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Lin Q, Yang Y, Zhang S, Sun F, Shen C, Su X. Enhanced biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by co-cultivation of resuscitated strains with unique advantages. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024:119699. [PMID: 39074776 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 07/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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The investigation into viable but non-culturable (VBNC) bacteria through the implementation of resuscitation promoting factors (Rpfs) has broadened the potential sources for isolating strains capable of degrading polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Nonetheless, there has been limited research on the efficacy of resuscitated strains and the potential improvement of their performance through co-cultivation. In this work, the PCB degradation potential of resuscitated strains, specifically Pseudomonas sp. HR1 and Achromobacter sp. HR2, as well as their co-cultures, was investigated. Of particular importance was the comparative analysis between the optimal co-culture and individual strains regarding their ability to degrade PCB homologs and mineralize intermediate metabolites. The results suggested that the resuscitated strains HR1 and HR2 demonstrated robust growth and effective degradation of Aroclor 1242. The co-culture CO13, with an optimal HR1 to HR2 ratio of 1:3, exhibited a remarkable improvement in PCB degradation and intermediate metabolite mineralization compared to individual strains. Analysis of functional genes and degradation metabolites revealed that both the individual strains and co-culture CO13 degraded PCBs via the HOPDA-benzoate pathway, then mineralized through protocatechuate meta- and ortho-cleavage pathways, as well as the catechol ortho-cleavage pathway. This study represents the first documentation of the improved PCB degradation through the co-cultivation of resuscitated strains, which highlights the great promise of these resuscitated strains and their co-cultures as effective bio-inoculants for enhanced bioremediation.
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- Qihua Lin
- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- The Management Center of Wuyanling National Natural Reserve in Zhejiang, Wenzhou 325500, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
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Anju VT, Busi S, Mohan MS, Salim SA, Ar S, Imchen M, Kumavath R, Dyavaiah M, Prasad R. Surveillance and mitigation of soil pollution through metagenomic approaches. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2023:1-34. [PMID: 36881114 DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2023.2186330] [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: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Soil pollution is one of the serious global threats causing risk to environment and humans. The major cause of accumulation of pollutants in soil are anthropogenic activities and some natural processes. There are several types of soil pollutants which deteriorate the quality of human life and animal health. They are recalcitrant hydrocarbon compounds, metals, antibiotics, persistent organic compounds, pesticides and different kinds of plastics. Due to the detrimental properties of pollutants present in soil on human life and ecosystem such as carcinogenic, genotoxic and mutagenic effects, alternate and effective methods to degrade the pollutants are recommended. Bioremediation is an effective and inexpensive method of biological degradation of pollutants using plants, microorganisms and fungi. With the advent of new detection methods, the identification and degradation of soil pollutants in different ecosystems were made easy. Metagenomic approaches are a boon for the identification of unculturable microorganisms and to explore the vast bioremediation potential for different pollutants. Metagenomics is a power tool to study the microbial load in polluted or contaminated land and its role in bioremediation. In addition, the negative ecosystem and health effect of pathogens, antibiotic and metal resistant genes found in the polluted area can be studied. Also, the identification of novel compounds/genes/proteins involved in the biotechnology and sustainable agriculture practices can be performed with the integration of metagenomics.
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- V T Anju
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
- Department of Genomic Science, School of Biological Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Kerala, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India
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Aldas-Vargas A, Poursat BAJ, Sutton NB. Potential and limitations for monitoring of pesticide biodegradation at trace concentrations in water and soil. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:240. [PMID: 36261779 PMCID: PMC9581840 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03426-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pesticides application on agricultural fields results in pesticides being released into the environment, reaching soil, surface water and groundwater. Pesticides fate and transformation in the environment depend on environmental conditions as well as physical, chemical and biological degradation processes. Monitoring pesticides biodegradation in the environment is challenging, considering that traditional indicators, such as changes in pesticides concentration or identification of pesticide metabolites, are not suitable for many pesticides in anaerobic environments. Furthermore, those indicators cannot distinguish between biotic and abiotic pesticide degradation processes. For that reason, the use of molecular tools is important to monitor pesticide biodegradation-related genes or microorganisms in the environment. The development of targeted molecular (e.g., qPCR) tools, although laborious, allowed biodegradation monitoring by targeting the presence and expression of known catabolic genes of popular pesticides. Explorative molecular tools (i.e., metagenomics & metatranscriptomics), while requiring extensive data analysis, proved to have potential for screening the biodegradation potential and activity of more than one compound at the time. The application of molecular tools developed in laboratory and validated under controlled environments, face challenges when applied in the field due to the heterogeneity in pesticides distribution as well as natural environmental differences. However, for monitoring pesticides biodegradation in the field, the use of molecular tools combined with metadata is an important tool for understanding fate and transformation of the different pesticides present in the environment.
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- Andrea Aldas-Vargas
- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 EV, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 EV, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 EV, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Antony S, Antony S, Rebello S, George S, Biju DT, R R, Madhavan A, Binod P, Pandey A, Sindhu R, Awasthi MK. Bioremediation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals- Advancements and Challenges. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 213:113509. [PMID: 35660566 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), major group of recalcitrant compounds, poses a serious threat to the health and future of millions of human beings, and other flora and fauna for years to come. A close analysis of various xenobiotics undermines the fact that EDC is structurally diverse chemical compounds generated as a part of anthropogenic advancements as well as part of their degradation. Regardless of such structural diversity, EDC is common in their ultimate drastic effect of impeding the proper functioning of the endocrinal system, basic physiologic systems, resulting in deregulated growth, malformations, and cancerous outcomes in animals as well as humans. The current review outlines an overview of various EDCs, their toxic effects on the ecosystem and its inhabitants. Conventional remediation methods such as physico-chemical methods and enzymatic approaches have been put into action as some form of mitigation measures. However, the last decade has seen the hunt for newer technologies and methodologies at an accelerated pace. Genetically engineered microbial degradation, gene editing strategies, metabolic and protein engineering, and in-silico predictive approaches - modern day's additions to our armamentarium in combating the EDCs are addressed. These additions have greater acceptance socially with lesser dissonance owing to reduced toxic by-products, lower health trepidations, better degradation, and ultimately the prevention of bioaccumulation. The positive impact of such new approaches on controlling the menace of EDCs has been outlaid. This review will shed light on sources of EDCs, their impact, significance, and the different remediation and bioremediation approaches, with a special emphasis on the recent trends and perspectives in using sustainable approaches for bioremediation of EDCs. Strict regulations to prevent the release of estrogenic chemicals to the ecosystem, adoption of combinatorial methods to remove EDC and prevalent use of bioremediation techniques should be followed in all future endeavors to combat EDC pollution. Moreover, the proper development, growth and functioning of future living forms relies on their non-exposure to EDCs, thus remediation of such chemicals present even in nano-concentrations should be addressed gravely.
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- Sherly Antony
- Department of Microbiology, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, 689 101, Kerala, India
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- Pushpagiri Research Centre, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thriuvalla, 689 101, Kerala, India
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- School of Food Science & Technology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India
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- Pushpagiri Research Centre, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thriuvalla, 689 101, Kerala, India
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- Pushpagiri Research Centre, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thriuvalla, 689 101, Kerala, India
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- Department of Science and Humanities, Providence College of Engineering, Chengannur, 689 122, Kerala, India
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- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Jagathy, Trivandrum, 695 014, India
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, 695 019, Kerala, India
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- Center for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, 226 001, India; Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow, 226 029, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Food Technology, T K M Institute of Technology, Kollam, 691 505, Kerala, India.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China.
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Current research on simultaneous oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons by bacteria of genus Pseudomonas. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2022; 67:591-604. [PMID: 35318574 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-022-00966-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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One of the most frequently used methods for elimination of oil pollution is the use of biological preparations based on oil-degrading microorganisms. Such microorganisms often relate to bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas. Pseudomonads are ubiquitous microorganisms that often have the ability to oxidize various pollutants, including oil hydrocarbons. To date, individual biochemical pathways of hydrocarbon degradation and the organization of the corresponding genes have been studied in detail. Almost all studies of this kind have been performed on degraders of individual hydrocarbons belonging to a single particular class. Microorganisms capable of simultaneous degradation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are very poorly studied. Most of the works on such objects have been devoted only to phenotype characteristic and some to genetic studies. To identify the patterns of interaction of several metabolic systems depending on the growth conditions, the most promising are such approaches as transcriptomics and proteomics, which make it possible to obtain a comprehensive assessment of changes in the expression of hundreds of genes and proteins at the same time. This review summarizes the existing data on bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas capable of the simultaneous oxidation of hydrocarbons of different classes (alkanes, monoaromatics, and polyaromatics) and presents the most important results obtained in the studies on the biodegradation of hydrocarbons by representatives of this genus using methods of transcriptomic and proteomic analyses.
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Brennerova MV, Zavala-Meneses SG, Josefiova J, Branny P, Buriankova K, Vetrovsky T, Junca H. A global survey reveals a divergent extradiol dioxygenase clade as a widespread complementary contributor to the biodegradation of mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 204:111954. [PMID: 34474030 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Extradiol dioxygenation is a key reaction in the microbial aerobic degradation of mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon catecholic derivatives. It has been reported that many bacterial enzymes exhibiting such converging functions act on a wide range of catecholic substrates. The present study reports a new subfamily of extradiol dioxygenases (EXDOs) with broad substrate specificity, the HrbC EXDOs. The new clade belongs to the XII cluster within family 2 of the vicinal oxygen chelate superfamily (EXDO-VC2), which is typically characterized by a preference for bicyclic substrates. Coding hrbC orthologs were isolated by activity-based screening of fosmid metagenomic libraries from large DNA fragments derived from heavily PAH-contaminated soils. They occurred as solitary genes within conserved sequences encoding enzymes for amino acid metabolism and were stably maintained in the chromosomes of the Betaproteobacteria lineages harboring them. Analysis of contaminated aquifers revealed coexpression of hrbC as a polycistronic mRNA component. The predicted open reading frames were verified by cloning and heterologous expression, confirming the expected molecular mass and meta-cleavage activity of the recombinant enzymes. Evolutionary analysis of the HrbC protein sequences grouped them into a discrete cluster of 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene dioxygenases represented by a cultured PAH degrader, Rugosibacter aromaticivorans strain Ca6. The ecological importance and relevance of the new EXDO genes were confirmed by PCR-based mapping in different biogeographical localities contaminated with a variety of mono- and polycyclic aromatic compounds. The cosmopolitan distribution of hrbC in PAH-contaminated aquifers supports our hypothesis about its auxiliary role in the degradation of toxic catecholic intermediates, contributing to the composite EXDO catabolic capacity of the world's microbiomes.
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- Maria V Brennerova
- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic; Charles University, Faculty of Science, Vinicna 5, 12844, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220, Prague, Czech Republic
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- RG Microbial Ecology: Metabolism, Genomics & Evolution, Div. Ecogenomics & Holobionts, Microbiomas Foundation, LT11A, 250008, Chia, Colombia
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Martín-Cabello G, Terrón-González L, Santero E. Characterization of a dszEABC operon providing fast growth on dibenzothiophene and construction of broad-host-range biodesulfurization catalysts. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:1946-1963. [PMID: 35233925 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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A new operon for biodesulfurization (BDS) of dibenzothiophene and derivatives has been isolated from a metagenomic library made from oil-contaminated soil, by selecting growth of E. coli on DBT as the sulfur source. This operon is similar to a dszEABC operon also isolated by metagenomic functional screening but exhibited substantial differences: (i) the new fosmid provides much faster growth on DBT; (ii) associated dszEABC genes can be expressed without the need of heterologous expression from the vector promoter; and (iii) monooxygenases encoded in the fosmid cannot oxidize indole to produce indigo. We show how expression of the new dszEABC operon is regulated by the sulfur source, being induced under sulfur-limiting conditions. Its transcription is activated by DszR, a type IV activator οf σN -dependent promoters. DszR is coded in a dszHR operon, whose transcription is in turn regulated by sulfur and presumably activated by the global regulator of sulfur metabolism CysB. Expression of dszH is essential for production of active DszR, although it is not involved in sulfur sensing or regulation. Two broad-host-range DBT biodesulfurization catalysts have been constructed and shown to provide DBT biodesulfurization capability to three Pseudomonas strains, displaying desirable characteristics for biocatalysts to be used in BDS processes.
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- Guadalupe Martín-Cabello
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
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Yang Y, Zhang ZW, Liu RX, Ju HY, Bian XK, Zhang WZ, Zhang CB, Yang T, Guo B, Xiao CL, Bai H, Lu WY. Research progress in bioremediation of petroleum pollution. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:46877-46893. [PMID: 34254241 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15310-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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With the enhancement of environmental protection awareness, research on the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon environmental pollution has intensified. Bioremediation has received more attention due to its high efficiency, environmentally friendly by-products, and low cost compared with the commonly used physical and chemical restoration methods. In recent years, bacterium engineered by systems biology strategies have achieved biodegrading of many types of petroleum pollutants. Those successful cases show that systems biology has great potential in strengthening petroleum pollutant degradation bacterium and accelerating bioremediation. Systems biology represented by metabolic engineering, enzyme engineering, omics technology, etc., developed rapidly in the twentieth century. Optimizing the metabolic network of petroleum hydrocarbon degrading bacterium could achieve more concise and precise bioremediation by metabolic engineering strategies; biocatalysts with more stable and excellent catalytic activity could accelerate the process of biodegradation by enzyme engineering; omics technology not only could provide more optional components for constructions of engineered bacterium, but also could obtain the structure and composition of the microbial community in polluted environments. Comprehensive microbial community information lays a certain theoretical foundation for the construction of artificial mixed microbial communities for bioremediation of petroleum pollution. This article reviews the application of systems biology in the enforce of petroleum hydrocarbon degradation bacteria and the construction of a hybrid-microbial degradation system. Then the challenges encountered in the process and the application prospects of bioremediation are discussed. Finally, we provide certain guidance for the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-polluted environment.
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- Yong Yang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
- CNOOC EnerTech-Safety & Environmental Protection Co., Tianwei Industrial Park, No. 75 Taihua Rd, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- CNOOC EnerTech-Safety & Environmental Protection Co., Tianwei Industrial Park, No. 75 Taihua Rd, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- CNOOC EnerTech-Safety & Environmental Protection Co., Tianwei Industrial Park, No. 75 Taihua Rd, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- CNOOC EnerTech-Safety & Environmental Protection Co., Tianwei Industrial Park, No. 75 Taihua Rd, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- China Offshore Environmental Service Ltd., Tianwei Industrial Park, No. 75 Taihua Rd, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China.
- Tianjin Huakan Environmental Protection Technology Co. Ltd., No. 67 Guangrui West Rd, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300170, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, No.135, Ya Guan Rd, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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Shape-function of a novel metapyrocatechase, RW4-MPC: Metagenomics to SAXS data based insight into deciphering regulators of function. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 188:1012-1024. [PMID: 34375665 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The oxygenases have attracted considerable attention in enzyme-mediated bioremediation of xenobiotic compounds due to their high specificity, cost-effectiveness, and targeted field applications. Here, we performed a functional metagenomics approach to cope with cultivability limitations to isolate a novel extradiol dioxygenase. Fosmid clone harboring dioxygenase gene was sequenced and analyzed by bioinformatics tools. One ring-cleaving dioxygenase RW4-MPC (metapyrocatechase) was purified and characterized to examine its degradation efficiency. The RW4-MPC was significantly active in the temperature and pH range of 5 to 40 °C, and 7-10, respectively, with an optimum temperature of 25 °C and pH 8. To gain insight into observed differential activity, Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) data of the protein samples were analyzed, which brought forth that the RW4-MPC molecules form tight globular tetramers in solution. This native association was stable till 35 °C, and protein started to associate at higher temperatures, explaining heat-induced loss of function. Similarly, RW4-MPC aggregated or lost globular profile below pH 7 or at pH 10, respectively. The kinetic parameters showed the six folds high catalytic efficiency of RW4-MPC towards 2,3-dihydroxy biphenyl than catechol and its derivatives. RW4-MPC molecules showed remarkable retention of functionality in hypersaline conditions with more than 70% activity in a buffer having 3 M NaCl concentration. In concordance, SAXS data analysis showed retention of functional shape profile in hypersaline conditions. The halotolerant and oxygen insensitive nature of this enzyme makes it a potential candidate for bioremediation.
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Singh AK, Bilal M, Iqbal HMN, Raj A. Trends in predictive biodegradation for sustainable mitigation of environmental pollutants: Recent progress and future outlook. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 770:144561. [PMID: 33736422 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The feasibility of in-silico techniques, together with the computational framework, has been applied to predictive bioremediation aiming to clean-up contaminants, toxicity evaluation, and possibilities for the degradation of complex recalcitrant compounds. Emerging contaminants from different industries have posed a significant hazard to the environment and public health. Given current bioremediation strategies, it is often a failure or inadequate for sustainable mitigation of hazardous pollutants. However, clear-cut vital information about biodegradation is quite incomplete from a conventional remediation techniques perspective. Lacking complete information on bio-transformed compounds leads to seeking alternative methods. Only scarce information about the transformed products and toxicity profile is available in the published literature. To fulfill this literature gap, various computational or in-silico technologies have emerged as alternating techniques, which are being recognized as in-silico approaches for bioremediation. Molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and biodegradation pathways predictions are the vital part of predictive biodegradation, including the Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR), Quantitative structure-biodegradation relationship (QSBR) model system. Furthermore, machine learning (ML), artificial neural network (ANN), genetic algorithm (GA) based programs offer simultaneous biodegradation prediction along with toxicity and environmental fate prediction. Herein, we spotlight the feasibility of in-silico remediation approaches for various persistent, recalcitrant contaminants while traditional bioremediation fails to mitigate such pollutants. Such could be addressed by exploiting described model systems and algorithm-based programs. Furthermore, recent advances in QSAR modeling, algorithm, and dedicated biodegradation prediction system have been summarized with unique attributes.
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- Anil Kumar Singh
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223003, China
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64849, Mexico.
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- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
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Macchi M, Festa S, Nieto E, Irazoqui JM, Vega-Vela NE, Junca H, Valacco MP, Amadio AF, Morelli IS, Coppotelli BM. Design and evaluation of synthetic bacterial consortia for optimized phenanthrene degradation through the integration of genomics and shotgun proteomics. BIOTECHNOLOGY REPORTS (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2021; 29:e00588. [PMID: 33489789 PMCID: PMC7809168 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Two synthetic bacterial consortia (SC) composed of bacterial strains Sphingobium sp. (AM), Klebsiella aerogenes (B), Pseudomonas sp. (Bc-h and T), Burkholderia sp. (Bk) and Inquilinus limosus (Inq) isolated from a natural phenanthrene (PHN)-degrading consortium (CON) were developed and evaluated as an alternative approach to PHN biodegradation in bioremediation processes. A metabolic network showing the potential role of strains was reconstructed by in silico study of the six genomes and classification of dioxygenase enzymes using RHObase and AromaDeg databases. Network analysis suggested that AM and Bk were responsible for PHN initial attack, while Inq, B, T and Bc-h would degrade PHN metabolites. The predicted roles were further confirmed by physiological, RT-qPCR and metaproteomic assays. SC-1 with AM as the sole PHN degrader was the most efficient. The ecological roles inferred in this study can be applied to optimize the design of bacterial consortia and tackle the biodegradation of complex environmental pollutants.
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- Marianela Macchi
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales, CINDEFI (UNLP, CCT-La Plata, CONICET), La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales, CINDEFI (UNLP, CCT-La Plata, CONICET), La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales, CINDEFI (UNLP, CCT-La Plata, CONICET), La Plata, Argentina
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- E.E.A. Rafaela, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), CCT Santa Fe, CONICET, Rafaela, Argentina
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- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
- Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Microbiomas Foundation, Div. Ecogenomics & Holobionts, RG Microbial Ecology: Metabolism, Genomics & Evolution, Chía, Colombia
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- E.E.A. Rafaela, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), CCT Santa Fe, CONICET, Rafaela, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales, CINDEFI (UNLP, CCT-La Plata, CONICET), La Plata, Argentina
- Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales, CINDEFI (UNLP, CCT-La Plata, CONICET), La Plata, Argentina
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赵 宇. Applications of Systems Biology in Bioremediation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.12677/ije.2021.104062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Structures of an extradiol catechol dioxygenase – C23O64, from 3-nitrotoluene degrading Diaphorobacter sp. strain DS2 in substrate-free, substrate-bound and substrate analog-bound states. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1017/exp.2020.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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AbstractThis manuscript reports structure–function studies of Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (C23O64), which is the second enzyme in the metabolic degradation pathway of 3-nitrotoluene by Diaphorobacter sp. strain DS2. The recombinant protein is a ring cleavage enzyme for 3-methylcatechol and 4-methylcatechol products formed after dioxygenation of the aromatic ring. Here we report the substrate-free, substrate-bound, and substrate-analog bound crystal structures of C23O64. The protein crystallizes in the P6(2)22 space-group. The structures were determined by molecular replacement and refined to resolutions of 2.4, 2.4, 2.2 Å, respectively. A comparison of the structures with related extradiol dioxygenases showed 22 conserved residues. A comparison of the active site pocket with catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (LapB) from Pseudomonas sp KL28 and homoprotocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenase (HPCD) from Brevibacterium fuscum shows significant similarities to suggest that the mechanism of enzyme action is similar to HPCD.
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Li D, Sharp JO, Drewes JE. Microbial genetic potential for xenobiotic metabolism increases with depth during biofiltration. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2020; 22:2058-2069. [PMID: 33084698 DOI: 10.1039/d0em00254b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Water infiltration into the subsurface can result in pronounced biogeochemical depth gradients. In this study, we assess metabolic potential and properties of the subsurface microbiome during water infiltration by analyzing sediments from spatially-segmented columns. Past work in these laboratory set-ups demonstrated that removal efficiencies of trace organic pollutants were enhanced by limited availability of biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) associated with higher humic ratios and deeper sediment regions. Distinct differences were observed in the microbial community when contrasting shallow versus deeper profile sediments. Metagenomic analyses revealed that shallow sediments contained an enriched potential for bacterial growth and division processes. In contrast, deeper sediments harbored a significant increase in genes associated with the metabolism of secondary metabolites and the biotransformation of xenobiotic water pollutants. Metatranscripts further supported this trend, with increased potential for metabolic attributes associated with the biotransformation of xenobiotics and antibiotic resistance within deeper sediments. Furthermore, increasing ratios of humics in feed solutions correlated to enhanced expression of genes associated with xenobiotic biodegradation. These results provide genetic support for the interplay of dissolved organic carbon limitation and enhanced trace organic biotransformation by the subsurface microbiome.
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- Dong Li
- NSF Engineering Research Center ReNUWIt, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
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Response Surface Methodology Optimization and Kinetics of Diesel Degradation by a Cold-Adapted Antarctic Bacterium, Arthrobacter sp. Strain AQ5-05. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12176966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Petroleum hydrocarbons, notably diesel oil, are the main energy source for running amenities in the Antarctic region and are the major cause of pollution in this area. Diesel oil spills are one of the major challenges facing management of the Antarctic environment. Bioremediation using bacteria can be an effective and eco-friendly approach for their remediation. However, since the introduction of non-native organisms, including microorganisms, into the Antarctic or between the distinct biogeographical regions within the continent is not permitted under the Antarctic Treaty, it is crucial to discover native oil-degrading, psychrotolerant microorganisms that can be used in diesel bioremediation. The primary aim of the current study is to optimize the conditions for growth and diesel degradation activity of an Antarctic local bacterium, Arthrobacter sp. strain AQ5-05, using the Plackett-Burman approach and response surface method (RSM) via a central composite design (CCD) approach. Based on this approach, temperature, pH, and salinity were calculated to be optimum at 16.30 °C, pH 7.67 and 1.12% (w/v), respectively. A second order polynomial regression model very accurately represented the experimental figures’ interpretation. These optimized environmental conditions increased diesel degradation from 34.5% (at 10 °C, pH 7.00 and 1.00% (w/v) salinity) to 56.4%. Further investigation of the kinetics of diesel reduction by strain AQ5-05 revealed that the Teissier model had the lowest RMSE and AICC values. The calculated values for the Teissier constants of maximal growth rate, half-saturation rate constant for the maximal growth, and half inhibition constants (μmax, Ks, and Ki), were 0.999 h−1, 1.971% (v/v) and 1.764% (v/v), respectively. The data obtained therefore confirmed the potential application of this cold-tolerant strain in the bioremediation of diesel-contaminated Antarctic soils at low temperature.
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Gafni A, Siebner H, Bernstein A. Potential for co-metabolic oxidation of TCE and evidence for its occurrence in a large-scale aquifer survey. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 171:115431. [PMID: 31893553 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a groundwater pollutant that is prevalent worldwide. In contaminated groundwater, TCE can be biodegraded following either reductive dechlorination or aerobic co-metabolic oxidation. However, since the co-metabolic process is not accompanied by indicative and easily detectable transformation products, little is known about its prominence in the environment. To estimate the environmental importance of the oxidative process, a regional groundwater survey was conducted. In this survey, polluted water from 100 wells along the Israeli Coastal Aquifer was sampled. Geochemical data indicated oxic conditions prevailing in most sites. The sampled groundwater was used for microcosm experiments, functional gene analysis, and TCE compound-specific isotope analysis (δ13C and δ37Cl). Enrichments of methane and toluene oxidizers in microcosms indicated the high potential of the indigenous microbial community to co-metabolically oxidize TCE. This was further reinforced by the high abundance of mmoX and PHE functional genes quantified in some of the sites (yet lower abundance of TOD functional gene was found). Finally, compound-specific isotope analysis was used to assess the magnitude of TCE oxidation in practice. Applying the isotopic tool for scattered points on a regional scale demanded the consideration of a wide δ13C range of source TCE, hampering the ability to detect small shifts of a single permil. Thus, despite the high potential for the oxidation process, no evidence was attained for the natural occurrence of the process, and significant isotopic shifts were restricted to actively treated sites only. This limitation should be considered in future regional scale studies, in which no single source is defined.
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- Almog Gafni
- Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 8499000, Israel
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- Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 8499000, Israel
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- Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 8499000, Israel.
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Zhuang M, Sanganyado E, Xu L, Zhu J, Li P, Liu W. High Throughput Sediment DNA Sequencing Reveals Azo Dye Degrading Bacteria Inhabit Nearshore Sediments. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8020233. [PMID: 32050437 PMCID: PMC7074817 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8020233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Estuaries and coastal environments are often regarded as a critical resource for the bioremediation of organic pollutants such as azo dyes due to their high abundance and diversity of extremophiles. Bioremediation through the activities of azoreductase, laccase, and other associated enzymes plays a critical role in the removal of azo dyes in built and natural environments. However, little is known about the biodegradation genes and azo dye degradation genes residing in sediments from coastal and estuarine environments. In this study, high-throughput sequencing (16S rRNA) of sediment DNA was used to explore the distribution of azo-dye degrading bacteria and their functional genes in estuaries and coastal environments. Unlike laccase genes, azoreductase (azoR), and naphthalene degrading genes were ubiquitous in the coastal and estuarine environments. The relative abundances of most functional genes were higher in the summer compared to winter at locations proximal to the mouths of the Hanjiang River and its distributaries. These results suggested inland river discharges influenced the occurrence and abundance of azo dye degrading genes in the nearshore environments. Furthermore, the azoR genes had a significant negative relationship with total organic carbon, Hg, and Cr (p < 0.05). This study provides critical insights into the biodegradation potential of indigenous microbial communities in nearshore environments and the influence of environmental factors on microbial structure, composition, and function which is essential for the development of technologies for bioremediation in azo dye contaminated sites.
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- Mei Zhuang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Science, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; (M.Z.); (L.X.); (P.L.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Science, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; (M.Z.); (L.X.); (P.L.)
- Correspondence: (E.S.); (W.L.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Science, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; (M.Z.); (L.X.); (P.L.)
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China;
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Science, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; (M.Z.); (L.X.); (P.L.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Science, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; (M.Z.); (L.X.); (P.L.)
- Correspondence: (E.S.); (W.L.)
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Villegas-Plazas M, Sanabria J, Junca H. A composite taxonomical and functional framework of microbiomes under acid mine drainage bioremediation systems. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 251:109581. [PMID: 31563048 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Mining-industry is one of the most important activities in the economic development of many countries and produces highly significant alterations on the environment, mainly due to the release of a strong acidic metal-rich wastewater called acid mine drainage (AMD). Consequently, the establishment of multiple wastewater treatment strategies remains as a fundamental challenge in AMD research. Bioremediation, as a constantly-evolving multidisciplinary endeavor had been complemented during the last decades by novel tools of increasingly higher resolution such as those based on omics approaches, which are providing detailed insights into the ecology, evolution and mechanisms of microbial communities acting in bioremediation processes. This review specifically addresses, reanalyzes and reexamines in a composite comparative manner, the available sequence information and associated metadata available in public databases about AMD impacted microbial communities; summarizing our understanding of its composition and functions, and proposing potential genetic enhancements for improved bioremediation strategies. 16 S rRNA gene-targeted sequencing data from 9 studies previously published including AMD systems reported and studied around the world, were collected and reanalyzed to compare and identify the core and most abundant genera in four distinct AMD ecosystems: surface biofilm, water, impacted soils/sediments and bioreactor microbiomes. We determined that the microbial communities of bioreactors were the most diverse in bacterial types detected. The metabolic pathways predicted strongly suggest the key role of syntrophic communities with denitrification, methanogenesis, manganese, sulfate and iron reduction. The perspectives to explore the dynamics of engineering systems by high-throughput sequencing and biochemical techniques are discussed and foreseen application of synthetic biology and omics exploration on improved AMD biotransformation are proposed.
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- Marcela Villegas-Plazas
- RG Microbial Ecology: Metabolism, Genomics & Evolution, Div. Ecogenomics & Holobionts, Microbiomas Foundation, LT11A, 250008, Chia, Colombia; Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Engineering School of Environmental & Natural Resources, Engineering Faculty, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
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- Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Engineering School of Environmental & Natural Resources, Engineering Faculty, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- RG Microbial Ecology: Metabolism, Genomics & Evolution, Div. Ecogenomics & Holobionts, Microbiomas Foundation, LT11A, 250008, Chia, Colombia
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Martín-Cabello G, Terrón-González L, Ferrer M, Santero E. Identification of a complete dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization operon and its regulator by functional metagenomics. Environ Microbiol 2019; 22:91-106. [PMID: 31600862 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Functional screening for aromatic ring oxygenases of an oil contaminated soil metagenome identified 25 different clones bearing monooxygenases coding genes. One fosmid bore an operon containing four tightly linked genes coding for a complete dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization pathway, which included the predicted monooxygenases DszC and DszA, the desulfinase DszB, and an FMN-oxidoreductase designated DszE. The dszEABC operon provided Escherichia coli with the ability to use dibenzothiophene as the only sulfur source. Transcription of the operon is driven from a σN -dependent promoter and regulated by an activator that was designated dszR. DszR has been purified and characterized in vitro and shown to be a constitutively active σN -dependent activator of the group IV, which binds to two contiguous sequences located upstream of the promoter. The dsz promoter and dszE and dszR genes have apparently been recruited from an aliphatic sulfonate biodegradation pathway. If transcribed from a heterologous upstream promoter, the σN -dependent promoter region functions as an 'insulator' that prevents translation of dszE, by binding with its ribosome binding site. Translational coupling, in turn, prevents translation of the downstream dszABC genes. The silencer combined with translational coupling thus represents an effective way of preventing expression of operons when spuriously transcribed from upstream promoters.
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- Guadalupe Martín-Cabello
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
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Zampolli J, Zeaiter Z, Di Canito A, Di Gennaro P. Genome analysis and -omics approaches provide new insights into the biodegradation potential of Rhodococcus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:1069-1080. [PMID: 30554387 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9539-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The past few years observed a breakthrough of genome sequences of bacteria of Rhodococcus genus with significant biodegradation abilities. Invaluable knowledge from genome data and their functional analysis can be applied to develop and design strategies for attenuating damages caused by hydrocarbon contamination. With the advent of high-throughput -omic technologies, it is currently possible to utilize the functional properties of diverse catabolic genes, analyze an entire system at the level of molecule (DNA, RNA, protein, and metabolite), simultaneously predict and construct catabolic degradation pathways. In this review, the genes involved in the biodegradation of hydrocarbons and several emerging plasticizer compounds in Rhodococcus strains are described in detail (aliphatic, aromatics, PAH, phthalate, polyethylene, and polyisoprene). The metabolic biodegradation networks predicted from omics-derived data along with the catabolic enzymes exploited in diverse biotechnological and bioremediation applications are characterized.
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- Jessica Zampolli
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126, Milan, Italy.
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Gacesa R, Baranasic D, Starcevic A, Diminic J, Korlević M, Najdek M, Blažina M, Oršolić D, Kolesarić D, Long PF, Cullum J, Hranueli D, Orlic S, Zucko J. Bioprospecting for Genes Encoding Hydrocarbon-Degrading Enzymes from Metagenomic Samples Isolated from
Northern Adriatic Sea Sediments. Food Technol Biotechnol 2018; 56:270-277. [PMID: 30228802 DOI: 10.17113/ftb.56.02.18.5393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Three metagenomic libraries were constructed using surface sediment samples from the northern Adriatic Sea. Two of the samples were taken from a highly polluted and an unpolluted site respectively. The third sample from a polluted site had been enriched using crude oil. The results of the metagenome analyses were incorporated in the REDPET relational database (http://redpet.bioinfo.pbf.hr/REDPET), which was generated using the previously developed MEGGASENSE platform. The database includes taxonomic data to allow the assessment of the biodiversity of metagenomic libraries and a general functional analysis of genes using hidden Markov model (HMM) profiles based on the KEGG database. A set of 22 specialised HMM profiles was developed to detect putative genes for hydrocarbon-degrading enzymes. Use of these profiles showed that the metagenomic library generated after selection on crude oil had enriched genes for aerobic n-alkane degradation. The use of this system for bioprospecting was exemplified using potential alkB and almA genes from this library.
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- Ranko Gacesa
- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Science King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK.,Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.,Department of Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, DE-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.,Centre of Research Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting - BioProCro, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.,Centre of Research Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting - BioProCro, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, G. Paliaga 5, HR-52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, G. Paliaga 5, HR-52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, G. Paliaga 5, HR-52210 Rovinj, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK.,Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, DE-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.,Centre of Research Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting - BioProCro, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.,Center of Excellence for Science and Technology Integrating Mediterranean Region, Microbial Ecology, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.,Centre of Research Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting - BioProCro, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Dangi AK, Sharma B, Hill RT, Shukla P. Bioremediation through microbes: systems biology and metabolic engineering approach. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2018; 39:79-98. [DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2018.1500997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Arun Kumar Dangi
- Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India
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- Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Enzyme Technology and Protein Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India
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Papadopoulou ES, Perruchon C, Vasileiadis S, Rousidou C, Tanou G, Samiotaki M, Molassiotis A, Karpouzas DG. Metabolic and Evolutionary Insights in the Transformation of Diphenylamine by a Pseudomonas putida Strain Unravelled by Genomic, Proteomic, and Transcription Analysis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:676. [PMID: 29681895 PMCID: PMC5897751 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Diphenylamine (DPA) is a common soil and water contaminant. A Pseudomonas putida strain, recently isolated from a wastewater disposal site, was efficient in degrading DPA. Thorough knowledge of the metabolic capacity, genetic stability and physiology of bacteria during biodegradation of pollutants is essential for their future industrial exploitation. We employed genomic, proteomic, transcription analyses and plasmid curing to (i) identify the genetic network of P. putida driving the microbial transformation of DPA and explore its evolution and origin and (ii) investigate the physiological response of bacterial cells during degradation of DPA. Genomic analysis identified (i) two operons encoding a biphenyl (bph) and an aniline (tdn) dioxygenase, both flanked by transposases and (ii) two operons and several scattered genes encoding the ortho-cleavage of catechol. Proteomics identified 11 putative catabolic proteins, all but BphA1 up-regulated in DPA- and aniline-growing cells, and showed that the bacterium mobilized cellular mechanisms to cope with oxidative stress, probably induced by DPA and its derivatives. Transcription analysis verified the role of the selected genes/operons in the metabolic pathway: DPA was initially transformed to aniline and catechol by a biphenyl dioxygenase (DPA-dioxygenase); aniline was then transformed to catechol which was further metabolized via the ortho-cleavage pathway. Plasmid curing of P. putida resulted in loss of the DPA and aniline dioxygenase genes and the corresponding degradation capacities. Overall our findings provide novel insights into the evolution of the DPA degradation pathway and suggests that the degradation capacity of P. putida was acquired through recruitment of the bph and tdn operons via horizontal gene transfer.
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- Evangelia S Papadopoulou
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming", Vari, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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Liu Z, He Z, Huang H, Ran X, Oluwafunmilayo AO, Lu Z. pH Stress-Induced Cooperation between Rhodococcus ruber YYL and Bacillus cereus MLY1 in Biodegradation of Tetrahydrofuran. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2297. [PMID: 29209303 PMCID: PMC5702389 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02297] [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: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Microbial consortia consisting of cooperational strains exhibit biodegradation performance superior to that of single microbial strains and improved remediation efficiency by relieving the environmental stress. Tetrahydrofuran (THF), a universal solvent widely used in chemical and pharmaceutical synthesis, significantly affects the environment. As a refractory pollutant, THF can be degraded by some microbial strains under suitable conditions. There are often a variety of stresses, especially pH stress, that inhibit the THF-degradation efficiency of microbial consortia. Therefore, it is necessary to study the molecular mechanisms of microbial cooperational degradation of THF. In this study, under conditions of low pH (initial pH = 7.0) stress, a synergistic promotion of the THF degradation capability of the strain Rhodococcus ruber YYL was found in the presence of a non-THF degrading strain Bacillus cereus MLY1. Metatranscriptome analysis revealed that the low pH stress induced the strain YYL to up-regulate the genes involved in anti-oxidation, mutation, steroid and bile acid metabolism, and translation, while simultaneously down-regulating the genes involved in ATP production. In the co-culture system, strain MLY1 provides fatty acids, ATP, and amino acids for strain YYL in response to low pH stress during THF degradation. In return, YYL shares the metabolic intermediates of THF with MLY1 as carbon sources. This study provides the preliminary mechanism to understand how microbial consortia improve the degradation efficiency of refractory furan pollutants under environmental stress conditions.
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- Zubi Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Basic Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Dvořák P, Nikel PI, Damborský J, de Lorenzo V. Bioremediation 3 . 0 : Engineering pollutant-removing bacteria in the times of systemic biology. Biotechnol Adv 2017; 35:845-866. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Pinheiro I, Robinson L, Verhelst A, Marzorati M, Winkens B, den Abbeele PV, Possemiers S. A yeast fermentate improves gastrointestinal discomfort and constipation by modulation of the gut microbiome: results from a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled pilot trial. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2017; 17:441. [PMID: 28870194 PMCID: PMC5584023 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1948-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Constipation and symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort such as bloating are common among otherwise healthy individuals, but with significant impact on quality of life. Despite the recognized contribution of the gut microbiome to this pathology, little is known about which group(s) of microorganism(s) are playing a role. A previous study performed in vitro suggests that EpiCor® fermentate has prebiotic-like properties, being able to favorably modulate the composition of the gut microbiome. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of EpiCor fermentate in a population with symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort and reduced bowel movements and to evaluate its effect at the level of the gut microbiome. METHODS This pilot study was performed according to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel design. Eighty subjects with symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort and constipation were allocated to one of two trial arms (placebo or EpiCor fermentate). Randomization was done in a stratified manner according to symptom severity, resulting in two subgroups of patients: severe and moderate. Daily records of gastrointestinal symptoms were assessed on a 5-point scale, and also stool frequency and consistency were documented during a 2-week run-in and a 6-week intervention phases. Averages over two-week intervals were calculated. Constipation-associated quality of life and general perceived stress were assessed at baseline and after 3 and 6 weeks of intervention. Fecal samples were also collected at these same time points. RESULTS EpiCor fermentate led to a significant improvement of symptoms such as bloating/distension (p = 0.033 and p = 0.024 after 2 and 4 weeks of intervention, respectively), feeling of fullness (p = 0.004 and p = 0.023 after 2 and 4 weeks of intervention, respectively) and general daily scores (p = 0.046 after 2 weeks of intervention) in the moderate subgroup. A significant improvement in stool consistency was observed for the total population (p = 0.023 after 2 weeks of intervention) as well as for the severe subgroup (p = 0.046 after 2 weeks of intervention), and a nearly significant increase in stool frequency was detected for the total cohort (p = 0.083 and p = 0.090 after 2 and 4 weeks of intervention, respectively). These effects were accompanied by an improvement in constipation-associated quality of life and general perceived stress, particularly in the moderate subgroup. Members of the families Bacteroidaceae and Prevotellaceae, two groups of bacteria that have been previously reported to be deficient in constipated patients, were found to increase with EpiCor fermentate in the severe subgroup. In the moderate subgroup, a significant increase in Akkermansia muciniphila was observed. CONCLUSIONS Despite the relatively low dose administered (500 mg/day), particularly when comparing to the high recommended doses for prebiotic fibers, EpiCor fermentate was able to modulate the composition of the gut microbiome, resulting in improvement of constipation-associated symptoms. Conversely, the reported increase in bowel movements may have altered the gut microbial community by increasing those groups of bacteria that are better adapted to a faster gastrointestinal transit time. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT03051399 at ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrospectively registered. Registration date: 13 February 2017.
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- Embria Health Sciences, 2105 SE Creekview Dr, Ankeny, IA 50021 USA
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- ProDigest, Technologiepark 3, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center of Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), University of Ghent, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, 6200 MD The Netherlands
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Duarte M, Nielsen A, Camarinha-Silva A, Vilchez-Vargas R, Bruls T, Wos-Oxley ML, Jauregui R, Pieper DH. Functional soil metagenomics: elucidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation potential following 12 years of in situ bioremediation. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:2992-3011. [PMID: 28401633 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A culture-independent function-based screening approach was used to assess the microbial aerobic catabolome for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons degradation of a soil subjected to 12 years of in situ bioremediation. A total of 422 750 fosmid clones were screened for key aromatic ring-cleavage activities using 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl as substrate. Most of the genes encoding ring-cleavage enzymes on the 768 retrieved positive fosmids could not be identified using primer-based approaches and, thus, 205 fosmid inserts were sequenced. Nearly two hundred extradiol dioxygenase encoding genes of three different superfamilies could be identified. Additional key genes of aromatic metabolic pathways were identified, including a high abundance of Rieske non-heme iron oxygenases that provided detailed information on enzymes activating aromatic compounds and enzymes involved in activation of the side chain of methylsubstituted aromatics. The gained insights indicated a complex microbial network acting at the site under study, which comprises organisms similar to recently identified Immundisolibacter cernigliae TR3.2 and Rugosibacter aromaticivorans Ca6 and underlined the great potential of an approach that combines an activity-screening, a cost-effective high-throughput sequencing of fosmid clones and a phylogenomic-routed and manually curated database to carefully identify key proteins dedicated to aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds.
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- Márcia Duarte
- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany.,Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institut de Génomique, Genoscope, UMR8030 (CNRS, CEA, Université d'Evry), Evry, France
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany.,AgResearch Grasslands, Tennent drive, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, Braunschweig, D-38124, Germany
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Degradation of Diphenyl Ether in Sphingobium phenoxybenzoativorans SC_3 Is Initiated by a Novel Ring Cleavage Dioxygenase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.00104-17. [PMID: 28283519 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00104-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sphingobium phenoxybenzoativorans SC_3 degrades and utilizes diphenyl ether (DE) or 2-carboxy-DE as its sole carbon and energy source. In this study, we report the degradation of DE and 2-carboxy-DE initiated by a novel ring cleavage angular dioxygenase (diphenyl ether dioxygenase [Dpe]) in the strain. Dpe functions at the angular carbon and its adjacent carbon (C-1a, C-2) of a benzene ring in DE (or the 2-carboxybenzene ring in 2-carboxy-DE) and cleaves the C-1a-C-2 bond (decarboxylation occurs simultaneously for 2-carboxy-DE), yielding 2,4-hexadienal phenyl ester, which is subsequently hydrolyzed to muconic acid semialdehyde and phenol. Dpe is a type IV Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase (RHO) and consists of three components: a hetero-oligomer oxygenase, a [2Fe-2S]-type ferredoxin, and a glutathione reductase (GR)-type reductase. Genetic analyses revealed that dpeA1A2 plays an essential role in the degradation and utilization of DE and 2-carboxy-DE in S. phenoxybenzoativorans SC_3. Enzymatic study showed that transformation of 1 molecule of DE needs two molecules of oxygen and two molecules of NADH, supporting the assumption that the cleavage of DE catalyzed by Dpe is a continuous two-step dioxygenation process: DE is dioxygenated at C-1a and C-2 to form a hemiacetal-like intermediate, which is further deoxygenated, resulting in the cleavage of the C-1a-C-2 bond to form one molecule of 2,4-hexadienal phenyl ester and two molecules of H2O. This study extends our knowledge of the mode and mechanism of ring cleavage of aromatic compounds.IMPORTANCE Benzene ring cleavage, catalyzed by dioxygenase, is the key and speed-limiting step in the aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds. As previously reported, in the ring cleavage of DEs, the benzene ring needs to be first dihydroxylated at a lateral position and subsequently dehydrogenated and opened through extradiol cleavage. This process requires three enzymes (two dioxygenases and one dehydrogenase). In this study, we identified a novel angular dioxygenase (Dpe) in S. phenoxybenzoativorans SC_3. Under Dpe-mediated catalysis, the benzene ring of DE is dioxygenated at the angular position (C-1a, C-2), resulting in the cleavage of the C-1a-C-2 bond to generate a novel product, 2,4-hexadienal phenyl ester. This process needs only one angular dioxygenase, Dpe. Thus, the ring cleavage catalyzed by Dpe represents a novel mechanism of benzene ring cleavage.
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Truchado P, Hernandez-Sanabria E, Salden BN, Van den Abbeele P, Vilchez-Vargas R, Jauregui R, Pieper DH, Possemiers S, Van de Wiele T. Long chain arabinoxylans shift the mucosa-associated microbiota in the proximal colon of the simulator of the human intestinal microbial ecosystem (M-SHIME). J Funct Foods 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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De Weirdt R, Hernandez-Sanabria E, Fievez V, Mees E, Geirnaert A, Van Herreweghen F, Vilchez-Vargas R, Van den Abbeele P, Jauregui R, Pieper DH, Vlaeminck B, Van de Wiele T. Mucosa-associated biohydrogenating microbes protect the simulated colon microbiome from stress associated with high concentrations of poly-unsaturated fat. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:722-739. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Rosemarie De Weirdt
- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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- Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Product Quality (Lanupro); Ghent University; Proefhoevestraat 10 Melle BE-9090 Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Department of Molecular Infection Biology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Inhoffenstraβe 7 Braunschweig D-38124 Germany
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Department of Molecular Infection Biology; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research; Inhoffenstraβe 7 Braunschweig D-38124 Germany
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- Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Product Quality (Lanupro); Ghent University; Proefhoevestraat 10 Melle BE-9090 Belgium
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University; Coupure Links 653 Ghent BE-9000 Belgium
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Safaei E, Naghdi N, Jagličić Z, Pevec A, Lee YI. Synthesis and characterization of an iron(III) complex of an ethylenediamine derivative of an aminophenol ligand in relevance to catechol dioxygenase active site. Polyhedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2016.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Munro JE, Liew EF, Ly MA, Coleman NV. A New Catabolic Plasmid in Xanthobacter and Starkeya spp. from a 1,2-Dichloroethane-Contaminated Site. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:5298-308. [PMID: 27342553 PMCID: PMC4988179 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01373-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED 1,2-Dichloroethane (DCA) is a problematic xenobiotic groundwater pollutant. Bacteria are capable of biodegrading DCA, but the evolution of such bacteria is not well understood. In particular, the mechanisms by which bacteria acquire the key dehalogenase genes dhlA and dhlB have not been well defined. In this study, the genomic context of dhlA and dhlB was determined in three aerobic DCA-degrading bacteria (Starkeya novella strain EL1, Xanthobacter autotrophicus strain EL4, and Xanthobacter flavus strain EL8) isolated from a groundwater treatment plant (GTP). A haloalkane dehalogenase gene (dhlA) identical to the canonical dhlA gene from Xanthobacter sp. strain GJ10 was present in all three isolates, and, in each case, the dhlA gene was carried on a variant of a 37-kb circular plasmid, which was named pDCA. Sequence analysis of the repA replication initiator gene indicated that pDCA was a member of the pTAR plasmid family, related to catabolic plasmids from the Alphaproteobacteria, which enable growth on aromatics, dimethylformamide, and tartrate. Genes for plasmid replication, mobilization, and stabilization were identified, along with two insertion sequences (ISXa1 and ISPme1) which were likely to have mobilized dhlA and dhlB and played a role in the evolution of aerobic DCA-degrading bacteria. Two haloacid dehalogenase genes (dhlB1 and dhlB2) were detected in the GTP isolates; dhlB1 was most likely chromosomal and was similar to the canonical dhlB gene from strain GJ10, while dhlB2 was carried on pDCA and was not closely related to dhlB1 Heterologous expression of the DhlB2 protein confirmed that this plasmid-borne dehalogenase was capable of chloroacetate dechlorination. IMPORTANCE Earlier studies on the DCA-degrading Xanthobacter sp. strain GJ10 indicated that the key dehalogenases dhlA and dhlB were carried on a 225-kb linear plasmid and on the chromosome, respectively. The present study has found a dramatically different gene organization in more recently isolated DCA-degrading Xanthobacter strains from Australia, in which a relatively small circular plasmid (pDCA) carries both dhlA and dhlB homologs. pDCA represents a true organochlorine-catabolic plasmid, first because its only obvious metabolic phenotype is dehalogenation of organochlorines, and second because acquisition of this plasmid provides both key enzymes required for carbon-chlorine bond cleavage. The discovery of the alternative haloacid dehalogenase dhlB2 in pDCA increases the known genetic diversity of bacterial chloroacetate-hydrolyzing enzymes.
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- Jacob E Munro
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Perez-Garcia O, Lear G, Singhal N. Metabolic Network Modeling of Microbial Interactions in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:673. [PMID: 27242701 PMCID: PMC4870247 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We review approaches to characterize metabolic interactions within microbial communities using Stoichiometric Metabolic Network (SMN) models for applications in environmental and industrial biotechnology. SMN models are computational tools used to evaluate the metabolic engineering potential of various organisms. They have successfully been applied to design and optimize the microbial production of antibiotics, alcohols and amino acids by single strains. To date however, such models have been rarely applied to analyze and control the metabolism of more complex microbial communities. This is largely attributed to the diversity of microbial community functions, metabolisms, and interactions. Here, we firstly review different types of microbial interaction and describe their relevance for natural and engineered environmental processes. Next, we provide a general description of the essential methods of the SMN modeling workflow including the steps of network reconstruction, simulation through Flux Balance Analysis (FBA), experimental data gathering, and model calibration. Then we broadly describe and compare four approaches to model microbial interactions using metabolic networks, i.e., (i) lumped networks, (ii) compartment per guild networks, (iii) bi-level optimization simulations, and (iv) dynamic-SMN methods. These approaches can be used to integrate and analyze diverse microbial physiology, ecology and molecular community data. All of them (except the lumped approach) are suitable for incorporating species abundance data but so far they have been used only to model simple communities of two to eight different species. Interactions based on substrate exchange and competition can be directly modeled using the above approaches. However, interactions based on metabolic feedbacks, such as product inhibition and synthropy require extensions to current models, incorporating gene regulation and compounding accumulation mechanisms. SMN models of microbial interactions can be used to analyze complex “omics” data and to infer and optimize metabolic processes. Thereby, SMN models are suitable to capitalize on advances in high-throughput molecular and metabolic data generation. SMN models are starting to be applied to describe microbial interactions during wastewater treatment, in-situ bioremediation, microalgae blooms methanogenic fermentation, and bioplastic production. Despite their current challenges, we envisage that SMN models have future potential for the design and development of novel growth media, biochemical pathways and synthetic microbial associations.
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- Octavio Perez-Garcia
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand
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Functional Metagenomics of a Biostimulated Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Reveals an Extraordinary Diversity of Extradiol Dioxygenases. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:2467-2478. [PMID: 26896130 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03811-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A metagenomic library of a petroleum-contaminated soil was constructed in a fosmid vector that allowed heterologous expression of metagenomic DNA. The library, consisting of 6.5 Gb of metagenomic DNA, was screened for extradiol dioxygenase (Edo) activity using catechol and 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl as the substrates. Fifty-eight independent clones encoding extradiol dioxygenase activity were identified. Forty-one different Edo-encoding genes were identified. The population of Edo genes was not dominated by a particular gene or by highly similar genes; rather, the genes had an even distribution and high diversity. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that most of the genes could not be ascribed to previously defined subfamilies of Edos. Rather, the Edo genes led to the definition of 10 new subfamilies of type I Edos. Phylogenetic analysis of type II enzymes defined 7 families, 2 of which harbored the type II Edos that were found in this work. Particularly striking was the diversity found in family I.3 Edos; 15 out of the 17 sequences assigned to this family belonged to 7 newly defined subfamilies. A strong bias was found that depended on the substrate used for the screening: catechol mainly led to the detection of Edos belonging to the I.2 family, while 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl led to the detection of most other Edos. Members of the I.2 family showed a clear substrate preference for monocyclic substrates, while those from the I.3 family showed a broader substrate range and high activity toward 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl. This metagenomic analysis has substantially increased our knowledge of the existing biodiversity of Edos.
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Linking Microbial Community and Catabolic Gene Structures during the Adaptation of Three Contaminated Soils under Continuous Long-Term Pollutant Stress. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:2227-2237. [PMID: 26850298 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03482-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Three types of contaminated soil from three geographically different areas were subjected to a constant supply of benzene or benzene/toluene/ethylbenzene/xylenes (BTEX) for a period of 3 months. Different from the soil from Brazil (BRA) and Switzerland (SUI), the Czech Republic (CZE) soil which was previously subjected to intensive in situ bioremediation displayed only negligible changes in community structure. BRA and SUI soil samples showed a clear succession of phylotypes. A rapid response to benzene stress was observed, whereas the response to BTEX pollution was significantly slower. After extended incubation, actinobacterial phylotypes increased in relative abundance, indicating their superior fitness to pollution stress. Commonalities but also differences in the phylotypes were observed. Catabolic gene surveys confirmed the enrichment of actinobacteria by identifying the increase of actinobacterial genes involved in the degradation of pollutants. Proteobacterial phylotypes increased in relative abundance in SUI microcosms after short-term stress with benzene, and catabolic gene surveys indicated enriched metabolic routes. Interestingly, CZE soil, despite staying constant in community structure, showed a change in the catabolic gene structure. This indicates that a highly adapted community, which had to adjust its gene pool to meet novel challenges, has been enriched.
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El Amrani A, Dumas AS, Wick LY, Yergeau E, Berthomé R. "Omics" Insights into PAH Degradation toward Improved Green Remediation Biotechnologies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:11281-91. [PMID: 26352597 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This review summarizes recent knowledge of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) biotransformation by microorganisms and plants. Whereas most research has focused on PAH degradation either by plants or microorganisms separately, this review specifically addresses the interactions of plants with their rhizosphere microbial communities. Indeed, plant roots release exudates that contain various nutritional and signaling molecules that influence bacterial and fungal populations. The complex interactions of these populations play a pivotal role in the biodegradation of high-molecular-weight PAHs and other complex molecules. Emerging integrative approaches, such as (meta-) genomics, (meta-) transcriptomics, (meta-) metabolomics, and (meta-) proteomics studies are discussed, emphasizing how "omics" approaches bring new insight into decipher molecular mechanisms of PAH degradation both at the single species and community levels. Such knowledge address new pictures on how organic molecules are cometabolically degraded in a complex ecosystem and should help in setting up novel decontamination strategies based on the rhizosphere interactions between plants and their microbial associates.
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- Abdelhak El Amrani
- University of Rennes 1 , CNRS/UMR 6553/OSUR, Ecosystems - Biodiversity - Evolution, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- University of Rennes 1 , CNRS/UMR 6553/OSUR, Ecosystems - Biodiversity - Evolution, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research , Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- National Research Council Canada, Energy, Mining and Environment, Montreal, Quebec Canada
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- Plant Genomics Research Unit, UMR INRA 1165 - CNRS 8114 - UEVE , 2, Gaston Crémieux St., CP5708, 91057 Evry Cedex, France
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Suenaga H. Targeted metagenomics unveils the molecular basis for adaptive evolution of enzymes to their environment. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1018. [PMID: 26441940 PMCID: PMC4585196 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Microorganisms have a wonderful ability to adapt rapidly to new or altered environmental conditions. Enzymes are the basis of metabolism in all living organisms and, therefore, enzyme adaptation plays a crucial role in the adaptation of microorganisms. Comparisons of homology and parallel beneficial mutations in an enzyme family provide valuable hints of how an enzyme adapted to an ecological system; consequently, a series of enzyme collections is required to investigate enzyme evolution. Targeted metagenomics is a promising tool for the construction of enzyme pools and for studying the adaptive evolution of enzymes. This perspective article presents a summary of targeted metagenomic approaches useful for this purpose.
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- Hikaru Suenaga
- Bioproduction Research Institute - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tsukuba, Japan
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Bacterial PAH degradation in marine and terrestrial habitats. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2015; 33:95-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dynamic Response of Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 to BP Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:4263-76. [PMID: 25888169 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00730-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We investigated the response of the hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 to crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill, using substrate depletion, genomic, and proteome analyses. M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 cultures were incubated with BP DWH crude oil, and proteomes and degradation of alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed at four time points over 30 days. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis showed a chain length-dependent pattern of alkane degradation, with C12 and C13 being degraded at the highest rate, although alkanes up to C28 were degraded. Whereas phenanthrene and pyrene were completely degraded, a significantly smaller amount of fluoranthene was degraded. Proteome analysis identified 3,948 proteins, with 876 and 1,859 proteins up- and downregulated, respectively. We observed dynamic changes in protein expression during BP crude oil incubation, including transcriptional factors and transporters potentially involved in adaptation to crude oil. The proteome also provided a molecular basis for the metabolism of the aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon components in the BP DWH crude oil, which included upregulation of AlkB alkane hydroxylase and an expression pattern of PAH-metabolizing enzymes different from those in previous proteome expression studies of strain PYR-1 incubated with pure or mixed PAHs, particularly the ring-hydroxylating oxygenase (RHO) responsible for the initial oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Based on these results, a comprehensive cellular response of M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 to BP crude oil was proposed. This study increases our fundamental understanding of the impact of crude oil on the cellular response of bacteria and provides data needed for development of practical bioremediation applications.
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Korlević M, Zucko J, Dragić MN, Blažina M, Pustijanac E, Zeljko TV, Gacesa R, Baranasic D, Starcevic A, Diminic J, Long PF, Cullum J, Hranueli D, Orlić S. Bacterial diversity of polluted surface sediments in the northern Adriatic Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:189-97. [PMID: 25857844 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Samples were collected from sea sediments at seven sites in the northern Adriatic Sea that included six sites next to industrial complexes and one from a tourist site (recreational beach). The samples were assayed for alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The composition of the hydrocarbon samples suggested that industrial pollution was present in most cases. A sample from one site was also grown aerobically under crude oil enrichment in order to evaluate the response of indigenous bacterial populations to crude oil exposure. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed varying microbial biodiversity depending on the level of pollution--ranging from low (200 detected genera) to high (1000+ genera) biodiversity, with lowest biodiversity observed in polluted samples. This indicated that there was considerable biodiversity in all sediment samples but it was severely restricted after exposure to crude oil selection pressure. Phylogenetic analysis of putative alkB genes showed high evolutionary diversity of the enzymes in the samples and suggested great potential for bioremediation and bioprospecting. The first systematic analysis of bacterial communities from sediments of the northern Adriatic Sea is presented, and it will provide a baseline assessment that may serve as a reference point for ecosystem changes and hydrocarbon degrading potential--a potential that could soon gain importance due to plans for oil exploitation in the area.
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- Marino Korlević
- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK; Department of Chemistry, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Rovinj, Croatia; Division of Material Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Juárez JF, Liu H, Zamarro MT, McMahon S, Liu H, Naismith JH, Eberlein C, Boll M, Carmona M, Díaz E. Unraveling the specific regulation of the central pathway for anaerobic degradation of 3-methylbenzoate. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:12165-83. [PMID: 25795774 PMCID: PMC4424350 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.637074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The mbd cluster encodes the anaerobic degradation of 3-methylbenzoate in the β-proteobacterium Azoarcus sp. CIB. The specific transcriptional regulation circuit that controls the expression of the mbd genes was investigated. The PO, PB1, and P3R promoters responsible for the expression of the mbd genes, their cognate MbdR transcriptional repressor, as well as the MbdR operator regions (ATACN10GTAT) have been characterized. The three-dimensional structure of MbdR has been solved revealing a conformation similar to that of other TetR family transcriptional regulators. The first intermediate of the catabolic pathway, i.e. 3-methylbenzoyl-CoA, was shown to act as the inducer molecule. An additional MbdR-dependent promoter, PA, which contributes to the expression of the CoA ligase that activates 3-methylbenzoate to 3-methylbenzoyl-CoA, was shown to be necessary for an efficient induction of the mbd genes. Our results suggest that the mbd cluster recruited a regulatory system based on the MbdR regulator and its target promoters to evolve a distinct central catabolic pathway that is only expressed for the anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds that generate 3-methylbenzoyl-CoA as the central metabolite. All these results highlight the importance of the regulatory systems in the evolution and adaptation of bacteria to the anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds.
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- Javier F Juárez
- From the Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, Scotland, United Kingdom, and
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- From the Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, Scotland, United Kingdom, and
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- the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, Scotland, United Kingdom, and
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- the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, Scotland, United Kingdom, and
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- the Institute for Biology II, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- the Institute for Biology II, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain,
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Isolation of oxygenase genes for indigo-forming activity from an artificially polluted soil metagenome by functional screening using Pseudomonas putida strains as hosts. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:4453-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6322-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Duarte M, Jauregui R, Vilchez-Vargas R, Junca H, Pieper DH. AromaDeg, a novel database for phylogenomics of aerobic bacterial degradation of aromatics. DATABASE-THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND CURATION 2014; 2014:bau118. [PMID: 25468931 PMCID: PMC4250580 DOI: 10.1093/database/bau118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Understanding prokaryotic transformation of recalcitrant pollutants and the in-situ metabolic nets require the integration of massive amounts of biological data. Decades of biochemical studies together with novel next-generation sequencing data have exponentially increased information on aerobic aromatic degradation pathways. However, the majority of protein sequences in public databases have not been experimentally characterized and homology-based methods are still the most routinely used approach to assign protein function, allowing the propagation of misannotations. AromaDeg is a web-based resource targeting aerobic degradation of aromatics that comprises recently updated (September 2013) and manually curated databases constructed based on a phylogenomic approach. Grounded in phylogenetic analyses of protein sequences of key catabolic protein families and of proteins of documented function, AromaDeg allows query and data mining of novel genomic, metagenomic or metatranscriptomic data sets. Essentially, each query sequence that match a given protein family of AromaDeg is associated to a specific cluster of a given phylogenetic tree and further function annotation and/or substrate specificity may be inferred from the neighboring cluster members with experimentally validated function. This allows a detailed characterization of individual protein superfamilies as well as high-throughput functional classifications. Thus, AromaDeg addresses the deficiencies of homology-based protein function prediction, combining phylogenetic tree construction and integration of experimental data to obtain more accurate annotations of new biological data related to aerobic aromatic biodegradation pathways. We pursue in future the expansion of AromaDeg to other enzyme families involved in aromatic degradation and its regular update. Database URL:http://aromadeg.siona.helmholtz-hzi.de
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- Márcia Duarte
- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Research Group Microbial Ecology, Metabolism, Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms, CorpoGen. Carrera 5 No. 66A-35, Bogotá, Colombia and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada-UMNG, Campus Cajicá, Bogotá DC, Colombia
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Research Group Microbial Ecology, Metabolism, Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms, CorpoGen. Carrera 5 No. 66A-35, Bogotá, Colombia and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada-UMNG, Campus Cajicá, Bogotá DC, Colombia Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Research Group Microbial Ecology, Metabolism, Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms, CorpoGen. Carrera 5 No. 66A-35, Bogotá, Colombia and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada-UMNG, Campus Cajicá, Bogotá DC, Colombia
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Research Group Microbial Ecology, Metabolism, Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms, CorpoGen. Carrera 5 No. 66A-35, Bogotá, Colombia and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada-UMNG, Campus Cajicá, Bogotá DC, Colombia
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Research Group Microbial Ecology, Metabolism, Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms, CorpoGen. Carrera 5 No. 66A-35, Bogotá, Colombia and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada-UMNG, Campus Cajicá, Bogotá DC, Colombia Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Research Group Microbial Ecology, Metabolism, Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms, CorpoGen. Carrera 5 No. 66A-35, Bogotá, Colombia and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada-UMNG, Campus Cajicá, Bogotá DC, Colombia
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- Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, HZI-Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany, Research Group Microbial Ecology, Metabolism, Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms, CorpoGen. Carrera 5 No. 66A-35, Bogotá, Colombia and Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada-UMNG, Campus Cajicá, Bogotá DC, Colombia
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Suenaga H, Mizuta S, Miyazaki K, Yaoi K. Diversity of extradiol dioxygenases in aromatic-degrading microbial community explored using both culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 90:367-79. [PMID: 25059259 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches were used for extensive retrieval of the extradiol dioxygenase (EDO) gene from the environment to investigate the relationship between the EDO genes from isolated bacteria and the metagenomic EDO genes from which they were isolated. In our previous study, we identified 91 fosmid clones showing EDO enzyme activity using a metagenomic approach. In the present study, we classified all these metagenome-derived EDOs and newly isolated 88 phenol-utilizing bacteria from the same sample and identified four EDO genes from them. Of these, two EDOs had amino acid sequences similar to those reported previously in aromatic-utilizing strains, and one EDO had a sequence almost identical to that of metagenomic EDOs identified in our previous study. Unexpectedly, one EDO showed no similarity to any class I EDOs and was categorized as class II, which has not been found in past metagenomic approaches. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay indicated that the low-abundance class II EDO gene can be enriched by culturing approaches. We conclude that the combined use of the two approaches can explore the gene community more extensively than their individual use.
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- Hikaru Suenaga
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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Pleiotropic and epistatic behavior of a ring-hydroxylating oxygenase system in the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolic network from Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:3503-15. [PMID: 25070740 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01945-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Despite the considerable knowledge of bacterial high-molecular-weight (HMW) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) metabolism, the key enzyme(s) and its pleiotropic and epistatic behavior(s) responsible for low-molecular-weight (LMW) PAHs in HMW PAH-metabolic networks remain poorly understood. In this study, a phenotype-based strategy, coupled with a spray plate method, selected a Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 mutant (6G11) that degrades HMW PAHs but not LMW PAHs. Sequence analysis determined that the mutant was defective in pdoA2, encoding an aromatic ring-hydroxylating oxygenase (RHO). A series of metabolic comparisons using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis revealed that the mutant had a lower rate of degradation of fluorene, anthracene, and pyrene. Unlike the wild type, the mutant did not produce a color change in culture media containing fluorene, phenanthrene, and fluoranthene. An Escherichia coli expression experiment confirmed the ability of the Pdo system to oxidize biphenyl, the LMW PAHs naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, and fluorene, and the HMW PAHs pyrene, fluoranthene, and benzo[a]pyrene, with the highest enzymatic activity directed toward three-ring PAHs. Structure analysis and PAH substrate docking simulations of the Pdo substrate-binding pocket rationalized the experimentally observed metabolic versatility on a molecular scale. Using information obtained in this study and from previous work, we constructed an RHO-centric functional map, allowing pleiotropic and epistatic enzymatic explanation of PAH metabolism. Taking the findings together, the Pdo system is an RHO system with the pleiotropic responsibility of LMW PAH-centric hydroxylation, and its epistatic functional contribution is also crucial for the metabolic quality and quantity of the PAH-MN.
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Arora PK, Bae H. Integration of bioinformatics to biodegradation. Biol Proced Online 2014; 16:8. [PMID: 24808763 PMCID: PMC4012781 DOI: 10.1186/1480-9222-16-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Bioinformatics and biodegradation are two primary scientific fields in applied microbiology and biotechnology. The present review describes development of various bioinformatics tools that may be applied in the field of biodegradation. Several databases, including the University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation database (UM-BBD), a database of biodegradative oxygenases (OxDBase), Biodegradation Network-Molecular Biology Database (Bionemo) MetaCyc, and BioCyc have been developed to enable access to information related to biochemistry and genetics of microbial degradation. In addition, several bioinformatics tools for predicting toxicity and biodegradation of chemicals have been developed. Furthermore, the whole genomes of several potential degrading bacteria have been sequenced and annotated using bioinformatics tools.
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- Pankaj Kumar Arora
- School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Republic of Korea
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Dynamic metabolic and transcriptional profiling of Rhodococcus sp. strain YYL during the degradation of tetrahydrofuran. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:2656-64. [PMID: 24532074 DOI: 10.1128/aem.04131-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Although tetrahydrofuran-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain YYL possesses tetrahydrofuran (THF) degradation genes similar to those of other tetrahydrofuran-degrading bacteria, a much higher degradation efficiency has been observed in strain YYL. In this study, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics analyses were performed to explore the metabolic profiling response of strain YYL to exposure to THF. Exposure to THF slightly influenced the metabolome of strain YYL when yeast extract was present in the medium. The metabolic profile of strain YYL over time was also investigated using THF as the sole carbon source to identify the metabolites associated with high-efficiency THF degradation. Lactate, alanine, glutarate, glutamate, glutamine, succinate, lysine, trehalose, trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), NAD(+), and CTP were significantly altered over time in strain YYL grown in 20 mM THF. Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) revealed changes in the transcriptional expression levels of 15 genes involved in THF degradation, suggesting that strain YYL could accumulate several disturbances in osmoregulation (trehalose, glutamate, glutamine, etc.), with reduced glycolysis levels, an accelerated tricarboxylic acid cycle, and enhanced protein synthesis. The findings obtained through (1)H NMR metabolomics analyses and the transcriptional expression of the corresponding genes are complementary for exploring the dynamic metabolic profile in organisms.
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Hydrocarbon biodegradation in intertidal wetland sediments. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2013; 27:46-54. [PMID: 24863896 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Intertidal wetlands, primarily salt marsh, mangrove and mudflats, which provide many essential ecosystem services, are under threat on numerous fronts; a situation that is made worse by crude-oil pollution. Microbes are the main vehicle for remediation of such sediments, and new discoveries, such as novel biodegradation pathways, means of accessing oil, multi-species interactions, and community-level responses to oil addition, are helping us to understand, predict and monitor the fate of oil. Despite this, there are many challenges, not least because of the heterogeneity of these ecosystems and the complexity of crude oil. For example, there is growing awareness about the toxicity of the oxygenated products that result from crude-oil weathering, which are difficult to degrade. This review highlights how developments in areas as diverse as systems biology, microbiology, ecology, biogeochemistry and analytical chemistry are enhancing our understanding of hydrocarbon biodegradation and thus bioremediation of oil-polluted intertidal wetlands.
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Jasper JT, Nguyen MT, Jones ZL, Ismail NS, Sedlak DL, Sharp JO, Luthy RG, Horne AJ, Nelson KL. Unit Process Wetlands for Removal of Trace Organic Contaminants and Pathogens from Municipal Wastewater Effluents. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE 2013; 30:421-436. [PMID: 23983451 PMCID: PMC3746285 DOI: 10.1089/ees.2012.0239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Treatment wetlands have become an attractive option for the removal of nutrients from municipal wastewater effluents due to their low energy requirements and operational costs, as well as the ancillary benefits they provide, including creating aesthetically appealing spaces and wildlife habitats. Treatment wetlands also hold promise as a means of removing other wastewater-derived contaminants, such as trace organic contaminants and pathogens. However, concerns about variations in treatment efficacy of these pollutants, coupled with an incomplete mechanistic understanding of their removal in wetlands, hinder the widespread adoption of constructed wetlands for these two classes of contaminants. A better understanding is needed so that wetlands as a unit process can be designed for their removal, with individual wetland cells optimized for the removal of specific contaminants, and connected in series or integrated with other engineered or natural treatment processes. In this article, removal mechanisms of trace organic contaminants and pathogens are reviewed, including sorption and sedimentation, biotransformation and predation, photolysis and photoinactivation, and remaining knowledge gaps are identified. In addition, suggestions are provided for how these treatment mechanisms can be enhanced in commonly employed unit process wetland cells or how they might be harnessed in novel unit process cells. It is hoped that application of the unit process concept to a wider range of contaminants will lead to more widespread application of wetland treatment trains as components of urban water infrastructure in the United States and around the globe.
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- Justin T. Jasper
- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), National Science Foundation, Stanford, California
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California
- Corresponding author: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710. Phone: 510-643-5023; Fax: 510-642-7483. E-mail:
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Shah V, Zakrzewski M, Wibberg D, Eikmeyer F, Schlüter A, Madamwar D. Taxonomic Profiling and Metagenome Analysis of a Microbial Community from a Habitat Contaminated with Industrial Discharges. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2013; 66:533-550. [PMID: 23797291 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0253-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Industrial units, manufacturing dyes, chemicals, solvents, and xenobiotic compounds, produce liquid and solid wastes, which upon conventional treatment are released in the nearby environment and thus are the major cause of pollution. Soil collected from contaminated Kharicut Canal bank (N 22°57.878'; E 072°38.478'), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was used for metagenomic DNA preparation to study the capabilities of intrinsic microbial community in dealing with xenobiotics. Sequencing of metagenomic DNA on the Genome Sequencer FLX System using titanium chemistry resulted in 409,782 reads accounting for 133,529,997 bases of sequence information. Taxonomic analyses and gene annotations were carried out using the bioinformatics platform Sequence Analysis and Management System for Metagenomic Datasets. Taxonomic profiling was carried out by three different complementary approaches: (a) 16S rDNA, (b) environmental gene tags, and (c) lowest common ancestor. The most abundant phylum and genus were found to be "Proteobacteria" and "Pseudomonas," respectively. Metagenome reads were mapped on sequenced microbial genomes and the highest numbers of reads were allocated to Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Assignment of obtained metagenome reads to Gene Ontology terms, Clusters of Orthologous Groups of protein categories, protein family numbers, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes hits revealed genomic potential of indigenous microbial community. In total, 157,024 reads corresponded to 37,028 different KEGG hits, and amongst them, 11,574 reads corresponded to 131 different enzymes potentially involved in xenobiotic biodegradation. These enzymes were mapped on biodegradation pathways of xenobiotics to elucidate their roles in possible catalytic reactions. Consequently, information obtained from the present study will act as a baseline which, subsequently along with other "-omic" studies, will help in designing future bioremediation strategies in effluent treatment plants and environmental clean-up projects.
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- Varun Shah
- BRD School of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, Sardar Patel Maidan, Vadtal Road, Satellite Campus, Vallabh Vidyanagar 388 120, Post Box No. 39, Anand, Gujarat, India,
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