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Shi X, Pereira R, Uzma, Savage L, Poursat B, Quinn D, Kostrytsia A, Cholet F, Smith CJ, Gauchotte-Lindsay C, Sloan WT, Ijaz UZ, Vignola M. Microbial stratification and DOM removal in drinking water biofilters: Implications for enhanced performance. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 262:122053. [PMID: 39059199 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
Abstract
Biofiltration is a low-cost, low-energy technology that employs a biologically activated bed of porous medium to reduce the biodegradable fraction of the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool in source water, resulting in the production of drinking water. Microbial communities at different bed depths within the biofilter play crucial roles in the degradation and removal of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), ultimately impacting its performance. However, the relationships between the composition of microbial communities inhabiting different biofilter depths and their utilisation of various DOC fractions remain poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted an experimental study where microbial communities from the upper (i.e., top 10 cm) and lower (i.e., bottom 10 cm) sections of a 30-cm long laboratory-scale biofilter were recovered. These communities were then individually incubated for 10 days using the same source water as the biofilter influent. Our study revealed that the bottom microbial community exhibited lower diversity yet had a co-occurrence network with a higher degree of interconnections among its members compared to the top microbial community. Moreover, we established a direct correlation between the composition and network structure of the microbial communities and their ability to utilise various DOM compounds within a DOM pool. Interestingly, although the bottom microbial community had only 20 % of the total cell abundance compared to the top community at the beginning of the incubation, it utilised and hence removed approximately 60 % more total DOC from the DOM pool than the top community. While both communities rapidly utilised labile carbon fractions, such as low-molecular-weight neutrals, the utilisation of more refractory carbon fractions, like high-molecular-weight humic substances with an average molecular weight of more than ca. 1451 g/mol, was exclusive to the bottom microbial community. By employing techniques that capture microbial diversity (i.e., flow cytometry and 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing) and considering the complexities of DOM (i.e., LCOCD), our study provides novel insights into how microbial community structure could influence the microbial-mediated processes of engineering significance in drinking water production. Finally, our findings could offer the opportunity to improve biofilter performances via engineering interventions that shape the compositions of biofilter microbial communities and enhance their utilisation and removal of DOM, most notably the more classically humified and refractory DOM compound groups.
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- Xiang Shi
- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- The Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK
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- James Watt School of Engineering, Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW, UK.
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Abdoli P, Vulin C, Lepiz M, Chase AB, Weihe C, Rodríguez-Verdugo A. Substrate complexity buffers negative interactions in a synthetic community of leaf litter degraders. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2024; 100:fiae102. [PMID: 39020097 PMCID: PMC11289631 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiae102] [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: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024] Open
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Leaf litter microbes collectively degrade plant polysaccharides, influencing land-atmosphere carbon exchange. An open question is how substrate complexity-defined as the structure of the saccharide and the amount of external processing by extracellular enzymes-influences species interactions. We tested the hypothesis that monosaccharides (i.e. xylose) promote negative interactions through resource competition, and polysaccharides (i.e. xylan) promote neutral or positive interactions through resource partitioning or synergism among extracellular enzymes. We assembled a three-species community of leaf litter-degrading bacteria isolated from a grassland site in Southern California. In the polysaccharide xylan, pairs of species stably coexisted and grew equally in coculture and in monoculture. Conversely, in the monosaccharide xylose, competitive exclusion and negative interactions prevailed. These pairwise dynamics remained consistent in a three-species community: all three species coexisted in xylan, while only two species coexisted in xylose, with one species capable of using peptone. A mathematical model showed that in xylose these dynamics could be explained by resource competition. Instead, the model could not predict the coexistence patterns in xylan, suggesting other interactions exist during biopolymer degradation. Overall, our study shows that substrate complexity influences species interactions and patterns of coexistence in a synthetic microbial community of leaf litter degraders.
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- Parmis Abdoli
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, United States
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Biophore, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Suite 207, Heroy Hall, Dallas, TX 75205, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, United States
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, United States
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de Souza JB, Sommerfeld S, Almeida-Souza HO, Vaz ER, Bastos LM, Santos FDAA, Rodrigues AC, Medeiros-Ronchi AA, Goulart LR, Fonseca BB. A new standardization for the use of chicken embryo: selection of target from the phage display library and infection. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:412. [PMID: 38985354 PMCID: PMC11236870 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13227-x] [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: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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The filamentous bacteriophage M13KO7 (M13) is the most used in phage display (PD) technology and, like other phages, has been applied in several areas of medicine, agriculture, and in the food industry. One of the advantages is that they can modulate the immune response in the presence of pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses. This study evaluated the use of phage M13 in the chicken embryos model. We inoculated 13-day-old chicken embryos with Salmonella Pullorum (SP) and then evaluated survival for the presence of phage M13 or E. coli ER2738 (ECR) infected with M13. We found that the ECR bacterium inhibits SP multiplication in 0.32 (M13-infected ECR) or 0.44 log UFC/mL (M13-uninfected ECR) and that the ECR-free phage M13 from the PD library can be used in chicken embryo models. This work provides the use of the chicken embryo as a model to study systemic infection and can be employed as an analysis tool for various peptides that M13 can express from PD selection. KEY POINTS: • SP-infected chicken embryo can be a helpful model of systemic infection for different tests. • Phage M13 does not lead to embryonic mortality or cause serious injury to embryos. • Phage M13 from the PD library can be used in chicken embryo model tests.
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- Jessica Brito de Souza
- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.
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- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Biochemistry, Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.
- Postgraduate Program in Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.
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Sunil S, Murphy SI, Orsi RH, Ivanek R, Wiedmann M. Strain-specific Growth Parameters are Important to Accurately Model Bacterial Growth on Baby Spinach in Simulation Models. J Food Prot 2024; 87:100270. [PMID: 38552796 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Digital tools to predict produce shelf life have the potential to reduce food waste and improve consumer satisfaction. To address this need, we (i) performed an observational study on the microbial quality of baby spinach, (ii) completed growth experiments of bacteria that are representative of the baby spinach microbiota, and (iii) developed an initial simulation model of bacterial growth on baby spinach. Our observational data showed that the predominant genera found on baby spinach were Pseudomonas, Pantoea and Exiguobacterium. Rifampicin-resistant mutants (rifR mutants) of representative bacterial subtypes were subsequently generated to obtain strain-specific growth parameters on baby spinach. These experiments showed that: (i) it is difficult to select rifR mutants that do not have fitness costs affecting growth (9 of 15 rifR mutants showed substantial differences in growth, compared to their corresponding wild-type strain) and (ii) based on estimates from primary growth models, the mean (geometric) maximum population of rifR mutants on baby spinach (7.6 log10 CFU/g, at 6°C) appears lower than that of the spinach microbiota (9.6 log10 CFU/g, at 6°C), even if rifR mutants did not have substantial growth-related fitness costs. Thus, a simulation model, parameterized with the data obtained here as well as literature data on home refrigeration temperatures, underestimated bacterial growth on baby spinach. The root mean square error of the simulation's output, compared against data from the observational study, was 1.11 log10 CFU/g. Sensitivity analysis was used to identify key parameters (e.g., strain maximum population) that impact the simulation model's output, allowing for prioritization of future data collection to improve the simulation model. Overall, this study provides a roadmap for the development of models to predict bacterial growth on leafy vegetables with strain-specific parameters and suggests that additional data are required to improve these models.
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- Sriya Sunil
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Hidalgo-Martinez K, Giachini AJ, Schneider M, Soriano A, Baessa MP, Martins LF, de Oliveira VM. Shifts in structure and dynamics of the soil microbiome in biofuel/fuel blend-affected areas triggered by different bioremediation treatments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:33663-33684. [PMID: 38687451 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33304-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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The use of biofuels has grown in the last decades as a consequence of the direct environmental impacts of fossil fuel use. Elucidating structure, diversity, species interactions, and assembly mechanisms of microbiomes is crucial for understanding the influence of environmental disturbances. However, little is known about how contamination with biofuel/petrofuel blends alters the soil microbiome. Here, we studied the dynamics in the soil microbiome structure and composition of four field areas under long-term contamination with biofuel/fossil fuel blends (ethanol 10% and gasoline 90%-E10; ethanol 25% and gasoline 75%-E25; soybean biodiesel 20% and diesel 80%-B20) submitted to different bioremediation treatments along a temporal gradient. Soil microbiomes from biodiesel-polluted areas exhibited higher richness and diversity index values and more complex microbial communities than ethanol-polluted areas. Additionally, monitored natural attenuation B20-polluted areas were less affected by perturbations caused by bioremediation treatments. As a consequence, once biostimulation was applied, the degradation was slower compared with areas previously actively treated. In soils with low diversity and richness, the impact of bioremediation treatments on the microbiomes was greater, and as a result, the hydrocarbon degradation extent was higher. The network analysis showed that all abundant keystone taxa corresponded to well-known degraders, suggesting that the abundant species are core targets for biostimulation in soil remediation processes. Altogether, these findings showed that the knowledge gained through the study of microbiomes in contaminated areas may help design and conduct optimized bioremediation approaches, paving the way for future rationalized and efficient pollutant mitigation strategies.
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- Kelly Hidalgo-Martinez
- Divisão de Recursos Microbianos, Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Químicas, Biológicas E Agrícolas (CPQBA), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Paulínia, SP, CEP 13148-218, Brazil.
- Programa de Pós-Graduação de Genética E Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, CEP 13083-970, Brazil.
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- Núcleo Ressacada de Pesquisas Em Meio Ambiente (REMA)-Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Universitário Sul da Ilha-Rua José Olímpio da Silva, 1326-Bairro Tapera, Florianópolis, SC, 88049-500, Brazil
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- Núcleo Ressacada de Pesquisas Em Meio Ambiente (REMA)-Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Universitário Sul da Ilha-Rua José Olímpio da Silva, 1326-Bairro Tapera, Florianópolis, SC, 88049-500, Brazil
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- PETROBRAS/R&D Center (CENPES), Cidade Universitária, Av. Horácio Macedo, Ilha Do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, 950, ZIP 21941-915, Brazil
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- PETROBRAS/R&D Center (CENPES), Cidade Universitária, Av. Horácio Macedo, Ilha Do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, 950, ZIP 21941-915, Brazil
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- PETROBRAS/R&D Center (CENPES), Cidade Universitária, Av. Horácio Macedo, Ilha Do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, 950, ZIP 21941-915, Brazil
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- Divisão de Recursos Microbianos, Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Químicas, Biológicas E Agrícolas (CPQBA), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Paulínia, SP, CEP 13148-218, Brazil
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McNichol SM, Sanchez-Quete F, Loeb SK, Teske AP, Shah Walter SR, Mahmoudi N. Dynamics of carbon substrate competition among heterotrophic microorganisms. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrae018. [PMID: 38366177 PMCID: PMC10942773 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Growing evidence suggests that interactions among heterotrophic microorganisms influence the efficiency and rate of organic matter turnover. These interactions are dynamic and shaped by the composition and availability of resources in their surrounding environment. Heterotrophic microorganisms inhabiting marine environments often encounter fluctuations in the quality and quantity of carbon inputs, ranging from simple sugars to large, complex compounds. Here, we experimentally tested how the chemical complexity of carbon substrates affects competition and growth dynamics between two heterotrophic marine isolates. We tracked cell density using species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and measured rates of microbial CO2 production along with associated isotopic signatures (13C and 14C) to quantify the impact of these interactions on organic matter remineralization. The observed cell densities revealed substrate-driven interactions: one species exhibited a competitive advantage and quickly outgrew the other when incubated with a labile compound whereas both species seemed to coexist harmoniously in the presence of more complex organic matter. Rates of CO2 respiration revealed that coincubation of these isolates enhanced organic matter turnover, sometimes by nearly 2-fold, compared to their incubation as mono-cultures. Isotopic signatures of respired CO2 indicated that coincubation resulted in a greater remineralization of macromolecular organic matter. These results demonstrate that simple substrates promote competition whereas high substrate complexity reduces competitiveness and promotes the partitioning of degradative activities into distinct niches, facilitating coordinated utilization of the carbon pool. Taken together, this study yields new insight into how the quality of organic matter plays a pivotal role in determining microbial interactions within marine environments.
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- Samuel M McNichol
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0E8, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, 817 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, 817 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Rd, Lewes, DE 19958, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0E8, Canada
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Kumar A, Pandit S, Sharma K, Mathuriya AS, Prasad R. Evaluation of bamboo derived biochar as anode catalyst in microbial fuel cell for xylan degradation utilizing microbial co-culture. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 390:129857. [PMID: 37852505 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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This study aimed to examine the microbial degradation of xylan through Bacillus sp. isolated from wastewater. Co-culture of Bacillus licheniformis strain and MTCC-8104 strain of Shewanella putrefaciens were employed in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) to facilitate energy production simultaneous xylan degradation under optimum conditions. Electrochemical properties of MFC and degradation analysis were used to validate xylan degradation throughout various experimental parameters. Degradation of the optimal xylan concentration using co-culture, resulting in a power density of 7.8 W/m3, the anode surface was modified with bamboo-derived biochar in order to increase power density under the same operational condition. Under optimum circumstances, increasing the anode's surface area boosted electron transport and electro-active biofilm growth, resulting in a higher power density of 12.9 W/m3. Co-culture of hydrolyzing and electro-active bacteria was found beneficial for xylan degradation and anode modifications enhance power output while microbial degradation.
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- Ankit Kumar
- Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Science and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Science and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Science and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, India
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- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi 110003, India
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- Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari 845401, Bihar, India.
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Ozsefil IC, Miraloglu IH, Ozbayram EG, Uzun O, Ince B, Ince O. Is a floodplain forest a valuable source for lignin-degrading anaerobic microbial communities: A metagenomic approach. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 339:139675. [PMID: 37517669 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Lignin is one of the most substantial obstacles in the evaluation of lignocellulosic compounds. Although there are numerous approaches for the enhancement of lignin digestion in the literature, there has yet to be an optimized system to date. In this study, samples taken from Igneada floodplain forests were enriched anaerobically at 25 °C and 37 °C, with alkali lignin as the sole carbon source. The activity of the anaerobic lignin-degrading microbial consortium was detected more efficiently at 37 °C, where biogas production exceeded 3.5 mLgas/mLmedium. It was observed that the microbial community initially dominated by Proteobacteria (around 60%) changed completely after enrichment and was led by members of the Firmicutes phylum (up to 90%). The dominant species (Sporomusa termitida, Desulfitobacterium hafniense, Citrobacter freundii, Citrobacter portucalensis, Alkalibacter rhizosphaerae, and Gudongella oleilytica) occupying more than 50% in the final enrichment culture were only around 2% in the raw samples. Therefore, this study, one of the few in which enriched environmental samples were sequenced using MinION, demonstrated that longoses are exceptional reservoirs for lignin-digesting anaerobic microorganisms.
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- Ibrahim Cem Ozsefil
- Bogazici University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bebek, 34342, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Marine and Freshwater Resources Management, Fatih, 34134, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bogazici University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bebek, 34342, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bogazici University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bebek, 34342, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34396, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ostrem Loss E, Thompson J, Cheung PLK, Qian Y, Venturelli OS. Carbohydrate complexity limits microbial growth and reduces the sensitivity of human gut communities to perturbations. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:127-142. [PMID: 36604549 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01930-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Dietary fibre impacts the growth dynamics of human gut microbiota, yet we lack a detailed and quantitative understanding of how these nutrients shape microbial interaction networks and responses to perturbations. By building human gut communities coupled with computational modelling, we dissect the effects of fibres that vary in chemical complexity and each of their constituent sugars on community assembly and response to perturbations. We demonstrate that the degree of chemical complexity across different fibres limits microbial growth and the number of species that can utilize these nutrients. The prevalence of negative interspecies interactions is reduced in the presence of fibres compared with their constituent sugars. Carbohydrate chemical complexity enhances the reproducibility of community assembly and resistance of the community to invasion. We demonstrate that maximizing or minimizing carbohydrate competition between resident and invader species enhances resistance to invasion. In sum, the quantitative effects of carbohydrate chemical complexity on microbial interaction networks could be exploited to inform dietary and bacterial interventions to modulate community resistance to perturbations.
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- Erin Ostrem Loss
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. .,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. .,Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. .,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Qu Y, Liu Q, Zhao W, Cheng H, Chen H, Tian Y, Ma S, Chen Y, Ma J. Characters and environmental driving factors of bacterial community in soil of Beijing urban parks. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114178. [PMID: 36087773 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In an era of unprecedented human influence, different human activities have different degrees of impact on specific bacteria, resulting in the regional biological homogenization of soil bacteria. However, the contribution of the impact that a large number of anthropogenic activities on bacteria remains unknown. Here, by high-throughput amplicon sequencing, we characterized the composition, diversity and influencing factors of soil microbes in Beijing urban parks at geographic space and park management aspect. It is the first time to quantify and compare the importance of the impact of up to 15 human activities on soil bacterial communities. The results show that the dominant bacterial phyla in Beijing urban parks were Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Chloroflexi. The environmental management of different park types, as well as the land use history and development conditions of different regions, had significant differences in soil bacterial community structure. Soil bacteria in urban parks were disturbed by direct human interference far more than natural causes. The most important factors were related to the number of tourists and residents, industrial production and land use patterns. These factors may also be related to the abundance of unknown bacteria in urban parks. This also directly shows that human activities have a non-negligible impact on soil bacteria. The ways in which different human activities brought by global urbanization and their impacting mechanisms are used should be the starting point of future research.
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- Yajing Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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Puerariae lobatae Radix Alleviates Pre-Eclampsia by Remodeling Gut Microbiota and Protecting the Gut and Placental Barriers. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14235025. [PMID: 36501055 PMCID: PMC9738998 DOI: 10.3390/nu14235025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a serious pregnancy complication, and gut dysbiosis is an important cause of it. Puerariae lobatae Radix (PLR) is a medicine and food homologous species; however, its effect on PE is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of PLR in alleviating PE and its mechanisms. We used an NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)-induced PE mouse model to examine the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic PLR supplementation. The results showed that both PLR interventions alleviated hypertension and proteinuria, increased fetal and placental weights, and elevated the levels of VEGF and PlGF. Moreover, PLR protected the placenta from oxidative stress via activating the Nrf2/HO-1/NQO1 pathway and mitigated placental damage by increasing intestinal barrier markers (ZO-1, Occludin, and Claudin-1) expression and reducing lipopolysaccharide leakage. Notably, preventive PLR administration corrected gut dysbiosis in PE mice, as evidenced by the increased abundance and positive interactions of beneficial bacteria including Bifidobacterium, Blautia, and Turicibacter. Fecal microbiota transplantation confirmed that the gut microbiota partially mediated the beneficial effects of PLR on PE. Our findings revealed that modulating the gut microbiota is an effective strategy for the treatment of PE and highlighted that PLR might be used as an intestinal nutrient supplement in PE patients.
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Asunis F, Cappai G, Carucci A, De Gioannis G, Dessì P, Muntoni A, Polettini A, Pomi R, Rossi A, Spiga D, Trois C. Dark fermentative volatile fatty acids production from food waste: A review of the potential central role in waste biorefineries. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2022; 40:1571-1593. [PMID: 35796574 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x221103940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are high-value chemicals that are increasingly demanded worldwide. Biological production via food waste (FW) dark fermentation (DF) is a promising option to achieve the sustainability and environmental benefits typical of biobased chemicals and concurrently manage large amounts of residues. DF has a great potential to play a central role in waste biorefineries due to its ability to hydrolyze and convert complex organic substrates into VFAs that can be used as building blocks for bioproducts, chemicals and fuels. Several challenges must be faced for full-scale implementation, including process optimization to achieve high and stable yields, the development of efficient techniques for selective recovery and the cost-effectiveness of the whole process. This review aims to critically discuss and statistically analyze the existing relationships between process performance and the main variables of concern. Moreover, opportunities, current challenges and perspectives of a FW-based and fermentation-centred biorefinery layout are discussed.
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- Fabiano Asunis
- DICAAR - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- DICAAR - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
- Environmental Geology and Geoengineering Institute of the National Research Council (IGAG-CNR), Cagliari, Italy
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- DICAAR - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
- Environmental Geology and Geoengineering Institute of the National Research Council (IGAG-CNR), Cagliari, Italy
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- DICAAR - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
- Environmental Geology and Geoengineering Institute of the National Research Council (IGAG-CNR), Cagliari, Italy
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- School of Chemistry and Energy Research Centre, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- DICAAR - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
- Environmental Geology and Geoengineering Institute of the National Research Council (IGAG-CNR), Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- DICAAR - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Sekoai PT, Chunilall V, Sithole B, Habimana O, Ndlovu S, Ezeokoli OT, Sharma P, Yoro KO. Elucidating the Role of Biofilm-Forming Microbial Communities in Fermentative Biohydrogen Process: An Overview. Microorganisms 2022; 10:1924. [PMID: 36296200 PMCID: PMC9611361 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10101924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Amongst the biofuels described in the literature, biohydrogen has gained heightened attention over the past decade due to its remarkable properties. Biohydrogen is a renewable form of H2 that can be produced under ambient conditions and at a low cost from biomass residues. Innovative approaches are continuously being applied to overcome the low process yields and pave the way for its scalability. Since the process primarily depends on the biohydrogen-producing bacteria, there is a need to acquire in-depth knowledge about the ecology of the various assemblages participating in the process, establishing effective bioaugmentation methods. This work provides an overview of the biofilm-forming communities during H2 production by mixed cultures and the synergistic associations established by certain species during H2 production. The strategies that enhance the growth of biofilms within the H2 reactors are also discussed. A short section is also included, explaining techniques used for examining and studying these biofilm structures. The work concludes with some suggestions that could lead to breakthroughs in this area of research.
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- Patrick T. Sekoai
- Biorefinery Industry Development Facility, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Durban 4041, South Africa
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- Biorefinery Industry Development Facility, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Durban 4041, South Africa
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa
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- Biorefinery Industry Development Facility, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Durban 4041, South Africa
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2092, South Africa
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- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Singh R, Pal DB, Alkhanani MF, Almalki AH, Areeshi MY, Haque S, Srivastava N. Prospects of soil microbiome application for lignocellulosic biomass degradation: An overview. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:155966. [PMID: 35584752 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sustainable and practically viable biofuels production technology using lignocellulosic biomass is still seeking its way of implementation owing to some major issues involved therein. Unavailability of efficient microbial sources for the degradation of cellulosic biomass is one of the major roadblocks in biomass to biofuels production technology. In this context, utilization of microbiomes to degrade lignocellulaosic biomass is emerging as a rapid and effective approach that can fulfill the requirements of biomass based biofuels production technology. Therefore, the present review is targeted to explore soil metagenomic approach to improve the lignocellulosic biomass degradation processing for the cost-effective and eco-friendly application. Soil microbiomes consist of rich microbial community along with high probability of cellulolytic microbes, and can be identified by culture independent metagenomics method which can be structurally and functionally explored via genomic library. Therefore, in depth analysis and discussion have also been made via structural & functional metagenomics tools along with their contribution to genomic library. Additionally, the present review highlights currently existing bottlenecks along with their feasible solutions. This review will help to understand the basic research as well as industrial concept for the process improvement based on soil microbiome mediated lignocellulosic biomass degradation, and this may likely to implement for the low-cost commercial biofuels production technology.
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- Rajeev Singh
- Department of Environmental Studies, Satyawati College, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110052, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 835215, Jharkhand, India
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- Emergency Service Department, College of Applied Sciences, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh 11597, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia; Addiction and Neuroscience Research Unit, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Al-Hawiah, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Laboratory Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; Bursa Uludağ University, Faculty of Medicine, Görükle Campus, 16059 Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, India.
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Cai X, Li X, Qin J, Zhang Y, Yan B, Cai J. Gene rppA co-regulated by LRR, SigA, and CcpA mediates antibiotic resistance in Bacillus thuringiensis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:5687-5699. [PMID: 35906441 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12090-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Antibiotic resistance genes are usually tightly controlled by transcription factors and RNA regulatory elements including sRNAs, riboswitches, and attenuators, and their expression is activated to respond to antibiotic exposure. In previous work, we revealed that the rppA gene is regulated by attenuator LRR and two mistranslation products in Bacillus thuringiensis BMB171. However, its function and promoter regulation is still not precise. In this study, we demonstrated that the encoding product of the rppA gene acts as an ARE1 ABC-F protein and confers resistance to antibiotics virginiamycin M1 and lincomycin when overexpressed. Besides the reported attenuator LRR, the expression of the rppA gene is controlled by the sigma factor SigA and a global transcription factor CcpA. Consequently, its promoter activity is mainly maintained at the stationary phase of cell growth and inhibited in the presence of glucose. Our study revealed the function and regulation of the rppA gene in detail. KEY POINTS: • The RppA protein acts as an ARE1 ABC-F protein • The rppA gene confers resistance to antibiotics virginiamycin M1 and lincomycin when overexpressed • The expression of the rppA gene is regulated by the sigma factor SigA and the pleiotropic regulator CcpA.
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- Xia Cai
- Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300071, China.
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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Deng Y, Wang SY. Sorption of Cellulases in Biofilm Enhances Cellulose Degradation by Bacillus subtilis. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10081505. [PMID: 35893563 PMCID: PMC9329931 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Biofilm commonly forms on the surfaces of cellulosic biomass but its roles in cellulose degradation remain largely unexplored. We used Bacillus subtilis to study possible mechanisms and the contributions of two major biofilm components, extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) and TasA protein, to submerged biofilm formation on cellulose and its degradation. We found that biofilm produced by B. subtilis is able to absorb exogenous cellulase added to the culture medium and also retain self-produced cellulase within the biofilm matrix. The bacteria that produced more biofilm degraded more cellulose compared to strains that produced less biofilm. Knockout strains that lacked both EPS and TasA formed a smaller amount of submerged biofilm on cellulose than the wild-type strain and also degraded less cellulose. Imaging of biofilm on cellulose suggests that bacteria, cellulose, and cellulases form cellulolytic biofilm complexes that facilitate synergistic cellulose degradation. This study brings additional insight into the important functions of biofilm in cellulose degradation and could potentiate the development of biofilm-based technology to enhance biomass degradation for biofuel production.
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Rafieenia R, Atkinson E, Ledesma-Amaro R. Division of labor for substrate utilization in natural and synthetic microbial communities. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2022; 75:102706. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Lewin GR, Davis NM, McDonald BR, Book AJ, Chevrette MG, Suh S, Boll A, Currie CR. Long-Term Cellulose Enrichment Selects for Highly Cellulolytic Consortia and Competition for Public Goods. mSystems 2022; 7:e0151921. [PMID: 35258341 PMCID: PMC9040578 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01519-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The complexity of microbial communities hinders our understanding of how microbial diversity and microbe-microbe interactions impact community functions. Here, using six independent communities originating from the refuse dumps of leaf-cutter ants and enriched using the plant polymer cellulose as the sole source of carbon, we examine how changes in bacterial diversity and interactions impact plant biomass decomposition. Over up to 60 serial transfers (∼8 months) using Whatman cellulose filter paper, cellulolytic ability increased and then stabilized in four enrichment lines and was variable in two lines. Bacterial community characterization using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing showed community succession differed between the highly cellulolytic enrichment lines and those that had slower and more variable cellulose degradation rates. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses revealed that Cellvibrio and/or Cellulomonas dominated each enrichment line and produced the majority of cellulase enzymes, while diverse taxa were retained within these communities over the duration of transfers. Interestingly, the less cellulolytic communities had a higher diversity of organisms competing for the cellulose breakdown product cellobiose, suggesting that cheating slowed cellulose degradation. In addition, we found competitive exclusion as an important factor shaping all of the communities, with a negative correlation of Cellvibrio and Cellulomonas abundance within individual enrichment lines and the expression of genes associated with the production of secondary metabolites, toxins, and other antagonistic compounds. Our results provide insights into how microbial diversity and competition affect the stability and function of cellulose-degrading communities. IMPORTANCE Microbial communities are a key driver of the carbon cycle through the breakdown of complex polysaccharides in diverse environments including soil, marine systems, and the mammalian gut. However, due to the complexity of these communities, the species-species interactions that impact community structure and ultimately shape the rate of decomposition are difficult to define. Here, we performed serial enrichment on cellulose using communities inoculated from leaf-cutter ant refuse dumps, a cellulose-rich environment. By concurrently tracking cellulolytic ability and community composition and through metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing, we analyzed the ecological dynamics of the enrichment lines. Our data suggest that antagonism is prevalent in these communities and that competition for soluble sugars may slow degradation and lead to community instability. Together, these results help reveal the relationships between competition and polysaccharide decomposition, with implications in diverse areas ranging from microbial community ecology to cellulosic biofuels production.
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- Gina R. Lewin
- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Brady C, Orsi M, Doonan JM, Denman S, Arnold D. Brenneria goodwinii growth in vitro is improved by competitive interactions with other bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline. CURRENT RESEARCH IN MICROBIAL SCIENCES 2022; 3:100102. [PMID: 35005660 PMCID: PMC8717232 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Mutually competitive interactions prevail in pairwise cultures of AOD bacteria. In vitro growth of brenneria goodwinii is improved by bacterial competition. Co-culturing of AOD bacteria indicates evolving improved fitness of B. goodwinii. B. goodwinii and R. victoriana can collaborate in vitro to outcompete G. quercinecans.
Brenneria goodwinii, Rahnella victoriana and Gibbsiella quercinecans are three bacterial species frequently isolated together from oak displaying symptoms of Acute Oak Decline (AOD), which include weeping patches on trunks. All three bacterial species play a role in lesion formation in the current episode of AOD in Britain, although B. goodwinii is the most dominant. The ongoing research into stem lesion formation characteristic of this polybacterial syndrome has been focussed primarily on the pathogenicity, identification and taxonomy of these bacteria. As all three species were newly classified within the past ten years, there are many unanswered questions regarding their ecology and interactions with each other. To determine the effect of bacterial interactions on fitness in vitro, we examined pairwise (diculture) and multispecies (triculture) interactions between B. goodwinii, R. victoriana and G. quercinecans in oak leaf media microcosms. Additionally, the effect of co-culturing on the evolution of these species was determined and the evolved B. goodwinii strains were examined further by whole genome sequencing. Our results indicate that B. goodwinii thrived in monoculture with significantly higher viable cell counts than the other two species. Additionally, B. goodwinii performed well in pairwise culture with mutually competitive interactions observed between B. goodwinii and R. victoriana, and between B. goodwinii and G. quercinecans. In the multispecies triculture, B. goodwinii and R. victoriana appeared to exhibit co-ordinated behaviour to outcompete G. quercinecans. After four weeks B. goodwinii grown in co-culture with the other two species developed greater evolved fitness than the strain grown in monoculture as reflected by the increased viable cell counts. The competitive interactions taking place between the threes species indicated evolving improved fitness of B. goodwinii in vitro, that gave it a growth advantage over both R. victoriana and G. quercinecans which showed no significant changes in fitness. Overall, B. goodwinii gains greater benefit in terms of fitness from in vitro competitive interaction with the other two species.
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- Carrie Brady
- Centre for Research in Bioscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Research in Bioscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Centre for Forestry and Climate Change, Farnham, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Research in Bioscience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, United Kingdom.,Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB, United Kingdom
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Vu V, Farkas C, Riyad O, Bujna E, Kilin A, Sipiczki G, Sharma M, Usmani Z, Gupta VK, Nguyen QD. Enhancement of the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of wheat bran using the Bacillus strains and their consortium. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 343:126092. [PMID: 34634465 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In the downstream process, the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass can be improved by applying a biological pretreatment procedure using microorganisms to produce hydrolytic enzymes to modify the recalcitrant structure of lignocellulose. In this study, various Bacillus strains (B. subtilis B.01162 and B.01212, B. coagulans B.01123 and B.01139, B. cereus B.00076 and B.01718, B. licheniformis B.01223 and B.01231) were evaluated for the degrading capacity of wheat bran in the submerged medium using enzymatic activities, reducing sugars and weight loss as indicators. The obtained results revealed that the B. subtilis B.01162, B. coagulans B.01123 and B. cereus B.00076 could be promising degraders for the wheat bran pretreatment. Besides, the application of their consortium (the combination of 2-3 Bacillus species) showed the positive effects on cellulose bioconversion compared with monocultures. Among them, the mixture of B. subtilis B.01162 and B. coagulans B.01123 increased significantly the cellulase, endo-glucanase, and xylanase enzyme activity resulting in accelerating the lignocellulose degradation. Our results served a very good base for the development of microbial consortium for biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic raw materials.
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- Vi Vu
- Department of Bioengineering and Alcoholic Drink Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary
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- Department of Bioengineering and Alcoholic Drink Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary
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- Department of Bioengineering and Alcoholic Drink Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary
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- Department of Bioengineering and Alcoholic Drink Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary
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- Department of Bioengineering and Alcoholic Drink Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary
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- Department of Bioengineering and Alcoholic Drink Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary
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- Department of Applied Biology, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya 793101, India
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- Department of Applied Biology, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya 793101, India
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- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering and Alcoholic Drink Technology, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary.
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SYNERGISM BETWEEN RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIA ISOLATES FROM Scleria sp., Clidemia sp., AND Panicum sp. TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MIXED CULTURES IN HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION. BIOVALENTIA: BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.24233/biov.7.2.2021.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The purpose of this research is to obtain hydrocarbon degrading bacteria that work synergistically in a consortium. Consortium microorganisms is mixture of microbial populations in the form of communities that have mutualistic relationships and doesn’t inhibition the growth of other microbes. In this study, isolates were obtained from the rhizosphere of soil contaminated with petroleum. The isolates obtained were tested for synergism to determine the relationship between bacterial isolates. Synergism testing was carried out using the spread plate method on agar media. The results of this study showed that isolate number one showed antagonistic properties to other bacterial isolates by forming a clear zone around the disc paper. A total of eight bacterial isolates showed the greatest percentage of synergism, namely ≥ 80% so that the eight rhizosphere bacterial isolates could be used as materials for mixed culture.
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Gryndler M, Gryndlerová H, Hujslová M, Bystrianský L, Malinská H, Šimsa D, Hršelová H. In vitro Evaluation of Biofilm Biomass Dynamics. Microbiology (Reading) 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261721050064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Anh HTH, Shahsavari E, Bott NJ, Ball AS. The application of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus as a bioaugmentation agent for the enhanced treatment of non-sterile fish wastewater. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 291:112658. [PMID: 33934020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Wastewaters generated by fish processing are characterised by salt concentrations similar to or greater than that of seawater together with high nutrient concentrations (e.g. organic carbon and total nitrogen) due to the presence of blood, oil, and fish tissues. Fish processing wastewater entering rivers and oceans have become a key factor leading to the pollution of receiving waters; the adequate treatment of this wastewater is, therefore, crucial to a sustainable fish industry. The present study aimed to determine whether augmentation of fish wastewater with either Marinirhabdus sp., Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus or a consortium of the two halobacteria, could successfully enhance the removal of both chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total nitrogen (TN) from fish wastewater. Following 9 days of incubation, the bioaugmentation treatment resulted in a significant reduction in COD, 88%, 91%, and 92% in fish wastewater augmented with either Marinirhabdus sp., Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus respectively, or a consortium of the two halobacteria compared with the control (non-bioaugmented) treatment (77% removal). In tall bioaugmentation treatments (79-88%) TN removal was also significantly greater than the control treatment (57%). After 9 days of incubation, the COD and TN in bioaugmentation reached the European Union's (EU) wastewater discharge standard (Level B, COD < 120 mg L-1, TN < 70 mg L-1). The addition of monoculture was effective in enhancing the removal of COD, while co-culture significantly improved TN removal. Results of 16S rDNA sequence analysis investigating the survival of these introduced bacteria showed that only Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus was detected at the end of the treatment, constituting 36% of the total bacterial population when added alone to the wastewater. This study confirms the effectiveness of bioaugmentation in removing COD and TN in saline fish wastewater. The ability of Marinobacter hydrocarbonclasticus to enhance the treatment and dominate the bacterial community suggests the commercial potential of this organism for bioaugmentation of aquaculture wastewater without the need for further bioaugmentation.
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- Hoang Thi Hong Anh
- School of Science, RMIT University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Vic, 3083, Australia.
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Vic, 3083, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Vic, 3083, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Vic, 3083, Australia
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Chukwuma OB, Rafatullah M, Tajarudin HA, Ismail N. A Review on Bacterial Contribution to Lignocellulose Breakdown into Useful Bio-Products. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:6001. [PMID: 34204975 PMCID: PMC8199887 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Discovering novel bacterial strains might be the link to unlocking the value in lignocellulosic bio-refinery as we strive to find alternative and cleaner sources of energy. Bacteria display promise in lignocellulolytic breakdown because of their innate ability to adapt and grow under both optimum and extreme conditions. This versatility of bacterial strains is being harnessed, with qualities like adapting to various temperature, aero tolerance, and nutrient availability driving the use of bacteria in bio-refinery studies. Their flexible nature holds exciting promise in biotechnology, but despite recent pointers to a greener edge in the pretreatment of lignocellulose biomass and lignocellulose-driven bioconversion to value-added products, the cost of adoption and subsequent scaling up industrially still pose challenges to their adoption. However, recent studies have seen the use of co-culture, co-digestion, and bioengineering to overcome identified setbacks to using bacterial strains to breakdown lignocellulose into its major polymers and then to useful products ranging from ethanol, enzymes, biodiesel, bioflocculants, and many others. In this review, research on bacteria involved in lignocellulose breakdown is reviewed and summarized to provide background for further research. Future perspectives are explored as bacteria have a role to play in the adoption of greener energy alternatives using lignocellulosic biomass.
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- Division of Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor 11800, Penang, Malaysia; (O.B.C.); (H.A.T.); (N.I.)
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Chukwuma OB, Rafatullah M, Tajarudin HA, Ismail N. Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill: A Source of Lignocellulolytic Potential. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:493. [PMID: 34071172 PMCID: PMC8228822 DOI: 10.3390/life11060493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Omics have given rise to research on sparsely studied microbial communities such as the landfill, lignocellulolytic microorganisms and enzymes. The bacterial diversity of Municipal Solid Waste sediments was determined using the illumina MiSeq system after DNA extraction and Polymerase chain reactions. Data analysis was used to determine the community's richness, diversity, and correlation with environmental factors. Physicochemical studies revealed sites with mesophilic and thermophilic temperature ranges and a mixture of acidic and alkaline pH values. Temperature and moisture content showed the highest correlation with the bacteria community. The bacterial analysis of the community DNA revealed 357,030 effective sequences and 1891 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) assigned. Forty phyla were found, with the dominant phyla Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidota, while Aerococcus, Stenotrophomonas, and Sporosarcina were the dominant species. PICRUSt provided insight on community's metabolic function, which was narrowed down to search for lignocellulolytic enzymes' function. Cellulase, xylanase, esterase, and peroxidase were gene functions inferred from the data. This article reports on the first phylogenetic analysis of the Pulau Burung landfill bacterial community. These results will help to improve the understanding of organisms dominant in the landfill and the corresponding enzymes that contribute to lignocellulose breakdown.
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- School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia; (O.B.C.); (H.A.T.); (N.I.)
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Jin L, Huang Y, Yang S, Wu D, Li C, Deng W, Zhao K, He Y, Li B, Zhang G, Xiong Y, Wei R, Li G, Wu H, Zhang H, Zou L. Diet, habitat environment and lifestyle conversion affect the gut microbiomes of giant pandas. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 770:145316. [PMID: 33517011 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Gut microbiota (GM) are important for the health of giant pandas (GPs), in addition to the utilization of bamboo in their diets. However, it is not fully understood how diet, habitat environment and lifestyle contribute to the composition of GM in GP. Consequently, we evaluated how dietary changes, habitat environment conversions and lifestyle shifts influence the GM of GPs using high-throughput sequencing and genome-resolved metagenomics. The GM of GPs were more similar when their hosts exhibited the same diet. High fiber diets significantly increased the diversity and decreased the richness of gut bacterial communities alone or interacted with the age factor (p < 0.05). The abundances of Streptococcus, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus, Lactococcus, Acinetobacter, and Clostridium significantly increased during diet conversion process (Non-parametric factorial Kruskal-Wallis sum-rank test, LDA > 4). Reconstruction of 60 metagenome-assembled-genomes (MAGs) indicated that these bacteria were likely responsible for bamboo digestion via gene complements involved in cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin degradation. While habitat environment may play a more important role in shaping the GM of GP, lifestyle can also greatly affect bacterial communities. The GM structure in reintroduced GPs notably converged to that of wild pandas. Importantly, the main bacterial genera of wild GPs could aid in lignin degradation, while those of reintroduced GPs were related to cellulose and hemicellulose digestion. Streptococcus, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus, Lactococcus, Acinetobacter, and Clostridium may contribute to lignocellulose digestion in GP. The results revealed that diet conversion, habitat environment and lifestyle could remarkably influence the GM of GP. In addition, results suggested that increasing the ability of lignin degradation with GM may aid to change the GM of reintroduced pandas to resemble those of wild pandas.
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- Lei Jin
- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA) on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Chengdu, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
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Sadiq FA, Burmølle M, Heyndrickx M, Flint S, Lu W, Chen W, Zhao J, Zhang H. Community-wide changes reflecting bacterial interspecific interactions in multispecies biofilms. Crit Rev Microbiol 2021; 47:338-358. [PMID: 33651958 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2021.1887079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Existence of most bacterial species, in natural, industrial, and clinical settings in the form of surface-adhered communities or biofilms has been well acknowledged for decades. Research predominantly focusses on single-species biofilms as these are relatively easy to study. However, microbiologists are now interested in studying multispecies biofilms and revealing interspecific interactions in these communities because of the existence of a plethora of different bacterial species together in almost all natural settings. Multispecies biofilms-led emergent properties are triggered by bacterial social interactions which have huge implication for research and practical knowledge useful for the control and manipulation of these microbial communities. Here, we discuss some important bacterial interactions that take place in multispecies biofilm communities and provide insights into community-wide changes that indicate bacterial interactions and elucidate underlying mechanisms.
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- Faizan Ahmed Sadiq
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Section of Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Technology & Food Sciences Unit, Melle, Belgium.,Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Atopobium vaginae and Prevotella bivia Are Able to Incorporate and Influence Gene Expression in a Pre-Formed Gardnerella vaginalis Biofilm. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10020247. [PMID: 33672647 PMCID: PMC7924186 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10020247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with a highly structured polymicrobial biofilm on the vaginal epithelium where Gardnerella species presumably play a pivotal role. Gardnerella vaginalis, Atopobium vaginae, and Prevotella bivia are vaginal pathogens detected during the early stages of incident BV. Herein, we aimed to analyze the impact of A. vaginae and P. bivia on a pre-established G. vaginalis biofilm using a novel in vitro triple-species biofilm model. Total biofilm biomass was determined by the crystal violet method. We also discriminated the bacterial populations in the biofilm and in its planktonic fraction by using PNA FISH. We further analyzed the influence of A. vaginae and P. bivia on the expression of key virulence genes of G. vaginalis by quantitative PCR. In our tested conditions, A. vaginae and P. bivia were able to incorporate into pre-established G. vaginalis biofilms but did not induce an increase in total biofilm biomass, when compared with 48-h G. vaginalis biofilms. However, they were able to significantly influence the expression of HMPREF0424_0821, a gene suggested to be associated with biofilm maintenance in G. vaginalis. This study suggests that microbial relationships between co-infecting bacteria can deeply affect the G. vaginalis biofilm, a crucial marker of BV.
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Rain-Franco A, de Moraes GP, Beier S. Cryopreservation and Resuscitation of Natural Aquatic Prokaryotic Communities. Front Microbiol 2021; 11:597653. [PMID: 33584565 PMCID: PMC7877341 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.597653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Experimental reproducibility in aquatic microbial ecology is critical to predict the dynamics of microbial communities. However, controlling the initial composition of naturally occurring microbial communities that will be used as the inoculum in experimental setups is challenging, because a proper method for the preservation of those communities is lacking. To provide a feasible method for preservation and resuscitation of natural aquatic prokaryote assemblages, we developed a cryopreservation procedure applied to natural aquatic prokaryotic communities. We studied the impact of inoculum size, processing time, and storage time on the success of resuscitation. We further assessed the effect of different growth media supplemented with dissolved organic matter (DOM) prepared from naturally occurring microorganisms on the recovery of the initially cryopreserved communities obtained from two sites that have contrasting trophic status and environmental heterogeneity. Our results demonstrated that the variability of the resuscitation process among replicates decreased with increasing inoculum size. The degree of similarity between initial and resuscitated communities was influenced by both the growth medium and origin of the community. We further demonstrated that depending on the inoculum source, 45-72% of the abundant species in the initially natural microbial communities could be detected as viable cells after cryopreservation. Processing time and long-term storage up to 12 months did not significantly influence the community composition after resuscitation. However, based on our results, we recommend keeping handling time to a minimum and ensure identical incubation conditions for repeated resuscitations from cryo-preserved aliquots at different time points. Given our results, we recommend cryopreservation as a promising tool to advance experimental research in the field of microbial ecology.
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- Angel Rain-Franco
- UMR 7621 Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Sorbonne Université, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- UMR 7621 Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Sorbonne Université, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
- Graduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resources (PPGERN), Laboratory of Phycology, Department of Botany, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
- Department of Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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- UMR 7621 Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Sorbonne Université, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
- Department of Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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Hanchanachai N, Chumnanpuen P, E-Kobon T. Interaction study of Pasteurella multocida with culturable aerobic bacteria isolated from porcine respiratory tracts using coculture in conditioned media. BMC Microbiol 2021; 21:19. [PMID: 33422011 PMCID: PMC7796573 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-02071-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background The porcine respiratory tract harbours multiple microorganisms, and the interactions between these organisms could be associated with animal health status. Pasteurella multocida is a culturable facultative anaerobic bacterium isolated from healthy and diseased porcine respiratory tracts. The interaction between P. multocida and other aerobic commensal bacteria in the porcine respiratory tract is not well understood. This study aimed to determine the interactions between porcine P. multocida capsular serotype A and D strains and other culturable aerobic bacteria isolated from porcine respiratory tracts using a coculture assay in conditioned media followed by calculation of the growth rates and interaction parameters. Results One hundred and sixteen bacterial samples were isolated from five porcine respiratory tracts, and 93 isolates were identified and phylogenetically classified into fourteen genera based on 16S rRNA sequences. Thirteen isolates from Gram-negative bacterial genera and two isolates from the Gram-positive bacterial genus were selected for coculture with P. multocida. From 17 × 17 (289) interaction pairs, the majority of 220 pairs had negative interactions indicating competition for nutrients and space, while 17 pairs were identified as mild cooperative or positive interactions indicating their coexistence. All conditioned media, except those of Acinetobacter, could inhibit P. multocida growth. Conversely, the conditioned media of P. multocida also inhibited the growth of nine isolates plus themselves. Conclusion Negative interaction was the major interactions among the coculture of these 15 representative isolates and the coculture with P. multocida. The conditioned media in this study might be further analysed to identify critical molecules and examined by the in vivo experiments. The study proposed the possibility of using these molecules in conditioned media to control P. multocida growth. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12866-020-02071-4.
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- Nonzee Hanchanachai
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.,Computational Biomodelling Laboratory for Agricultural Science and Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Computational Biomodelling Laboratory for Agricultural Science and Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.,Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Computational Biomodelling Laboratory for Agricultural Science and Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand. .,Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand. .,Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food, and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
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Lindemann SR. A piece of the pie: engineering microbiomes by exploiting division of labor in complex polysaccharide consumption. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2020; 30:96-102. [PMID: 32968619 PMCID: PMC7505235 DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2020.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Although microbes competing for simple substrates are well-known to obey the ecological competitive exclusion principle, little is known regarding how complex substrates influence the ecology of microbial communities. The vast structural diversity of polysaccharides makes them ideal substrates for cooperative microbial degradation. Potential mechanisms for division of metabolic labor in microbial communities consuming polysaccharides are 1) complementary differences in gene content, 2) alternate regulation of polysaccharide degradation genes, 3) subtle differences in hydrolytic enzyme functionality, and 4) specialization in transport and consumption of hydrolysis products. Engineering division of labor in polysaccharide degradation using these mechanisms as control points may improve our ability to engineer microbiomes for improved productivity and stability in diverse environments.
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- Stephen R. Lindemann
- Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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Onyango SO, De Clercq N, Beerens K, Van Camp J, Desmet T, Van de Wiele T. Oral Microbiota Display Profound Differential Metabolic Kinetics and Community Shifts upon Incubation with Sucrose, Trehalose, Kojibiose, and Xylitol. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e01170-20. [PMID: 32561577 PMCID: PMC7414948 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01170-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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This study compares the metabolic properties of kojibiose, trehalose, sucrose, and xylitol upon incubation with representative oral bacteria as monocultures or synthetic communities or with human salivary bacteria in a defined medium. Compared to sucrose and trehalose, kojibiose resisted metabolism during a 48-h incubation with monocultures, except for Actinomyces viscosus Incubations with Lactobacillus-based communities, as well as salivary bacteria, displayed kojibiose metabolism, yet to a lesser extent than sucrose and trehalose. Concurring with our in vitro findings, screening for carbohydrate-active enzymes revealed that only Lactobacillus spp. and A. viscosus possess enzymes from glycohydrolase (GH) families GH65 and GH15, respectively, which are associated with kojibiose metabolism. Donor-dependent differences in salivary microbiome composition were noted, and differences in pH drop during incubation indicated different rates of sugar metabolism. However, functional analysis indicated that lactate, acetate, and formate evenly dominated the metabolic profile for all sugars except for xylitol. 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis and α-diversity markers revealed that a significant shift of the microbiome community by sugars was more pronounced in sucrose and trehalose than in kojibiose and xylitol. In Streptococcus spp., a taxon linked to cariogenesis dominated in sucrose (mean ± standard deviation, 91.8 ± 6.4%) and trehalose (55.9 ± 38.6%), representing a high diversity loss. In contrast, Streptococcus (5.1 ± 3.7%) was less abundant in kojibiose, which instead was dominated by Veillonella (26.8 ± 19.6%), while for xylitol, Neisseria (29.4 ± 19.1%) was most abundant. Overall, kojibiose and xylitol incubations stimulated cariogenic species less yet closely maintained an abundance of key phyla and genera of the salivary microbiome, suggesting that kojibiose has low cariogenic properties.IMPORTANCE This study provides a detailed scientific insight on the metabolism of a rare disaccharide, kojibiose, whose mass production has recently been made possible. While the resistance of kojibiose was established with monocultures, delayed utilization of kojibiose was observed with communities containing lactobacilli and A. viscosus as well as with complex communities of bacteria from human saliva. Kojibiose is, therefore, less metabolizable than sucrose and trehalose. Moreover, although conventional sugars cause distinct shifts in salivary microbial communities, our study has revealed that kojibiose is able to closely maintain the salivary microbiome composition, suggesting its low cariogenic properties. This study furthermore underscores the importance and relevance of microbial culture and ex vivo mixed cultures to study cariogenicity and substrate utilization; this is in sharp contrast with tests that solely rely on monocultures such as Streptococcus mutans, which clearly fail to capture complex interactions between oral microbiota.
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- Stanley O Onyango
- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Synthetic Biology, Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Synthetic Biology, Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Jin L, Wu D, Li C, Zhang A, Xiong Y, Wei R, Zhang G, Yang S, Deng W, Li T, Li B, Pan X, Zhang Z, Huang Y, Zhang H, He Y, Zou L. Bamboo nutrients and microbiome affect gut microbiome of giant panda. Symbiosis 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-020-00673-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cortes-Tolalpa L, Wang Y, Salles JF, van Elsas JD. Comparative Genome Analysis of the Lignocellulose Degrading Bacteria Citrobacter freundii so4 and Sphingobacterium multivorum w15. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:248. [PMID: 32194522 PMCID: PMC7065263 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Two bacterial strains, denoted so4 and w15, isolated from wheat straw (WS)-degrading microbial consortia, were found to grow synergistically in media containing WS as the single carbon and energy source. They were identified as Citrobacter freundii so4 and Sphingobacterium multivorum w15 based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing and comparison to the respective C. freundii and S. multivorum type strains. In order to identify the mechanisms driving the synergistic interactions, we analyzed the draft genomes of the two strains and further characterized their metabolic potential. The latter analyses revealed that the strains had largely complementary substrate utilization patterns, with only 22 out of 190 compounds shared. The analyses further indicated C. freundii so4 to primarily consume amino acids and simple sugars, with laminarin as a key exception. In contrast, S. multivorum w15 showed ample capacity to transform complex polysaccharides, including intermediates of starch degradation. Sequence analyses revealed C. freundii so4 to have a genome of 4,883,214 bp, with a G + C content of 52.5%, 4,554 protein-encoding genes and 86 RNA genes. S. multivorum w15 has a genome of 6,678,278 bp, with a G + C content of 39.7%, 5,999 protein-encoding genes and 76 RNA genes. Genes for motility apparatuses (flagella, chemotaxis) were present in the genome of C. freundii so4, but absent from that of S. multivorum w15. In the genome of S. multivorum w15, 348 genes had regions matching CAZy family enzymes and/or carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs), with 193 glycosyl hydrolase (GH) and 50 CBM domains. Remarkably, 22 domains matched enzymes of glycoside hydrolase family GH43, suggesting a strong investment in the degradation of arabinoxylan. In contrast, 130 CAZy family genes were found in C. freundii so4, with 61 GH and 12 CBM domains identified. Collectively, our results, based on both metabolic potential and genome analyses, revealed the two strains to harbor complementary catabolic armories, with S. multivorum w15 primarily attacking the WS hemicellulose and C. freundii so4 the cellobiose derived from cellulose, next to emerging oligo- or monosaccharides. Finally, C. freundii so4 may secrete secondary metabolites that S. multivorum w15 can consume, and detoxify the system by reducing the levels of (toxic) by-products.
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- Larisa Cortes-Tolalpa
- Cluster of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Cluster of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Cluster of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Cluster of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Nasipuri P, Herschend J, Brejnrod AD, Madsen JS, Espersen R, Svensson B, Burmølle M, Jacquiod S, Sørensen SJ. Community-intrinsic properties enhance keratin degradation from bacterial consortia. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228108. [PMID: 32004342 PMCID: PMC6994199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Although organic matter may accumulate sometimes (e.g. lignocellulose in peat bog), most natural biodegradation processes are completed until full mineralization. Such transformations are often achieved by the concerted action of communities of interacting microbes, involving different species each performing specific tasks. These interactions can give rise to novel "community-intrinsic" properties, through e.g. activation of so-called "silent genetic pathways" or synergistic interplay between microbial activities and functions. Here we studied the microbial community-based degradation of keratin, a recalcitrant biological material, by four soil isolates, which have previously been shown to display synergistic interactions during biofilm formation; Stenotrophomonas rhizophila, Xanthomonas retroflexus, Microbacterium oxydans and Paenibacillus amylolyticus. We observed enhanced keratin weight loss in cultures with X. retroflexus, both in dual and four-species co-cultures, as compared to expected keratin degradation by X. retroflexus alone. Additional community intrinsic properties included accelerated keratin degradation rates and increased biofilm formation on keratin particles. Comparison of secretome profiles of X. retroflexus mono-cultures to co-cultures revealed that certain proteases (e.g. serine protease S08) were significantly more abundant in mono-cultures, whereas co-cultures had an increased abundance of proteins related to maintaining the redox environment, e.g. glutathione peroxidase. Hence, one of the mechanisms related to the community intrinsic properties, leading to enhanced degradation from co-cultures, might be related to a switch from sulfitolytic to proteolytic functions between mono- and co-cultures, respectively.
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- Poonam Nasipuri
- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordic Foundation Center For Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- DTU Bioengineering, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Bioengineering, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section for Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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C. E, N. P, S. CF, A. G. Exploring the styrene metabolism by aerobic bacterial isolates for the effective management of leachates in an aqueous system. RSC Adv 2020; 10:26535-26545. [PMID: 35519756 PMCID: PMC9055403 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra03822a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the present study, the styrene metabolic profile of three aerobic bacterial isolates explored in a batch mode study. The isolates found application in the management of elachates in the waste dump yard. These three bacterial species have different origins and were studied as a single and mixed consortia. The Lysinibacillus strain M01 (from marine sources), Lysinibacillus strain WD03 (from a waste dump yard), and Pseudomonas strain BG07 (from bovine gut) were used in the present study. The styrene concentration was fixed in the range between 0.5 and 1.5 mL L−1. The metabolites obtained upon microbial degradation were assessed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), UV-visible spectroscopy, and FTIR spectroscopy (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy). Furthermore, the genes (Sty A, B, C, D, and E) responsible for the degradation of styrene by the three abovementioned isolates were identified using PCR with respective designed primers. Instrumental analyses revealed the presence of phenylacetic acid (PAA) at significant levels in the growth medium after the scheduled experimental period and confirmed the metabolism of styrene by the chosen isolates. Compared to the case of individual cultures, the results of the mixed consortia support the metabolism of styrene at appreciable levels. The present study provides a suitable biological solution for the management of leachates containing styrene and a way to achieve industrially important chemicals (PAA) through a microbially mediated process. Profile of the three potential aerobic bacterial isolates responsible for the metabolism of styrene.![]()
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- Ebciba C.
- Microbiology Division
- CSIR-CLRI
- Chennai 600 020
- India
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- Microbiology Division
- CSIR-CLRI
- Chennai 600 020
- India
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- Microbiology Division
- CSIR-CLRI
- Chennai 600 020
- India
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Song HS, Lee JY, Haruta S, Nelson WC, Lee DY, Lindemann SR, Fredrickson JK, Bernstein HC. Minimal Interspecies Interaction Adjustment (MIIA): Inference of Neighbor-Dependent Interactions in Microbial Communities. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1264. [PMID: 31263456 PMCID: PMC6584816 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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An intriguing aspect in microbial communities is that pairwise interactions can be influenced by neighboring species. This creates context dependencies for microbial interactions that are based on the functional composition of the community. Context dependent interactions are ecologically important and clearly present in nature, yet firmly established theoretical methods are lacking from many modern computational investigations. Here, we propose a novel network inference method that enables predictions for interspecies interactions affected by shifts in community composition and species populations. Our approach first identifies interspecies interactions in binary communities, which is subsequently used as a basis to infer modulation in more complex multi-species communities based on the assumption that microbes minimize adjustments of pairwise interactions in response to neighbor species. We termed this rule-based inference minimal interspecies interaction adjustment (MIIA). Our critical assessment of MIIA has produced reliable predictions of shifting interspecies interactions that are dependent on the functional role of neighbor organisms. We also show how MIIA has been applied to a microbial community composed of competing soil bacteria to elucidate a new finding that – in many cases – adding fewer competitors could impose more significant impact on binary interactions. The ability to predict membership-dependent community behavior is expected to help deepen our understanding of how microbiomes are organized in nature and how they may be designed and/or controlled in the future.
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- Hyun-Seob Song
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
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- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.,School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.,Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
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- Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,The Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Stress-Responsive Alternative Sigma Factor SigB Plays a Positive Role in the Antifungal Proficiency of Bacillus subtilis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.00178-19. [PMID: 30824454 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00178-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Different Bacillus species with PGPR (plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium) activity produce potent biofungicides and stimulate plant defense responses against phytopathogenic fungi. However, very little is known about how these PGPRs recognize phytopathogens and exhibit the antifungal response. Here, we report the antagonistic interaction between Bacillus subtilis and the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium verticillioides We demonstrate that this bacterial-fungal interaction triggers the induction of the SigB transcription factor, the master regulator of B. subtilis stress adaptation. Dual-growth experiments performed with live or dead mycelia or culture supernatants of F. verticillioides showed that SigB was activated and required for the biocontrol of fungal growth. Mutations in the different regulatory pathways of SigB activation in the isogenic background revealed that only the energy-related RsbP-dependent arm of SigB activation was responsible for specific fungal detection and triggering the antagonistic response. The activation of SigB increased the expression of the operon responsible for the production of the antimicrobial cyclic lipopeptide surfactin (the srfA operon). SigB-deficient B. subtilis cultures produced decreased amounts of surfactin, and B. subtilis cultures defective in surfactin production (ΔsrfA) were unable to control the growth of F. verticillioides In vivo experiments of seed germination efficiency and early plant growth inhibition in the presence of F. verticillioides confirmed the physiological importance of SigB activity for plant bioprotection.IMPORTANCE Biological control using beneficial bacteria (PGPRs) represents an attractive and environment-friendly alternative to pesticides for controlling plant diseases. Different PGPR Bacillus species produce potent biofungicides and stimulate plant defense responses against phytopathogenic fungi. However, very little is known about how PGPRs recognize phytopathogens and process the antifungal response. Here, we report how B. subtilis triggers the induction of the stress-responsive sigma B transcription factor and the synthesis of the lipopeptide surfactin to fight the phytopathogen. Our findings show the participation of the stress-responsive regulon of PGPR Bacillus in the detection and biocontrol of a phytopathogenic fungus of agronomic impact.
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Jiménez DJ, Chaib De Mares M, Salles JF. Temporal Expression Dynamics of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes by a Synthetic Bacterial Consortium Growing on Sugarcane Bagasse. Front Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29535687 PMCID: PMC5834485 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Plant biomass (PB) is an important source of sugars useful for biofuel production, whose degradation efficiency depends on synergistic and dynamic interactions of different enzymes. Here, using a metatranscriptomics-based approach, we explored the expression of PB-degrading enzymes in a five-species synthetic bacterial consortium during cultivation on sugarcane bagasse as a unique carbon source. By analyzing the temporal expression dynamics of a selection of enzymes we revealed the functional role of each consortium member and disentangled the potential interactions between them. Based on normalized expression values and the taxonomic affiliation of all the transcripts within thirty carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZy) families, we observed a successional profile. For instance, endo-glucanases/-xylanases (e.g., GH8, GH10, and GH16) were significantly expressed at 12 h, whereas exo-glucanases (e.g., GH6 and GH48) and α-arabinosidases/β-xylosidases (e.g., GH43) were highly expressed at 48 h. Indeed, a significant peak of extracellular β-xylosidase activity was observed at this stage. Moreover, we observed a higher expression of several CAZy families at 12-48 h, suggesting easy access to the main plant polysaccharides. Based on this evidence, we predicted that the highest level of collaboration between strains takes place at the initial stages of growth. Here, Paenibacillus, Brevundimonas, and Chryseobacterium were the most important contributors, whereas Stenotrophomonas was highly active at the end of the culture (96-192 h) without contributing to a large extent to the expression of lignocellulolytic enzymes. Our results contribute to the understanding of enzymatic and ecological mechanisms within PB-degrading microbial consortia, yielding new perspectives to improve the PB saccharification processes.
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- Diego Javier Jiménez
- Microbial Ecology Cluster, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.,Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Microbial Ecology Cluster, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Microbial Ecology Cluster, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Deng YJ, Wang SY. Complex carbohydrates reduce the frequency of antagonistic interactions among bacteria degrading cellulose and xylan. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2017; 364:fnx019. [PMID: 28130369 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Bacterial competition for resources is common in nature but positive interactions among bacteria are also evident. We speculate that the structural complexity of substrate might play a role in mediating bacterial interactions. We tested the hypothesis that the frequency of antagonistic interactions among lignocellulolytic bacteria is reduced when complex polysaccharide is the main carbon source compared to when a simple sugar such as glucose is available. Results using all possible pairwise interactions among 35 bacteria isolated from salt marsh detritus showed that the frequency of antagonistic interactions was significantly lower on carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)-xylan medium (7.8%) than on glucose medium (15.5%). The two interaction networks were also different in their structures. Although 75 antagonistic interactions occurred on both media, there were 115 that occurred only on glucose and 20 only on CMC-xylan, indicating that some antagonistic interactions were substrate specific. We also found that the frequency of antagonism differed among phylogenetic groups. Gammaproteobacteria and Bacillus sp. were the most antagonistic and they tended to antagonize Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria, the most susceptible groups. Results from the study suggest that substrate complexity affects how bacteria interact and that bacterial interactions in a community are dynamic as nutrient conditions change.
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Gottstein W, Olivier BG, Bruggeman FJ, Teusink B. Constraint-based stoichiometric modelling from single organisms to microbial communities. J R Soc Interface 2017; 13:rsif.2016.0627. [PMID: 28334697 PMCID: PMC5134014 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Microbial communities are ubiquitously found in Nature and have direct implications for the environment, human health and biotechnology. The species composition and overall function of microbial communities are largely shaped by metabolic interactions such as competition for resources and cross-feeding. Although considerable scientific progress has been made towards mapping and modelling species-level metabolism, elucidating the metabolic exchanges between microorganisms and steering the community dynamics remain an enormous scientific challenge. In view of the complexity, computational models of microbial communities are essential to obtain systems-level understanding of ecosystem functioning. This review discusses the applications and limitations of constraint-based stoichiometric modelling tools, and in particular flux balance analysis (FBA). We explain this approach from first principles and identify the challenges one faces when extending it to communities, and discuss the approaches used in the field in view of these challenges. We distinguish between steady-state and dynamic FBA approaches extended to communities. We conclude that much progress has been made, but many of the challenges are still open.
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- Willi Gottstein
- Systems Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Systems Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Systems Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Systems Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cortes-Tolalpa L, Salles JF, van Elsas JD. Bacterial Synergism in Lignocellulose Biomass Degradation - Complementary Roles of Degraders As Influenced by Complexity of the Carbon Source. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1628. [PMID: 29067002 PMCID: PMC5641323 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) is an attractive source of carbon for the production of sugars and other chemicals. Due to its inherent complexity and heterogeneity, efficient biodegradation requires the actions of different types of hydrolytic enzymes. In nature, complex microbial communities that work efficiently and often synergistically accomplish degradation. Studying such synergisms in LCB degradation is fundamental for the establishment of an optimal biological degradation process. Here, we examine the wheat straw degradation potential of synthetic microbial consortia composed of bacteria and fungi. Growth of, and enzyme secretion by, monocultures of degrader strains were studied in aerobic cultures using wheat straw as the sole carbon and energy source. To investigate synergism, co-cultures were constructed from selected strains and their performance was tested in comparison with the respective monocultures. In monoculture, each organism – with a typical enzymatic profile – was found to mainly consume the cellulose part of the substrate. One strain, Flavobacterium ginsengisoli so9, displayed an extremely high degradation capacity, as measured by its secreted enzymes. Among 13 different co-cultures, five presented synergisms. These included four bacterial bicultures and one bacterial–fungal triculture. The highest level of synergism was found in a Citrobacter freundii/Sphingobacterium multivorum biculture, which revealed an 18.2-fold increase of the produced biomass. As compared to both monocultures, this bacterial pair showed significantly increased enzymatic activities, in particular of cellobiohydrolases, mannosidases, and xylosidases. Moreover, the synergism was unique to growth on wheat straw, as it was completely absent in glucose-grown bicultures. Spent supernatants of either of the two partners were found to stimulate the growth on wheat straw of the counterpart organism, in a directional manner. Thus, the basis of the LCB-specific synergism might lie in the specific release of compounds or agents by S. multivorum w15 that promote the activity of C. freundii so4 and vice versa.
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- Larisa Cortes-Tolalpa
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Molina-Santiago C, Udaondo Z, Cordero BF, Ramos JL. Interspecies cross-talk between co-cultured Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2017; 9:441-448. [PMID: 28585781 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli are ubiquitous microorganisms that can be isolated from soil rhizosphere, the surface of vegetables, fresh waters and wastewaters - environments in which they likely co-exist. Despite this, the potential interactions between these microbes have not been studied in detail. To analyse these interactions, we carried out RNA-seq transcriptomic analysis of these microbes as monocultures and as co-cultures. Our results show that co-culture of these microbes significantly alters transcriptional profiles. The most dramatic transcriptional changes in both microorganisms were involved in central carbon metabolism, as well as adhesion to surfaces and the activation of drug efflux pumps. We also found that acetate production was one of the mechanisms used by E. coli K-12 MG1655 in response to the presence of P. putida DOT-T1E.
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- Carlos Molina-Santiago
- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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Jiménez DJ, Dini-Andreote F, DeAngelis KM, Singer SW, Salles JF, van Elsas JD. Ecological Insights into the Dynamics of Plant Biomass-Degrading Microbial Consortia. Trends Microbiol 2017. [PMID: 28648267 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Plant biomass (PB) is an important resource for biofuel production. However, the frequent lack of efficiency of PB saccharification is still an industrial bottleneck. The use of enzyme cocktails produced from PB-degrading microbial consortia (PB-dmc) is a promising approach to optimize this process. Nevertheless, the proper use and manipulation of PB-dmc depends on a sound understanding of the ecological processes and mechanisms that exist in these communities. This Opinion article provides an overview of arguments as to how spatiotemporal nutritional fluxes influence the successional dynamics and ecological interactions (synergism versus competition) between populations in PB-dmc. The themes of niche occupancy, 'sugar cheaters', minimal effective consortium, and the Black Queen Hypothesis are raised as key subjects that foster our appraisal of such systems. Here we provide a conceptual framework that describes the critical topics underpinning the ecological basis of PB-dmc, giving a solid foundation upon which further prospective experimentation can be developed.
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- Diego Javier Jiménez
- Microbial Ecology Cluster, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Microbial Ecology Cluster, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9298, USA
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute,5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA; Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Microbial Ecology Cluster, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Microbial Ecology Cluster, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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