis and Capsella, grows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) about 4,000 m above sea level and represents an attractive model system for studying speciation and ecological adaptation in extreme environments. We assembled a draft genome sequence of 234.72 Mb encoding 27,019 genes and investigated its origin and adaptive evolutionary mechanisms. Phylogenomic analyses based on 4,586 single-copy genes revealed that C. himalaica is most closely related to Capsella (estimated divergence 8.8 to 12.2 Mya), whereas both species form a sister clade to Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis lyrata, from which they diverged between 12.7 and 17.2 Mya. LTR retrotransposons in C. himalaica proliferated shortly after the dramatic uplift and climatic change of the Himalayas from the Late Pliocene to Pleistocene. Compared with closely related species, C. himalaica showed significant contraction and pseudogenization in gene families associated with disease resistance and also significant expansion in gene families associated with ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and DNA repair. We identified hundreds of genes involved in DNA repair, ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, and reproductive processes with signs of positive selection. Gene families showing dramatic changes in size and genes showing signs of positive selection are likely candidates for C. himalaica's adaptation to intense radiation, low temperature, and pathogen-depauperate environments in the QTP. Loss of function at the S-locus, the reason for the transition to self-fertilization of C. himalaica, might have enabled its QTP occupation. Overall, the genome sequence of C. himalaica provides insights into the mechanisms of plant adaptation to extreme environments.
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Ground tit genome reveals avian adaptation to living at high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2071. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Shivaji S, Begum Z, Shiva Nageswara Rao SS, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy PV, Manasa P, Sailaja B, Prathiba MS, Thamban M, Krishnan KP, Singh SM, Srinivas TN. Antarctic ice core samples: culturable bacterial diversity. Res Microbiol 2013; 164:70-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Comparison of bacterial diversity in proglacial soil from Kafni Glacier, Himalayan Mountain ranges, India, with the bacterial diversity of other glaciers in the world. Extremophiles 2011; 15:673-90. [PMID: 21918795 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0398-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Two 16S rRNA gene clone libraries (KF and KS) were constructed using two soil samples (K7s and K8s) collected near Kafni Glacier, Himalayas. The two libraries yielded a total of 648 clones. Phyla Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Spirochaetae, Tenericutes and Verrucomicrobia were common to the two libraries. Phyla Acidobacteria, Chlamydiae and Nitrospirae were present only in KF library, whereas Lentisphaerae and TM7 were detected only in KS. In the two libraries, clones belonging to phyla Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria were the most predominant. Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that KF and KS were different and arsenic content influenced the differences in the percentage of OTUs. PCA indicated that high water content in the K8s sample results in high total bacterial count. PCA also indicated that bacterial diversity of KF and KS was similar to soils from the Pindari Glacier, Himalayas; Samoylov Island, Siberia; Schrimacher Oasis, Antarctica and Siberian tundra. The eleven bacterial strains isolated from the above two soil samples were phylogenetically related to six different genera. All the isolates were psychro-, halo- and alkalitolerant. Amylase, lipase and urease activities were detected in the majority of the strains. Long chain, saturated, unsaturated and branched fatty acids were predominant in the psychrotolerant bacteria.
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Yang WW, Ponce A. Validation of a Clostridium endospore viability assay and analysis of Greenland ices and Atacama Desert soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:2352-8. [PMID: 21296951 PMCID: PMC3067429 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01966-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 01/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A microscopy-based endospore viability assay (micro-EVA) capable of enumerating germinable Clostridium endospores (GCEs) in less than 30 min has been validated and employed to determine GCE concentrations in Greenland ices and Atacama Desert soils. Inoculation onto agarose doped with Tb(3+) and d-alanine triggers Clostridium spore germination and the concomitant release of ∼10(8) molecules of dipicolinic acid (DPA) per endospore, which, under pulsed UV excitation, enables enumeration of resultant green Tb(3+)-DPA luminescent spots as GCEs with time-gated luminescence microscopy. The intensity time courses of the luminescent spots were characteristic of stage I Clostridium spore germination dynamics. Micro-EVA was validated against traditional CFU cultivation from 0 to 1,000 total endospores/ml (i.e., phase-bright bodies/ml), yielding 56.4% ± 1.5% GCEs and 43.0% ± 1.0% CFU. We also show that d-alanine serves as a Clostridium-specific germinant (three species tested) that inhibits Bacillus germination of spores (five species tested) in that endospore concentration regime. Finally, GCE concentrations in Greenland ice cores and Atacama Desert soils were determined with micro-EVA, yielding 1 to 2 GCEs/ml of Greenland ice (versus <1 CFU/ml after 6 months of incubation) and 66 to 157 GCEs/g of Atacama Desert soil (versus 40 CFU/g soil).
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- Wan-Wan Yang
- California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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- California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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Xiang SR, Shang TC, Chen Y, Yao TD. Deposition and postdeposition mechanisms as possible drivers of microbial population variability in glacier ice. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 70:9-20. [PMID: 19796140 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00759.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Shu-Rong Xiang
- Institute of the Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), Beijing, China.
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Dominant bacteria in the different habitats in the Kuytun 51 Glacier were investigated using a 16S rRNA gene clone library sequencing technique. Results showed diverse bacteria on the glacial surface, with the dominant phyla being Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. UniFrac data showed distinct community patterns between the Kuytun and Himalayan Rongbuk glaciers.
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Zhang X, Ma X, Wang N, Yao T. New subgroup of Bacteroidetes and diverse microorganisms in Tibetan plateau glacial ice provide a biological record of environmental conditions. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 67:21-9. [PMID: 19049497 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00604.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Xiaojun Zhang
- School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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Zhang XF, Yao TD, Tian LD, Xu SJ, An LZ. Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of bacteria isolated from Puruogangri ice core. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2008; 55:476-88. [PMID: 17876656 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9293-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Revised: 05/29/2007] [Accepted: 06/22/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The microbial abundance, the percentage of viable bacteria, and the diversity of bacterial isolates from different regions of a 83.45-m ice core from the Puruogangri glacier on the Tibetan Plateau (China) have been investigated. Small subunit 16S rRNA sequences and phylogenetic relationships have been studied for 108 bacterial isolates recovered under aerobic growth conditions from different regions of the ice core. The genomic fingerprints based on ERIC (enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus)-polymerase chain reaction and physiological heterogeneity of the closely evolutionary related bacterial strains isolated from different ice core depths were analyzed as well. The results showed that the total microbial cell, percentages of live cells, and the bacterial CFU ranged from 10(4) to 10(5) cell ml(-1) (Mean, 9.47 x 10(4); SD, 5.7 x 10(4), n = 20), 25-81%, and 0-760 cfu ml(-1), respectively. The majority of the isolates had 16S rRNA sequences similar to previously determined sequences, ranging from 92 to 99% identical to database sequences. Based on their 16S rRNA sequences, 42.6% of the isolates were high-G + C-content (HGC) gram-positive bacteria, 35.2% were low-G + C (LGC) gram-positive bacteria, 16.6% were Proteobacteria, and 5.6% were CFB group. There were clear differences in the depth distribution of the bacterial isolates. The isolates tested exhibited unique phenotypic properties and high genetic heterogeneity, which showed no clear correlation with depths of bacterial isolation. This layered distribution and high heterogeneity of bacterial isolates presumably reflect the diverse bacterial sources and the differences in bacteria inhabiting the glacier's surface under different past climate conditions.
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- X F Zhang
- Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, People's Republic of China.
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Yung PT, Shafaat HS, Connon SA, Ponce A. Quantification of viable endospores from a Greenland ice core. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007; 59:300-6. [PMID: 17313579 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Endospores (i.e., bacterial spores) embedded in polar ices present an opportunity to investigate the most durable form of life in an ideal medium for maintaining long-term viability. However, little is known about the endospore distribution and viability in polar ices. We have determined germinable endospore concentrations of bacterial spores capable of germination in a Greenland ice core (GISP2 94 m, ID# G2-271) using two complementary endospore viability assays (EVA), recently developed in our laboratory. These assays are based on bulk spectroscopic analysis (i.e., spectroEVA), and direct microscopic enumeration (i.e., microEVA) of ice core concentrates. Both assays detect dipicolinic acid (DPA) release during l-alanine induced germination via terbium ion (Tb3+)-DPA luminescence. Using spectroEVA, the germinable and total bacterial spore concentrations were found to be 295+/-19 spores mL(-1) and 369+/-36 spores mL(-1), respectively, (i.e., 80% of the endospores were capable of germination). Using microEVA, the germinating endospore concentration was found to be 27+/-2 spores mL(-1). The total cell concentration, as determined by DAPI stain fluorescence microscopy, was 7.0 x 10(3)+/-6.7 x 10(2) cells mL(-1). Culturing attempts yielded 2 CFU mL(-1) (4 degrees C). We conclude that endospores capable of germination in the GISP2 ice cores are readily determined using novel endospore viability assays.
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- Pun To Yung
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Amato P, Hennebelle R, Magand O, Sancelme M, Delort AM, Barbante C, Boutron C, Ferrari C. Bacterial characterization of the snow cover at Spitzberg, Svalbard. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007; 59:255-64. [PMID: 17328766 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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A sampling campaign was organized during spring 2004 in Spitzberg, Svalbard, in the area around the scientific base of Ny-Alesund, to characterize the snow pack bacterial population. Total bacteria counts were established by 4',6-diamino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) in the seasonal snow pack bordering the sea. On the sea shore, bacterial concentration was about 6 x 10(4) cells mL(-1), without any significant variation according to depth. In the accumulation snow layer of the glacier, concentrations were about 2 x 10(4 )cells mL(-1), except in the 2003 summer layer, where it reached 2 x 10(5) cells mL(-1), as the result of cell multiplication allowed by higher temperature and snow melting. Strains isolated from the seasonal snow pack were identified from their 16S rRNA gene sequences, and lodged in GenBank. They belong to the Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria. They are closely related to cold environment bacteria, as revealed by phylogenetic tree constructions, and two appear to be of unknown affiliation. Using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance, it was shown that these isolates have the capacity to degrade organic compounds found in Arctic snow (propionate, acetate and formate), and this can allow them to develop when snow melts, and thus to be actively involved in snow chemistry.
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- Pierre Amato
- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière, France.
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Amato P, Parazols M, Sancelme M, Laj P, Mailhot G, Delort AM. Microorganisms isolated from the water phase of tropospheric clouds at the Puy de Dôme: major groups and growth abilities at low temperatures. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007; 59:242-54. [PMID: 17328765 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00199.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This work constitutes the first large report on aerobic cultivable microorganisms present in cloud water. Seven cloud-event samples were collected at the Puy de Dôme summit, and cultivation was performed leading to the isolation of 71 bacterial, 42 fungal and 15 yeast strains. Most of the fungi isolated were of Cladosporium or Trametes affiliation, and yeasts were of Cryptococcus affiliation. Bacteria, identified on the basis of their 16S rRNA gene sequence, were found to belong to Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria (Alpha, Beta and Gamma subclasses) and Bacteroidetes phyla, and mainly to the genera Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, Staphylococcus, Streptomyces, and Arthrobacter. These strains appear to be closely related to some bacteria described from cold environments, water (sea and freshwater), soil or vegetation. Comparison of the distribution of Gram-negative vs. Gram-positive bacteria shows that the number of Gram-negative bacteria is greater in summer than in winter. Finally, a very important result of this study concerns the ability of half of the tested strains to grow at low temperatures (5 degrees C): most of these are Gram-negative bacteria, and a few are even shown to be psychrophiles. On the whole, these results give a good picture of the microbial content of cloud water in terms of classification, and suggest that a large proportion of bacteria present in clouds have the capacity to be metabolically active there. This is of special interest with respect to the potential role of these microorganisms in atmospheric chemistry.
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- Pierre Amato
- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière, France.
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Segawa T, Miyamoto K, Ushida K, Agata K, Okada N, Kohshima S. Seasonal change in bacterial flora and biomass in mountain snow from the Tateyama Mountains, Japan, analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and real-time PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:123-30. [PMID: 15640179 PMCID: PMC544271 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.1.123-130.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bacterial flora and biomass in mountain snow from the Tateyama Mountains, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, one of the heaviest snowfall regions in the world, were analyzed by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis followed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and DNA quantification by real-time PCR. Samples of surface snow collected in various months during the melting season contained a psychrophilic bacterium, Cryobacterium psychrophilum, and two psychrotrophic bacteria, Variovorax paradoxus and Janthinobacterium lividum. Bacterial colonies that developed in an in situ meltwater medium at 4 degrees C were revealed to be V. paradoxus. The biomasses of C. psychrophilum, J. lividum, and V. paradoxus, as estimated by real-time PCR, showed large increases during the melting season from March to October (2.0 x 10(5)-fold, 1.5 x 10(5)-fold, and 1.0 x 10(4)-fold increases, respectively), suggesting their rapid growth in the surface snow. The biomasses of C. psychrophilum and J. lividum increased significantly from March to April, reached a maximum in August, and dropped at the end of the melting season. In contrast, the biomass of V. paradoxus did not increase as rapidly during the early melting season but continued to increase from June until October. The differences in development observed among these bacterial species suggest that their growth was promoted by different nutrients and/or environmental conditions in the snow. Since these three types of bacteria have also been reported to be present in a glacier in Antarctica and a Greenland ice core, they seem to be specialized members of the snow biota that are distributed in snow and ice environments in various parts of the world.
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- Takahiro Segawa
- Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1-W3-43, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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Su J, Wu Y, Ma X, Zhang G, Feng H, Zhang Y. Soil microbial counts and identification of culturable bacteria in an extreme by arid zone. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2004; 49:423-9. [PMID: 15530008 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Sixteen samples of two soil cores (about 550 and 180 cm in depth) were drilled at intervals in the lower reach of Heihe river basin (northwest of China) in order to illustrate soil microbial characteristics and diversity of culturable bacteria in an extreme by arid environment. Soil water content, organic matter, total nitrogen, pH, direct cell counts, and culturable microorganism counts were evaluated. The total cell concentration was 19-1120/microg (i.e. 0.19-11.2 x 10(8) per g) soil, the culturable bacteria count being 0.2-10.9 per microg (i.e. 2 x 10(5)-10.9 x 10(6) CFU/g) soil. The number of direct cell counts obtained by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-staining or the cound of culturable microbes after enrichment with different media were statistically significantly correlated with soil organic matters, total nitrogen content, soil water content and surface vegetation; this partly explained the larger number in the deeper first core than in the shallower one. As part of identification of 228 colonies isolated from the two cores, thirty-two were selected for 16S rDNA amplification, sequencing and molecular identification. These 32 isolates were affiliated to 5 major groups of bacteria: alpha-Proteobacteria, 5-Proteobacteria, gamma-Proteobacteria, the high-G+C G+-bacteria, the low-G+C G- -bacteria, and the Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides group. Twenty-eight were rod- or short-rod shaped, which accounted for >87.5% of all species; only 4 of 32 species were cocci (<12.5%).
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- Jianping Su
- State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil and Engineering, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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Xiang SR, Yao TD, An LZ, Xu BQ, Li Z, Wu GJ, Wang YQ, Ma S, Chen XR. Bacterial diversity in Malan ice core from the Tibetan Plateau. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2004; 49:269-75. [PMID: 15259767 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Three ice core samples were collected from the Malan ice core drilled from the Tibetan Plateau, and three 16S rDNA clone libraries by direct amplification from the ice-melted water were established. Ninety-four clones containing bacterial 16S rDNA inserts were selected. According to restriction fragment-length polymorphism analysis, 11 clones were unique in the library from which they were obtained and used for partial sequence and phylogenetic analysis, and compared with 8 reported sequences from the same ice core at depth 70 m. Differences among the samples were apparent in clone libraries. The phylotypes were dominated by the Proteobacteria group, Acinetobacter sp. and Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides (CFB) group. They accounted for 92.5% (Proteobacteria), 100% (Acinetobacter sp.), 34.4% (CFB) and 100% (beta-Proteobacteria) in the clone libraries from the samples at ice depths 35, 64, 70, and 82 m, respectively. The Acinetobacter sp. was only found in the deposition at ice depth 82 m and closely clustered with gamma-Proteobateria. Two members (Malan A-21 and 101) of alpha-Proteobacteria from the sample of 35 m and two (Malan B-26 and 48) of beta-Proteobacteria of 64 m were loosely clustered (< 95% similarity) with known bacteria, represented new genera in ice bacteria.
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- S R Xiang
- Laboratory of Ice Core and Cold Regions Environment, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, Gansu 730 000, China.
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Change of bacterial community in the Malan ice core and its relation to climate and environment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03183415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Libkind D, Brizzio S, van Broock M. Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, a carotenoid producing yeast strain from a Patagonian high-altitude lake. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2004; 49:19-25. [PMID: 15143736 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The red yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa strain CRUB 0138 (previously identified as R. lactosa) was isolated from a high-altitude Patagonian Lake Toncek (1700 m a.s.l.), and assigned with mucilaginosa species. Its biochemical, physiological and molecular features were assessed and compared to R. mucilaginosa PYCC 5166 type strain using a polyphasic approach; in addition, biomass and carotenoid pigment production at different C/N ratios were determined in an incubator shaker. Phenetic characterization by means of 70 current physiological tests including assimilation of aldaric acids and aromatic compounds, and also the ability to grow with amino acids as sole carbon sources, was carried out. According to numerical taxonomy calculations, similarity indexes between R. mucilaginosa CRUB 0138 and PYCC 5166 type strain were 0.86 and 0.77, corresponding to a complete set of physiological tests and MSP-PCR (Mini/Micro Satellite Primed PCR; (GTG)5, M13 and (GAC)5 primers were employed) fingerprinting. Killer activity against 2 native strains, Rhodosporidium kratochvilovae and R. mucilaginosa was detected. Maximum biomass-glucose conversion efficiency (87%) and maximum carotenoid yield (2.32 mg/L) were obtained at C/N = 5 in culture medium containing 10 and 40 g/L glucose, respectively. Different C/N ratios did not influence carotenoid pigment production but low C/N enhanced biomass yield.
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- D Libkind
- Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada y Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche (CRUB)-CONICET , Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
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Ma X, Chen T, Zhang G, Wang R. Microbial community structure along an altitude gradient in three different localities. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2004; 49:105-11. [PMID: 15227779 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The microbial community structure along an altitude gradient was investigated in different localities, in Kalasi lake, Urumqi river and Sangong river, Xingjiang (China). The mean numbers of DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole)-stained cells were lower in Kalasi lake than that in Urumqi river and Sangong river; these differences were attributed to increasing environmental harshness including lower soil organic carbon and nitrogen content, more acidic pH and lower annual temperature. In each locality, the numbers of bacteria and archaea measured with two fluorescence-labeled 16S rRNA oligonucleotide probes (EUB338 and ARCH915) were higher in a coniferous forest and lower in desert vegetation. A significant and positive relationship was found between microbial and soil organic carbon and total nitrogen along the altitudinal gradient, indicating that plant communities and soil nutrients influence the soil microbial structure. The results show that the microbial population in higher latitudinal site was fewer than lower latitudinal one, soil microorganisms were positively correlated to soil organic carbon and total nitrogen, and plant communities had an obviously impact on soil microbes.
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- Xiaojun Ma
- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730 000, China
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Zhang X, Ma X, Yao T, Zhang G. Diversity of 16S rDNA and environmental factor influncing microorganisms in Malan ice core. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03185770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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