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Aldeguer-Riquelme B, Antón J, Santos F. Distribution, abundance, and ecogenomics of the Palauibacterales, a new cosmopolitan thiamine-producing order within the Gemmatimonadota phylum. mSystems 2023; 8:e0021523. [PMID: 37345931 PMCID: PMC10469786 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00215-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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The phylum Gemmatimonadota comprises mainly uncultured microorganisms that inhabit different environments such as soils, freshwater lakes, marine sediments, sponges, or corals. Based on 16S rRNA gene studies, the group PAUC43f is one of the most frequently retrieved Gemmatimonadota in marine samples. However, its physiology and ecological roles are completely unknown since, to date, not a single PAUC43f isolate or metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) has been characterized. Here, we carried out a broad study of the distribution, abundance, ecotaxonomy, and metabolism of PAUC43f, for which we propose the name of Palauibacterales. This group was detected in 4,965 16S rRNA gene amplicon datasets, mainly from marine sediments, sponges, corals, soils, and lakes, reaching up to 34.3% relative abundance, which highlights its cosmopolitan character, mainly salt-related. The potential metabolic capabilities inferred from 52 Palauibacterales MAGs recovered from marine sediments, sponges, and saline soils suggested a facultative aerobic and chemoorganotrophic metabolism, although some members may also oxidize hydrogen. Some Palauibacterales species might also play an environmental role as N2O consumers as well as suppliers of serine and thiamine. When compared to the rest of the Gemmatimonadota phylum, the biosynthesis of thiamine was one of the key features of the Palauibacterales. Finally, we show that polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL) are widely distributed within the Gemmatimonadota so that they are not restricted to Bacteroidetes, as previously thought. Our results expand the knowledge about this cryptic phylum and provide new insights into the ecological roles of the Gemmatimonadota in the environment. IMPORTANCE Despite advances in molecular and sequencing techniques, there is still a plethora of unknown microorganisms with a relevant ecological role. In the last years, the mostly uncultured Gemmatimonadota phylum is attracting scientific interest because of its widespread distribution and abundance, but very little is known about its ecological role in the marine ecosystem. Here we analyze the global distribution and potential metabolism of the marine Gemmatimonadota group PAUC43f, for which we propose the name of Palauibacterales order. This group presents a saline-related character and a chemoorganoheterotrophic and facultatively aerobic metabolism, although some species might oxidize H2. Given that Palauibacterales is potentially able to synthesize thiamine, whose auxotrophy is the second most common in the marine environment, we propose Palauibacterales as a key thiamine supplier to the marine communities. This finding suggests that Gemmatimonadota could have a more relevant role in the marine environment than previously thought.
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- Borja Aldeguer-Riquelme
- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Institute of Environmental Studies Ramón Margalef, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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Bioactivity of bacteria associated with Red Sea nudibranchs and whole genome sequence of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei RACA-4. Mar Genomics 2023; 67:101004. [PMID: 36521348 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2022.101004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Microorganisms associated with marine invertebrates consider an important source of bioactive products. This study aimed to screen for antimicrobial and anticancer activity of crude extracts of bacteria associated with Red sea nudibranchs and molecular identification of the bioactive isolates using 16Sr RNA sequencing, in addition to whole-genome sequencing of one of the most bioactive bacteria. This study showed that bacteria associated with Red sea nudibranchs are highly bioactive and 16Sr RNA sequencing results showed that two isolates belonged to Firmicutes, and two isolates belonged to Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteria. The whole genome sequence data of the isolated Nocardiopsis RACA4 isolate has an estimated genome length of 6,721,839 bp and the taxonomy showed it belongs to the bacteria Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. The De novo assembly of RACA-4 paired reads using Unicycler v0.4.8 initially yielded 97 contigs with an N50 value of 214,568 bp and L50 value of 10, The resulting assembly was further mapped to the reference genome Nocardiopsis dassonvillei strain NCTC10488 using RagTag software v.2.1.0 and a final genome assembly resulted in 39 contigs and N50 value of 6,726,007 and L50 of 1. Genome mining using anti-smash showed around 9.1% of the genome occupied with genes related to secondary metabolites biosynthesis. A wide variety of secondary metabolites belonging to Polyketides, Terpenes, and nonribosomal peptides were predicted with high degree of similarity to known compounds. Non-characterized clusters were also found which suggest new natural compounds discovered by further studies.
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Aldeguer-Riquelme B, Rubio-Portillo E, Álvarez-Rogel J, Giménez-Casalduero F, Otero XL, Belando MD, Bernardeau-Esteller J, García-Muñoz R, Forcada A, Ruiz JM, Santos F, Antón J. Factors structuring microbial communities in highly impacted coastal marine sediments (Mar Menor lagoon, SE Spain). Front Microbiol 2022; 13:937683. [PMID: 36160249 PMCID: PMC9491240 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.937683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Coastal marine lagoons are environments highly vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures such as agriculture nutrient loading or runoff from metalliferous mining. Sediment microorganisms, which are key components in the biogeochemical cycles, can help attenuate these impacts by accumulating nutrients and pollutants. The Mar Menor, located in the southeast of Spain, is an example of a coastal lagoon strongly altered by anthropic pressures, but the microbial community inhabiting its sediments remains unknown. Here, we describe the sediment prokaryotic communities along a wide range of environmental conditions in the lagoon, revealing that microbial communities were highly heterogeneous among stations, although a core microbiome was detected. The microbiota was dominated by Delta- and Gammaproteobacteria and members of the Bacteroidia class. Additionally, several uncultured groups such as Asgardarchaeota were detected in relatively high proportions. Sediment texture, the presence of Caulerpa or Cymodocea, depth, and geographic location were among the most important factors structuring microbial assemblages. Furthermore, microbial communities in the stations with the highest concentrations of potentially toxic elements (Fe, Pb, As, Zn, and Cd) were less stable than those in the non-contaminated stations. This finding suggests that bacteria colonizing heavily contaminated stations are specialists sensitive to change.
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- Borja Aldeguer-Riquelme
- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering of the Escuela Técnica Superior Ingeniería Agronómica (ETSIA) & Soil Ecology and Biotechnology Unit of the Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
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- Cross-Research in Environmental Technologies (CRETUS), Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Seagrass Ecology Group, Spanish Oceanography Institute of the Spanish National Research Council, Oceanography Center of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Seagrass Ecology Group, Spanish Oceanography Institute of the Spanish National Research Council, Oceanography Center of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Seagrass Ecology Group, Spanish Oceanography Institute of the Spanish National Research Council, Oceanography Center of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Marine Science and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Seagrass Ecology Group, Spanish Oceanography Institute of the Spanish National Research Council, Oceanography Center of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Institute of Environmental Studies Ramón Margalef, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- *Correspondence: Josefa Antón,
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Kamel HL, Hanora A, Solyman SM. Metataxanomic, bioactivity and microbiome analysis of Red Sea marine sponges from Egypt. Mar Genomics 2021; 61:100920. [PMID: 34973527 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2021.100920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Red Sea marine sponges (phylum Porifera) and associated microorganisms harbor a wide range of microorganisms, which are considered an essential source of bioactive products. In this study, we screened both the crude extracts of Red Sea marine sponges and their associated bacterial extract for antimicrobial activity and antiviral activity. Molecular characterization of bioactive producers was performed using16S rRNA sequencing, in addition to metagenomic analysis of three representative sponges utilizing the 16S rRNA gene V3-V4 region sequencing in two different seasons. Twelve samples were collected from five different sponge species by scuba diving, and all the crude extracts of sponges showed antimicrobial activity except Negombata corticata. Moreover, 84 out of 110 bacterial isolates extracts demonstrated antimicrobial activity against at least one tested microorganism. These results revealed the bioactivity and biodiversity of the Red Sea marine invertebrates-associated bacteria. It was found that the bioactive isolates belong to several bacterial groups. The bacterial communities of Negombata magnifica, Negombata corticata, and Siphonochalina siphonella were shown with great diversity and differences in the bacterial percentage, diversity, and unique community composition at different seasons in each sponge species. Unique microenvironment for each sponge species may be linked to the production of specific bioactive product.
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- Hasnaa L Kamel
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Sinai University, Ismailia, Egypt.
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Sinai University, Ismailia, Egypt.
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Bibi F, Azhar EI. Analysis of bacterial communities in sponges and coral inhabiting Red Sea, using barcoded 454 pyrosequencing. Saudi J Biol Sci 2020; 28:847-854. [PMID: 33424375 PMCID: PMC7783839 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Microbial communities are linked with marine sponge are diverse in their structure and function. Our understanding of the sponge-associated microbial diversity is limited especially from Red Sea in Saudi Arabia where few species of sponges have been studied. Here we used pyrosequencing to study two marine sponges and coral species sampled from Obhur region from Red sea in Jeddah. A total of 168 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were identified from Haliclona caerulea, Stylissa carteri and Rhytisma fulvum. Taxonomic identification of tag sequences of 16S ribosomal RNA revealed 6 different bacterial phyla and 9 different classes. A proportion of unclassified reads were was also observed in sponges and coral sample. We found diverse bacterial communities associated with two sponges and a coral sample. Diversity and richness estimates based on OUTs revealed that sponge H. caerulea had significantly high bacterial diversity. The identified OTUs showed unique clustering in three sponge samples as revealed by Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA). Proteobacteria (88-95%) was dominant phyla alonwith Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Cyanobacteria, Firmicutes and Nitrospirae. Seventeen different genera were identified where genus Pseudoalteromonas was dominant in all three samples. This is first study to assess bacterial communities of sponge and coral sample that have never been studied before to unravel their microbial communities using 454-pyrosequencing method.
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- Fehmida Bibi
- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center
- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Corresponding author at: Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center
- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Ou H, Li M, Wu S, Jia L, Hill RT, Zhao J. Characteristic Microbiomes Correlate with Polyphosphate Accumulation of Marine Sponges in South China Sea Areas. Microorganisms 2019; 8:microorganisms8010063. [PMID: 31905988 PMCID: PMC7022310 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Some sponges have been shown to accumulate abundant phosphorus in the form of polyphosphate (polyP) granules even in waters where phosphorus is present at low concentrations. But the polyP accumulation occurring in sponges and their symbiotic bacteria have been little studied. The amounts of polyP exhibited significant differences in twelve sponges from marine environments with high or low dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) concentrations which were quantified by spectral analysis, even though in the same sponge genus, e.g., Mycale sp. or Callyspongia sp. PolyP enrichment rates of sponges in oligotrophic environments were far higher than those in eutrophic environments. Massive polyP granules were observed under confocal microscopy in samples from very low DIP environments. The composition of sponge symbiotic microbes was analyzed by high-throughput sequencing and the corresponding polyphosphate kinase (ppk) genes were detected. Sequence analysis revealed that in the low DIP environment, those sponges with higher polyP content and enrichment rates had relatively higher abundances of cyanobacteria. Mantel tests and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) examined that the polyP enrichment rate was most strongly correlated with the structure of microbial communities, including genera Synechococcus, Rhodopirellula, Blastopirellula, and Rubripirellula. About 50% of ppk genes obtained from the total DNA of sponge holobionts, had above 80% amino acid sequence similarities to those sequences from Synechococcus. In general, it suggested that sponges employed differentiated strategies towards the use of phosphorus in different nutrient environments and the symbiotic Synechococcus could play a key role in accumulating polyP.
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- Huilong Ou
- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (H.O.); (M.L.); (S.W.); (L.J.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (H.O.); (M.L.); (S.W.); (L.J.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (H.O.); (M.L.); (S.W.); (L.J.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (H.O.); (M.L.); (S.W.); (L.J.)
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
- Correspondence: (J.Z.); (R.T.H.); Tel.: +86-592-288-0811 (J.Z.); Tel.: +(410)-234-8802 (R.T.H.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; (H.O.); (M.L.); (S.W.); (L.J.)
- Xiamen City Key Laboratory of Urban Sea Ecological Conservation and Restoration (USER), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
- Correspondence: (J.Z.); (R.T.H.); Tel.: +86-592-288-0811 (J.Z.); Tel.: +(410)-234-8802 (R.T.H.)
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Bibi F, Alvi SA, Al-Sofyani A, Naseer MI, Yasir M, Azhar EI. Pyrosequencing reveals sponge specific bacterial communities in marine sponges of Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Saudi J Biol Sci 2019; 27:67-73. [PMID: 31889819 PMCID: PMC6933160 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bacterial communities of marine sponges are believed to be an important partner for host survival but remain poorly studied. Sponges show difference in richness and abundance of microbial population inhabiting them. Three marine sponges belonging to the species of Pione vastifica, Siphonochalina siphonella and Suberea mollis were collected from Red sea in Jeddah and were investigated using high throughput sequencing. Highly diverse communities containing 105 OTUs were identified in S. mollis host. Only 61 and 43 OTUs were found in P. vastifica and S. siphonella respectively. We identified 10 different bacterial phyla and 31 genera using 27,356 sequences. Most of the OTUs belong to phylum Proteobacteria (29%–99%) comprising of Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, and Deltaproteobacteria where later two were only detected in HMA sponge, S. mollis. A number of 16S rRNA sequences (25%) were not identified to phylum level and may be novel taxa. Richness of bacterial community and Shannon, Simpson diversity revealed that sponge S. mollis harbors high diversity compared to other two LMA sponges. Dominance of Proteobacteria in sponges may indicate an ecological significance of this phylum in the Red sea sponges. These differences in bacterial composition may be due to difference in location site or host responses to environmental conditions. To the best of our knowledge, the microbial communities of these sponges have never been studied before and this is first attempt to unravel bacterial diversity using PCR-based 454-pyrosequencing method.
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- Fehmida Bibi
- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King AbdulAziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King AbdulAziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King AbdulAziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King AbdulAziz University, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Wu S, Ou H, Liu T, Wang D, Zhao J. Structure and dynamics of microbiomes associated with the marine sponge Tedania sp. during its life cycle. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 94:4956761. [PMID: 29617990 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiy055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Tedania sp. is a dominant sponge that is ubiquitous along the southeast coast of China. High-throughput sequencing and transmission electron microscopy were used to describe a detailed profile of sponge-associated microbiomes at seven life stages: adult, embryo-containing spawning adult, embryo, pre-competent larva at 2 h and 4 h, competent larva at 8 h and post-larva within 1-2h after settlement, as well as the surrounding seawater. Among a total of 15098 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), 13 were present exclusively in all stages of the sponge life cycle and could thus be identified as sponge-specific bacteria. Many OTUs were shared between the sponge and seawater, though abundance differed. The relative abundance of β-Proteobacteria associated with sponges was much higher than found in seawater. The microbiomes from each life stage also exhibited a characteristic distribution. Synechococcales dominated in adults, and Enterobacteriaceae was prominent in larvae. The competent larva was notable, with sharp increases in the total OTUs, diversity indices, richness estimates and unique OTUs. Some bacterial groups that were rare in other sponge stages and seawater, such as Clostridia (5.6%), were markedly more abundant in competent larvae. In conclusion, this work greatly advances our understanding of the dynamics and persistence of the sponge-microbe association.
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- Shufei Wu
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Sacristán‐Soriano O, Winkler M, Erwin P, Weisz J, Harriott O, Heussler G, Bauer E, West Marsden B, Hill A, Hill M. Ontogeny of symbiont community structure in two carotenoid-rich, viviparous marine sponges: comparison of microbiomes and analysis of culturable pigmented heterotrophic bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2019; 11:249-261. [PMID: 30761773 PMCID: PMC6850349 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Marine sponges harbour diverse communities of microbes. Mechanisms used to establish microbial symbioses in sponges are poorly understood, and the relative contributions of horizontal and vertical transmission are unknown for most species. We examined microbial communities in adults and larvae of carotenoid-rich Clathria prolifera and Halichondria bowerbanki from the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States. We sequenced microbiomes from larvae and their mothers and seawater (16S rRNA gene sequencing), and compared microbial community characteristics between species and ambient seawater. The microbial communities in sponges were significantly different than those found in seawater, and each species harboured a distinctive microbiome. Larval microbiomes exhibited significantly lower richness compared with adults, with both sponges appearing to transfer to larvae a particular subset of the adult microbiome. We also surveyed culturable bacteria isolated from larvae of both species. Due to conspicuous coloration of adults and larvae, we focused on pigmented heterotrophic bacteria. We found that the densities of bacteria, in terms of colony-forming units and pigmented heterotrophic bacteria, were higher in larvae than in seawater. We identified a common mode of transmission (vertical and horizontal) of microbes in both sponges that might differ between species.
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- Oriol Sacristán‐Soriano
- Department of BiologyUniversity of RichmondRichmondVAUSA
- Marine Ecology DepartmentCentro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB, CSIC)BlanesSpain
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of RichmondRichmondVAUSA
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- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Center for Marine ScienceUniversity of North CarolinaWilmingtonNCUSA
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- Department of BiologyLinfield CollegeMcMinnvilleORUSA
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- Department of BiologyFairfield UniversityFairfieldCTUSA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of RichmondRichmondVAUSA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of RichmondRichmondVAUSA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of RichmondRichmondVAUSA
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Kos Kramar M, Tinta T, Lučić D, Malej A, Turk V. Bacteria associated with moon jellyfish during bloom and post-bloom periods in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0198056. [PMID: 30645606 PMCID: PMC6333360 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Jellyfish are a prominent component of the plankton community. They frequently form conspicuous blooms which may interfere with different human enterprises. Among the aspects that remain understudied are jellyfish associations with microorganisms having potentially important implications for organic matter cycling. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to investigate the bacterial community associated with live moon jellyfish (Aurelia solida, Scyohozoa) in the Adriatic Sea. Using 16S rRNA clone libraries and culture-based methods, we have analyzed the bacterial community composition of different body parts: the exumbrella surface, oral arms, and gastric cavity, and investigated possible differences in medusa-associated bacterial community structure at the time of the jellyfish population peak, and during the senescent phase at the end of bloom. Microbiota associated with moon jellyfish was different from ambient seawater bacterial assemblage and varied between different body parts. Betaproteobacteria (Burkholderia, Cupriavidus and Achromobacter) dominated community in the gastral cavity of medusa, while Alphaproteobacteria (Phaeobacter, Ruegeria) and Gammaproteobacteria (Stenotrophomonas, Alteromonas, Pseudoalteromonas and Vibrio) prevailed on ‘outer’ body parts. Bacterial community structure changed during senescent phase, at the end of the jellyfish bloom, showing an increased abundance of Gammaproteobacteria, exclusively Vibrio. The results of cultured bacterial isolates showed the dominance of Gammaproeteobacteria, especially Vibrio and Pseudoalteromonas in all body parts. Our results suggest that jellyfish associated bacterial community might have an important role for the host, and that anthropogenic pollution in the Gulf of Trieste might affect their community structure.
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- Maja Kos Kramar
- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
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- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
- Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Center of Functional Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Marine and Coastal Research, University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia
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- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
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- Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia
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Wooster MK, Voigt O, Erpenbeck D, Wörheide G, Berumen ML. Sponges of the Red Sea. CORAL REEFS OF THE RED SEA 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05802-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Neave MJ, Apprill A, Aeby G, Miyake S, Voolstra CR. Microbial Communities of Red Sea Coral Reefs. CORAL REEFS OF THE RED SEA 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05802-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Abdelfattah MS, Elmallah MIY, Faraag AHI, Hebishy AMS, Ali NH. Heliomycin and tetracinomycin D: anthraquinone derivatives with histone deacetylase inhibitory activity from marine sponge-associated Streptomyces sp. SP9. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:282. [PMID: 29881660 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1304-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Several actinomycetes strains were isolated from different marine sponges collected from the Red Sea shore in Egypt. The efficiency of their crude extracts to inhibit histone deacetylase (HDAC) enzyme was investigated in the nuclear extract of Hela cell line. The crude extract corresponding to Streptomyces sp. SP9 isolated from the marine sponge Pseudoceratina arabica showed a promising HDAC inhibitory activity with 64 and 81% at 50 and 100 µg/ml, respectively. The strain was identified as Streptomyces sp. by phylogenetic analyses based on its 16S rRNA gene sequence. The major compounds of Streptomyces sp. SP9 were isolated and purified by different chromatographic methods. The chemical structure of the isolated compounds was identified on the basis of their spectroscopic data including mass, 1H and 13C NMR, and by comparison with those of authenticated samples. Structures of compounds 1 and 2 were established as heliomycin and tetracenomycin D, respectively. These compounds exhibited HDAC inhibitory activities with IC50 values of 29.8 ± 0.04 µg/ml for heliomycin (1) and 10.9 ± 0.02 µg/ml for tetracenomycin D (2). A computational docking study for compounds 1 and 2 against HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3 was performed to formulate a hypothetical mechanism by which the tested compounds inhibit HDAC. Tetracenomycin D (2) showed a good binding interactions with HDAC2 (- 5.230 kcal/mol) and HDAC3 (- 6.361 kcal/mol).
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- Mohamed Saleh Abdelfattah
- 1Marine Natural Products Unit (MNPRU), Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
- 2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
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- 1Marine Natural Products Unit (MNPRU), Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
- 2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
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- 3Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
- 4Faculty of Science, Bioinformatics Center, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
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- 1Marine Natural Products Unit (MNPRU), Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
- 2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
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- 2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, 11795 Cairo, Egypt
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Ramadan Y, Amro H, Nora F, Khaled AA. Quorum sensing signal production by sponge-associated bacteria isolated from the Red Sea, Egypt. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.5897/ajb2017.16078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Hashem H, Hanora A, Abdalla S, Shaeky A, Saad A. Dissemination of metallo-β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Egypt: mutation in blaVIM-4. APMIS 2017; 125:499-505. [PMID: 28295668 DOI: 10.1111/apm.12669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected from Suez Canal University Hospital in Ismailia, Egypt. Antibiotic susceptibility testing and phenotypic and genotypic screening for MBLs were performed on 147 isolates of P. aeruginosa. MICs were determined by agar dilution method for carbapenem that was ≥2 μg/mL for meropenem. MBL genes were detected by multiplex and monoplex PCR for P. aeruginosa-harbored plasmids. Mutation profile of sequenced MBL genes was screened using online software Clustal Omega. Out of 147 P. aeruginosa, 39 (26.5%) were carbapenem-resistant isolates and 25 (64%) were confirmed to be positive for MBLs. The susceptibility rate of P. aeruginosa toward polymyxin B and norfloxacin was 99% and 88%, respectively. Identification of collected isolates by API analysis and constructed phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA showed that the isolates were related to P. aeruginosa species. The frequency of blaGIM-1, blaSIM-1, and blaSPM-1 was 52%, 48%, and 24%, respectively. BlaVIM and blaIMP-like genes were 20% and 4% and the sequences confirm the isolate to be blaVIM-1, blaVIM-2, blaVIM-4, and blaIMP-1. Three mutations were identified in blaVIM-4 gene. Our study emphasizes the high occurrence of multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa-producing MBL enzymes.
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- Hany Hashem
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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Diversity of actinobacteria associated with Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault macrocolonies. ANN MICROBIOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-015-1063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Yang Q, Franco CMM, Zhang W. Sponge-associated actinobacterial diversity: validation of the methods of actinobacterial DNA extraction and optimization of 16S rRNA gene amplification. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:8731-40. [PMID: 26245685 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6875-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Experiments were designed to validate the two common DNA extraction protocols (CTAB-based method and DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit) used to effectively recover actinobacterial DNA from sponge samples in order to study the sponge-associated actinobacterial diversity. This was done by artificially spiking sponge samples with actinobacteria (spores, mycelia and a combination of the two). Our results demonstrated that both DNA extraction methods were effective in obtaining DNA from the sponge samples as well as the sponge samples spiked with different amounts of actinobacteria. However, it was noted that in the presence of the sponge, the bacterial 16S rRNA gene could not be amplified unless the combined DNA template was diluted. To test the hypothesis that the extracted sponge DNA contained inhibitors, dilutions of the DNA extracts were tested for six sponge species representing five orders. The results suggested that the inhibitors were co-extracted with the sponge DNA, and a high dilution of this DNA was required for the successful PCR amplification for most of the samples. The optimized PCR conditions, including primer selection, PCR reaction system and program optimization, further improved the PCR performance. However, no single PCR condition was found to be suitable for the diverse sponge samples using various primer sets. These results highlight for the first time that the DNA extraction methods used are effective in obtaining actinobacterial DNA and that the presence of inhibitors in the sponge DNA requires high dilution coupled with fine tuning of the PCR conditions to achieve success in the study of sponge-associated actinobacterial diversity.
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- Qi Yang
- Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
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- Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
- Centre for Marine Drugs, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Mustafa GA, Abd-Elgawad A, Abdel-Haleem AM, Siam R. Egypt's Red Sea coast: phylogenetic analysis of cultured microbial consortia in industrialized sites. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:363. [PMID: 25157243 PMCID: PMC4127681 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Red Sea possesses a unique geography, and its shores are rich in mangrove, macro-algal and coral reef ecosystems. Various sources of pollution affect Red Sea biota, including microbial life. We assessed the effects of industrialization on microbes along the Egyptian Red Sea coast at eight coastal sites and two lakes. The bacterial communities of sediment samples were analyzed using bacterial 16S rDNA pyrosequencing of V6-V4 hypervariable regions. The taxonomic assignment of 131,402 significant reads to major bacterial taxa revealed five main bacterial phyla dominating the sampled sites: Proteobacteria (68%), Firmicutes (13%), Fusobacteria (12%), Bacteriodetes (6%), and Spirochetes (0.03%). Further analysis revealed distinct bacterial consortia that primarily included (1) marine Vibrio spp.-suggesting a "marine Vibrio phenomenon"; (2) potential human pathogens; and (3) oil-degrading bacteria. We discuss two divergent microbial consortia that were sampled from Solar Lake West near Taba/Eilat and Saline Lake in Ras Muhammad; these consortia contained the highest abundance of human pathogens and no pathogens, respectively. Our results draw attention to the effects of industrialization on the Red Sea and suggest the need for further analysis to overcome the hazardous effects observed at the impacted sites.
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- Ghada A Mustafa
- Biotechnology Graduate Program, Biology Department and YJ-Science and Technology Research Center, American University in Cairo New Cairo, Egypt
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- Tourism Development Authority, Ministry of Tourism Cairo, Egypt
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- Biotechnology Graduate Program, Biology Department and YJ-Science and Technology Research Center, American University in Cairo New Cairo, Egypt
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- Biotechnology Graduate Program, Biology Department and YJ-Science and Technology Research Center, American University in Cairo New Cairo, Egypt
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Valliappan K, Sun W, Li Z. Marine actinobacteria associated with marine organisms and their potentials in producing pharmaceutical natural products. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:7365-77. [PMID: 25064352 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5954-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Actinobacteria are ubiquitous in the marine environment, playing an important ecological role in the recycling of refractory biomaterials and producing novel natural products with pharmic applications. Actinobacteria have been detected or isolated from the marine creatures such as sponges, corals, mollusks, ascidians, seaweeds, and seagrass. Marine organism-associated actinobacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences, i.e., 3,003 sequences, deposited in the NCBI database clearly revealed enormous numbers of actinobacteria associated with marine organisms. For example, RDP classification of these sequences showed that 112 and 62 actinobacterial genera were associated with the sponges and corals, respectively. In most cases, it is expected that these actinobacteria protect the host against pathogens by producing bioactive compounds. Natural products investigation and functional gene screening of the actinobacteria associated with the marine organisms revealed that they can synthesize numerous natural products including polyketides, isoprenoids, phenazines, peptides, indolocarbazoles, sterols, and others. These compounds showed anticancer, antimicrobial, antiparasitic, neurological, antioxidant, and anti-HIV activities. Therefore, marine organism-associated actinobacteria represent an important resource for marine drugs. It is an upcoming field of research to search for novel actinobacteria and pharmaceutical natural products from actinobacteria associated with the marine organisms. In this review, we attempt to summarize the present knowledge on the diversity and natural products production of actinobacteria associated with the marine organisms, based on the publications from 1991 to 2013.
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- Karuppiah Valliappan
- Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, 200240, Shanghai, China
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Abdelmohsen UR, Yang C, Horn H, Hajjar D, Ravasi T, Hentschel U. Actinomycetes from Red Sea sponges: sources for chemical and phylogenetic diversity. Mar Drugs 2014; 12:2771-89. [PMID: 24824024 PMCID: PMC4052315 DOI: 10.3390/md12052771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The diversity of actinomycetes associated with marine sponges collected off Fsar Reef (Saudi Arabia) was investigated in the present study. Forty-seven actinomycetes were cultivated and phylogenetically identified based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing and were assigned to 10 different actinomycete genera. Eight putatively novel species belonging to genera Kocuria, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, and Rhodococcus were identified based on sequence similarity values below 98.2% to other 16S rRNA gene sequences available in the NCBI database. PCR-based screening for biosynthetic genes including type I and type II polyketide synthases (PKS-I, PKS-II) as well as nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) showed that 20 actinomycete isolates encoded each at least one type of biosynthetic gene. The organic extracts of nine isolates displayed bioactivity against at least one of the test pathogens, which were Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, fungi, human parasites, as well as in a West Nile Virus protease enzymatic assay. These results emphasize that marine sponges are a prolific resource for novel bioactive actinomycetes with potential for drug discovery.
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- Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen
- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, Würzburg D-97082, Germany.
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- Division of Chemical & Life Sciences and Engineering and Division of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, Würzburg D-97082, Germany.
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- Division of Chemical & Life Sciences and Engineering and Division of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Division of Chemical & Life Sciences and Engineering and Division of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, Würzburg D-97082, Germany.
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Su P, Wang DX, Ding SX, Zhao J. Isolation and diversity of natural product biosynthetic genes of cultivable bacteria associated with marine sponge Mycale sp. from the coast of Fujian, China. Can J Microbiol 2014; 60:217-25. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The marine sponge Mycale sp., a potential source of natural bioactive products, is widely distributed along the coast of Fujian, China. The cultivable bacterial community associated with Mycale sp., the antibacterial activities, and the PKS (polyketide synthase) and NRPS (nonribosomal peptide synthetase) gene diversity of these bacteria were investigated. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene showed that the 51 isolates from Mycale sp. belonged to Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, and Firmicutes. Among them, some bacteria were first isolated from marine sponge. The 20 isolates with antimicrobial activities were primarily clustered within the groups Actinobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Bacillus. Strain HNS054, which showed 99% similarity to Streptomyces labedae, exhibited the strongest antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus MTCC 1430, Bacillus subtilis MTCC 441) and Vibrio species. The screening of natural product biosynthetic genes revealed that 8 Actinobacteria species with antimicrobial activities possessed PKS-KS (ketosynthase) or NRPS-A domains, and the Nocardiopsis species contained a hybrid or mixed PKS–NRPS system. The phylogenetic analysis of the amino acid sequences indicated that the identified KS domains clustered with those from diverse bacterial groups, including Actinobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and Firmicutes. Most KS domain sequences had high homology (>80%) to type I KSs, but the KS domain of Nocardiopsis sp. strain HNS048 had 77% similarity to the type II KS domain of Burkholderia gladioli. The NRPS-A domains of the 8 isolates were grouped into the Gammaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes groups. The NRPS-A gene of strain HNS052, identified as Nocardiopsis cyriacigeorgica, showed only 54% similarity to Rhodococcus opacus. All results suggested that Mycale sp. harboured diverse bacteria that could contribute to the production of novel bioactive substances in the future.
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- Pei Su
- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiangan District, Building Zhou Long Quan, B2-213, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiangan District, Building Zhou Long Quan, B2-213, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiangan District, Building Zhou Long Quan, B2-213, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science of Xiamen University, Xiangan District, Building Zhou Long Quan, B2-213, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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Abdelmohsen UR, Bayer K, Hentschel U. Diversity, abundance and natural products of marine sponge-associated actinomycetes. Nat Prod Rep 2014; 31:381-99. [DOI: 10.1039/c3np70111e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This review discusses the diversity, abundance and natural products repertoire of actinomycetes associated with marine sponges. Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis was carried out and qPCR data on actinomycete abundances in sponge ecosystems are presented.
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- Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen
- Department of Botany II
- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biological Sciences
- University of Würzburg
- 97082 Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Pharmacognosy
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- Department of Botany II
- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biological Sciences
- University of Würzburg
- 97082 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Botany II
- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biological Sciences
- University of Würzburg
- 97082 Würzburg, Germany
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Fujinami S, Takarada H, Kasai H, Sekine M, Omata S, Harada T, Fukai R, Hosoyama A, Horikawa H, Kato Y, Nakazawa H, Fujita N. Complete genome sequence of Ilumatobacter coccineum YM16-304(T.). Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:430-40. [PMID: 24501628 PMCID: PMC3910706 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4007734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ilumatobacter coccineum YM16-304(T) (=NBRC 103263(T)) is a novel marine actinobacterium isolated from a sand sample collected at a beach in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Strain YM16-304(T) is the type strain of the species. Phylogenetically, strain YM16-304(T) is close to Ilumatobacter nonamiense YM16-303(T) (=NBRC 109120(T)), Ilumatobacter fluminis YM22-133(T) and some uncultured bacteria including putative marine sponge symbionts. Whole genome sequence of these species has not been reported. Here we report the complete genome sequence of strain YM16-304(T). The 4,830,181 bp chromosome was predicted to encode a total of 4,291 protein-coding genes.
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- Shun Fujinami
- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
- Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University, 2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe Saitama, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Marine Biosciences Kamaishi Research Laboratory, Kitasato University, Ofunato, Iwate, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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Karlińska-Batres K, Wörheide G. Phylogenetic diversity and community structure of the symbionts associated with the coralline sponge Astrosclera willeyana of the Great Barrier Reef. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2013; 65:740-752. [PMID: 23525793 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0212-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The coralline sponge Astrosclera willeyana, considered to be a living representative of the reef-building stromatoporoids of the Mesozoic and the Paleozoic periods, occurs widely throughout the Indo-Pacific oceans. We aimed to examine, for the first time, the phylogenetic diversity of the microbial symbionts associated with A. willeyana using molecular methods and to investigate the spatial variability in the sponge-derived microbial communities of A. willeyana from diverse sites along the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Both denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analyses of 12 Astrosclera specimens and sequencing of a 16S rRNA gene clone library, constructed using a specimen of A. willeyana from the Yonge Reef (380 clones), revealed the presence of a complex microbial community with high diversity. An assessment of the 16S rRNA gene sequences to the particular phylogenetic groups showed domination of the Chloroflexi (42 %), followed by the Gammaproteobacteria (14 %), Actinobacteria (11 %), Acidobacteria (8 %), and the Deferribacteres (7 %). Of the microbes that were identified, a further 15 % belonged to the Deltaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, and Nitrospirae genera. The minor phylogenetic groups Gemmatimonadetes, Spirochaetes, Cyanobacteria, Poribacteria, and the Archaea composed 3 % of the community. Over 94 % of the sequences obtained from A. willeyana grouped together with other sponge- or coral-derived sequences, and of these, 72 % formed, with nearest relatives, 46 sponge-specific or sponge-coral clusters, highlighting the uniqueness of the microbial consortia in sponges. The DGGE results showed clear divisions according to the geographical origin of the samples, indicating closer relationships between the microbial communities with respect to their geographic origin (northern vs. southern GBR).
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- Klementyna Karlińska-Batres
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology & GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Blastocatella fastidiosa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from semiarid savanna soil – The first described species of Acidobacteria subdivision 4. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:82-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2012.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Walmsley TA, Matcher GF, Zhang F, Hill RT, Davies-Coleman MT, Dorrington RA. Diversity of bacterial communities associated with the Indian Ocean sponge Tsitsikamma favus that contains the bioactive pyrroloiminoquinones, tsitsikammamine A and B. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 14:681-691. [PMID: 22310802 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9430-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Tsitsikamma favus is a latrunculid sponge endemic to the coast of South Africa that produces unique pyrroloiminoquinones known as tsitsikammamines. Wakayin and makaluvamine A are structurally similar to the tsitsikammamines and are the only pyrroloiminoquinones isolated from a source other than Porifera (namely a Fijian ascidian Clavelina sp. and a laboratory culture of the myxomycete Didymium bahiense, respectively). The source of the tsitsikammamines is hypothesised to be microbial, which could provide a means of overcoming the current supply problem. This study focuses on characterising the microbial diversity associated with T. favus. We have used denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis together with clonal and deep sequencing of microbial 16S rRNA gene amplicons to show that specimens of this sponge species contain a distinct and conserved microbial population, which is stable over time and is dominated by a unique Betaproteobacterium species.
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- Tara A Walmsley
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Han M, Liu F, Zhang F, Li Z, Lin H. Bacterial and archaeal symbionts in the South China Sea sponge Phakellia fusca: community structure, relative abundance, and ammonia-oxidizing populations. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 14:701-713. [PMID: 22310803 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9436-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Many biologically active natural products have been isolated from Phakellia fusca, an indigenous sponge in the South China Sea; however, the microbial symbionts of Phakellia fusca remain unknown. The present investigations on sponge microbial community are mainly based on qualitative analysis, while quantitative analysis, e.g., relative abundance, is rarely carried out, and little is known about the roles of microbial symbionts. In this study, the community structure and relative abundance of bacteria, actinobacteria, and archaea associated with Phakellia fusca were revealed by 16S rRNA gene library-based sequencing and quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR). The ammonia-oxidizing populations were investigated based on amoA gene and anammox-specific 16S rRNA gene libraries. As a result, it was found that bacterial symbionts of sponge Phakellia fusca consist of Proteobacteria including Gamma-, Alpha-, and Delta-proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria with Gamma-proteobacteria as the predominant components. In particular, the diversity of actinobacterial symbionts in Phakellia fusca is high, which is composed of Corynebacterineae, Acidimicrobidae, Frankineae, Micrococcineae, and Streptosporangineae. All the observed archaea in sponge Phakellia fusca belong to Crenarchaeota, and the detected ammonia-oxidizing populations are ammonia-oxidizing archaea, suggesting the nitrification function of sponge archaeal symbionts. According to qRT-PCR analysis, bacterial symbionts dominated the microbial community, while archaea represented the second predominant symbionts, followed by actinobacteria. The revealed diverse prokaryotic symbionts of Phakellia fusca are valuable for the understanding and in-depth utilization of Phakellia fusca microbial symbionts. This study extends our knowledge of the community, especially the relative abundance of microbial symbionts in sponges.
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- Minqi Han
- Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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Diversity and biosynthetic potential of culturable actinomycetes associated with marine sponges in the China Seas. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:5917-5932. [PMID: 22754340 PMCID: PMC3382808 DOI: 10.3390/ijms13055917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The diversity and secondary metabolite potential of culturable actinomycetes associated with eight different marine sponges collected from the South China Sea and the Yellow sea were investigated. A total of 327 strains were isolated and 108 representative isolates were selected for phylogenetic analysis. Ten families and 13 genera of Actinomycetales were detected, among which five genera represent first records isolated from marine sponges. Oligotrophic medium M5 (water agar) proved to be efficient for selective isolation, and “Micromonospora–Streptomyces” was proposed as the major distribution group of sponge-associated actinomycetes from the China Seas. Ten isolates are likely to represent novel species. Sponge Hymeniacidon perleve was found to contain the highest genus diversity (seven genera) of actinomycetes. Housekeeping gene phylogenetic analyses of the isolates indicated one ubiquitous Micromonospora species, one unique Streptomyces species and one unique Verrucosispora phylogroup. Of the isolates, 27.5% displayed antimicrobial activity, and 91% contained polyketide synthase and/or nonribosomal peptide synthetase genes, indicating that these isolates had a high potential to produce secondary metabolites. The isolates from sponge Axinella sp. contained the highest presence of both antimicrobial activity and NRPS genes, while those from isolation medium DNBA showed the highest presence of antimicrobial activity and PKS I genes.
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Richardson C, Hill M, Marks C, Runyen-Janecky L, Hill A. Experimental manipulation of sponge/bacterial symbiont community composition with antibiotics: sponge cell aggregates as a unique tool to study animal/microorganism symbiosis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 81:407-18. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Department of Biology; University of Richmond; Richmond; VA; USA
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- Department of Biology; University of Richmond; Richmond; VA; USA
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- Department of Biology; University of Richmond; Richmond; VA; USA
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Radax R, Hoffmann F, Rapp HT, Leininger S, Schleper C. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea as main drivers of nitrification in cold-water sponges. Environ Microbiol 2011; 14:909-23. [PMID: 22176665 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02661.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The association of archaea with marine sponges was first described 15 years ago and their role in the nitrification process in Mediterranean and tropical sponges has been suggested. Here we explore the occurrence and abundance of potential ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in four morphologically different cold-water sponges (Phakellia ventilabrum, Geodia barretti, Antho dichotoma and Tentorium semisuberites) from the sublittoral and upper bathyal zone [Correction added on 30 December 2011, after first online publication on 19 December 2011: The term 'mesopelagic zone' has been replaced.] of the Norwegian coast, and relate them to nitrification rates determined in laboratory incubations. Net nitrification rates, calculated from the sum of nitrite and nitrate release during 24 h, were up to 1880 nmol N cm(-3) day(-1); i.e. comparable with those measured in Mediterranean sponges. Furthermore, a high abundance of archaeal cells was determined by fluorescence in situ hybridizations (CARD-FISH) and quantitative PCR, targeting archaeal amoA genes (encoding the alpha subunit of ammonia monooxygenase). AmoA genes as well as amoA transcripts were either exclusively detectable from archaea or were orders of magnitudes higher in abundance than their bacterial counterparts. Phylogenetic analyses of AOA and bacterial nitrite oxidizers (genus Nitrospira) confirmed the presence of specific populations of nitrifying microorganisms in the sponge mesohyl, which either were affiliated with groups detected earlier in marine sponges or were typical inhabitants of cold- and deep-water environments. Estimated cell-specific nitrification rates for P. ventilabrum were 0.6 to 6 fmol N archaeal cell(-1) day(-1), thus comparable with planktonic organisms. Our results identify AOA as the major drivers of nitrification in four cold-water sponges, and indicate that these archaea may be considered as a relevant factor in nitrogen cycling in ocean regions with high sponge biomass.
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- Regina Radax
- University of Vienna, Department of Genetics in Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, González-Pech R, Turon X. A specific mix of generalists: bacterial symbionts in Mediterranean Ircinia spp. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011; 79:619-37. [PMID: 22092516 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01243.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Microbial symbionts form abundant and diverse components of marine sponge holobionts, yet the ecological and evolutionary factors that dictate their community structure are unresolved. Here, we characterized the bacterial symbiont communities of three sympatric host species in the genus Ircinia from the NW Mediterranean Sea, using electron microscopy and replicated 16S rRNA gene sequence clone libraries. All Ircinia host species harbored abundant and phylogenetically diverse symbiont consortia, comprised primarily of sequences related to other sponge-derived microorganisms. Community-level analyses of bacterial symbionts revealed host species-specific genetic differentiation and structuring of Ircinia-associated microbiota. Phylogenetic analyses of host sponges showed a close evolutionary relationship between Ircinia fasciculata and Ircinia variabilis, the two host species exhibiting more similar symbiont communities. In addition, several bacterial operational taxonomic units were shared between I. variabilis and Ircinia oros, the two host species inhabiting semi-sciophilous communities in more cryptic benthic habitats, and absent in I. fasciculata, which occurs in exposed, high-irradiance habitats. The generalist nature of individual symbionts and host-specific structure of entire communities suggest that: (1) a 'specific mix of generalists' framework applies to bacterial symbionts in Ircinia hosts and (2) factors specific to each host species contribute to the distinct symbiont mix observed in Ircinia hosts.
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- Patrick M Erwin
- Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Girona, Spain.
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Pan K, Lee OO, Qian PY, Wang WX. Sponges and sediments as monitoring tools of metal contamination in the eastern coast of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2011; 62:1140-1146. [PMID: 21453933 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Sediments and sponges were collected from various locations along the eastern coast of the Red Sea, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Total concentrations of Cd, Zn, Ag, Cu, Pb, As and Hg in the sediments were measured. Metal contamination was not significant in most of the studied sites and only one site was moderately polluted by Zn, Cu, and Pb. Sponges accumulated specific metals readily even though the metal exposure was low in the ambient environment. Contrasting interspecies differences in metal accumulation patterns were observed among the nine collected species of sponges. Significant positive correlations were found between the metal concentrations in the two species of sponges collected from the same sites. The strong ability to accumulate specific metals and the diversity of sponges that live in the Red Sea coastal areas make them a promising biomonitor of metal contamination in the areas.
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- Ke Pan
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Lee OO, Wang Y, Yang J, Lafi FF, Al-Suwailem A, Qian PY. Pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse and species-specific microbial communities in sponges from the Red Sea. THE ISME JOURNAL 2011; 5:650-64. [PMID: 21085196 PMCID: PMC3105750 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2010] [Revised: 09/13/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Marine sponges are associated with a remarkable array of microorganisms. Using a tag pyrosequencing technology, this study was the first to investigate in depth the microbial communities associated with three Red Sea sponges, Hyrtios erectus, Stylissa carteri and Xestospongia testudinaria. We revealed highly diverse sponge-associated bacterial communities with up to 1000 microbial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) and richness estimates of up to 2000 species. Altogether, 26 bacterial phyla were detected from the Red Sea sponges, 11 of which were absent from the surrounding sea water and 4 were recorded in sponges for the first time. Up to 100 OTUs with richness estimates of up to 300 archaeal species were revealed from a single sponge species. This is by far the highest archaeal diversity ever recorded for sponges. A non-negligible proportion of unclassified reads was observed in sponges. Our results demonstrated that the sponge-associated microbial communities remained highly consistent in the same sponge species from different locations, although they varied at different degrees among different sponge species. A significant proportion of the tag sequences from the sponges could be assigned to one of the sponge-specific clusters previously defined. In addition, the sponge-associated microbial communities were consistently divergent from those present in the surrounding sea water. Our results suggest that the Red Sea sponges possess highly sponge-specific or even sponge-species-specific microbial communities that are resistant to environmental disturbance, and much of their microbial diversity remains to be explored.
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- On On Lee
- KAUST Global Partnership Program, Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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- KAUST Global Partnership Program, Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
- The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Global Partnership Program, Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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- The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Global Partnership Program, Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
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Abdelmohsen UR, Pimentel-Elardo SM, Hanora A, Radwan M, Abou-El-Ela SH, Ahmed S, Hentschel U. Isolation, phylogenetic analysis and anti-infective activity screening of marine sponge-associated actinomycetes. Mar Drugs 2010; 8:399-412. [PMID: 20411105 PMCID: PMC2857355 DOI: 10.3390/md8030399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Terrestrial actinomycetes are noteworthy producers of a multitude of antibiotics, however the marine representatives are much less studied in this regard. In this study, 90 actinomycetes were isolated from 11 different species of marine sponges that had been collected from offshore Ras Mohamed (Egypt) and from Rovinj (Croatia). Phylogenetic characterization of the isolates based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing supported their assignment to 18 different actinomycete genera representing seven different suborders. Fourteen putatively novel species were identified based on sequence similarity values below 98.2% to other strains in the NCBI database. A putative new genus related to Rubrobacter was isolated on M1 agar that had been amended with sponge extract, thus highlighting the need for innovative cultivation protocols. Testing for anti-infective activities was performed against clinically relevant, Gram-positive (Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) bacteria, fungi (Candida albicans) and human parasites (Leishmania major, Trypanosoma brucei). Bioactivities against these pathogens were documented for 10 actinomycete isolates. These results show a high diversity of actinomycetes associated with marine sponges as well as highlight their potential to produce anti-infective agents.
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- Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen
- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, 97082 Würzburg, Germany; E-Mail:
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(U.R.A.)
- Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, 97082 Würzburg, Germany; E-Mail:
(S.M.P.-E.);
(U.R.A.)
- Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; E-Mail:
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; E-Mails:
(M.R.);
(S.H.A.-E.-E.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; E-Mails:
(M.R.);
(S.H.A.-E.-E.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt; E-Mail:
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- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, 97082 Würzburg, Germany; E-Mail:
(S.M.P.-E.);
(U.R.A.)
- Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
- *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:
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