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Sorokin DY, Tikhonova TV, Koch H, van den Berg EM, Hinderks RS, Pabst M, Dergousova NI, Soloveva AY, Kuenen GJ, Popov VO, van Loosdrecht MCM, Lücker S. Trichlorobacter ammonificans, a dedicated acetate-dependent ammonifier with a novel module for dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia. THE ISME JOURNAL 2023; 17:1639-1648. [PMID: 37443340 PMCID: PMC10504241 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01473-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia (DNRA) is a common biochemical process in the nitrogen cycle in natural and man-made habitats, but its significance in wastewater treatment plants is not well understood. Several ammonifying Trichlorobacter strains (former Geobacter) were previously enriched from activated sludge in nitrate-limited chemostats with acetate as electron (e) donor, demonstrating their presence in these systems. Here, we isolated and characterized the new species Trichlorobacter ammonificans strain G1 using a combination of low redox potential and copper-depleted conditions. This allowed purification of this DNRA organism from competing denitrifiers. T. ammonificans is an extremely specialized ammonifier, actively growing only with acetate as e-donor and carbon source and nitrate as e-acceptor, but H2 can be used as an additional e-donor. The genome of G1 does not encode the classical ammonifying modules NrfAH/NrfABCD. Instead, we identified a locus encoding a periplasmic nitrate reductase immediately followed by an octaheme cytochrome c that is conserved in many Geobacteraceae species. We purified this octaheme cytochrome c protein (TaNiR), which is a highly active dissimilatory ammonifying nitrite reductase loosely associated with the cytoplasmic membrane. It presumably interacts with two ferredoxin subunits (NapGH) that donate electrons from the menaquinol pool to the periplasmic nitrate reductase (NapAB) and TaNiR. Thus, the Nap-TaNiR complex represents a novel type of highly functional DNRA module. Our results indicate that DNRA catalyzed by octaheme nitrite reductases is a metabolic feature of many Geobacteraceae, representing important community members in various anaerobic systems, such as rice paddy soil and wastewater treatment facilities.
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- Dimitry Y Sorokin
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Gupta S, Plugge CM, Klok JBM, Muyzer G. Comparative analysis of microbial communities from different full-scale haloalkaline biodesulfurization systems. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:1759-1776. [PMID: 35147744 PMCID: PMC8882115 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11771-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abstract In biodesulfurization (BD) at haloalkaline and dO2-limited conditions, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) effectively convert sulfide into elemental sulfur that can be used in agriculture as a fertilizer and fungicide. Here we show which bacteria are present in this biotechnological process. 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of biomass from ten reactors sampled in 2018 indicated the presence of 444 bacterial Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs). A core microbiome represented by 30 ASVs was found in all ten reactors, with Thioalkalivibrio sulfidiphilus as the most dominant species. The majority of these ASVs are phylogenetically related to bacteria previously identified in haloalkaline BD processes and in natural haloalkaline ecosystems. The source and composition of the feed gas had a great impact on the microbial community composition followed by alkalinity, sulfate, and thiosulfate concentrations. The halophilic SOB of the genus Guyparkeria (formerly known as Halothiobacillus) and heterotrophic SOB of the genus Halomonas were identified as potential indicator organisms of sulfate and thiosulfate accumulation in the BD process. Key points • Biodesulfurization (BD) reactors share a core microbiome • The source and composition of the feed gas affects the microbial composition in the BD reactors • Guyparkeria and Halomonas indicate high concentrations of sulfate and thiosulfate in the BD process Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00253-022-11771-y.
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- Suyash Gupta
- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.,Microbial Systems Ecology, Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.,Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.,Paqell B.V, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Microbial Systems Ecology, Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hsu HC, Chen JS, Nagarajan V, Hussain B, Huang SW, Rathod J, Hsu BM. Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9112315. [PMID: 34835440 PMCID: PMC8622063 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9112315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The microbial communities inhabiting mud volcanoes have received more attention due to their noteworthy impact on the global methane cycle. However, the impact of temporal effects of volcanic eruptions on the microbial community’s diversity and functions remain poorly characterized. This study aimed to underpin the temporal variations in the bacterial community’s diversity and PICRUSt-predicted functional profile changes of mud volcanic sites located in southern Taiwan using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The physicochemical analysis showed that the samples were slightly alkaline and had elevated levels of Na+, Cl−, and SO42−. Comparatively, the major and trace element contents were distinctly higher, and tended to be increased in the long-period samples. Alpha diversity metrics revealed that the bacterial diversity and abundance were lesser in the initial period, but increased over time. Instead, day 96 and 418 samples showed reduced bacterial abundance, which may have been due to the dry spell that occurred before each sampling. The initial-period samples were significantly abundant in haloalkaliphilic marine-inhabiting, hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial genera such as Marinobacter, Halomonas, Marinobacterium, and Oceanimonas. Sulfur-reducing bacteria such as Desulfurispirillum and Desulfofarcimen were found dominant in the mid-period samples, whereas the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina was abundant in the long-period samples. Unfortunately, heavy precipitation encountered during the mid and long periods may have polluted the volcanic site with animal pathogens such as Desulfofarcimen and Erysipelothrix. The functional prediction results showed that lipid biosynthesis and ubiquinol pathways were significantly abundant in the initial days, and the super pathway of glucose and xylose degradation was rich in the long-period samples. The findings of this study highlighted that the temporal effects of a mud volcanic eruption highly influenced the bacterial diversity, abundance, and functional profiles in our study site.
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- Ho-Chuan Hsu
- Department of Medical Imaging, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei City 112, Taiwan;
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- Department of Medical Research, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung City 824, Taiwan;
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County 621, Taiwan; (V.N.); (B.H.)
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County 621, Taiwan; (V.N.); (B.H.)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County 621, Taiwan
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- Center for environmental Toxin and Emerging Contaminant Research, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung City 824, Taiwan;
- Super Micro Research and Technology Center, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung City 824, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan;
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County 621, Taiwan; (V.N.); (B.H.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-52720411 (ext. 66218)
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Byrd N, Lloyd JR, Small JS, Taylor F, Bagshaw H, Boothman C, Morris K. Microbial Degradation of Citric Acid in Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: Impact on Biomineralization Reactions. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:565855. [PMID: 33995289 PMCID: PMC8114274 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.565855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Organic complexants are present in some radioactive wastes and can challenge waste disposal as they may enhance subsurface mobility of radionuclides and contaminant species via chelation. The principal sources of organic complexing agents in low level radioactive wastes (LLW) originate from chemical decontamination activities. Polycarboxylic organic decontaminants such as citric and oxalic acid are of interest as currently there is a paucity of data on their biodegradation at high pH and under disposal conditions. This work explores the biogeochemical fate of citric acid, a model decontaminant, under high pH anaerobic conditions relevant to disposal of LLW in cementitious disposal environments. Anaerobic microcosm experiments were set up, using a high pH adapted microbial inoculum from a well characterized environmental site, to explore biodegradation of citrate under representative repository conditions. Experiments were initiated at three different pH values (10, 11, and 12) and citrate was supplied as the electron donor and carbon source, under fermentative, nitrate-, Fe(III)- and sulfate- reducing conditions. Results showed that citrate was oxidized using nitrate or Fe(III) as the electron acceptor at > pH 11. Citrate was fully degraded and removed from solution in the nitrate reducing system at pH 10 and pH 11. Here, the microcosm pH decreased as protons were generated during citrate oxidation. In the Fe(III)-reducing systems, the citrate removal rate was slower than in the nitrate reducing systems. This was presumably as Fe(III)-reduction consumes fewer moles of citrate than nitrate reduction for the same molar concentrations of electron acceptor. The pH did not change significantly in the Fe(III)-reducing systems. Sulfate reduction only occurred in a single microcosm at pH 10. Here, citrate was fully removed from solution, alongside ingrowth of acetate and formate, likely fermentation products. The acetate and lactate were subsequently used as electron donors during sulfate-reduction and there was an associated decrease in solution pH. Interestingly, in the Fe(III) reducing experiments, Fe(II) ingrowth was observed at pH values recorded up to 11.7. Here, TEM analysis of the resultant solid Fe-phase indicated that nanocrystalline magnetite formed as an end product of Fe(III)-reduction under these extreme conditions. PCR-based high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that bacteria capable of nitrate Fe(III) and sulfate reduction became enriched in the relevant, biologically active systems. In addition, some fermentative organisms were identified in the Fe(III)- and sulfate-reducing systems. The microbial communities present were consistent with expectations based on the geochemical data. These results are important to improve long-term environmental safety case development for cementitious LLW waste disposal.
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- Natalie Byrd
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.,National Nuclear Laboratory, Warrington, United Kingdom
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- Low Level Waste Repository Ltd., Seascale, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Research Centre for Radwaste Disposal and Williamson Research Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Schwarz A, Suárez JI, Aybar M, Nancucheo I, Martínez P, Rittmann BE. A membrane-biofilm system for sulfate conversion to elemental sulfur in mining-influenced waters. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 740:140088. [PMID: 32559542 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A system of two membrane biofilm reactors (MBfRs) was tested for the conversion of sulfate (1.5 g/L) in mining-process water into elemental sulfur (S0) particles. Initially, a H2-based MBfR reduced sulfate to sulfide, and an O2-based MBfR then oxidized sulfide to S0. Later, the two MBfRs were coupled by a recirculation flow. Surface loading, reactor-coupling configuration, and substrate-gas pressure exerted important controls over performance of each MBfR and the coupled system. Continuously recirculating the liquid between the H2-based MBfR and the O2-based MBfR, compared to series operation, avoided the buildup of sulfide and gave overall greater sulfate removal (99% vs 62%) and production of S0 (61% vs 54%). The trade-off was that recirculation coupling demanded greater delivery of H2 and O2 (in air) due to the establishment of a sulfur cycle catalyzed by Sulfurospirillum spp., which had an average abundance of 46% in the H2-based MBfR fibers and 62% in the O2-based MBfR fibers at the end of the experiments. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (Desulfovibrio and Desulfomicrobium) and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (Thiofaba, Thiomonas, Acidithiobacillus and Sulfuricurvum) averaged only 22% and 11% in the H2-based MBfR and O2-based MBfR fibers, respectively. Evidence suggests that the undesired Sulfurospirillum species, which reduce S0 to sulfide, can be suppressed by increasing sulfate-surface loading and H2 pressure.
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- Alex Schwarz
- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Concepción, P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción 4070386, Chile.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Concepción, P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción 4070386, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Concepción, P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción 4070386, Chile
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad San Sebastián, Lientur 1457, Concepción 4080871, Chile
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- Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 875701, Tempe, AZ 85287-5701, United States of America
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Sorokin DY, Yakimov M, Messina E, Merkel AY, Bale NJ, Sinninghe Damsté JS. Natronolimnobius sulfurireducens sp. nov. and Halalkaliarchaeum desulfuricum gen. nov., sp. nov., the first sulfur-respiring alkaliphilic haloarchaea from hypersaline alkaline lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2662-2673. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Dimitry Y. Sorokin
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biotechnology, TU Delft, CD Delft, The Netherlands
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- IAMC-CNR, Spianata S.Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Utrecht University, PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Utrecht University, PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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Kiragosyan K, Klok JB, Keesman KJ, Roman P, Janssen AJ. Development and validation of a physiologically based kinetic model for starting up and operation of the biological gas desulfurization process under haloalkaline conditions. WATER RESEARCH X 2019; 4:100035. [PMID: 31334497 PMCID: PMC6614595 DOI: 10.1016/j.wroa.2019.100035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic and corrosive gas that must be removed from gaseous hydrocarbon streams prior to combustion. This paper describes a gas biodesulfurization process where sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) facilitate sulfide conversion to both sulfur and sulfate. In order to optimize the formation of sulfur, it is crucial to understand the relations between the SOB microbial composition, kinetics of biological and abiotic sulfide oxidation and the effects on the biodesulfurization process efficiency. Hence, a physiologically based kinetic model was developed for four different inocula. The resulting model can be used as a tool to evaluate biodesulfurization process performance. The model relies on a ratio of two key enzymes involved in the sulfide oxidation process, i.e., flavocytochrome c and sulfide-quinone oxidoreductase (FCC and SQR). The model was calibrated by measuring biological sulfide oxidation rates for different inocula obtained from four full-scale biodesulfurization installations fed with gases from various industries. Experimentally obtained biological sulfide oxidation rates showed dissimilarities between the tested biomasses which could be explained by assuming distinctions in the key-enzyme ratios. Hence, we introduce a new model parameter α to whereby α describes the ratio between the relative expression levels of FCC and SQR enzymes. Our experiments show that sulfur production is the highest at low α values.
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- Karine Kiragosyan
- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 17, 6700, AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands
- Corresponding author. Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 17, 6700, AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands
- Paqell B.V., Reactorweg 301, 3542, AD, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
- Biobased Chemistry & Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 17, 6700, AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911, MA, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
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- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 17, 6700, AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands
- Shell, Oostduinlaan 2, 2596, M the Hague, the Netherlands
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Uhrynowski W, Debiec K, Sklodowska A, Drewniak L. The role of dissimilatory arsenate reducing bacteria in the biogeochemical cycle of arsenic based on the physiological and functional analysis of Aeromonas sp. O23A. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 598:680-689. [PMID: 28454040 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Dissimilatory arsenate reducing bacteria (DARB) are known to contribute to the mobilization of arsenic and other elements from minerals. Despite this, metabolic capabilities of only a few DARB strains have been thoroughly investigated so far, and the influence of these bacteria on the bioavailability of arsenic in the environment is still a topic for discussion. In this study, Aeromonas sp. O23A, one of the dominant DARB strains found in the Zloty Stok mine (SW Poland), was subjected to a detailed physiological and functional analysis aimed to identify the actual environmental impact of this strain. Physiological analyses revealed that O23A is a facultative anaerobe, capable of utilizing arsenate as a respiratory substrate and acetate, citrate and lactate as electron donors. Arsenate reduction was observed within the first 24h of culturing. The strain shows high resistance to arsenic and several other heavy metals (i.a. Cu, Fe, Ni and Zn) as well tolerance to a broad range of physico-chemical conditions. Metabolic preferences of O23A were thoroughly investigated using Biolog™ MicroArray assay. The strain was found to produce hydroxamate siderophores, potentially involved in the mobilization of iron and co-occurring heavy metals from minerals. On the other hand, O23A showed high adherence abilities, and its involvement in biofilm formation may lead to the entrapment of dissolved arsenic species and other toxic ions. The results shed light on the importance of arsenic respiration and resistance in the overall metabolism of Aeromonas sp. O23A and confirmed its key role in the biogeochemical cycle of arsenic, also in the context of self-purification of heavy-metal-contaminated waters.
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- Witold Uhrynowski
- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland.
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Zhou J, Zhou X, Li Y, Xing J. Bacterial communities in haloalkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bioreactors under different electron donors revealed by 16S rRNA MiSeq sequencing. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2015; 295:176-184. [PMID: 25897699 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Biological technology used to treat flue gas is useful to replace conventional treatment, but there is sulfide inhibition. However, no sulfide toxicity effect was observed in haloalkaliphilic bioreactors. The performance of the ethanol-fed bioreactor was better than that of lactate-, glucose-, and formate-fed bioreactor, respectively. To support this result strongly, Illumina MiSeq paired-end sequencing of 16S rRNA gene was applied to investigate the bacterial communities. A total of 389,971 effective sequences were obtained and all of them were assigned to 10,220 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) at a 97% similarity. Bacterial communities in the glucose-fed bioreactor showed the greatest richness and evenness. The highest relative abundance of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) was found in the ethanol-fed bioreactor, which can explain why the performance of the ethanol-fed bioreactor was the best. Different types of SRB, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, and sulfur-reducing bacteria were detected, indicating that sulfur may be cycled among these microorganisms. Because high-throughput 16S rRNA gene paired-end sequencing has improved resolution of bacterial community analysis, many rare microorganisms were detected, such as Halanaerobium, Halothiobacillus, Desulfonatronum, Syntrophobacter, and Fusibacter. 16S rRNA gene sequencing of these bacteria would provide more functional and phylogenetic information about the bacterial communities.
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- Jiemin Zhou
- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 353, Beijing 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- 101 Institute, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Beijing 100070, PR China
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- 101 Institute, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Beijing 100070, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 353, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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Andrei AŞ, Robeson MS, Baricz A, Coman C, Muntean V, Ionescu A, Etiope G, Alexe M, Sicora CI, Podar M, Banciu HL. Contrasting taxonomic stratification of microbial communities in two hypersaline meromictic lakes. ISME JOURNAL 2015; 9:2642-56. [PMID: 25932617 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hypersaline meromictic lakes are extreme environments in which water stratification is associated with powerful physicochemical gradients and high salt concentrations. Furthermore, their physical stability coupled with vertical water column partitioning makes them important research model systems in microbial niche differentiation and biogeochemical cycling. Here, we compare the prokaryotic assemblages from Ursu and Fara Fund hypersaline meromictic lakes (Transylvanian Basin, Romania) in relation to their limnological factors and infer their role in elemental cycling by matching taxa to known taxon-specific biogeochemical functions. To assess the composition and structure of prokaryotic communities and the environmental factors that structure them, deep-coverage small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA (rDNA) amplicon sequencing, community domain-specific quantitative PCR and physicochemical analyses were performed on samples collected along depth profiles. The analyses showed that the lakes harbored multiple and diverse prokaryotic communities whose distribution mirrored the water stratification patterns. Ursu Lake was found to be dominated by Bacteria and to have a greater prokaryotic diversity than Fara Fund Lake that harbored an increased cell density and was populated mostly by Archaea within oxic strata. In spite of their contrasting diversity, the microbial populations indigenous to each lake pointed to similar physiological functions within carbon degradation and sulfate reduction. Furthermore, the taxonomy results coupled with methane detection and its stable C isotope composition indicated the presence of a yet-undescribed methanogenic group in the lakes' hypersaline monimolimnion. In addition, ultrasmall uncultivated archaeal lineages were detected in the chemocline of Fara Fund Lake, where the recently proposed Nanohaloarchaeota phylum was found to thrive.
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- Adrian-Ştefan Andrei
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Sciences, Molecular Biology Center, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.,Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences (NIRDBS), Institute of Biological Research, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences (NIRDBS), Institute of Biological Research, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Geography, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.,Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Sciences, Molecular Biology Center, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Sorokin DY, Berben T, Melton ED, Overmars L, Vavourakis CD, Muyzer G. Microbial diversity and biogeochemical cycling in soda lakes. Extremophiles 2014; 18:791-809. [PMID: 25156418 PMCID: PMC4158274 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-014-0670-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Soda lakes contain high concentrations of sodium carbonates resulting in a stable elevated pH, which provide a unique habitat to a rich diversity of haloalkaliphilic bacteria and archaea. Both cultivation-dependent and -independent methods have aided the identification of key processes and genes in the microbially mediated carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur biogeochemical cycles in soda lakes. In order to survive in this extreme environment, haloalkaliphiles have developed various bioenergetic and structural adaptations to maintain pH homeostasis and intracellular osmotic pressure. The cultivation of a handful of strains has led to the isolation of a number of extremozymes, which allow the cell to perform enzymatic reactions at these extreme conditions. These enzymes potentially contribute to biotechnological applications. In addition, microbial species active in the sulfur cycle can be used for sulfur remediation purposes. Future research should combine both innovative culture methods and state-of-the-art 'meta-omic' techniques to gain a comprehensive understanding of the microbes that flourish in these extreme environments and the processes they mediate. Coupling the biogeochemical C, N, and S cycles and identifying where each process takes place on a spatial and temporal scale could unravel the interspecies relationships and thereby reveal more about the ecosystem dynamics of these enigmatic extreme environments.
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- Dimitry Y. Sorokin
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, RAS, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Draft Genome Sequence of the Arsenate-Respiring Bacterium Chrysiogenes arsenatis Strain DSM 11915. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2013; 1:1/6/e00953-13. [PMID: 24233593 PMCID: PMC3828317 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00953-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Here we present the draft genome sequence of Chrysiogenes arsenatis strain DSM 11915, only the second genome sequence from the phylum Chrysiogenetes. This strictly anaerobic organism was isolated from arsenic-contaminated gold mine wastewater and respires arsenate or nitrate instead of oxygen. The assembly contains 2,824,977 bp in 22 scaffolds.
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Isolation and characterization of two novel alkalitolerant sulfidogens from a Thiopaq bioreactor, Desulfonatronum alkalitolerans sp. nov., and Sulfurospirillum alkalitolerans sp. nov. Extremophiles 2013; 17:535-43. [PMID: 23564266 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0538-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Two obligately anaerobic sulfidogenic bacterial strains were isolated from the full-scale Thiopaq bioreactor in Lelystad (The Netherlands) removing H2S from biogas under oxygen-limiting and moderately haloalkaline conditions. Strain HSRB-L represents a dominant culturable sulfate-reducing bacterium in the reactor. It utilizes formate, H2 (with acetate as C-source) and lactate as e-donors, and sulfate, thiosulfate and sulfite as e-acceptors. It is haloalkalitolerant, with a pH range for lithotrophic growth from 7.5 to 9.7 (optimum at 8.5-9) and a salt range from 0.1 to 1.75 M total Na(+) (optimum at 0.6 M). The strain is a member of the genus Desulfonatronum and is proposed as a novel species D. alkalitolerans. The second strain, strain HTRB-L1, represents a dominant thiosulfate/sulfur reducer in the reactor. It is an obligate anaerobe utilizing formate and H2 (with acetate as C-source), lactate, pyruvate and fumarate as e-donors, and thiosulfate (incomplete reduction), sulfur, arsenate and fumarate as e-acceptors. With lactate as e-donor it also grows as an ammonifyer in the presence of nitrate and nitrite. HTRB-L1 is haloalkalitolerant, with a pH range for lithotrophic growth from 7.1 to 9.7 (optimum at 8.5) and a salt range from 0.6 to 1.5 M total Na(+) (optimum at 0.6 M). Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain HTRB-L1 is a novel species within the genus Sulfurospirillum (Epsilonproteobacteria) for which a name Sulfurospirillum alkalitolerans is proposed.
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Dissimilatory sulfate and sulfur reduction evolved billions of years ago and while the bacteria and archaea that use this unique metabolism employ a variety of electron donors, H(2) is most commonly used as the energy source. These prokaryotes use multiheme c-type proteins to shuttle electrons from electron donors, and electron transport complexes presumed to contain b-type hemoproteins contribute to proton charging of the membrane. Numerous sulfate and sulfur reducers use an alternate pathway for heme synthesis and, frequently, uniquely specific axial ligands are used to secure c-type heme to the protein. This review presents some of the types and functional activities of hemoproteins involved in these two dissimilatory reduction pathways.
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Bini E, Rauschenbach I, Narasingarao P, Starovoytov V, Hauser L, Jeffries CD, Land M, Bruce D, Detter C, Goodwin L, Han S, Held B, Tapia R, Copeland A, Ivanova N, Mikhailova N, Nolan M, Pati A, Pennacchio L, Pitluck S, Woyke T, Häggblom M. Complete genome sequence of Desulfurispirillum indicum strain S5(T). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:371-8. [PMID: 22675586 PMCID: PMC3368425 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.2425302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Desulfurispirillum indicum strain S5(T) is a strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from river sediment in Chennai, India. D. indicum belongs to the deep branching phylum of Chrysiogenetes, which currently only includes three other cultured species. Strain S5(T) is the type strain of the species and it is capable of growth using selenate, selenite, arsenate, nitrate or nitrite as terminal electron acceptors. The 2,928,377 bp genome encodes 2,619 proteins and 49 RNA genes, and the information gained from its sequence will be relevant to the elucidation of microbially-mediated transformations of arsenic and selenium, in addition to deepening our knowledge of the underrepresented phylum of Chrysiogenetes.
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- Elisabetta Bini
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Corresponding author: Elisabetta Bini,
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Current address: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, USA
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Sorokin DY, Muntyan MS, Panteleeva AN, Muyzer G. Thioalkalivibrio sulfidiphilus sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic, sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium from alkaline habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 62:1884-1889. [PMID: 21984678 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.034504-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A moderately salt-tolerant and obligately alkaliphilic, chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, strain HL-EbGr7(T), was isolated from a full-scale bioreactor removing H(2)S from biogas under oxygen-limited conditions. Another strain, ALJ17, closely related to HL-EbGr7(T), was isolated from a Kenyan soda lake. Cells of the isolates were relatively long, slender rods, motile by a polar flagellum. Although both strains were obligately aerobic, micro-oxic conditions were preferred, especially at the beginning of growth. Chemolithoautotrophic growth was observed with sulfide and thiosulfate in a pH range of 8.0-10.5 (optimum at pH 10.0) and a salinity range of 0.2-1.5 M total Na(+) (optimum at 0.4 M). The genome sequence of strain HL-EbGr7(T) demonstrated the presence of genes encoding the reverse Dsr pathway and a truncated Sox pathway for sulfur oxidation and enzymes of the Calvin-Benson cycle of autotrophic CO(2) assimilation with ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) type I. The dominant cellular fatty acids were C(18:1)ω7, C(16:0) and C(19:0) cyclo. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the two strains belonged to a single phylotype within the genus Thioalkalivibrio in the Gammaproteobacteria. Despite being related most closely to Thioalkalivibrio denitrificans, the isolates were unable to grow by denitrification. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic analysis, the novel isolates are proposed to represent a novel species, Thioalkalivibrio sulfidiphilus sp. nov., with the type strain HL-EbGr7(T) ( = NCCB 100376(T) = UNIQEM U246(T)).
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- Dimitry Y Sorokin
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-let Oktyabrya 7/2, 117811 Moscow, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Vorob'evy Gory, 119992 Moscow, Russia
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- Bioengineering Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-let Oktyabrya 7/1, 117811 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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Rauschenbach I, Yee N, Häggblom MM, Bini E. Energy metabolism and multiple respiratory pathways revealed by genome sequencing ofDesulfurispirillum indicumstrain S5. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:1611-21. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02473.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sorokin DY, Kuenen JG, Muyzer G. The microbial sulfur cycle at extremely haloalkaline conditions of soda lakes. Front Microbiol 2011; 2:44. [PMID: 21747784 PMCID: PMC3128939 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2011] [Accepted: 02/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Soda lakes represent a unique ecosystem with extremely high pH (up to 11) and salinity (up to saturation) due to the presence of high concentrations of sodium carbonate in brines. Despite these double extreme conditions, most of the lakes are highly productive and contain a fully functional microbial system. The microbial sulfur cycle is among the most active in soda lakes. One of the explanations for that is high-energy efficiency of dissimilatory conversions of inorganic sulfur compounds, both oxidative and reductive, sufficient to cope with costly life at double extreme conditions. The oxidative part of the sulfur cycle is driven by chemolithoautotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB), which are unique for soda lakes. The haloalkaliphilic SOB are present in the surface sediment layer of various soda lakes at high numbers of up to 10(6) viable cells/cm(3). The culturable forms are so far represented by four novel genera within the Gammaproteobacteria, including the genera Thioalkalivibrio, Thioalkalimicrobium, Thioalkalispira, and Thioalkalibacter. The latter two were only found occasionally and each includes a single species, while the former two are widely distributed in various soda lakes over the world. The genus Thioalkalivibrio is the most physiologically diverse and covers the whole spectrum of salt/pH conditions present in soda lakes. Most importantly, the dominant subgroup of this genus is able to grow in saturated soda brines containing 4 M total Na(+) - a so far unique property for any known aerobic chemolithoautotroph. Furthermore, some species can use thiocyanate as a sole energy source and three out of nine species can grow anaerobically with nitrogen oxides as electron acceptor. The reductive part of the sulfur cycle is active in the anoxic layers of the sediments of soda lakes. The in situ measurements of sulfate reduction rates and laboratory experiments with sediment slurries using sulfate, thiosulfate, or elemental sulfur as electron acceptors demonstrated relatively high sulfate reduction rates only hampered by salt-saturated conditions. However, the highest rates of sulfidogenesis were observed not with sulfate, but with elemental sulfur followed by thiosulfate. Formate, but not hydrogen, was the most efficient electron donor with all three sulfur electron acceptors, while acetate was only utilized as an electron donor under sulfur-reducing conditions. The native sulfidogenic populations of soda lakes showed a typical obligately alkaliphilic pH response, which corresponded well to the in situ pH conditions. Microbiological analysis indicated a domination of three groups of haloalkaliphilic autotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria belonging to the order Desulfovibrionales (genera Desulfonatronovibrio, Desulfonatronum, and Desulfonatronospira) with a clear tendency to grow by thiosulfate disproportionation in the absence of external electron donor even at salt-saturating conditions. Few novel representatives of the order Desulfobacterales capable of heterotrophic growth with volatile fatty acids and alcohols at high pH and moderate salinity have also been found, while acetate oxidation was a function of a specialized group of haloalkaliphilic sulfur-reducing bacteria, which belong to the phylum Chrysiogenetes.
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- Dimitry Y Sorokin
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, Russia
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Rauschenbach I, Narasingarao P, Häggblom MM. Desulfurispirillum indicum sp. nov., a selenate- and selenite-respiring bacterium isolated from an estuarine canal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:654-658. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.022392-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Strain S5T, a novel bacterium that was isolated for its capability to respire selenate to elemental selenium, is described. In addition to selenate respiration, it was also capable of dissimilatory selenite, arsenate and nitrate reduction with short-chain organic acids such as pyruvate, lactate and acetate as the carbon sources and electron donors. The isolate was unable to grow fermentatively. Strain S5T was isolated from sediment of an estuarine canal in Chennai, India. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene of this novel isolate revealed that it belonged to the family Chrysiogenaceae with sequence similarities of 92 and 98 %, respectively, with the type strains of Chrysiogenes arsenatis and Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum, its closest known relatives. Strain S5T and D. alkaliphilum were closely related in terms of their 16S rRNA gene phylogeny; however, they varied greatly in their genomic DNA G+C content (56 mol% versus 45 mol%) and cellular fatty acid compositions, as well as in many metabolic capabilities. Strain S5T represents a novel species for which the name Desulfurispirillum indicum sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is S5T (=DSM 22839T =ATCC BAA-1389T).
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- Ines Rauschenbach
- Rutgers University, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, 76 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, 76 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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Sorokin DY, Rusanov II, Pimenov NV, Tourova TP, Abbas B, Muyzer G. Sulfidogenesis under extremely haloalkaline conditions in soda lakes of Kulunda Steppe (Altai, Russia). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2010; 73:278-90. [PMID: 20500526 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00901.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Sulfidogenic activity (SA) in anoxic sediments of several soda lakes with variable salinity in south Kulunda Steppe (Altai, Russia) has been investigated. The study included in situ measurements of sulfate reduction rates and laboratory experiments with sediment slurries in which sulfate, thiosulfate or elemental sulfur were used as electron acceptors. Despite the extreme conditions (high salt concentrations and high pH), the SA values were relatively high (ranging from 0.02 to 1.20 micromol HS(-) cm(-3) h(-1)), and only hampered under salt-saturated conditions. The highest SA was observed with elemental sulfur, followed by thiosulfate, while the lowest SA was determined in the presence of sulfate. Of all the electron donors tested, the addition of formate resulted in the highest SA with all three sulfur electron acceptors. Surprisingly, hydrogen as an electron donor had very little effect. Acetate was utilized as an electron donor only under sulfur-reducing conditions. Indigenous populations of sulfidogens in soda lake sediments showed an obligately alkaliphilic pH response of SA, showing a pattern that corresponded well to the in situ pH conditions. Sulfate reduction was much more susceptible to salt inhibition than thiosulfate and sulfur reduction. Microbiological investigations indicated that sulfate-reducing bacteria belonging to the orders Desulfovibrionales and Desulfobacterales could very likely be responsible for the SA with sulfate and thiosulfate as electron acceptors at moderate salt concentrations. Sulfur reduction at moderate salinity was carried out by a specialized group of haloalkaliphilic sulfur-reducing bacteria that utilize volatile fatty acids. In saturated soda brine, extremely natronophilic representatives of the order Halanaerobiales were responsible for the sulfur-dependent respiration.
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- Dimitry Y Sorokin
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Desulfurispira natronophila gen. nov. sp. nov.: an obligately anaerobic dissimilatory sulfur-reducing bacterium from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2010; 14:349-55. [PMID: 20407798 PMCID: PMC2898105 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0314-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2010] [Accepted: 04/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Anaerobic enrichment cultures with elemental sulfur as electron acceptor and either acetate or propionate as electron donor and carbon source at pH 10 and moderate salinity inoculated with sediments from soda lakes in Kulunda Steppe (Altai, Russia) resulted in the isolation of two novel members of the bacterial phylum Chrysiogenetes. The isolates, AHT11 and AHT19, represent the first specialized obligate anaerobic dissimilatory sulfur respirers from soda lakes. They use either elemental sulfur/polysulfide or arsenate as electron acceptor and a few simple organic compounds as electron donor and carbon source. Elemental sulfur is reduced to sulfide through intermediate polysulfide, while arsenate is reduced to arsenite. The bacteria belong to the obligate haloalkaliphiles, with a pH growth optimum from 10 to 10.2 and a salt range from 0.2 to 3.0 M Na(+) (optimum 0.4-0.6 M). According to the phylogenetic analysis, the two strains were close to each other, but distinct from the nearest relative, the haloalkaliphilic sulfur-reducing bacterium Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum, which was isolated from a bioreactor. On the basis of distinct phenotype and phylogeny, the soda lake isolates are proposed as a new genus and species, Desulfurispira natronophila (type strain AHT11(T) = DSM22071(T) = UNIQEM U758(T)).
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- D Y Sorokin
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-let Octyabrya 7/2, Moscow, 117811, Russia.
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Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Haloalkaliphilic spore-forming sulfidogens from soda lake sediments and description of Desulfitispora alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov. Extremophiles 2010; 14:313-20. [PMID: 20364356 PMCID: PMC2858807 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0310-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Accepted: 03/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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An anaerobic enrichment with pyruvate as electron donor and thiosulfate at pH 10 and 0.6 M Na(+) inoculated with pasteurized soda lake sediments resulted in a sulfidogenic coculture of two morphotypes of obligately anaerobic haloalkaliphilic endospore-forming clostridia, which were further isolated in pure culture. Strain AHT16 was a thin long rod able to ferment sugars and pyruvate and to respire H(2), formate and pyruvate using thiosulfate and fumarate as electron acceptors and growing optimally at pH 9.5. Thiosulfate was reduced incompletely to sulfide and sulfite. The strain was closely related (99% sequence similarity) to a peptolytic alkaliphilic clostridium Natronincola peptidovorans. Strain AHT17 was a short rod with a restricted respiratory metabolism, growing with pyruvate and lactate as electron donor and sulfite, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur as electron acceptors with a pH optimum 9.5. Thiosulfate was reduced completely via sulfite to sulfide. The ability of AHT17 to use sulfite explained the stability of the original coculture of the two clostridia-one member forming sulfite from thiosulfate and another consuming it. Strain AHT17 formed an independent deep phylogenetic lineage within the Clostridiales and is proposed as a new genus and species Desulfitisporum alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov. (=DSM 22410(T) = UNIQEM U794(T)).
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- Dimitry Y Sorokin
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-let Octyabrya 7/2, 117811, Moscow, Russia.
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List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.021204-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The purpose of this announcement is to effect the valid publication of the following effectively published new names and new combinations under the procedure described in the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Authors and other individuals wishing to have new names and/or combinations included in future lists should send three copies of the pertinent reprint or photocopies thereof, or an electronic copy of the published paper, to the IJSEM Editorial Office for confirmation that all of the other requirements for valid publication have been met. It is also a requirement of IJSEM and the ICSP that authors of new species, new subspecies and new combinations provide evidence that types are deposited in two recognized culture collections in two different countries. It should be noted that the date of valid publication of these new names and combinations is the date of publication of this list, not the date of the original publication of the names and combinations. The authors of the new names and combinations are as given below, and these authors' names will be included in the author index of the present issue. Inclusion of a name on these lists validates the publication of the name and thereby makes it available in bacteriological nomenclature. The inclusion of a name on this list is not to be construed as taxonomic acceptance of the taxon to which the name is applied. Indeed, some of these names may, in time, be shown to be synonyms, or the organisms may be transferred to another genus, thus necessitating the creation of a new combination.
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Janssen AJH, Lens PNL, Stams AJM, Plugge CM, Sorokin DY, Muyzer G, Dijkman H, Van Zessen E, Luimes P, Buisman CJN. Application of bacteria involved in the biological sulfur cycle for paper mill effluent purification. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2009; 407:1333-43. [PMID: 19027933 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2008] [Revised: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/19/2008] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In anaerobic wastewater treatment, the occurrence of biological sulfate reduction results in the formation of unwanted hydrogen sulfide, which is odorous, corrosive and toxic. In this paper, the role and application of bacteria in anaerobic and aerobic sulfur transformations are described and exemplified for the treatment of a paper mill wastewater. The sulfate containing wastewater first passes an anaerobic UASB reactor for bulk COD removal which is accompanied by the formation of biogas and hydrogen sulfide. In an aeration pond, the residual CODorganic and the formed dissolved hydrogen sulfide are removed. The biogas, consisting of CH4 (80-90 vol.%), CO2 (10-20 vol.%) and H2S (0.8-1.2 vol.%), is desulfurised prior to its combustion in a power generator thereby using a new biological process for H2S removal. This process will be described in more detail in this paper. Biomass from the anaerobic bioreactor has a compact granular structure and contains a diverse microbial community. Therefore, other anaerobic bioreactors throughout the world are inoculated with biomass from this UASB reactor. The sludge was also successfully used in investigation on sulfate reduction with carbon monoxide as the electron donor and the conversion of methanethiol. This shows the biotechnological potential of this complex reactor biomass.
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Affiliation(s)
- Albert J H Janssen
- Sub-department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2008; 12:431-9. [PMID: 18317684 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0148-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Anaerobic enrichments with H2 as electron donor and thiosulfate/polysulfide as electron acceptor at pH 10 and 0.6 M total Na+ yielded two non sulfate-reducing representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lake sediments. Strain AHT 1 was isolated with thiosulfate as the electron acceptor from north-eastern Mongolian soda lakes and strain AHT 2-with polysulfide as the electron acceptor from Wadi al Natrun lakes in Egypt. Both isolates represented new phylogenetic lineages: AHT 1-within Clostridiales and AHT 2-within the Deltaproteobacteria. Both bacteria are obligate anaerobes with respiratory metabolism. Both grew chemolithoautotrophically with H2 as the electron donor and can use thiosulfate, elemental sulfur and polysulfide as the electron acceptors. AHT 2 also used nitrate as acceptor, reducing it to ammonia. During thiosulfate reduction, AHT 1 excreted sulfite. dsrAB gene was not found in either strain. Both strains were moderate salt-tolerant (grow up to 2 M total Na+) true alkaliphiles (grow between pH 8.5 and 10.3). On the basis of the phenotypic and phylogenetic data, strains AHT 1 and AHT 2 are proposed as new genera and species Dethiobacter alkaliphilus and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus, respectively.
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