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Sakai Y. Improvements in Extraction Methods of High-molecular-weight DNA from Soils by Modifying Cell Lysis Conditions and Reducing Adsorption of DNA onto Soil Particles. Microbes Environ 2021; 36. [PMID: 34234043 PMCID: PMC8446751 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me21017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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High-molecular-weight DNA (HMW DNA) extracted from soil is useful for examined the functions and diversity of soil organisms, the majority of which are difficult to culture. In the present study, the procedures used to extract HMW DNA from soil samples were improved. The grinding of soil samples with liquid nitrogen followed by a lysozyme treatment at 45°C for 1 h and an incubation with protease and SDS at 50°C for 5 h increased the size and yield of HMW DNA extracted from these samples. In the soil group Andosols, the addition of boiled sonicated salmon DNA was effective for HMW DNA extraction.
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- Yoriko Sakai
- Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
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Cholet F, Ijaz UZ, Smith CJ. Reverse transcriptase enzyme and priming strategy affect quantification and diversity of environmental transcripts. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:2383-2402. [PMID: 32285609 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Reverse-transcriptase-quantitative PCR (RT-Q-PCR) and RT-PCR amplicon sequencing, provide a convenient, target-specific, high-sensitivity approach for gene expression studies and are widely used in environmental microbiology. Yet, the effectiveness and reproducibility of the reverse transcription step has not been evaluated. Therefore, we tested a combination of four commercial reverse transcriptases with two priming techniques to faithfully transcribe 16S rRNA and amoA transcripts from marine sediments. Both enzyme and priming strategy greatly affected quantification of the exact same target with differences of up to 600-fold. Furthermore, the choice of RT system significantly changed the communities recovered. For 16S rRNA, both enzyme and priming had a significant effect with enzyme having a stronger impact than priming. Inversely, for amoA only the change in priming strategy resulted in significant differences between the same samples. Specifically, more OTUs and better coverage of amoA transcripts diversity were obtained with GS priming indicating this approach was better at recovering the diversity of amoA transcripts. Moreover, sequencing of RNA mock communities revealed that, even though transcript α diversities (i.e., OTU counts within a sample) can be biased by the RT, the comparison of β diversities (i.e., differences in OTU counts between samples) is reliable as those biases are reproducible between environments.
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- Fabien Cholet
- Infrastructure and Environment Research Division, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8LT, UK
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- Infrastructure and Environment Research Division, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8LT, UK
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- Infrastructure and Environment Research Division, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8LT, UK
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Yasuda T, Fukumoto Y, Waki M, Matsumoto T, Uenishi H. Effects of thiosulfate addition on ammonia and nitrogen removal in biofilters packed with Oyaishi (pumice tuff). Anim Sci J 2019; 91:e13313. [PMID: 31755175 DOI: 10.1111/asj.13313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ammonia removal is achieved partly by absorption and nitrification in biofilters, resulting in the accumulation of nitrogen and the necessity of treating the effluent water. We investigated the effects of thiosulfate addition to a biofilter containing pumice tuff for ammonia and nitrogen removal in a laboratory-scale experiment. The addition of thiosulfate to the circulating water led to a decreased nitrate and nitrite along with an increase of sulfate. The inorganic nitrogen in the circulating water decreased by up to 44% with thiosulfate addition compared to without thiosulfate. Batch experiments revealed that denitrification activity decreased exponentially along with increases in dissolved oxygen; however, approximately 30% of denitrification activity was maintained at dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.3 mg/L. Metabarcoding of 16S rRNA genes indicated that the genus Thiobacillus had a relative abundance of 0.002%-0.016% of total bacteria in the biofilter packing material. The circulating water pH was decreased below 5 with sulfur oxidation, and ammonium was accumulated without pH control resulting in a decrease in the relative abundance of the family Nitrosomonadaceae. Its relative abundance increased with control of pH to near neutral, indicating that ammonia-oxidizing activity could be maintained by adjusting pH. Thiosulfate addition could stimulate nitrogen removal by sulfur-dependent denitrification in biofiltration systems.
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- Tomoko Yasuda
- Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan
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Hayatsu M, Tago K, Uchiyama I, Toyoda A, Wang Y, Shimomura Y, Okubo T, Kurisu F, Hirono Y, Nonaka K, Akiyama H, Itoh T, Takami H. An acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing γ-proteobacterium from soil. ISME JOURNAL 2017; 11:1130-1141. [PMID: 28072419 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nitrification, the microbial oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite, occurs in a wide range of acidic soils. However, the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) that have been isolated from soil to date are acid-sensitive. Here we report the isolation and characterization of an acid-adapted AOB from an acidic agricultural soil. The isolated AOB, strain TAO100, is classified within the Gammaproteobacteria based on phylogenetic characteristics. TAO100 can grow in the pH range of 5-7.5 and survive in highly acidic conditions until pH 2 by forming cell aggregates. Whereas all known gammaproteobacterial AOB (γ-AOB) species, which have been isolated from marine and saline aquatic environments, are halophiles, TAO100 is not phenotypically halophilic. Thus, TAO100 represents the first soil-originated and non-halophilic γ-AOB. The TAO100 genome is considerably smaller than those of other γ-AOB and lacks several genes associated with salt tolerance which are unnecessary for survival in soil. The ammonia monooxygenase subunit A gene of TAO100 and its transcript are higher in abundance than those of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and betaproteobacterial AOB in the strongly acidic soil. These results indicate that TAO100 plays an important role in the nitrification of acidic soils. Based on these results, we propose TAO100 as a novel species of a new genus, Candidatus Nitrosoglobus terrae.
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- Masahito Hayatsu
- Institute of Agro-Environmental Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Center for Information Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Research Center for Water Environment Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, NARO, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology,Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Yokohama Institute, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Uchida Y, Wang Y, Akiyama H, Nakajima Y, Hayatsu M. Expression of denitrification genes in response to a waterlogging event in a Fluvisol and its relationship with large nitrous oxide pulses. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 88:407-23. [PMID: 24592962 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The contributions of large N2 O pulses following waterlogging to the annual cumulative N2 O productions were significant in a Fluvisol. To uncover the mechanisms underlying these large N2 O pulses, a Fluvisol sampled from an agricultural field in Japan was subjected to waterlogging during incubation. Larger N2 O emissions were observed in intact soil cores when compared to emissions from sieved soils, indicating the importance of soil properties. The most important factor controlling the magnitude of the N2 O pulses after waterlogging was the soil moisture prior to waterlogging. The major pathway for N2 O production was denitrification. Quantitative PCR and quantitative RT-PCR analyses showed that the denitrification genes (nirS, nirK, and nosZ) correlated with N2 O emissions at the mRNA level but not at the DNA level. The change in denitrification gene mRNA levels was more prominent in the 0- to 1-cm soil compared with the 1- to 3-cm soil. Water-soluble and hot-water-soluble carbon contents also showed the highest amount in the 0- to 1-cm soil. These indicate that there was a strong variation in soil microbial properties over very small changes in soil depth, and this variation is important in determining the magnitude of N2 O emissions.
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- Yoshitaka Uchida
- Task Force for Innovation in Life, Resources and Environment Sciences, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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