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Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strain ΔH as a potential microorganism for bioconversion of CO2 to methane. J CO2 UTIL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2020.101210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The performance of a thermophilic microbial fuel cell fed with synthesis gas. Enzyme Microb Technol 2012; 51:163-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Revised: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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More than 200 genes required for methane formation from H₂ and CO₂ and energy conservation are present in Methanothermobacter marburgensis and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2011; 2011:973848. [PMID: 21559116 PMCID: PMC3087415 DOI: 10.1155/2011/973848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The hydrogenotrophic methanogens Methanothermobacter marburgensis and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus can easily be mass cultured. They have therefore been used almost exclusively to study the biochemistry of methanogenesis from H2 and CO2, and the genomes of these two model organisms have been sequenced. The close relationship of the two organisms is reflected in their genomic architecture and coding potential. Within the 1,607 protein coding sequences (CDS) in common, we identified approximately 200 CDS required for the synthesis of the enzymes, coenzymes, and prosthetic groups involved in CO2 reduction to methane and in coupling this process with the phosphorylation of ADP. Approximately 20 additional genes, such as those for the biosynthesis of F430 and methanofuran and for the posttranslational modifications of the two methyl-coenzyme M reductases, remain to be identified.
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Ding X, Yang WJ, Min H, Peng XT, Zhou HY, Lu ZM. Isolation and characterization of a new strain of Methanothermobacter marburgensis DX01 from hot springs in China. Anaerobe 2009; 16:54-9. [PMID: 19376257 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2008] [Revised: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Strain DX01, a thermophilic methanogen, was isolated from a hot spring in China. Strain DX01 grew only on H2/CO2. The DNA G+C content is 52 mol% and optimal growth temperature is 65 degrees C. The cell pellet is brick red. By analyzing 16S rRNA sequence, methyl-coenzyme M reductase I, gamma subunit protein sequences, we determined the DX01 strain to be closely related to the species of Methanothermobacter marburgensis. In addition, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus delta H(T) and strain DX01 had clear differences in their biochemical composition and protein expression profiles. Based on the above analysis, we propose that strain DX01 is a novel strain within thermoautotrophicus the species of M. marburgensis, namely M. marburgensis DX01. The isolation and characterization of the new M. marburgensis DX01 strain expands the known range of the Methanothermobacter genus.
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- Xia Ding
- College of Life Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 337000, China
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Garcia JL, Patel BK, Ollivier B. Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and ecological diversity of methanogenic Archaea. Anaerobe 2007; 6:205-26. [PMID: 16887666 DOI: 10.1006/anae.2000.0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- J L Garcia
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie IRD, Université de Provence, ESIL case 925, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille cedex 9, France
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Mori K, Hatsu M, Kimura R, Takamizawa K. Effect of heavy metals on the growth of a methanogen in pure culture and coculture with a sulfate-reducing bacterium. J Biosci Bioeng 2000; 90:260-5. [PMID: 16232854 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(00)80079-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2000] [Accepted: 06/06/2000] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The sensitivity of a methanogen and sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a sea-based landfill site to Cd2+ and Cu2+ was studied. Methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria in leachates of the waste disposal site were enumerated using the MPN method. Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum KHT-2, isolated from the leachate, could not grow at 0.5 mM Cd2+ or 1.0 mM Cu2+. Desulfotomaculum sp. RHT-3, isolated from the same leachate, was able to insolubilize 3.0 mM Cd2+ or 2.0 mM Cu2+ by production of hydrogen sulfide. When strains KHT-2 and RHT-3 were cultured together in the presence of the heavy metals, strain KHT-2 could grow at high heavy metal concentrations after insolubilization of the metals by strain RHT-3.
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- K Mori
- Department of Bioprocessing, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Ward DM, Ferris MJ, Nold SC, Bateson MM. A natural view of microbial biodiversity within hot spring cyanobacterial mat communities. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1998; 62:1353-70. [PMID: 9841675 PMCID: PMC98949 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.4.1353-1370.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 319] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This review summarizes a decade of research in which we have used molecular methods, in conjunction with more traditional approaches, to study hot spring cyanobacterial mats as models for understanding principles of microbial community ecology. Molecular methods reveal that the composition of these communities is grossly oversimplified by microscopic and cultivation methods. For example, none of 31 unique 16S rRNA sequences detected in the Octopus Spring mat, Yellowstone National Park, matches that of any prokaryote previously cultivated from geothermal systems; 11 are contributed by genetically diverse cyanobacteria, even though a single cyanobacterial species was suspected based on morphologic and culture analysis. By studying the basis for the incongruity between culture and molecular samplings of community composition, we are beginning to cultivate isolates whose 16S rRNA sequences are readily detected. By placing the genetic diversity detected in context with the well-defined natural environmental gradients typical of hot spring mat systems, the relationship between gene and species diversity is clarified and ecological patterns of species occurrence emerge. By combining these ecological patterns with the evolutionary patterns inherently revealed by phylogenetic analysis of gene sequence data, we find that it may be possible to understand microbial biodiversity within these systems by using principles similar to those developed by evolutionary ecologists to understand biodiversity of larger species. We hope that such an approach guides microbial ecologists to a more realistic and predictive understanding of microbial species occurrence and responsiveness in both natural and disturbed habitats.
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- D M Ward
- Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
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Berk H, Thauer RK. F420H2:NADP oxidoreductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum: identification of the encoding gene via functional overexpression in Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett 1998; 438:124-6. [PMID: 9821972 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01288-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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F420H2:NADP oxidoreductase is found in methanogenic, sulfate-reducing and halophilic archaea and also in some bacteria. The putative gene encoding the enzyme was cloned from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg) and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The overproduced active enzyme was purified, characterized and crystallized.
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- H Berk
- Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie and Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie der Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
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Daffonchio D, De Biase A, Rizzi A, Sorlini C. Interspecific, intraspecific and interoperonic variability in the 16S rRNA gene of methanogens revealed by length and single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 164:403-10. [PMID: 9682489 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Thirty-seven strains of mesophilic and thermophilic methanogenic Archaea, belonging to 30 species, were analyzed by length polymorphism (LP) and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) of an amplified 300-bp fragment of the 16S rRNA gene (Escherichia coli positions 9-331) including the variable regions V1 and V2, LPs and SSCPs were detected between species and between strains of the same species (Methanobacterium formicicum). LPs were found in Mb. formicicum DSMZ 3637, Mb. ivanovii DSMZ 2611, Mb. wolfei DSMZ 2970, Methanosarcina barkeri DSMZ 800, and Methanosaeta concilii DSMZ 3671, suggesting the presence of polymorphic 16S rRNA genes in the genome. We propose that LP and SSCP analysis of the 16S rRNA gene could be of practical help for strain identification.
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- D Daffonchio
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche (DISTAM), Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
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- J N Reeve
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
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Tersteegen A, Linder D, Thauer RK, Hedderich R. Structures and functions of four anabolic 2-oxoacid oxidoreductases in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 244:862-8. [PMID: 9108258 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00862.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (strain Marburg), which grows autotrophically on H2 and CO2, was found to contain 2-oxoisovalerate oxidoreductase (Vor) and indolepyruvate oxidoreductase (Ior) besides pyruvate oxidoreductase (Por) and 2-oxoglutarate oxidoreductase (Kor). So far, Vor and Ior have only been detected in peptide-utilizing hyperthermophilic Archaea. The four 2-oxoacid oxidoreductases were purified and characterized with respect to their subunit composition, N-terminal amino acid sequences, and catalytic properties. Por and Kor were composed of four different subunits, Vor was composed of three different subunits, and Ior of two different subunits. Comparisons of the N-terminal amino acid sequences revealed that the four enzymes are structurally related to each other and to the respective enzymes from Pyrococcus and Thermococcus sp. Vor from M. thermoautotrophicum differed from Vor from Pyrococcus furiosus in being composed of only three instead of four different subunits. Evidence is presented that in the autotrophic methanogen the four 2-oxoacid oxidoreductases have anabolic functions, Vor and Ior being involved in the biosynthesis of amino acids from fatty acids taken up from the growth medium, as shown by 14C-labelling studies.
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- A Tersteegen
- Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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Nölling J, Reeve JN. Growth- and substrate-dependent transcription of the formate dehydrogenase (fdhCAB) operon in Methanobacterium thermoformicicum Z-245. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:899-908. [PMID: 9006048 PMCID: PMC178775 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.899-908.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The formate dehydrogenase-encoding fdhCAB operon and flanking genes have been cloned and sequenced from Methanobacterium thermoformicicum Z-245. fdh transcription was shown to be initiated 21 bp upstream from fdhC, although most fdh transcripts terminated or were processed between fdhC and fdhA. The resulting fdhC, fdhAB, and fdhCAB transcripts were present at all growth stages in cells growing on formate but were barely detectable during early exponential growth on H2 plus CO2. The levels of the fdh transcripts did, however, increase dramatically in cells growing on H2 plus CO2, coincident with the decrease in the growth rate and the onset of constant methanogenesis that occurred when culture densities reached an optical density at 600 nm of approximately 0.5. The mth transcript that encodes the H2-dependent methenyl-H4 MPT reductase (MTH) and the frh and mvh transcripts that encode the coenzyme F420-reducing (FRH) and nonreducing (MVH) hydrogenases, respectively, were also present in cells growing on formate, consistent with the synthesis of three hydrogenases, MTH, FRH, and MVH, in the absence of exogenously supplied H2. Reducing the H2 supply to M. thermoformicicum cells growing on H2 plus CO2 reduced the growth rate and CH4 production but increased frh and fdh transcription and also increased transcription of the mtd, mer, and mcr genes that encode enzymes that catalyze steps 4, 5, and 7, respectively, in the pathway of CO2 reduction to CH4. Reducing the H2 supply to a level insufficient for growth resulted in the disappearance of all methane gene transcripts except the mcr transcript, which increased. Regions flanking the fdhCAB operon in M. thermoformicicum Z-245 were used as probes to clone the homologous region from the Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum deltaH genome. Sequencing revealed the presence of very similar genes except that the genome of M. thermoautotrophicum, a methanogen incapable of growth on formate, lacked the fdhCAB operon.
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- J Nölling
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
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Thauer RK, Klein AR, Hartmann GC. Reactions with Molecular Hydrogen in Microorganisms: Evidence for a Purely Organic Hydrogenation Catalyst. Chem Rev 1996; 96:3031-3042. [PMID: 11848851 DOI: 10.1021/cr9500601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Rudolf K. Thauer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Terrestrische Mikrobiologie and Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie des Fachbereichs Biologie der Philipps-Universität, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
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Hartmann GC, Klein AR, Linder M, Thauer RK. Purification, properties and primary structure of H2-forming N5 ,N10 -methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus. Arch Microbiol 1996; 165:187-93. [PMID: 8599536 DOI: 10.1007/bf01692860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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H2-Forming N5,N10 -methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase (Hmd) is a novel type of hydrogenase found in methanogenic Achaea that contains neither nickel nor iron-sulfur clusters. The enzyme has previously been characterized from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and from Methanopyrus kandleri. We report here on the purification and properties of the enzyme from Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus. The hmd gene was cloned and sequenced. The results indicate that the enzyme from Mc. thermolithotrophicus is functionally and structurally closely related to the H2-forming methylene tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from Mb. thermoautotrophicum and Mp. kandleri. From amino acid sequence comparisons of the three enzymes, a phylogenetic tree was deduced that shows branching orders similar to those derived from sequence comparisons of the 16S rRNA of the orders Methanococcales, Methanobacteriales, and Methanopyrales.
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- G C Hartmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany
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Vermeij P, van der Steen RJ, Keltjens JT, Vogels GD, Leisinger T. Coenzyme F390 synthetase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg belongs to the superfamily of adenylate-forming enzymes. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:505-10. [PMID: 8550473 PMCID: PMC177685 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.505-510.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Depending on the reduction-oxidation state of the cell, some methanogenic bacteria synthesize or hydrolyze 8-hydroxyadenylylated coenzyme F420 (coenzyme F390). These two reactions are catalyzed by coenzyme F390 synthetase and hydrolase, respectively. To gain more insight into the mechanism of the former reaction, coenzyme F390 synthetase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg was purified 89-fold from cell extract to a specific activity of 0.75 mumol.min-1.mg of protein-1. The monomeric enzyme consisted of a polypeptide with an apparent molecular mass of 41 kDa as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. ftsA, the gene encoding coenzyme F390 synthetase, was cloned and sequenced. It encoded a protein of 377 amino acids with a predicted M(r) of 43,280. FtsA was found to be similar to domains found in the superfamily of peptide synthetases and adenylate-forming enzymes. FtsA was most similar to gramicidin S synthetase II (67% similarity in a 227-amino-acid region) and sigma-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteine-D-valine synthetase (57% similarity in a 193-amino-acid region). Coenzyme F390 synthetase, however, holds an exceptional position in the superfamily of adenylate-forming enzymes in that it does not activate a carboxyl group of an amino or hydroxy acid but an aromatic hydroxyl group of coenzyme F420.
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- P Vermeij
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Stettler R, Thurner C, Stax D, Meile L, Leisinger T. Evidence for a defective prophage on the chromosome of Methanobacterium wolfei. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1995; 132:85-9. [PMID: 7590168 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07815.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Evidence shows the presence on the chromosome of Methanobacterium wolfei of a defective prophage which, by DNA-DNA hybridization, is closely related to the virulent archaeophage psi M1 of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. Partial sequencing of a M. wolfei 16S rRNA gene and phylogenetic analysis indicated that this organism is more closely related to other representatives of the genus Methanobacterium than to M. thermoautotrophicum Marburg. The chromosomal region of M. wolfei encoding the putative prophage was found to be deleted for two non-contiguous segments of the phage psi M1 genome and thus encompassed only 80 to 90% of the psi M1 DNA. The prophage region was mapped to a 30 kb restriction fragment on the physical map of the M. wolfei chromosome. A randomly chosen DNA fragment was cloned from phage psi M1 DNA, as was its homologous counterpart from the chromosome of M. wolfei. The 126-bp region present in both clones exhibited 100% sequence identity.
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- R Stettler
- Mikrobiologisches Institut, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland
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Meile L, Fischer K, Leisinger T. Characterization of the superoxide dismutase gene and its upstream region from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1995; 128:247-53. [PMID: 7781971 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A gene (sod) encoding superoxide dismutase (SOD) was isolated from the strictly anaerobic archaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. Its identify was confirmed by functional complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant strain lacking SOD activity and by DNA sequence analysis of a cloned fragment. Upstream of sod, separated by a 5-bp intergenic region, lies the open reading frame orfk which potentially codes for a protein of 209 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence for this presumptive product had a similarity coefficient of 55.5% to a subunit of the alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (encoded by the ahpC gene) from Salmonella typhimurium.
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- L Meile
- Institut für Lebensmittelwissenschaften, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland
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Nölling J, Pihl TD, Vriesema A, Reeve JN. Organization and growth phase-dependent transcription of methane genes in two regions of the Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum genome. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:2460-8. [PMID: 7730278 PMCID: PMC176905 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.9.2460-2468.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Two regions of the Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum genome containing genes that encode enzymes involved in methanogenesis (methane genes) have been cloned and sequenced to determine the extent of methane gene clustering and conservation. One region from the M. thermoautotrophicum strains delta H and Winter, extending approximately 13.5 kb upstream from the adjacent mvhDGAB and mrtBDGA operons that encode the methyl-viologen-reducing hydrogenase (MVH) and the methyl coenzyme M reductase II (MRII), respectively, was sequenced, and 76% sequence identity and very similar gene organizations were demonstrated. Five closely linked open reading frames were located immediately upstream of the mvh operon and were designated flpECBDA. The flpCBD genes encode amino acid sequences that are 31, 47, and 65% identical to the primary sequences of the alpha and beta subunits of formate dehydrogenase and the delta subunit of MVH, respectively. Located immediately upstream of the flp genes was the mth gene, which encodes the H2-dependent methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase (MTH). In contrast to this mth-flp-mvh-mrt cluster of methane genes, a separate approximately 5.4-kb genomic fragment cloned from M. thermoautotrophicum delta H contained only one methane gene, the mtd gene, which encodes the 8-hydroxy-5-deazaflavin (H2F420)-dependent methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase (MTD). Northern (RNA) blot experiments demonstrated that mth was transcribed only at early growth stages in fermentor-grown cultures of M. thermoautotrophicum delta H, whereas mtd was transcribed at later growth stages and in the stationary phase. Very similar transcription patterns have been observed by T.D. Pihl, S. Sharma, and J. N. Reeve (J. Bacteriol. 176:6384-6391, 1994) for the MRI- and MRII-encoding operons, mrtBDGA and mcrBDCGA, im M. thermoautotrophicum deltaH, suggesting coordinated regulation of methane gene expression. In contrast to the growth phase-dependent transcription of the mth/mrt and mtd/mcr genes, transcription of the mvhDGAB and frhADGB operons, which encode the two (NiFe) hydrogenases in M. thermoautotrophicum deltaH, was found to occur at all growth stages.
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- J Nölling
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
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Physical and genetic map of the Methanobacterium wolfei genome and its comparison with the updated genomic map of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. Arch Microbiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00305354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Characterization of a Plasmid Carried by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum ZH3, a Methanogen Closely Related to Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. Syst Appl Microbiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(11)80066-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nölling J, van Eeden FJ, de Vos WM. Distribution and characterization of plasmid-related sequences in the chromosomal DNA of different thermophilic Methanobacterium strains. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 240:81-91. [PMID: 8393514 DOI: 10.1007/bf00276887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The genomes of several thermophilic members of the genus Methanobacterium were analyzed for homology to the related restriction-modification plasmids pFV1 and pFZ1 from M. thermoformicicum strains THF and Z-245, respectively. Two plasmid regions, designated FR-I and FR-II, could be identified with chromosomal counterparts in six Methanobacterium strains. Multiple copies of the pFV1-specific element FR-I were detected in the M. thermoformicicum strains CSM3, FF1, FF3 and M. thermoautotrophicum delta H. Sequence analysis showed that one FR-I element had been integrated in almost identical sequence contexts into the chromosomes of the strains CSM3 and delta H. Comparison of the FR-I elements from these strains with that from pFV1 revealed that they consisted of two subfragments, boxI (1118 bp) and boxII (383 bp), the order of which is variable. Each subfragment was identical on the sequence level with the corresponding plasmid-borne element and was flanked by terminal direct repeats with the consensus sequence A(A/T)ATTT. These results suggest that FR-I represents a mobile element. FR-II was located on both plasmids pFV1 and pFZ1, and on the chromosome of M. thermoformicicum strains THF, CSM3 and HN4. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of the two plasmid FR-II copies and that from the chromosome of strain CSM3 showed that the FR-II segments were approximately 2.5-3.0 kb in size and contained large open reading frames (ORFs) that may encode highly related proteins with an as yet unknown function.
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- J Nölling
- Department of Microbiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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