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Wilkes TI, Warner DJ, Edmonds-Brown V, Davies KG. Species-Specific Interactions of Bacillus Innocula and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Symbiosis with Winter Wheat. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E1795. [PMID: 33207834 PMCID: PMC7697830 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8111795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi establish close interactions with host plants, an estimated 80% of vascular plant species. The host plant receives additional soil bound nutrients that would otherwise not be available. Other components of the microbiome, such as rhizobacteria, may influence interactions between AM fungi and the host plant. Within a commercial arable crop selected rhizobacteria in combination with AM fungi may benefit crop yields. The precise nature of interactions between rhizobacteria and AM fungi in a symbiotic relationship overall requires greater understanding. The present study aims to assess this relationship by quantifying: (1) AM fungal intracellular root structures (arbuscules) and soil glomalin as an indicator of AM fungal growth; and (2) root length and tiller number as a measure of crop growth, in response to inoculation with one of three species of Bacillus: B. amyloliquefaciences, B. pumilis, or B. subtilis. The influence of soil management, conventional (CT) or zero tillage (ZT) was a further variable evaluated. A significant (p < 0.0001) species-specific impact on the number of quantifiable AM fungal arbuscules was observed. The inoculation of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) with B. amyloliquefaciences had a positive impact on AM fungal symbiosis, as indicated by an average of 3226 arbuscules per centimetre of root tissue. Bacillus subtilis increased root length significantly (p < 0.01) but decreased fungal symbiosis (p < 0.01). The inoculation of field soils altered the concentration of glomalin, an indicator of AM fungal growth, significantly (p < 0.00001) for each tillage treatment. The greatest increase was associated with B. amyloliquefaciences for both CT (p < 0.0001) and ZT (p < 0.00001). Bacillus subtilis reduced measured glomalin significantly in both tillage treatments (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.00001 for CT and ZT respectively). The interaction between rhizobacteria and AM fungi is variable, being beneficial or detrimental depending on species. This relationship was evident in both tillage treatments and has important implications for maximizing symbiosis in the crop plant-microbiome present in agricultural systems.
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- Thomas I. Wilkes
- Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK; (V.E.-B.); (K.G.D.)
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- Agriculture and Environment Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK;
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- Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK; (V.E.-B.); (K.G.D.)
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- Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK; (V.E.-B.); (K.G.D.)
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Zhang W, Yu C, Wang X, Hai L, Hu J. RETRACTED: Increased abundance of nitrogen fixing bacteria by higher C/N ratio reduces the total losses of N and C in cattle manure and corn stover mix composting. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 103:416-425. [PMID: 31952023 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. The article duplicates significant parts of a paper that had already appeared in Bioresource Technology, Volume 297, February 2020, 122410, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122410. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that the paper has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Re-use of any data should be appropriately cited. As such this article represents a misuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.
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- Wenming Zhang
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, PR China; Department of Agriculture and Biosystem Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames 50010, United States.
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- Department of Agriculture and Biosystem Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames 50010, United States
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, PR China
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- Jilin Provincial Laboratory of Grassland Farming, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, PR China
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Agnolucci M, Avio L, Pepe A, Turrini A, Cristani C, Bonini P, Cirino V, Colosimo F, Ruzzi M, Giovannetti M. Bacteria Associated With a Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculum: Community Composition and Multifunctional Activity as Assessed by Illumina Sequencing and Culture-Dependent Tools. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 9:1956. [PMID: 30693008 PMCID: PMC6339933 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The implementation of sustainable agriculture encompasses practices enhancing the activity of beneficial soil microorganisms, able to modulate biogeochemical soil cycles and to affect soil fertility. Among them, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) establish symbioses with the roots of most food crops and play a key role in nutrient uptake and plant protection from biotic and abiotic stresses. Such beneficial services, encompassing improved crop performances, and soil resources availability, are the outcome of the synergistic action of AMF and the vast communities of mycorrhizospheric bacteria living strictly associated with their mycelium and spores, most of which showing plant growth promoting (PGP) activities, such as the ability to solubilize phosphate and produce siderophores and indole acetic acid (IAA). One of the strategies devised to exploit AMF benefits is represented by the inoculation of selected isolates, either as single species or in a mixture. Here, for the first time, the microbiota associated with a commercial AMF inoculum was identified and characterized, using a polyphasic approach, i.e., a combination of culture-dependent analyses and metagenomic sequencing. Overall, 276 bacterial genera were identified by Illumina high-throughput sequencing, belonging to 165 families, 107 orders, and 23 phyla, mostly represented by Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes. The commercial inoculum harbored a rich culturable heterotrophic bacterial community, whose populations ranged from 2.5 to 6.1 × 106 CFU/mL. The isolation of functional groups allowed the selection of 36 bacterial strains showing PGP activities. Among them, 14 strains showed strong IAA and/or siderophores production and were affiliated with Actinomycetales (Microbacterium trichotecenolyticum, Streptomyces deccanensis/scabiei), Bacillales (Bacillus litoralis, Bacillus megaterium), Enterobacteriales (Enterobacter), Rhizobiales (Rhizobium radiobacter). This work demonstrates for the first time that an AMF inoculum, obtained following industrial production processes, is home of a large and diverse community of bacteria with important functional PGP traits, possibly acting in synergy with AMF and providing additional services and benefits. Such bacteria, available in pure culture, could be utilized, individually and/or in multispecies consortia with AMF, as biofertilizers and bioenhancers in sustainable agroecosystems, aimed at minimizing the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, promoting primary production, and maintaining soil health and fertility.
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- Monica Agnolucci
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- ATENS - Agrotecnologias Naturales SL, La Riera de Gaia, Tarragona, Spain
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- ATENS - Agrotecnologias Naturales SL, La Riera de Gaia, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forest Systems, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Geng Y, Deng Y, Chen F, Jin H, Hou T, Tao K. Isopropanol biodegradation by immobilized Paracoccus denitrificans in a three-phase fluidized bed reactor. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2018; 46:747-754. [PMID: 26716611 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2015.1135446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A three-phase bed bioreactor including a mix of immobilized microbes was used to degrade isopropanol (IPA). The immobilization method was studied and cells immobilized with calcium alginate, polyvinyl alcohol, activated carbon, and SiO2 were demonstrated to be the best immobilization method for the degradation of 90% of 2 g/L IPA in just 4 days, 1 day earlier than with free cells. Acetone was monitored as an indicator of microbial IPA utilization as the major intermediate of aerobic IPA biodegradation. The bioreactor was operated at hydraulic retention time (HRT) values of 32, 24, 16, 12, and 10 hr, which correspond to membrane fluxes of 0.03, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, and 0.10 L/m2/hr, respectively. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiencies were maintained at 98.0, 97.8, 89.1, 80.6, and 71.1% at a HRT of 32, 24, 16, 12, and 10 hr, respectively, while the IPA degradations were 98.6, 98.3, 90.3, 81.6, and 73.3%, respectively. With a comprehensive consideration of COD removal and economy, the optimal HRT was 24 hr. The results demonstrate the potential of immobilized mixed bacterial consortium in a three-phase fluidized bed reactor system for the aerobic treatment of wastewater containing IPA.
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- Yucong Geng
- a Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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Fida TT, Gassara F, Voordouw G. Biodegradation of isopropanol and acetone under denitrifying conditions by Thauera sp. TK001 for nitrate-mediated microbially enhanced oil recovery. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2017; 334:68-75. [PMID: 28402896 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Revised: 03/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Amendment of reservoir fluid with injected substrates can enhance the growth and activity of microbes. The present study used isopropyl alcohol (IPA) or acetone to enhance the indigenous anaerobic nitrate-reducing bacterium Thauera sp. TK001. The strain was able to grow on IPA or acetone and nitrate. To monitor effects of strain TK001 on oil recovery, sand-packed columns containing heavy oil were flooded with minimal medium at atmospheric or high (400psi) pressure. Bioreactors were then inoculated with 0.5 pore volume (PV) of minimal medium containing Thauera sp. TK001 with 25mM of acetone or 22.2mM of IPA with or without 80mM nitrate. Incubation without flow for two weeks and subsequent injection with minimal medium gave an additional 17.0±6.7% of residual oil in place (ROIP) from low-pressure bioreactors and an additional 18.3% of ROIP from the high-pressure bioreactors. These results indicate that acetone or IPA, which are commonly used organic solvents, are good substrates for nitrate-mediated microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR), comparable to glucose, acetate or molasses, tested previously. This technology may be used for coupling biodegradation of IPA and/or acetone in waste streams to MEOR where these waste streams are generated in close proximity to an oil field.
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- Tekle Tafese Fida
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Geng Y, Deng Y, Chen F, Jin H, Tao K, Hou T. Biodegradation of isopropanol by a solvent-tolerant Paracoccus denitrificans strain. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 45:491-9. [PMID: 24840098 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2014.923452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The biodegradation of high concentration isopropanol (2-propanol, IPA) at 16 g/L was investigated by a solvent-tolerant strain of bacteria identified as Paracoccus denitrificans for the first time by 16S rDNA gene sequencing. The strain P. denitrificans GH3 was able to utilize the high concentration of IPA as the sole carbon source within a minimal salts medium with a cell density of 1.5×10(8) cells/mL. The optimal conditions were found as follows: initial pH 7.0, incubation temperature 30°C, with IPA concentration 8 g/L. Under the optimal conditions, strain GH3 utilized 90.3% of IPA in 7 days. Acetone, the major intermediate of aerobic IPA biodegradation, was also monitored as an indicator of microbial IPA utilization. Both IPA and acetone were completely removed from the medium following 216 hr and 240 hr, respectively. The growth of strain GH3 on IPA as a sole carbon and energy source was well described by the Andrews model with a maximum growth rate (μmax)=0.0277/hr, a saturation constant (KS)=0.7333 g/L, and an inhibition concentration (Ki)=8.9887 g/L. Paracoccus denitrificans GH3 is considered to be well used in degrading IPA in wastewater.
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- Yucong Geng
- a Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education , College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , P.R. China
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Biodegradation of semiconductor volatile organic compounds by four novel bacterial strains: a kinetic analysis. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2012; 35:1117-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-012-0696-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Balasubramanian P, Philip L, Bhallamudi SM. Biodegradation of Chlorinated and Non-chlorinated VOCs from Pharmaceutical Industries. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2010; 163:497-518. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-010-9057-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gupta A, Khare SK. Enzymes from solvent-tolerant microbes: useful biocatalysts for non-aqueous enzymology. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2009; 29:44-54. [PMID: 19514902 DOI: 10.1080/07388550802688797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Solvent-tolerant microbes are a newly emerging class that possesses the unique ability to thrive in the presence of organic solvents. Their enzymes adapted to mediate cellular and metabolic processes in a solvent-rich environment and are logically stable in the presence of organic solvents. Enzyme catalysis in non-aqueous/low-water media is finding increasing applications for the synthesis of industrially important products, namely peptides, esters, and other trans-esterification products. Solvent stability, however, remains a prerequisite for employing enzymes in non-aqueous systems. Enzymes, in general, get inactivated or give very low rates of reaction in non-aqueous media. Thus, early efforts, and even some recent ones, have aimed at stabilization of enzymes in organic media by immobilization, surface modifications, mutagenesis, and protein engineering. Enzymes from solvent-tolerant microbes appear to be the choicest source for studying solvent-stable enzymes because of their unique ability to survive in the presence of a range of organic solvents. These bacteria circumvent the solvent's toxic effects by virtue of various adaptations, e.g. at the level of the cytoplasmic membrane, by degradation and transformation of solvents, and by active excretion of solvents. The recent screening of these exotic microbes has generated some naturally solvent-stable proteases, lipases, cholesterol oxidase, cholesterol esterase, cyclodextrin glucanotransferase, and other important enzymes. The unique properties of these novel biocatalysts have great potential for applications in non-aqueous enzymology for a range of industrial processes.
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- Anshu Gupta
- School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate, Delhi, India
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Enhanced production and characterization of a solvent stable protease from solvent tolerant Pseudomonas aeruginosa PseA. Enzyme Microb Technol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2007.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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