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Li X, Cheng X, Xu J, Wu J, Chan LL, Cai Z, Zhou J. Dynamic patterns of carbohydrate metabolism genes in bacterioplankton during marine algal blooms. Microbiol Res 2024; 286:127785. [PMID: 38851011 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2024.127785] [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: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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Carbohydrates play a pivotal role in nutrient recycling and regulation of algal-bacterial interactions. Despite their ecological significance, the intricate molecular mechanisms governing regulation of phycosphere carbohydrates by bacterial taxa linked with natural algal bloom have yet to be fully elucidated. Here, a comprehensive temporal metagenomic analysis was conducted to explore the carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme) genes in two discrete algal bloom microorganisms (Gymnodinium catenatum and Phaeocystis globosa) across three distinct bloom stages: pre-bloom, peak bloom, and post-bloom. Elevated levels of extracellular carbohydrates, primarily rhamnose, galactose, glucose, and arabinose, were observed during the initial and post-peak stages. The prominent CAZyme families identified-glycoside hydrolases (GH) and carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs)-were present in both algal bloom occurrences. In the G. catenatum bloom, GH23/24 and CBM13/14 were prevalent during the pre-bloom and peak bloom stages, whereas GH2/3/30 and CBM12/24 exhibited increased prevalence during the post-bloom phase. In contrast, the P. globosa bloom had a dominance of GH13/23 and CBM19 in the initial phase, and this was succeeded by GH3/19/24/30 and CBM54 in the later stages. This gene pool variation-observed distinctly in specific genera-highlighted the dynamic structural shifts in functional resources driven by temporal alterations in available substrates. Additionally, ecological linkage analysis underscored a correlation between carbohydrates (or their related genes) and phycospheric bacteria, hinting at a pattern of bottom-up control. These findings contribute to understanding of the dynamic nature of CAZymes, emphasizing the substantial influence of substrate availability on the metabolic capabilities of algal symbiotic bacteria, especially in terms of carbohydrates.
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- Xinyang Li
- Marine Ecology and Human Factors Assessment Technical Innovation Center of Natural Resources Ministry, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Public Platform for Screening and Application of Marine Microbial Resources, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Marine Ecology, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China
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- Marine Ecology and Human Factors Assessment Technical Innovation Center of Natural Resources Ministry, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Public Platform for Screening and Application of Marine Microbial Resources, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Marine Ecology, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China
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- Marine Ecology and Human Factors Assessment Technical Innovation Center of Natural Resources Ministry, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Public Platform for Screening and Application of Marine Microbial Resources, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Marine Ecology, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Marine Ecology and Human Factors Assessment Technical Innovation Center of Natural Resources Ministry, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Public Platform for Screening and Application of Marine Microbial Resources, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Marine Ecology, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China
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- Marine Ecology and Human Factors Assessment Technical Innovation Center of Natural Resources Ministry, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Public Platform for Screening and Application of Marine Microbial Resources, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Marine Ecology, Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518055, PR China.
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Parab AS, Manohar CS. Insights into the seasonal changes in the taxonomic and functional diversity of bacteria in the eastern Arabian Sea: Shotgun metagenomics approach. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 199:106616. [PMID: 38941664 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106616] [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: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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The eastern Arabian Sea (EAS) is known for its unique oceanographic features such as the seasonal monsoonal winds, upwelling of nutrient-rich waters and a significant increase in primary productivity during the monsoon season. In this study, we utilised the shotgun metagenomics approach to determine the seasonal variations in bacterial taxonomic and functional profiles during the non-monsoon and monsoon seasons in the EAS. Significant seasonal variations in the bacterial community structure were observed at the phylum and genera levels. These findings also correspond with seasonal shifts in the functional profiles of the bacterial communities based on the variations of genes encoding enzymes associated with different metabolic pathways. Pronounced seasonal variation of bacterial taxa was evident with an increased abundance of Idiomarina, Marinobacter, Psychrobacter and Alteromonas of Proteobacteria, Bacillus and Staphylococcus of Firmicutes during the non-monsoon season. These taxa were linked to elevated nucleotide and amino acid biosynthesis, amino acid and lipid degradation. Conversely, during the monsoon, the taxa composition changed with Alteromonas, Candidatus Pelagibacter of Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria Synechococcus; contributing largely to the amino acid and lipid biosynthesis, fermentation and inorganic nutrient metabolism which was evident from functional analysis. Regression analysis confirmed that increased seasonal primary productivity significantly influenced the abundance of genes associated with carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism. These highlight the pivotal role of seasonal changes in primary productivity in shaping the bacterial communities, their functional profiles and driving the biogeochemical cycling in the EAS.
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- Ashutosh Shankar Parab
- Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, India; School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa, 403206, India
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- Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.
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Zhang M, Tong X, Wang W, Wang J, Qu W. Agarose biodegradation by deep-sea bacterium Vibrio natriegens WPAGA4 with the agarases through horizontal gene transfer. J Basic Microbiol 2024; 64:e2300521. [PMID: 37988660 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202300521] [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: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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This study aimed to reveal the importance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) for the agarose-degrading ability and the related degradation pathway of a deep-sea bacterium Vibrio natriegens WPAGA4, which was rarely reported in former works. A total of four agarases belonged to the GH50 family, including Aga3418, Aga3419, Aga3420, and Aga3472, were annotated and expressed in Escherichia coli cells. The agarose degradation products of Aga3418, Aga3420, and Aga3472 were neoagarobiose, while those of Aga3419 were neoagarobiose and neoagarotetraose. The RT-qPCR analysis showed that the expression level ratio of Aga3418, Aga3419, Aga3420, and Aga3472 was stable at about 1:1:1.5:2.5 during the degradation, which indicated the optimal expression level ratio of the agarases for agarose degradation by V. natriegens WPAGA4. Based on the genomic information, three of four agarases and other agarose-degrading related genes were in a genome island with a G + C content that was obviously lower than that of the whole genome of V. natriegens WPAGA4, indicating that these agarose-degrading genes were required through HGT. Our results demonstrated that the expression level ratio instead of the expression level itself of agarase genes was crucial for agarose degradation by V. natriegens WPAGA4, and HGT occurred in the deep-sea environment, thereby promoting the deep-sea carbon cycle and providing a reference for studying the evolution and transfer pathways of agar-related genes.
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- Mengyuan Zhang
- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
- Zhejiang Ocean University-University of Pisa Marine Graduate School, Zhoushan, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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- Zhejiang Ocean University-University of Pisa Marine Graduate School, Zhoushan, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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- Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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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]
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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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Balmonte JP, Giebel HA, Arnosti C, Simon M, Wietz M. Distinct bacterial succession and functional response to alginate in the South, Equatorial, and North Pacific Ocean. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16594. [PMID: 38418376 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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The availability of alginate, an abundant macroalgal polysaccharide, induces compositional and functional responses among marine microbes, but these dynamics have not been characterized across the Pacific Ocean. We investigated alginate-induced compositional and functional shifts (e.g., heterotrophic production, glucose turnover, hydrolytic enzyme activities) of microbial communities in the South Subtropical, Equatorial, and Polar Frontal North Pacific in mesocosms. We observed that shifts in response to alginate were site-specific. In the South Subtropical Pacific, prokaryotic cell counts, glucose turnover, and peptidase activities changed the most with alginate addition, along with the enrichment of the widest range of particle-associated taxa (161 amplicon sequence variants; ASVs) belonging to Alteromonadaceae, Rhodobacteraceae, Phormidiaceae, and Pseudoalteromonadaceae. Some of these taxa were detected at other sites but only enriched in the South Pacific. In the Equatorial Pacific, glucose turnover and heterotrophic prokaryotic production increased most rapidly; a single Alteromonas taxon dominated (60% of the community) but remained low (<2%) elsewhere. In the North Pacific, the particle-associated community response to alginate was gradual, with a more limited range of alginate-enriched taxa (82 ASVs). Thus, alginate-related ecological and biogeochemical shifts depend on a combination of factors that include the ability to utilize alginate, environmental conditions, and microbial interactions.
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- John Paul Balmonte
- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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Brown S, Lloyd CC, Giljan G, Ghobrial S, Amann R, Arnosti C. Pulsed inputs of high molecular weight organic matter shift the mechanisms of substrate utilisation in marine bacterial communities. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16580. [PMID: 38254313 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Heterotrophic bacteria hydrolyze high molecular weight (HMW) organic matter extracellularly prior to uptake, resulting in diffusive loss of hydrolysis products. An alternative 'selfish' uptake mechanism that minimises this loss has recently been found to be common in the ocean. We investigated how HMW organic matter addition affects these two processing mechanisms in surface and bottom waters at three stations in the North Atlantic Ocean. A pulse of HMW organic matter increased cell numbers, as well as the rate and spectrum of extracellular enzymatic activities at both depths. The effects on selfish uptake were more differentiated: in Gulf Stream surface waters and productive surface waters south of Newfoundland, selfish uptake of structurally simple polysaccharides increased upon HMW organic matter addition. The number of selfish bacteria taking up structurally complex polysaccharides, however, was largely unchanged. In contrast, in the oligotrophic North Atlantic gyre, despite high external hydrolysis rates, the number of selfish bacteria was unchanged, irrespective of polysaccharide structure. In deep bottom waters (> 4000 m), structurally complex substrates were processed only by selfish bacteria. Mechanisms of substrate processing-and the extent to which hydrolysis products are released to the external environment-depend on substrate structural complexity and the resident bacterial community.
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- Sarah Brown
- Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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Sun JR, Mo KL, Li X, Hu YH, Liu ZY, Huang HQ. Neiella litorisoli sp. nov., an alginate lyase: producing bacterium from South China Sea, and proposal of Echinimonadaceae fam. nov. in the order Alteromonadales. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:227. [PMID: 37160479 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03573-1] [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: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated HB171785T, was isolated from soil sample collected from Qishui Bay, Hainan, China. The strain grew optimally at pH 7-8, 37-40 °C and with NaCl 3-4%. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was found to be Q-8 and the major fatty acids were C16:0, C16:1 ω7c/C16:1 ω6c, C18:1 ω7c/C18:1 ω6c and C12:0 3OH. The polar lipids contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, and phosphatidylethanolamine. The size of the draft genome was 4.32 Mbp with G + C content 49.7%. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the closest phylogenetically related species were Neiella marina j221T, "Neiella holothuriorum" 126 and Echinimonas agarilytica KMM 6351T with the similarities of 98.2, 96.0 and 95.0%, respectively. The phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene and phylogenomic tree based on core genome showed that strain HB171785T clustered together with N. marina j221T, with the highest values of average nucleotide identity (82.9%) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (25.4%). The combined phylogenetic relatedness, phenotypic and genotypic features supported the conclusion that strain HB171785T represents a novel species of the genus Neiella, for which the name Neiella litorisoli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HB171785T (= MCCC 1K04625T = KCTC 82319T). In addition, Echinimonadaceae fam. nov. in the order Alteromonadales was proposed.
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- Jing-Ran Sun
- College of Marine Science, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, CATAS, Haikou, 571101, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou, 571101, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, CATAS, Haikou, 571101, China
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, CATAS, Zhanjiang, 524013, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou, 571101, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, CATAS, Haikou, 571101, China
- College of Agriculture, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163000, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, CATAS, Haikou, 571101, China
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, CATAS, Zhanjiang, 524013, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou, 571101, China
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- College of Marine Science, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, CATAS, Haikou, 571101, China.
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, CATAS, Zhanjiang, 524013, China.
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou, 571101, China.
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Genomic potential for exopolysaccharide production and differential polysaccharide degradation in closely related Alteromonas sp. PRIM-21 and Alteromonas fortis 1 T. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:39-51. [PMID: 36396850 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-022-01796-8] [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: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Members of the genus Alteromonas are widely distributed in diverse marine environments and are often associated with marine organisms. Their ability to produce exopolysaccharides (EPS) and depolymerize sulfated algal polysaccharides has provided industrial importance to some species. Here, we describe the draft genome of an algae-associated strain namely, Alteromonas sp. PRIM-21 isolated from the southwest coast of India to understand the EPS biosynthetic pathways as well as polysaccharide depolymerization system in comparison to the closely related strain Alteromonas fortis 1T that shares 99.8% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of Alteromonas sp. PRIM-21 yielded 50 contigs with a total length of 4,638,422 bp having 43.86% GC content. The resultant genome shared 95.9% OrthoANI value with A. fortis 1 T, and contained 4125 predicted protein-coding genes, 71 tRNA and 10 rRNA genes. Genes involved in Wzx/Wzy-, ABC transporter- and synthase-dependent pathways for EPS production and secretion were common in both Alteromonas sp. PRIM-21 and A. fortis 1T. However, the distribution of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) was heterogeneous. The strain PRIM-21 harbored polysaccharide lyases for the degradation of alginate, ulvan, arabinogalactan and chondroitin. This was further validated from the culture-based assays using seven different polysaccharides. The depolymerizing ability of the bacteria may be useful in deriving nutrients from the biopolymers produced in the algal host while the EPS biosynthesis may provide additional advantages for life in the stressful marine environment. The results also highlight the genetic heterogeneity in terms of polysaccharide utilization among the closely related Alteromonas strains.
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Characterization of Multiple Alginate Lyases in a Highly Efficient Alginate-Degrading Vibrio Strain and Its Degradation Strategy. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0138922. [PMID: 36409133 PMCID: PMC9746302 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01389-22] [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: 11/23/2022] Open
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Alginate is an important polysaccharide in the ocean that supports the growth of marine microorganisms. Many widespread Vibrio species possess alginate lyases and can utilize alginate as a carbon source, but the detailed alginate degradation mechanism in Vibrio remains to be further explored. In this study, we obtained a highly efficient alginate-degrading strain, Vibrio pelagius WXL662, with 11 alginate lyases (VpAly-I to -XI) and further elucidated its molecular mechanism of alginate degradation. Three alginate utilization loci (AUL) were identified in different parts of WXL662's genome, comprising six alginate lyases (VpAly-I, -II, -VIII, -IX, -X, and -XI) and other genes related to alginate degradation. Most of the alginate-degrading genes are strongly induced when alginate is provided as the sole carbon source. Ten alginate lyases (VpAly-I to -X) had been purified and characterized, including six from polysaccharide lyase family 7 (PL7), three from PL17, and one from PL6. These recombinant alginate lyases existing in different cellular locations were active at a wide temperature (10 to 50°C) and pH (4.0 to 9.0) range, with different substrate preferences and diverse degradation products, enabling WXL662 to efficiently utilize alginate in a changing marine environment. Importantly, outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) can act as vectors for alginate lyases (VpAly-II, -V, and -VI) in WXL662. Further investigations of public Vibrio genomes revealed that most alginate-degrading vibrios possess one AUL instead of previously reported "scattered" system. These results emphasize the specific alginate degradation strategy in Vibrio pelagius WXL662, which can be used as a model strain to study the ecological importance of effective alginate-degrading vibrios in the ocean. IMPORTANCE Alginate is an important carbon source in the marine environment, and vibrios are major alginate utilizers. Previous studies focused only on the characteristics of individual alginate lyases in vibrios, but few of them discussed the comprehensive alginate-degrading strategy. Here, we depicted the alginate utilization mechanism and its ecological implications of a highly efficient alginate-degrading Vibrio strain, WXL662, which contained 11 alginate lyases with distinct enzymatic characteristics. Importantly, unlike other vibrios with only one alginate utilization locus (AUL) or the previously reported "scattered" system, three AUL were identified in WXL662. Additionally, the involvement of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) in the secretion of alginate lyases is proposed for the first time.
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Wang F, Zhang Y, Jing H, Liu H. Spatial variation and metabolic diversity of microbial communities in the surface sediments of the Mariana Trench. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1051999. [PMID: 36545198 PMCID: PMC9760864 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1051999] [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: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mariana Trench represents the deepest and one of least explored biosphere on Earth, and its carbon sources include euphotic sinking, lateral transportation and diffusion from underlying crust, etc. By far the spatial variation of microbial community with associated organic carbon degradation potential in the surface sediments of the Mariana Trench were still largely unknown. Based on the high-throughput 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, significantly different microbial community structure was overserved between the shallow (<10,000 m) and deep stations (>10,000 m), which could be explained by spatial variation of Chloroflexi, Proteobacteria and Crenarchaeota, with sampling depth and total organic carbon (TOC) content as the environmental driving forces. During the 109-day incubation with Biolog EcoPlate™ microplate, polymers and carbohydrates were preferentially used, followed by amino acids and carboxylic acids, and microbial metabolic diversity was significantly different between the shallow and deep stations. The metabolic diversity of microorganisms at most shallow stations was significantly lower than that at deep stations. This could potentially be attributed the metabolic capabilities of different microbial groups with varied ecological niches, and reflected the initial preference of carbon source by the nature microbes as well. Our study obtained a rough assessment of physiological and taxonomic characteristics of the trench sediment microbial community with polyphasic approaches. Distinct microbial structure and potential carbon metabolic functions in different sampling depths might led to the differentiation of ecological niches, which enable various microorganisms to make full use of the limited resources in the deep sea, and provided a research basis for further exploration of the carbon cycle in different deep-sea regions.
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- Fangzhou Wang
- CAS Key Lab for Experimental Study Under Deep-Sea Extreme Conditions, Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Lab for Experimental Study Under Deep-Sea Extreme Conditions, Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
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- CAS Key Lab for Experimental Study Under Deep-Sea Extreme Conditions, Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China,HKUST-CAS Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China,Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China,*Correspondence: Hongmei Jing,
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- CAS Key Lab for Experimental Study Under Deep-Sea Extreme Conditions, Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
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Bligh M, Nguyen N, Buck-Wiese H, Vidal-Melgosa S, Hehemann JH. Structures and functions of algal glycans shape their capacity to sequester carbon in the ocean. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2022; 71:102204. [PMID: 36155346 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.102204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Algae synthesise structurally complex glycans to build a protective barrier, the extracellular matrix. One function of matrix glycans is to slow down microorganisms that try to enzymatically enter living algae and degrade and convert their organic carbon back to carbon dioxide. We propose that matrix glycans lock up carbon in the ocean by controlling degradation of organic carbon by bacteria and other microbes not only while algae are alive, but also after death. Data revised in this review shows accumulation of algal glycans in the ocean underscoring the challenge bacteria and other microbes face to breach the glycan barrier with carbohydrate active enzymes. Briefly we also update on methods required to certify the uncertain magnitude and unknown molecular causes of glycan-controlled carbon sequestration in a changing ocean.
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- Margot Bligh
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; University of Bremen, MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; University of Bremen, MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; University of Bremen, MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; University of Bremen, MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; University of Bremen, MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences Bremen, Germany.
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Lloyd CC, Brown S, Balmonte JP, Hoarfrost A, Ghobrial S, Arnosti C. Particles act as ‘specialty centers’ with expanded enzymatic function throughout the water column in the western North Atlantic. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:882333. [PMID: 36246226 PMCID: PMC9553992 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.882333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Heterotrophic bacteria initiate the degradation of high molecular weight organic matter by producing an array of extracellular enzymes to hydrolyze complex organic matter into sizes that can be taken up into the cell. These bacterial communities differ spatially and temporally in composition, and potentially also in their enzymatic complements. Previous research has shown that particle-associated bacteria can be considerably more active than bacteria in the surrounding bulk water, but most prior studies of particle-associated bacteria have been focused on the upper ocean - there are few measurements of enzymatic activities of particle-associated bacteria in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic ocean, although the bacterial communities in the deep are dependent upon degradation of particulate organic matter to fuel their metabolism. We used a broad suite of substrates to compare the glucosidase, peptidase, and polysaccharide hydrolase activities of particle-associated and unfiltered seawater microbial communities in epipelagic, mesopelagic, and bathypelagic waters across 11 stations in the western North Atlantic. We concurrently determined bacterial community composition of unfiltered seawater and of samples collected via gravity filtration (>3 μm). Overall, particle-associated bacterial communities showed a broader spectrum of enzyme activities compared with unfiltered seawater communities. These differences in enzymatic activities were greater at offshore than at coastal locations, and increased with increasing depth in the ocean. The greater differences in enzymatic function measured on particles with depth coincided with increasing differences in particle-associated community composition, suggesting that particles act as ‘specialty centers’ that are essential for degradation of organic matter even at bathypelagic depths.
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- C. Chad Lloyd
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- *Correspondence: C. Chad Lloyd,
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- Environment, Ecology and Energy Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- Department of Biology, HADAL and Nordcee, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Huang H, Zheng Z, Zou X, Wang Z, Gao R, Zhu J, Hu Y, Bao S. Genome Analysis of a Novel Polysaccharide-Degrading Bacterium Paenibacillus algicola and Determination of Alginate Lyases. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:md20060388. [PMID: 35736191 PMCID: PMC9227215 DOI: 10.3390/md20060388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) are an important characteristic of bacteria in marine systems. We herein describe the CAZymes of Paenibacillus algicola HB172198T, a novel type species isolated from brown algae in Qishui Bay, Hainan, China. The genome of strain HB172198T is a 4,475,055 bp circular chromosome with an average GC content of 51.2%. Analysis of the nucleotide sequences of the predicted genes shows that strain HB172198T encodes 191 CAZymes. Abundant putative enzymes involved in the degradation of polysaccharides were identified, such as alginate lyase, agarase, carrageenase, xanthanase, xylanase, amylases, cellulase, chitinase, fucosidase and glucanase. Four of the putative polysaccharide lyases from families 7, 15 and 38 were involved in alginate degradation. The alginate lyases of strain HB172198T exhibited the maximum activity 152 U/mL at 50 °C and pH 8.0, and were relatively stable at pH 7.0 and temperatures lower than 40 °C. The average degree of polymerization (DP) of the sodium alginate oligosaccharide (AOS) degraded by the partially purified alginate lyases remained around 14.2, and the thin layer chromatography (TCL) analysis indicated that it contained DP2-DP8 oligosaccharides. The complete genome sequence of P. algicola HB172198T will enrich our knowledge of the mechanism of polysaccharide lyase production and provide insights into its potential applications in the degradation of polysaccharides such as alginate.
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- Huiqin Huang
- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang 524013, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang 524013, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang 524013, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- College of Oceanography, Hebei Agricultural University, Qinhuangdao 066000, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang 524013, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou 571101, China
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang 524013, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou 571101, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
- Correspondence: (Y.H.); (S.B.); Tel.: +86-898-66890671 (Y.H.); +86-898-66895379 (S.B.)
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- Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; (H.H.); (Z.Z.); (X.Z.); (Z.W.); (R.G.); (J.Z.)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang 524013, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bioresources, Haikou 571101, China
- Correspondence: (Y.H.); (S.B.); Tel.: +86-898-66890671 (Y.H.); +86-898-66895379 (S.B.)
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Zhang L, Li X, Zhang X, Li Y, Wang L. Bacterial alginate metabolism: an important pathway for bioconversion of brown algae. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:158. [PMID: 34275475 PMCID: PMC8286568 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-02007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Brown macroalgae have attracted great attention as an alternative feedstock for biorefining. Although direct conversion of ethanol from alginates (major components of brown macroalgae cell walls) is not amenable for industrial production, significant progress has been made not only on enzymes involved in alginate degradation, but also on metabolic pathways for biorefining at the laboratory level. In this article, we summarise recent advances on four aspects: alginate, alginate lyases, different alginate-degrading systems, and application of alginate lyases and associated pathways. This knowledge will likely inspire sustainable solutions for further application of both alginate lyases and their associated pathways.
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- Lanzeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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Wang X, Wei Z, Wu H, Li Y, Han F, Yu W. Characterization of a Hyaluronic Acid Utilization Locus and Identification of Two Hyaluronate Lyases in a Marine Bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus LWW-9. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:696096. [PMID: 34177877 PMCID: PMC8222515 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.696096] [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: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a negatively charged and linear polysaccharide existing in the tissues and body fluids of all vertebrates. Some pathogenic bacteria target hyaluronic acid for adhesion and/or infection to host cells. Vibrio alginolyticus is an opportunistic pathogen related to infections of humans and marine animals, and the hyaluronic acid-degrading potential of Vibrio spp. has been well-demonstrated. However, little is known about how Vibrio spp. utilize hyaluronic acid. In this study, a marine bacterium V. alginolyticus LWW-9 capable of degrading hyaluronic acid has been isolated. Genetic and bioinformatic analysis showed that V. alginolyticus LWW-9 harbors a gene cluster involved in the degradation, transport, and metabolism of hyaluronic acid. Two novel PL8 family hyaluronate lyases, VaHly8A and VaHly8B, are the key enzymes for the degradation of hyaluronic acid. VaHly8A and VaHly8B have distinct biochemical properties, reflecting the adaptation of the strain to the changing parameters of the aquatic habitats and hosts. Based on genomic and functional analysis, we propose a model for the complete degradation of hyaluronic acid by V. alginolyticus LWW-9. Overall, our study expands our knowledge of the HA utilization paradigm within the Proteobacteria, and the two novel hyaluronate lyases are excellent candidates for industrial applications.
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- Xiaoyi Wang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Feng X, Yan W, Wang A, Ma R, Chen X, Lin TH, Chen YL, Wei S, Jin T, Jiao N, Zhang R. A Novel Broad Host Range Phage Infecting Alteromonas. Viruses 2021; 13:v13060987. [PMID: 34073246 PMCID: PMC8228385 DOI: 10.3390/v13060987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Bacteriophages substantially contribute to bacterial mortality in the ocean and play critical roles in global biogeochemical processes. Alteromonas is a ubiquitous bacterial genus in global tropical and temperate waters, which can cross-protect marine cyanobacteria and thus has important ecological benefits. However, little is known about the biological and ecological features of Alteromonas phages (alterophages). Here, we describe a novel alterophage vB_AmeP-R8W (R8W), which belongs to the Autographiviridae family and infects the deep-clade Alteromonas mediterranea. R8W has an equidistant and icosahedral head (65 ± 1 nm in diameter) and a short tail (12 ± 2 nm in length). The genome size of R8W is 48,825 bp, with a G + C content of 40.55%. R8W possesses three putative auxiliary metabolic genes encoding proteins involved in nucleotide metabolism and DNA binding: thymidylate synthase, nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase, and PhoB. R8W has a rapid lytic cycle with a burst size of 88 plaque-forming units/cell. Notably, R8W has a wide host range, such that it can infect 35 Alteromonas strains; it exhibits a strong specificity for strains isolated from deep waters. R8W has two specific receptor binding proteins and a compatible holin-endolysin system, which contribute to its wide host range. The isolation of R8W will contribute to the understanding of alterophage evolution, as well as the phage-host interactions and ecological importance of alterophages.
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- Xuejin Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
- College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
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- Guangzhou Magigene Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510000, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
- Correspondence: (N.J.); (R.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (X.F.); (W.Y.); (A.W.); (R.M.); (X.C.); (T.-H.L.); (Y.-L.C.); (S.W.)
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519080, China
- Correspondence: (N.J.); (R.Z.)
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A Novel Auxiliary Agarolytic Pathway Expands Metabolic Versatility in the Agar-Degrading Marine Bacterium Colwellia echini A3 T. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0023021. [PMID: 33811026 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00230-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Marine microorganisms encode a complex repertoire of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) for the catabolism of algal cell wall polysaccharides. While the core enzyme cascade for degrading agar is conserved across agarolytic marine bacteria, gain of novel metabolic functions can lead to the evolutionary expansion of the gene repertoire. Here, we describe how two less-abundant GH96 α-agarases harbored in the agar-specific polysaccharide utilization locus (PUL) of Colwellia echini strain A3T facilitate the versatility of the agarolytic pathway. The cellular and molecular functions of the α-agarases examined by genomic, transcriptomic, and biochemical analyses revealed that α-agarases of C. echini A3T create a novel auxiliary pathway. α-Agarases convert even-numbered neoagarooligosaccharides to odd-numbered agaro- and neoagarooligosaccharides, providing an alternative route for the depolymerization process in the agarolytic pathway. Comparative genomic analysis of agarolytic bacteria implied that the agarolytic gene repertoire in marine bacteria has been diversified during evolution, while the essential core agarolytic gene set has been conserved. The expansion of the agarolytic gene repertoire and novel hydrolytic functions, including the elucidated molecular functionality of α-agarase, promote metabolic versatility by channeling agar metabolism through different routes. IMPORTANCE Colwellia echini A3T is an example of how the gain of gene(s) can lead to the evolutionary expansion of agar-specific polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL). C. echini A3T encodes two α-agarases in addition to the core β-agarolytic enzymes in its agarolytic PUL. Among the agar-degrading CAZymes identified so far, only a few α-agarases have been biochemically characterized. The molecular and biological functions of two α-agarases revealed that their unique hydrolytic pattern leads to the emergence of auxiliary agarolytic pathways. Through the combination of transcriptomic, genomic, and biochemical evidence, we elucidate the complete α-agarolytic pathway in C. echini A3T. The addition of α-agarases to the agarolytic enzyme repertoire might allow marine agarolytic bacteria to increase competitive abilities through metabolic versatility.
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Bunse C, Koch H, Breider S, Simon M, Wietz M. Sweet spheres: succession and CAZyme expression of marine bacterial communities colonizing a mix of alginate and pectin particles. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:3130-3148. [PMID: 33876546 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Polysaccharide particles are important substrates and microhabitats for marine bacteria. However, substrate-specific bacterial dynamics in mixtures of particle types with different polysaccharide composition, as likely occurring in natural habitats, are undescribed. Here, we studied the composition, functional diversity and gene expression of marine bacterial communities colonizing a mix of alginate and pectin particles. Amplicon, metagenome and metatranscriptome sequencing revealed that communities on alginate and pectin particles significantly differed from their free-living counterparts. Unexpectedly, microbial dynamics on alginate and pectin particles were similar, with predominance of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) from Tenacibaculum, Colwellia, Psychrobium and Psychromonas. Corresponding metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) expressed diverse alginate lyases, several colocalized in polysaccharide utilization loci. Only a single, low-abundant MAG showed elevated transcript abundances of pectin-degrading enzymes. One specific Glaciecola ASV dominated the free-living fraction, possibly persisting on particle-derived oligomers through different glycoside hydrolases. Elevated ammonium uptake and metabolism signified nitrogen as an important factor for degrading carbon-rich particles, whereas elevated methylcitrate and glyoxylate cycles suggested nutrient limitation in surrounding waters. The bacterial preference for alginate, whereas pectin primarily served as colonization scaffold, illuminates substrate-driven dynamics within mixed polysaccharide pools. These insights expand our understanding of bacterial niche specialization and the biological carbon pump in macroalgae-rich habitats.
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- Carina Bunse
- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.,Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.,Department of Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.,Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.,Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Changing expression patterns of TonB-dependent transporters suggest shifts in polysaccharide consumption over the course of a spring phytoplankton bloom. ISME JOURNAL 2021; 15:2336-2350. [PMID: 33649555 PMCID: PMC8319329 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-00928-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Algal blooms produce large quantities of organic matter that is subsequently remineralised by bacterial heterotrophs. Polysaccharide is a primary component of algal biomass. It has been hypothesised that individual bacterial heterotrophic niches during algal blooms are in part determined by the available polysaccharide substrates present. Measurement of the expression of TonB-dependent transporters, often specific for polysaccharide uptake, might serve as a proxy for assessing bacterial polysaccharide consumption over time. To investigate this, we present here high-resolution metaproteomic and metagenomic datasets from bacterioplankton of the 2016 spring phytoplankton bloom at Helgoland island in the southern North Sea, and expression profiles of TonB-dependent transporters during the bloom, which demonstrate the importance of both the Gammaproteobacteria and the Bacteroidetes as degraders of algal polysaccharide. TonB-dependent transporters were the most highly expressed protein class, split approximately evenly between the Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, and totalling on average 16.7% of all detected proteins during the bloom. About 93% of these were predicted to take up organic matter, and for about 12% of the TonB-dependent transporters, we predicted a specific target polysaccharide class. Most significantly, we observed a change in substrate specificities of the expressed transporters over time, which was not reflected in the corresponding metagenomic data. From this, we conclude that algal cell wall-related compounds containing fucose, mannose, and xylose were mostly utilised in later bloom stages, whereas glucose-based algal and bacterial storage molecules including laminarin, glycogen, and starch were used throughout. Quantification of transporters could therefore be key for understanding marine carbon cycling.
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Arnosti C, Wietz M, Brinkhoff T, Hehemann JH, Probandt D, Zeugner L, Amann R. The Biogeochemistry of Marine Polysaccharides: Sources, Inventories, and Bacterial Drivers of the Carbohydrate Cycle. ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE 2021; 13:81-108. [PMID: 32726567 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-032020-012810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polysaccharides are major components of macroalgal and phytoplankton biomass and constitute a large fraction of the organic matter produced and degraded in the ocean. Until recently, however, our knowledge of marine polysaccharides was limited due to their great structural complexity, the correspondingly complicated enzymatic machinery used by microbial communities to degrade them, and a lack of readily applied means to isolate andcharacterize polysaccharides in detail. Advances in carbohydrate chemistry, bioinformatics, molecular ecology, and microbiology have led to new insights into the structures of polysaccharides, the means by which they are degraded by bacteria, and the ecology of polysaccharide production and decomposition. Here, we survey current knowledge, discuss recent advances, and present a new conceptual model linking polysaccharide structural complexity and abundance to microbially driven mechanisms of polysaccharide processing. We conclude by highlighting specific future research foci that will shed light on this central but poorly characterized component of the marine carbon cycle.
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- C Arnosti
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA;
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- HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany, and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute for the Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- MARUM MPG Bridge Group Marine Glycobiology, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen, and 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
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Reintjes G, Fuchs BM, Amann R, Arnosti C. Extensive Microbial Processing of Polysaccharides in the South Pacific Gyre via Selfish Uptake and Extracellular Hydrolysis. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:583158. [PMID: 33391202 PMCID: PMC7775370 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.583158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Primary productivity occurs throughout the deep euphotic zone of the oligotrophic South Pacific Gyre (SPG), fueled largely by the regeneration of nutrients and thus recycling of organic matter. We investigated the heterotrophic capabilities of the SPG's bacterial communities by examining their ability to process polysaccharides, an important component of marine organic matter. We focused on the initial step of organic matter degradation by measuring the activities of extracellular enzymes that hydrolyze six different polysaccharides to smaller sizes. This process can occur by two distinct mechanisms: "selfish uptake," in which initial hydrolysis is coupled to transport of large polysaccharide fragments into the periplasmic space of bacteria, with little to no loss of hydrolysis products to the external environment, and "external hydrolysis," in which low molecular weight (LMW) hydrolysis products are produced in the external environment. Given the oligotrophic nature of the SPG, we did not expect high enzymatic activity; however, we found that all six polysaccharides were hydrolyzed externally and taken up selfishly in the central SPG, observations that may be linked to a comparatively high abundance of diatoms at the depth and location sampled (75 m). At the edge of the gyre and close to the center of the gyre, four of six polysaccharides were externally hydrolyzed, and a lower fraction of the bacterial community showed selfish uptake. One polysaccharide (fucoidan) was selfishly taken up without measurable external hydrolysis at two stations. Additional incubations of central gyre water from depths of 1,250 and 2,800 m with laminarin (an abundant polysaccharide in the ocean) led to extreme growth of opportunistic bacteria (Alteromonas), as tracked by cell counts and next generation sequencing of the bacterial communities. These Alteromonas appear to concurrently selfishly take up laminarin and release LMW hydrolysis products. Overall, extracellular enzyme activities in the SPG were similar to activities in non-oligotrophic regions, and a considerable fraction of the community was capable of selfish uptake at all three stations. A diverse set of bacteria responded to and are potentially important for the recycling of organic matter in the SPG.
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- Greta Reintjes
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Li C, Li C, Li L, Yang X, Chen S, Qi B, Zhao Y. Comparative Genomic and Secretomic Analysis Provide Insights Into Unique Agar Degradation Function of Marine Bacterium Vibrio fluvialis A8 Through Horizontal Gene Transfer. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1934. [PMID: 32849481 PMCID: PMC7432431 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Agarose-oligosaccharide production from agar degradation by agarase exhibits lots of advantages and good application prospects. In this study, a novel agar-degrading bacterium Vibrio sp. A8 was isolated from a red algae in the South China Sea. The whole genome sequencing with comparative genomic and secretomic analysis were used to better understand its genetic components about agar degradation. This strain exhibited good agarase production in artificial seawater after culture optimization. The complete genome (4.88 Mb) of this strain comprised two circular chromosomes (3.19 and 1.69 Mb) containing 4,572 protein-coding genes, 108 tRNA genes and 31 rRNA genes. This strain was identified as Vibrio fluvialis A8 by comparative genomic analysis based on genome phylogenetic tree and average nucleotide identity (ANI) similarity. Different from other 20 similar strains including three strains of the same species, V. fluvialis A8 possessed unique agar degradation ability with four β-agarases (GH50) and one α-1,3-L-NA2 hydrolase (GH117) due to the horizontal gene transfer. Secretomic analysis showed that only β-agarase (gene 3152) was abundantly expressed in the secretome of V. fluvialis A8. This agarase had a good substrate specificity and wide work conditions in complex environments, suggesting its potential application for agarose-oligosaccharide production.
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- Chunsheng Li
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National R&D Center for Aquatic Product Processing, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National R&D Center for Aquatic Product Processing, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National R&D Center for Aquatic Product Processing, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National R&D Center for Aquatic Product Processing, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National R&D Center for Aquatic Product Processing, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National R&D Center for Aquatic Product Processing, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National R&D Center for Aquatic Product Processing, South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, China.,Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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Complete genome sequence of Alteromonas pelagimontana 5.12 T, a marine exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from hydrothermally influenced deep-sea sediment of eastern Southwest Indian Ridge. Mar Genomics 2020; 55:100804. [PMID: 32665084 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2020.100804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The whole genome of Alteromonas pelagimontana 5.12T, a psychrotolerant deep-sea bacterium isolated from the sediment sample of eastern Southwest Indian Ridge, was sequenced and analysed for understanding its metabolic capacities and biosynthesis potential of natural products. The circular genome contained 4.3 Mb with a GC content of 42.6 mol%. Genomic data mining revealed a gene cluster for heavy metal resistance (czcABC, acrB, arsR1, copA, nikA, mntH, mntP), exopolysaccharides (EPS; epsCDEFHLM) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA; phbC) production, as well as genes involved in complex polysaccharide degradation. Genes that could allow strain 5.12T to cope with acid stress (ibaG) and heat shock (ibpA, hslR) were observed along with ten chaperone-encoding genes which could possibly play vital role in adaptability of this strain to the hydrothermally influenced environment. Gene clusters for secondary metabolite production such as bacteriocin and arylpolyene were also predicted. Thus, genome sequencing and data mining provided insights into the molecular mechanisms involved in the adaptation to hydrothermally influenced deep-sea environment that could promote further experimental exploration.
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Transcriptomic Study of Substrate-Specific Transport Mechanisms for Iron and Carbon in the Marine Copiotroph Alteromonas macleodii. mSystems 2020; 5:5/2/e00070-20. [PMID: 32345736 PMCID: PMC7190382 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00070-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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As the major facilitators of the turnover of organic matter in the marine environment, the ability of heterotrophic bacteria to acquire specific compounds within the diverse range of dissolved organic matter will affect the regeneration of essential nutrients such as iron and carbon. TonB-dependent transporters are a prevalent cellular tool in Gram-negative bacteria that allow a relatively high-molecular-weight fraction of organic matter to be directly accessed. However, these transporters are not well characterized in marine bacteria, limiting our understanding of the flow of specific substrates through the marine microbial loop. Here, we characterize the TonB-dependent transporters responsible for iron and carbon acquisition in a representative marine copiotroph and examine their distribution across the genus Alteromonas. We provide evidence that substrate-specific bioavailability is niche specific, particularly for iron complexes, indicating that transport capacity may serve as a significant control on microbial community dynamics and the resultant cycling of organic matter. Iron is an essential micronutrient for all microbial growth in the marine environment, and in heterotrophic bacteria, iron is tightly linked to carbon metabolism due to its central role as a cofactor in enzymes of the respiratory chain. Here, we present the iron- and carbon-regulated transcriptomes of a representative marine copiotroph, Alteromonas macleodii ATCC 27126, and characterize its cellular transport mechanisms. ATCC 27126 has distinct metabolic responses to iron and carbon limitation and, accordingly, uses distinct sets of TonB-dependent transporters for the acquisition of iron and carbon. These distinct sets of TonB-dependent transporters were of a similar number, indicating that the diversity of carbon and iron substrates available to ATCC 27126 is of a similar scale. For the first time in a marine bacterium, we have also identified six characteristic inner membrane permeases for the transport of siderophores via an ATPase-independent mechanism. An examination of the distribution of specific TonB-dependent transporters in 31 genomes across the genus Alteromonas points to niche specialization in transport capacity, particularly for iron. We conclude that the substrate-specific bioavailability of both iron and carbon in the marine environment will likely be a key control on the processing of organic matter through the microbial loop. IMPORTANCE As the major facilitators of the turnover of organic matter in the marine environment, the ability of heterotrophic bacteria to acquire specific compounds within the diverse range of dissolved organic matter will affect the regeneration of essential nutrients such as iron and carbon. TonB-dependent transporters are a prevalent cellular tool in Gram-negative bacteria that allow a relatively high-molecular-weight fraction of organic matter to be directly accessed. However, these transporters are not well characterized in marine bacteria, limiting our understanding of the flow of specific substrates through the marine microbial loop. Here, we characterize the TonB-dependent transporters responsible for iron and carbon acquisition in a representative marine copiotroph and examine their distribution across the genus Alteromonas. We provide evidence that substrate-specific bioavailability is niche specific, particularly for iron complexes, indicating that transport capacity may serve as a significant control on microbial community dynamics and the resultant cycling of organic matter.
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Xu B, Albert Ng TC, Huang S, Shi X, Ng HY. Feasibility of isolated novel facultative quorum quenching consortiums for fouling control in an AnMBR. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 114:151-180. [PMID: 31706123 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 478] [Impact Index Per Article: 119.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) technology is being recognized as an appealing strategy for wastewater treatment, however, severity of membrane fouling inhibits its widespread implementations. This study engineered novel facultative quorum quenching consortiums (FQQs) coping with membrane fouling in AnMBRs with preliminary analysis for their quorum quenching (QQ) performances. Herein, Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs)-based quorum sensing (QS) in a lab-scale AnMBR initially revealed that N-Hexanoyl-dl-homoserine lactone (C6-HSL), N-Octanoyl-dl-homoserine lactone (C8-HSL) and N-Decanoyl-dl-homoserine lactone (C10-HSL) were the dominant AHLs in AnMBRs in this study. Three FQQs, namely, FQQ-C6, FQQ-C8 and FQQ-C10, were harvested after anaerobic screening of aerobic QQ consortiums (AeQQs) which were isolated by enrichment culture, aiming to degrade C6-HSL, C8-HSL and C10-HSL, respectively. Growth of FQQ-C6 and FQQ-C10 using AHLs as carbon source under anaerobic condition was significantly faster than those using acetate, congruously suggesting that their QQ performance will not be compromised in AnMBRs. All FQQs degraded a wide range of AHLs pinpointing their extensive QQ ability. FQQ-C6, FQQ-C8 and FQQ-C10 remarkably alleviated extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production in a lab-scale AnMBR by 72.46%, 35.89% and 65.88%, respectively, and FQQ-C6 retarded membrane fouling of the AnMBR by 2 times. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that there was a major shift in dominant species from AeQQs to FQQs where Comamonas sp., Klebsiella sp., Stenotrophomonas sp. and Ochrobactrum sp. survived after anaerobic screening and were the majority in FQQs. High growth rate utilizing AHLs under anaerobic condition and enormous EPS retardation efficiency in FQQ-C6 and FQQ-C10 could be attributed to Comamonas sp.. These findings demonstrated that FQQs could be leveraged for QQ under anaerobic systems. We believe that this was the first work proposing a bacterial pool of facultative QQ candidates holding biotechnological promises for membrane fouling control in AnMBRs.
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- Boyan Xu
- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, 11 Fushun Road, Qingdao, 266033, PR China
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, 117576; National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute, 5A Engineering Drive 1, 117411, Singapore.
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Koch H, Germscheid N, Freese HM, Noriega-Ortega B, Lücking D, Berger M, Qiu G, Marzinelli EM, Campbell AH, Steinberg PD, Overmann J, Dittmar T, Simon M, Wietz M. Genomic, metabolic and phenotypic variability shapes ecological differentiation and intraspecies interactions of Alteromonas macleodii. Sci Rep 2020; 10:809. [PMID: 31964928 PMCID: PMC6972757 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57526-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Ecological differentiation between strains of bacterial species is shaped by genomic and metabolic variability. However, connecting genotypes to ecological niches remains a major challenge. Here, we linked bacterial geno- and phenotypes by contextualizing pangenomic, exometabolomic and physiological evidence in twelve strains of the marine bacterium Alteromonas macleodii, illuminating adaptive strategies of carbon metabolism, microbial interactions, cellular communication and iron acquisition. In A. macleodii strain MIT1002, secretion of amino acids and the unique capacity for phenol degradation may promote associations with Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria. Strain 83-1 and three novel Pacific isolates, featuring clonal genomes despite originating from distant locations, have profound abilities for algal polysaccharide utilization but without detrimental implications for Ecklonia macroalgae. Degradation of toluene and xylene, mediated via a plasmid syntenic to terrestrial Pseudomonas, was unique to strain EZ55. Benzoate degradation by strain EC673 related to a chromosomal gene cluster shared with the plasmid of A. mediterranea EC615, underlining that mobile genetic elements drive adaptations. Furthermore, we revealed strain-specific production of siderophores and homoserine lactones, with implications for nutrient acquisition and cellular communication. Phenotypic variability corresponded to different competitiveness in co-culture and geographic distribution, indicating linkages between intraspecific diversity, microbial interactions and biogeography. The finding of "ecological microdiversity" helps understanding the widespread occurrence of A. macleodii and contributes to the interpretation of bacterial niche specialization, population ecology and biogeochemical roles.
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- Hanna Koch
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- ICBM-MPI Bridging Group for Marine Geochemistry, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
- Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman, Australia
- University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
- University of Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman, Australia
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
- Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany
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- ICBM-MPI Bridging Group for Marine Geochemistry, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
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Xaxiri NA, Nikouli E, Berillis P, Kormas KA. Bacterial biofilm development during experimental degradation of Melicertus kerathurus exoskeleton in seawater. AIMS Microbiol 2019; 4:397-412. [PMID: 31294223 PMCID: PMC6604942 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2018.3.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Chitinolytic bacteria are widespread in marine and terrestrial environment, and this is rather a reflection of their principle growth substrate's ubiquity, chitin, in our planet. In this paper, we investigated the development of naturally occurring bacterial biofilms on the exoskeleton of the shrimp Melicertus kerathurus during its degradation in sea water. During a 12-day experiment with exoskeleton fragments in batch cultures containing only sea water as the growth medium at 18 °C in darkness, we analysed the formation and succession of biofilms by scanning electron microscopy and 16S rRNA gene diversity by next generation sequencing. Bacteria belonging to the γ- and α-Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes showed marked (less or more than 10%) changes in their relative abundance from the beginning of the experiment. These bacterial taxa related to known chitinolytic bacteria were the Pseudolateromonas porphyrae, Halomonasaquamarina, Reinekea aestuarii, Colwellia asteriadis and Vibrio crassostreae. These bacteria could be considered as appropriate candidates for the degradation of chitinous crustacean waste from the seafood industry as they dominated in the biofilms developed on the shrimp's exoskeleton in natural sea water with no added substrates and the degradation of the shrimp exoskeleton was also evidenced.
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- Nikolina-Alexandra Xaxiri
- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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Koch H, Freese HM, Hahnke RL, Simon M, Wietz M. Adaptations of Alteromonas sp. 76-1 to Polysaccharide Degradation: A CAZyme Plasmid for Ulvan Degradation and Two Alginolytic Systems. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:504. [PMID: 30936857 PMCID: PMC6431674 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Studying the physiology and genomics of cultured hydrolytic bacteria is a valuable approach to decipher the biogeochemical cycling of marine polysaccharides, major nutrients derived from phytoplankton and macroalgae. We herein describe the profound potential of Alteromonas sp. 76-1, isolated from alginate-enriched seawater at the Patagonian continental shelf, to degrade the algal polysaccharides alginate and ulvan. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that strain 76-1 might represent a novel species, distinguished from its closest relative (Alteromonas naphthalenivorans) by adaptations to their contrasting habitats (productive open ocean vs. coastal sediments). Ecological distinction of 76-1 was particularly manifested in the abundance of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), consistent with its isolation from alginate-enriched seawater and elevated abundance of a related OTU in the original microcosm. Strain 76-1 encodes multiple alginate lyases from families PL6, PL7, PL17, and PL18 largely contained in two polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL), which may facilitate the utilization of different alginate structures in nature. Notably, ulvan degradation relates to a 126 Kb plasmid dedicated to polysaccharide utilization, encoding several PL24 and PL25 ulvan lyases and monomer-processing genes. This extensive and versatile CAZyme repertoire allowed substantial growth on polysaccharides, showing comparable doubling times with alginate (2 h) and ulvan (3 h) in relation to glucose (3 h). The finding of homologous ulvanolytic systems in distantly related Alteromonas spp. suggests CAZyme plasmids as effective vehicles for PUL transfer that mediate niche gain. Overall, the demonstrated CAZyme repertoire substantiates the role of Alteromonas in marine polysaccharide degradation and how PUL exchange influences the ecophysiology of this ubiquitous marine taxon.
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- Hanna Koch
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Koch H, Dürwald A, Schweder T, Noriega-Ortega B, Vidal-Melgosa S, Hehemann JH, Dittmar T, Freese HM, Becher D, Simon M, Wietz M. Biphasic cellular adaptations and ecological implications of Alteromonas macleodii degrading a mixture of algal polysaccharides. THE ISME JOURNAL 2019; 13:92-103. [PMID: 30116038 PMCID: PMC6298977 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0252-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Algal polysaccharides are an important bacterial nutrient source and central component of marine food webs. However, cellular and ecological aspects concerning the bacterial degradation of polysaccharide mixtures, as presumably abundant in natural habitats, are poorly understood. Here, we contextualize marine polysaccharide mixtures and their bacterial utilization in several ways using the model bacterium Alteromonas macleodii 83-1, which can degrade multiple algal polysaccharides and contributes to polysaccharide degradation in the oceans. Transcriptomic, proteomic and exometabolomic profiling revealed cellular adaptations of A. macleodii 83-1 when degrading a mix of laminarin, alginate and pectin. Strain 83-1 exhibited substrate prioritization driven by catabolite repression, with initial laminarin utilization followed by simultaneous alginate/pectin utilization. This biphasic phenotype coincided with pronounced shifts in gene expression, protein abundance and metabolite secretion, mainly involving CAZymes/polysaccharide utilization loci but also other functional traits. Distinct temporal changes in exometabolome composition, including the alginate/pectin-specific secretion of pyrroloquinoline quinone, suggest that substrate-dependent adaptations influence chemical interactions within the community. The ecological relevance of cellular adaptations was underlined by molecular evidence that common marine macroalgae, in particular Saccharina and Fucus, release mixtures of alginate and pectin-like rhamnogalacturonan. Moreover, CAZyme microdiversity and the genomic predisposition towards polysaccharide mixtures among Alteromonas spp. suggest polysaccharide-related traits as an ecophysiological factor, potentially relating to distinct 'carbohydrate utilization types' with different ecological strategies. Considering the substantial primary productivity of algae on global scales, these insights contribute to the understanding of bacteria-algae interactions and the remineralization of chemically diverse polysaccharide pools, a key step in marine carbon cycling.
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- Hanna Koch
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Department of Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- ICBM-MPI Bridging Group for Marine Geochemistry, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- MARUM-MPI Bridge Group for Marine Glycobiology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- MARUM-MPI Bridge Group for Marine Glycobiology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- ICBM-MPI Bridging Group for Marine Geochemistry, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
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Selfish, sharing and scavenging bacteria in the Atlantic Ocean: a biogeographical study of bacterial substrate utilisation. ISME JOURNAL 2018; 13:1119-1132. [PMID: 30531893 PMCID: PMC6474216 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0326-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Identifying the roles played by individual heterotrophic bacteria in the degradation of high molecular weight (HMW) substrates is critical to understanding the constraints on carbon cycling in the ocean. At five sites in the Atlantic Ocean, we investigated the processing of organic matter by tracking changes in microbial community composition as HMW polysaccharides were enzymatically hydrolysed over time. During this investigation, we discovered that a considerable fraction of heterotrophic bacteria uses a newly-identified ‘selfish’ mode of substrate processing. We therefore additionally examined the balance of individual substrate utilisation mechanisms at different locations by linking individual microorganisms to distinct substrate utilisation mechanisms. Through FISH and uptake of fluorescently-labelled polysaccharides, ‘selfish’ organisms were identified as belonging to the Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes and Gammaproteobacteria. ‘Sharing’ (extracellular enzyme producing) and ‘scavenging’ (non-enzyme producing) organisms predominantly belonged to the Alteromonadaceae and SAR11 clades, respectively. The extent to which individual mechanisms prevail depended on the initial population structure of the bacterial community at a given location and time, as well as the growth rate of specific bacteria. Furthermore, the same substrate was processed in different ways by different members of a pelagic microbial community, pointing to significant follow-on effects for carbon cycling.
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Shi X, Liu L, Li Y, Xiao Y, Ding G, Lin S, Chen J. Isolation of an algicidal bacterium and its effects against the harmful-algal- bloom dinoflagellate Prorocentrum donghaiense (Dinophyceae). HARMFUL ALGAE 2018; 80:72-79. [PMID: 30502814 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The relationship between algicidal bacteria and harmful-algal-bloom-forming dinoflagellates is understudied and their action modes are largely uncharacterized. In this study, an algicidal bacterium (FDHY-03) was isolated from a bloom of Prorocentrum donghaiense and the characteristics of its action against P. donghaiense was investigated at physiological, molecular, biochemical and cytological levels. 16S rDNA sequence analysis placed this strain in the genus of Alteromonas in the subclass of γ-proteobacteria. Algicidal activity was detected in the bacterial filtrate, suggesting a secreted algicidal principle from this bacterium. Strain FDHY-03 showed algicidal activity on a broad range of HAB-forming species, but the greatest effect was found on P. donghaiense, which showed 91.7% mortality in 24 h of challenge. Scanning electron microscopic analysis indicated that the megacytic growth zone of P. donghaiense cells was the major target of the algicidal action of FDHY-03. When treated with FDHY-03 culture filtrate, P. donghaiense cell wall polysaccharides decreased steadily, suggesting that the algicidal activity occurred through the digestion of cell wall polysaccharides. To verify this proposition, the expression profile of beta-glucosidase gene in FDHY-03 cultures with or without P. donghaiense cell addition was investigated using reverse-transcription quantitative PCR. The gene expression level increased in the presence of P. donghaiense cells, indicative of beta-glucosidase induction by P. donghaiense and the enzyme's role in this dinoflagellate's demise. This study has isolated a new bacterial strain with a strong algicidal capability, documented its action mode and biochemical mechanism, providing a potential source of bacterial agent to control P. donghaiense blooms.
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- Xinguo Shi
- Fujian Engineering Research Center for Comprehensive Utilization of Marine Products Waste, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China
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- Fujian Engineering Research Center for Comprehensive Utilization of Marine Products Waste, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China
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- Monitoring Center of Marine Environment and Fishery Resources, Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350003, China
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, 06340, United States
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- Fujian Engineering Research Center for Comprehensive Utilization of Marine Products Waste, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China.
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Gobet A, Barbeyron T, Matard-Mann M, Magdelenat G, Vallenet D, Duchaud E, Michel G. Evolutionary Evidence of Algal Polysaccharide Degradation Acquisition by Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora 9 T to Adapt to Macroalgal Niches. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2740. [PMID: 30524390 PMCID: PMC6262041 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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About half of seaweed biomass is composed of polysaccharides. Most of these complex polymers have a marked polyanionic character. For instance, the red algal cell wall is mainly composed of sulfated galactans, agars and carrageenans, while brown algae contain alginate and fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides (FCSP) as cell wall polysaccharides. Some marine heterotrophic bacteria have developed abilities to grow on such macroalgal polysaccharides. This is the case of Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora 9T (ATCC 43555T), a marine gammaproteobacterium isolated in 1955 and which was an early model organism for studying carrageenan catabolism. We present here the genomic analysis of P. carrageenovora. Its genome is composed of two chromosomes and of a large plasmid encompassing 109 protein-coding genes. P. carrageenovora possesses a diverse repertoire of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), notably specific for the degradation of macroalgal polysaccharides (laminarin, alginate, FCSP, carrageenans). We confirm these predicted capacities by screening the growth of P. carrageenovora with a large collection of carbohydrates. Most of these CAZyme genes constitute clusters located either in the large chromosome or in the small one. Unexpectedly, all the carrageenan catabolism-related genes are found in the plasmid, suggesting that P. carrageenovora acquired its hallmark capacity for carrageenan degradation by horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Whereas P. carrageenovora is able to use lambda-carrageenan as a sole carbon source, genomic and physiological analyses demonstrate that its catabolic pathway for kappa- and iota-carrageenan is incomplete. This is due to the absence of the recently discovered 3,6-anhydro-D-galactosidase genes (GH127 and GH129 families). A genomic comparison with 52 Pseudoalteromonas strains confirms that carrageenan catabolism has been recently acquired only in a few species. Even though the loci for cellulose biosynthesis and alginate utilization are located on the chromosomes, they were also horizontally acquired. However, these HGTs occurred earlier in the evolution of the Pseudoalteromonas genus, the cellulose- and alginate-related loci being essentially present in one large, late-diverging clade (LDC). Altogether, the capacities to degrade cell wall polysaccharides from macroalgae are not ancestral in the Pseudoalteromonas genus. Such catabolism in P. carrageenovora resulted from a succession of HGTs, likely allowing an adaptation to the life on the macroalgal surface.
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- Angélique Gobet
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, France.,Amadéite SAS, "Pôle Biotechnologique" du Haut du Bois, Bréhan, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- VIM, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, France
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Hernandez-Agreda A, Leggat W, Bongaerts P, Herrera C, Ainsworth TD. Rethinking the Coral Microbiome: Simplicity Exists within a Diverse Microbial Biosphere. mBio 2018; 9:e00812-18. [PMID: 30301849 PMCID: PMC6178627 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00812-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Studies of the coral microbiome predominantly characterize the microbial community of the host species as a collective, rather than that of the individual. This ecological perspective on the coral microbiome has led to the conclusion that the coral holobiont is the most diverse microbial biosphere studied thus far. However, investigating the microbiome of the individual, rather than that of the species, highlights common and conserved community attributes which can provide insights into the significance of microbial associations to the host. Here, we show there are consistent characteristics between individuals in the proposed three components of the coral microbiome (i.e., "environmentally responsive community," "resident or individual microbiome," and "core microbiome"). We found that the resident microbiome of a photoendosymbiotic coral harbored <3% (∼605 phylotypes) of the 16S rRNA phylotypes associated with all investigated individuals of that species ("species-specific microbiome") (∼21,654 phylotypes; individuals from Pachyseris speciosa [n = 123], Mycedium elephantotus [n = 95], and Acropora aculeus [n = 91] from 10 reef locations). The remaining bacterial phylotypes (>96%) (environmentally responsive community) of the species-specific microbiome were in fact not found in association with the majority of individuals of the species. Only 0.1% (∼21 phylotypes) of the species-specific microbiome of each species was shared among all individuals of the species (core microbiome), equating to ∼3.4% of the resident microbiome. We found taxonomic redundancy and consistent patterns of composition, structure, and taxonomic breadth across individual microbiomes from the three coral species. Our results demonstrate that the coral microbiome is structured at the individual level.IMPORTANCE We propose that the coral holobiont should be conceptualized as a diverse transient microbial community that is responsive to the surrounding environment and encompasses a simple, redundant, resident microbiome and a small conserved core microbiome. Most importantly, we show that the coral microbiome is comparable to the microbiomes of other organisms studied thus far. Accurately characterizing the coral-microbe interactions provides an important baseline from which the functional roles and the functional niches within which microbes reside can be deciphered.
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- Alejandra Hernandez-Agreda
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
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- Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA
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- TropWATER, Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Mühlenbruch M, Grossart HP, Eigemann F, Voss M. Mini-review: Phytoplankton-derived polysaccharides in the marine environment and their interactions with heterotrophic bacteria. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:2671-2685. [PMID: 30028074 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Within the wealth of molecules constituting marine dissolved organic matter, carbohydrates make up the largest coherent and quantifiable fraction. Their main sources are from primary producers, which release large amounts of photosynthetic products - mainly polysaccharides - directly into the surrounding water via passive and active exudation. The organic carbon and other nutrients derived from these photosynthates enrich the 'phycosphere' and attract heterotrophic bacteria. The rapid uptake and remineralization of dissolved free monosaccharides by heterotrophic bacteria account for the barely detectable levels of these compounds. By contrast, dissolved combined polysaccharides can reach high concentrations, especially during phytoplankton blooms. Polysaccharides are too large to be taken up directly by heterotrophic bacteria, instead requiring hydrolytic cleavage to smaller oligo- or monomers by bacteria with a suitable set of exoenzymes. The release of diverse polysaccharides by various phytoplankton taxa is generally interpreted as the deposition of excess organic material. However, these molecules likely also fulfil distinct, yet not fully understood functions, as inferred from their active modulation in terms of quality and quantity when phytoplankton becomes nutrient limited or is exposed to heterotrophic bacteria. This minireview summarizes current knowledge regarding the exudation and composition of phytoplankton-derived exopolysaccharides and acquisition of these compounds by heterotrophic bacteria.
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- Marco Mühlenbruch
- Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Neuglobsow, Germany.,Potsdam University, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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Schultz-Johansen M, Bech PK, Hennessy RC, Glaring MA, Barbeyron T, Czjzek M, Stougaard P. A Novel Enzyme Portfolio for Red Algal Polysaccharide Degradation in the Marine Bacterium Paraglaciecola hydrolytica S66 T Encoded in a Sizeable Polysaccharide Utilization Locus. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:839. [PMID: 29774012 PMCID: PMC5943477 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Marine microbes are a rich source of enzymes for the degradation of diverse polysaccharides. Paraglaciecola hydrolytica S66T is a marine bacterium capable of hydrolyzing polysaccharides found in the cell wall of red macroalgae. In this study, we applied an approach combining genomic mining with functional analysis to uncover the potential of this bacterium to produce enzymes for the hydrolysis of complex marine polysaccharides. A special feature of P. hydrolytica S66T is the presence of a large genomic region harboring an array of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) notably agarases and carrageenases. Based on a first functional characterization combined with a comparative sequence analysis, we confirmed the enzymatic activities of several enzymes required for red algal polysaccharide degradation by the bacterium. In particular, we report for the first time, the discovery of novel enzyme activities targeting furcellaran, a hybrid carrageenan containing both β-carrageenan and κ/β-carrageenan motifs. Some of these enzymes represent a new subfamily within the CAZy classification. From the combined analyses, we propose models for the complete degradation of agar and κ/β-type carrageenan by P. hydrolytica S66T. The novel enzymes described here may find value in new bio-based industries and advance our understanding of the mechanisms responsible for recycling of red algal polysaccharides in marine ecosystems.
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- Mikkel Schultz-Johansen
- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, France
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Landa M, Blain S, Harmand J, Monchy S, Rapaport A, Obernosterer I. Major changes in the composition of a Southern Ocean bacterial community in response to diatom-derived dissolved organic matter. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 94:4935155. [DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiy034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Marine Landa
- CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique, F-66650, Banyuls/mer, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique, F-66650, Banyuls/mer, France
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- Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, CNRS, Univ. Lille, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F 59 000 Lille, France
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- MISTEA, Univ. Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2, pl. Viala 34060 Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique, F-66650, Banyuls/mer, France
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Hou S, López-Pérez M, Pfreundt U, Belkin N, Stüber K, Huettel B, Reinhardt R, Berman-Frank I, Rodriguez-Valera F, Hess WR. Benefit from decline: the primary transcriptome of Alteromonas macleodii str. Te101 during Trichodesmium demise. ISME JOURNAL 2018; 12:981-996. [PMID: 29335641 PMCID: PMC5864184 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-017-0034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Interactions between co-existing microorganisms deeply affect the physiology of the involved organisms and, ultimately, the function of the ecosystem as a whole. Copiotrophic Alteromonas are marine gammaproteobacteria that thrive during the late stages of phytoplankton blooms in the marine environment and in laboratory co-cultures with cyanobacteria such as Trichodesmium. The response of this heterotroph to the sometimes rapid and transient changes in nutrient supply when the phototroph crashes is not well understood. Here, we isolated and sequenced the strain Alteromonas macleodii str. Te101 from a laboratory culture of Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101, yielding a chromosome of 4.63 Mb and a single plasmid of 237 kb. Increasing salinities to ≥43 ppt inhibited the growth of Trichodesmium but stimulated growth of the associated Alteromonas. We characterized the transcriptomic responses of both microorganisms and identified the complement of active transcriptional start sites in Alteromonas at single-nucleotide resolution. In replicate cultures, a similar set of genes became activated in Alteromonas when growth rates of Trichodesmium declined and mortality was high. The parallel activation of fliA, rpoS and of flagellar assembly and growth-related genes indicated that Alteromonas might have increased cell motility, growth, and multiple biosynthetic activities. Genes with the highest expression in the data set were three small RNAs (Aln1a-c) that were identified as analogs of the small RNAs CsrB-C in E. coli or RsmX-Z in pathogenic bacteria. Together with the carbon storage protein A (CsrA) homolog Te101_05290, these RNAs likely control the expression of numerous genes in responding to changes in the environment.
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- Shengwei Hou
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Evolutionary Genomics Group, División de Microbiología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Apartado 18, San Juan, 03550, Alicante, Spain
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany.,ETH Zürich, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel
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- Max Planck-Genome-Centre Cologne, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany
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- Max Planck-Genome-Centre Cologne, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany
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- Max Planck-Genome-Centre Cologne, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany
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- Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel
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- Evolutionary Genomics Group, División de Microbiología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Apartado 18, San Juan, 03550, Alicante, Spain
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany. .,Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 19, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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The complex carbohydrates of terrestrial and marine biomass represent a rich nutrient source for free-living and mutualistic microbes alike. The enzymatic saccharification of these diverse substrates is of critical importance for fueling a variety of complex microbial communities, including marine, soil, ruminant, and monogastric microbiota. Consequently, highly specific carbohydrate-active enzymes, recognition proteins, and transporters are enriched in the genomes of certain species and are of critical importance in competitive environments. In Bacteroidetes bacteria, these systems are organized as polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs), which are strictly regulated, colocalized gene clusters that encode enzyme and protein ensembles required for the saccharification of complex carbohydrates. This review provides historical perspectives and summarizes key findings in the study of these systems, highlighting a critical shift from sequence-based PUL discovery to systems-based analyses combining reverse genetics, biochemistry, enzymology, and structural biology to precisely illuminate the molecular mechanisms underpinning PUL function. The ecological implications of dynamic PUL deployment by key species in the human gastrointestinal tract are explored, as well as the wider distribution of these systems in other gut, terrestrial, and marine environments.
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Badur AH, Plutz MJ, Yalamanchili G, Jagtap SS, Schweder T, Unfried F, Markert S, Polz MF, Hehemann JH, Rao CV. Exploiting fine-scale genetic and physiological variation of closely related microbes to reveal unknown enzyme functions. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:13056-13067. [PMID: 28592491 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.787192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Polysaccharide degradation by marine microbes represents one of the largest and most rapid heterotrophic transformations of organic matter in the environment. Microbes employ systems of complementary carbohydrate-specific enzymes to deconstruct algal or plant polysaccharides (glycans) into monosaccharides. Because of the high diversity of glycan substrates, the functions of these enzymes are often difficult to establish. One solution to this problem may lie within naturally occurring microdiversity; varying numbers of enzymes, due to gene loss, duplication, or transfer, among closely related environmental microbes create metabolic differences akin to those generated by knock-out strains engineered in the laboratory used to establish the functions of unknown genes. Inspired by this natural fine-scale microbial diversity, we show here that it can be used to develop hypotheses guiding biochemical experiments for establishing the role of these enzymes in nature. In this work, we investigated alginate degradation among closely related strains of the marine bacterium Vibrio splendidus One strain, V. splendidus 13B01, exhibited high extracellular alginate lyase activity compared with other V. splendidus strains. To identify the enzymes responsible for this high extracellular activity, we compared V. splendidus 13B01 with the previously characterized V. splendidus 12B01, which has low extracellular activity and lacks two alginate lyase genes present in V. splendidus 13B01. Using a combination of genomics, proteomics, biochemical, and functional screening, we identified a polysaccharide lyase family 7 enzyme that is unique to V. splendidus 13B01, secreted, and responsible for the rapid digestion of extracellular alginate. These results demonstrate the value of querying the enzymatic repertoires of closely related microbes to rapidly pinpoint key proteins with beneficial functions.
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- Ahmet H Badur
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Center for Marine Environmental Sciences University of Bremen (MARUM), Bremen 28359, Germany; Max Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen 28359, Germany.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
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Taylor JD, Cunliffe M. Coastal bacterioplankton community response to diatom-derived polysaccharide microgels. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2017; 9:151-157. [PMID: 27943607 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Phytoplankton-derived polysaccharide microgels, including transparent exopolymer particles (TEP), are a major component of the marine organic carbon pool. Previous studies have made correlative links between phytoplankton material and bacterioplankton, and performed experiments that assess general responses to phytoplankton, yet there is a lack of direct empirical evidence of specific bacterioplankton responses to natural phytoplankton polysaccharide microgels. In this study, we used diatom produced TEP in controlled incubation experiments to determine the impact of polysaccharide microgels on a coastal bacterioplankton community. Quantification of bacterial 16S rRNA gene transcripts showed that the addition of TEP caused an increase in bacterioplankton activity. Similarly, high-throughput sequencing of RT-PCR amplified bacterial 16S rRNA gene transcripts showed that active bacterioplankton community structure and diversity also changed in response to microgels. Alteromonadales and Rhodobacterales increased in abundance in response to TEP, suggesting that both bacterioplankton taxa utilize diatom-derived microgels. However, through assessing 13 C-labelled TEP uptake via RNA Stable Isotope Probing, we show that only the Alteromonadales (genus Alteromonas) assimilated the TEP carbon. This study adds utilization of diatom-derived TEP to the metabolic repertoire of the archetypal copiotrophic bacterioplankton Alteromonas, and indicates that the Rhodobacterales may utilize TEP for other purposes (e.g. attachment sites).
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- Joe D Taylor
- Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, UK
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- Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, UK
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK
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Complex carbohydrates are ubiquitous in all kingdoms of life. As major components of the plant cell wall they constitute both a rich renewable carbon source for biotechnological transformation into fuels, chemicals and materials, and also form an important energy source as part of a healthy human diet. In both contexts, there has been significant, sustained interest in understanding how microbes transform these substrates. Classical perspectives of microbial polysaccharide degradation are currently being augmented by recent advances in the discovery of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) and polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs). Fundamental discoveries in carbohydrate enzymology are both advancing biological understanding, as well as informing applications in industrial biomass conversion and modulation of the human gut microbiota to mediate health benefits.
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Adaptive radiation by waves of gene transfer leads to fine-scale resource partitioning in marine microbes. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12860. [PMID: 27653556 PMCID: PMC5036157 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Adaptive radiations are important drivers of niche filling, since they rapidly adapt a single clade of organisms to ecological opportunities. Although thought to be common for animals and plants, adaptive radiations have remained difficult to document for microbes in the wild. Here we describe a recent adaptive radiation leading to fine-scale ecophysiological differentiation in the degradation of an algal glycan in a clade of closely related marine bacteria. Horizontal gene transfer is the primary driver in the diversification of the pathway leading to several ecophysiologically differentiated Vibrionaceae populations adapted to different physical forms of alginate. Pathway architecture is predictive of function and ecology, underscoring that horizontal gene transfer without extensive regulatory changes can rapidly assemble fully functional pathways in microbes. Adaptive radiations are well-known for animals and plants, but not for microbes. Here, Hehemann et al. show that there has been a recent adaptive radiation of bacteria in the Vibrionaceae to use different forms of alginate and that this radiation has been mediated by horizontal gene transfer.
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Matos MN, Lozada M, Anselmino LE, Musumeci MA, Henrissat B, Jansson JK, Mac Cormack WP, Carroll J, Sjöling S, Lundgren L, Dionisi HM. Metagenomics unveils the attributes of the alginolytic guilds of sediments from four distant cold coastal environments. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:4471-4484. [PMID: 27348213 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Alginates are abundant polysaccharides in brown algae that constitute an important energy source for marine heterotrophic bacteria. Despite the key role of alginate degradation processes in the marine carbon cycle, little information is available on the bacterial populations involved in these processes. The aim of this work was to gain a better understanding of alginate utilization capabilities in cold coastal environments. Sediment metagenomes from four high-latitude regions of both Hemispheres were interrogated for alginate lyase gene homologue sequences and their genomic context. Sediments contained highly abundant and diverse bacterial assemblages with alginolytic potential, including members of Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria, as well as several poorly characterized taxa. The microbial communities in Arctic and Antarctic sediments exhibited the most similar alginolytic profiles, whereas brackish sediments showed distinct structures with a higher proportion of novel genes. Examination of the gene neighbourhood of the alginate lyase homologues revealed distinct patterns depending on the potential lineage of the scaffolds, with evidence of evolutionary relationships among alginolytic gene clusters from Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. This information is relevant for understanding carbon fluxes in cold coastal environments and provides valuable information for the development of biotechnological applications from brown algae biomass.
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- Marina N Matos
- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Puerto Madryn, U9120ACD, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Puerto Madryn, U9120ACD, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Puerto Madryn, U9120ACD, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Puerto Madryn, U9120ACD, Argentina
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, 13288, France.,INRA, USC 1408 AFMB, Marseille, F-13288, France.,Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Instituto Antártico Argentino, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1064ABR, Argentina.,Instituto Nanobiotec, CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1113AAC, Argentina
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- Akvaplan-niva, Fram - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, Tromsø, NO-9296, Norway.,CAGE - Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, N-9037, Norway
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- School of Natural Sciences and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University, Huddinge, 141 89, Sweden
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET), Puerto Madryn, U9120ACD, Argentina
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Mitulla M, Dinasquet J, Guillemette R, Simon M, Azam F, Wietz M. Response of bacterial communities from California coastal waters to alginate particles and an alginolytic Alteromonas macleodii strain. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:4369-4377. [PMID: 27059936 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Alginate is a major cell wall polysaccharide from marine macroalgae and nutrient source for heterotrophic bacteria. Alginate can form gel particles in contact with divalent cations as found in seawater. Here, we tested the hypothesis that alginate gel particles serve as carbon source and microhabitat for marine bacteria by adding sterile alginate particles to microcosms with seawater from coastal California, a habitat rich in alginate-containing macroalgae. Alginate particles were rapidly colonized and degraded, with three- to eightfold higher bacterial abundances and production among alginate particle-associated (PA) bacteria. 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing showed that alginate PA bacteria were enriched in OTUs related to Cryomorphaceae, Saprospiraceae (Bacteroidetes) and Phaeobacter (Alphaproteobacteria) towards the end of the experiment. In microcosms amended with alginate particles and the proficient alginolytic bacterium Alteromonas macleodii strain 83-1, this strain dominated the community and outcompeted Cryomorphaceae, Saprospiraceae and Phaeobacter, and PA hydrolytic activities were over 50% higher. Thus, alginolytic activity by strain 83-1 did not benefit non-alginolytic strains by cross-feeding on alginate hydrolysis or other metabolic products. Considering the global distribution and extensive biomass of alginate-containing macroalgae, the observed bacterial dynamics associated with the utilization and remineralization of alginate microhabitats promote the understanding of carbon cycling in macroalgae-rich waters worldwide.
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- Maximilian Mitulla
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur mer, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, France
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Sun C, Fu GY, Zhang CY, Hu J, Xu L, Wang RJ, Su Y, Han SB, Yu XY, Cheng H, Zhang XQ, Huo YY, Xu XW, Wu M. Isolation and Complete Genome Sequence of Algibacter alginolytica sp. nov., a Novel Seaweed-Degrading Bacteroidetes Bacterium with Diverse Putative Polysaccharide Utilization Loci. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:2975-2987. [PMID: 26969704 PMCID: PMC4959061 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00204-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The members of the phylum Bacteroidetes are recognized as some of the most important specialists for the degradation of polysaccharides. However, in contrast to research on Bacteroidetes in the human gut, research on polysaccharide degradation by marine Bacteroidetes is still rare. The genus Algibacter belongs to the Flavobacteriaceae family of the Bacteroidetes, and most species in this genus are isolated from or near the habitat of algae, indicating a preference for the complex polysaccharides of algae. In this work, a novel brown-seaweed-degrading strain designated HZ22 was isolated from the surface of a brown seaweed (Laminaria japonica). On the basis of its physiological, chemotaxonomic, and genotypic characteristics, it is proposed that strain HZ22 represents a novel species in the genus Algibacter with the proposed name Algibacter alginolytica sp. nov. The genome of strain HZ22, the type strain of this species, harbors 3,371 coding sequences (CDSs) and 255 carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), including 104 glycoside hydrolases (GHs) and 18 polysaccharide lyases (PLs); this appears to be the highest proportion of CAZymes (∼7.5%) among the reported strains in the class Flavobacteria Seventeen polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL) are predicted to be specific for marine polysaccharides, especially algal polysaccharides from red, green, and brown seaweeds. In particular, PUL N is predicted to be specific for alginate. Taking these findings together with the results of assays of crude alginate lyases, we prove that strain HZ22(T) can completely degrade alginate. This work reveals that strain HZ22(T) has good potential for the degradation of algal polysaccharides and that the structure and related mechanism of PUL in strain HZ22(T) are worth further research.
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- Cong Sun
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Linan, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Jin HM, Jeong HI, Kim KH, Hahn Y, Madsen EL, Jeon CO. Genome-wide transcriptional responses of Alteromonas naphthalenivorans SN2 to contaminated seawater and marine tidal flat sediment. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21796. [PMID: 26887987 PMCID: PMC4757865 DOI: 10.1038/srep21796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A genome-wide transcriptional analysis of Alteromonas naphthalenivorans SN2 was performed to investigate its ecophysiological behavior in contaminated tidal flats and seawater. The experimental design mimicked these habitats that either added naphthalene or pyruvate; tidal flat-naphthalene (TF-N), tidal flat-pyruvate (TF-P), seawater-naphthalene (SW-N), and seawater-pyruvate (SW-P). The transcriptional profiles clustered by habitat (TF-N/TF-P and SW-N/SW-P), rather than carbon source, suggesting that the former may exert a greater influence on genome-wide expression in strain SN2 than the latter. Metabolic mapping of cDNA reads from strain SN2 based on KEGG pathway showed that metabolic and regulatory genes associated with energy metabolism, translation, and cell motility were highly expressed in all four test conditions, probably highlighting the copiotrophic properties of strain SN2 as an opportunistic marine r-strategist. Differential gene expression analysis revealed that strain SN2 displayed specific cellular responses to environmental variables (tidal flat, seawater, naphthalene, and pyruvate) and exhibited certain ecological fitness traits -- its notable PAH degradation capability in seasonally cold tidal flat might be reflected in elevated expression of stress response and chaperone proteins, while fast growth in nitrogen-deficient and aerobic seawater probably correlated with high expression of glutamine synthetase, enzymes utilizing nitrite/nitrate, and those involved in the removal of reactive oxygen species.
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- Hyun Mi Jin
- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.,Freshwater Bioresources Utilization Division, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Gyeongsangbuk-do 37242, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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Alic AS, Ruzafa D, Dopazo J, Blanquer I. Objective review of de novostand-alone error correction methods for NGS data. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS: COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Andy S. Alic
- Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (I3M); Universitat Politècnica de València; València Spain
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- Departamento de Quìmica Fìsica e Instituto de Biotecnologìa, Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de Granada; Granada Spain
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- Department of Computational Genomics; Príncipe Felipe Research Centre (CIPF); Valencia Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER); Valencia Spain
- Functional Genomics Node (INB) at CIPF; Valencia Spain
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- Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (I3M); Universitat Politècnica de València; València Spain
- Biomedical Imaging Research Group GIBI 2; Polytechnic University Hospital La Fe; Valencia Spain
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Martin M, Barbeyron T, Martin R, Portetelle D, Michel G, Vandenbol M. The Cultivable Surface Microbiota of the Brown Alga Ascophyllum nodosum is Enriched in Macroalgal-Polysaccharide-Degrading Bacteria. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1487. [PMID: 26734000 PMCID: PMC4690005 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Bacteria degrading algal polysaccharides are key players in the global carbon cycle and in algal biomass recycling. Yet the water column, which has been studied largely by metagenomic approaches, is poor in such bacteria and their algal-polysaccharide-degrading enzymes. Even more surprisingly, the few published studies on seaweed-associated microbiomes have revealed low abundances of such bacteria and their specific enzymes. However, as macroalgal cell-wall polysaccharides do not accumulate in nature, these bacteria and their unique polysaccharidases must not be that uncommon. We, therefore, looked at the polysaccharide-degrading activity of the cultivable bacterial subpopulation associated with Ascophyllum nodosum. From A. nodosum triplicates, 324 bacteria were isolated and taxonomically identified. Out of these isolates, 78 (~25%) were found to act on at least one tested algal polysaccharide (agar, ι- or κ-carrageenan, or alginate). The isolates “active” on algal-polysaccharides belong to 11 genera: Cellulophaga, Maribacter, Algibacter, and Zobellia in the class Flavobacteriia (41) and Pseudoalteromonas, Vibrio, Cobetia, Shewanella, Colwellia, Marinomonas, and Paraglaceciola in the class Gammaproteobacteria (37). A major part represents likely novel species. Different proportions of bacterial phyla and classes were observed between the isolated cultivable subpopulation and the total microbial community previously identified on other brown algae. Here, Bacteroidetes and Gammaproteobacteria were found to be the most abundant and some phyla (as Planctomycetes and Cyanobacteria) frequently encountered on brown algae weren't identified. At a lower taxonomic level, twelve genera, well-known to be associated with algae (with the exception for Colwellia), were consistently found on all three A. nosodum samples. Even more interesting, 9 of the 11 above mentioned genera containing polysaccharolytic isolates were predominant in this common core. The cultivable fraction of the bacterial community associated with A. nodosum is, thus, significantly enriched in macroalgal-polysaccharide-degrading bacteria and these bacteria seem important for the seaweed holobiont even though they are under-represented in alga-associated microbiome studies.
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- Marjolaine Martin
- Microbiology and Genomics Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège Gembloux, Belgium
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models Roscoff, France
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- Microbiology and Genomics Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège Gembloux, Belgium
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- Microbiology and Genomics Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège Gembloux, Belgium
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models Roscoff, France
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- Microbiology and Genomics Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège Gembloux, Belgium
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Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2015; 80:91-138. [PMID: 26700108 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00037-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 462] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms. Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous advantages to these organisms and support critical ecological and biogeochemical functions in the changing marine environment. Microbial surface association also contributes to deleterious effects such as biofouling, biocorrosion, and the persistence and transmission of harmful or pathogenic microorganisms and their genetic determinants. The processes and mechanisms of colonization as well as key players among the surface-associated microbiota have been studied for several decades. Accumulating evidence indicates that specific cell-surface, cell-cell, and interpopulation interactions shape the composition, structure, spatiotemporal dynamics, and functions of surface-associated microbial communities. Several key microbial processes and mechanisms, including (i) surface, population, and community sensing and signaling, (ii) intraspecies and interspecies communication and interaction, and (iii) the regulatory balance between cooperation and competition, have been identified as critical for the microbial surface association lifestyle. In this review, recent progress in the study of marine microbial surface colonization and biofilm development is synthesized and discussed. Major gaps in our knowledge remain. We pose questions for targeted investigation of surface-specific community-level microbial features, answers to which would advance our understanding of surface-associated microbial community ecology and the biogeochemical functions of these communities at levels from molecular mechanistic details through systems biological integration.
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Wietz M, Wemheuer B, Simon H, Giebel HA, Seibt MA, Daniel R, Brinkhoff T, Simon M. Bacterial community dynamics during polysaccharide degradation at contrasting sites in the Southern and Atlantic Oceans. Environ Microbiol 2015; 17:3822-31. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Matthias Wietz
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment; University of Oldenburg; Oldenburg 26129 Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory; Institute of Microbiology and Genetics; University of Göttingen; Göttingen 37077 Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment; University of Oldenburg; Oldenburg 26129 Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment; University of Oldenburg; Oldenburg 26129 Germany
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- ICBM-MPI Bridging Group for Marine Geochemistry; Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment; University of Oldenburg; Oldenburg 26129 Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory; Institute of Microbiology and Genetics; University of Göttingen; Göttingen 37077 Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment; University of Oldenburg; Oldenburg 26129 Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment; University of Oldenburg; Oldenburg 26129 Germany
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