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Fifty complete Bacillus genome sequences and associated plasmids were compared using the “feature frequency profile” (FFP) method. The resulting whole-genome phylogeny supports the placement of three Bacillus species (B. thuringiensis, B. anthracis and B. cereus) as a single clade. The monophyletic status of B. anthracis was strongly supported by the analysis. FFP proved to be more effective in inferring the phylogeny of Bacillus than methods based on single gene sequences [16s rRNA gene, GryB (gyrase subunit B) and AroE (shikimate-5-dehydrogenase)] analyses. The findings of FFP analysis were verified using kSNP v2 (alignment-free sequence analysis method) and Harvest suite (core genome sequence alignment method).
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Sakai Y, Ogawa N, Shimomura Y, Fujii T. A 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation plasmid pM7012 discloses distribution of an unclassified megaplasmid group across bacterial species. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:525-536. [PMID: 24440834 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.074369-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Analysis of the complete nucleotide sequence of plasmid pM7012 from 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic-acid (2,4-D)-degrading bacterium Burkholderia sp. M701 revealed that the plasmid had 582 142 bp, with 541 putative protein-coding sequences and 39 putative tRNA genes for the transport of the standard 20 aa. pM7012 contains sequences homologous to the regions involved in conjugal transfer and plasmid maintenance found in plasmids byi_2p from Burkholderia sp. YI23 and pBVIE01 from Burkholderia sp. G4. No relaxase gene was found in any of these plasmids, although genes for a type IV secretion system and type IV coupling proteins were identified. Plasmids with no relaxase gene have been classified as non-mobile plasmids. However, nucleotide sequences with a high level of similarity to the genes for plasmid transfer, plasmid maintenance, 2,4-D degradation and arsenic resistance contained on pM7012 were also detected in eight other megaplasmids (~600 or 900 kb) found in seven Burkholderia strains and a strain of Cupriavidus, which were isolated as 2,4-D-degrading bacteria in Japan and the United States. These results suggested that the 2,4-D degradation megaplasmids related to pM7012 are mobile and distributed across various bacterial species worldwide, and that the plasmid group could be distinguished from known mobile plasmid groups.
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- Yoriko Sakai
- Environmental Biofunction Division, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Surugaku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Environmental Biofunction Division, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
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- Environmental Biofunction Division, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
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Characterization of a new rhamnogalacturonan acetyl esterase from Bacillus halodurans C-125 with a new putative carbohydrate binding domain. J Bacteriol 2007; 190:1375-82. [PMID: 18083818 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01104-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BH1115 is a gene from Bacillus halodurans strain C-125 that hypothetically encodes a rhamnogalacturonan acetyl esterase (RGAE) of the CE-12 family. As confirmation, this gene was cloned, and the product was expressed in Escherichia coli strain Rosetta (DE3) cells and purified. The enzyme obtained was monomeric, with a molecular mass of 45 kDa, and exhibited alkaliphilic properties. A study of the inhibition of the activity by some modulators confirmed that the catalytic triad for the esterase activity was Ser-His-Asp. This enzyme also presents broad substrate specificity and is active toward 7-aminocephalosporanic acid, cephalosporin C, p-nitrophenyl acetate, beta-naphthyl acetate, glucose pentaacetate, and acetylated xylan. Moreover, RGAE from B. halodurans achieves a synergistic effect with xylanase A toward acetylated xylan. As a member of the SGNH family, it does not adopt the common alpha/beta hydrolase fold. The homology between the folds of RGAE from Aspergillus aculeatus and the hypothetical YxiM precursor from Bacillus subtilis, which both belong to the SGNH family, illustrates the divergence of such proteins from a common ancestor. Furthermore, the enzyme possesses a putative substrate binding region at the N terminus of the protein which has never been described to date for any RGAE.
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Kageyama Y, Takaki Y, Shimamura S, Nishi S, Nogi Y, Uchimura K, Kobayashi T, Hitomi J, Ozaki K, Kawai S, Ito S, Horikoshi K. Intragenomic diversity of the V1 regions of 16S rRNA genes in high-alkaline protease-producing Bacillus clausii spp. Extremophiles 2007; 11:597-603. [PMID: 17429572 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-007-0074-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 02/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain KSM-K16, which produces high-alkaline M-protease, was characterized phenotypically, biochemically and genetically. This strain was identified as Bacillus clausii based on the results of taxonomic studies, including sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and DNA-DNA hybridization. Seven rRNA operons in the genome were identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Sequencing of cloned 16S rRNA genes revealed two distinct types of variable region V1. Moreover, some cloned 16S rRNA genes in some of the reference strains of B. clausii had a V1 region of yet another type. The B. clausii strains could clearly be divided into at least two subgroups based on the frequencies of the types of cloned V1 sequence. Bacillus sp. strain KSM-K16 was found to be in a different phylogenetic position from other high-alkaline protease-producing strains of B. clausii.
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- Yasushi Kageyama
- Tochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation, 2606 Akabane, Ichikai, Haga, Tochigi 321-3497, Japan.
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Tanaka K, Urbanczyk H, Matsui H, Sawada H, Suzuki K. Construction of physical map and mapping of chromosomal virulence genes of the biovar 3 Agrobacterium (Rhizobium vitis) strain K-Ag-1. Genes Genet Syst 2007; 81:373-80. [PMID: 17283382 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.81.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Most plant pathogenic Agrobacterium strains have been classified into three biovars, "biovar 1 (A. tumefaciens; Rhizobium radiobacter), biovar 2 (A. rhizogenes; R. rhizogenes) and biovar 3 (A. vitis; R. vitis)". The bacteria possess diverse types of genomic organization depending on the biovar. Previous genomic physical maps indicated difference in location of rDNA and chromosomally-coded virulence genes between biovar 1 and 2 genomes. In order to understand biovar 3 genome and its evolution in relation to the biovar 1, 2 and 3 genomes, we constructed physical map of a pathogenic biovar 3 strain K-Ag-1 in this study. Its genome consisted of two circular chromosomes (3.6 and 1.1 Mbp in length), and three plasmids (560, 230 and 70 kbp). Gene mapping based on the physical map showed presence of two rDNA loci in the larger chromosome and at least one rDNA locus in the smaller chromosome. Six chromosomal virulence genes, namely chvA, chvD, chvE, glgP, exoC and ros were found in the larger chromosome and not in the smaller chromosome. The location of rDNA loci is similar with that of biovar 1 genome, whereas the location of chromosomal virulence genes is similar with that of biovar 2 genome despite of the closer 16S-rRNA based phylogenetic relation of biovar 3 with biovar 1 than with biovar 2. Genomic PFGE RFLP analysis revealed that the K-Ag-1 strain, which was isolated on a kiwifruit plant in Japan, has the closest intra-species relation with two strains isolated from grapevine plants in Japan among eight biovar 3 strains examined. This datum suggests that the line of the strain is a major one in biovar 3 in Japan. Evolution of the genome of the strain is discussed based on the data.
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- Katsuyuki Tanaka
- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
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Staats M, van Baarlen P, Schouten A, van Kan JAL, Bakker FT. Positive selection in phytotoxic protein-encoding genes of Botrytis species. Fungal Genet Biol 2006; 44:52-63. [PMID: 16935013 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2006.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2006] [Revised: 07/05/2006] [Accepted: 07/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Evolutionary patterns of sequence divergence were analyzed in genes from the fungal genus Botrytis (Ascomycota), encoding phytotoxic proteins homologous to a necrosis and ethylene-inducing protein from Fusarium oxysporum. Fragments of two paralogous genes (designated NEP1 and NEP2) were amplified from all known Botrytis species and sequenced. NEP1 sequences of two Botrytis species contain premature stop codons, indicating that they may be non-functional. Both paralogs of all species encode proteins with a remarkably similar predicted secondary structure, however, they contain different types of post-translational modification motifs, which are conserved across the genus. While both NEP genes are, overall, under purifying selection, we identified a number of amino acids under positive selection based on inference using maximum likelihood models. Positively selected amino acids in NEP1 were not under selection in corresponding positions in NEP2. The biological significance of positively selected residues and the role of NEP proteins in pathogenesis remain to be resolved.
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- Martijn Staats
- Wageningen University, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Shen S, Mascarenhas M, Morgan R, Rahn K, Karmali MA. Identification of four fimbria-encoding genomic islands that are highly specific for verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O157 strains. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:3840-50. [PMID: 16081921 PMCID: PMC1233952 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.8.3840-3850.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2005] [Revised: 04/29/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli causes zoonotic food- or waterborne infection that may be associated with massive outbreaks and with the serious complication of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Serotypes O157:H7 and O157:NM are more commonly associated with HUS and outbreaks than other serotypes, such as O26:H11. To determine whether a genetic basis exists for why serotype O157:H7/NM causes HUS and outbreaks more often than other serotypes, such as O26:H11, we conducted suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) between the genomes of the sequenced O157:H7 strain EDL933 and CL1, a clinical serotype O26:H11 isolate. Genes from four EDL933 fimbria-encoding genomic O islands (OIs) (OI-1, -47, -141, and -154) were identified in the SSH library. OI-47 encodes several additional putative virulence factors, including secreted and signaling proteins, a hemolysin locus, a lipoprotein, an ABC transport system, and a lipid biosynthesis locus. The distribution of the OIs was investigated by PCR and Southern hybridization (when PCR was negative) with 69 VTEC strains belonging to 39 different serotypes corresponding to 5 seropathotypes that differ in their disease and epidemic potential. The four OIs described here were distributed almost exclusively in serotypes O157:H7 and O157:NM, which indicates that they may be associated with the ability of these strains to colonize human and/or animal intestinal tracts and to cause epidemic and serious disease more frequently than other serotypes. The occurrence of the four OIs in enteropathogenic E. coli O55:H7 strains is consistent with their vertical inheritance by VTEC O157:H7/NM from this clonally related ancestor.
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- Songhai Shen
- Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario N1G 3W4, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario N1G 3W4, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario N1G 3W4, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario N1G 3W4, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario N1G 3W4, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Pemberton CL, Salmond GPC. The Nep1-like proteins-a growing family of microbial elicitors of plant necrosis. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2004; 5:353-9. [PMID: 20565603 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2004.00235.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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SUMMARY A novel family of microbial elicitors of plant necrosis has been identified. Designated Nep1-like proteins (NLPs), after the first family member isolated, they range from 24 to 26 kDa and are found in a variety of taxonomically unrelated micro-organisms. These include several fungi and oomycetes, as well as Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Some NLPs induce a hypersensitive-like response in plants, although the basis for initiation of this response remains unclear. Similarly, the cellular role of such highly conserved proteins is undetermined. It is not clear whether the NLPs are dedicated elicitors of plant defences or whether this induction occurs as a result of another activity.
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- Clare L Pemberton
- Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge University, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
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Takami H, Nishi S, Lu J, Shimamura S, Takaki Y. Genomic characterization of thermophilic Geobacillus species isolated from the deepest sea mud of the Mariana Trench. Extremophiles 2004; 8:351-6. [PMID: 15168170 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0394-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2004] [Accepted: 04/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The thermophilic strains HTA426 and HTA462 isolated from the Mariana Trench were identified as Geobacillus kaustophilus and G. stearothermophilus, respectively, based on physiologic and phylogenetic analyses using 16S rDNA sequences and DNA-DNA relatedness. The genome size of HTA426 and HTA462 was estimated at 3.23-3.49 Mb and 3.7-4.49 Mb, respectively. The nucleotide sequences of three independent lambda-phage inserts of G. stearothermophilus HTA462 have been determined. The organization of protein coding sequences (CDSs) in the two lambda-phage inserts was found to differ from that in the contigs corresponding to each lambda insert assembled by the shotgun clones of the G. kaustophilus HTA426 genome, although the CDS organization in another lambda insert is identical to that in the HTA426 genome.
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- Hideto Takami
- Microbial Genome Research Group, Japan Agency of Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan,
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Ishiyama D, Vujaklija D, Davies J. Novel pathway of salicylate degradation by Streptomyces sp. strain WA46. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:1297-306. [PMID: 15006746 PMCID: PMC368302 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.3.1297-1306.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A novel salicylate-degrading Streptomyces sp., strain WA46, was identified by UV fluorescence on solid minimal medium containing salicylate; trace amounts of gentisate were detected by high-pressure liquid chromatography when strain WA46 was grown with salicylate. PCR amplification of WA46 DNA with degenerate primers for gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (GDO) genes produced an amplicon of the expected size. Sequential PCR with nested GDO primers was then used to identify a salicylate degradation gene cluster in a plasmid library of WA46 chromosomal DNA. The nucleotide sequence of a 13.5-kb insert in recombinant plasmid pWD1 (which was sufficient for the complete degradation of salicylate) showed that nine putative open reading frames (ORFs) (sdgABCDEFGHR) were involved. Plasmid pWD1 derivatives disrupted in each putative gene were transformed into Streptomyces lividans TK64. Disruption of either sdgA or sdgC blocked salicylate degradation; constructs lacking sdgD accumulated gentisate. Cell extracts from Escherichia coli DH5 alpha transformants harboring pUC19 that expressed each of the sdg ORFs showed that conversions of salicylate to salicylyl-coenzyme A (CoA) and salicylyl-CoA to gentisyl-CoA required SdgA and SdgC, respectively. SdgA required CoA and ATP as cofactors, while NADH was required for SdgC activity; SdgC was identified as salicylyl-CoA 5-hydroxylase. Gentisyl-CoA underwent spontaneous cleavage to gentisate and CoA. SdgA behaved as a salicylyl-CoA ligase despite showing amino acid sequence similarity to an AMP-ligase. SdgD was identified as a GDO. These results suggest that Streptomyces sp. strain WA46 degrades salicylate by a novel pathway via a CoA derivative. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and reverse transcriptase-PCR studies indicated that salicylate induced expression of the sdg cluster.
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- Daisuke Ishiyama
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Chen CC, Lewis RJ, Harris R, Yudkin MD, Delumeau O. A supramolecular complex in the environmental stress signalling pathway of Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 2003; 49:1657-69. [PMID: 12950928 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SigmaB, an alternative sigma-factor of Bacillus subtilis, mediates the response of the cell to a variety of physical insults. Within the environmental stress signalling pathway RsbU, a protein phosphatase, is stimulated by its interaction with the protein kinase RsbT. In the absence of stress RsbT is expected to be trapped by an alternative binding partner, RsbS. Here, we have demonstrated that RsbS alone cannot act as an alternative partner for RsbT, but instead requires the presence of RsbR to create a high molecular mass RsbR:RsbS complex (approximately 1 MDa) able to capture RsbT. In this complex the phosphorylation state of RsbS, and not that of RsbR, controlled the binding to RsbT, whose kinase activity towards RsbS could be counterbalanced by the activity of RsbX, the phosphatase for RsbS-P. The RsbR:RsbS complex recruited RsbT from a mixture of RsbT and RsbU. The phosphorylated form of RsbR in the complex enhanced the kinase activity of RsbT towards RsbS. This supramolecular complex thus has the functional properties of an alternative partner for RsbT. Electron micrographs of this complex are presented, and the purification of the RsbR:RsbS complex from cellular extracts provides evidence for the existence of such a complex in vivo.
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- Chien-Cheng Chen
- Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Fortina MG, Ricci G, Mora D, Guglielmetti S, Manachini PL. Unusual organization for lactose and galactose gene clusters in Lactobacillus helveticus. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:3238-43. [PMID: 12788721 PMCID: PMC161534 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.6.3238-3243.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The nucleotide sequences of the Lactobacillus helveticus lactose utilization genes were determined, and these genes were located and oriented relative to one another. The lacLM genes (encoding the beta-galactosidase protein) were in a divergent orientation compared to lacR (regulatory gene) and lacS (lactose transporter). Downstream from lacM was an open reading frame (galE) encoding a UDP-galactose 4 epimerase, and the open reading frame had the same orientation as lacM. The lacR gene was separated from the downstream lacS gene by 2.0 kb of DNA containing several open reading frames that were derived from fragmentation of another permease gene (lacS'). Northern blot analysis revealed that lacL, lacM, and galE made up an operon that was transcribed in the presence of lactose from an upstream lacL promoter. The inducible genes lacL and lacM were regulated at the transcriptional level by the LacR repressor. In the presence of glucose and galactose galE was transcribed from its promoter, suggesting that the corresponding enzyme can be expressed constitutively. Lactose transport was inducible by addition of lactose to the growth medium.
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- Maria Grazia Fortina
- Industrial Microbiology Section, Department of Food Science and Microbiology, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Sinchaikul S, Sookkheo B, Topanuruk S, Juan HF, Phutrakul S, Chen ST. Bioinformatics, functional genomics, and proteomics study of Bacillus sp. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2002; 771:261-87. [PMID: 12016004 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00054-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The ability of bioinformatics to characterize genomic and proteomic sequences from bacteria Bacillus sp. for prediction of genes and proteins has been evaluated. Genomics coupling with proteomics, which is relied on integration of the significant advances recently achieved in two-dimensional (2-D) electrophoretic separation of proteins and mass spectrometry (MS), are now important and high throughput techniques for qualifying and analyzing gene and protein expression, discovering new gene or protein products, and understanding of gene and protein functions including post-genomic study. In addition, the bioinformatics of Bacillus sp. is embraced into many databases that will facilitate to rapidly search the information of Bacillus sp. in both genomics and proteomics. It is also possible to highlight sites for post-translational modifications based on the specific protein sequence motifs that play important roles in the structure, activity and compartmentalization of proteins. Moreover, the secreted proteins from Bacillus sp. are interesting and widely used in many applications especially biomedical applications that are the highly advantages for their potential therapeutic values.
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- Supachok Sinchaikul
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 128 Yen Chiu Yuan Rd., Sec II, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Lu J, Nogi Y, Takami H. Oceanobacillus iheyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-sea extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic species isolated from a depth of 1050 m on the Iheya Ridge. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001; 205:291-7. [PMID: 11750818 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10963.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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An extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic bacterium was isolated previously from deep-sea sediment collected at a depth of 1050 m on the Iheya Ridge. The strain, designated HTE831 (JCM 11309, DSM 14371), was Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, motile by peritrichous flagella, and spore-forming. Strain HTE831 grew at salinities of 0-21% (w/v) NaCl at pH 7.5 and 0-18% at pH 9.5. The optimum concentration of NaCl for growth was 3% at both pH 7.5 and 9.5. The G+C content of its DNA was 35.8%. Low level (12-30%) of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain HTE831 and the species of these genera was found, indicating that HTE831 could not be classified as a member of a new species belonging to known genera. Based on phylogenetic analysis using 16S rDNA sequencing, chemotaxonomy, and the physiology of strain HTE831, it is proposed that this organism is a member of a new species in a new genus, for which the name Oceanobacillus iheyensis is proposed.
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- J Lu
- Microbial Genome Research Group, DEEPSTAR, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, 2-15 Natsushima, 237-0061, Yokosuka, Japan
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Nakanishi M, Yatome C, Ishida N, Kitade Y. Putative ACP phosphodiesterase gene (acpD) encodes an azoreductase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:46394-9. [PMID: 11583992 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104483200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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An FMN-dependent NADH-azoreductase of Escherichia coli was purified and analyzed for identification of the gene responsible for azo reduction by microorganisms. The N-terminal sequence of the azoreductase conformed to that of the acpD gene product, acyl carrier protein phosphodiesterase. Overexpression of the acpD gene provided the E. coli with a large amount of the 23-kDa protein and more than 800 times higher azoreductase activity. The purified gene product exhibited activity corresponding to that of the native azoreductase. The reaction followed a ping-pong mechanism requiring 2 mol of NADH to reduce 1 mol of methyl red (4'-dimethylaminoazobenzene-2-carboxylic acid) into 2-aminobenzoic acid and N,N'-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine. On the other hand, the gene product could not convert holo-acyl carrier protein into the apo form under either in vitro or in vivo conditions. These data indicate that the acpD gene product is not acyl carrier protein phosphodiesterase but an azoreductase.
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- M Nakanishi
- Laboratory of Molecular Biochemistry, Department of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Phucharoen K, Takenaka Y, Shinozawa T. Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the manganese catalase gene from Thermoleophilum album NM. DNA SEQUENCE : THE JOURNAL OF DNA SEQUENCING AND MAPPING 2001; 12:413-7. [PMID: 11913789 DOI: 10.3109/10425170109084467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The manganese catalase gene (mnct) from Thermoleophilum album NM, a thermophilic bacterium, was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was analyzed. The gene consists of 885 bp (65.4% GC content) encoding 294 amino acids with a molecular mass of 32,500 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence shows similarities to those of Thermus species strain YS 8-13 (a thermophilic bacterium) and Bacillus halodurans (an alkaliphilic bacterium) with 61 and 54% identities, respectively.
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- K Phucharoen
- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
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Cvitkovitch DG. Genetic competence and transformation in oral streptococci. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ORAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL BIOLOGISTS 2001; 12:217-43. [PMID: 11497374 DOI: 10.1177/10454411010120030201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The oral streptococci are normally non-pathogenic residents of the human microflora. There is substantial evidence that these bacteria can, however, act as "genetic reservoirs" and transfer genetic information to transient bacteria as they make their way through the mouth, the principal entry point for a wide variety of bacteria. Examples that are of particular concern include the transfer of antibiotic resistance from oral streptococci to Streptococcus pneumoniae. The mechanisms that are used by oral streptococci to exchange genetic information are not well-understood, although several species are known to enter a physiological state of genetic competence. This state permits them to become capable of natural genetic transformation, facilitating the acquisition of foreign DNA from the external environment. The oral streptococci share many similarities with two closely related Gram-positive bacteria, S. pneumoniae and Bacillus subtilis. In these bacteria, the mechanisms of quorum-sensing, the development of competence, and DNA uptake and integration are well-characterized. Using this knowledge and the data available in genome databases allowed us to identify putative genes involved in these processes in the oral organism Streptococcus mutans. Models of competence development and genetic transformation in the oral streptococci and strategies to confirm these models are discussed. Future studies of competence in oral biofilms, the natural environment of oral streptococci, will be discussed.
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- D G Cvitkovitch
- Dental Research Institute, University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, ON, Canada.
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Farrow KA, Lyras D, Rood JI. Genomic analysis of the erythromycin resistance element Tn5398 from Clostridium difficile. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2001; 147:2717-2728. [PMID: 11577151 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-10-2717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Clostridium difficile is a nosocomial pathogen that causes a range of chronic intestinal diseases, usually as a result of antimicrobial therapy. Macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS) resistance in C. difficile is encoded by the Erm B resistance determinant, which is thought to be located on a conjugative transposon, Tn5398. The 9630 bp Tn5398 element has been cloned and completely sequenced and its insertion site determined. Analysis of the resultant data reveals that Tn5398 is not a classical conjugative transposon but appears to be a mobilizable non-conjugative element. It does not carry any transposase or site-specific recombinase genes, nor any genes likely to be involved in conjugation. Furthermore, using PCR analysis it has been shown that isolates of C. difficile obtained from different geographical locations exhibit heterogeneity in the genetic arrangement of both Tn5398 and their Erm B determinants. These results indicate that genetic exchange and recombination between these determinants occurs in the clinical and natural environment.
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- Kylie A Farrow
- Bacterial Pathogenesis Research Group, Department of Microbiology, PO Box 53, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia1
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- Bacterial Pathogenesis Research Group, Department of Microbiology, PO Box 53, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia1
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- Bacterial Pathogenesis Research Group, Department of Microbiology, PO Box 53, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia1
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Takami H, Han CG, Takaki Y, Ohtsubo E. Identification and distribution of new insertion sequences in the genome of alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C-125. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:4345-56. [PMID: 11418576 PMCID: PMC95325 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.14.4345-4356.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fifteen kinds of new insertion sequences (ISs), IS641 to IS643, IS650 to IS658, IS660, IS662, and IS663, and a group II intron (Bh.Int) were identified in the 4,202,352-bp genome of alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C-125. Out of 120 ISs identified in the C-125 genome, 29 were truncated, indicating the occurrence of internal rearrangements of the genome. The ISs other than IS650, IS653, IS660, and IS663 generated a 2- to 9-bp duplication of the target site sequence, and the ISs other than IS650, IS653, and IS657 carry 14- to 64-bp inverted repeats. Sequence analysis revealed that six kinds of ISs (IS642, IS643, IS654, IS655, IS657, and IS658) belong to a separate IS family (IS630, IS21, IS256, IS3, IS200/IS605, and IS30, respectively) as a new member. Also, IS651 and IS652 were characterized as new members of the ISL3 family. Significant similarity was found between the transposase (Tpase) sequences between IS650 and IS653 (78.2%), IS651 and IS652 (56.3%), IS656 and IS662 (71.0%), and IS660 and IS663 (44.5%), but the others showed no similarity to one another. Tpases in 28 members of IS651 in the C-125 genome were found to have become diversified. Most of the IS elements widely distributed throughout the genome were inserted in noncoding regions, although some genes, such as those coding for an ATP-binding cassette transporter/permease, a response regulator, and L-indole 2-dehydrogenase, have been mutated through the insertion of IS elements. It is evident, however, that not all IS elements have transposed and caused rearrangements of the genome in the past 17 years during which strain C-125 was subcultured under neutral and alkaline conditions.
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- H Takami
- Deep-Sea Research Microorganisms Research Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
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Turnbull GA, Ousley M, Walker A, Shaw E, Morgan JA. Degradation of substituted phenylurea herbicides by Arthrobacter globiformis strain D47 and characterization of a plasmid-associated hydrolase gene, puhA. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:2270-5. [PMID: 11319111 PMCID: PMC92866 DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.5.2270-2275.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Arthrobacter globiformis D47 was shown to degrade a range of substituted phenylurea herbicides in soil. This strain contained two plasmids of approximately 47 kb (pHRIM620) and 34 kb (pHRIM621). Plasmid-curing experiments produced plasmid-free strains as well as strains containing either the 47- or the 34-kb plasmid. The strains were tested for their ability to degrade diuron, which demonstrated that the degradative genes were located on the 47-kb plasmid. Studies on the growth of these strains indicated that the ability to degrade diuron did not offer a selective advantage to A. globiformis D47 on minimal medium designed to contain the herbicide as a sole carbon source. The location of the genes on a plasmid and a lack of selection would explain why the degradative phenotype, as with many other pesticide-degrading bacteria, can be lost on subculture. A 22-kb EcoRI fragment of plasmid pHRIM620 was expressed in Escherichia coli and enabled cells to degrade diuron. Transposon mutagenesis of this fragment identified one open reading frame that was essential for enzyme activity. A smaller subclone of this gene (2.5 kb) expressed in E. coli coded for the protein that degraded diuron. This gene and its predicted protein sequence showed only a low level of protein identity (25% over ca. 440 amino acids) to other database sequences and was named after the enzyme it encoded, phenylurea hydrolase (puhA gene).
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- G A Turnbull
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, United Kingdom.
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Durell SR, Guy HR. A putative prokaryote voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel with only one 6TM motif per subunit. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:741-6. [PMID: 11237720 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Until now, voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel proteins have been found only in eukaryotes. Here we report that a gene recently discovered in the eubacterium Bacillus halodurans codes for a protein closely related to eukaryotic Ca(2+) channels, but that has only one 6-transmembrane-segement (6TM) motif, instead of four, in its pore-forming subunit. This is supported by the comparison of consensus sequences, which, along with the patterns of residue conservation, indicates a similar structure in the membrane to voltage-gated K(+) channels. From this we hypothesize that Ca(2+) channels originally evolved in bacteria, and that the specific eubacteria protein highlighted here is an ideal candidate for structure determination efforts.
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- S R Durell
- Molecular Structure Section, Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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Takami H, Nakasone K, Takaki Y, Maeno G, Sasaki R, Masui N, Fuji F, Hirama C, Nakamura Y, Ogasawara N, Kuhara S, Horikoshi K. Complete genome sequence of the alkaliphilic bacterium Bacillus halodurans and genomic sequence comparison with Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:4317-31. [PMID: 11058132 PMCID: PMC113120 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.21.4317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 429] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The 4 202 353 bp genome of the alkaliphilic bacterium Bacillus halodurans C-125 contains 4066 predicted protein coding sequences (CDSs), 2141 (52.7%) of which have functional assignments, 1182 (29%) of which are conserved CDSs with unknown function and 743 (18. 3%) of which have no match to any protein database. Among the total CDSs, 8.8% match sequences of proteins found only in Bacillus subtilis and 66.7% are widely conserved in comparison with the proteins of various organisms, including B.subtilis. The B. halodurans genome contains 112 transposase genes, indicating that transposases have played an important evolutionary role in horizontal gene transfer and also in internal genetic rearrangement in the genome. Strain C-125 lacks some of the necessary genes for competence, such as comS, srfA and rapC, supporting the fact that competence has not been demonstrated experimentally in C-125. There is no paralog of tupA, encoding teichuronopeptide, which contributes to alkaliphily, in the C-125 genome and an ortholog of tupA cannot be found in the B.subtilis genome. Out of 11 sigma factors which belong to the extracytoplasmic function family, 10 are unique to B. halodurans, suggesting that they may have a role in the special mechanism of adaptation to an alkaline environment.
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- H Takami
- Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Deep-Sea Microorganisms Research Group, 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan.
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Cytochromes of c-type contain covalently bound haem and in bacteria are located on the periplasmic side of the cytoplasmic membrane. More than eight different gene products have been identified as being specifically required for the synthesis of cytochromes c in Gram-negative bacteria. Corresponding genes are not found in the genome sequences of Gram-positive bacteria. Using two random mutagenesis approaches, we have searched for cytochrome c biogenesis genes in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Three genes, resB, resC and ccdA, were identified. CcdA has been found previously and is required for a late step in cytochrome c synthesis and also plays a role in spore synthesis. No function has previously been assigned for ResB and ResC but these predicted membrane proteins show sequence similarity to proteins required for cytochrome c synthesis in chloroplasts. Attempts to inactivate resB and resC in B. subtilis have indicated that these genes are essential for growth. We demonstrate that various nonsense mutations in resB or resC can block synthesis of cytochromes c with no effect on other types of cytochromes and little effect on sporulation and growth. The results strongly support the recent proposal that Gram-positive bacteria, cyanobacteria, epsilon-proteobacteria, and chloroplasts have a similar type of machinery for cytochrome c synthesis (System II), which is very different from those of most Gram-negative bacteria (System I) and mitochondria (System III).
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- N E Le Brun
- Department of Microbiology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Paidhungat M, Setlow P. Role of ger proteins in nutrient and nonnutrient triggering of spore germination in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:2513-9. [PMID: 10762253 PMCID: PMC111315 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.9.2513-2519.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/1999] [Accepted: 02/09/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dormant Bacillus subtilis spores germinate in the presence of particular nutrients called germinants. The spores are thought to recognize germinants through receptor proteins encoded by the gerA family of operons, which includes gerA, gerB, and gerK. We sought to substantiate this putative function of the GerA family proteins by characterizing spore germination in a mutant strain that contained deletions at all known gerA-like loci. As expected, the mutant spores germinated very poorly in a variety of rich media. In contrast, they germinated like wild-type spores in a chemical germinant, a 1-1 chelate of Ca(2+) and dipicolinic acid (DPA). These observations showed that proteins encoded by gerA family members are required for nutrient-induced germination but not for chemical-triggered germination, supporting the hypothesis that the GerA family encodes receptors for nutrient germinants. Further characterization of Ca(2+)-DPA-induced germination showed that the effect of Ca(2+)-DPA on spore germination was saturated at 60 mM and had a K(m) of 30 mM. We also found that decoating spores abolished their ability to germinate in Ca(2+)-DPA but not in nutrient germinants, indicating that Ca(2+)-DPA and nutrient germinants probably act through parallel arms of the germination pathway.
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- M Paidhungat
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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Sakiyama T, Takami H, Ogasawara N, Kuhara S, Kozuki T, Doga K, Ohyama A, Horikoshi K. An automated system for genome analysis to support microbial whole-genome shotgun sequencing. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:670-3. [PMID: 10803979 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We developed a semi-automated genome analysis system called GAMBLER in order to support the current whole-genome sequencing project focusing on alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C-125. GAMBLER was designed to reduce the human intervention required and to reduce the complications in annotating thousands of ORFs in the microbial genome. GAMBLER automates three major routines: analyzing assembly results provided by genome assembler software, assigning ORFs, and homology searching. GAMBLER is equipped with an interface for convenience of annotation. All processes and options are manipulatable through a WWW browser that enables scientists to share their genome analysis results without choosing computer platforms.
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- T Sakiyama
- Deep-sea Microorganisms Research Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa
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Horikoshi K. Alkaliphiles: some applications of their products for biotechnology. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1999; 63:735-50, table of contents. [PMID: 10585964 PMCID: PMC98975 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.4.735-750.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 404] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The term "alkaliphile" is used for microorganisms that grow optimally or very well at pH values above 9 but cannot grow or grow only slowly at the near-neutral pH value of 6.5. Alkaliphiles include prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and archaea. Many different taxa are represented among the alkaliphiles, and some of these have been proposed as new taxa. Alkaliphiles can be isolated from normal environments such as garden soil, although viable counts of alkaliphiles are higher in samples from alkaline environments. The cell surface may play a key role in keeping the intracellular pH value in the range between 7 and 8.5, allowing alkaliphiles to thrive in alkaline environments, although adaptation mechanisms have not yet been clarified. Alkaliphiles have made a great impact in industrial applications. Biological detergents contain alkaline enzymes, such as alkaline cellulases and/or alkaline proteases, that have been produced from alkaliphiles. The current proportion of total world enzyme production destined for the laundry detergent market exceeds 60%. Another important application is the industrial production of cyclodextrin by alkaline cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase. This enzyme has reduced the production cost and paved the way for cyclodextrin use in large quantities in foodstuffs, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. It has also been reported that alkali-treated wood pulp could be biologically bleached by xylanases produced by alkaliphiles. Other applications of various aspects of alkaliphiles are also discussed.
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- K Horikoshi
- Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa and Toyo University, Kawagoe, Japan.
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