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Zhong W, Agarwal V. Polymer degrading marine Microbulbifer bacteria: an un(der)utilized source of chemical and biocatalytic novelty. Beilstein J Org Chem 2024; 20:1635-1651. [PMID: 39076296 PMCID: PMC11285056 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
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Microbulbifer is a genus of halophilic bacteria that are commonly detected in the commensal marine microbiomes. These bacteria have been recognized for their ability to degrade polysaccharides and other polymeric materials. Increasingly, Microbulbifer genomes indicate these bacteria to be an untapped reservoir for novel natural product discovery and biosynthetic novelty. In this review, we summarize the distribution of Microbulbifer bacteria, activities of the various polymer degrading enzymes that these bacteria produce, and an up-to-date summary of the natural products that have been isolated from Microbulbifer strains. We argue that these bacteria have been hiding in plain sight, and contemporary efforts into their genome and metabolome mining are going to lead to a proliferation of Microbulbifer-derived natural products in the future. We also describe, where possible, the ecological interactions of these bacteria in marine microbiomes.
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- Weimao Zhong
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Li Z, Du Z, Li H, Chen Y, Zheng M, Jiang Z, Du X, Ni H, Zhu Y. Characterisation of marine bacterium Microbulbifer sp. ALW1 with Laminaria japonica degradation capability. AMB Express 2022; 12:139. [DOI: 10.1186/s13568-022-01482-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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AbstractMarine bacterium Microbulbifer sp. ALW1 was revealed to be able to effectively degrade Laminaria japonica thallus fragments into fine particles. Polysaccharide substrate specificity analysis indicated that ALW1 could produce extracellular alginate lyase, laminarinase, fucoidanase and cellulase. Based on alignment of the 16 S rRNA sequence with other reference relatives, ALW1 showed the closest relationship with Microbulbifer aggregans CCB-MM1T. The cell morphology and some basic physiological and biochemical parameters of ALW1 cells were characterised. ALW1 is a Gram-negative, rod- or oval-shaped, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium. The DNA–DNA relatedness values of ALW1 with type strains of M. gwangyangensis (JCM 17,800), M. aggregans (JCM 31,875), M. maritimus (JCM 12,187), M. okinawensis (JCM 16,147) and M. rhizosphaerae (DSM 28,920) were 28.9%, 43.3%, 41.2%, 35.4% and 45.6%, respectively. The major cell wall sugars of ALW1 were determined to be ribose and galactose, which differed from other closely related species. These characteristics indicated that ALW1 could be assigned to a separate species of the genus Microbulbifer. The complete genome of ALW1 contained one circular chromosome with 4,682,287 bp and a GC content of 56.86%. The putative encoded proteins were categorised based on their functional annotations. Phenotypic, physiological, biochemical and genomic characterisation will provide insights into the many potential industrial applications of Microbulbifer sp. ALW1.Key points.
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Microbulbifer okhotskensis sp. nov., isolated from a deep bottom sediment of the Okhotsk Sea. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:548. [PMID: 35945400 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03161-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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A Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile bacterium КMM 9862T was isolated from a deep bottom sediment sample obtained from the Okhotsk Sea, Russia. Based on the 16S rRNA gene and whole genome sequences analyses the novel strain КMM 9862T fell into the genus Microbulbifer (class Gammaproteobacteria) sharing the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 97.4% to Microbulbifer echini AM134T and Microbulbifer epialgicus F-104T, 97.3% to Microbulbifer pacificus SPO729T, 97.1% to Microbulbifer variabilis ATCC 700307T, and similarity values of < 97.1% to other recognized Microbulbifer species. The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain КMM 9862T and M. variabilis ATCC 700307T and M. thermotolerans DSM 19189T were 80.34 and 77.72%, and 20.2 and 19.0%, respectively. Strain КMM 9862T contained Q-8 as the predominant ubiquinone and C16:0, C16:1 ω7c, C12:0, and C10:0 3-OH as the major fatty acids. The polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, an unidentified aminophospholipid, an unidentified aminolipid, two unidentified phospholipids, phosphatidic acid, and an unidentified lipid. The DNA G+C content of 49.8% was calculated from the genome sequence. On the basis of the phylogenetic evidence and distinctive phenotypic characteristics, the marine bacterium KMM 9862T is proposed to be classified as a novel species Microbulbifer okhotskensis sp. nov. The type strain of the species is strain KMM 9862T (= KACC 22804T).
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Cheng Y, Zhu S, Guo C, Xie F, Jung D, Li S, Zhang W, He S. Microbulbifer hainanensis sp. nov., a moderately halopilic bacterium isolated from mangrove sediment. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:1033-1042. [PMID: 33844121 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-021-01574-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A new bacterium was successfully isolated from a mangrove sediment sample in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China. The organism is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile and strictly aerobic bacterium, named NBU-8HK146T. Strain NBU-8HK146T was able to grow at temperatures of 10-40 °C, at salinities of 0-11% (w/v) and at pH 5.5-9.5. Veoges-Proskauer, methyl red reaction and hydrolysis of Tween 20 were negative. Catalase and oxidase activities, H2S production, hydrolysis of starch, casein, Tweens 40, 60 and 80 were positive. The major cellular fatty acids were C16:0, iso-C15:0 and summed feature 9. The major respiratory quinone was ubiquinone-8 (Q-8). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and two unidentified glycolipids. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, strain NBU-8HK146T shared 98.0%, 97.9%, 97.7%, 97.6% and 97.3% similarities to the species with validated name Microbulbifer taiwanensis CC-LN1-12T, Microbulbifer rhizosphaerae Cs16bT, Microbulbifer marinus Y215T, Microbulbifer donghaiensis CN85T and Microbulbifer aggregans CCB-MM1T, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that strain NBU-8HK146T formed a distinct lineage with strains Microbulbifer taiwanensis CC-LN1-12T and Microbulbifer marinus Y215T. Both digital DNA-DNA hybridization values (19.5-22.7%) and average nucleotide identity values (73.2-78.9%) between strain NBU-8HK146T and related species of genus Microbulbifer were below the species delineation cutoffs. The DNA G+C content was 58.9 mol%. Many proteins involving in the adaption of osmotic stress in the salt environment of mangrove were predicted in genome of strain NBU-8HK146T. From phenotypic, genotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, strain NBU-8HK146T can be regarded as a new Microbulbifer species for which the name Microbulbifer hainanensis. The type strain is NBU-8HK146T (= KCTC 82226T = MCCC 1K04737T).
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- Yuping Cheng
- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315800, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315800, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315800, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315800, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315800, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315800, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Kenneth Li Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315800, People's Republic of China.
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Discovering symbiosis in the supralittoral: bacterial metabarcoding analysis from the hepatopancreas of Orchestia and Tylos (Crustacea). Symbiosis 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-021-00749-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sharma AR, Harunari E, Zhou T, Trianto A, Igarashi Y. Isolation and biosynthesis of an unsaturated fatty acid with unusual methylation pattern from a coral-associated bacterium Microbulbifer sp. Beilstein J Org Chem 2019; 15:2327-2332. [PMID: 31666867 PMCID: PMC6808205 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.15.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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(2Z,4E)-3-Methyl-2,4-decadienoic acid (1) was identified as a major metabolite from a culture extract of a marine bacterium Microbulbifer which was collected from a stony coral Porites sp. NMR-based spectroscopic analysis revealed that 1 is an unsaturated fatty acid in which a methyl group is located in an uncommon position as a natural product. Feeding experiments of 13C-labeled precursors clarified that ʟ-methionine-derived methylation takes place at the carbon which is derived from the carbonyl carbon of acetate. Compound 1 showed weak growth inhibition against Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Amit Raj Sharma
- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University, Tembalang Campus, St. Prof. Soedarto SH., Semarang 50275, Central Java, Indonesia
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- Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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Tian J, Zhu L, Wang W, Zhang L, Li Z, Zhao Q, Xing K, Feng Z, Peng X. Genomic Analysis of Microbulbifer sp. Strain A4B-17 and the Characterization of Its Metabolic Pathways for 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Synthesis. Front Microbiol 2019; 9:3115. [PMID: 30619190 PMCID: PMC6305291 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The marine bacterium Microbulbifer sp. A4B-17 produces secondary metabolites such as 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4HBA) and esters of 4HBA (parabens). 4HBA is a useful material in the synthesis of the liquid crystal. Parabens are man-made compounds that have been extensively used since the 1920s in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food industries for their effective antimicrobial activity. In this study, we completed the sequencing and annotation of the A4B-17 strain genome and found all genes for glucose utilization and 4HBA biosynthesis. Strain A4B-17 uses the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP), hexose monophosphate (HMP), and Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathways to utilize glucose. Other sugars such as fructose, sucrose, xylose, arabinose, galactose, mannitol, and glycerol supported cell growth and 4HBA synthesis. Reverse transcriptional analysis confirmed that the key genes involved in the glucose metabolism were functional. Paraben concentrations were proportionally increased by adding alcohols to the culture medium, indicating that strain A4B-17 synthesizes the 4HBA and the alcohols separately and an esterification reaction between them is responsible for the paraben synthesis. A gene that codes for a carboxylesterase was proposed to catalyze this reaction. The temperature and NaCl concentration for optimal growth were determined to be 35°C and 22.8 g/L.
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- Jun Tian
- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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Park JM, Hong JW, Son JS, Hwang YJ, Cho HM, You YH, Ghim SY. A strategy for securing unique microbial resources – focusing on Dokdo islands-derived microbial resources. Isr J Ecol Evol 2018. [DOI: 10.1163/22244662-20181024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This review focuses on the state of research on the microbial resources of Dokdo, Korea, as a strategy for securing national microbial resources. In the Korean peninsula, studies aimed at securing microbial resources are carried out across diverse natural environments, especially in the Dokdo islands. Until 2017, a total of 61 novel microbial genera, species, or newly recorded strains have been reported. Among these, 10 new taxa have had their whole genome sequenced and published, in order to find novel useful genes. Additionally, there have been multiple reports of bacteria with novel characteristics, including promoting plant growth or inducing systemic resistance in plants, calcite-forming ability, electrical activation, and production of novel enzymes. Furthermore, fundamental studies on microbial communities help to secure and define microbial resources in the Dokdo islands. This study will propose several tactics, based on ecological principles, for securing more microbial resources to cope with the current increase in international competition for biological resources.
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- Jong Myong Park
- a School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Research Institute for Ulleungdo & Dokdo Islands, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
- b Department of Infectious Disease Diagnosis, Incheon Institute of Public Health and Environment, Incheon 22320, Republic of Korea
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- c Marine Plants Team, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon 33662, Republic of Korea
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- a School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Research Institute for Ulleungdo & Dokdo Islands, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- a School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Research Institute for Ulleungdo & Dokdo Islands, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- d LOTTE Group R&D Center, Seoul 07594, Republic of Korea
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- e Microoganism Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea
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- a School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Research Institute for Ulleungdo & Dokdo Islands, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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Moh TH, Furusawa G, Amirul AAA. Microbulbifer aggregans sp. nov., isolated from estuarine sediment from a mangrove forest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4089-4094. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Tsu Horng Moh
- Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
- School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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