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Gasser MT, Liu A, Altamia M, Brensinger BR, Brewer SL, Flatau R, Hancock ER, Preheim SP, Filone CM, Distel DL. Outer membrane vesicles can contribute to cellulose degradation in Teredinibacter turnerae, a cultivable intracellular endosymbiont of shipworms. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.27.587001. [PMID: 38585906 PMCID: PMC10996688 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.27.587001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
Abstract
Teredinibacter turnerae is a cultivable cellulolytic Gammaproeteobacterium (Cellvibrionaceae) that commonly occurs as an intracellular endosymbiont in the gills of wood-eating bivalves of the family Teredinidae (shipworms). The genome of T. turnerae encodes a broad range of enzymes that deconstruct cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin and contribute to lignocellulose digestion in the shipworm gut. However, the mechanism by which symbiont-made enzymes are secreted by T. turnerae and subsequently transported to the site of lignocellulose digestion in the shipworm gut is incompletely understood. Here, we show that T. turnerae cultures grown on carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) produce outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that contain a variety of proteins identified by LC-MS/MS as carbohydrate-active enzymes with predicted activities against cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin. Reducing sugar assays and zymography confirm that these OMVs retain cellulolytic activity, as evidenced by hydrolysis of CMC. Additionally, these OMVs were enriched with TonB-dependent receptors, which are essential to carbohydrate and iron acquisition by free-living bacteria. These observations suggest potential roles for OMVs in lignocellulose utilization by T. turnerae in the free-living state, in enzyme transport and host interaction during symbiotic association, and in commercial applications such as lignocellulosic biomass conversion.
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- Mark T. Gasser
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA 20723
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA 20723
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- Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, USA 01908
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA 20723
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA 20723
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- Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, USA 01908
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA 20723
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA 20723
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- Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, USA 01908
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van Dijk B, Buffard P, Farr AD, Giersdorf F, Meijer J, Dutilh BE, Rainey PB. Identifying and tracking mobile elements in evolving compost communities yields insights into the nanobiome. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 3:90. [PMID: 37640834 PMCID: PMC10462680 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00294-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Microbial evolution is driven by rapid changes in gene content mediated by horizontal gene transfer (HGT). While mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are important drivers of gene flux, the nanobiome-the zoo of Darwinian replicators that depend on microbial hosts-remains poorly characterised. New approaches are necessary to increase our understanding beyond MGEs shaping individual populations, towards their impacts on complex microbial communities. A bioinformatic pipeline (xenoseq) was developed to cross-compare metagenomic samples from microbial consortia evolving in parallel, aimed at identifying MGE dissemination, which was applied to compost communities which underwent periodic mixing of MGEs. We show that xenoseq can distinguish movement of MGEs from demographic changes in community composition that otherwise confounds identification, and furthermore demonstrate the discovery of various unexpected entities. Of particular interest was a nanobacterium of the candidate phylum radiation (CPR) which is closely related to a species identified in groundwater ecosystems (Candidatus Saccharibacterium), and appears to have a parasitic lifestyle. We also highlight another prolific mobile element, a 313 kb plasmid hosted by a Cellvibrio lineage. The host was predicted to be capable of nitrogen fixation, and acquisition of the plasmid coincides with increased ammonia production. Taken together, our data show that new experimental strategies combined with bioinformatic analyses of metagenomic data stand to provide insight into the nanobiome as a driver of microbial community evolution.
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- Bram van Dijk
- Department of Microbial Population Biology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany.
- Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Science for Life, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Microbial Population Biology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Population Biology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Population Biology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Science for Life, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Science for Life, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Institute of Biodiversity, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Population Biology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany.
- Laboratory of Biophysics and Evolution, CBI, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL CNRS, Paris, France.
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Tsudome M, Tachioka M, Miyazaki M, Tsuda M, Takaki Y, Deguchi S. Marinagarivorans cellulosilyticus sp. nov., a cellulolytic bacterium isolated from the deep-sea off Noma-misaki, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 36862579 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Cells from strain GE09T, isolated from an artificially immersed nanofibrous cellulose plate in the deep sea, were Gram-stain-negative, motile, aerobic cells that could grow with cellulose as their only nutrient. Strain GE09T was placed among members of Cellvibrionaceae, in the Gammaproteobacteria, with Marinagarivorans algicola Z1T, a marine degrader of agar, as the closest relative (97.4 % similarity). The average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between GE09T and M. algicola Z1T were 72.5 and 21.2 %, respectively. Strain GE09T degraded cellulose, xylan and pectin, but not starch, chitin and agar. The different carbohydrate-active enzymes encoded in the genomes of strain GE09T and M. algicola Z1T highlights their differences in terms of target energy sources and reflects their isolation environments. The major cellular fatty acids of strain GE09T were C18 : 1 ω7c, C16 : 0 and C16 : 1 ω7c. The polar lipid profile showed phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The major respiratory quinone was Q-8. Based on these distinct taxonomic characteristics, strain GE09T represents a new species in the genus Marinagarivorans, for which we propose the name Marinagarivorans cellulosilyticus sp. nov. (type strain GE09T=DSM 113420T=JCM 35003T).
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- Mikiko Tsudome
- Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Super-cutting-edge Grand and Advanced Research (SUGAR) Program, JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Super-cutting-edge Grand and Advanced Research (SUGAR) Program, JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Super-cutting-edge Grand and Advanced Research (SUGAR) Program, JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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An Update on Novel Taxa and Revised Taxonomic Status of Bacteria (Including Members of the Phylum Planctomycetota) Isolated from Aquatic Host Species Described in 2018 to 2021. J Clin Microbiol 2023; 61:e0142622. [PMID: 36719221 PMCID: PMC9945501 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01426-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Increased interest in farmed aquatic species, aquatic conservation measures, and microbial metabolic end-product utilization have translated into a need for awareness and recognition of novel microbial species and revisions to bacterial taxonomy. Because this need has largely been unmet, through a 4-year literature review, we present lists of novel and revised bacterial species (including members of the phylum Planctomycetota) derived from aquatic hosts that can serve as a baseline for future biennial summaries of taxonomic revisions in this field. Most new and revised taxa were noted within oxidase-positive and/or nonglucose fermentative Gram-negative bacilli, including members of the Tenacibaculum, Flavobacterium, and Vibrio genera. Valid and effectively published novel members of the Streptococcus, Erysipelothrix, and Photobacterium genera are additionally described from disease pathogenesis perspectives.
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Altamia MA, Distel DL. Transport of symbiont-encoded cellulases from the gill to the gut of shipworms via the enigmatic ducts of Deshayes: a 174-year mystery solved. Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20221478. [PMID: 36350208 PMCID: PMC9653257 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Shipworms (Bivalvia, Teredinidae) are the principal consumers of wood in marine environments. Like most wood-eating organisms, they digest wood with the aid of cellulolytic enzymes supplied by symbiotic bacteria. However, in shipworms the symbiotic bacteria are not found in the digestive system. Instead, they are located intracellularly in the gland of Deshayes, a specialized tissue found within the gills. It has been independently demonstrated that symbiont-encoded cellulolytic enzymes are present in the digestive systems and gills of two shipworm species, <i>Bankia setacea</i> and <i>Lyrodus pedicellatus</i>, confirming that these enzymes are transported from the gills to the lumen of the gut. However, the mechanism of enzyme transport from gill to gut remains incompletely understood. Recently, a mechanism was proposed by which enzymes are transported within bacterial cells that are expelled from the gill and transported to the mouth by ciliary action of the branchial or food grooves. Here we use <i>in situ</i> immunohistochemical methods to provide evidence for a different mechanism in the shipworm <i>B. setacea</i>, in which cellulolytic enzymes are transported via the ducts of Deshayes, enigmatic structures first described 174 years ago, but whose function have remained unexplained.
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- Marvin A. Altamia
- Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Department of Marine and Environmental Science, Northeastern University, Nahant, MA, USA
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- Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Department of Marine and Environmental Science, Northeastern University, Nahant, MA, USA
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Liu J, Li J, Luo J, Li Y, Yang Z, Huang C, Sun F, Wang G. Sessilibacter corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sessile bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [PMID: 35639595 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, motile, aerobic bacterium (strain C21T) was isolated from coral and identified using polyphasic identification approach. Global alignment of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain C21T shares 95.7 % sequence identity to its closest neighbour, Marinibactrum halimedae NBRC 110095T, followed by other type strains with identities of lower than 95 %. The average nucleotide identity and average amino acid identity values between strain C21T and M. halimedae NBRC 110095T were 69.6 and 64.8 %, respectively, indicating that strain C21T may represent a new species in a new genus. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene and phylogenomic results indicated that strain C21T forms a distinct branch in the family Cellvibrionaceae. Cellular fatty acids and polar lipids could also readily distinguish strain C21T from closely related type strains. Therefore, strain C21T is suggested to represent a new species in a new genus, for which the name Sessilibacter corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is C21T (=MCCC 1K03260T=KCTC 62317T).
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- Jianfeng Liu
- Guangxi Key Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, Nanning 530004, PR China
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Stravoravdis S, Shipway JR, Goodell B. How Do Shipworms Eat Wood? Screening Shipworm Gill Symbiont Genomes for Lignin-Modifying Enzymes. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:665001. [PMID: 34322098 PMCID: PMC8312274 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.665001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Shipworms are ecologically and economically important mollusks that feed on woody plant material (lignocellulosic biomass) in marine environments. Digestion occurs in a specialized cecum, reported to be virtually sterile and lacking resident gut microbiota. Wood-degrading CAZymes are produced both endogenously and by gill endosymbiotic bacteria, with extracellular enzymes from the latter being transported to the gut. Previous research has predominantly focused on how these animals process the cellulose component of woody plant material, neglecting the breakdown of lignin – a tough, aromatic polymer which blocks access to the holocellulose components of wood. Enzymatic or non-enzymatic modification and depolymerization of lignin has been shown to be required in other wood-degrading biological systems as a precursor to cellulose deconstruction. We investigated the genomes of five shipworm gill bacterial symbionts obtained from the Joint Genome Institute Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes Expert Review for the production of lignin-modifying enzymes, or ligninases. The genomes were searched for putative ligninases using the Joint Genome Institute’s Function Profile tool and blastp analyses. The resulting proteins were then modeled using SWISS-MODEL. Although each bacterial genome possessed at least four predicted ligninases, the percent identities and protein models were of low quality and were unreliable. Prior research demonstrates limited endogenous ability of shipworms to modify lignin at the chemical/molecular level. Similarly, our results reveal that shipworm bacterial gill-symbiont enzymes are unlikely to play a role in lignin modification during lignocellulose digestion in the shipworm gut. This suggests that our understanding of how these keystone organisms digest and process lignocellulose is incomplete, and further research into non-enzymatic and/or other unknown mechanisms for lignin modification is required.
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- Stefanos Stravoravdis
- Goodell Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Goodell Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States.,Centre for Enzyme Innovation, School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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- Goodell Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States
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