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Zhang L, Guo L, Cui Z, Ju F. Exploiting predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents across ecosystems. Trends Microbiol 2024; 32:398-409. [PMID: 37951768 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
Predatory bacteria have been increasingly known for their ubiquity in environments and great functional potentials in controlling unwanted microorganisms. Fundamental understanding of the predation mechanisms, population dynamics, and interaction patterns underlying bacterial predation is required for wise exploitation of predatory bacteria for enhancing ecoenvironmental, animal, and human health. Here, we review the recent achievements on applying predatory bacteria in different systems as biocontrol agents and living antibiotics as well as new findings in their phylogenetic diversity and predation mechanisms. We finally propose critical issues that deserve priority research and highlight the necessity to combine classic culture-based and advanced culture-independent approaches to push research frontiers of bacterial predation across ecosystems for promising biocontrol and therapy strategies towards a sustainable ecoenvironment and health.
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- Lu Zhang
- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Center of Synthetic Biology and Integrated Bioengineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Center of Synthetic Biology and Integrated Bioengineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Center of Synthetic Biology and Integrated Bioengineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Choi SY, Mun W, Choi S, Lee K, Mitchell RJ. Bdellovibrio svalbardensis sp. nov., a newly described predator isolated from Svalbard, Norway. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74. [PMID: 38265430 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Identified as a newly described species from a biocrust in Svalbard, Norway (78° 54' 8.27″ N 12° 01' 20.34″ E), isolate PAP01T has different characteristics from any known predatory bacteria. The isolate was vibrio-shaped strain that employed flagellar motility. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolate clustered within the genus Bdellovibrio in the family Bdellovibrionaceae. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities between strain PAP01T and the type strain (Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100) was 95.7 %. The PAP01T genome has a size of 3.898 Mbp and possesses 3732 genes and a G+C content of 45.7 mol%. The results of genetic and physiological tests indicated the phenotypic differentiation of strain PAP01T from the two other Bdellovibrio species with validly published names. Based on the physiological and phylogenetic data, as well as the prey range spectrum and osmolality sensitivities, isolate PAP01T represents a novel species within the genus Bdellovibrio, for which the name Bdellovibrio svalbardensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is PAP01T (=KCTC 92583T=DSM 115080T).
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- Seong Yeol Choi
- School of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
- Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio Health Science, Changwon National University, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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