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Sharma G, Subramanian S. Unravelling the Complete Genome of Archangium gephyra DSM 2261T and Evolutionary Insights into Myxobacterial Chitinases. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 9:1304-1311. [PMID: 28379546 PMCID: PMC5441343 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Family Cystobacteraceae is a group of eubacteria within order Myxococcales and class Deltaproteobacteria that includes more than 20 species belonging to 6 genera, that is, Angiococcus, Archangium, Cystobacter, Hyalangium, Melittangium, and Stigmatella. Earlier these members have been classified based on chitin degrading efficiency such as Cystobacter fuscus and Stigmatella aurantiaca, which are efficient chitin degraders, C. violaceus a partial chitin degrader and Archangium gephyra a chitin nondegrader. Here we report the 12.5 Mbp complete genome of A. gephyra DSM 2261T and compare it with four available genomes within the family Cystobacteraceae. Phylogeny and DNA–DNA hybridization studies reveal that A. gephyra is closest to Angiococcus disciformis, C. violaceus and C. ferrugineus, which are partial chitin degraders of the family Cystobacteraceae. Homology studies reveal the conservation of approximately half of the proteins in these genomes, with about 15% unique proteins in each genome. The total carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZome) analysis reveals the presence of one GH18 chitinase in the A. gephyra genome whereas eight copies are present in C. fuscus and S. aurantiaca. Evolutionary studies of myxobacterial GH18 chitinases reveal that most of them are likely related to Terrabacteria and Proteobacteria whereas the Archangium GH18 homolog shares maximum similarity with those of chitin nondegrading Acidobacteria.
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- Gaurav Sharma
- Protein Science and Engineering, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh, India
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- Protein Science and Engineering, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh, India
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Hwang G, Dong T, Islam MS, Sheng Z, Pérez-Estrada LA, Liu Y, Gamal El-Din M. The impacts of ozonation on oil sands process-affected water biodegradability and biofilm formation characteristics in bioreactors. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 130:269-277. [PMID: 23313671 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To examine the effects of the ozonation process (as an oxidation treatment for water and wastewater treatment applications) on microbial biofilm formation and biodegradability of organic compounds present in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), biofilm reactors were operated continuously for 6weeks. Two types of biofilm substrate materials: polyethylene (PE) and polyvinylchloride (PVC), and two types of OSPW-fresh and ozonated OSPWs-were tested. Endogenous microorganisms, in OSPW, quickly formed biofilms in the reactors. Without ozonation, the bioreactor (using endogenous microorganisms) removed 13.8% of the total acid-extractable organics (TAO) and 18.5% of the parent naphthenic acids (NAs) from fresh OSPW. The combined ozonation and biodegradation process removed 87.2% of the OSPW TAO and over 99% of the OSPW parent NAs. Further UPLC/HRMS analysis showed that NA biodegradability decreased as the NA cyclization number increased. Microbial biofilm formation was found to depend on the biofilm substrate type.
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- Geelsu Hwang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2W2
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Wenzel SC, Müller R. The impact of genomics on the exploitation of the myxobacterial secondary metabolome. Nat Prod Rep 2009; 26:1385-407. [DOI: 10.1039/b817073h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Whitworth DE, Cock PJA. Two-component systems of the myxobacteria: structure, diversity and evolutionary relationships. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:360-372. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/013672-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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- David E. Whitworth
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Cledwyn Building, Aberystwyth University,Ceredigion SY23 3DD, UK
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Gerth K, Pradella S, Perlova O, Beyer S, Müller R. Myxobacteria: proficient producers of novel natural products with various biological activities—past and future biotechnological aspects with the focus on the genus Sorangium. J Biotechnol 2003; 106:233-53. [PMID: 14651865 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2003.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Myxobacteria are gram-negative bacteria which are most noted for their ability to form fruiting bodies upon starvation. Within the last two decades, they increasingly gained attention as producers of natural products with biological activity. Here, recent and future biotechnological research on certain key myxobacteria and on their ability to produce natural products is reviewed with the focus on the production of myxovirescin, soraphen and epothilone. Aspects of product improvement and yield as well as statistics regarding secondary metabolite formation are discussed. Future research will deal with the exploitation of the biosynthetic potential of the myxobacteria, for example via the isolation of new myxobacterial species with different physiological properties. Additionally, the genetic potential of myxobacteria to form natural products can be exploited by the identification and activation of biosynthetic gene clusters. These can be found frequently within their genomes, which is shown by the analysis of the unfinished genomes of Myxococcus xanthus and Sorangium cellulosum. The current status of the S. cellulosum functional genome project with model strain So ce56 is discussed.
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- Klaus Gerth
- Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH (GBF), Mascheroder Weg 1, Braunschweig 38124, Germany.
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Multicellular organisms appear to have arisen from unicells numerous times. Multicellular cyanobacteria arose early in the history of life on Earth. Multicellular forms have since arisen independently in each of the kingdoms and several times in some phyla. If the step from unicellular to multicellular life was taken early and frequently, the selective advantage of multicellularity may be large. By comparing the properties of a multicellular organism with those of its putative unicellular ancestor, it may be possible to identify the selective force(s). The independent instances of multicellularity reviewed indicate that advantages in feeding and in dispersion are common. The capacity for signaling between cells accompanies the evolution of multicellularity with cell differentiation.
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- D Kaiser
- Department of Biochemistry and of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Silakowski B, Kunze B, Müller R. Multiple hybrid polyketide synthase/non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters in the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca. Gene 2001; 275:233-40. [PMID: 11587850 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(01)00680-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Many bacterial and fungal secondary metabolites are produced by polyketide synthases (PKS) and non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS). Recently, it has been discovered that these modular enzymatic systems can also closely cooperate to form natural products. The analysis of the corresponding biosynthetic machineries, in the form of hybrid systems, is of special interest for combinatorial biosynthesis, because the combination of PKS and NRPS can lead to an immense variety of structures that might be produced. During our screening for hybrid PKS/NRPS systems from myxobacteria, we scanned the genome of Stigmatella aurantiaca DW4/3-1 for the presence of gene loci that encode both the PKS and NRPS genes. In addition to the previously characterized myxothiazol system, we identified three further hybrid loci, three additional PKS and one further NRPS gene locus. These were analyzed by hybridization, physical mapping, PCR with degenerate oligonucleotides and sequencing of fragments of the gene clusters. The function of these genes was not known but it had already been speculated that one compound produced by the strain and detected via HPLC was a secondary metabolite. This was based on the observation that its production is dependent on an active copy of the phosphopantetheinyl transferase gene mtaA. We show here that one of the identified hybrid gene loci is responsible for the formation of this secondary metabolite. In agreement with the genetic data, the chemical structure resembles a cyclic polypeptide with a PKS sidechain. Our data show that S. aurantiaca has a broader genetic capacity to produce natural products than the number of compounds isolated from the strain so far suggests.
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- B Silakowski
- Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, Mascheroderweg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Julien B, Kaiser AD, Garza A. Spatial control of cell differentiation in Myxococcus xanthus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:9098-103. [PMID: 10922065 PMCID: PMC16828 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.16.9098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Myxococcus xanthus develops species-specific multicellular fruiting bodies. Starting from a uniform mat of cells, some cells enter into nascent fruiting body aggregates, whereas other cells remain outside. The cells within the fruiting body differentiate from rods into spherical, heat-resistant spores, whereas the cells outside the aggregates, called peripheral cells, remain rod-shaped. Early developmentally regulated genes are expressed in peripheral cells as well as by cells in the fruiting bodies. By contrast, late developmental genes are only expressed by cells within the nascent fruiting bodies. The data show that peripheral cells begin to develop, but are unable to express genes that are switched on later than about 6 h after the start of development. All of the genes whose expression is limited to the fruiting body are dependent on C-signaling either directly or indirectly, whereas the genes that are equally expressed in peripheral rods and in fruiting body cells are not. One of the C-signal-dependent and spatially patterned operons is called dev, and the dev operon has been implicated in the process of sporulation. It is proposed that expression of certain genes, including those of the dev operon, is limited to the nascent fruiting body because fruiting body cells engage in a high level of C-signaling. Peripheral cells do less C-signaling than fruiting body cells, because they have a different spatial arrangement and are at lower density. As a consequence, peripheral cells fail to express the late genes necessary for spore differentiation.
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- B Julien
- Departments of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5329, USA
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The myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca is a prokaryotic model used to study intercellular signalling and the genetic determination of morphogenesis. Signalling factors and genes required for the generation of the elaborate multicellular fruiting body are to be identified. Recently, the structure of stigmolone, which is the pheromone necessary for fruiting body formation, was elucidated, and genes involved in development were characterised. Progress has also been made in the genetic accessibility of S. aurantiaca.
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- W Plaga
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
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Bacterial genome sizes, which range from 500 to 10,000 kbp, are within the current scope of operation of large-scale nucleotide sequence determination facilities. To date, 8 complete bacterial genomes have been sequenced, and at least 40 more will be completed in the near future. Such projects give wonderfully detailed information concerning the structure of the organism's genes and the overall organization of the sequenced genomes. It will be very important to put this incredible wealth of detail into a larger biological picture: How does this information apply to the genomes of related genera, related species, or even other individuals from the same species? Recent advances in pulsed-field gel electrophoretic technology have facilitated the construction of complete and accurate physical maps of bacterial chromosomes, and the many maps constructed in the past decade have revealed unexpected and substantial differences in genome size and organization even among closely related bacteria. This review focuses on this recently appreciated plasticity in structure of bacterial genomes, and diversity in genome size, replicon geometry, and chromosome number are discussed at inter- and intraspecies levels.
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- S Casjens
- Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132, USA.
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Silakowski B, Ehret H, Schairer HU. fbfB, a gene encoding a putative galactose oxidase, is involved in Stigmatella aurantiaca fruiting body formation. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:1241-7. [PMID: 9495764 PMCID: PMC107013 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1241-1247.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Stigmatella aurantiaca is a gram-negative bacterium which forms, under conditions of starvation in a multicellular process, characteristic three-dimensional structures: the fruiting bodies. For studying this complex process, mutants impaired in fruiting body formation have been induced by transposon insertion with a Tn5-derived transposon. The gene affected (fbfB) in one of the mutants (AP182) was studied further. Inactivation of fbfB results in mutants which form only clumps during starvation instead of wild-type fruiting bodies. This mutant phenotype can be partially rescued, if cells of mutants impaired in fbfB function are mixed with those of some independent mutants defective in fruiting before starvation. The fbfB gene is expressed about 14 h after induction of fruiting body formation as determined by measuring beta-galactosidase activity in a merodiploid strain harboring the wild-type gene and an fbfB-delta trp-lacZ fusion gene or by Northern (RNA) analysis with the Rhodobacter capsulatus pufBA fragment fused to fbfB as an indicator. The predicted polypeptide FbfB has a molecular mass of 57.8 kDa and shows a significant homology to the galactose oxidase (GaoA) of the fungus Dactylium dendroides. Galactose oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of galactose and primary alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes.
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- B Silakowski
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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Silakowski B, Pospiech A, Neumann B, Schairer HU. Stigmatella aurantiaca fruiting body formation is dependent on the fbfA gene encoding a polypeptide homologous to chitin synthases. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:6706-13. [PMID: 8955286 PMCID: PMC178565 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6706-6713.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Stigmatella aurantiaca is a prokaryotic organism that undergoes a multicellular cycle of development resulting in the formation of a fruiting body. For analyzing this process, mutants defective in fruiting body formation have been induced by transposon mutagenesis using a Tn5-derived transposon. About 800 bp upstream of the transposon insertion of mutant AP182 which inactivates a gene (fbfB) involved in fruiting, a further gene (fbfA) needed for fruiting body formation was detected. Inactivation of fbfA leads to mutants which form only non-structured clumps instead of the wild-type fruiting body. The mutant phenotype of fbfA mutants can be partially suppressed by mixing the mutant cells with cells of some independent mutants defective in fruiting body formation. The fbfA gene is transcribed after 8 h of development as determined by measuring the induction of beta-galactosidase activity of a fbfA-delta(trp)-lacZ fusion gene and by Northern (RNA) analysis using an insertion encoding a stable mRNA. The predicted polypeptide FbfA shows a homology of about 30% to NodC of rhizobia, an N-acetylglucosamine-transferase which is involved in the synthesis of the sugar backbone of lipo-oligosaccharides. These induce the formation of the root nodules in the Papilionaceae. Besides the predicted molecular mass of 45.5 kDa, the hydropathy profile reveals a structural relationship to the NodC polypeptide.
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- B Silakowski
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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Wilkinson SR, Young M. Physical map of the Clostridium beijerinckii (formerly Clostridium acetobutylicum) NCIMB 8052 chromosome. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:439-48. [PMID: 7814334 PMCID: PMC176608 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.2.439-448.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A combined physical and genetic map of the single, circular, 6.7-Mbp chromosome of the NCIMB 8052 strain of Clostridium beijerinckii (formerly Clostridium acetobutylicum) has been constructed by using a combination of cloned DNA fragments as hybridization probes and a bank of strains harboring insertions of the conjugative transposon Tn1545. The positions of 81 restriction endonuclease cleavage sites and 32 genes have been determined. Eight genes concerned with solventogenic fermentation are found at three different locations. The chromosome contains at least 13 rrn operons, 11 of which have been located on the map. Their transcriptional orientation diverges from the presumed location of the replication origin.
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- S R Wilkinson
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, United Kingdom
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He Q, Chen H, Kuspa A, Cheng Y, Kaiser D, Shimkets LJ. A physical map of the Myxococcus xanthus chromosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:9584-7. [PMID: 7937810 PMCID: PMC44857 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.20.9584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A physical map of the 9.2-Mbp Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 chromosome at a resolution of 25 kbp was constructed by using a strategy that is applicable to virtually all microorganisms. Segments of the chromosome were used as hybridization probes to subdivide a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) library into groups of linked clones. The clones were aligned by comparing their EcoRI restriction patterns. The groups of YAC clones ("contigs") were oriented and aligned with the genomic restriction map by means of common genetic and physical markers such as rare restriction sites and transposon insertions. Over 95% of the genome is represented by cloned DNA. Sixty genetic loci including > 100 genes, many of which play a role in fruiting body development, have been mapped in this way. Additional genes can now be located on the chromosome map by hybridization of their sequences to the ordered set of YAC chromosomes. The mapped genetic loci account for approximately 2% of the genome.
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- Q He
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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