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Thallusin Quantification in Marine Bacteria and Algae Cultures. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:md20110690. [PMID: 36355014 PMCID: PMC9696546 DOI: 10.3390/md20110690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Thallusin, a highly biologically active, phytohormone-like and bacterial compound-inducing morphogenesis of the green tide-forming macroalga Ulva (Chlorophyta), was determined in bacteria and algae cultures. A sensitive and selective method was developed for quantification based on ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization and a high-resolution mass spectrometer. Upon C18 solid phase extraction of the water samples, thallusin was derivatized with iodomethane to inhibit the formation of Fe−thallusin complexes interfering with the chromatographic separation. The concentration of thallusin was quantified during the relevant phases of the bacterial growth of Maribacter spp., ranging from 0.16 ± 0.01 amol cell−1 (at the peak of the exponential growth phase) to 0.86 ± 0.13 amol cell−1 (late stationary phase), indicating its accumulation in the growth medium. Finally, we directly determined the concentration of thallusin in algal culture to validate our approach for monitoring applications. Detection and quantification limits of 2.5 and 7.4 pmol L−1, respectively, were reached, which allow for quantifying ecologically relevant thallusin concentrations. Our approach will enable the surveying of thallusin in culture and in nature and will thus contribute to the chemical monitoring of aquaculture.
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Mohr JF, Gama S, Roy S, Bellenger JP, Plass W, Wichard T. Hydroxypyridinones in nitrogen-fixing bacterial cultures: A metal buffer for molybdenum and simulation of natural conditions. METALLOMICS : INTEGRATED BIOMETAL SCIENCE 2022; 14:6650223. [PMID: 35881466 DOI: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfac055] [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: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Organic matter regulates the availability of important trace elements in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems by acting as a source and container for microbes. To overcome the limitation of trace elements, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, for example, release low-molecular-weight chelators (metallophores), which scavenge the essential cofactors of the nitrogenase, iron and molybdenum, via complexation and subsequent uptake. The formation of metallophores is triggered by limiting conditions, which must be replicated in the laboratory in order to study metallophores as a mediator in metal cycling. While EDTA-based buffer systems for metal cations are well established, there is limited knowledge regarding the buffering of oxoanions such as molybdate in a bacterial growth medium. To mimic the availability of molybdenum in nature under laboratory conditions, this study created a Mo-buffer system for bacterial growth media of the model organisms Azotobacter vinelandii and Frankia sp. CH37. We investigated selected hydroxypyridinones (HPs) as potential molybdenum-chelating agents, determining the amount required for efficient molybdenum complexation by calculating speciation plots of the various candidate complexes in artificial growth media at various pH values. The Mo-maltol system was identified as an ideal, non-toxic molybdenum-buffer system. In the presence of the Mo-maltol system, the growth of Frankia sp. was limited under diazotrophic conditions, whereas A. vinelandii could acquire molybdenum through the release of protochelin and subsequent molybdenum uptake. The study paves the way for unravelling molybdenum recruitment and homeostasis under limiting conditions in bacteria.
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- Jan Frieder Mohr
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Centre SÈVE, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Doydora SA, Baars O, Harrington JM, Duckworth OW. Salicylate coordination in metal-protochelin complexes. Biometals 2021; 35:87-98. [PMID: 34837588 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-021-00352-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Molybdenum (Mo) is an essential trace element for bacteria that is utilized in myriad metalloenzymes that directly couple to the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon. In particular, Mo is found in the most common nitrogenase enzyme, and the scarcity and low bioavailability of Mo in soil may be a critical factor that contributes to the limitation of nitrogen fixation in forests and agroenvironments. To overcome this scarcity, microbes produce exudates that specifically chelate scarce metals, promoting their solubilization and uptake. Here, we have determined the structure and stability constants of Mo bound by protochelin, a siderophore produced by bacteria under Mo-depleted conditions. Spectrophotometric titration spectra indicated a coordination shift from a catecholate to salicylate binding mode for MoVI-protochelin (Mo-Proto) complexes at pH < 5. pKa values obtained from analysis of titrations were 4.8 ± 0.3 for MoVIO2H3Proto- and 3.3 ± 0.1 for MoVIO2H4Proto. The occurrence of negatively charged Mo-Proto complexes at pH 6 was also confirmed by mass spectrometry. K-edge Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy confirmed the change in Mo coordination at low pH, and structural fitting provides insights into the physical architecture of complexes at neutral and acidic pH. These findings suggest that Mo can be chelated by protochelin across a wide environmental pH range, with a coordination shift occurring at pH < 5. This chelation and associated coordination shift may impact biological availability and mineral surface retention of Mo under acidic conditions.
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- Sarah A Doydora
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709-2194, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
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Barra Caracciolo A, Terenzi V. Rhizosphere Microbial Communities and Heavy Metals. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9071462. [PMID: 34361898 PMCID: PMC8307176 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9071462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The rhizosphere is a microhabitat where there is an intense chemical dialogue between plants and microorganisms. The two coexist and develop synergistic actions, which can promote plants’ functions and productivity, but also their capacity to respond to stress conditions, including heavy metal (HM) contamination. If HMs are present in soils used for agriculture, there is a risk of metal uptake by edible plants with subsequent bioaccumulation in humans and animals and detrimental consequences for their health. Plant productivity can also be negatively affected. Many bacteria have defensive mechanisms for resisting heavy metals and, through various complex processes, can improve plant response to HM stress. Bacteria-plant synergic interactions in the rhizosphere, as a homeostatic ecosystem response to HM disturbance, are common in soil. However, this is hard to achieve in agroecosystems managed with traditional practices, because concentrating on maximizing crop yield does not make it possible to establish rhizosphere interactions. Improving knowledge of the complex interactions mediated by plant exudates and secondary metabolites can lead to nature-based solutions for plant health in HM contaminated soils. This paper reports the main ecotoxicological effects of HMs and the various compounds (including several secondary metabolites) produced by plant-microorganism holobionts for removing, immobilizing and containing toxic elements.
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Mohr JF, Baldeweg F, Deicke M, Morales-Reyes CF, Hoffmeister D, Wichard T. Frankobactin Metallophores Produced by Nitrogen-Fixing Frankia Actinobacteria Function in Toxic Metal Sequestration. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2021; 84:1216-1225. [PMID: 33789052 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A series of new metallophores, referred to as frankobactins, were extracted from cultures of the symbiotic and nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium Frankia sp. CH37. Structure elucidation revealed a 2-hydroxyphenyl-substituted oxazoline core and a chain composed of five proteinogenic and nonproteinogenic amino acids, suggesting nonribosomal peptide synthesis as the biosynthetic origin. By whole-genome sequencing, bioinformatic analysis, and comparison with other Frankia strains, the genetic locus responsible for the biosynthesis was detected. Spectrophotometric titration of frankobactin with Fe(III) and Cu(II) and mass spectrometry established the 1:1 (metal:frankobactin) coordination. Uptake experiments suggested that frankobactin A1 (1) did not serve to recruit iron, but to detoxify Cu(II). As frankobactin A1 prevents the cellular entry of Cu(II), it could play a crucial role in the symbiosis of Frankia sp. and its host in the reclamation of copper-contaminated soil.
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- Jan Frieder Mohr
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the Hans-Knöll-Institute, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Winzerlaer Straße 2, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the Hans-Knöll-Institute, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Winzerlaer Straße 2, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Lessingstraße 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Kügler S, Cooper RE, Boessneck J, Küsel K, Wichard T. Rhizobactin B is the preferred siderophore by a novel Pseudomonas isolate to obtain iron from dissolved organic matter in peatlands. Biometals 2020; 33:415-433. [PMID: 33026607 PMCID: PMC7676072 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-020-00258-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Bacteria often release diverse iron-chelating compounds called siderophores to scavenge iron from the environment for many essential biological processes. In peatlands, where the biogeochemical cycle of iron and dissolved organic matter (DOM) are coupled, bacterial iron acquisition can be challenging even at high total iron concentrations. We found that the bacterium Pseudomonas sp. FEN, isolated from an Fe-rich peatland in the Northern Bavarian Fichtelgebirge (Germany), released an unprecedented siderophore for its genus. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) using metal isotope-coded profiling (MICP), MS/MS experiments, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) identified the amino polycarboxylic acid rhizobactin and a novel derivative at even higher amounts, which was named rhizobactin B. Interestingly, pyoverdine-like siderophores, typical for this genus, were not detected. With peat water extract (PWE), studies revealed that rhizobactin B could acquire Fe complexed by DOM, potentially through a TonB-dependent transporter, implying a higher Fe binding constant of rhizobactin B than DOM. The further uptake of Fe-rhizobactin B by Pseudomonas sp. FEN suggested its role as a siderophore. Rhizobactin B can complex several other metals, including Al, Cu, Mo, and Zn. The study demonstrates that the utilization of rhizobactin B can increase the Fe availability for Pseudomonas sp. FEN through ligand exchange with Fe-DOM, which has implications for the biogeochemical cycling of Fe in this peatland.
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- Stefan Kügler
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
- The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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Gledhill M, Basu S, Shaked Y. Metallophores associated with Trichodesmium erythraeum colonies from the Gulf of Aqaba. Metallomics 2019; 11:1547-1557. [PMID: 31475278 DOI: 10.1039/c9mt00121b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Trichodesmium is a globally important marine nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria which forms colonies and utilizes atmospherically derived dust as a source for the limiting micro-nutrient iron. Here we report the identification of metallophores isolated from incubations of natural Trichodesmium colonies collected from the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. Three of our compounds were identified as the ferrioxamine siderophores B, E, and G. The remaining fifteen metallophores had mass to charge ratios that, to our knowledge, are not common to known siderophores. Putative sum formulas suggest most of these compounds were not structurally related to each other. We also found that the novel metallophores readily formed complexes with aluminium and were less specific for iron than the ferrioxamines. In our incubations of Trichodesmium colonies, the abundance of ten of the novel metallophores positively correlated with Trichodesmium biomass, but not with bacterial biomass, whilst ferrioxamine siderophores were more strongly associated with bacterial biomass. We identified ferrioxamines and our novel metallophores in filtered surface seawater samples from the Gulf of Aqaba. However, our novel metallophores were only observed in the surface seawater sample collected at the time of highest Trichodesmium abundance, while ferrioxamines were observed even when Trichodesmium was not present. We hypothesize that the novel metallophores were specifically associated with Trichodesmium colonies. Together with the bacterially produced ferrioxamines they likely contribute to a distinctive "ligandosphere" surrounding the Trichodesmium colonies, with potential implications for metal homeostasis within the colony environment.
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- Martha Gledhill
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, 24148 Kiel, Germany.
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- The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel and The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, Eilat 88103, Israel
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- The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel and The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, Eilat 88103, Israel
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Deicke M, Mohr JF, Roy S, Herzsprung P, Bellenger JP, Wichard T. Metallophore profiling of nitrogen-fixingFrankiaspp. to understand metal management in the rhizosphere of actinorhizal plants. Metallomics 2019; 11:810-821. [DOI: 10.1039/c8mt00344k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Frankiaspp. are widespread nitrogen-fixing and metallophore releasing soil bacteria, which often live in symbiosis with a broad spectrum of hosts.
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- Michael Deicke
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Centre SÈVE
- Département de Biologie
- Faculté des Sciences
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Canada
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- UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
- Department Lake Research
- 39114 Magdeburg
- Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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Sharma R, Bhardwaj R, Gautam V, Kohli SK, Kaur P, Bali RS, Saini P, Thukral AK, Arora S, Vig AP. Microbial Siderophores in Metal Detoxification and Therapeutics: Recent Prospective and Applications. PLANT MICROBIOME: STRESS RESPONSE 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5514-0_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Etesami H. Bacterial mediated alleviation of heavy metal stress and decreased accumulation of metals in plant tissues: Mechanisms and future prospects. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 147:175-191. [PMID: 28843189 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2017] [Revised: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution of agricultural soils is one of main concerns causing some of the different ecological and environmental problems. Excess accumulation of these metals in soil has changed microbial community (e.g., structure, function, and diversity), deteriorated soil, decreased the growth and yield of plant, and entered into the food chain. Plants' tolerance to heavy metal stress needs to be improved in order to allow growth of crops with minimum or no accumulation of heavy metals in edible parts of plant that satisfy safe food demands for the world's rapidly increasing population. It is well known that PGPRs (plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria) enhance crop productivity and plant resistance to heavy metal stress. Many recent reports describe the application of heavy metal resistant-PGPRs to enhance agricultural yields without accumulation of metal in plant tissues. This review provides information about the mechanisms possessed by heavy metal resistant-PGPRs that ameliorate heavy metal stress to plants and decrease the accumulation of these metals in plant, and finally gives some perspectives for research on these bacteria in agriculture in the future.
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- Hassan Etesami
- Department of Soil Science, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, 31587-77871 Tehran, Iran.
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Ma Y, Oliveira RS, Freitas H, Zhang C. Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions: Relevance for Phytoremediation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:918. [PMID: 27446148 PMCID: PMC4917562 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plants and microbes coexist or compete for survival and their cohesive interactions play a vital role in adapting to metalliferous environments, and can thus be explored to improve microbe-assisted phytoremediation. Plant root exudates are useful nutrient and energy sources for soil microorganisms, with whom they establish intricate communication systems. Some beneficial bacteria and fungi, acting as plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPMs), may alleviate metal phytotoxicity and stimulate plant growth indirectly via the induction of defense mechanisms against phytopathogens, and/or directly through the solubilization of mineral nutrients (nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, iron, etc.), production of plant growth promoting substances (e.g., phytohormones), and secretion of specific enzymes (e.g., 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase). PGPM can also change metal bioavailability in soil through various mechanisms such as acidification, precipitation, chelation, complexation, and redox reactions. This review presents the recent advances and applications made hitherto in understanding the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions and their role in the major processes involved in phytoremediation, such as heavy metal detoxification, mobilization, immobilization, transformation, transport, and distribution.
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- Ying Ma
- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of CoimbraCoimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of CoimbraCoimbra, Portugal
- Department of Environmental Health, Research Centre on Health and Environment, School of Allied Health Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of PortoVila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
- Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica PortuguesaPorto, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of CoimbraCoimbra, Portugal
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Noumsi CJ, Pourhassan N, Darnajoux R, Deicke M, Wichard T, Burrus V, Bellenger JP. Effect of organic matter on nitrogenase metal cofactors homeostasis in Azotobacter vinelandii under diazotrophic conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2016; 8:76-84. [PMID: 26549632 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Biological nitrogen fixation can be catalysed by three isozymes of nitrogenase: molybdenum (Mo)-nitrogenase, vanadium (V)-nitrogenase and iron-only (Fe)-nitrogenase. The activity of these isozymes strongly depends on their metal cofactors, molybdenum, vanadium and iron, and their bioavailability in ecosystems. Here, we show how metal bioavailability can be affected by the presence of tannic acid (organic matter), and the subsequent consequences on diazotrophic growth of the soil bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii. In the presence of tannic acids, A. vinelandii produces a higher amount of metallophores, which coincides with an active, regulated and concomitant acquisition of molybdenum and vanadium under cellular conditions that are usually considered not molybdenum limiting. The associated nitrogenase genes exhibit decreased nifD expression and increased vnfD expression. Thus, in limiting bioavailable metal conditions, A. vinelandii takes advantage of its nitrogenase diversity to ensure optimal diazotrophic growth.
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- Christelle Jouogo Noumsi
- Département de Chimie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
- Laboratory of Bacterial Molecular Genetics, Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Jena School for Microbial Communication, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Jena School for Microbial Communication, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Molecular Genetics, Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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Chemical ecology elucidates the nature and role of natural products as mediators of organismal interactions. The emerging techniques that can be summarized under the concept of metabolomics provide new opportunities to study such environmentally relevant signaling molecules. Especially comparative tools in metabolomics enable the identification of compounds that are regulated during interaction situations and that might play a role as e.g. pheromones, allelochemicals or in induced and activated defenses. This approach helps overcoming limitations of traditional bioassay-guided structure elucidation approaches. But the power of metabolomics is not limited to the comparison of metabolic profiles of interacting partners. Especially the link to other -omics techniques helps to unravel not only the compounds in question but the entire biosynthetic and genetic re-wiring, required for an ecological response. This review comprehensively highlights successful applications of metabolomics in chemical ecology and discusses existing limitations of these novel techniques. It focuses on recent developments in comparative metabolomics and discusses the use of metabolomics in the systems biology of organismal interactions. It also outlines the potential of large metabolomics initiatives for model organisms in the field of chemical ecology.
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- Constanze Kuhlisch
- Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Lessingstr. 8, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
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Johnstone TC, Nolan EM. Beyond iron: non-classical biological functions of bacterial siderophores. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:6320-39. [PMID: 25764171 PMCID: PMC4375017 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt03559c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bacteria secrete small molecules known as siderophores to acquire iron from their surroundings. For over 60 years, investigations into the bioinorganic chemistry of these molecules, including fundamental coordination chemistry studies, have provided insight into the crucial role that siderophores play in bacterial iron homeostasis. The importance of understanding the fundamental chemistry underlying bacterial life has been highlighted evermore in recent years because of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the need to prevent the global rise of these superbugs. Increasing reports of siderophores functioning in capacities other than iron transport have appeared recently, but reports of "non-classical" siderophore functions have long paralleled those of iron transport. One particular non-classical function of these iron chelators, namely antibiotic activity, was documented before the role of siderophores in iron transport was established. In this Perspective, we present an exposition of past and current work into non-classical functions of siderophores and highlight the directions in which we anticipate that this research is headed. Examples include the ability of siderophores to function as zincophores, chalkophores, and metallophores for a variety of other metals, sequester heavy metal toxins, transport boron, act as signalling molecules, regulate oxidative stress, and provide antibacterial activity.
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- Timothy C Johnstone
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Wichard T. Exploring bacteria-induced growth and morphogenesis in the green macroalga order Ulvales (Chlorophyta). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:86. [PMID: 25784916 PMCID: PMC4347444 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Green macroalgae, such as Ulvales, lose their typical morphology completely when grown under axenic conditions or in the absence of the appropriate microbiome. As a result, slow growing aberrant phenotypes or even callus-like morphotypes are observed in Ulvales. The cross-kingdom interactions between marine algae and microorganisms are hence not only restricted by the exchange of macronutrients, including vitamins and nutrients, but also by infochemicals such as bacterial morphogenetic compounds. The latter are a fundamental trait mediating the mutualism within the chemosphere where the organisms interact with each other via compounds in their surroundings. Approximately 60 years ago, pilot studies demonstrated that certain bacteria promote growth, whereas other bacteria induce morphogenesis; this is particularly true for the order of Ulvales. However, only slow progress was made towards the underlying mechanism due to the complexity of, for example, algal cultivation techniques, and the lack of standardized experiments in the laboratory. A breakthrough in this research was the discovery of the morphogenetic compound thallusin, which was isolated from an epiphytic bacterium and induces normal germination restoring the foliaceous morphotypes of Monostroma. Owing to the low concentration, the purification and structure elucidation of highly biologically active morphogenetic compounds are still challenging. Recently, it was found that only the combination of two specific bacteria from the Rhodobacteraceae and Flavobacteriaceae can completely recover the growth and morphogenesis of axenic Ulva mutabilis cultures forming a symbiotic tripartite community by chemical communication. This review combines literature detailing evidences of bacteria-induced morphogenesis in Ulvales. A set of standardized experimental approaches is further proposed for the preparation of axenic algal tissues, bacteria isolation, co-cultivation experiments, and the analysis of the chemosphere.
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- Thomas Wichard
- *Correspondence: Thomas Wichard, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Jena School for Microbial Communication, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Lessingstr. 8, Jena 07743, Germany e-mail:
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Pourhassan N, Gagnon R, Wichard T, Bellenger JP. Identification of the Hydroxamate Siderophore Ferricrocin in Cladosporium cladosporioides. Nat Prod Commun 2014. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1400900429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The hydroxamate siderophore ferricrocin was identified in Cladosporium cladosporioides growth medium by solid phase extraction and ultra high pressure liquid chromatography coupled to a time of flight mass spectrometer (UHPLC/QTOF-MS). Both desferricrocin and ferricrocin were detected in the extracellular medium assisted by high resolution mass spectrometry. This is the first identification of a hydroxamate siderophore in Cladosporium cladosporioides. This finding emphasizes the common meaning of ferricrocin in fungi.
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- Nina Pourhassan
- Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boul. de I'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K2R1, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boul. de I'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K2R1, Canada
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Jena School for Microbial Communication, Lessingstr.8, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boul. de I'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K2R1, Canada
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Deicke M, Mohr JF, Bellenger JP, Wichard T. Metallophore mapping in complex matrices by metal isotope coded profiling of organic ligands. Analyst 2014; 139:6096-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an01461h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metal isotope coded profiling (MICP) utilizes stable metal isotope pairs creating unique isotopic signatures used for fast identification of metallophores, metal ion buffers or sequestering agents.
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- Michael Deicke
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- 07743 Jena, Germany
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