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Ha Y, Ma HR, Wu F, Weiss A, Duncker K, Xu HZ, Lu J, Golovsky M, Reker D, You L. Data-driven learning of structure augments quantitative prediction of biological responses. PLoS Comput Biol 2024; 20:e1012185. [PMID: 38829926 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Multi-factor screenings are commonly used in diverse applications in medicine and bioengineering, including optimizing combination drug treatments and microbiome engineering. Despite the advances in high-throughput technologies, large-scale experiments typically remain prohibitively expensive. Here we introduce a machine learning platform, structure-augmented regression (SAR), that exploits the intrinsic structure of each biological system to learn a high-accuracy model with minimal data requirement. Under different environmental perturbations, each biological system exhibits a unique, structured phenotypic response. This structure can be learned based on limited data and once learned, can constrain subsequent quantitative predictions. We demonstrate that SAR requires significantly fewer data comparing to other existing machine-learning methods to achieve a high prediction accuracy, first on simulated data, then on experimental data of various systems and input dimensions. We then show how a learned structure can guide effective design of new experiments. Our approach has implications for predictive control of biological systems and an integration of machine learning prediction and experimental design.
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- Yuanchi Ha
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Center for Quantitative Biodesign, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Center for Quantitative Biodesign, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Center for Quantitative Biodesign, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Center for Quantitative Biodesign, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Center for Quantitative Biodesign, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Center for Quantitative Biodesign, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Kalenborn S, Zühlke D, Riedel K, Amann RI, Harder J. Proteomic insight into arabinogalactan utilization by particle-associated Maribacter sp. MAR_2009_72. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2024; 100:fiae045. [PMID: 38569650 PMCID: PMC11036162 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiae045] [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: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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Arabinose and galactose are major, rapidly metabolized components of marine particulate and dissolved organic matter. In this study, we observed for the first time large microbiomes for the degradation of arabinogalactan and report a detailed investigation of arabinogalactan utilization by the flavobacterium Maribacter sp. MAR_2009_72. Cellular extracts hydrolysed arabinogalactan in vitro. Comparative proteomic analyses of cells grown on arabinogalactan, arabinose, galactose, and glucose revealed the expression of specific proteins in the presence of arabinogalactan, mainly glycoside hydrolases (GH). Extracellular glycan hydrolysis involved five alpha-l-arabinofuranosidases affiliating with glycoside hydrolase families 43 and 51, four unsaturated rhamnogalacturonylhydrolases (GH105) and a protein with a glycoside hydrolase family-like domain. We detected expression of three induced TonB-dependent SusC/D transporter systems, one SusC, and nine glycoside hydrolases with a predicted periplasmatic location. These are affiliated with the families GH3, GH10, GH29, GH31, GH67, GH78, and GH115. The genes are located outside of and within canonical polysaccharide utilization loci classified as specific for arabinogalactan, for galactose-containing glycans, and for arabinose-containing glycans. The breadth of enzymatic functions expressed in Maribacter sp. MAR_2009_72 as response to arabinogalactan from the terrestrial plant larch suggests that Flavobacteriia are main catalysts of the rapid turnover of arabinogalactans in the marine environment.
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- Saskia Kalenborn
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department for Microbial Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 8, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department for Microbial Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 8, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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Fu L, Liu Y, Wang M, Lian C, Cao L, Wang W, Sun Y, Wang N, Li C. The diversification and potential function of microbiome in sediment-water interface of methane seeps in South China Sea. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1287147. [PMID: 38380093 PMCID: PMC10878133 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1287147] [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: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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The sediment-water interfaces of cold seeps play important roles in nutrient transportation between seafloor and deep-water column. Microorganisms are the key actors of biogeochemical processes in this interface. However, the knowledge of the microbiome in this interface are limited. Here we studied the microbial diversity and potential metabolic functions by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing at sediment-water interface of two active cold seeps in the northern slope of South China Sea, Lingshui and Site F cold seeps. The microbial diversity and potential functions in the two cold seeps are obviously different. The microbial diversity of Lingshui interface areas, is found to be relatively low. Microbes associated with methane consumption are enriched, possibly due to the large and continuous eruptions of methane fluids. Methane consumption is mainly mediated by aerobic oxidation and denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO). The microbial diversity in Site F is higher than Lingshui. Fluids from seepage of Site F are mitigated by methanotrophic bacteria at the cyclical oxic-hypoxic fluctuating interface where intense redox cycling of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen compounds occurs. The primary modes of microbial methane consumption are aerobic methane oxidation, along with DAMO, sulfate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (SAMO). To sum up, anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) may be underestimated in cold seep interface microenvironments. Our findings highlight the significance of AOM and interdependence between microorganisms and their environments in the interface microenvironments, providing insights into the biogeochemical processes that govern these unique ecological systems.
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- Lulu Fu
- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, China
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- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, China
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- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, College of Marine Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, China
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- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, China
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- Center of Deep Sea Research and Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Banchi E, Corre E, Del Negro P, Celussi M, Malfatti F. Genome-resolved metagenomics of Venice Lagoon surface sediment bacteria reveals high biosynthetic potential and metabolic plasticity as successful strategies in an impacted environment. MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 6:126-142. [PMID: 38433960 PMCID: PMC10902248 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-023-00192-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Bacteria living in sediments play essential roles in marine ecosystems and deeper insights into the ecology and biogeochemistry of these largely unexplored organisms can be obtained from 'omics' approaches. Here, we characterized metagenome-assembled-genomes (MAGs) from the surface sediment microbes of the Venice Lagoon (northern Adriatic Sea) in distinct sub-basins exposed to various natural and anthropogenic pressures. MAGs were explored for biodiversity, major marine metabolic processes, anthropogenic activity-related functions, adaptations at the microscale, and biosynthetic gene clusters. Starting from 126 MAGs, a non-redundant dataset of 58 was compiled, the majority of which (35) belonged to (Alpha- and Gamma-) Proteobacteria. Within the broad microbial metabolic repertoire (including C, N, and S metabolisms) the potential to live without oxygen emerged as one of the most important features. Mixotrophy was also found as a successful lifestyle. Cluster analysis showed that different MAGs encoded the same metabolic patterns (e.g., C fixation, sulfate oxidation) thus suggesting metabolic redundancy. Antibiotic and toxic compounds resistance genes were coupled, a condition that could promote the spreading of these genetic traits. MAGs showed a high biosynthetic potential related to antimicrobial and biotechnological classes and to organism defense and interactions as well as adaptive strategies for micronutrient uptake and cellular detoxification. Our results highlighted that bacteria living in an impacted environment, such as the surface sediments of the Venice Lagoon, may benefit from metabolic plasticity as well as from the synthesis of a wide array of secondary metabolites, promoting ecosystem resilience and stability toward environmental pressures. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-023-00192-z.
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- Elisa Banchi
- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- FR2424, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Plateforme ABiMS (Analysis and Bioinformatics for Marine Science), Sorbonne Université CNRS, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Jacob J, Veras I, Calderόn O, Porter-Morgan HA, Tan J, Aguilar HE, Elkins WT, Martinez Castro VP, Fulton V, Yousri WK. Possibly pathogenic bacteria in aerosols and foams as a result of aeration remediation in a polluted urban waterway. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2024; 69:235-246. [PMID: 37777646 PMCID: PMC10876779 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-023-01096-2] [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: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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Newtown Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River Estuary. It has a legacy of both industrial pollution and sewage pollution and has been designated a Superfund site. To ameliorate the chronically low levels of dissolved oxygen detected in the Creek, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been installing aerators. The abundance of various bacteria in the aerosols, foams, and water, at two sites in the Creek, was studied before, during, and after the aeration process. Additionally, aerosols and dispersed foams created by the aeration process were sampled and cultured to determine what unique taxa of bacteria could be grown and identified. Taxa including Actinobacteria and Firmicutes were prevalent in cultures taken from aerosols, whereas Gammaproteobacteria were prevalent in cultures taken from foam. Campylobacteria was found to have a significant presence in both samples taken after the aerators were turned off. These taxa include potentially pathogenic bacteria and are therefore of particular concern.
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- Joby Jacob
- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA.
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY, USA
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Handler ER, Andersen SDJ, Gradinger R, McGovern M, Vader A, Poste AE. Seasonality in land-ocean connectivity and local processes control sediment bacterial community structure and function in a High Arctic tidal flat. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2024; 100:fiad162. [PMID: 38111220 PMCID: PMC10799726 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad162] [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: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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Climate change is altering patterns of precipitation, cryosphere thaw, and land-ocean influxes, affecting understudied Arctic estuarine tidal flats. These transitional zones between terrestrial and marine systems are hotspots for biogeochemical cycling, often driven by microbial processes. We investigated surface sediment bacterial community composition and function from May to September along a river-intertidal-subtidal-fjord gradient. We paired metabarcoding of in situ communities with in vitro carbon-source utilization assays. Bacterial communities differed in space and time, alongside varying environmental conditions driven by local seasonal processes and riverine inputs, with salinity emerging as the dominant structuring factor. Terrestrial and riverine taxa were found throughout the system, likely transported with runoff. In vitro assays revealed sediment bacteria utilized a broader range of organic matter substrates when incubated in fresh and brackish water compared to marine water. These results highlight the importance of salinity for ecosystem processes in these dynamic tidal flats, with the highest potential for utilization of terrestrially derived organic matter likely limited to tidal flat areas (and times) where sediments are permeated by freshwater. Our results demonstrate that intertidal flats must be included in future studies on impacts of increased riverine discharge and transport of terrestrial organic matter on coastal carbon cycling in a warming Arctic.
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- Eleanor R Handler
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Fram Centre for High North Research, Hjalmar Johansensgate 14, 9007 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Fram Centre for High North Research, Hjalmar Johansensgate 14, 9007 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Fram Centre for High North Research, Hjalmar Johansensgate 14, 9007 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard, P.O. Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Framstredet 39, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Fram Centre for High North Research, Hjalmar Johansensgate 14, 9007 Tromsø, Norway
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre for High North Research, Hjalmar Johansensgate 14, 9007 Tromsø, Norway
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Miksch S, Orellana LH, Oggerin de Orube M, Vidal-Melgosa S, Solanki V, Hehemann JH, Amann R, Knittel K. Taxonomic and functional stability overrules seasonality in polar benthic microbiomes. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrad005. [PMID: 38365229 PMCID: PMC10811738 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrad005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Coastal shelf sediments are hot spots of organic matter mineralization. They receive up to 50% of primary production, which, in higher latitudes, is strongly seasonal. Polar and temperate benthic bacterial communities, however, show a stable composition based on comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing despite different microbial activity levels. Here, we aimed to resolve this contradiction by identifying seasonal changes at the functional level, in particular with respect to algal polysaccharide degradation genes, by combining metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and glycan analysis in sandy surface sediments from Isfjorden, Svalbard. Gene expressions of diverse carbohydrate-active enzymes changed between winter and spring. For example, β-1,3-glucosidases (e.g. GH30, GH17, GH16) degrading laminarin, an energy storage molecule of algae, were elevated in spring, while enzymes related to α-glucan degradation were expressed in both seasons with maxima in winter (e.g. GH63, GH13_18, and GH15). Also, the expression of GH23 involved in peptidoglycan degradation was prevalent, which is in line with recycling of bacterial biomass. Sugar extractions from bulk sediments were low in concentrations during winter but higher in spring samples, with glucose constituting the largest fraction of measured monosaccharides (84% ± 14%). In porewater, glycan concentrations were ~18-fold higher than in overlying seawater (1107 ± 484 vs. 62 ± 101 μg C l-1) and were depleted in glucose. Our data indicate that microbial communities in sandy sediments digest and transform labile parts of photosynthesis-derived particulate organic matter and likely release more stable, glucose-depleted residual glycans of unknown structures, quantities, and residence times into the ocean, thus modulating the glycan composition of marine coastal waters.
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- Sebastian Miksch
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- MARUM MPG Bridge Group Marine Glycobiology, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- MARUM MPG Bridge Group Marine Glycobiology, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Yu J, Lee JYY, Tang SN, Lee PKH. Niche differentiation in microbial communities with stable genomic traits over time in engineered systems. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrae042. [PMID: 38470313 PMCID: PMC10987969 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Microbial communities in full-scale engineered systems undergo dynamic compositional changes. However, mechanisms governing assembly of such microbes and succession of their functioning and genomic traits under various environmental conditions are unclear. In this study, we used the activated sludge and anaerobic treatment systems of four full-scale industrial wastewater treatment plants as models to investigate the niches of microbes in communities and the temporal succession patterns of community compositions. High-quality representative metagenome-assembled genomes revealed that taxonomic, functional, and trait-based compositions were strongly shaped by environmental selection, with replacement processes primarily driving variations in taxonomic and functional compositions. Plant-specific indicators were associated with system environmental conditions and exhibited strong determinism and trajectory directionality over time. The partitioning of microbes in a co-abundance network according to groups of plant-specific indicators, together with significant between-group differences in genomic traits, indicated the occurrence of niche differentiation. The indicators of the treatment plant with rich nutrient input and high substrate removal efficiency exhibited a faster predicted growth rate, lower guanine-cytosine content, smaller genome size, and higher codon usage bias than the indicators of the other plants. In individual plants, taxonomic composition displayed a more rapid temporal succession than functional and trait-based compositions. The succession of taxonomic, functional, and trait-based compositions was correlated with the kinetics of treatment processes in the activated sludge systems. This study provides insights into ecological niches of microbes in engineered systems and succession patterns of their functions and traits, which will aid microbial community management to improve treatment performance.
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- Jinjin Yu
- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Facility Management and Environmental Engineering, TAL Group, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Barzkar N, Sukhikh S, Babich O. Study of marine microorganism metabolites: new resources for bioactive natural products. Front Microbiol 2024; 14:1285902. [PMID: 38260902 PMCID: PMC10800913 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1285902] [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: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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The marine environment has remained a source of novel biological molecules with diversified applications. The ecological and biological diversity, along with a unique physical environment, have provided the evolutionary advantage to the plant, animals and microbial species thriving in the marine ecosystem. In light of the fact that marine microorganisms frequently interact symbiotically or mutualistically with higher species including corals, fish, sponges, and algae, this paper intends to examine the potential of marine microorganisms as a niche for marine bacteria. This review aims to analyze and summarize modern literature data on the biotechnological potential of marine fungi and bacteria as producers of a wide range of practically valuable products (surfactants, glyco-and lipopeptides, exopolysaccharides, enzymes, and metabolites with different biological activities: antimicrobial, antitumor, and cytotoxic). Hence, the study on bioactive secondary metabolites from marine microorganisms is the need of the hour. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time, the data on new resources for obtaining biologically active natural products - metabolites of marine bacteria and fungi - were generalized. The review investigates the various kinds of natural products derived from marine microorganisms, specifically focusing on marine bacteria and fungi as a valuable source for new natural products. It provides a summary of the data regarding the antibacterial, antimalarial, anticarcinogenic, antibiofilm, and anti-inflammatory effects demonstrated by marine microorganisms. There is currently a great need for scientific and applied research on bioactive secondary metabolites of marine microorganisms from the standpoint of human and animal health.
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- Noora Barzkar
- Department of Agro-Industrial Technology, Faculty of Applied Science, Food and Agro-Industrial Research Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Research and Education Center “Industrial Biotechnologies”, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
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- Research and Education Center “Industrial Biotechnologies”, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
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Zhang Y, Liu J, Song D, Yao P, Zhu S, Zhou Y, Jin J, Zhang XH. Stochasticity-driven weekly fluctuations distinguished the temporal pattern of particle-associated microorganisms from its free-living counterparts in temperate coastal seawater. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 248:120849. [PMID: 37979570 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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Microbial community dynamics directly determine their ecosystem functioning. Despite the well-known annual recurrence pattern, little is known how different lifestyles affect the temporal variation and how community assembly mechanisms change over different temporal scales. Here, through a high-resolution observation of size fractionated samples over 60 consecutive weeks, we investigate the distinction in weekly distribution pattern and assembly mechanism between free-living (FL) and particle-associated (PA) communities in highly dynamic coastal environments. A clear pattern of annual recurrence was observed, which was more pronounced in FL compared to PA, resulting in higher temporal specificity in the former samples. Both the two size fractions displayed significant temporal distance-decay patterns, yet the PA community showed a higher magnitude of community variation between adjacent weeks, likely caused by sudden, drastic and long-lived blooms of heterotrophic bacteria. Generally, determinism (environmental selection) had a greater effect on the community assembly than stochasticity (random birth, death, and dispersal events), with significant contributions from temperature and inorganic nutrients. However, a clear shift in the temporal assembly pattern was observed, transitioning from a prevalence of stochastic processes driving short-term (within a month) fluctuations to a dominance of deterministic processes over longer time intervals. Between adjacent weeks, stochasticity was more important in the community assembly of PA than FL. This study revealed that stochastic processes can lead to rapid, dramatic and irregular PA community fluctuations, indicating weak resistance and resilience to disturbances, which considering the role of PA microbes in carbon processing would significantly affect the coastal carbon cycle. Our results provided a new insight into the microbial community assembly mechanisms in the temporal dimension.
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- Yulin Zhang
- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China; Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China; Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Mugge RL, Rakocinski CF, Woolsey M, Hamdan LJ. Proximity to built structures on the seabed promotes biofilm development and diversity. BIOFOULING 2023; 39:706-718. [PMID: 37746691 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2023.2255141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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The rapidly expanding built environment in the northern Gulf of Mexico includes thousands of human built structures (e.g. platforms, shipwrecks) on the seabed. Primary-colonizing microbial biofilms transform structures into artificial reefs capable of supporting biodiversity, yet little is known about formation and recruitment of biofilms. Short-term seafloor experiments containing steel surfaces were placed near six structures, including historic shipwrecks and modern decommissioned energy platforms. Biofilms were analyzed for changes in phylogenetic composition, richness, and diversity relative to proximity to the structures. The biofilm core microbiome was primarily composed of iron-oxidizing Mariprofundus, sulfur-oxidizing Sulfurimonas, and biofilm-forming Rhodobacteraceae. Alpha diversity and richness significantly declined as a function of distance from structures. This study explores how built structures influence marine biofilms and contributes knowledge on how anthropogenic activity impacts microbiomes on the seabed.
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- Rachel L Mugge
- School of Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA
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- School of Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA
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- Hydrographic Science Research Center, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA
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- School of Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA
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Brüwer JD, Orellana LH, Sidhu C, Klip HCL, Meunier CL, Boersma M, Wiltshire KH, Amann R, Fuchs BM. In situ cell division and mortality rates of SAR11, SAR86, Bacteroidetes, and Aurantivirga during phytoplankton blooms reveal differences in population controls. mSystems 2023; 8:e0128722. [PMID: 37195198 PMCID: PMC10308942 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01287-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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Net growth of microbial populations, that is, changes in abundances over time, can be studied using 16S rRNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). However, this approach does not differentiate between mortality and cell division rates. We used FISH-based image cytometry in combination with dilution culture experiments to study net growth, cell division, and mortality rates of four bacterial taxa over two distinct phytoplankton blooms: the oligotrophs SAR11 and SAR86, and the copiotrophic phylum Bacteroidetes, and its genus Aurantivirga. Cell volumes, ribosome content, and frequency of dividing cells (FDC) co-varied over time. Among the three, FDC was the most suitable predictor to calculate cell division rates for the selected taxa. The FDC-derived cell division rates for SAR86 of up to 0.8/day and Aurantivirga of up to 1.9/day differed, as expected for oligotrophs and copiotrophs. Surprisingly, SAR11 also reached high cell division rates of up to 1.9/day, even before the onset of phytoplankton blooms. For all four taxonomic groups, the abundance-derived net growth (-0.6 to 0.5/day) was about an order of magnitude lower than the cell division rates. Consequently, mortality rates were comparably high to cell division rates, indicating that about 90% of bacterial production is recycled without apparent time lag within 1 day. Our study shows that determining taxon-specific cell division rates complements omics-based tools and provides unprecedented clues on individual bacterial growth strategies including bottom-up and top-down controls. IMPORTANCE The growth of a microbial population is often calculated from their numerical abundance over time. However, this does not take cell division and mortality rates into account, which are important for deriving ecological processes like bottom-up and top-down control. In this study, we determined growth by numerical abundance and calibrated microscopy-based methods to determine the frequency of dividing cells and subsequently calculate taxon-specific cell division rates in situ. The cell division and mortality rates of two oligotrophic (SAR11 and SAR86) and two copiotrophic (Bacteroidetes and Aurantivirga) taxa during two spring phytoplankton blooms showed a tight coupling for all four taxa throughout the blooms without any temporal offset. Unexpectedly, SAR11 showed high cell division rates days before the bloom while cell abundances remained constant, which is indicative of strong top-down control. Microscopy remains the method of choice to understand ecological processes like top-down and bottom-up control on a cellular level.
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- Jan D. Brüwer
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany
- University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Wattenmeerstation, List auf Sylt, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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Zhang D, Wang Y, Yang H, Lan S, Chen C, Dai B, Wang C, Li X, Xie Y. Using intermittent moving aeration to repair hypereutrophic pond: nutrient removal efficiency and microbial diversity analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:46697-46710. [PMID: 36723838 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25368-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study presents a novel perspective on the control of eutrophication by moving aeration through a ten-month pilot field study. Moving aeration significantly reduced the relative abundance of class Cyanobacteria by 14.01%, effectively preventing cyanobacteria from predominating in the overlying water. As a result, the deposition of TOC, N, and P in the surface of the sediment decreased by 90%, 73%, and 93% in comparison to the control group. The analysis of microbial community structure based on 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing showed that the order Bacillales and Micrococcales contributed to nitrogen removal significantly increased by 19.44% and 3.94%, respectively, while the order Steroidobacterales, Rhizobiales, and Microtrichales involved in the immobilization of carbon and nitrogen were significantly decreased by 4.03%, 2.69%, and 2.3% in the aeration group, respectively. Variation in the number of functional microorganisms based on the MPN method revealed that moving aeration promoted the growth of nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria. These findings demonstrated that moving aeration is effective in repairing eutrophic water and eliminating endogenous N pollutants.
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- Dan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Chengdu Operation Center for Environmental Emergencies, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
- Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
- Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.
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Ribeiro I, Antunes JT, Alexandrino DAM, Tomasino MP, Almeida E, Hilário A, Urbatzka R, Leão PN, Mucha AP, Carvalho MF. Actinobacteria from Arctic and Atlantic deep-sea sediments-Biodiversity and bioactive potential. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1158441. [PMID: 37065153 PMCID: PMC10100589 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1158441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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The deep-sea covers over 70% of the Earth's surface and harbors predominantly uncharacterized bacterial communities. Actinobacteria are the major prokaryotic source of bioactive natural products that find their way into drug discovery programs, and the deep-sea is a promising source of biotechnologically relevant actinobacteria. Previous studies on actinobacteria in deep-sea sediments were either regionally restricted or did not combine a community characterization with the analysis of their bioactive potential. Here we characterized the actinobacterial communities of upper layers of deep-sea sediments from the Arctic and the Atlantic (Azores and Madeira) ocean basins, employing 16S rRNA metabarcoding, and studied the biosynthetic potential of cultivable actinobacteria retrieved from those samples. Metabarcoding analysis showed that the actinobacterial composition varied between the sampled regions, with higher abundance in the Arctic samples but higher diversity in the Atlantic ones. Twenty actinobacterial genera were detected using metabarcoding, as a culture-independent method, while culture-dependent methods only allowed the identification of nine genera. Isolation of actinobacteria resulted on the retrieval of 44 isolates, mainly associated with Brachybacterium, Microbacterium, and Brevibacterium genera. Some of these isolates were only identified on a specific sampled region. Chemical extracts of the actinobacterial isolates were subsequently screened for their antimicrobial, anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities. Extracts from two Streptomyces strains demonstrated activity against Candida albicans. Additionally, eight extracts (obtained from Brachybacterium, Brevibacterium, Microbacterium, Rhodococcus, and Streptomyces isolates) showed significant activity against at least one of the tested cancer cell lines (HepG2 and T-47D). Furthermore, 15 actinobacterial extracts showed anti-inflammatory potential in the RAW 264.4 cell model assay, with no concomitant cytotoxic response. Dereplication and molecular networking analysis of the bioactive actinobacterial extracts showed the presence of some metabolites associated with known natural products, but one of the analyzed clusters did not show any match with the natural products described as responsible for these bioactivities. Overall, we were able to recover taxonomically diverse actinobacteria with different bioactivities from the studied deep-sea samples. The conjugation of culture-dependent and -independent methods allows a better understanding of the actinobacterial diversity of deep-sea environments, which is important for the optimization of approaches to obtain novel chemically-rich isolates.
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- Inês Ribeiro
- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Inês Ribeiro,
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Environmental Health, School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Biology, FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Biology, FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Brözel VS. Microbial Interactions in Soil. Microorganisms 2022; 10:1939. [PMID: 36296215 PMCID: PMC9611242 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10101939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Our view on the diversity and distribution of soil microbiota has expanded and continues to do so, driven by high-throughput sequencing technologies, but comparatively little is known about how these organisms affect each other [...].
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- Volker S. Brözel
- Departments of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006, USA;
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0004, South Africa
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Das BK, Ishii S, Antony L, Smart AJ, Scaria J, Brözel VS. The Microbial Nitrogen Cycling, Bacterial Community Composition, and Functional Potential in a Natural Grassland Are Stable from Breaking Dormancy to Being Dormant Again. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10050923. [PMID: 35630367 PMCID: PMC9148154 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10050923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The quantity of grass-root exudates varies by season, suggesting temporal shifts in soil microbial community composition and activity across a growing season. We hypothesized that bacterial community and nitrogen cycle-associated prokaryotic gene expressions shift across three phases of the growing season. To test this hypothesis, we quantified gene and transcript copy number of nitrogen fixation (nifH), ammonia oxidation (amoA, hao, nxrB), denitrification (narG, napA, nirK, nirS, norB, nosZ), dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonia (nrfA), and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (hzs, hdh) using the pre-optimized Nitrogen Cycle Evaluation (NiCE) chip. Bacterial community composition was characterized using V3-V4 of the 16S rRNA gene, and PICRUSt2 was used to draw out functional inferences. Surprisingly, the nitrogen cycle genes and transcript quantities were largely stable and unresponsive to seasonal changes. We found that genes and transcripts related to ammonia oxidation and denitrification were different for only one or two time points across the seasons (p < 0.05). However, overall, the nitrogen cycling genes did not show drastic variations. Similarly, the bacterial community also did not vary across the seasons. In contrast, the predicted functional potential was slightly low for May and remained constant for other months. Moreover, soil chemical properties showed a seasonal pattern only for nitrate and ammonium concentrations, while ammonia oxidation and denitrification transcripts were strongly correlated with each other. Hence, the results refuted our assumptions, showing stability in N cycling and bacterial community across growing seasons in a natural grassland.
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- Bikram K. Das
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006, USA;
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- Water and Climate Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA;
- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006, USA; (L.A.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006, USA;
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- Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006, USA; (L.A.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57006, USA;
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0004, South Africa
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-605-688-6144
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Wang W, Wang X, Shu X, Wang B, Li H, Zhang Q. Denitrification of Permeable Sand Sediment in a Headwater River Is Mainly Influenced by Water Chemistry, Rather Than Sediment Particle Size and Heterogeneity. Microorganisms 2021; 9:2202. [PMID: 34835328 PMCID: PMC8624688 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9112202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Sediment particle size and heterogeneity play an important role in sediment denitrification through direct and indirect effects on, for example, the material exchange rate, environmental gradients, microbial biomass, and grazing pressure. However, these effects have mostly been observed in impermeable sediments. On the other hand, the material exchange of permeable sediments is dominated by advection instead of diffusion, with the exchange or transport rates exceeding those of diffusion by two orders of magnitude relative to impermeable sediments. The impact of permeable sediment particle size and heterogeneity on denitrification remains poorly understood, especially at the millimeter scale. Here, we conducted an in situ control experiment in which we sorted sand sediment into four homogeneous-particle-sizes treatments and four heterogeneous treatments. Each treatment was deployed, in replicate, within the riffle in three different river reaches with contrasting physicochemical characteristics. After incubating for three months, sediment denitrifier communities (nirS, nirK, nosZ), denitrification gene abundances (nirS, nirK, nosZ), and denitrification rates in all treatments were measured. We found that most of the denitrifying microbes in permeable sediments were unclassified denitrifying microbes, and particle size and heterogeneity were not significantly correlated with the functional gene abundances or denitrification rates. Water chemistry was the key controlling factor for the denitrification of permeable sediments. Water NO3--N directly regulated the denitrification rate of permeable sediments, instead of indirectly regulating the denitrification rate of sediments by affecting the chemical characteristics of the sediments. Our study fills a knowledge gap of denitrification in permeable sediment in a headwater river and highlights that particle size and heterogeneity are less important for permeable sediment denitrification.
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- Weibo Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; (X.S.); (H.L.)
- Center of Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Science, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China;
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; (X.S.); (H.L.)
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- Hengyang Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation, Resource Environment and Safety Engineering College, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China;
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; (X.S.); (H.L.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; (X.S.); (H.L.)
- Center of Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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