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Peng Q, Li Y, Fang J, Yu X. Effects of Epigenetic Modification and High Hydrostatic Pressure on Polyketide Synthase Genes and Secondary Metabolites of Alternaria alternata Derived from the Mariana Trench Sediments. Mar Drugs 2023; 21:585. [PMID: 37999409 PMCID: PMC10672368 DOI: 10.3390/md21110585] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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The hadal biosphere is the most mysterious ecosystem on the planet, located in a unique and extreme environment on Earth. To adapt to extreme environmental conditions, hadal microorganisms evolve special strategies and metabolisms to survive and reproduce. However, the secondary metabolites of the hadal microorganisms are poorly understood. In this study, we focused on the isolation and characterization of hadal fungi, screening the potential strains with bioactive natural products. The isolates obtained were detected further for the polyketide synthase (PKS) genes. Two isolates of Alternaria alternata were picked up as the representatives, which had the potential to synthesize active natural products. The epigenetic modifiers were used for the two A. alternata isolates to stimulate functional gene expression in hadal fungi under laboratory conditions. The results showed that the chemical epigenetic modifier, 5-Azacytidine (5-Aza), affected the phenotype, PKS gene expression, production of secondary metabolites, and antimicrobial activity of the hadal fungus A. alternata. The influence of epigenetic modification on natural products was strongest when the concentration of 5-Aza was 50 μM. Furthermore, the modification of epigenetic agents on hadal fungi under high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) of 40 MPa displayed significant effects on PKS gene expression, and also activated the production of new compounds. Our study demonstrates the high biosynthetic potential of cultivable hadal fungi, but also provides evidence for the utility of chemical epigenetic modifiers on active natural products from hadal fungi, providing new ideas for the development and exploitation of microbial resources in extreme environments.
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Q.P.)
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Kiss A, Hariri Akbari F, Marchev A, Papp V, Mirmazloum I. The Cytotoxic Properties of Extreme Fungi's Bioactive Components-An Updated Metabolic and Omics Overview. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1623. [PMID: 37629481 PMCID: PMC10455657 DOI: 10.3390/life13081623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Fungi are the most diverse living organisms on planet Earth, where their ubiquitous presence in various ecosystems offers vast potential for the research and discovery of new, naturally occurring medicinal products. Concerning human health, cancer remains one of the leading causes of mortality. While extensive research is being conducted on treatments and their efficacy in various stages of cancer, finding cytotoxic drugs that target tumor cells with no/less toxicity toward normal tissue is a significant challenge. In addition, traditional cancer treatments continue to suffer from chemical resistance. Fortunately, the cytotoxic properties of several natural products derived from various microorganisms, including fungi, are now well-established. The current review aims to extract and consolidate the findings of various scientific studies that identified fungi-derived bioactive metabolites with antitumor (anticancer) properties. The antitumor secondary metabolites identified from extremophilic and extremotolerant fungi are grouped according to their biological activity and type. It became evident that the significance of these compounds, with their medicinal properties and their potential application in cancer treatment, is tremendous. Furthermore, the utilization of omics tools, analysis, and genome mining technology to identify the novel metabolites for targeted treatments is discussed. Through this review, we tried to accentuate the invaluable importance of fungi grown in extreme environments and the necessity of innovative research in discovering naturally occurring bioactive compounds for the development of novel cancer treatments.
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- Attila Kiss
- Agro-Food Science Techtransfer and Innovation Centre, Faculty for Agro, Food and Environmental Science, Debrecen University, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary;
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Laboratory of Metabolomics, Department of Biotechnology, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Department of Botany, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Hungary;
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Plant Ecology, Institute of Agronomy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
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Wijayawardene NN, Dai DQ, Jayasinghe PK, Gunasekara SS, Nagano Y, Tibpromma S, Suwannarach N, Boonyuen N. Ecological and Oceanographic Perspectives in Future Marine Fungal Taxonomy. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:1141. [PMID: 36354908 PMCID: PMC9696965 DOI: 10.3390/jof8111141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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Marine fungi are an ecological rather than a taxonomic group that has been widely researched. Significant progress has been made in documenting their phylogeny, biodiversity, ultrastructure, ecology, physiology, and capacity for degradation of lignocellulosic compounds. This review (concept paper) summarizes the current knowledge of marine fungal diversity and provides an integrated and comprehensive view of their ecological roles in the world's oceans. Novel terms for 'semi marine fungi' and 'marine fungi' are proposed based on the existence of fungi in various oceanic environments. The major maritime currents and upwelling that affect species diversity are discussed. This paper also forecasts under-explored regions with a greater diversity of marine taxa based on oceanic currents. The prospects for marine and semi-marine mycology are highlighted, notably, technological developments in culture-independent sequencing approaches for strengthening our present understanding of marine fungi's ecological roles.
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- Nalin N. Wijayawardene
- Centre for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, China
- Section of Genetics, Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social Care, No: 393/3, Lily Avenue, Off Robert Gunawardane Mawatha, Battaramulla 10120, Sri Lanka
- National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
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- Centre for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, China
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- National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Colombo 00150, Sri Lanka
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- National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Colombo 00150, Sri Lanka
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- Deep-Sea Biodiversity Research Group, Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
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- Centre for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, China
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- Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team (APMT), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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Molecular Identification and Biochemical Characterization of Novel Marine Yeast Strains with Potential Application in Industrial Biotechnology. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8100538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cell-based agriculture is an emerging and attractive alternative to produce various food ingredients. In this study, five strains of marine yeast were isolated, molecularly identified and biochemically characterized. Molecular identification was realized by sequencing the DNA ITS1 and D1/D2 region, and sequences were registered in GenBank as Yarrowia lipolytica YlTun15, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa RmTun15, Candida tenuis CtTun15, Debaryomyces hansenii DhTun2015 and Trichosporon asahii TaTun15. Yeasts showed protein content varying from 26% (YlTun15) to 40% (CtTun15 and DhTun2015), and essential amino acids ranging from 38.1 to 64.4% of the total AAs (CtTun15-YlTun15, respectively). Lipid content varied from 11.15 to 37.57% with substantial amount of PUFA (>12% in RmTun15). All species had low levels of Na (<0.15 mg/100 g) but are a good source of Ca and K. Yeast cytotoxic effect was investigated against human embryonic kidney cells (HEK 293); results showed improved cell viability with all added strains, indicating safety of the strains used. Based on thorough literature investigation and yeast composition, the five identified strains could be classified not only as oleaginous yeasts but also as single cell protein (SCP) (DhTun2015 and CtTun15) and single cell oil (SCO) (RmTun15, YlTun15 and TaTun15) producers; and therefore, they represent a source of alternative ingredients for food, feed and other sectors.
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Orsi WD, Vuillemin A, Coskun ÖK, Rodriguez P, Oertel Y, Niggemann J, Mohrholz V, Gomez-Saez GV. Carbon assimilating fungi from surface ocean to subseafloor revealed by coupled phylogenetic and stable isotope analysis. THE ISME JOURNAL 2022; 16:1245-1261. [PMID: 34893690 PMCID: PMC9038920 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01169-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fungi are ubiquitous in the ocean and hypothesized to be important members of marine ecosystems, but their roles in the marine carbon cycle are poorly understood. Here, we use 13C DNA stable isotope probing coupled with phylogenetic analyses to investigate carbon assimilation within diverse communities of planktonic and benthic fungi in the Benguela Upwelling System (Namibia). Across the redox stratified water column and in the underlying sediments, assimilation of 13C-labeled carbon from diatom extracellular polymeric substances (13C-dEPS) by fungi correlated with the expression of fungal genes encoding carbohydrate-active enzymes. Phylogenetic analysis of genes from 13C-labeled metagenomes revealed saprotrophic lineages related to the facultative yeast Malassezia were the main fungal foragers of pelagic dEPS. In contrast, fungi living in the underlying sulfidic sediments assimilated more 13C-labeled carbon from chemosynthetic bacteria compared to dEPS. This coincided with a unique seafloor fungal community and dissolved organic matter composition compared to the water column, and a 100-fold increased fungal abundance within the subseafloor sulfide-nitrate transition zone. The subseafloor fungi feeding on 13C-labeled chemolithoautotrophs under anoxic conditions were affiliated with Chytridiomycota and Mucoromycota that encode cellulolytic and proteolytic enzymes, revealing polysaccharide and protein-degrading fungi that can anaerobically decompose chemosynthetic necromass. These subseafloor fungi, therefore, appear to be specialized in organic matter that is produced in the sediments. Our findings reveal that the phylogenetic diversity of fungi across redox stratified marine ecosystems translates into functionally relevant mechanisms helping to structure carbon flow from primary producers in marine microbiomes from the surface ocean to the subseafloor.
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Current Insight into Traditional and Modern Methods in Fungal Diversity Estimates. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8030226. [PMID: 35330228 PMCID: PMC8955040 DOI: 10.3390/jof8030226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Fungi are an important and diverse component in various ecosystems. The methods to identify different fungi are an important step in any mycological study. Classical methods of fungal identification, which rely mainly on morphological characteristics and modern use of DNA based molecular techniques, have proven to be very helpful to explore their taxonomic identity. In the present compilation, we provide detailed information on estimates of fungi provided by different mycologistsover time. Along with this, a comprehensive analysis of the importance of classical and molecular methods is also presented. In orderto understand the utility of genus and species specific markers in fungal identification, a polyphasic approach to investigate various fungi is also presented in this paper. An account of the study of various fungi based on culture-based and cultureindependent methods is also provided here to understand the development and significance of both approaches. The available information on classical and modern methods compiled in this study revealed that the DNA based molecular studies are still scant, and more studies are required to achieve the accurate estimation of fungi present on earth.
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Local Environmental Conditions Promote High Turnover Diversity of Benthic Deep-Sea Fungi in the Ross Sea (Antarctica). J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8010065. [PMID: 35050005 PMCID: PMC8781733 DOI: 10.3390/jof8010065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Fungi are a ubiquitous component of marine systems, but their quantitative relevance, biodiversity and ecological role in benthic deep-sea ecosystems remain largely unexplored. In this study, we investigated fungal abundance, diversity and assemblage composition in two benthic deep-sea sites of the Ross Sea (Southern Ocean, Antarctica), characterized by different environmental conditions (i.e., temperature, salinity, trophic availability). Our results indicate that fungal abundance (estimated as the number of 18S rDNA copies g−1) varied by almost one order of magnitude between the two benthic sites, consistently with changes in sediment characteristics and trophic availability. The highest fungal richness (in terms of Amplicon Sequence Variants−ASVs) was encountered in the sediments characterized by the highest organic matter content, indicating potential control of trophic availability on fungal diversity. The composition of fungal assemblages was highly diverse between sites and within each site (similarity less than 10%), suggesting that differences in environmental and ecological characteristics occurring even at a small spatial scale can promote high turnover diversity. Overall, this study provides new insights on the factors influencing the abundance and diversity of benthic deep-sea fungi inhabiting the Ross Sea, and also paves the way for a better understanding of the potential responses of benthic deep-sea fungi inhabiting Antarctic ecosystems in light of current and future climate changes.
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Noorjahan A, Mahesh S, Aiyamperumal B, Anantharaman P. Exploring Marine Fungal Diversity and Their Applications in Agriculture. Fungal Biol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-8877-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ramírez GA, Mara P, Sehein T, Wegener G, Chambers CR, Joye SB, Peterson RN, Philippe A, Burgaud G, Edgcomb VP, Teske AP. Environmental factors shaping bacterial, archaeal and fungal community structure in hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256321. [PMID: 34495995 PMCID: PMC8425543 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The flanking regions of Guaymas Basin, a young marginal rift basin located in the Gulf of California, are covered with thick sediment layers that are hydrothermally altered due to magmatic intrusions. To explore environmental controls on microbial community structure in this complex environment, we analyzed site- and depth-related patterns of microbial community composition (bacteria, archaea, and fungi) in hydrothermally influenced sediments with different thermal conditions, geochemical regimes, and extent of microbial mats. We compared communities in hot hydrothermal sediments (75-100°C at ~40 cm depth) covered by orange-pigmented Beggiatoaceae mats in the Cathedral Hill area, temperate sediments (25-30°C at ~40 cm depth) covered by yellow sulfur precipitates and filamentous sulfur oxidizers at the Aceto Balsamico location, hot sediments (>115°C at ~40 cm depth) with orange-pigmented mats surrounded by yellow and white mats at the Marker 14 location, and background, non-hydrothermal sediments (3.8°C at ~45 cm depth) overlain with ambient seawater. Whereas bacterial and archaeal communities are clearly structured by site-specific in-situ thermal gradients and geochemical conditions, fungal communities are generally structured by sediment depth. Unexpectedly, chytrid sequence biosignatures are ubiquitous in surficial sediments whereas deeper sediments contain diverse yeasts and filamentous fungi. In correlation analyses across different sites and sediment depths, fungal phylotypes correlate to each other to a much greater degree than Bacteria and Archaea do to each other or to fungi, further substantiating that site-specific in-situ thermal gradients and geochemical conditions that control bacteria and archaea do not extend to fungi.
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- Gustavo A. Ramírez
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, United States of America
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- Geology and Geophysics Dept., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America
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- Geology and Geophysics Dept., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America
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- MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America
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- School of Coastal and Marine Systems Science, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, United States of America
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- Univ. Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France
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- Univ. Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France
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- Geology and Geophysics Dept., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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Keeler E, Burgaud G, Teske A, Beaudoin D, Mehiri M, Dayras M, Cassand J, Edgcomb V. Deep-sea hydrothermal vent sediments reveal diverse fungi with antibacterial activities. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6318858. [PMID: 34245561 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Relatively little is known about the diversity of fungi in deep-sea, hydrothermal sediments. Less thoroughly explored environments are likely untapped reservoirs of unique biodiversity with the potential to augment our current arsenal of microbial compounds with biomedical and/or industrial applications. In this study, we applied traditional culture-based methods to examine a subset of the morphological and phylogenetic diversity of filamentous fungi and yeasts present in 11 hydrothermally influenced sediment samples collected from eight sites on the seafloor of Guaymas Basin, Mexico. A total of 12 unique isolates affiliating with Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were obtained and taxonomically identified on the basis of morphological features and analyses of marker genes including actin, β-tubulin, small subunit ribosomal DNA (18S rRNA), internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large subunit ribosomal DNA (26S rRNA) D1/D2 domain sequences (depending on taxon). A total of 11 isolates possess congeners previously detected in, or recovered from, deep-sea environments. A total of seven isolates exhibited antibacterial activity against human bacterial pathogens Staphylococcus aureus ATCC-35556 and/or Escherichia coli ATCC-25922. This first investigation suggests that hydrothermal environments may serve as promising reservoirs of much greater fungal diversity, some of which may produce biomedically useful metabolites.
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- Emma Keeler
- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 220 McLean, Mail Stop 08, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, ESIAB, Université de Brest, EA 3882, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Murray Hall 3117B, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 220 McLean, Mail Stop 08, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Marine Natural Products Team, 06108 Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Marine Natural Products Team, 06108 Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Marine Natural Products Team, 06108 Nice, France
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 220 McLean, Mail Stop 08, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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Quemener M, Dayras M, Frotté N, Debaets S, Le Meur C, Barbier G, Edgcomb V, Mehiri M, Burgaud G. Highlighting the Biotechnological Potential of Deep Oceanic Crust Fungi through the Prism of Their Antimicrobial Activity. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:md19080411. [PMID: 34436250 PMCID: PMC8399467 DOI: 10.3390/md19080411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Among the different tools to address the antibiotic resistance crisis, bioprospecting in complex uncharted habitats to detect novel microorganisms putatively producing original antimicrobial compounds can definitely increase the current therapeutic arsenal of antibiotics. Fungi from numerous habitats have been widely screened for their ability to express specific biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) involved in the synthesis of antimicrobial compounds. Here, a collection of unique 75 deep oceanic crust fungi was screened to evaluate their biotechnological potential through the prism of their antimicrobial activity using a polyphasic approach. After a first genetic screening to detect specific BGCs, a second step consisted of an antimicrobial screening that tested the most promising isolates against 11 microbial targets. Here, 12 fungal isolates showed at least one antibacterial and/or antifungal activity (static or lytic) against human pathogens. This analysis also revealed that Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Enterococcus faecalis CIP A 186 were the most impacted, followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853. A specific focus on three fungal isolates allowed us to detect interesting activity of crude extracts against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Finally, complementary mass spectrometry (MS)-based molecular networking analyses were performed to putatively assign the fungal metabolites and raise hypotheses to link them to the observed antimicrobial activities.
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- Maxence Quemener
- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, Université de Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (M.Q.); (N.F.); (S.D.); (C.L.M.); (G.B.)
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- Marine Natural Products Team, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, 06108 Nice, France; (M.D.); (M.M.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, Université de Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (M.Q.); (N.F.); (S.D.); (C.L.M.); (G.B.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, Université de Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (M.Q.); (N.F.); (S.D.); (C.L.M.); (G.B.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, Université de Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (M.Q.); (N.F.); (S.D.); (C.L.M.); (G.B.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, Université de Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (M.Q.); (N.F.); (S.D.); (C.L.M.); (G.B.)
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- Departments of Geology and Geophysics and Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA;
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- Marine Natural Products Team, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, 06108 Nice, France; (M.D.); (M.M.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, Université de Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (M.Q.); (N.F.); (S.D.); (C.L.M.); (G.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-290915148
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Ogaki MB, Pinto OHB, Vieira R, Neto AA, Convey P, Carvalho-Silva M, Rosa CA, Câmara PEAS, Rosa LH. Fungi Present in Antarctic Deep-Sea Sediments Assessed Using DNA Metabarcoding. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2021; 82:157-164. [PMID: 33404819 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01658-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We assessed fungal diversity in deep-sea sediments obtained from different depths in the Southern Ocean using the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA by metabarcoding through high-throughput sequencing (HTS). We detected 655,991 DNA reads representing 263 fungal amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), dominated by Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Chytridiomycota and Rozellomycota, confirming that deep-sea sediments can represent a hotspot of fungal diversity in Antarctica. The community diversity detected included 17 dominant fungal ASVs, 62 intermediate and 213 rare. The dominant fungi included taxa of Mortierella, Penicillium, Cladosporium, Pseudogymnoascus, Phaeosphaeria and Torula. Despite the extreme conditions of the Southern Ocean benthos, the total fungal community detected in these marine sediments displayed high indices of diversity and richness, and moderate dominance, which varied between the different depths sampled. The highest diversity indices were obtained in sediments from 550 m and 250 m depths. Only 49 ASVs (18.63%) were detected at all the depths sampled, while 16 ASVs were detected only in the deepest sediment sampled at 1463 m. Based on sequence identities, the fungal community included some globally distributed taxa, primarily recorded otherwise from terrestrial environments, suggesting transport from these to deep marine sediments. The assigned taxa included symbionts, decomposers and plant-, animal- and human-pathogenic fungi, suggesting that deep-sea sediments host a complex fungal diversity, although metabarcoding does not itself confirm that living or viable organisms are present.
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- Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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- British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Horizonte, Brazil.
- Laboratório de Microbiologia Polar e Conexões Tropicais, Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P. O. Box 486, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP 31270-901, Brazil.
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Murdock SA, Tunnicliffe V, Boschen-Rose RE, Juniper SK. Emergent "core communities" of microbes, meiofauna and macrofauna at hydrothermal vents. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 1:27. [PMID: 36739470 PMCID: PMC9723782 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-021-00031-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Assessment of ecosystem health entails consideration of species interactions within and between size classes to determine their contributions to ecosystem function. Elucidating microbial involvement in these interactions requires tools to distil diverse microbial information down to relevant, manageable elements. We used covariance ratios (proportionality) between pairs of species and patterns of enrichment to identify "core communities" of likely interacting microbial (<64 µm), meiofaunal (64 µm to 1 mm) and macrofaunal (>1 mm) taxa within assemblages hosted by a foundation species, the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Ridgeia piscesae. Compared with samples from co-located hydrothermal fluids, microbial communities within R. piscesae assemblages are hotspots of taxonomic richness and are high in novelty (unclassified OTUs) and in relative abundance of Bacteroidetes. We also observed a robust temperature-driven distinction in assemblage composition above and below ~25 °C that spanned micro to macro size classes. The core high-temperature community included eight macro- and meiofaunal taxa and members of the Bacteroidetes and Epsilonbacteraeota, particularly the genera Carboxylicivirga, Nitratifractor and Arcobacter. The core low-temperature community included more meiofaunal species in addition to Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria, and Actinobacteria. Inferred associations among high-temperature core community taxa suggest increased reliance on species interactions under more severe hydrothermal conditions. We propose refinement of species diversity to "core communities" as a tool to simplify investigations of relationships between taxonomic and functional diversity across domains and scales by narrowing the taxonomic scope.
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- S A Murdock
- School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
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- School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- Ocean & Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
- Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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Wang M, Ma Y, Cai L, Tedersoo L, Bahram M, Burgaud G, Long X, Zhang S, Li W. Seasonal dynamics of mycoplankton in the Yellow Sea reflect the combined effect of riverine inputs and hydrographic conditions. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:3624-3637. [PMID: 34002437 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Little is known about how multiple factors including land-based inputs and ocean currents affect the spatiotemporal distribution of the mycoplankton in coastal regions. To explore the seasonal changes of mycoplanktonic communities and potential environmental drivers, we collected water samples from the Yellow Sea, used here as a model for subtropical sea habitats, in different seasons over two years. Compared with winter and spring, summer exhibited higher levels of fungal richness and community heterogeneity in the water column. The seasonal shifts in mycoplankton diversity and community composition were mainly ascribed to freshwater inputs, the Cold Water Mass and invasion of the Yellow Sea Warm Current. Among the physicochemical variables tested, temperature was the primary determinant of fungal diversity and showed contrasting influences on fungal richness in the surface and bottom waters during summer. In addition, we provide evidence for the community similarity and dissolved nutrients of different water bodies to highlight the potential origin of the Cold Water Mass. Our findings bring new understanding on the factors determining the dynamics of mycoplankton communities by modelling the influence of physicochemical variables and tracking the geographical distribution of certain fungal taxa.
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- Mengmeng Wang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, ESIAB, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Université de Brest, Plouzané, France
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Peng Q, Li Y, Deng L, Fang J, Yu X. High hydrostatic pressure shapes the development and production of secondary metabolites of Mariana Trench sediment fungi. Sci Rep 2021; 11:11436. [PMID: 34075128 PMCID: PMC8169743 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90920-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The hadal biosphere is one of the least understood ecosystems on our planet. Recent studies have revealed diverse and active communities of prokaryotes in hadal sediment. However, there have been few studies on fungi in hadal sediment. Here we report the first isolation and cultivation of 8 fungi from the Mariana Trench sediment. The individual colonies were isolated and identified as Stemphylium sp., Cladosporium sp., Arthrinium sp., Fusarium sp., Alternaria sp., and Aspergillus sp. High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) test was carried out to identify the piezophily of these hadal fungi. Among them, 7 out of the 8 fungal isolates exhibited the ability of germination after incubation under 40 MPa for 7 days. Vegetative growth of the isolates was also affected by HHP. Characterization of secondary metabolites under different pressure conditions was also performed. The production of secondary metabolites was affected by the HHP treatment, improving the potential of discovering novel natural products from hadal fungi. The antibacterial assay revealed the potential of discovering novel natural products. Our results suggest that fungal growth pressure plays an important role in the development and production of secondary metabolites of these hadal fungi under the extreme environment in the Mariana Trench.
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- Qingqing Peng
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
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Marchese P, Garzoli L, Young R, Allcock L, Barry F, Tuohy M, Murphy M. Fungi populate deep-sea coral gardens as well as marine sediments in the Irish Atlantic Ocean. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4168-4184. [PMID: 33939869 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Fungi populate deep Oceans in extreme habitats characterized by high hydrostatic pressure, low temperature and absence of sunlight. Marine fungi are potential major contributors to biogeochemical events, critical for marine communities and food web equilibrium under climate change conditions and a valuable source of novel extremozymes and small molecules. Despite their ecophysiological and biotechnological relevance, fungal deep-sea biodiversity has not yet been thoroughly characterized. In this study, we describe the culturable mycobiota associated with the deepest margin of the European Western Continental Shelf: sediments sampled at the Porcupine Bank and deep-water corals and sponges sampled in the Whittard Canyon. Eighty-seven strains were isolated, belonging to 43 taxa and mainly Ascomycota. Ten species and four genera were detected for the first time in the marine environment and a possible new species of Arachnomyces was isolated from sediments. The genera Cladosporium and Penicillium were the most frequent and detected on both substrates, followed by Candida and Emericellopsis. Our results showed two different fungal communities: sediment-associated taxa which were predominantly saprotrophic and animal-associated taxa which were predominantly symbiotic. This survey supports selective fungal biodiversity in the deep North Atlantic, encouraging further mycological studies on cold water coral gardens, often overexploited marine habitats.
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- Pietro Marchese
- Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
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- MEG-Molecular Ecology Group, Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRSA), Verbania, 28922, Italy
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- Martin Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
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- Martin Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
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- Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
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- Molecular Glycobiotechnology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
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- Regenerative Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, H91TK33, Ireland
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Zeng X, Alain K, Shao Z. Microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 3:204-230. [PMID: 37073341 PMCID: PMC10077256 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-020-00086-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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With a rich variety of chemical energy sources and steep physical and chemical gradients, hydrothermal vent systems offer a range of habitats to support microbial life. Cultivation-dependent and independent studies have led to an emerging view that diverse microorganisms in deep-sea hydrothermal vents live their chemolithoautotrophic, heterotrophic, or mixotrophic life with versatile metabolic strategies. Biogeochemical processes are mediated by microorganisms, and notably, processes involving or coupling the carbon, sulfur, hydrogen, nitrogen, and metal cycles in these unique ecosystems. Here, we review the taxonomic and physiological diversity of microbial prokaryotic life from cosmopolitan to endemic taxa and emphasize their significant roles in the biogeochemical processes in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. According to the physiology of the targeted taxa and their needs inferred from meta-omics data, the media for selective cultivation can be designed with a wide range of physicochemical conditions such as temperature, pH, hydrostatic pressure, electron donors and acceptors, carbon sources, nitrogen sources, and growth factors. The application of novel cultivation techniques with real-time monitoring of microbial diversity and metabolic substrates and products are also recommended. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-020-00086-4.
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- Xiang Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, 361005 China
- LIA/IRP 1211 MicrobSea, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes LM2E UMR6197, Univ Brest, CNRS, IFREMER, F-29280 Plouzané, France
- LIA/IRP 1211 MicrobSea, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, 361005 China
- LIA/IRP 1211 MicrobSea, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Plouzané, France
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Luo JC, Long H, Zhang J, Zhao Y, Sun L. Characterization of a Deep Sea Bacillus toyonensis Isolate: Genomic and Pathogenic Features. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:629116. [PMID: 33777842 PMCID: PMC7988205 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.629116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Bacillus toyonensis is a group of Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the Bacillus cereus group and used in some cases as probiotics or biocontrol agents. To our knowledge, B. toyonensis from the deep sea (depth >1,000 m) has not been documented. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a B. toyonensis strain, P18, from a deep sea hydrothermal field. P18 is aerobic, motile, and able to grow at low temperatures (4°C) and high concentrations of NaCl (8%). P18 possesses a circular chromosome of 5,250,895 bp and a plasmid of 536,892 bp, which encode 5,380 and 523 genes, respectively. Of these genes, 2,229 encode hypothetical proteins that could not be annotated based on the COG database. Comparative genomic analysis showed that P18 is most closely related to the type strain of B. toyonensis, BCT-7112T. Compared to BCT-7112T, P18 contains 1,401 unique genes, 441 of which were classified into 20 COG functional categories, and the remaining 960 genes could not be annotated. A total of 319 putative virulence genes were identified in P18, including toxin-related genes, and 24 of these genes are absent in BCT-7112T. P18 exerted strong cytopathic effects on fish and mammalian cells that led to rapid cell death. When inoculated via injection into fish and mice, P18 rapidly disseminated in host tissues and induced acute infection and mortality. Histopathology revealed varying degrees of tissue lesions in the infected animals. Furthermore, P18 could survive in fish and mouse sera and possessed hemolytic activity. Taken together, these results provide the first evidence that virulent B. toyonensis exists in deep sea environments.
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- Jing-Chang Luo
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Ocean, Yan Tai University, Yantai, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhou Y, Gao X, Shi C, Li M, Jia W, Shao Z, Yan P. Diversity and Antiaflatoxigenic Activities of Culturable Filamentous Fungi from Deep-Sea Sediments of the South Atlantic Ocean. MYCOBIOLOGY 2021; 49:151-160. [PMID: 37970182 PMCID: PMC10635107 DOI: 10.1080/12298093.2020.1871175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Despite recent studies, relatively few are known about the diversity of fungal communities in the deep Atlantic Ocean. In this study, we investigated the diversity of fungal communities in 15 different deep-sea sediments from the South Atlantic Ocean with a culture-dependent approach followed by phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequences. A total of 29 fungal strains were isolated from the 15 deep-sea sediments. These strains belong to four fungal genera, including Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Penicillium, and Alternaria. Penicillium, accounting for 44.8% of the total fungal isolates, was a dominant genus. The antiaflatoxigenic activity of these deep-sea fungal isolates was studied. Surprisingly, most of the strains showed moderate to strong antiaflatoxigenic activity. Four isolates, belonging to species of Penicillium polonicum, Penicillium chrysogenum, Aspergillus versicolor, and Cladosporium cladosporioides, could completely inhibit not only the mycelial growth of Aspergillus parasiticus mutant strain NFRI-95, but also the aflatoxin production. To our knowledge, this is the first report to investigate the antiaflatoxigenic activity of culturable deep-sea fungi. Our results provide new insights into the community composition of fungi in the deep South Atlantic Ocean. The high proportion of strains that displayed antiaflatoxigenic activity demonstrates that deep-sea fungi from the Atlantic Ocean are valuable resources for mining bioactive compounds.
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- Ying Zhou
- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China
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- China Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, The Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China
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Martinelli L, Redou V, Cochereau B, Delage L, Hymery N, Poirier E, Le Meur C, Le Foch G, Cladiere L, Mehiri M, Demont-Caulet N, Meslet-Cladiere L. Identification and Characterization of a New Type III Polyketide Synthase from a Marine Yeast, Naganishia uzbekistanensis. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:E637. [PMID: 33322429 PMCID: PMC7763939 DOI: 10.3390/md18120637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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A putative Type III Polyketide synthase (PKSIII) encoding gene was identified from a marine yeast, Naganishia uzbekistanensis strain Mo29 (UBOCC-A-208024) (formerly named as Cryptococcus sp.) isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. This gene is part of a distinct phylogenetic branch compared to all known terrestrial fungal sequences. This new gene encodes a C-terminus extension of 74 amino acids compared to other known PKSIII proteins like Neurospora crassa. Full-length and reduced versions of this PKSIII were successfully cloned and overexpressed in a bacterial host, Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). Both proteins showed the same activity, suggesting that additional amino acid residues at the C-terminus are probably not required for biochemical functions. We demonstrated by LC-ESI-MS/MS that these two recombinant PKSIII proteins could only produce tri- and tetraketide pyrones and alkylresorcinols using only long fatty acid chain from C8 to C16 acyl-CoAs as starter units, in presence of malonyl-CoA. In addition, we showed that some of these molecules exhibit cytotoxic activities against several cancer cell lines.
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- Laure Martinelli
- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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- Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR),CNRS, UMR8227, Sorbonne Université, 29680 Roscoff, France; (L.D.); (L.C.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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- Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR),CNRS, UMR8227, Sorbonne Université, 29680 Roscoff, France; (L.D.); (L.C.)
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- Marine Natural Products Team, CNRS, UMR 7272, Institut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d’Azur, 06108 Nice, France;
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRAE, INRAE, University of Paris, 78026 Versailles, France;
- AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026 Versailles, France
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, University Brest, F-29280 Plouzané, France; (L.M.); (V.R.); (B.C.); (N.H.); (E.P.); (C.L.M.); (G.L.F.)
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Vargas-Gastélum L, Riquelme M. The Mycobiota of the Deep Sea: What Omics Can Offer. Life (Basel) 2020; 10:E292. [PMID: 33228036 PMCID: PMC7699357 DOI: 10.3390/life10110292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The deep sea (>1000 m below sea level) represents one of the most extreme environments of the ocean. Despite exhibiting harsh abiotic conditions such as low temperatures, high hydrostatic pressure, high salinity concentrations, a low input of organic matter, and absence of light, the deep sea encompasses a great fungal diversity. For decades, most knowledge on the fungal diversity of the deep sea was obtained through culture-dependent techniques. More recently, with the latest advances of high-throughput next generation sequencing platforms, there has been a rapid increment in the number of studies using culture-independent techniques. This review brings into the spotlight the progress of the techniques used to assess the diversity and ecological role of the deep-sea mycobiota and provides an overview on how the omics technologies have contributed to gaining knowledge about fungi and their activity in poorly explored marine environments. Finally, current challenges and suggested coordinated efforts to overcome them are discussed.
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- Department of Microbiology, Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ctra.Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Ensenada 22860, Baja California, Mexico;
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Yang S, Xu W, Gao Y, Chen X, Luo ZH. Fungal diversity in deep-sea sediments from Magellan seamounts environment of the western Pacific revealed by high-throughput Illumina sequencing. J Microbiol 2020; 58:841-852. [PMID: 32876913 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-020-0198-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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There are lots of seamounts globally whose primary production is disproportionally greater than the surrounding areas. Compared to other deep-sea environments, however, the seamounts environment is relatively less explored for fungal diversity. In the present study, we explored the fungal community structure in deep-sea sediments from four different stations of the Magellan seamounts environment by using high-throughput sequencing of the ITS1 region. A total of 1,897,618 ITS1 sequences were obtained. Among these sequences, fungal ITS1 sequences could be clustered into 1,662 OTUs. The majority of these sequences belonged to Ascomycota. In the genera level, the most abundant genus was Mortierella (4.79%), which was reported as a common fungal genus in soil and marine sediments, followed by Umbelopsis (3.80%), Cladosporium (2.98%), Saccharomycopsis (2.53%), Aspergillus (2.42%), Hortaea (2.36%), Saitozyma (2.20%), Trichoderma (2.12%), Penicillium (2.11%), Russula (1.86%), and Verticillium (1.40%). Most of these recovered genera belong to Ascomycota. The Bray-Curtis analysis showed that there was 37 to 85% dissimilarity of fungal communities between each two sediment samples. The Principal coordinates analysis clearly showed variations in the fungal community among different sediment samples. These results suggested that there was a difference in fungal community structures not only among four different sampling stations but also for different layers at the same station. The depth and geographical distance significantly affect the fungal community, and the effect of depth and geographical distance on the structure of the fungal community in the Magellan seamounts is basically same. Most of the fungi were more or less related to plants, these plant parasitic/symbiotic/endophytic fungi constitute a unique type of seamounts environmental fungal ecology, different from other marine ecosystems.
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- Shuai Yang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China
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- Monotoring Center of Fishery Resources, Fujian Province, Fuzhou, 350003, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen, 361005, P. R. China. .,Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bioindustry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, 222005, P. R. China. .,School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, P. R. China.
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Gonçalves MFM, Esteves AC, Alves A. Revealing the hidden diversity of marine fungi in Portugal with the description of two novel species, Neoascochyta fuci sp. nov. and Paraconiothyrium salinum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5337-5354. [PMID: 32845832 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fungi are ubiquitous organisms with a wide distribution in almost all ecosystems, including marine environments. Coastal and estuarine ecosystems remain poorly unexplored as fungal habitats, potentially harbouring a hidden diversity with important ecological roles. During an extensive survey of marine fungi in coastal and estuarine Portuguese environments, a collection of 612 isolates was obtained from water, algae, sponges and driftwood. From these, 282 representative isolates were selected through microsatellite-primed PCR (MSP-PCR) fingerprinting analysis, which were identified based on DNA sequence data. The collection yielded 117 taxa from 38 distinct genera, which were identified using DNA sequence analysis. Overall, fungal community composition varied with host/substrate, but the most abundant taxa in the collection were Cladosporium cladosporioides, Penicillium terrigenum, Penicillium brevicompactum and Fusarium equiseti/incarnatum complex. The occurrence of a high fungal diversity harbouring novel species was disclosed. Through a multilocus phylogeny based on ITS, tub2 and tef1-α sequences, in conjunction with morphological and physiological data, we propose Neoascochyta fuci sp. nov. and Paraconiothyrium salinum sp. nov.
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- Present address: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Investigation (CIIS), Viseu, Portugal.,CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Quemener M, Mara P, Schubotz F, Beaudoin D, Li W, Pachiadaki M, Sehein TR, Sylvan JB, Li J, Barbier G, Edgcomb V, Burgaud G. Meta-omics highlights the diversity, activity and adaptations of fungi in deep oceanic crust. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:3950-3967. [PMID: 32743889 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The lithified oceanic crust, lower crust gabbros in particular, has remained largely unexplored by microbiologists. Recently, evidence for heterogeneously distributed viable and transcriptionally active autotrophic and heterotrophic microbial populations within low-biomass communities was found down to 750 m below the seafloor at the Atlantis Bank Gabbro Massif, Indian Ocean. Here, we report on the diversity, activity and adaptations of fungal communities in the deep oceanic crust from ~10 to 780 mbsf by combining metabarcoding analyses with mid/high-throughput culturing approaches. Metabarcoding along with culturing indicate a low diversity of viable fungi, mostly affiliated to ubiquitous (terrestrial and aquatic environments) taxa. Ecophysiological analyses coupled with metatranscriptomics point to viable and transcriptionally active fungal populations engaged in cell division, translation, protein modifications and other vital cellular processes. Transcript data suggest possible adaptations for surviving in the nutrient-poor, lithified deep biosphere that include the recycling of organic matter. These active communities appear strongly influenced by the presence of cracks and veins in the rocks where fluids and resulting rock alteration create micro-niches.
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- Maxence Quemener
- Université de Brest, EA 3882 Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.,Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University Bremen, Leobener Strasse 8, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.,Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.,Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.,Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Université de Brest, EA 3882 Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.,Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Université de Brest, EA 3882 Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France
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Nagano Y, Miura T, Tsubouchi T, Lima AO, Kawato M, Fujiwara Y, Fujikura K. Cryptic fungal diversity revealed in deep-sea sediments associated with whale-fall chemosynthetic ecosystems. Mycology 2020; 11:263-278. [PMID: 33062387 PMCID: PMC7534350 DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2020.1799879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In this study, sediments from whale-fall chemosynthetic ecosystems (two different sites, one naturally occurring at 4200 m water depth in South Atlantic Ocean and one artificially immersed at 100 m water depth in Kagoshima Bay, Japan) were investigated by Ion Torrent PGM sequencing of the ITS region of ribosomal RNA to reveal fungal communities in these unique marine environments. As a result, a total of 107 (897 including singletons) Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) were obtained from the samples explored. Composition of the 107 OTUs at the phylum level among the five samples from two different whale-fall sites was assigned to Ascomycota (46%), Basidiomycota (7%), unidentified fungi (21%), non-fungi (10%), and sequences with no affiliation to any organisms in the public database (No-match) (16%). The high detection of the unidentified fungi and unassigned fungi was revealed in the whale-fall environments in this study. Some of these unidentified fungi are allied to early diverging fungi and they were more abundant in the sediments not directly in contact with whalebone. This study suggests that a cryptic fungal community exists in unique whale-fall ecosystems.
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- Yuriko Nagano
- Deep-Sea Biodiversity Research Group, Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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- Research Institute of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, Public University Corporation Osaka City University (OCU), Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), Itajaí, Brazil
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- Deep-Sea Biodiversity Research Group, Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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- Deep-Sea Biodiversity Research Group, Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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- Deep-Sea Biodiversity Research Group, Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment Research Center, Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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Luo Y, Wei X, Yang S, Gao YH, Luo ZH. Fungal diversity in deep-sea sediments from the Magellan seamounts as revealed by a metabarcoding approach targeting the ITS2 regions. Mycology 2020; 11:214-229. [PMID: 33062383 PMCID: PMC7534268 DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2020.1799878] [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] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Recent reports have revealed diverse and abundant fungal communities in the deep-sea biosphere, while their composition, distribution, and variations in seamount zones are poorly understood. Using a metabarcoding approach targeting the ITS2 regions, we present the structure of the fungal community in 18 sediment samples from the Magellan seamount area of the northwest Pacific. A total of 1,979 fungal OTUs was obtained, which were taxonomically assigned to seven phyla, 17 classes, 43 orders, 7 families, and 98 genera. The majority of these OTUs were affiliated to Basidiomycota (873 OTUs, 44.11% of total OTUs) and Ascomycota (486 OTUs, 24.56% of total OTUs), followed by other five minor phyla (Mortierellomycota, Chytridiomycota, Mucoromycota, Glomeromycota, and Monoblepharidomycota). Sordriomycetes is the most abundant class, followed by Eurotiomycetes, and Dothideomycetes. Five genera were common in most of the samples, including worldwide reported genera Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Chaetomium, and Penicillium. The environmental data we collected (sampling depth, sampling location latitude and longitude, organic carbon content, and organic nitrogen content in the sediment) had no significant influence on the composition and distribution of fungal communities. Our findings provide valuable information for understanding the distribution and potential ecological functions of fungi in the deep-sea sediments of the Magellan seamounts.
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- Ye Luo
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, PR China
- School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, PR China
- Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bioindustry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, PR China
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Held BW, Salomon CE, Blanchette RA. Diverse subterranean fungi of an underground iron ore mine. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0234208. [PMID: 32497073 PMCID: PMC7272026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mines and caves are unusual ecosystems containing unique fungi and are greatly understudied compared to other environments. The Soudan Mine in Tower, MN, an iron ore mine that closed in 1963 after operating for 80 years, was sampled to explore fungal diversity and to investigate taxa that tolerate heavy metals for potential bioprocessing technologies or as sources of bioactive molecules for drug discovery and possible biocontrol for white-nose syndrome (WNS) of bats. The mine is 714 m deep, has 18 levels and contains large quantities of wooden timbers, in contrast to many other oligotrophic subterranean environments. Fungi were cultured from samples and the ITS region was sequenced for identification and phylogenetic analysis. Results show Ascomycota are the dominant fungi followed by Basidiomycota and Mucoromycota. Out of 164 identified taxa, 108 belong to the Ascomycota and 26 and 31 to Basidiomycota and Mucoromycota, respectively. There are also 46 taxa that do not match (<97% BLAST GenBank identity) sequenced fungal species. Examples of the most commonly isolated Ascomycota include Scytalidium sp., Mariannaea comptospora, Hypocrea pachybasidioides, Oidiodendron griseum and Pochonia bulbillosa; Basidiomycota include Postia sp., Sistotrema brinkmannii, Calocera sp., Amylocorticiellum sp.; Mucoromycota include Mortierella parvispora, M. gamsii, M. hyaline, M. basiparvispora and Mortierella sp. Unusual growth forms were also found including large quantities of black rhizomorphs of Armillaria sinapina and white mycelial cords of Postia sp. mycelium, as well as Pseudogymnoascus species growing over large areas of mine walls and ceiling. The mine environment is a relatively extreme environment for fungi, with the presence of high levels of heavy metals, complete darkness and poor nutrient availability. Several genera are similar to those isolated in other extreme environments but phylogenetic analyses show differences in species between these environments. Results indicate this subterranean environment hosts a wide diversity of fungi, many of them not found in above ground environments.
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- Benjamin W. Held
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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Pang KL, Chiang MWL, Guo SY, Shih CY, Dahms HU, Hwang JS, Cha HJ. Growth study under combined effects of temperature, pH and salinity and transcriptome analysis revealed adaptations of Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 to the extreme conditions at Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233621. [PMID: 32453769 PMCID: PMC7250430 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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A high diversity of fungi was discovered on various substrates collected at the marine shallow-water Kueishan Island Hydrothermal Vent Field, Taiwan, using culture and metabarcoding methods but whether these fungi can grow and play an active role in such an extreme environment is unknown. We investigated the combined effects of different salinity, temperature and pH on growth of ten fungi (in the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fodinomyces, Microascus, Trichoderma, Verticillium) isolated from the sediment and the vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus. The growth responses of the tested fungi could be referred to three groups: (1) wide pH, salinity and temperature ranges, (2) salinity-dependent and temperature-sensitive, and (3) temperature-tolerant. Aspergillus terreus NTOU4989 was the only fungus which showed growth at 45 °C, pH 3 and 30 ‰ salinity, and might be active near the vents. We also carried out a transcriptome analysis to understand the molecular adaptations of A. terreus NTOU4989 under these extreme conditions. Data revealed that stress-related genes were differentially expressed at high temperature (45 °C); for instance, mannitol biosynthetic genes were up-regulated while glutathione S-transferase and amino acid oxidase genes down-regulated in response to high temperature. On the other hand, hydrogen ion transmembrane transport genes and phenylalanine ammonia lyase were up-regulated while pH-response transcription factor was down-regulated at pH 3, a relative acidic environment. However, genes related to salt tolerance, such as glycerol lipid metabolism and mitogen-activated protein kinase, were up-regulated in both conditions, possibly related to maintaining water homeostasis. The results of this study revealed the genetic evidence of adaptation in A. terreus NTOU4989 to changes of environmental conditions.
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- Ka-Lai Pang
- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environment Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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Velez P, Gasca-Pineda J, Riquelme M. Cultivable fungi from deep-sea oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico: Genetic signatures in response to hydrocarbons. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 153:104816. [PMID: 31679790 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The estimation of oil spill effects on marine ecosystems is limited to the extent of our knowledge on the autochthonous biota. Fungi are involved in key ecological marine processes, representing a major component of post-spill communities. However, information on their functional capacities remains lacking. Herein we analyzed cultivable fungi from sediments in two oil-drilling regions of the Gulf of Mexico for their ability to tolerate and use hexadecane and 1-hexadecene as the sole carbon sources; and to evaluate gene expression profiles of key hydrocarbonoclastic taxa during utilization of these hydrocarbons. The isolated fungi showed differential sensitivity patterns towards the tested hydrocarbons under three different concentrations. Remarkably, six OTUs (Aureobasidium sp., Penicillium brevicompactum, Penicillium sp., Phialocephala sp., Cladosporium sp. 1 and 2) metabolized the tested alkane and alkene as the sole carbon sources, confirming that deep-sea fungal taxa are valuable genetic resources with potential use in bioremediation. RNA-seq results revealed distinctive gene expression profiles in the hydrocarbonoclastic fungus Penicillium sp. when using hexadecane and 1-hexadecene as the sole carbon sources, with up-regulation of genes involved in transmembrane transport, metabolism of six-carbons carbohydrates, and nitric oxide pathways.
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- Patricia Velez
- Departamento de Microbiología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico.
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- Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico.
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Pang KL, Guo SY, Chen IA, Burgaud G, Luo ZH, Dahms HU, Hwang JS, Lin YL, Huang JS, Ho TW, Tsang LM, Chiang MWL, Cha HJ. Insights into fungal diversity of a shallow-water hydrothermal vent field at Kueishan Island, Taiwan by culture-based and metabarcoding analyses. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226616. [PMID: 31887170 PMCID: PMC6936883 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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This paper reports the diversity of fungi associated with substrates collected at a shallow hydrothermal vent field at Kueishan Island, Taiwan, using both culture-based and metabarcoding methods. Culture of fungi from yellow sediment (with visible sulfur granules), black sediment (no visible sulfur granules), the vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus, seawater and, animal egg samples resulted in a total of 94 isolates. Species identification based on the internal transcribed spacer regions of the rDNA revealed that the yellow sediment samples had the highest species richness with 25 species, followed by the black sediment (23) and the crab (13). The Ascomycota was dominant over the Basidiomycota; the dominant orders were Agaricales, Capnodiales, Eurotiales, Hypocreales, Pleosporales, Polyporales and Xylariales. Hortaea werneckii was the only common fungus isolated from the crab, seawater, yellow and black sediment samples. The metabarcoding analysis amplifying a small fragment of the rDNA (from 18S to 5.8S) recovered 7-27 species from the black sediment and 12-27 species from the yellow sediment samples and all species belonged to the Ascomycota and the Basidiomycota. In the yellow sediments, the dominant order was Pleosporales and this order was also dominant in the black sediment together with Sporidiobolales. Based on the results from both methods, 54 and 49 species were found in the black and yellow sediments, respectively. Overall, a higher proportion of Ascomycota (~70%) over Basidiomycota was recovered in the yellow sediment and the two phyla were equally abundant in the black sediment. The top five dominant fungal orders in descending order based on species richness were Pleosporales>Eurotiales>Polyporales>Hypocreales>Capnodiales in the black sediment samples, and Polyporales>Pleosporales>Eurotiales>Capnodiales>Hypocreales in the yellow sediment samples. This study is the first to observe a high diversity of fungi associated with various substrates at a marine shallow water hydrothermal vent ecosystem. While some fungi found in this study were terrestrial species and their airborne spores might have been deposited into the marine sediment, several pathogenic fungi of animals, including Acremonium spp., Aspergillus spp., Fusarium spp., Malassezia spp., Hortaea werneckii, Parengyodontium album, and Westerdykella dispersa, were recovered suggesting that these fungi may be able to cause diseases of marine animals.
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- Ka-Lai Pang
- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Brest, Plouzané, France
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environment Biology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR
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- Institute of Marine Biology and Centre of Excellence of the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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Cultivable fungi present in deep-sea sediments of Antarctica: taxonomy, diversity, and bioprospecting of bioactive compounds. Extremophiles 2019; 24:227-238. [PMID: 31758267 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-019-01148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We accessed the culturable mycobiota present in marine sediments at different depths in Antarctica Ocean. Acremonium fusidioides, Penicillium allii-sativi, Penicillium chrysogenum, Penicillium palitans, Penicillium solitum, and Pseudogymnoascus verrucosus were identified. Penicillium allii-sativi was the dominant species. At least one isolate of each species was capable to present antifungal, trypanocidal, leishmanicidal, antimalarial, nematocidal, or herbicidal activities. Penicillium produced extracts with strong trypanocidal and antimalarial activities, and the extracts of P. solitum and P. chrysogenum demonstrated strong antimalarial activities. Acremonium fusidioides and P. verrucosus displayed strong selective herbicidal properties. The 1H NMR signals for extracts of A. fusidioides, P. chrysogenum, and P. solitum indicated the presence of highly functionalized secondary metabolites, which may be responsible for the biological activities detected. In the deep marine Antarctic sediments, we detected fungal assemblages in which the Penicillium species were found to be dominant and demonstrated capabilities to survive and/or colonise that poly-extreme habitat. Penicillium being a polyextremophile Antarctic species, exhibited strong biological activities and the presence of aromatic compounds in its extracts may indicate that they are wild ancient strains with high genetic and biochemical potentials that enable them to produce bioactive compounds which can be researched in further studies and used in the chemotherapy of neglected tropical diseases as well as in agriculture.
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Mitchison-Field LMY, Vargas-Muñiz JM, Stormo BM, Vogt EJD, Van Dierdonck S, Pelletier JF, Ehrlich C, Lew DJ, Field CM, Gladfelter AS. Unconventional Cell Division Cycles from Marine-Derived Yeasts. Curr Biol 2019; 29:3439-3456.e5. [PMID: 31607535 PMCID: PMC7076734 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fungi have been found in every marine habitat that has been explored; however, the diversity and functions of fungi in the ocean are poorly understood. In this study, fungi were cultured from the marine environment in the vicinity of Woods Hole, MA, USA, including from plankton, sponge, and coral. Our sampling resulted in 35 unique species across 20 genera. We observed many isolates by time-lapse, differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy and analyzed modes of growth and division. Several black yeasts displayed highly unconventional cell division cycles compared to those of traditional model yeast systems. Black yeasts have been found in habitats inhospitable to other life and are known for halotolerance, virulence, and stress resistance. We find that this group of yeasts also shows remarkable plasticity in terms of cell size control, modes of cell division, and cell polarity. Unexpected behaviors include division through a combination of fission and budding, production of multiple simultaneous buds, and cell division by sequential orthogonal septations. These marine-derived yeasts reveal alternative mechanisms for cell division cycles that seem likely to expand the repertoire of rules established from classic model system yeasts.
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- Lorna M Y Mitchison-Field
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02354, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02354, USA; Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02354, USA; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden 01307, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02354, USA; Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02354, USA.
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Vargas-Gastélum L, Chong-Robles J, Lago-Lestón A, Darcy JL, Amend AS, Riquelme M. Targeted ITS1 sequencing unravels the mycodiversity of deep-sea sediments from the Gulf of Mexico. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:4046-4061. [PMID: 31336033 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fungi from marine environments have been significantly less studied than terrestrial fungi. This study describes distribution patterns and associated habitat characteristics of the mycobiota of deep-sea sediments collected from the Mexican exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), ranging between 1000 and > 3500 m depth. Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 (ITS1) amplicons were sequenced by Illumina MiSeq. From 29 stations sampled across three annual campaigns, a total of 4421 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were obtained, indicating a high fungal richness. Most OTUs assignments corresponded to Ascomycota, unidentified fungi and Basidiomycota. The majority of the stations shared a mere 31 OTUs, including the worldwide reported genera Penicillium, Rhodotorula and Cladosporium. Both a transient and a conserved community were identified, suggesting their dependence on or adaptation to the habitat dynamics, respectively. The differences found in fungal richness and taxonomic compositions were correlated principally with latitude, carbon and carbonates content, and terrigenous content, which could be the potential drivers that delimit fungal distribution. This study represents an expansion of our current knowledge on the biogeography of the fungal community from deep-sea sediments, and identifies the geographic and physicochemical properties that delimit fungal composition and distribution in the GoM.
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- Lluvia Vargas-Gastélum
- Departamento de Microbiología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico
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- Departamento de Innovación Biomédica, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico
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- Departamento de Innovación Biomédica, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Botany Department, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico
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Jones EBG, Pang KL, Abdel-Wahab MA, Scholz B, Hyde KD, Boekhout T, Ebel R, Rateb ME, Henderson L, Sakayaroj J, Suetrong S, Dayarathne MC, Kumar V, Raghukumar S, Sridhar KR, Bahkali AHA, Gleason FH, Norphanphoun C. An online resource for marine fungi. FUNGAL DIVERS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-019-00426-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nguyen MT, Thomas T. Diversity, host-specificity and stability of sponge-associated fungal communities of co-occurring sponges. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4965. [PMID: 29888140 PMCID: PMC5991299 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Fungi play a critical role in a range of ecosystems; however, their interactions and functions in marine hosts, and particular sponges, is poorly understood. Here we assess the fungal community composition of three co-occurring sponges (Cymbastela concentrica, Scopalina sp., Tedania anhelans) and the surrounding seawater over two time points to help elucidate host-specificity, stability and potential core members, which may shed light into the ecological function of fungi in sponges. The results showed that ITS-amplicon-based community profiling likely provides a more realistic assessment of fungal diversity in sponges than cultivation-dependent approaches. The sponges studied here were found to contain phylogenetically diverse fungi (eight fungal classes were observed), including members of the family Togniniaceae and the genus Acrostalagmus, that have so far not been reported to be cultured from sponges. Fungal communities within any given sponge species were found to be highly variable compared to bacterial communities, and influenced in structure by the community of the surrounding seawater, especially considering temporal variation. Nevertheless, the sponge species studied here contained a few "variable/core" fungi that appeared in multiple biological replicates and were enriched in their relative abundance compared to seawater communities. These fungi were the same or highly similar to fungal species detected in sponges around the world, which suggests a prevalence of horizontal transmission where selectivity and enrichment of some fungi occur for those that can survive and/or exploit the sponge environment. Our current sparse knowledge about sponge-associated fungi thus indicate that fungal communities may perhaps not play as an important ecological role in the sponge holobiont compared to bacterial or archaeal symbionts.
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- Mary T.H.D. Nguyen
- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Edrada-Ebel R, Ævarsson A, Polymenakou P, Hentschel U, Carettoni D, Day J, Green D, Hreggviðsson GÓ, Harvey L, McNeil B. SeaBioTech: From Seabed to Test-Bed: Harvesting the Potential of Marine Biodiversity for Industrial Biotechnology. GRAND CHALLENGES IN MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69075-9_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Environmental DNA as a tool for ecological monitoring of fungal communities. UKRAINIAN BOTANICAL JOURNAL 2017. [DOI: 10.15407/ukrbotj74.05.442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sengupta A, Zabala A, Tan SY, Broadstock A, Suryanarayanan TS, Gopalan V. Characterization of an ionic liquid-tolerant β-xylosidase from a marine-derived fungal endophyte. Biochem Cell Biol 2017; 95:585-591. [DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2017-0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are used in lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) pretreatment because of their ability to disrupt the extensive hydrogen-bonding network in cellulose and hemicellulose, and thereby decrease LCB recalcitrance to subsequent enzymatic degradation. However, this approach necessitates the development of cellulases and hemicellulases that can tolerate ∼20% (w/v) IL, an amount that either co-precipitates with the sugar polymers after the initial pretreatment or is typically used in single-pot biomass deconstructions. By investigating the secretomes from 4 marine-derived fungal endophytes, we identified a β-xylosidase derived from Trichoderma harzianum as the most promising in terms of tolerating 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium-dimethyl phosphate (EMIM-DMP), an IL. When tested with p-nitrophenyl-β-d-xyloside, this extracellular xylosidase retained ∼50% activity even in 1.2 mol·L–1 (20% w/v) EMIM-DMP after incubation for 48 h. When tested on the natural substrate xylobiose, there was ∼85% of the initial activity in 1.2 mol·L–1 EMIM-DMP after incubation for 9 h and ∼80% after incubation for 48 h. Despite previous findings associating thermostability and IL tolerance, our findings related to the mesophilic T. harzianum β-xylosidase(s) emphasize the need to include the marine habitat in the bioprospecting dragnet for identification of new IL-tolerant LCB-degrading enzymes.
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- Anindita Sengupta
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology (VINSTROM), Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Chennai 600004, India
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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A Dereplication and Bioguided Discovery Approach to Reveal New Compounds from a Marine-Derived Fungus Stilbella fimetaria. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:md15080253. [PMID: 28805711 PMCID: PMC5577607 DOI: 10.3390/md15080253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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A marine-derived Stilbella fimetaria fungal strain was screened for new bioactive compounds based on two different approaches: (i) bio-guided approach using cytotoxicity and antimicrobial bioassays; and (ii) dereplication based approach using liquid chromatography with both diode array detection and high resolution mass spectrometry. This led to the discovery of several bioactive compound families with different biosynthetic origins, including pimarane-type diterpenoids and hybrid polyketide-non ribosomal peptide derived compounds. Prefractionation before bioassay screening proved to be a great aid in the dereplication process, since separate fractions displaying different bioactivities allowed a quick tentative identification of known antimicrobial compounds and of potential new analogues. A new pimarane-type diterpene, myrocin F, was discovered in trace amounts and displayed cytotoxicity towards various cancer cell lines. Further media optimization led to increased production followed by the purification and bioactivity screening of several new and known pimarane-type diterpenoids. A known broad-spectrum antifungal compound, ilicicolin H, was purified along with two new analogues, hydroxyl-ilicicolin H and ilicicolin I, and their antifungal activity was evaluated.
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Batista-García RA, Kumar VV, Ariste A, Tovar-Herrera OE, Savary O, Peidro-Guzmán H, González-Abradelo D, Jackson SA, Dobson ADW, Sánchez-Carbente MDR, Folch-Mallol JL, Leduc R, Cabana H. Simple screening protocol for identification of potential mycoremediation tools for the elimination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phenols from hyperalkalophile industrial effluents. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2017; 198:1-11. [PMID: 28499155 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A number of fungal strains belonging to the ascomycota, basidiomycota and zygomycota genera were subjected to an in vitro screening regime to assess their ligninolytic activity potential, with a view to their potential use in mycoremediation-based strategies to remove phenolic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from industrial wastewaters. All six basidiomycetes completely decolorized remazol brilliant blue R (RBBR), while also testing positive in both the guaiacol and gallic acid tests indicating good levels of lignolytic activity. All the fungi were capable of tolerating phenanthrene, benzo-α- pyrene, phenol and p-chlorophenol in agar medium at levels of 10 ppm. Six of the fungal strains, Pseudogymnoascus sp., Aspergillus caesiellus, Trametes hirsuta IBB 450, Phanerochate chrysosporium ATCC 787, Pleurotus ostreatus MTCC 1804 and Cadophora sp. produced both laccase and Mn peroxidase activity in the ranges of 200-560 U/L and 6-152 U/L, respectively, in liquid media under nitrogen limiting conditions. The levels of adsorption of the phenolic and PAHs were negligible with 99% biodegradation being observed in the case of benzo-α-pyrene, phenol and p-chlorophenol. The aforementioned six fungal strains were also found to be able to effectively treat highly alkaline industrial wastewater (pH 12.4). When this wastewater was supplemented with 0.1 mM glucose, all of the tested fungi, apart from A. caesiellus, displayed the capacity to remove both the phenolic and PAH compounds. Based on their biodegradative capacity we found T. hirsuta IBB 450 and Pseudogymnoascus sp., to have the greatest potential for further use in mycoremediation based strategies to treat wastestreams containing phenolics and PAHs.
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- Ramón Alberto Batista-García
- Centro de Investigación en Dinámica Celular, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; Department of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada; Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Centro de Investigación en Dinámica Celular, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Dinámica Celular, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada.
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Chitty JL, Fraser JA. Purine Acquisition and Synthesis by Human Fungal Pathogens. Microorganisms 2017; 5:microorganisms5020033. [PMID: 28594372 PMCID: PMC5488104 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms5020033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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While members of the Kingdom Fungi are found across many of the world's most hostile environments, only a limited number of species can thrive within the human host. The causative agents of the most common invasive fungal infections are Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cryptococcus neoformans. During the infection process, these fungi must not only combat the host immune system while adapting to dramatic changes in temperature and pH, but also acquire sufficient nutrients to enable growth and dissemination in the host. One class of nutrients required by fungi, which is found in varying concentrations in their environmental niches and the human host, is the purines. These nitrogen-containing heterocycles are one of the most abundant organic molecules in nature and are required for roles as diverse as signal transduction, energy metabolism and DNA synthesis. The most common life-threatening fungal pathogens can degrade, salvage and synthesize de novo purines through a number of enzymatic steps that are conserved. While these enable them to adapt to the changing purine availability in the environment, only de novo purine biosynthesis is essential during infection and therefore an attractive antimycotic target.
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- Jessica L Chitty
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, the University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, the University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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Raghukumar C. Chapter 14 Diversity and Role of Fungi in the Marine Ecosystem. Mycology 2017. [DOI: 10.1201/9781315119496-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Liu CH, Huang X, Xie TN, Duan N, Xue YR, Zhao TX, Lever MA, Hinrichs KU, Inagaki F. Exploration of cultivable fungal communities in deep coal-bearing sediments from ∼1.3 to 2.5 km below the ocean floor. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:803-818. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chang-Hong Liu
- State Key of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Science; Nanjing University; 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Science; Nanjing University; 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Science; Nanjing University; 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Science; Nanjing University; 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Science; Nanjing University; 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Science; Nanjing University; 163 Xianlin Avenue Nanjing 210023 China
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich; Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics; Zürich CH-8092 Switzerland
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; University of Bremen; Bremen D-28359 Germany
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- Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research; Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC); Nankoku Kochi 783-8502 Japan
- Research and Development Center for Ocean Drilling Science, JAMSTEC; Yokohama 236-0061 Japan
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Burgaud G, Coton M, Jacques N, Debaets S, Maciel NOP, Rosa CA, Gadanho M, Sampaio JP, Casaregola S. Yamadazyma barbieri f.a. sp. nov., an ascomycetous anamorphic yeast isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal site (−2300 m) and marine coastal waters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3600-3606. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Gaëtan Burgaud
- Université de Brest, EA 3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, ESIAB, Technopôle de Brest Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Université de Brest, EA 3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, ESIAB, Technopôle de Brest Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, CIRM-Levures, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université de Brest, EA 3882, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, ESIAB, Technopôle de Brest Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, ICB, C.P. 486, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Edifício TecLabs, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, CIRM-Levures, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Richards TA, Leonard G, Mahé F, Del Campo J, Romac S, Jones MDM, Maguire F, Dunthorn M, De Vargas C, Massana R, Chambouvet A. Molecular diversity and distribution of marine fungi across 130 European environmental samples. Proc Biol Sci 2016; 282:rspb.2015.2243. [PMID: 26582030 PMCID: PMC4685826 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Environmental DNA and culture-based analyses have suggested that fungi are present in low diversity and in low abundance in many marine environments, especially in the upper water column. Here, we use a dual approach involving high-throughput diversity tag sequencing from both DNA and RNA templates and fluorescent cell counts to evaluate the diversity and relative abundance of fungi across marine samples taken from six European near-shore sites. We removed very rare fungal operational taxonomic units (OTUs) selecting only OTUs recovered from multiple samples for a detailed analysis. This approach identified a set of 71 fungal 'OTU clusters' that account for 66% of all the sequences assigned to the Fungi. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that this diversity includes a significant number of chytrid-like lineages that had not been previously described, indicating that the marine environment encompasses a number of zoosporic fungi that are new to taxonomic inventories. Using the sequence datasets, we identified cases where fungal OTUs were sampled across multiple geographical sites and between different sampling depths. This was especially clear in one relatively abundant and diverse phylogroup tentatively named Novel Chytrid-Like-Clade 1 (NCLC1). For comparison, a subset of the water column samples was also investigated using fluorescent microscopy to examine the abundance of eukaryotes with chitin cell walls. Comparisons of relative abundance of RNA-derived fungal tag sequences and chitin cell-wall counts demonstrate that fungi constitute a low fraction of the eukaryotic community in these water column samples. Taken together, these results demonstrate the phylogenetic position and environmental distribution of 71 lineages, improving our understanding of the diversity and abundance of fungi in marine environments.
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- Thomas A Richards
- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1Z8
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- CNRS, UMR 7144, EPEP-Évolution des Protistes et des Écosystèmes Pélagiques, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff 29680, France Department of Ecology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 3529-6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- CNRS, UMR 7144, EPEP-Évolution des Protistes et des Écosystèmes Pélagiques, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff 29680, France
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Ecology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- CNRS, UMR 7144, EPEP-Évolution des Protistes et des Écosystèmes Pélagiques, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff 29680, France
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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Lepère C, Ostrowski M, Hartmann M, Zubkov MV, Scanlan DJ. In situ associations between marine photosynthetic picoeukaryotes and potential parasites - a role for fungi? ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2016; 8:445-51. [PMID: 26420747 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (PPEs) are important components of the marine picophytoplankton community playing a critical role in CO2 fixation but also as bacterivores, particularly in the oligotrophic gyres. Despite an increased interest in these organisms and an improved understanding of the genetic diversity of this group, we still know little of the environmental factors controlling the abundance of these organisms. Here, we investigated the quantitative importance of eukaryotic parasites in the free-living fraction as well as in associations with PPEs along a transect in the South Atlantic. Using tyramide signal amplification-fluorescence in situ hybridization (TSA-FISH), we provide quantitative evidence of the occurrence of free-living fungi in open ocean marine systems, while the Perkinsozoa and Syndiniales parasites were not abundant in these waters. Using flow cytometric cell sorting of different PPE populations followed by a dual-labelled TSA-FISH approach, we also demonstrate fungal associations, potentially parasitic, occurring with both pico-Prymnesiophyceae and pico-Chrysophyceae. These data highlight the necessity for further work investigating the specific role of marine fungi as parasites of phytoplankton to improve understanding of carbon flow in marine ecosystems.
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- Cécile Lepère
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- Université Clermont Auvergne, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire 'Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement', BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000, France
- CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, F-63171, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Draft Genome Sequence of the Deep-Sea Ascomycetous Filamentous Fungus Cadophora malorum Mo12 from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Reveals Its Biotechnological Potential. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2016; 4:4/4/e00467-16. [PMID: 27389260 PMCID: PMC4939777 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00467-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cadophora malorum Mo12 was isolated from the Rainbow hydrothermal site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. We present the draft genome sequence of this filamentous fungal strain, which has high biotechnological potentials as revealed by the presence of genes encoding biotechnologically important enzymes and genes involved in the synthesis of secondary metabolites.
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Pachiadaki MG, Rédou V, Beaudoin DJ, Burgaud G, Edgcomb VP. Fungal and Prokaryotic Activities in the Marine Subsurface Biosphere at Peru Margin and Canterbury Basin Inferred from RNA-Based Analyses and Microscopy. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:846. [PMID: 27375571 PMCID: PMC4899926 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The deep sedimentary biosphere, extending 100s of meters below the seafloor harbors unexpected diversity of Bacteria, Archaea, and microbial eukaryotes. Far less is known about microbial eukaryotes in subsurface habitats, albeit several studies have indicated that fungi dominate microbial eukaryotic communities and fungal molecular signatures (of both yeasts and filamentous forms) have been detected in samples as deep as 1740 mbsf. Here, we compare and contrast fungal ribosomal RNA gene signatures and whole community metatranscriptomes present in sediment core samples from 6 and 95 mbsf from Peru Margin site 1229A and from samples from 12 and 345 mbsf from Canterbury Basin site U1352. The metatranscriptome analyses reveal higher relative expression of amino acid and peptide transporters in the less nutrient rich Canterbury Basin sediments compared to the nutrient rich Peru Margin, and higher expression of motility genes in the Peru Margin samples. Higher expression of genes associated with metals transporters and antibiotic resistance and production was detected in Canterbury Basin sediments. A poly-A focused metatranscriptome produced for the Canterbury Basin sample from 345 mbsf provides further evidence for active fungal communities in the subsurface in the form of fungal-associated transcripts for metabolic and cellular processes, cell and membrane functions, and catalytic activities. Fungal communities at comparable depths at the two geographically separated locations appear dominated by distinct taxa. Differences in taxonomic composition and expression of genes associated with particular metabolic activities may be a function of sediment organic content as well as oceanic province. Microscopic analysis of Canterbury Basin sediment samples from 4 and 403 mbsf produced visualizations of septate fungal filaments, branching fungi, conidiogenesis, and spores. These images provide another important line of evidence supporting the occurrence and activity of fungi in the deep subseafloor biosphere.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria G Pachiadaki
- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, EA 3882, ESIAB, Technopôle de Brest Iroise, Université de Brest Plouzané, France
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, EA 3882, ESIAB, Technopôle de Brest Iroise, Université de Brest Plouzané, France
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, USA
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