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Zhang M, Song Q, Sang J, Li Z. Paenibacillus spongiae sp. nov. isolated from deep-water marine sponge Theonella swinhoei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37910170 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006122] [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] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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A novel bacterial strain, designated as PHS-Z3T, was isolated from a marine sponge belonging to the genus Theonella on the Puerto Galera Deep Monkey, Philippines. Cells of PHS-Z3T were Gram-stain-positive, motile, oxidase- and catalase-positive, white-pigmented, spore-forming, short rods that could grow at 10-40 °C (optimum, 20 °C), pH 6.0-9.5 (optimum, pH 7.5) and with 2-16 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 7 %). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of PHS-Z3T showed 97.9 %, 96.7 %, and 96.2 % identities to Paenibacillus mendelii C/2T, Paenibacillus oenotherae DT7-4T and Paenibacillus aurantiacus RC11T, respectively. The results of phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that PHS-Z3T formed an independent cluster with Paenibacillus mendelii C/2T. The total genome of PHS-Z3T was approximately 7 613 364 bp in size with a DNA G+C content of 51.6 %. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) values between PHS-Z3T and other type strains of species of the genus Paenibacillus were 68.0-81.4 % [ANI by blast (ANIb)], 83.0-88.0 % [ANI by MUMmer (ANIm)] and 12.7-32.1 % (dDDH). The dDDH and ANI values were below the standard cut-off criteria for delineation of bacterial species. The percentage of conserved proteins (POCP) values between the genome of PHS-Z3T and those of members of the genus Paenibacillus were 39.7-75.7 %, while the average amino acid identity (AAI) values were 55.9-83.7 %. The sole respiratory quinone in the strain was MK-7, and the predominant fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 and C16 : 0. The major polar lipids of PHS-Z3T consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phospholipid and phosphatidylglycerol. The characteristic amino acid in the cell wall of PHS-Z3T was diamino heptanoic acid (meso-DAP). On the basis of the molecular, physiological, biochemical and chemotaxonomic features, strain PHS-Z3T represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus spongiae sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain PHS-Z3T (=MCCC 1K07848T=KCTC 43443T).
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- Mimi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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Lodhi AF, Zhang Y, Adil M, Deng Y. Design and application of a novel culturing chip (cChip) for culturing the uncultured aquatic microorganisms. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:285. [PMID: 37442830 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03613-w] [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: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Culturing uncultured microorganisms is an important aspect of microbiology. Once cultured, these microorganisms can be a source of useful antibiotics, enzymes etc. In this study, we have designed a novel culturing chip (cChip) to facilitate the growth of uncultured aquatic bacterial community by concentrating the samples. cChip was optimized for microbial growth using known bacteria in the laboratory as a pre-experiment. Then microorganisms from a freshwater lake were concentrated and inoculated, before putting the inoculated cChip in a simulated lake environment and further sub-culturing on laboratory media. High-throughput sequencing and traditional culturing were also performed for comparison. These three methods were able to detect 265 genera of microorganisms in the sample, of which 78.87% were detected by high-throughput sequencing, 30.94% by cChip, while only 6.42% were obtained by traditional culture. Moreover, all microorganisms obtained by traditional culture were also cultured using the cChip. A total of 45 new strains were isolated from the cChip, and their 16S rRNA gene sequences were 91.35% to 98.7% similar to their closest relatives according to NCBI GenBank database. We conclude that the design and simple operation of cChip can improve the culture efficiency of traditional culture by almost 5 times. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report comparing a novel culturing method with high-throughput sequencing data and traditional culturing of the same samples.
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- Adil Farooq Lodhi
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceutical, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological and Health Sciences, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceutical, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological and Health Sciences, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Separation and Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmaceutical, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Schultz J, Modolon F, Peixoto RS, Rosado AS. Shedding light on the composition of extreme microbial dark matter: alternative approaches for culturing extremophiles. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1167718. [PMID: 37333658 PMCID: PMC10272570 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1167718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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More than 20,000 species of prokaryotes (less than 1% of the estimated number of Earth's microbial species) have been described thus far. However, the vast majority of microbes that inhabit extreme environments remain uncultured and this group is termed "microbial dark matter." Little is known regarding the ecological functions and biotechnological potential of these underexplored extremophiles, thus representing a vast untapped and uncharacterized biological resource. Advances in microbial cultivation approaches are key for a detailed and comprehensive characterization of the roles of these microbes in shaping the environment and, ultimately, for their biotechnological exploitation, such as for extremophile-derived bioproducts (extremozymes, secondary metabolites, CRISPR Cas systems, and pigments, among others), astrobiology, and space exploration. Additional efforts to enhance culturable diversity are required due to the challenges imposed by extreme culturing and plating conditions. In this review, we summarize methods and technologies used to recover the microbial diversity of extreme environments, while discussing the advantages and disadvantages associated with each of these approaches. Additionally, this review describes alternative culturing strategies to retrieve novel taxa with their unknown genes, metabolisms, and ecological roles, with the ultimate goal of increasing the yields of more efficient bio-based products. This review thus summarizes the strategies used to unveil the hidden diversity of the microbiome of extreme environments and discusses the directions for future studies of microbial dark matter and its potential applications in biotechnology and astrobiology.
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- Júnia Schultz
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Hassani II, Quadri I, Yadav A, Bouchard S, Raoult D, Hacène H, Desnues C. Assessment of diversity of archaeal communities in Algerian chott. Extremophiles 2023; 27:2. [PMID: 36469177 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-022-01287-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Halophilic archaea are the dominant type of microorganisms in hypersaline environments. The diversity of halophilic archaea in Zehrez-Chergui (Saharian chott) was analyzed and compared by both analysis of a library of PCR amplified 16S rRNA genes and by cultivation approach. This work, represents the first of its type in Algeria. A total cell count was estimated at 3.8 × 103 CFU/g. The morphological, biochemical, and physiological characterizations of 45 distinct strains, suggests that all of them might be members of the class Halobacteria. Among stains, 23 were characterized phylogenetically and are related to 6 genera of halophilic archaea.The dominance of the genus Halopiger, has not been reported yet in other hypersaline environments. The 100 clones obtained by the molecular approach, were sequenced, and analyzed. The ribosomal library of 61 OTUs showed that the archaeal diversity included uncultured haloarcheon, Halomicrobium, Natronomonas, Halomicroarcula, Halapricum, Haloarcula, Halosimplex, Haloterrigena, Halolamina, Halorubellus, Halorussus and Halonotius. The results of rarefaction analysis indicated that the analysis of an increasing number of clones would have revealed additional diversity. Surprisingly, no halophilic archaea were not shared between the two approaches. Combining both types of methods was considered the best approach to acquire better information on the characteristics of soil halophilic archaea.
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- Imene Ikram Hassani
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Biologie, USTHB Université, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria.
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Biologie, USTHB Université, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Biologie, USTHB Université, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
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- Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, France
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Wheatley SK, Cartmell C, Madadian E, Badr S, Haltli BA, Kerr RG, Ahmadi A. Microfabrication of a micron-scale microbial-domestication pod for in situ cultivation of marine bacteria. RSC Adv 2022; 12:28123-28127. [PMID: 36320234 PMCID: PMC9527566 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05420e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Through the hyphenation of microfabrication, microfluidics and microbiology, we report the development of a μMicrobial-Domestication Pod (μMD Pod). This in situ cultivation device facilitates cell signaling from neighbouring species and interactions with environmental stimuli for marine bacterial growth to overcome current barriers faced by standard laboratory cultivation methods.
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- Sydney K. Wheatley
- Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada,Department of Mechanical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)MontrealQCH3C 1K3Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada
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- Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada,Department of Mechanical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)MontrealQCH3C 1K3Canada
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- Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada,Department of Mechanical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)MontrealQCH3C 1K3Canada
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- Nautilus Biosciences Croda, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada,Department of Biomedical Science, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada,Nautilus Biosciences Croda, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada,Department of Biomedical Science, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada
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- Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada,Department of Mechanical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)MontrealQCH3C 1K3Canada,Department of Biomedical Science, University of Prince Edward Island550 University AvenueCharlottetownPEC1A 4P3Canada
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Schultz J, Modolon F, Rosado AS, Voolstra CR, Sweet M, Peixoto RS. Methods and Strategies to Uncover Coral-Associated Microbial Dark Matter. mSystems 2022; 7:e0036722. [PMID: 35862824 PMCID: PMC9426423 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00367-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The vast majority of environmental microbes have not yet been cultured, and most of the knowledge on coral-associated microbes (CAMs) has been generated from amplicon sequencing and metagenomes. However, exploring cultured CAMs is key for a detailed and comprehensive characterization of the roles of these microbes in shaping coral health and, ultimately, for their biotechnological use as, for example, coral probiotics and other natural products. Here, the strategies and technologies that have been used to access cultured CAMs are presented, while advantages and disadvantages associated with each of these strategies are discussed. We highlight the existing gaps and potential improvements in culture-dependent methodologies, indicating several possible alternatives (including culturomics and in situ diffusion devices) that could be applied to retrieve the CAM "dark matter" (i.e., the currently undescribed CAMs). This study provides the most comprehensive synthesis of the methodologies used to recover the cultured coral microbiome to date and draws suggestions for the development of the next generation of CAM culturomics.
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- Júnia Schultz
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Aquatic Research Facility, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, University of Derby, Derby, UK
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Soil substrate culturing approaches recover diverse members of Actinomycetota from desert soils of Herring Island, East Antarctica. Extremophiles 2022; 26:24. [PMID: 35829965 PMCID: PMC9279279 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-022-01271-2] [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: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Antimicrobial resistance is an escalating health crisis requiring urgent action. Most antimicrobials are natural products (NPs) sourced from Actinomycetota, particularly the Streptomyces. Underexplored and extreme environments are predicted to harbour novel microorganisms with the capacity to synthesise unique metabolites. Herring Island is a barren and rocky cold desert in East Antarctica, remote from anthropogenic impact. We aimed to recover rare and cold-adapted NP-producing bacteria, by employing two culturing methods which mimic the natural environment: direct soil culturing and the soil substrate membrane system. First, we analysed 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data from 18 Herring Island soils and selected the soil sample with the highest Actinomycetota relative abundance (78%) for culturing experiments. We isolated 166 strains across three phyla, including novel and rare strains, with 94% of strains belonging to the Actinomycetota. These strains encompassed thirty-five ‘species’ groups, 18 of which were composed of Streptomyces strains. We screened representative strains for genes which encode polyketide synthases and non-ribosomal peptide synthetases, indicating that 69% have the capacity to synthesise polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide NPs. Fourteen Streptomyces strains displayed antimicrobial activity against selected bacterial and yeast pathogens using an in situ assay. Our results confirm that the cold-adapted bacteria of the harsh East Antarctic deserts are worthy targets in the search for bioactive compounds.
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Yuan W, Ruan S, Qi G, Wang R, Zhao X. Plant growth-promoting and antibacterial activities of cultivable bacteria alive in tobacco field against Ralstonia solanacearum. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:1411-1429. [PMID: 35112429 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum leads to decrease of crops yield. Investigation of cultivable bacteria diversity provides more microbial species for screening antagonistic bacteria. In the present study, a variety of cultivation methods were used to investigate the diversity of cultivable bacteria alive in tobacco field. A total of 441 bacterial strains were obtained that belonged to four phyla, 49 genera and 146 species. Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were the dominant phyla. Agrobacterium, Arthrobacter, Bacillus, Klebsiella, Paenarthrobacter, Pseudomonas and Pseudarthrobacter were the dominant genera. Some rare genera were discovered including Bosea, Cedecea, Delftia and Dyella. Diversity, species and abundances of bacteria altered under different cultivation conditions. One hundred three bacterial strains showed plant growth-promoting attributes. Twenty Bacillus strains showed high antibacterial activity against R. solanacearum. In field experiments, individual strain and consortia of Bacillus subtilis, B. siamensis and B. vallismortis effectively inhibited bacterial wilt. The core genes that controlled synthesis of secondary metabolites were knocked out in B. vallismortis SSB-10. Difficidin, which was synthesized by dif operon and controlled by sfp gene, was the antibacterial substance produced by SSB-10. Difficidin destroyed cell wall and cell membrane of R. solanacearum and inhibited its motility, production of extracellular polysaccharides and cellulase activity.
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- Wenfang Yuan
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Altshuler I, Raymond-Bouchard I, Magnuson E, Tremblay J, Greer CW, Whyte LG. Unique high Arctic methane metabolizing community revealed through in situ 13CH 4-DNA-SIP enrichment in concert with genome binning. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1160. [PMID: 35064149 PMCID: PMC8782848 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04486-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Arctic permafrost soils create a positive feedback loop of climate warming and further GHG emissions. Active methane uptake in these soils can reduce the impact of GHG on future Arctic warming potential. Aerobic methane oxidizers are thought to be responsible for this apparent methane sink, though Arctic representatives of these organisms have resisted culturing efforts. Here, we first used in situ gas flux measurements and qPCR to identify relative methane sink hotspots at a high Arctic cytosol site, we then labeled the active microbiome in situ using DNA Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) with heavy 13CH4 (at 100 ppm and 1000 ppm). This was followed by amplicon and metagenome sequencing to identify active organisms involved in CH4 metabolism in these high Arctic cryosols. Sequencing of 13C-labeled pmoA genes demonstrated that type II methanotrophs (Methylocapsa) were overall the dominant active methane oxidizers in these mineral cryosols, while type I methanotrophs (Methylomarinovum) were only detected in the 100 ppm SIP treatment. From the SIP-13C-labeled DNA, we retrieved nine high to intermediate quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) belonging to the Proteobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, and Chloroflexi, with three of these MAGs containing genes associated with methanotrophy. A novel Chloroflexi MAG contained a mmoX gene along with other methane oxidation pathway genes, identifying it as a potential uncultured methane oxidizer. This MAG also contained genes for copper import, synthesis of biopolymers, mercury detoxification, and ammonia uptake, indicating that this bacterium is strongly adapted to conditions in active layer permafrost and providing new insights into methane biogeochemical cycling. In addition, Betaproteobacterial MAGs were also identified as potential cross-feeders with methanotrophs in these Arctic cryosols. Overall, in situ SIP labeling combined with metagenomics and genome binning demonstrated to be a useful tool for discovering and characterizing novel organisms related to specific microbial functions or biogeochemical cycles of interest. Our findings reveal a unique and active Arctic cryosol microbial community potentially involved in CH4 cycling.
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- Ianina Altshuler
- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada.
- Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU, Universitetstunet 3, 1430, Ås, Norway.
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, 6100 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, QC, H4P 2R2, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada
- Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, 6100 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, QC, H4P 2R2, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, Canada
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Goh CBS, Goh CHP, Wong LW, Cheng WT, Yule CM, Ong KS, Lee SM, Pasbakhsh P, Tan JBL. A three-dimensional (3D) printing approach to fabricate an isolation chip for high throughput in situ cultivation of environmental microbes. LAB ON A CHIP 2022; 22:387-402. [PMID: 34935836 DOI: 10.1039/d1lc00723h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The full plethora of environmental bacteria is often poorly represented in vitro as the majority remain difficult, if not impossible, to culture under standard laboratory settings. These bacteria often require native conditions for the formation of cell masses that collectively have higher chances of survival. With that, a 3D-printed version of the isolation chip (iChip) was used to cultivate bacteria from a tropical peat swamp in situ prior to growth and maintenance in vitro. Briefly, plates made from either acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polylactic acid (PLA), or epoxy resin were tested in terms of their usability and durability under acidic conditions similar to those of peat matter. The epoxy resin plates were then found to be most optimal for the sampling conditions. Peat soil samples were collected from the base of a Koompassia malaccensis tree and reconstituted in molten 10% (wt/vol) tryptone soy agar (TSA) prior to inoculation. The iChips were subsequently assembled and buried in the site of origin. As a comparison, bacteria from the same soil sample were cultivated directly on TSA and incubated at 28 °C for two weeks. Thereafter, agar plugs from the iChip were transferred to TSA plates to allow microcolonies within each plug to grow. Each pure isolate from both cultivation approaches that grew was then pooled and extracted for total DNA prior to 16S rRNA gene amplification and sequencing via Illumina MiSeq. Taxonomic abundance comparison revealed that the bacterial taxa at the level of order were significantly different between the two approaches, particularly in the orders, Burkholderiales, Xanthomonodales, Enterobacteriales, and Actinomycetales (differences of 12.0, 7.1, 8.0, and 4.2%, respectively). This indicated that the 3D-printed iChips present a possible low-cost tool for the isolation of bacterial genera that may not be able to grow on media directly in vitro.
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- Calvin Bok Sun Goh
- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia.
- Tropical Medicine and Biology Multidisciplinary Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia
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- School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia.
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia.
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 4556, Australia
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia.
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia.
- Tropical Medicine and Biology Multidisciplinary Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia
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- School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia.
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- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia.
- Tropical Medicine and Biology Multidisciplinary Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Malaysia
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Mohamed SS, Abdelhamid SA, Ali RH. Isolation and identification of marine microbial products. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 2021; 19:162. [PMID: 34665351 PMCID: PMC8526645 DOI: 10.1186/s43141-021-00259-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background The ocean is one of the world’s most important sources of bioactive chemicals in the marine environment. Microbiologists, ecologists, agronomists, taxonomists, and evolutionary biologists have been increasingly interested in marine microbial natural products (MMNPs) in recent decades. Main body Diverse marine bacteria appear to get the ability to manufacture an astounding diversity of MMNPs with a wide range of biological actions, including anti-tumor, antimicrobial, and anti-cardiovascular agents according to numerous studies. Short conclusions Innovative isolation and culture methodologies, tactics for identifying novel MMNPs via routine screens, metagenomics, genomics, combinatorial biosynthesis, and synthetic biology are all discussed in this review. There is also a discussion of potential issues and future directions for studying MMNPs.
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- Sahar Saleh Mohamed
- Microbial Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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Fruit wrapping kraft coated paper promotes the isolation of actinobacteria using ex situ and in situ methods. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2021; 66:1047-1054. [PMID: 34487325 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-021-00907-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Designing novel isolation methods could enhance the diversification of the available bacterial strains to biotechnology. In this study, the new ex situ and in situ cultivation methods are introduced for the isolation of actinobacteria. In the ex situ experiments, the soil suspension was spread on the isolation media located above some ordinary papers in immediate contact with the slurry of soil substrate and incubated for 16 weeks. The paper was wholly immersed in the cave soil for in situ cultivations, and the containers were buried under layers of soil in Hampoeil cave for 10 weeks. Fruit wrapping kraft coated paper, with 68.8% recovery of isolates, was a better choice in isolation of actinobacteria than other studied filter paper. Based on the molecular identification results, 19% of the isolates obtained from the in situ cultivation method had less than 98.5% similarity to known taxa of actinobacteria and potentially may represent new species. In contrast, in the standard cultivation method, 1.3% of the isolates had less than 98.5% similarity 16Sr RNA gene. This data shows that the introduced cultivation method is a promising technique for isolating less culturable or new actinobacteria.
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Montgomery K, Williams TJ, Brettle M, Berengut JF, Zhang E, Zaugg J, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC. Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4276-4294. [PMID: 34029441 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Candidatus Dormibacterota is an uncultured bacterial phylum found predominantly in soil that is present in high abundances within cold desert soils. Here, we interrogate nine metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), including six new MAGs derived from soil metagenomes obtained from two eastern Antarctic sites. Phylogenomic and taxonomic analyses revealed these MAGs represent four genera and five species, representing two order-level clades within Ca. Dormibacterota. Metabolic reconstructions of these MAGs revealed the potential for aerobic metabolism, and versatile adaptations enabling persistence in the 'extreme' Antarctic environment. Primary amongst these adaptations were abilities to scavenge atmospheric H2 and CO as energy sources, as well as using the energy derived from H2 oxidation to fix atmospheric CO2 via the Calvin-Bassham-Benson cycle, using a RuBisCO type IE. We propose that these allow Ca. Dormibacterota to persist using H2 oxidation and grow using atmospheric chemosynthesis in terrestrial Antarctica. Fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed Ca. Dormibacterota to be coccoid cells, 0.3-1.4 μm in diameter, with some cells exhibiting the potential for a symbiotic or syntrophic lifestyle.
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- Kate Montgomery
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Biomedical Imaging Facility, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- EMBL Australia Node for Single Molecule Science, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, 4072, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Holland SI, Ertan H, Montgomery K, Manefield MJ, Lee M. Novel dichloromethane-fermenting bacteria in the Peptococcaceae family. THE ISME JOURNAL 2021; 15:1709-1721. [PMID: 33452483 PMCID: PMC8163858 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00881-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Dichloromethane (DCM; CH2Cl2) is a toxic groundwater pollutant that also has a detrimental effect on atmospheric ozone levels. As a dense non-aqueous phase liquid, DCM migrates vertically through groundwater to low redox zones, yet information on anaerobic microbial DCM transformation remains scarce due to a lack of cultured organisms. We report here the characterisation of DCMF, the dominant organism in an anaerobic enrichment culture (DFE) capable of fermenting DCM to the environmentally benign product acetate. Stable carbon isotope experiments demonstrated that the organism assimilated carbon from DCM and bicarbonate via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. DCMF is the first anaerobic DCM-degrading population also shown to metabolise non-chlorinated substrates. It appears to be a methylotroph utilising the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway for metabolism of methyl groups from methanol, choline, and glycine betaine. The flux of these substrates from subsurface environments may either directly (DCM, methanol) or indirectly (choline, glycine betaine) affect the climate. Community profiling and cultivation of cohabiting taxa in culture DFE without DCMF suggest that DCMF is the sole organism in this culture responsible for substrate metabolism, while the cohabitants persist via necromass recycling. Genomic and physiological evidence support placement of DCMF in a novel genus within the Peptococcaceae family, 'Candidatus Formimonas warabiya'.
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- Sophie I Holland
- Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Vij R, Hube B, Brunke S. Uncharted territories in the discovery of antifungal and antivirulence natural products from bacteria. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:1244-1252. [PMID: 33680363 PMCID: PMC7905183 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.02.003] [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: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Many fungi can cause deadly diseases in humans, and nearly every human will suffer from some kind of fungal infection in their lives. Only few antifungals are available, and some of these fail to treat intrinsically resistant species and the ever-increasing number of fungal strains that have acquired resistance. In nature, bacteria and fungi display versatile interactions that range from friendly co-existence to predation. The first antifungal drugs, nystatin and amphotericin B, were discovered in bacteria as mediators of such interactions, and bacteria continue to be an important source of antifungals. To learn more about the ecological bacterial-fungal interactions that drive the evolution of natural products and exploit them, we need to identify environments where such interactions are pronounced, and diverse. Here, we systematically analyze historic and recent developments in this field to identify potentially under-investigated niches and resources. We also discuss alternative strategies to treat fungal infections by utilizing the antagonistic potential of bacteria to target fungal stress pathways and virulence factors, and thereby suppress the evolution of antifungal resistance.
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- Raghav Vij
- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knoell Institute Jena (HKI), Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knoell Institute Jena (HKI), Germany
- Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knoell Institute Jena (HKI), Germany
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Xian WD, Salam N, Li MM, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Liu ZT, Ming YZ, Zhang XT, Wu G, Liu L, Xiao M, Jiang HC, Li WJ. Network-directed efficient isolation of previously uncultivated Chloroflexi and related bacteria in hot spring microbial mats. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2020; 6:20. [PMID: 32350263 PMCID: PMC7190741 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-020-0131-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The perplexity of the complex multispecies community interactions is one of the many reasons why majority of the microorganisms are still uncultivated. We analyzed the entire co-occurrence networks between the OTUs of Tibet and Yunnan hot spring samples, and found that less abundant OTUs such as genus Tepidimonas (relative abundant <1%) had high-degree centricity (key nodes), while dominant OTUs particularly genus Chloroflexus (relative abundant, 13.9%) formed the peripheral vertexes. A preliminary growth-promotion assay determined that Tepidimonas sp. strain SYSU G00190W enhanced the growth of Chloroflexus sp. SYSU G00190R. Exploiting this result, an ameliorated isolation medium containing 10% spent-culture supernatant of Tepidimonas sp. strain SYSU G00190W was prepared for targeted isolation of Chloroflexi in the Tibet and Yunnan hot spring samples. 16S rRNA gene fingerprinting characterized majority of the colonies isolated from these media as previously uncultivated Chloroflexi, of which 36 are potential novel species (16S rRNA sequence identity <98.5%). Metabolomes studies indicated that the spent-culture supernatant comprises several low-molecular-weight organic substrates that can be utilized as potential nutrients for the growth of these bacteria. These findings suggested that limited knowledge on the interaction of microbes provide threshold to traditional isolation method.
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- Wen-Dong Xian
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Resource Environment and Earth Science, Yunnan Institute of Geography, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Sciences and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Kato S, Terashima M, Yama A, Sato M, Kitagawa W, Kawasaki K, Kamagata Y. Improved Isolation of Uncultured Anaerobic Bacteria using Medium Prepared with Separate Sterilization of Agar and Phosphate. Microbes Environ 2020; 35. [PMID: 32009018 PMCID: PMC7104283 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me19060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated that a simple modification in the preparation of agar media, i.e., autoclaving phosphate and agar separately (termed the “PS protocol”), improved the culturability of aerobic microorganisms by reducing the generation of reactive oxygen species. We herein investigated the effects of the PS protocol on the cultivation of anaerobic microorganisms using sludge from a wastewater treatment system as a microbial source. The application of the PS protocol increased colony numbers and the frequency of phylogenetically novel isolates under aerobic, nitrate reduction, and fermentation conditions. The PS protocol is useful for isolating both aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms.
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- Souichiro Kato
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).,Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).,Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).,Hokkaido High-Technology College
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).,Hokkaido High-Technology College
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).,Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.,Computational Bio Big Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).,Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.,Bioproduction Research Institute, AIST
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Lambrechts S, Willems A, Tahon G. Uncovering the Uncultivated Majority in Antarctic Soils: Toward a Synergistic Approach. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:242. [PMID: 30828325 PMCID: PMC6385771 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Although Antarctica was once believed to be a sterile environment, it is now clear that the microbial communities inhabiting the Antarctic continent are surprisingly diverse. Until the beginning of the new millennium, little was known about the most abundant inhabitants of the continent: prokaryotes. From then on, however, the rising use of deep sequencing techniques has led to a better understanding of the Antarctic prokaryote diversity and provided insights in the composition of prokaryotic communities in different Antarctic environments. Although these cultivation-independent approaches can produce millions of sequences, linking these data to organisms is hindered by several problems. The largest difficulty is the lack of biological information on large parts of the microbial tree of life, arising from the fact that most microbial diversity on Earth has never been characterized in laboratory cultures. These unknown prokaryotes, also known as microbial dark matter, have been dominantly detected in all major environments on our planet. Laboratory cultures provide access to the complete genome and the means to experimentally verify genomic predictions and metabolic functions and to provide evidence of horizontal gene transfer. Without such well-documented reference data, microbial dark matter will remain a major blind spot in deep sequencing studies. Here, we review our current understanding of prokaryotic communities in Antarctic ice-free soils based on cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent approaches. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of both approaches and how these strategies may be combined synergistically to strengthen each other and allow a more profound understanding of prokaryotic life on the frozen continent.
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- Sam Lambrechts
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Actinomycetes: Isolation, Synthesis, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activities. PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS 108 2019; 108:207-296. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01099-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hahn MW, Koll U, Schmidt J. Isolation and Cultivation of Bacteria. ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16775-2_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Antarctic Soil Microbial Communities in a Changing Environment: Their Contributions to the Sustainability of Antarctic Ecosystems and the Bioremediation of Anthropogenic Pollution. SPRINGER POLAR SCIENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02786-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cheptsov VS, Tsypina SI, Minaev NV, Yusupov VI, Chichkov BN. New microorganism isolation techniques with emphasis on laser printing. Int J Bioprint 2018; 5:165. [PMID: 32596530 PMCID: PMC7294688 DOI: 10.18063/ijb.v5i1.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The study of biodiversity, growth, development, and metabolism of cultivated microorganisms is an integral part of modern microbiological, biotechnological, and medical research. Such studies require the development of new methods of isolation, cultivation, manipulation, and study of individual bacterial cells and their consortia. To this end, in recent years, there has been an active development of different isolation and three-dimensional cell positioning methods. In this review, the optical tweezers, surface heterogeneous functionalization, multiphoton lithography, microfluidic techniques, and laser printing are reviewed. Laser printing is considered as one of the most promising techniques and is discussed in detail.
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- V S Cheptsov
- Department of Soil Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 11999 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Institute of Photonic Technologies, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Institute of Photonic Technologies, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Institute of Photonic Technologies, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Center "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS, Institute of Photonic Technologies, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia.,Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten, 30167, Hannover
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Kwon M, Ho A, Yoon S. Novel approaches and reasons to isolate methanotrophic bacteria with biotechnological potentials: recent achievements and perspectives. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:1-8. [PMID: 30315351 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9435-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The recent drop in the price of natural gas has rekindled the interests in methanotrophs, the organisms capable of utilizing methane as the sole electron donor and carbon source, as biocatalysts for various industrial applications. As heterologous expression of the methane monooxygenases in more amenable hosts has been proven to be nearly impossible, future success in methanotroph biotechnology largely depends on securing phylogenetically and phenotypically diverse methanotrophs with relatively high growth rates. For long, isolation of methanotrophs have relied on repeated single colony picking after initial batch enrichment with methane, which is a very rigorous and time-consuming process. In this review, three unconventional isolation methods devised for facilitation of the isolation process, diversification of targeted methanotrophs, and/or screening of rapid growers are summarized. The soil substrate membrane method allowed for isolation of previously elusive methanotrophs and application of high-throughput extinction plating technique facilitated the isolation procedure. Use of a chemostat with gradually increased dilution rates proved effective in screening for the fastest-growing methanotrophs from environmental samples. Development of new isolation technologies incorporating microfluidics and single-cell techniques may lead to discovery of previously unculturable methanotrophs with unexpected metabolic potentials and thus, certainly warrant future investigation.
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- Miye Kwon
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
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- Institute for Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea.
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Sarhan MS, Patz S, Hamza MA, Youssef HH, Mourad EF, Fayez M, Murphy B, Ruppel S, Hegazi NA. G3 PhyloChip Analysis Confirms the Promise of Plant-Based Culture Media for Unlocking the Composition and Diversity of the Maize Root Microbiome and for Recovering Unculturable Candidate Divisions/Phyla. Microbes Environ 2018; 33:317-325. [PMID: 30210099 PMCID: PMC6167109 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me18023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The rapid development of high-throughput techniques and expansion of bacterial databases have accelerated efforts to bring plant microbiomes into cultivation. We introduced plant-only-based culture media as a successful candidate to mimic the nutritional matrices of plant roots. We herein employed a G3 PhyloChip microarray to meticulously characterize the culture-dependent and -independent bacterial communities of the maize root compartments, the endo- and ecto-rhizospheres. An emphasis was placed on the preference of the growth of unculturable candidate divisions/phyla on plant-only-based culture media over standard culture media (nutrient agar). A total of 1,818 different operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were resolved representing 67 bacterial phyla. Plant-only-based culture media displayed particular affinity towards recovering endophytic over ectophytic rhizobacteria. This was shown by the slightly higher recovery of CFUs for endophytes on plant-only-based culture media (26%) than on standard culture media (10%) as well as the higher taxa richness and numbers of exclusive families of unculturable divisions/phyla. Out of 30 bacterial phyla (comprising >95% of the whole population), 13 were of a significantly higher incidence on plant-only-based culture media, 6 phyla of which were not-yet-cultured (Atribacteria, OP9; Dependentiae, TM6; Latescibacteria, WS3; Marinimicrobia, SAR406; Omnitrophica, OP3; BRC1). Furthermore, plant-only-based culture media significantly enriched less abundant and/or hard-to-culture bacterial phyla (Acidobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, and Tenericutes). These results present conclusive evidence of the ability of plant-only-based culture media to bring the plant-fed in situ microbiome into the status of plant-fed in vitro cultures, and to widen the scope of cultivation of heretofore-unculturable bacterial divisions/phyla.
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- Mohamed S. Sarhan
- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityGiza, 12613Egypt
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- Algorithms in Bioinformatics, Center for Bioinformatics, University of TübingenTübingen, 72076Germany
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityGiza, 12613Egypt
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityGiza, 12613Egypt
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityGiza, 12613Egypt
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityGiza, 12613Egypt
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- Department of Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College DublinDublin 2Ireland
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- Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Großbeeren/Erfurt e.V. (IGZ)Großbeeren, 14979Germany
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityGiza, 12613Egypt
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Isolation of Previously Uncultured Slow-Growing Bacteria by Using a Simple Modification in the Preparation of Agar Media. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.00807-18. [PMID: 30030229 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00807-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Most microorganisms living in the environment have yet to be cultured, owing at least in part to their slow and poor propagation properties and susceptibility to oxidative stress. Our previous studies demonstrated that a simple modification in the preparation of agar media, i.e., autoclaving the phosphate and agar separately (termed "PS" medium), can greatly improve the culturability of microorganisms by mitigating oxidative stress compared with the use of "PT" medium (autoclaving the phosphate and agar together). Here, we attempted to isolate phylogenetically novel bacteria by combining PS medium with prolonged cultivation. After inoculation with forest soil or pond sediment samples, significantly more colonies appeared on PS medium than on PT medium. A total of 98 and 74 colonies that emerged after more than 7 days of cultivation were isolated as slow growers from PS and PT media, respectively. Sequencing analysis of their 16S rRNA genes revealed that the slow growers recovered from PS medium included more phylogenetically novel bacteria than those from PT medium, including a strain that could be classified into a novel order in the class Alphaproteobacteria Further physiological analysis of representative strains showed that they were actually slow and poor growers and formed small but visible colonies only on PS medium. This study demonstrates that the culturability of previously uncultured bacteria can be improved by using an isolation strategy that combines a simple modification in medium preparation with an extended incubation time.IMPORTANCE Most microbial species inhabiting natural environments have not yet been isolated. One of the serious issues preventing their isolation is intrinsically slow and/or poor growth. Moreover, these slow and/or poor growers are likely to be highly sensitive to environmental stresses, especially oxidative stress. We reported previously that interaction between agar and phosphate during autoclave sterilization generates hydrogen peroxide, which adversely affects the culturability of environmental microorganisms, in particular, slow-growing organisms vulnerable to oxidative stress. In this study, we successfully isolated many slow-growing bacterial strains with phylogenetic novelty by simply modifying their cultivation on agar plates, i.e., autoclaving the phosphate and agar separately. The current limited repertoire of culture techniques still has room for improvement in the isolation of microorganisms previously considered unculturable.
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Oueriaghli N, Castro DJ, Llamas I, Béjar V, Martínez-Checa F. Study of Bacterial Community Composition and Correlation of Environmental Variables in Rambla Salada, a Hypersaline Environment in South-Eastern Spain. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1377. [PMID: 29977233 PMCID: PMC6021518 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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We studied the bacterial community in Rambla Salada in three different sampling sites and in three different seasons and the effect of salinity, oxygen, and pH. All sites samples had high diversity and richness (Rr > 30). The diversity indexes and the analysis of dendrograms obtained by DGGE fingerprint after applying Pearson's and Dice's coefficient showed a strong influence of sampling season. The Pareto-Lorenz (PL) curves and Fo analysis indicated that the microbial communities were balanced and despite the changing environmental conditions, they can preserve their functionality. The main phyla detected by DGGE were Bacteroidetes (39.73%), Proteobacteria (28.43%), Firmicutes (8.23%), and Cyanobacteria (5.14%). The majority of the sequences corresponding to uncultured bacteria belonged to Bacteroidetes phylum. Within Proteobacteria, the main genera detected were Halothiobacillus and Roseovarius. The environmental factors which influenced the community in a higher degree were the salinity and oxygen. The bacteria belonging to Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria were positively influenced by salinity. Nevertheless, bacteria related to Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria classes and phylum Firmicutes showed a positive correlation with oxygen and pH but negative with salinity. The phylum Cyanobacteria were less influenced by the environmental variables. The bacterial community composition of Rambla Salada was also studied by dilution-to-extinction technique. Using this method, 354 microorganisms were isolated. The 16S sequences of 61 isolates showed that the diversity was very different to those obtained by DGGE and with those obtained previously by using classic culture techniques. The taxa identified by dilution-to-extinction were Proteobacteria (81.92%), Firmicutes (11.30%), Actinobacteria (4.52%), and Bacteroidetes (2.26%) phyla with Gammaproteobacteria as predominant class (65.7%). The main genera were: Marinobacter (38.85%), Halomonas (20.2%), and Bacillus (11.2%). Nine of the 61 identified bacteria showed less than 97% sequence identity with validly described species and may well represent new taxa. The number of bacteria in different samples, locations, and seasons were calculated by CARD-FISH, ranging from 54.3 to 78.9% of the total prokaryotic population. In conclusion, the dilution-to-extinction technique could be a complementary method to classical culture based method, but neither gets to cultivate the major taxa detected by DGGE. The bacterial community was influenced significantly by the physico-chemical parameters (specially the salinity and oxygen), the location and the season of sampling.
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- Nahid Oueriaghli
- Microbial Exopolysacharide Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Microbial Exopolysacharide Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Microbial Exopolysacharide Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Microbial Exopolysacharide Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Microbial Exopolysacharide Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Siemianowski O, Lind KR, Tian X, Cain M, Xu S, Ganapathysubramanian B, Cademartiri L. HOMEs for plants and microbes - a phenotyping approach with quantitative control of signaling between organisms and their individual environments. LAB ON A CHIP 2018; 18:620-626. [PMID: 29337318 DOI: 10.1039/c7lc01186e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We describe a simple, scalable, modular, and frugal approach to create model ecosystems as millifluidic networks of interconnected habitats (hosting microbes or plants), which offers (i) quantitative and dynamic control over the exchange of chemicals between habitats, and (ii) independent control over their environment. Oscillatory laminar flows produce regions of vortex mixing around obstacles. When these overlap, rapid mass transport by dispersion occurs, which is quantitatively describable as diffusion, but is directional and tunable in rate over 3 orders of magnitude. This acceleration in the rate of diffusion is equivalent to reducing the distance between the habitats, and therefore, the organisms, down to the length scales characteristic of signaling in soil (<2 mm).
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- Oskar Siemianowski
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 2220 Hoover Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Pudasaini S, Wilson J, Ji M, van Dorst J, Snape I, Palmer AS, Burns BP, Ferrari BC. Microbial Diversity of Browning Peninsula, Eastern Antarctica Revealed Using Molecular and Cultivation Methods. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:591. [PMID: 28439263 PMCID: PMC5383709 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Browning Peninsula is an ice-free polar desert situated in the Windmill Islands, Eastern Antarctica. The entire site is described as a barren landscape, comprised of frost boils with soils dominated by microbial life. In this study, we explored the microbial diversity and edaphic drivers of community structure across this site using traditional cultivation methods, a novel approach the soil substrate membrane system (SSMS), and culture-independent 454-tag pyrosequencing. The measured soil environmental and microphysical factors of chlorine, phosphate, aspect and elevation were found to be significant drivers of the bacterial community, while none of the soil parameters analyzed were significantly correlated to the fungal community. Overall, Browning Peninsula soil harbored a distinctive microbial community in comparison to other Antarctic soils comprised of a unique bacterial diversity and extremely limited fungal diversity. Tag pyrosequencing data revealed the bacterial community to be dominated by Actinobacteria (36%), followed by Chloroflexi (18%), Cyanobacteria (14%), and Proteobacteria (10%). For fungi, Ascomycota (97%) dominated the soil microbiome, followed by Basidiomycota. As expected the diversity recovered from culture-based techniques was lower than that detected using tag sequencing. However, in the SSMS enrichments, that mimic the natural conditions for cultivating oligophilic “k-selected” bacteria, a larger proportion of rare bacterial taxa (15%), such as Blastococcus, Devosia, Herbaspirillum, Propionibacterium and Methylocella and fungal (11%) taxa, such as Nigrospora, Exophiala, Hortaea, and Penidiella were recovered at the genus level. At phylum level, a comparison of OTU's showed that the SSMS shared 21% of Acidobacteria, 11% of Actinobacteria and 10% of Proteobacteria OTU's with soil. For fungi, the shared OTUs was 4% (Basidiomycota) and <0.5% (Ascomycota). This was the first known attempt to culture microfungi using the SSMS which resulted in an increase in diversity from 14 to 57 microfungi OTUs compared to standard cultivation. Furthermore, the SSMS offers the opportunity to retrieve a greater diversity of bacterial and fungal taxa for future exploitation.
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- Sarita Pudasaini
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South WalesKensington, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South WalesKensington, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South WalesKensington, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South WalesKensington, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and CommunitiesKingston, TAS, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and CommunitiesKingston, TAS, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South WalesKensington, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South WalesKensington, NSW, Australia
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Novel Culturing Techniques Select for Heterotrophs and Hydrocarbon Degraders in a Subantarctic Soil. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36724. [PMID: 27827405 PMCID: PMC5101477 DOI: 10.1038/srep36724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The soil substrate membrane system (SSMS) is a novel micro-culturing technique targeted at terrestrial soil systems. We applied the SSMS to pristine and diesel fuel spiked polar soils, along with traditional solid media culturing and culture independent 454 tag pyrosequencing to elucidate the effects of diesel fuel on the soil community. The SSMS enriched for up to 76% of the total soil diversity within high diesel fuel concentration soils, in contrast to only 26% of the total diversity for the control soils. The majority of organisms originally recovered with the SSMS were lost in the transfer to solid media, with all 300 isolates belonging to Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria or Bacteroidetes, the four phyla most frequently associated with soil culturing efforts. The soils spiked with high diesel fuel concentrations exhibited reduced species richness, diversity and a selection towards heterotrophs and hydrocarbon degraders in comparison to the control soils. Based on these observations and the unusually high level of overlap in microbial taxa observed between methods, we suggest the SSMS holds potential to exploit hydrocarbon degraders and other targets within simplified bacterial systems, yet is inadequate for soil ecology and ecotoxicology studies where identifying rare oligotrophic species is paramount.
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He Z, Cai C, Wang J, Xu X, Zheng P, Jetten MSM, Hu B. A novel denitrifying methanotroph of the NC10 phylum and its microcolony. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32241. [PMID: 27582299 PMCID: PMC5007514 DOI: 10.1038/srep32241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The NC10 phylum is a candidate phylum of prokaryotes and is considered important in biogeochemical cycles and evolutionary history. NC10 members are as-yet-uncultured and are difficult to enrich, and our knowledge regarding this phylum is largely limited to the first species ‘Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera’ (M. oxyfera). Here, we enriched NC10 members from paddy soil and obtained a novel species of the NC10 phylum that mediates the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled to nitrite reduction. By comparing the new 16S rRNA gene sequences with those already in the database, this new species was found to be widely distributed in various habitats in China. Therefore, we tentatively named it ‘Candidatus Methylomirabilis sinica’ (M. sinica). Cells of M. sinica are roughly coccus-shaped (0.7–1.2 μm), distinct from M. oxyfera (rod-shaped; 0.25–0.5 × 0.8–1.1 μm). Notably, microscopic inspections revealed that M. sinica grew in honeycomb-shaped microcolonies, which was the first discovery of microcolony of the NC10 phylum. This finding opens the possibility to isolate NC10 members using microcolony-dependent isolation strategies.
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- Zhanfei He
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Sarhan MS, Mourad EF, Hamza MA, Youssef HH, Scherwinski AC, El-Tahan M, Fayez M, Ruppel S, Hegazi NA. Plant powder teabags: a novel and practical approach to resolve culturability and diversity of rhizobacteria. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2016; 157:403-413. [PMID: 27178359 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We have developed teabags packed with dehydrated plant powders, without any supplements, for preparation of plant infusions necessary to develop media for culturing rhizobacteria. These bacteria are efficiently cultivated on such plant teabag culture media, with better progressive in situ recoverability compared to standard chemically synthetic culture media. Combining various plant-based culture media and incubation conditions enabled us to resolve unique denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) bands that were not resolved by tested standard culture media. Based on polymerase chain reaction PCR-DGGE of 16S rDNA fingerprints and sequencing, the plant teabag culture media supported higher diversity and significant increases in the richness of endo-rhizobacteria, namely Gammaproteobacteria (Enterobacteriaceae) and predominantly Alphaproteobacteria (Rhizobiaceae). This culminated in greater retrieval of the rhizobacteria taxa associated with the plant roots. We conclude that the plant teabag culture medium by itself, without any nutritional supplements, is sufficient and efficient for recovering and mirroring the complex and diverse communities of rhizobacteria. Our message to fellow microbial ecologists is: simply dehydrate your plant canopy, teabag it and soak it to prepare your culture media, with no need for any additional supplementary nutrients.
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- Mohamed S Sarhan
- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Grossbeeren/Erfurt e.V. (IGZ), Grossbeeren, Germany
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- Regional Center for Food and Feed (RCFF), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Grossbeeren/Erfurt e.V. (IGZ), Grossbeeren, Germany
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- Environmental Studies and Research Unit (ESRU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Esteves AIS, Amer N, Nguyen M, Thomas T. Sample Processing Impacts the Viability and Cultivability of the Sponge Microbiome. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:499. [PMID: 27242673 PMCID: PMC4876369 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Sponges host complex microbial communities of recognized ecological and biotechnological importance. Extensive cultivation efforts have been made to isolate sponge bacteria, but most still elude cultivation. To identify the bottlenecks of sponge bacterial cultivation, we combined high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing with a variety of cultivation media and incubation conditions. We aimed to determine the extent to which sample processing and cultivation conditions can impact bacterial viability and recovery in culture. We isolated 325 sponge bacteria from six specimens of Cymbastela concentrica and three specimens of Scopalina sp. These isolates were distributed over 37 different genera and 47 operational taxonomic units (defined at 97% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity). The cultivable bacterial community was highly specific to its sponge host and different media compositions yielded distinct microbial isolates. Around 97% of the isolates could be detected in the original sponge and represented a large but highly variable proportion (0.5–92% total abundance, depending on sponge species) of viable bacteria obtained after sample processing, as determined by propidium monoazide selective DNA modification of compromised cells. Our results show that the most abundant viable bacteria are also the most predominant groups found in cultivation, reflecting, to some extent, the relative abundances of the viable bacterial community, rather than the overall community estimated by direct molecular approaches. Cultivation is therefore shaped not only by the growth conditions provided, but also by the different cell viabilities of the bacteria that constitute the cultivation inoculum. These observations highlight the need to perform experiments to assess each method of sample processing for its accurate representation of the actual in situ bacterial community and its yield of viable cells.
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- Ana I S Esteves
- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW, Australia
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The rebirth of culture in microbiology through the example of culturomics to study human gut microbiota. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015; 28:237-64. [PMID: 25567229 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00014-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 522] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bacterial culture was the first method used to describe the human microbiota, but this method is considered outdated by many researchers. Metagenomics studies have since been applied to clinical microbiology; however, a "dark matter" of prokaryotes, which corresponds to a hole in our knowledge and includes minority bacterial populations, is not elucidated by these studies. By replicating the natural environment, environmental microbiologists were the first to reduce the "great plate count anomaly," which corresponds to the difference between microscopic and culture counts. The revolution in bacterial identification also allowed rapid progress. 16S rRNA bacterial identification allowed the accurate identification of new species. Mass spectrometry allowed the high-throughput identification of rare species and the detection of new species. By using these methods and by increasing the number of culture conditions, culturomics allowed the extension of the known human gut repertoire to levels equivalent to those of pyrosequencing. Finally, taxonogenomics strategies became an emerging method for describing new species, associating the genome sequence of the bacteria systematically. We provide a comprehensive review on these topics, demonstrating that both empirical and hypothesis-driven approaches will enable a rapid increase in the identification of the human prokaryote repertoire.
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Gillings MR, Gaze WH, Pruden A, Smalla K, Tiedje JM, Zhu YG. Using the class 1 integron-integrase gene as a proxy for anthropogenic pollution. ISME JOURNAL 2014; 9:1269-79. [PMID: 25500508 PMCID: PMC4438328 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 807] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Around all human activity, there are zones of pollution with pesticides, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, personal care products and the microorganisms associated with human waste streams and agriculture. This diversity of pollutants, whose concentration varies spatially and temporally, is a major challenge for monitoring. Here, we suggest that the relative abundance of the clinical class 1 integron-integrase gene, intI1, is a good proxy for pollution because: (1) intI1 is linked to genes conferring resistance to antibiotics, disinfectants and heavy metals; (2) it is found in a wide variety of pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria; (3) its abundance can change rapidly because its host cells can have rapid generation times and it can move between bacteria by horizontal gene transfer; and (4) a single DNA sequence variant of intI1 is now found on a wide diversity of xenogenetic elements, these being complex mosaic DNA elements fixed through the agency of human selection. Here we review the literature examining the relationship between anthropogenic impacts and the abundance of intI1, and outline an approach by which intI1 could serve as a proxy for anthropogenic pollution.
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- Michael R Gillings
- Department of Biological Sciences, Genes to Geoscience Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK
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- Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China
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A hidden pitfall in the preparation of agar media undermines microorganism cultivability. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:7659-66. [PMID: 25281372 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02741-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Microbiologists have been using agar growth medium for over 120 years. It revolutionized microbiology in the 1890s when microbiologists were seeking effective methods to isolate microorganisms, which led to the successful cultivation of microorganisms as single clones. But there has been a disparity between total cell counts and cultivable cell counts on plates, often referred to as the "great plate count anomaly," that has long been a phenomenon that still remains unsolved. Here, we report that a common practice microbiologists have employed to prepare agar medium has a hidden pitfall: when phosphate was autoclaved together with agar to prepare solid growth media (PT medium), total colony counts were remarkably lower than those grown on agar plates in which phosphate and agar were separately autoclaved and mixed right before solidification (PS medium). We used a pure culture of Gemmatimonas aurantiaca T-27(T) and three representative sources of environmental samples, soil, sediment, and water, as inocula and compared colony counts between PT and PS agar plates. There were higher numbers of CFU on PS medium than on PT medium using G. aurantiaca or any of the environmental samples. Chemical analysis of PT agar plates suggested that hydrogen peroxide was contributing to growth inhibition. Comparison of 454 pyrosequences of the environmental samples to the isolates revealed that taxa grown on PS medium were more reflective of the original community structure than those grown on PT medium. Moreover, more hitherto-uncultivated microbes grew on PS than on PT medium.
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Winsley TJ, Snape I, McKinlay J, Stark J, van Dorst JM, Ji M, Ferrari BC, Siciliano SD. The ecological controls on the prevalence of candidate division TM7 in polar regions. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:345. [PMID: 25076941 PMCID: PMC4097103 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The candidate division TM7 is ubiquitous and yet uncultured phylum of the Bacteria that encompasses a commonly environmental associated clade, TM7-1, and a “host-associated” clade, TM7-3. However, as members of the TM7 phylum have not been cultured, little is known about what differs between these two clades. We hypothesized that these clades would have different environmental niches. To test this, we used a large-scale global soil dataset, encompassing 223 soil samples, their environmental parameters and associated bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequence data. We correlated chemical, physical and biological parameters of each soil with the relative abundance of the two major classes of the phylum to deduce factors that influence the groups' seemingly ubiquitous nature. The two classes of the phylum (TM7-1 and TM7-3) were indeed distinct from each other in their habitat requirements. A key determinant of each class' prevalence appears to be the pH of the soil. The class TM7-1 displays a facultative anaerobic nature with correlations to more acidic soils with total iron, silicon, titanium and copper indicating a potential for siderophore production. However, the TM7-3 class shows a more classical oligotrophic, heterotroph nature with a preference for more alkaline soils, and a probable pathogenic role with correlations to extractable iron, sodium and phosphate. In addition, the TM7-3 was abundant in diesel contaminated soils highlighting a resilient nature along with a possible carbon source. In addition to this both classes had unique co-occurrence relationships with other bacterial phyla. In particular, both groups had opposing correlations to the Gemmatimonadetes phylum, with the TM7-3 class seemingly being outcompeted by this phylum to result in a negative correlation. These ecological controls allow the characteristics of a TM7 phylum preferred niche to be defined and give insight into possible avenues for cultivation of this previously uncultured group.
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- Tristrom J Winsley
- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment Kingston, TAS, Australia ; Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment Kingston, TAS, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment Kingston, TAS, Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment Kingston, TAS, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Ciobanu MC, Burgaud G, Dufresne A, Breuker A, Rédou V, Ben Maamar S, Gaboyer F, Vandenabeele-Trambouze O, Lipp JS, Schippers A, Vandenkoornhuyse P, Barbier G, Jebbar M, Godfroy A, Alain K. Microorganisms persist at record depths in the subseafloor of the Canterbury Basin. THE ISME JOURNAL 2014; 8:1370-80. [PMID: 24430485 PMCID: PMC4069392 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The subsurface realm is colonized by microbial communities to depths of >1000 meters below the seafloor (m.b.sf.), but little is known about overall diversity and microbial distribution patterns at the most profound depths. Here we show that not only Bacteria and Archaea but also Eukarya occur at record depths in the subseafloor of the Canterbury Basin. Shifts in microbial community composition along a core of nearly 2 km reflect vertical taxa zonation influenced by sediment depth. Representatives of some microbial taxa were also cultivated using methods mimicking in situ conditions. These results suggest that diverse microorganisms persist down to 1922 m.b.sf. in the seafloor of the Canterbury Basin and extend the previously known depth limits of microbial evidence (i) from 159 to 1740 m.b.sf. for Eukarya and (ii) from 518 to 1922 m.b.sf. for Bacteria.
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- Maria-Cristina Ciobanu
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), IUEM—UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LMEE), Plouzané, France
- CNRS, IUEM—UMR 6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
- Ifremer, UMR6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
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- Université de Brest, UEB, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Microbienne EA 3882, IFR148 SFR ScInBioS, ESIAB, Plouzané, France
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- Université de Rennes I, CNRS, UMR 6553 ECOBIO, Rennes, France
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- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover, Germany
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- Université de Brest, UEB, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Microbienne EA 3882, IFR148 SFR ScInBioS, ESIAB, Plouzané, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), IUEM—UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LMEE), Plouzané, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), IUEM—UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LMEE), Plouzané, France
- CNRS, IUEM—UMR 6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
- Ifremer, UMR6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), IUEM—UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LMEE), Plouzané, France
- CNRS, IUEM—UMR 6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
- Ifremer, UMR6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
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- Organic Geochemistry Group, Department of Geosciences and MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover, Germany
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- Université de Brest, UEB, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Microbienne EA 3882, IFR148 SFR ScInBioS, ESIAB, Plouzané, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), IUEM—UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LMEE), Plouzané, France
- CNRS, IUEM—UMR 6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
- Ifremer, UMR6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), IUEM—UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LMEE), Plouzané, France
- CNRS, IUEM—UMR 6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
- Ifremer, UMR6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO, UEB), IUEM—UMR 6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes (LMEE), Plouzané, France
- CNRS, IUEM—UMR 6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
- Ifremer, UMR6197, LMEE, Plouzané, France
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Emerging strategies and integrated systems microbiology technologies for biodiscovery of marine bioactive compounds. Mar Drugs 2014; 12:3516-59. [PMID: 24918453 PMCID: PMC4071589 DOI: 10.3390/md12063516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Marine microorganisms continue to be a source of structurally and biologically novel compounds with potential use in the biotechnology industry. The unique physiochemical properties of the marine environment (such as pH, pressure, temperature, osmolarity) and uncommon functional groups (such as isonitrile, dichloroimine, isocyanate, and halogenated functional groups) are frequently found in marine metabolites. These facts have resulted in the production of bioactive substances with different properties than those found in terrestrial habitats. In fact, the marine environment contains a relatively untapped reservoir of bioactivity. Recent advances in genomics, metagenomics, proteomics, combinatorial biosynthesis, synthetic biology, screening methods, expression systems, bioinformatics, and the ever increasing availability of sequenced genomes provides us with more opportunities than ever in the discovery of novel bioactive compounds and biocatalysts. The combination of these advanced techniques with traditional techniques, together with the use of dereplication strategies to eliminate known compounds, provides a powerful tool in the discovery of novel marine bioactive compounds. This review outlines and discusses the emerging strategies for the biodiscovery of these bioactive compounds.
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Sgarbi E, Bottari B, Gatti M, Neviani E. Investigation of the ability of dairy nonstarter lactic acid bacteria to grow using cell lysates of other lactic acid bacteria as the exclusive source of nutrients. INT J DAIRY TECHNOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Elisa Sgarbi
- Department of Food Science; University of Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 48A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Food Science; University of Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 48A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Food Science; University of Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 48A 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Food Science; University of Parma; Parco Area delle Scienze 48A 43124 Parma Italy
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Ferrari B, Winsley T, Ji M, Neilan B. Insights into the distribution and abundance of the ubiquitous candidatus Saccharibacteria phylum following tag pyrosequencing. Sci Rep 2014; 4:3957. [PMID: 24492458 PMCID: PMC5379237 DOI: 10.1038/srep03957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The phylum candidatus Saccharibacteria formerly known as Candidate Division TM7 is a highly ubiquitous phylum with 16S rRNA gene sequences reported in soils, sediments, wastewater and animals, as well as a host of clinical environments. Here, the application of two taxon-specific primers on environmental and human-associated samples using bar-coded tag pyrosequencing revealed two new clades for this phylum to exist and we propose that the division consists of 2 monophyletic and 2 polyphyletic clades. Investigation into TM7 ecology revealed that a high proportion (58%) of phylotypes were sample specific, few were widely distributed and of those most widely distributed all belonged to subdivision 3. Additionally, 50% of the most relatively abundant phylotypes observed were also subdivision 3 members. Community analysis showed that despite the presence of a high proportion of unique phylotypes, specific groups of samples still harbor similar TM7 communities with samples clustering together. The lack of relatively abundant phylotypes from subdivisions 1, 2 and 4 and the presence of very few cosmopolitan members' highlights not only the site specific nature of this phylum but provides insight into why the majority of studies into TM7 have been biased towards subdivision 3.
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- Belinda Ferrari
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Australia, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Australia, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Australia, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Australia, Randwick, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Deep sequencing of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and polyketide synthases from the microbiomes of Australian marine sponges. ISME JOURNAL 2013; 7:1842-51. [PMID: 23598791 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The biosynthesis of non-ribosomal peptide and polyketide natural products is facilitated by multimodular enzymes that contain domains responsible for the sequential condensation of amino and carboxylic subunits. These conserved domains provide molecular targets for the discovery of natural products from microbial metagenomes. This study demonstrates the application of tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (TEFAP) targeting non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) genes as a method for determining the identity and diversity of natural product biosynthesis genes. To validate this approach, we assessed the diversity of NRPS and PKS genes within the microbiomes of six Australian marine sponge species using both TEFAP and metagenomic whole-genome shotgun sequencing approaches. The TEFAP approach identified 100 novel ketosynthase (KS) domain sequences and 400 novel condensation domain sequences within the microbiomes of the six sponges. The diversity of KS domains within the microbiome of a single sponge species Scopalina sp. exceeded that of any previously surveyed marine sponge. Furthermore, this study represented the first to target the condensation domain from NRPS biosynthesis and resulted in the identification of a novel condensation domain lineage. This study highlights the untapped potential of Australian marine sponges for the isolation of novel bioactive natural products. Furthermore, this study demonstrates that TEFAP approaches can be applied to functional genes, involved in natural product biosynthesis, as a tool to aid natural product discovery. It is envisaged that this approach will be used across multiple environments, offering an insight into the biological processes that influence the production of secondary metabolites.
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Recent advances in the discovery and development of marine microbial natural products. Mar Drugs 2013; 11:700-17. [PMID: 23528949 PMCID: PMC3705366 DOI: 10.3390/md11030700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Marine microbial natural products (MMNPs) have attracted increasing attention from microbiologists, taxonomists, ecologists, agronomists, chemists and evolutionary biologists during the last few decades. Numerous studies have indicated that diverse marine microbes appear to have the capacity to produce an impressive array of MMNPs exhibiting a wide variety of biological activities such as antimicrobial, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory and anti-cardiovascular agents. Marine microorganisms represent an underexplored reservoir for the discovery of MMNPs with unique scaffolds and for exploitation in the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. This review focuses on MMNPs discovery and development over the past decades, including innovative isolation and culture methods, strategies for discovering novel MMNPs via routine screenings, metagenomics, genomics, combinatorial biosynthesis, and synthetic biology. The potential problems and future directions for exploring MMNPs are also discussed.
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Gastrointestinal Microbiota. CANINE AND FELINE GASTROENTEROLOGY 2013. [PMCID: PMC7152181 DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-3661-6.00002-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Prakash O, Shouche Y, Jangid K, Kostka JE. Microbial cultivation and the role of microbial resource centers in the omics era. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:51-62. [PMID: 23138712 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4533-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Despite tremendous advances in microbial ecology over the past two decades, traditional cultivation methods have failed to grow ecologically more relevant microorganisms in the laboratory, leading to a predominance of weed-like species in the world's culture collections. In this review, we highlight the gap between culture-based and culture-independent methods of microbial diversity analysis, especially in investigations of slow growers, oligotrophs, and fastidious and recalcitrant microorganisms. Furthermore, we emphasize the importance of microbial cultivation and the acquisition of the cultivation-based phenotypic data for the testing of hypotheses arising from genomics and proteomics approaches. Technical difficulties in cultivating novel microorganisms and how modern approaches have helped to overcome these limitations are highlighted. After cultivation, adequate preservation without changes in genotypic and phenotypic features of these microorganisms is necessary for future research and training. Hence, the contribution of microbial resource centers in the handling, preservation, and distribution of this novel diversity is discussed. Finally, we explore the concept of microbial patenting and requisite guidelines of the "Budapest Treaty" for establishment of an International Depositary Authority.
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- Om Prakash
- Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India.
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Cultivation of unculturable soil bacteria. Trends Biotechnol 2012; 30:475-84. [PMID: 22770837 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Despite the abundance of bacterial species in soil, more than 99% of these species cannot be cultured by traditional techniques. In addition, the less than 1% of bacteria that can be cultured are not representative of the total phylogenetic diversity. Hence, identifying novel species and their new functions is still an important task for all microbiologists. Cultivating techniques have played an important role in identifying new species but are still low-throughput processes. This review discusses the issues surrounding cultivation, including achievements, limitations, challenges, and future directions.
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Biodiscovery from rare actinomycetes: an eco-taxonomical perspective. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 93:1843-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3898-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ferrari BC, Winsley TJ, Bergquist PL, Van Dorst J. Flow cytometry in environmental microbiology: a rapid approach for the isolation of single cells for advanced molecular biology analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 881:3-26. [PMID: 22639208 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-827-6_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The isolation and subsequent characterization of microbial cells from within environmental samples is a difficult process. Flow cytometry and cell sorting, when combined with the application of fluorescent probes, have the capability for the detection and separation of diverse microbial populations from within complex mixtures. The isolation of single cells allows for downstream investigations towards system-level characterization of unknown Bacterial Phyla to occur. We describe here the combination of fluorescent in situ hybridization and cell sorting for the detection and isolation of Candidate Division TM7 bacteria from an enriched soil sample. The result is the isolation of rare cells suitable for advanced molecular analysis including whole genome amplification and high-throughput pyrosequencing.
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- Belinda C Ferrari
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
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Fujii K, Kuwahara A, Nakamura K, Yamashita Y. Development of a simple cultivation method for isolating hitherto-uncultured cellulase-producing microbes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:1183-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3376-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kador M, Horn MA, Dettner K. Novel oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection of pederin-producing endosymbionts of Paederus riparius rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2011; 319:73-81. [PMID: 21426381 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bacterial endosymbionts from female Paederus rove beetles are hitherto uncultured, phylogenetically related to Pseudomonas sp., and produce the polyketide pederin, which exhibits strong cytotoxic effects and antitumoral activities. The location of such endosymbionts inside beetles and on beetles' eggs is hypothesized based on indirect evidence rather than elucidated. Thus, an endosymbiont-specific and a competitor oligonucleotide probe (Cy3-labelled PAE444 and unlabelled cPAE444, respectively) were designed and utilized for FISH with semi-thin sections of Paederus riparius eggs. Cy3-PAE444-positive cells were densely packed and covered the whole eggshell. Hundred percent of EUB338-Mix-positive total bacterial cells were PAE444 positive, indicating a biofilm dominated by Paederus endosymbionts. Analysis of different egg deposition stadiums by electron microscopy and pks (polyketide synthase gene, a structural gene associated with pederin biosynthesis)-PCR supported results obtained by FISH and revealed that the endosymbiont-containing layer is applied to the eggshell inside the efferent duct. These findings suggest that P. riparius endosymbionts are located inside unknown structures of the female genitalia, which allow for a well-regulated release of endosymbionts during oviposition. The novel oligonucleotide probes developed in this study will facilitate (1) the identification of symbiont-containing structures within genitalia of their beetle hosts and (2) directed cultivation approaches in the future.
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- Matthias Kador
- Animal Ecology II, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Ecological Microbiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
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