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Diaz-Mateus MA, Salgar-Chaparro SJ, Tarazona J, Farhat H. Exploring the influence of deposit mineral composition on biofilm communities in oil and gas systems. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1438806. [PMID: 39139372 PMCID: PMC11319257 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1438806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024] Open
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Introduction Inside oil and gas pipelines, native microbial communities and different solid compounds typically coexist and form mixed deposits. However, interactions between these deposits (primarily consisting of mineral phases) and microorganisms in oil and gas systems remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated the influence of magnetite (Fe3O4), troilite (FeS), and silica (SiO2) on the microbial diversity, cell viability, biofilm formation, and EPS composition of an oil-recovered multispecies consortium. Methods An oilfield-recovered microbial consortium was grown for 2 weeks in separate bioreactors, each containing 10 g of commercially available magnetite (Fe3O4), troilite (FeS), or silica (SiO2) at 40°C ± 1°C under a gas atmosphere of 20% CO2/80% N2. Results The microbial population formed in troilite significantly differed from those in silica and magnetite, which exhibited significant similarities. The dominant taxa in troilite was the Dethiosulfovibrio genus, whereas Sulfurospirillum dominated in magnetite and silica. Nevertheless, biofilm formation was lowest on troilite and highest on silica, correlating with the observed cell viability. Discussion The dissolution of troilite followed by the liberation of HS- (H2S) and Fe2+ into the test solution, along with its larger particle size compared to silica, likely contributed to the observed results. Confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed that the EPS of the biofilm formed in silica was dominated by eDNA, while those in troilite and magnetite primarily contained polysaccharides. Although the mechanisms of this phenomenon could not be determined, these findings are anticipated to be particularly valuable for enhancing MIC mitigation strategies currently used in oil and gas systems.
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- Maria A. Diaz-Mateus
- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin Corrosion Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin Corrosion Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin Corrosion Centre, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Doha, Qatar
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Moreno-Paz M, dos Santos Severino RS, Sánchez-García L, Manchado JM, García-Villadangos M, Aguirre J, Fernández-Martínez MA, Carrizo D, Kobayashi L, Dave A, Warren-Rhodes K, Davila A, Stoker CR, Glass B, Parro V. Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert. ASTROBIOLOGY 2023; 23:1259-1283. [PMID: 37930382 PMCID: PMC10825288 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2021.0174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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The low organic matter content in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert, together with abrupt temperature shifts and high ultraviolet radiation at its surface, makes this region one of the best terrestrial analogs of Mars and one of the best scenarios for testing instrumentation devoted to in situ planetary exploration. We have operated remotely and autonomously the SOLID-LDChip (Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip), an antibody microarray-based sensor instrument, as part of a rover payload during the 2019 NASA Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Mars drilling simulation campaign. A robotic arm collected drilled cuttings down to 80 cm depth and loaded SOLID to process and assay them with LDChip for searching for molecular biomarkers. A remote science team received and analyzed telemetry data and LDChip results. The data revealed the presence of microbial markers from Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, and Cyanobacteria to be relatively more abundant in the middle layer (40-50 cm). In addition, the detection of several proteins from nitrogen metabolism indicates a pivotal role in the system. These findings were corroborated and complemented on "returned samples" to the lab by a comprehensive analysis that included DNA sequencing, metaproteomics, and a metabolic reconstruction of the sampled area. Altogether, the results describe a relatively complex microbial community with members capable of nitrogen fixation and denitrification, sulfur oxidation and reduction, or triggering oxidative stress responses, among other traits. This remote operation demonstrated the high maturity of SOLID-LDChip as a powerful tool for remote in situ life detection for future missions in the Solar System.
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- Mercedes Moreno-Paz
- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Departament of Física y Matemáticas y de Automática, University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Space Science Division and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Space Science Division and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Space Science Division and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
- Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, USA
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- Space Science Division and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Space Science Division and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Space Science Division and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Hidalgo-Arias A, Muñoz-Hisado V, Valles P, Geyer A, Garcia-Lopez E, Cid C. Adaptation of the Endolithic Biome in Antarctic Volcanic Rocks. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13824. [PMID: 37762127 PMCID: PMC10530270 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241813824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Endolithic microorganisms, ranging from microeukaryotes to bacteria and archaea, live within the cracks and crevices of rocks. Deception Island in Antarctica constitutes an extreme environment in which endoliths face environmental threats such as intense cold, lack of light in winter, high solar radiation in summer, and heat emitted as the result of volcanic eruptions. In addition, the endolithic biome is considered the harshest one on Earth, since it suffers added threats such as dryness or lack of nutrients. Even so, samples from this hostile environment, collected at various points throughout the island, hosted diverse and numerous microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, diatoms, ciliates, flagellates and unicellular algae. These endoliths were first identified by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). To understand the molecular mechanisms of adaptation of these endoliths to their environment, genomics techniques were used, and prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms were identified by metabarcoding, sequencing the V3-V4 and V4-V5 regions of the 16S and 18S rRNA genes, respectively. Subsequently, the sequences were analyzed by bioinformatic methods that allow their metabolism to be deduced from the taxonomy. The results obtained concluded that some of these microorganisms have activated the biosynthesis routes of pigments such as prodigiosin or flavonoids. These adaptation studies also revealed that microorganisms defend themselves against environmental toxins by activating metabolic pathways for the degradation of compounds such as ethylbenzene, xylene and dioxins and for the biosynthesis of antioxidant molecules such as glutathione. Finally, these Antarctic endolithic microorganisms are of great interest in astrobiology since endolithic settings are environmentally analogous to the primitive Earth or the surfaces of extraterrestrial bodies.
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- Andrea Hidalgo-Arias
- Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-A.); (V.M.-H.); (E.G.-L.)
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- Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-A.); (V.M.-H.); (E.G.-L.)
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- Materials and Structures Department, National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain;
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- Geosciences Barcelona (GEO3BCN), CSIC, Lluís Solé Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-A.); (V.M.-H.); (E.G.-L.)
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- Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-A.); (V.M.-H.); (E.G.-L.)
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Varliero G, Lebre PH, Frey B, Fountain AG, Anesio AM, Cowan DA. Glacial Water: A Dynamic Microbial Medium. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1153. [PMID: 37317127 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11051153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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Microbial communities and nutrient dynamics in glaciers and ice sheets continuously change as the hydrological conditions within and on the ice change. Glaciers and ice sheets can be considered bioreactors as microbiomes transform nutrients that enter these icy systems and alter the meltwater chemistry. Global warming is increasing meltwater discharge, affecting nutrient and cell export, and altering proglacial systems. In this review, we integrate the current understanding of glacial hydrology, microbial activity, and nutrient and carbon dynamics to highlight their interdependence and variability on daily and seasonal time scales, as well as their impact on proglacial environments.
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- Gilda Varliero
- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
- Rhizosphere Processes Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- Rhizosphere Processes Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Departments of Geology and Geography, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97212, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, iClimate, Aarhus University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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Du J, Zhang Y, Xin D, Xin Y, Zhang J. Antarcticirhabdus aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic gravel soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37068122 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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Strain R10T was isolated from a gravel soil sample obtained from Deception Island, Antarctica. The isolate was a Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, motile, short-rod-shaped bacterium, and its colonies were orange yellow in colour. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain R10T belonged to the family Aurantimonadaceae and shared highest sequence similarity with Jiella aquimaris LZB041T (96.3 % sequence similarity), Aurantimonas aggregata R14M6T (96.0 %) and Aureimonas frigidaquae JCM 14755T (96.0 %). Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain R10T affiliated with members of the family Aurantimonadaceae and represented an independent lineage. Growth occurred at 10-37 °C (optimum, 28-32 °C), up to 1.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0 %) and pH 5.5-9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). The major respiratory quinone of strain R10T was Q-10. Its major fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c and C16 : 0. The polar lipid profile of strain R10T comprised diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, two unknown phospholipids and two unknown aminophospholipids. The genome of strain R10T was 5.92 Mbp with a G+C content of 69.1 % based on total genome calculations. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between R10T and other related species of the family Aurantimonadaceae were found to be low (ANIm <87.0 %, ANIb <75.0 % and OrthoANIu <77.0 %). Furthermore, digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) and average amino acid identity (AAI) values between strain R10T and the closely related species ranged from 19.5-20.6% and from 60.6-64.0 %, respectively. Based on the results of our phylogenetic, phenotypic, genotypic and chemotaxonomic analyses, it is concluded that strain R10T represents a novel genus and species of the family Aurantimonadaceae, for which the name Antarcticirhabdus aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is R10T (=KCTC 72466T=CGMCC 1.17155T).
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- Jie Du
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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Structure and Function Analysis of Cultivated Meconopsis integrifolia Soil Microbial Community Based on High-Throughput Sequencing and Culturability. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12020160. [PMID: 36829439 PMCID: PMC9952792 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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(1) Background: The structure, function, and community interactions of soil microbial communities of cultivated Meconopsis integrifolia were characterized by studying this alpine flower and traditional endangered Tibetan medicine. (2) Methods: Soil bacteria and fungi were studied based on high-throughput sequencing technology. Bacteria were isolated using culturomics and functionally identified as IAA-producing, organic phosphorus-dissolving, inorganic phosphorus-dissolving, and iron-producing carriers. (3) Results: The dominant bacterial phyla were found to be Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria, and unclassified_Rhizobiales was the most abundant genus. Ascomycota and Mortierellomycota were the dominant fungal phyla. The bacteria were mainly carbon and nitrogen metabolizers, and the fungi were predominantly Saprotroph-Symbiotroph. The identified network was completely dominated by positive correlations, but the fungi were more complex than the bacteria, and the bacterial keystones were unclassified_Caulobacteraceae and Pedobacter. Most of the keystones of fungi belonged to the phyla Ascomycetes and Basidiomycota. The highest number of different species of culturable bacteria belonged to the genus Streptomyces, with three strains producing IAA, 12 strains solubilizing organic phosphorus, one strain solubilizing inorganic phosphorus, and nine strains producing iron carriers. (4) Conclusions: At the cost of reduced ecological stability, microbial communities increase cooperation toward promoting overall metabolic efficiency and enabling their survival in the extreme environment of the Tibetan Plateau. These pioneering results have value for the protection of endangered Meconopsis integrifolia under global warming and the sustainable utilization of its medicinal value.
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Lori M, Armengot L, Schneider M, Schneidewind U, Bodenhausen N, Mäder P, Krause HM. Organic management enhances soil quality and drives microbial community diversity in cocoa production systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 834:155223. [PMID: 35429564 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Maintaining soil quality for agricultural production is a critical challenge, especially in the tropics. Due to the focus on environmental performance and the provision of soil ecosystem services, organic farming and agroforestry systems are proposed as alternative options to conventional monoculture farming. Soil processes underlying ecosystem services are strongly mediated by microbes; thus, increased understanding of the soil microbiome is crucial for the development of sustainable agricultural practices. Therefore, we measured and related soil quality indicators to bacterial and fungal community structures in five cocoa production systems, managed either organically or conventionally for 12 years, with varying crop diversity, from monoculture to agroforestry. In addition, a successional agroforestry system was included, which uses exclusively on-site pruning residues as soil inputs. Organic management increased soil organic carbon, nitrogen and labile carbon contents compared to conventional. Soil basal respiration and nitrogen mineralisation rates were highest in the successional agroforestry system. Across the field sites, fungal richness exceeded bacterial richness and fungal community composition was distinct between organic and conventional management, as well as between agroforestry and monoculture. Bacterial community composition differed mainly between organic and conventional management. Indicator species associated with organic management were taxonomically more diverse compared to taxa associated with conventionally managed systems. In conclusion, our results highlight the importance of organic management for maintaining soil quality in agroforestry systems for cocoa production.
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- Martina Lori
- Department of Soil Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 5070 Frick, Switzerland
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- Department of International Cooperation, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 5070 Frick, Switzerland
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- Department of International Cooperation, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 5070 Frick, Switzerland
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- Georg-August University, Department of Physical Geography, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Soil Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 5070 Frick, Switzerland
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- Department of Soil Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 5070 Frick, Switzerland
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- Department of Soil Sciences, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 5070 Frick, Switzerland.
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Doytchinov VV, Dimov SG. Microbial Community Composition of the Antarctic Ecosystems: Review of the Bacteria, Fungi, and Archaea Identified through an NGS-Based Metagenomics Approach. LIFE (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:life12060916. [PMID: 35743947 PMCID: PMC9228076 DOI: 10.3390/life12060916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Antarctica represents a unique environment, both due to the extreme meteorological and geological conditions that govern it and the relative isolation from human influences that have kept its environment largely undisturbed. However, recent trends in climate change dictate an unavoidable change in the global biodiversity as a whole, and pristine environments, such as Antarctica, allow us to study and monitor more closely the effects of the human impact. Additionally, due to its inaccessibility, Antarctica contains a plethora of yet uncultured and unidentified microorganisms with great potential for useful biological activities and production of metabolites, such as novel antibiotics, proteins, pigments, etc. In recent years, amplicon-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) has allowed for a fast and thorough examination of microbial communities to accelerate the efforts of unknown species identification. For these reasons, in this review, we present an overview of the archaea, bacteria, and fungi present on the Antarctic continent and the surrounding area (maritime Antarctica, sub-Antarctica, Southern Sea, etc.) that have recently been identified using amplicon-based NGS methods.
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Garcia-Lopez E, Ruiz-Blas F, Sanchez-Casanova S, Peña Perez S, Martin-Cerezo ML, Cid C. Microbial Communities in Volcanic Glacier Ecosystems. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:825632. [PMID: 35547132 PMCID: PMC9084427 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.825632] [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: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Glaciers constitute a polyextremophilic environment characterized by low temperatures, high solar radiation, a lack of nutrients, and low water availability. However, glaciers located in volcanic regions have special characteristics, since the volcanic foci provide them with heat and nutrients that allow the growth of microbial communities highly adapted to this environment. Most of the studies on these glacial ecosystems have been carried out in volcanic environments in the northern hemisphere, including Iceland and the Pacific Northwest. To better know, the microbial diversity of the underexplored glacial ecosystems and to check what their specific characteristics were, we studied the structure of bacterial communities living in volcanic glaciers in Deception Island, Antarctica, and in the Kamchatka peninsula. In addition to geographic coordinates, many other glacier environmental factors (like volcanic activity, altitude, temperature, pH, or ice chemical composition) that can influence the diversity and distribution of microbial communities were considered in this study. Finally, using their taxonomic assignments, an attempt was made to compare how different or similar are the biogeochemical cycles in which these microbiomes are involved.
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- Eva Garcia-Lopez
- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
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Zhao Y, Min H, Luo K, Zhang R, Chen Q, Chen Z. Transcriptomics and proteomics revealed the psychrotolerant and antibiotic-resistant mechanisms of strain Pseudomonas psychrophila RNC-1 capable of assimilatory nitrate reduction and aerobic denitrification. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 820:153169. [PMID: 35051480 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Aerobic denitrification has been proved to be profoundly affected by temperature and antibiotics, but little is known about how aerobic denitrifiers respond to temperature and antibiotic stress. In this study, the nitrate reduction performance and the intracellular metabolism by a psychrotolerant aerobic denitrifying bacteria, named Pseudomonas psychrophila RNC-1, were systematically investigated at different temperatures (10 °C, 20 °C, 30 °C) and different sulfamethoxazole (SMX) concentrations (0 mg/L, 0.1 mg/L, 0.5 mg/L, 1.0 mg/L, and 5.0 mg/L). The results showed that strain RNC-1 performed satisfactory nitrate removal at 10 °C and 20 °C, but its growth was significantly inhibited at 30 °C. Nitrate removal by strain RNC-1 was slightly promoted in the presence of 0.5 mg/L SMX, whereas it was significantly suppressed with 5.0 mg/L SMX. Nitrogen balance analysis indicated that assimilatory nitrate reduction and dissimilatory aerobic denitrification jointly dominated in the nitrate removal process of strain RNC-1, in which the inhibition effected on assimilation process was much higher than that on the aerobic denitrification process under SMX exposure. Further transcriptomics and proteomics analysis revealed that the psychrotolerant mechanism of strain RNC-1 could be attributed to the up-regulation of RNA translation, energy metabolism, ABC transporters and the over-expression of cold shock proteins, while the down-regulation of oxidative phosphorylation pathway was the primary reason for the deteriorative cell growth at 30 °C. The promotion of nitrate reduction with 0.5 mg/L SMX was related to the up-regulation of amino acid metabolism pathways, while the down-regulation of folate cycle, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and bacterial chemotaxis pathways were responsible for the inhibition effect at 5.0 mg/L SMX. This work provides a mechanistic understanding of the metabolic adaption of strain RNC-1 under different stress, which is of significance for its application in nitrogen contaminated wastewater treatment processes.
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- Yuanyi Zhao
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Materials Flux in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Materials Flux in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, PR China; College of Environment and Resources, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Materials Flux in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Materials Flux in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, PR China.
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- College of Environment and Resources, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian 116600, PR China.
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The glaciers in China have an important role as one of the most climate-sensitive constituents of the Tibetan Plateau which is known as the Asian Water Tower. Although the cryosphere is one of the most extreme environments for organisms, the soils of the glacier foreland harbor surprisingly rich microbiomes. A large amount of accelerated glacier retreat accompanied by global warming will not only raise the sea level, but it will also lead to the massive release of a considerable amount of carbon stored in these glaciers. The responses of glacier microbiomes could alter the biogeochemical cycle of carbon and have a complex impact on climate change. Thus, understanding present-day and future glacier microbiome changes is crucial to assess the feedback on climate change and the impacts on ecosystems. To this end, we discuss here the diversity and biogeochemical functions of the microbiomes in Chinese mountain glacier ecosystems.
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Abiotic Stress and Belowground Microbiome: The Potential of Omics Approaches. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031091. [PMID: 35163015 PMCID: PMC8835006 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Nowadays, the worldwide agriculture is experiencing a transition process toward more sustainable production, which requires the reduction of chemical inputs and the preservation of microbiomes’ richness and biodiversity. Plants are no longer considered as standalone entities, and the future of agriculture should be grounded on the study of plant-associated microorganisms and all their potentiality. Moreover, due to the climate change scenario and the resulting rising incidence of abiotic stresses, an innovative and environmentally friendly technique in agroecosystem management is required to support plants in facing hostile environments. Plant-associated microorganisms have shown a great attitude as a promising tool to improve agriculture sustainability and to deal with harsh environments. Several studies were carried out in recent years looking for some beneficial plant-associated microbes and, on the basis of them, it is evident that Actinomycetes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have shown a considerable number of positive effects on plants’ fitness and health. Given the potential of these microorganisms and the effects of climate change, this review will be focused on their ability to support the plant during the interaction with abiotic stresses and on multi-omics techniques which can support researchers in unearthing the hidden world of plant–microbiome interactions. These associated microorganisms can increase plants’ endurance of abiotic stresses through several mechanisms, such as growth-promoting traits or priming-mediated stress tolerance. Using a multi-omics approach, it will be possible to deepen these mechanisms and the dynamic of belowground microbiomes, gaining fundamental information to exploit them as staunch allies and innovative weapons against crop abiotic enemies threatening crops in the ongoing global climate change context.
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Chen Y, Zhang H, Ping W, Zhu L, Xin Y, Zhang J. Pseudarthrobacter albicanus sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain positive, strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped strain, NJ-Z5T, was isolated from a soil sample obtained from the Antarctic Peninsula. This strain was taxonomically characterized by a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain NJ-Z5T belonged to the genus
Pseudarthrobacter
and showed the highest similarities to
Pseudarthrobacter sulfonivorans
ALLT (98.07%), followed by
Pseudarthrobacter siccitolerans
4J27T (98.00%),
Pseudarthrobacter phenanthrenivorans
Sphe3T (97.93%) and
Pseudarthrobacter psychrotolerans
YJ56T (97.82%). The strain was able to grow at 4–28 °C (optimum, 25 °C), at pH 6.0–8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and with 0–1.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0%). It had catalase activity but no oxidase activity. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of strain NJ-Z5T, which had MK-9 (H2) as its predominant menaquinone and anteiso-C15:0 (58.5%), anteiso-C17:0 (9.9%) and iso-C16:0 (7.0%) as its major fatty acids, were consistent with classification in the genus
Pseudarthrobacter
. The polar lipid profile of strain NJ-Z5T comprised phosphatidylinositol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, three unidentified glycolipids and two unidentified phospholipids. The genome of strain NJ-Z5T was 4.57 Mbp with a G+C content of 67.1 mol%. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) values between strain NJ-Z5T and other species of the genus
Pseudarthrobacter
were found to be low (ANIm <86%, ANIb <80% and OrthoANIu <80 %). Furthermore, digital DNA–DNA hybridization (dDDH) and average amino acid identity (AAI) values between strain NJ-Z5T and the closely related species ranged from 22.7 to 24.0% and from 75.5 to 77.2%, respectively. On the basis of its differential physiological properties, chemotaxonomic characteristics and low ANI, dDDH and AAI results, strain NJ-Z5T is considered to represent a novel species within the genus
Pseudarthrobacter
, for which the name Pseudarthrobacter albicanus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NJ-Z5T (=CGMCC 1.15636T=KCTC 39722T).
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- Ya Chen
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China
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Centeno-Leija S, Espinosa-Barrera L, Velazquez-Cruz B, Cárdenas-Conejo Y, Virgen-Ortíz R, Valencia-Cruz G, Saenz RA, Marín-Tovar Y, Gómez-Manzo S, Hernández-Ochoa B, Rocha-Ramirez LM, Zataraín-Palacios R, Osuna-Castro JA, López-Munguía A, Serrano-Posada H. Mining for novel cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferases unravels the carbohydrate metabolism pathway via cyclodextrins in Thermoanaerobacterales. Sci Rep 2022; 12:730. [PMID: 35031648 PMCID: PMC8760340 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04569-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Carbohydrate metabolism via cyclodextrins (CM-CD) is an uncommon starch-converting pathway that thoroughly depends on extracellular cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTases) to transform the surrounding starch substrate to α-(1,4)-linked oligosaccharides and cyclodextrins (CDs). The CM-CD pathway has emerged as a convenient microbial adaptation to thrive under extreme temperatures, as CDs are functional amphipathic toroids with higher heat-resistant values than linear dextrins. Nevertheless, although the CM-CD pathway has been described in a few mesophilic bacteria and archaea, it remains obscure in extremely thermophilic prokaryotes (Topt ≥ 70 °C). Here, a new monophyletic group of CGTases with an exceptional three-domain ABC architecture was detected by (meta)genome mining of extremely thermophilic Thermoanaerobacterales living in a wide variety of hot starch-poor environments on Earth. Functional studies of a representative member, CldA, showed a maximum activity in a thermoacidophilic range (pH 4.0 and 80 °C) with remarkable product diversification that yielded a mixture of α:β:γ-CDs (34:62:4) from soluble starch, as well as G3-G7 linear dextrins and fermentable sugars as the primary products. Together, comparative genomics and predictive functional analysis, combined with data of the functionally characterized key proteins of the gene clusters encoding CGTases, revealed the CM-CD pathway in Thermoanaerobacterales and showed that it is involved in the synthesis, transportation, degradation, and metabolic assimilation of CDs.
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- Sara Centeno-Leija
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Laboratorio de Biología Sintética, Estructural y Molecular, Laboratorio de Agrobiotecnología, Tecnoparque CLQ, Universidad de Colima, Carretera Los Limones-Loma de Juárez, 28627, Colima, Colima, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Biología Sintética, Estructural y Molecular, Laboratorio de Agrobiotecnología, Tecnoparque CLQ, Universidad de Colima, Carretera Los Limones-Loma de Juárez, 28627, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Sintética, Estructural y Molecular, Laboratorio de Agrobiotecnología, Tecnoparque CLQ, Universidad de Colima, Carretera Los Limones-Loma de Juárez, 28627, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Laboratorio de Biología Sintética, Estructural y Molecular, Laboratorio de Agrobiotecnología, Tecnoparque CLQ, Universidad de Colima, Carretera Los Limones-Loma de Juárez, 28627, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Sintética, Estructural y Molecular, Laboratorio de Agrobiotecnología, Tecnoparque CLQ, Universidad de Colima, Carretera Los Limones-Loma de Juárez, 28627, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Avenida 25 de julio 965, Colonia Villa de San Sebastián, 28045, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Colima, Bernal Díaz del Castillo 340, 28045, Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica Estructural, Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 2001, Colonia Chamilpa, 62210, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica Genética, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, 04530, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunoquímica y Biología Celular, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Secretaría de Salud, 06720, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez No. 162, Colonia Doctores, 06720, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
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- Escuela de Medicina General, Universidad José Martí, Bosques del Decán 351, 28089, Colima, Colima, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Colima, Autopista Colima-Manzanillo, 28100, Tecomán, Colima, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 2001, Colonia Chamilpa, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Laboratorio de Biología Sintética, Estructural y Molecular, Laboratorio de Agrobiotecnología, Tecnoparque CLQ, Universidad de Colima, Carretera Los Limones-Loma de Juárez, 28627, Colima, Colima, Mexico.
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Garcia-Lopez E, Moreno A, Bartolomé M, Leunda M, Sancho C, Cid C. Glacial Ice Age Shapes Microbiome Composition in a Receding Southern European Glacier. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:714537. [PMID: 34867842 PMCID: PMC8636055 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.714537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Glaciers and their microbiomes are exceptional witnesses of the environmental conditions from remote times. Climate change is threatening mountain glaciers, and especially those found in southern Europe, such as the Monte Perdido Glacier (northern Spain, Central Pyrenees). This study focuses on the reconstruction of the history of microbial communities over time. The microorganisms that inhabit the Monte Perdido Glacier were identified using high-throughput sequencing, and the microbial communities were compared along an altitudinal transect covering most of the preserved ice sequence in the glacier. The results showed that the glacial ice age gradient did shape the diversity of microbial populations, which presented large differences throughout the last 2000 years. Variations in microbial community diversity were influenced by glacial conditions over time (nutrient concentration, chemical composition, and ice age). Some groups were exclusively identified in the oldest samples as the bacterial phyla Fusobacteria and Calditrichaeota, or the eukaryotic class Rhodophyceae. Among groups only found in modern samples, the green sulfur bacteria (phylum Chlorobi) stood out, as well as the bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes and the eukaryotic class Tubulinea. A patent impact of human contamination was also observed on the glacier microbiome. The oldest samples, corresponding to the Roman Empire times, were influenced by the beginning of mining exploitation in the Pyrenean area, with the presence of metal-tolerant microorganisms. The most recent samples comprise 600-year-old ancient ice in which current communities are living.
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- Eva Garcia-Lopez
- Molecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Procesos Geoambientales y Cambio Global, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Geología, Museo de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Molecular Evolution Department, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
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Nadarajah K, Abdul Rahman NSN. Plant-Microbe Interaction: Aboveground to Belowground, from the Good to the Bad. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910388. [PMID: 34638728 PMCID: PMC8508622 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Soil health and fertility issues are constantly addressed in the agricultural industry. Through the continuous and prolonged use of chemical heavy agricultural systems, most agricultural lands have been impacted, resulting in plateaued or reduced productivity. As such, to invigorate the agricultural industry, we would have to resort to alternative practices that will restore soil health and fertility. Therefore, in recent decades, studies have been directed towards taking a Magellan voyage of the soil rhizosphere region, to identify the diversity, density, and microbial population structure of the soil, and predict possible ways to restore soil health. Microbes that inhabit this region possess niche functions, such as the stimulation or promotion of plant growth, disease suppression, management of toxicity, and the cycling and utilization of nutrients. Therefore, studies should be conducted to identify microbes or groups of organisms that have assigned niche functions. Based on the above, this article reviews the aboveground and below-ground microbiomes, their roles in plant immunity, physiological functions, and challenges and tools available in studying these organisms. The information collected over the years may contribute toward future applications, and in designing sustainable agriculture.
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Dindhoria K, Kumar S, Kumar R. Taxonomic and functional analysis of proglacial water bodies of Triloknath glacier ecosystem from North-Western Himalayas. ECOL INFORM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Reiß F, Kiefer N, Noll M, Kalkhof S. Application, release, ecotoxicological assessment of biocide in building materials and its soil microbial response. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 224:112707. [PMID: 34461316 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biocides are used in building materials to protect the building against microbial colonization and biodeterioration. However, these biocides are introduced by gradual leaching into soils in proximity of the buildings. This review discusses the aspects and characteristics of biocides from building materials in terms of (i) in-situ leaching and simulation thereof in-vitro and in-field tests, (ii) persistence, as well as photolytic and biodegradation, and its influence on toxicological evaluation, and (iii) evaluation of terrestrial toxicity by conventional ecotoxicological tests and novel holistic testing approaches. These aspects are influenced by multiple parameters, out of which water availability, physicochemical properties of microhabitats, combination of biocidal building materials, soil parameters, and composition of the soil microbiome are of utmost relevance. Deeper understanding of this multiparametric system and development of comprehensive characterization methodologies remains crucial, as to facilitate realistic assessment of the environmental impact of biocides used in construction materials and the corresponding degradation byproducts.
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- Fabienne Reiß
- Institute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 96450 Coburg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 96450 Coburg, Germany
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- Institute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 96450 Coburg, Germany; Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
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- Institute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 96450 Coburg, Germany; Proteomics Unit, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Perlickstr. 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Identification of Biomolecules Involved in the Adaptation to the Environment of Cold-Loving Microorganisms and Metabolic Pathways for Their Production. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11081155. [PMID: 34439820 PMCID: PMC8393263 DOI: 10.3390/biom11081155] [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: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cold-loving microorganisms of all three domains of life have unique and special abilities that allow them to live in harsh environments. They have acquired structural and molecular mechanisms of adaptation to the cold that include the production of anti-freeze proteins, carbohydrate-based extracellular polymeric substances and lipids which serve as cryo- and osmoprotectants by maintaining the fluidity of their membranes. They also produce a wide diversity of pigmented molecules to obtain energy, carry out photosynthesis, increase their resistance to stress and provide them with ultraviolet light protection. Recently developed analytical techniques have been applied as high-throughoutput technologies for function discovery and for reconstructing functional networks in psychrophiles. Among them, omics deserve special mention, such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, glycomics, lipidomics and metabolomics. These techniques have allowed the identification of microorganisms and the study of their biogeochemical activities. They have also made it possible to infer their metabolic capacities and identify the biomolecules that are parts of their structures or that they secrete into the environment, which can be useful in various fields of biotechnology. This Review summarizes current knowledge on psychrophiles as sources of biomolecules and the metabolic pathways for their production. New strategies and next-generation approaches are needed to increase the chances of discovering new biomolecules.
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Vicente J, de Celis M, Alonso A, Marquina D, Santos A. Microbial Communities Present in Hydrothermal Sediments from Deception Island, Antarctica. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9081631. [PMID: 34442712 PMCID: PMC8399207 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Deception Island is a geothermal location in Antarctica that presents active fumaroles, which confers unique characteristics to this habitat. Several studies about microbial communities in Antarctica have been carried out, nevertheless, Antarctic microbiota is still partially unknown. Here we present a multidisciplinary study about sediments obtained by deposition during 4 years in which several approaches have been considered for their characterization. First, a physicochemical characterization, using ionic chromatography and mass spectrometry for the determination of most abundant ions (chloride and sulphate) and elements (mainly silicon), was conducted. In addition, the total microbial community was studied using a metataxonomical approach, revealing a bacterial community dominated by Proteobacteria and Thaumarchaeota as the main archaeal genera and a fungal community mainly composed by Aspergillaceae. Culture-dependent studies showed low microbial diversity, only achieving the isolation of Bacillus-related species, some of them thermophilic, and the isolation of common fungi of Aspergillus or Penicillium spp. Furthermore, diatoms were detected in the sediment and characterized attending to their morphological characteristics using scanning electron microscopy. The study reveals a high influence of the physicochemical conditions in the microbial populations and their distribution, offering valuable data on the interaction between the island and water microbiota.
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García-Lopez E, Serrano S, Calvo MA, Peña Perez S, Sanchez-Casanova S, García-Descalzo L, Cid C. Microbial Community Structure Driven by a Volcanic Gradient in Glaciers of the Antarctic Archipelago South Shetland. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9020392. [PMID: 33672948 PMCID: PMC7917679 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020392] [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: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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It has been demonstrated that the englacial ecosystem in volcanic environments is inhabited by active bacteria. To know whether this result could be extrapolated to other Antarctic glaciers and to study the populations of microeukaryotes in addition to those of bacteria, a study was performed using ice samples from eight glaciers in the South Shetland archipelago. The identification of microbial communities of bacteria and microeukaryotes using 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA high throughput sequencing showed a great diversity when compared with microbiomes of other Antarctic glaciers or frozen deserts. Even the composition of the microbial communities identified in the glaciers from the same island was different, which may be due to the isolation of microbial clusters within the ice. A gradient in the abundance and diversity of the microbial communities from the volcano (west to the east) was observed. Additionally, a significant correlation was found between the chemical conditions of the ice samples and the composition of the prokaryotic populations inhabiting them along the volcanic gradient. The bacteria that participate in the sulfur cycle were those that best fit this trend. Furthermore, on the eastern island, a clear influence of human contamination was observed on the glacier microbiome.
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Tartaglia M, Bastida F, Sciarrillo R, Guarino C. Soil Metaproteomics for the Study of the Relationships Between Microorganisms and Plants: A Review of Extraction Protocols and Ecological Insights. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21228455. [PMID: 33187080 PMCID: PMC7697097 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Soil is a complex matrix where biotic and abiotic components establish a still unclear network involving bacteria, fungi, archaea, protists, protozoa, and roots that are in constant communication with each other. Understanding these interactions has recently focused on metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and less on metaproteomics studies. Metaproteomic allows total extraction of intracellular and extracellular proteins from soil samples, providing a complete picture of the physiological and functional state of the “soil community”. The advancement of high-performance mass spectrometry technologies was more rapid than the development of ad hoc extraction techniques for soil proteins. The protein extraction from environmental samples is biased due to interfering substances and the lower amount of proteins in comparison to cell cultures. Soil sample preparation and extraction methodology are crucial steps to obtain high-quality resolution and yields of proteins. This review focuses on the several soil protein extraction protocols to date to highlight the methodological challenges and critical issues for the application of proteomics to soil samples. This review concludes that improvements in soil protein extraction, together with the employment of ad hoc metagenome database, may enhance the identification of proteins with low abundance or from non-dominant populations and increase our capacity to predict functional changes in soil.
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- Maria Tartaglia
- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, via de Sanctis snc, 82100 Benevento, Italy; (M.T.); (R.S.)
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- CEBAS-CSIC, Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain;
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- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, via de Sanctis snc, 82100 Benevento, Italy; (M.T.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, via de Sanctis snc, 82100 Benevento, Italy; (M.T.); (R.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-824-305145
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Chu H, Gao GF, Ma Y, Fan K, Delgado-Baquerizo M. Soil Microbial Biogeography in a Changing World: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. mSystems 2020; 5:e00803-19. [PMID: 32317392 PMCID: PMC7174637 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00803-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Soil microbial communities are fundamental to maintaining key soil processes associated with litter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and plant productivity and are thus integral to human well-being. Recent technological advances have exponentially increased our knowledge concerning the global ecological distributions of microbial communities across space and time and have provided evidence for their contribution to ecosystem functions. However, major knowledge gaps in soil biogeography remain to be addressed over the coming years as technology and research questions continue to evolve. In this minireview, we state recent advances and future directions in the study of soil microbial biogeography and discuss the need for a clearer concept of microbial species, projections of soil microbial distributions toward future global change scenarios, and the importance of embracing culture and isolation approaches to determine microbial functional profiles. This knowledge will be critical to better predict ecosystem functions in a changing world.
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- Haiyan Chu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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Chiapello M, Zampieri E, Mello A. A Small Effort for Researchers, a Big Gain for Soil Metaproteomics. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:88. [PMID: 32117118 PMCID: PMC7010931 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Marco Chiapello
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council, Turin, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops (CREA-CI), Vercelli, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council, Turin, Italy
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