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Horn EJ, van Hille RP, Oyekola OO, Welz PJ. Functional Microbial Communities in Hybrid Linear Flow Channel Reactors for Desulfurization of Tannery Effluent. Microorganisms 2022; 10:2305. [PMID: 36422375 PMCID: PMC9695182 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10112305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2024] Open
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Recent research has demonstrated that hybrid linear flow channel reactors (HLFCRs) can desulfurize tannery effluent via sulfate reduction and concurrent oxidation of sulfide to elemental sulfur. The reactors can be used to pre-treat tannery effluent to improve the efficiency of downstream anaerobic digestion and recover sulfur. This study was conducted to gain insight into the bacterial communities in HLFCRs operated in series and identify structure-function relationships. This was accomplished by interpreting the results obtained from amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and quantification of the dissimilatory sulfite reducing (dsrB) gene. In an effort to provide a suitable inoculum, microbial consortia were harvested from saline estuaries and enriched. However, it was found that bioaugmentation was not necessary because native communities from tannery wastewater were selected over exogenous communities from the enriched consortia. Overall, Dethiosulfovibrio sp. and Petrimonas sp. were strongly selected (maximum relative abundances of 29% and 26%, respectively), while Desulfobacterium autotrophicum (57%), and Desulfobacter halotolerans (27%) dominated the sulfate reducing bacteria. The presence of elemental sulfur reducing genera such as Dethiosulfovibrio and Petrimonas is not desirable in HLFCRs, and strategies to counter their selection need to be considered to ensure efficiency of these systems for pre-treatment of tannery effluent.
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Flynn TM, Antonopoulos DA, Skinner KA, Brulc JM, Johnston E, Boyanov MI, Kwon MJ, Kemner KM, O’Loughlin EJ. Biogeochemical dynamics and microbial community development under sulfate- and iron-reducing conditions based on electron shuttle amendment. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0251883. [PMID: 34014980 PMCID: PMC8136678 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Iron reduction and sulfate reduction are two of the major biogeochemical processes that occur in anoxic sediments. Microbes that catalyze these reactions are therefore some of the most abundant organisms in the subsurface, and some of the most important. Due to the variety of mechanisms that microbes employ to derive energy from these reactions, including the use of soluble electron shuttles, the dynamics between iron- and sulfate-reducing populations under changing biogeochemical conditions still elude complete characterization. Here, we amended experimental bioreactors comprised of freshwater aquifer sediment with ferric iron, sulfate, acetate, and the model electron shuttle AQDS (9,10-anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate) and monitored both the changing redox conditions as well as changes in the microbial community over time. The addition of the electron shuttle AQDS did increase the initial rate of FeIII reduction; however, it had little effect on the composition of the microbial community. Our results show that in both AQDS- and AQDS+ systems there was an initial dominance of organisms classified as Geobacter (a genus of dissimilatory FeIII-reducing bacteria), after which sequences classified as Desulfosporosinus (a genus of dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria) came to dominate both experimental systems. Furthermore, most of the ferric iron reduction occurred under this later, ostensibly “sulfate-reducing” phase of the experiment. This calls into question the usefulness of classifying subsurface sediments by the dominant microbial process alone because of their interrelated biogeochemical consequences. To better inform models of microbially-catalyzed subsurface processes, such interactions must be more thoroughly understood under a broad range of conditions.
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- Theodore M. Flynn
- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
- Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States of America
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Yasir M, Qureshi AK, Azhar EI. 16S amplicon sequencing of microbial communities in enriched and non-enriched sediments of non-volcanic hot spring with temperature gradients. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10995. [PMID: 33859871 PMCID: PMC8020870 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10995] [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: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Microorganisms in geothermal springs can offer insights into the fundamental and applied study of extremophiles. However, low microbial abundance and culturing requirements limit the ability to analyze microbial diversity in these ecosystems. In this study, culture-dependent and culture-independent techniques were used to analyze sediment samples from the non-volcanic Tatta Pani hot springs in district Poonch of Azad Kashmir. Microbial composition, temperature gradient, and enrichment effects on rare taxa were evaluated. In total, 31 distinct bacterial phyla and 725 genera were identified from the non-enriched Tatta Pani hot spring sediment samples, and 33 distinct bacterial phyla and 890 genera from the enriched sediment samples. Unique phyla specimens from the enriched samples included Candidatus Cloacimonetes, Caldiserica, and Korarchaeota archaea. The enriched samples yielded specific microbiota including 805 bacteria and 42 archaea operational taxonomic units with 97% similarity, though decreased thermophilic microbiota were observed in the enriched samples. Microbial diversity increased as temperature decreased. Candidate novel species were isolated from the culture-dependent screening, along with several genera that were not found in the 16S amplicon sequencing data. Overall, the enriched sediments showed high microbial diversity but with adverse changes in the composition of relatively dominant bacteria. Metagenomic analyses are needed to study the diversity, phylogeny, and functional investigation of hot spring microbiota.
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- Muhammad Yasir
- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Shabdar S, Anaclet B, Castineiras AG, Desir N, Choe N, Crane EJ, Sazinsky MH. Structural and Kinetic Characterization of Hyperthermophilic NADH-Dependent Persulfide Reductase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. ARCHAEA (VANCOUVER, B.C.) 2021; 2021:8817136. [PMID: 33776585 PMCID: PMC7969121 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8817136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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NADH-dependent persulfide reductase (Npsr) has been proposed to facilitate dissimilatory sulfur respiration by reducing persulfide or sulfane sulfur-containing substrates to H2S. The presence of this gene in the sulfate and thiosulfate-reducing Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304 and other hyperthermophilic Archaeoglobales appears anomalous, as A. fulgidus is unable to respire S0 and grow in the presence of elemental sulfur. To assess the role of Npsr in the sulfur metabolism of A. fulgidus DSM 4304, the Npsr from A. fulgidus was characterized. AfNpsr is specific for persulfide and polysulfide as substrates in the oxidative half-reaction, exhibiting k cat/K m on the order of 104 M-1 s-1, which is similar to the kinetic parameters observed for hyperthermophilic CoA persulfide reductases. In contrast to the bacterial Npsr, AfNpsr exhibits low disulfide reductase activity with DTNB; however, similar to the bacterial enzymes, it does not show detectable activity with CoA-disulfide, oxidized glutathione, or cystine. The 3.1 Å X-ray structure of AfNpsr reveals access to the tightly bound catalytic CoA, and the active site Cys 42 is restricted by a flexible loop (residues 60-66) that is not seen in the bacterial homologs from Shewanella loihica PV-4 and Bacillus anthracis. Unlike the bacterial enzymes, AfNpsr exhibits NADH oxidase activity and also shows no detectable activity with NADPH. Models suggest steric and electrostatic repulsions of the NADPH 2'-phosphate account for the strong preference for NADH. The presence of Npsr in the nonsulfur-reducing A. fulgidus suggests that the enzyme may offer some protection against S0 or serve in another metabolic role that has yet to be identified.
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- Sherwin Shabdar
- Department of Biology, Pomona College, 175 West 6th Street, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 645 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, USA 91711
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- Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 645 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, USA 91711
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- Department of Biology, Pomona College, 175 West 6th Street, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pomona College, 175 West 6th Street, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 645 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA, USA 91711
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Bacterial diversity in fumarole environments of the Paricutín volcano, Michoacán (Mexico). Extremophiles 2017; 21:499-511. [DOI: 10.1007/s00792-017-0920-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Alves JI, Alves MM, Plugge CM, Stams AJM, Sousa DZ. Comparative Analysis of Carbon Monoxide Tolerance among Thermoanaerobacter Species. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1330. [PMID: 27621723 PMCID: PMC5002420 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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An anaerobic thermophilic strain (strain PCO) was isolated from a syngas-converting enrichment culture. Syngas components cannot be used by strain PCO, but the new strain is very tolerant to carbon monoxide (pCO = 1.7 × 10(5) Pa, 100% CO). 16S rRNA gene analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization revealed that strain PCO is a strain of Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus. The physiology of strain PCO and other Thermoanaerobacter species was compared, focusing on their tolerance to carbon monoxide. T. thermohydrosulfuricus, T. brockii subsp. finnii, T. pseudethanolicus, and T. wiegelii were exposed to increased CO concentrations in the headspace, while growth, glucose consumption and product formation were monitored. Remarkably, glucose conversion rates by Thermoanaerobacter species were not affected by CO. All the tested strains fermented glucose to mainly lactate, ethanol, acetate, and hydrogen, but final product concentrations differed. In the presence of CO, ethanol production was generally less affected, but H2 production decreased with increasing CO partial pressure. This study highlights the CO resistance of Thermoanaerobacter species.
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- Joana I Alves
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of MinhoBraga, Portugal; Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen UniversityWageningen, Netherlands
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho Braga, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of MinhoBraga, Portugal; Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen UniversityWageningen, Netherlands
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of MinhoBraga, Portugal; Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen UniversityWageningen, Netherlands
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Scully SM, Iloranta P, Myllymaki P, Orlygsson J. Branched-chain alcohol formation by thermophilic bacteria within the genera of Thermoanaerobacter and Caldanaerobacter. Extremophiles 2015; 19:809-18. [PMID: 25997396 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0756-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fifty-six thermophilic strains including members of Caldanaerobacter, Caldicellulosiruptor, Caloramator, Clostridium, Thermoanaerobacter, and Thermoanaerobacterium, were investigated for branched-chain amino acid degradation in the presence of thiosulfate in batch culture. All of the Thermoanaerobacter and Caldanaerobacter strains (24) degraded the branched-chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) to a mixture of their corresponding branched-chain fatty acids and branched-chain alcohols. Only one Caloramator strain degraded the branched-chain amino acids to the corresponding branched-chain fatty acids. The ratio of branched-chain fatty acid production over branched-chain alcohol production for Thermoanaerobacter was 7.15, 6.61, and 11.53 for leucine, isoleucine, and valine, respectively. These values for Caldanaerobacter were 3.49, 4.13, and 7.31, respectively. This indicates that members within Caldanaerobacter produce proportionally more of the alcohols as compared with Thermoanaerobacter. No species within other genera investigated produced branched-chain alcohols from branched-chain amino acids in the presence of thiosulfate.
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- Sean M Scully
- Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Akureyri, Nordurslod 2, Borgir, 600, Akureyri, Iceland
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Recent Advances in Second Generation Ethanol Production by Thermophilic Bacteria. ENERGIES 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/en8010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Simultaneously discrete biomineralization of magnetite and tellurium nanocrystals in magnetotactic bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:5526-32. [PMID: 20581185 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00589-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize intracellular magnetosomes comprising membrane-enveloped magnetite crystals within the cell which can be manipulated by a magnetic field. Here, we report the first example of tellurium uptake and crystallization within a magnetotactic bacterial strain, Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. These bacteria independently crystallize tellurium and magnetite within the cell. This is also highly significant as tellurite (TeO(3)(2-)), an oxyanion of tellurium, is harmful to both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Additionally, due to its increasing use in high-technology products, tellurium is very precious and commercially desirable. The use of microorganisms to recover such molecules from polluted water has been considered as a promising bioremediation technique. However, cell recovery is a bottleneck in the development of this approach. Recently, using the magnetic property of magnetotactic bacteria and a cell surface modification technology, the magnetic recovery of Cd(2+) adsorbed onto the cell surface was reported. Crystallization within the cell enables approximately 70 times more bioaccumulation of the pollutant per cell than cell surface adsorption, while utilizing successful recovery with a magnetic field. This fascinating dual crystallization of magnetite and tellurium by magnetotactic bacteria presents an ideal system for both bioremediation and magnetic recovery of tellurite.
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Van Stempvoort DR, Kwong YTJ. Sulfur analyses as tracers of microbial degradation of hydrocarbons in the capillary fringe. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2010; 114:1-17. [PMID: 20227785 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Analyses of solid-phase sulfur species in soil cores indicate the role of sulfur redox cycling in the fate of a BTEX-rich natural gas condensate plume in a silt-clay aquitard at a gas well site in Alberta, Canada. These analyses confirmed that sulfate reduction has been a key anaerobic electron-accepting process in the plume. The observed concentrations (microg/g sediment) of the reduced solid-phase sulfur components provided evidence regarding the quantity of sulfate that has been reduced over time, and the extent of hydrocarbon plume degradation. The spatial distribution of these phases indicates that degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons linked to sulfate reduction was focused in the capillary fringe, where sulfides and elemental sulfur were the main inorganic sulfur species produced as a result of sulfate reduction.
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- Dale R Van Stempvoort
- Water Science and Technology Directorate, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
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Isolation and characterization of a new CO-utilizing strain, Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus subsp. carboxydovorans, isolated from a geothermal spring in Turkey. Extremophiles 2009; 13:885-94. [PMID: 19701714 PMCID: PMC2767516 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0276-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A novel anaerobic, thermophilic, Gram-positive, spore-forming, and sugar-fermenting bacterium (strain TLO) was isolated from a geothermal spring in Ayaş, Turkey. The cells were straight to curved rods, 0.4–0.6 μm in diameter and 3.5–10 μm in length. Spores were terminal and round. The temperature range for growth was 40–80°C, with an optimum at 70°C. The pH optimum was between 6.3 and 6.8. Strain TLO has the capability to ferment a wide variety of mono-, di-, and polysaccharides and proteinaceous substrates, producing mainly lactate, next to acetate, ethanol, alanine, H2, and CO2. Remarkably, the bacterium was able to grow in an atmosphere of up to 25% of CO as sole electron donor. CO oxidation was coupled to H2 and CO2 formation. The G + C content of the genomic DNA was 35.1 mol%. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and the DNA–DNA hybridization data, this bacterium is most closely related to Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus and Thermoanaerobacter siderophilus (99% similarity for both). However, strain TLO differs from Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus in important aspects, such as CO-utilization and lipid composition. These differences led us to propose that strain TLO represents a subspecies of Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus, and we therefore name it Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus subsp. carboxydovorans.
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Wagner ID, Zhao W, Zhang CL, Romanek CS, Rohde M, Wiegel J. Thermoanaerobacter uzonensis sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring within the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 58:2565-73. [PMID: 18984694 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65343-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Several strains of heterotrophic, anaerobic thermophilic bacteria were isolated from hot springs of the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. Strain JW/IW010(T) was isolated from a hot spring within the West sector of the Eastern Thermal field, near Pulsating Spring in the Winding Creek area. Cells of strain JW/IW010(T) were straight to slightly curved rods, 0.5 mum in width and variable in length from 2 to 5 mum and occasionally up to 15 mum, and formed oval subterminal spores. Cells stained Gram-negative, but were Gram-type positive. Growth was observed between 32.5 and 69 degrees C with an optimum around 61 degrees C (no growth occurred at or below 30 degrees C, or at or above 72 degrees C). The pH(60 degrees C) range for growth was 4.2-8.9 with an optimum at 7.1 (no growth occurred at or below pH(60 degrees C) 3.9, or at 9.2 or above). The shortest observed doubling-time at pH(60 degrees C) 6.9 and 61 degrees C was 30 min. Strain JW/IW010(T) was chemo-organotrophic; yeast extract, peptone, Casamino acids and tryptone supported growth. Yeast extract was necessary for the utilization of non-proteinaceous substrates, and growth was observed with inulin, cellobiose, maltose, sucrose, glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose, xylose, trehalose, mannitol, pyruvate and crotonate. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain JW/IW010(T) was 33.6 mol% (HPLC method). The major phospholipid fatty acids were iso-15 : 0 (53.5 %), 15 : 0 (11.8 %), 16 : 0 (7.3 %), 10-methyl 16 : 0 (7.3 %) and anteiso-15 : 0 (5.3 %). 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis placed strain JW/IW010(T) in the genus Thermoanaerobacter of the family 'Thermoanaerobacteriaceae' (Firmicutes), with Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens JW/SL-NZ826(T) (97 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Thermoanaerobacter kivui DSM 2030(T) (94.5 %) as the closest phylogenetic relatives with validly published names. The level of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain JW/IW010(T) and Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens JW/SL-NZ826(T) was 64 %. Based on the physiological, phylogenetic and genotypic data, strain JW/IW010(T) represents a novel taxon, for which the name Thermoanaerobacter uzonensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is JW/IW010(T) (=ATCC BAA-1464(T)=DSM 18761(T)). The effectively published strain, 1501/60, of 'Clostridium uzonii' [Krivenko, V. V., Vadachloriya, R. M., Chermykh, N. A., Mityushina, L. L. & Krasilnikova, E. N. (1990). Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 59, 741-748] had approximately 88.0 % DNA-DNA relatedness with strain JW/IW010(T) and was included in the novel taxon.
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- Isaac D Wagner
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Thermophilic anaerobes are Archaea and Bacteria that grow optimally at temperatures of 50 degrees C or higher and do not require the use of O(2) as a terminal electron acceptor for growth. The prokaryotes with this type of physiology are studied for a variety of reasons, including (a) to understand how life can thrive under extreme conditions, (b) for their biotechnological potential, and (c) because anaerobic thermophiles are thought to share characteristics with the early evolutionary life forms on Earth. Over 300 species of thermophilic anaerobes have been described; most have been isolated from thermal environments, but some are from mesobiotic environments, and others are from environments with temperatures below 0 degrees C. In this overview, the authors outline the phylogenetic and physiological diversity of thermophilic anaerobes as currently known. The purpose of this overview is to convey the incredible diversity and breadth of metabolism within this subset of anaerobic microorganisms.
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- Isaac D Wagner
- 212 Biological Sciences Building, 1000 Cedar Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2605, USA
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Lee YJ, Mackie RI, Cann IKO, Wiegel J. Description of Caldanaerobius fijiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an inulin-degrading, ethanol-producing, thermophilic bacterium from a Fijian hot spring sediment, and reclassification of Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum and Thermoanaerobacterium zeae as Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus comb. nov. and Caldanaerobius zeae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:666-70. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65329-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lee YJ, Prange A, Lichtenberg H, Rohde M, Dashti M, Wiegel J. In situ analysis of sulfur species in sulfur globules produced from thiosulfate by Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens and Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:7525-9. [PMID: 17644590 PMCID: PMC2168439 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00782-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2007] [Accepted: 07/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Firmicutes Thermoanaerobacter sulfurigignens and Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes convert thiosulfate, forming sulfur globules inside and outside cells. X-ray absorption near-edge structure analysis revealed that the sulfur consisted mainly of sulfur chains with organic end groups similar to sulfur formed in purple sulfur bacteria, suggesting the possibility that the process of sulfur globule formation by bacteria is an ancient feature.
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- Yong-Jin Lee
- Department of Microbiology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2605, USA
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