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Sutton AO, Strickland D, Norris DR. Food storage in a changing world: implications of climate change for food-caching species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1186/s40665-016-0025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Mulyukin AL, Suzina NE, Duda VI, El’-Registan GI. Structural and physiological diversity among cystlike resting cells of bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas. Microbiology (Reading) 2008. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261708040127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Zhang H, Li Z, Qian Y, Zhang Q, Du P, Gan R, Ye Q. Cultivation of recombinant Escherichia coli for secretory production of human epidermal growth factor under control of PL promoter. Enzyme Microb Technol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Boon N, Depuydt S, Verstraete W. Evolutionary algorithms and flow cytometry to examine the parameters influencing transconjugant formation. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2006; 55:17-27. [PMID: 16420611 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2005.00002.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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An evolutionary algorithm was used to determine the optimal combination of parameters for transconjugant formation. As a model system, a gfp tagged TOL plasmid pWW0 was chosen to examine transfer from Pseudomonas putida to Escherichia coli. A comparison of flow cytometry results with plating and microscopy showed that the majority of transconjugants were not culturable. The transconjugant ratio therefore was determined by flow cytometry. The evolutionary algorithm showed that the optimal conditions were obtained at 28 degrees C and at the highest nutrient concentrations. This work demonstrates that evolutionary algorithms can be used to find optimal parameter interactions in environmental microbiology.
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- Nico Boon
- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, LabMET, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Barcina I, Lebaron P, Vives-Rego J. Survival of allochthonous bacteria in aquatic systems: a biological approach. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1997.tb00385.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bunker ST, Bates TC, Oliver JD. Effects of temperature on detection of plasmid or chromosomally encoded gfp- and lux-labeled Pseudomonas fluorescens in soil. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 3:83-90. [PMID: 15612505 DOI: 10.1051/ebr:2004008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Pseudomonas fluorescens is a normal inhabitant of the soil rhizosphere. The use of genetically altered strains of P. fluorescens in bioremediation has led to the need for effective monitoring of such cells released into the environment. In this study, we present data on the persistence in soil of P. fluorescens harboring gfp (green fluorescent protein) or lux (bioluminescence) genes. Comparisons were made between strains marked chromosomally and strains carrying these markers on a plasmid. Overall effects of plasmid carriage on culturability were also examined. Sterile soil microcosms were inoculated with washed cells to a final concentration of ca. 10(6) CFU.g(-1) and placed at 5, 23, and 35-37 degrees C. Samples were taken periodically and examined for culturability and viability, using the substrate responsiveness assay. Our results indicated no significant loss of culturability at 5 and 23 degrees C for a period of over one year. In contrast, cells of P. fluorescens incubated at 35-37 degrees C entered the viable but nonculturable state within 7 days. All cells labeled with gfp retained fluorescence regardless of culturability, suggesting that the green fluorescent protein can be of value in monitoring the presence of cells following their release to the environment. Because fluorescence was maintained regardless of the cells' physiological state, this protein may also be an indicator of cell viability.
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- Stephen T Bunker
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Guardabassi L, Gravesen J, Lund C, Bagge L, Dalsgaard A. Delayed incubation as an alternative method to sample storage for enumeration of E. coli and culturable bacteria in water. WATER RESEARCH 2002; 36:4655-4658. [PMID: 12418669 DOI: 10.1016/s0043-1354(02)00154-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effects of sample storage on enumeration of Escherichia coli in marine bathing water and culturable bacteria in drinking water were evaluated. Results showed that overnight storage at 0-5 degrees C significantly reduced the counts of E. coli in bathing water (p = 0.0001) with a mean reduction of 25%. A similar effect of sample storage was observed for the enumeration of culturable bacteria in drinking water at 22 +/- 2 degrees C for 66 +/- 4 h (p = 0.0074; mean reduction = 25%) or at 36 +/- 2 degrees C for 44 +/- 4h (p = 0.0353; mean reduction = 6%). The use of a delayed incubation method, i.e. overnight storage at 0-5 degrees C of inoculated agar plates prior to incubation, did not significantly affect the counts of culturable bacteria when plates were incubated at 22 + 2 degrees C for 66 +/- 4 h, whereas it resulted in a significant increase of the bacterial numbers when plates were incubated at 36 +/- 2 degrees C for 44 +/- 4 h (p = 0.0002; mean increase = 32%). Based on these results, it is suggested to avoid the use of overnight or longer sample storage for the enumeration of E. coli in bathing water samples, as well as for the enumeration of culturable bacteria in drinking water. The delayed incubation method appears to be a reliable procedure for the enumeration of culturable bacteria and could represent a valid alternative to sample storage in order to overcome problems associated with the performance of bacteriological counts during weekends or statutory holidays. However, a multi-laboratory study is needed to evaluate the reproducibility of the delayed incubation method for the enumeration of culturable bacteria and its possible use for the enumeration of E. coli by membrane filtration.
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- L Guardabassi
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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Artz RRE, Killham K. Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in private drinking water wells: influences of protozoan grazing and elevated copper concentrations. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 216:117-22. [PMID: 12423762 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11424.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The survival characteristics of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in private drinking water wells were investigated to assess the potential for human exposure. A non-toxigenic, chromosomally lux-marked strain of E. coli O157:H7 was inoculated into well water from four different sites in the North East of Scotland. These waters differed significantly in their heavy metal contents as well as nutrient and bacterial grazer concentrations. Grazing and other biological factors were studied using filtered (3 and 0.2 microm) and autoclaved water. The survival of E. coli O157:H7 was primarily decreased by elevated copper concentrations. This hypothesis was supported by acute toxicity assay data. In addition, significant protozoan predation effects were observed in untreated water when compared with survival rates in filtered water. The combination of these two factors in particular determines the survival time of the pathogen in a private water well. It therefore appears that wells with higher water quality as assessed using the European Union Drinking Water Directive standards will also allow survival of E. coli O157:H7 for much longer periods.
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- Rebekka R E Artz
- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
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Björklöf K, Jørgensen KS. Applicability of non-antibiotic resistance marker genes in ecological studies of introduced bacteria in forest soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2001.tb00896.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Lowder M, Unge A, Maraha N, Jansson JK, Swiggett J, Oliver JD. Effect of starvation and the viable-but-nonculturable state on green fluorescent protein (GFP) fluorescence in GFP-tagged Pseudomonas fluorescens A506. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:3160-5. [PMID: 10919764 PMCID: PMC92128 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.8.3160-3165.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene, gfp, of the jellyfish Aequorea victoria is being used as a reporter system for gene expression and as a marker for tracking prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Cells that have been genetically altered with the gfp gene produce a protein that fluoresces when it is excited by UV light. This unique phenotype allows gfp-tagged cells to be specifically monitored by nondestructive means. In this study we determined whether a gfp-tagged strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens continued to fluoresce under conditions under which the cells were starved, viable but nonculturable (VBNC), or dead. Epifluorescent microscopy, flow cytometry, and spectrofluorometry were used to measure fluorescence intensity in starved, VBNC, and dead or dying cells. Results obtained by using flow cytometry indicated that microcosms containing VBNC cells, which were obtained by incubation under stress conditions (starvation at 37.5 degrees C), fluoresced at an intensity that was at least 80% of the intensity of nonstressed cultures. Similarly, microcosms containing starved cells incubated at 5 and 30 degrees C had fluorescence intensities that were 90 to 110% of the intensity of nonstressed cells. VBNC cells remained fluorescent during the entire 6-month incubation period. In addition, cells starved at 5 or 30 degrees C remained fluorescent for at least 11 months. Treatment of the cells with UV light or incubation at 39 or 50 degrees C resulted in a loss of GFP from the cells. There was a strong correlation between cell death and leakage of GFP from the cells, although the extent of leakage varied depending on the treatment. Most dead cells were not GFP fluorescent, but a small proportion of the dead cells retained some GFP at a lower concentration than the concentration in live cells. Our results suggest that gfp-tagged cells remain fluorescent following starvation and entry into the VBNC state but that fluorescence is lost when the cells die, presumably because membrane integrity is lost.
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- M Lowder
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 28223, USA
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Cho JC, Kim SJ. Green fluorescent protein-based direct viable count to verify a viable but non-culturable state of Salmonella typhi in environmental samples. J Microbiol Methods 1999; 36:227-35. [PMID: 10379808 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(99)00038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The gfp-tagging method and lux-tagging method were compared to select a better method for verifying a viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state of bacteria in the environment. An environmental isolate of Salmonella typhi was chromosomally marked with a gfp gene encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP). The hybrid transposon mini-Tn5 gfp was transconjugated from E. coli to S. typhi. Using the same method, S. typhi was chromosomally marked with luxAB genes encoding luciferase. The survival of gfp-tagged S. typhi introduced into groundwater microcosms was examined by GFP-based plate count, total cell count, and a direct viable count method. In microcosms containing lux-tagged S. typhi, luminescence-based plate count and the measurement of bioluminescence of each microcosm sample were performed. In microcosms containing lux-tagged S. typhi, viable but nonculturable cells could not be detected by using luminometry. As no distinguishable luminescence signals from the background signals were found in samples containing no culturable cells, a VBNC state of S. typhi could not be verified in lux-based systems. However, comparison between GFP-based direct viable counts and plate counts was a good method for verifying the VBNC state of S. typhi. Because GFP-based direct viable count method provided a direct and precise estimation of viable cells of introduced bacteria into natural environments, it can be used for verifying the VBNC state of bacteria in environmental samples.
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- J C Cho
- Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, and Research Center for Molecular Microbiology, Seoul National University, South Korea
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Cho JC, Kim SJ. Viable, but non-culturable, state of a green fluorescence protein-tagged environmental isolate of Salmonella typhi in groundwater and pond water. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1999; 170:257-64. [PMID: 9919676 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13382.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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An environmental isolate of Salmonella typhi was chromosomally marked with a gfp gene encoding green fluorescence protein (GFP) isolated from Aequorea victoria. The hybrid transposon mini Tn5 gfp was transconjugated from E. coli to S. typhi, resulting in constitutive GFP production. The survival of S. typhi GFP155 introduced into groundwater and pond water microcosms was examined by GFP-based plate counts, total cell counts, and direct viable counts. A comparison between GFP-based direct viable counts and plate counts was a good method for verifying the viable, but non-culturable (VBNC), state of S. typhi. The entry into a VBNC state of S. typhi was shown in all microcosms. S. typhi survived longer in groundwater than in pond water as both a culturable and a VBNC state.
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- J C Cho
- Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, South Korea
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Joux F, Lebaron P, Troussellier M. Changes in Cellular States of the Marine Bacterium Deleya aquamarina under Starvation Conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:2686-94. [PMID: 16535646 PMCID: PMC1389201 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2686-2694.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, we have used different fluorescent dyes and techniques to characterize the heterogeneity and changes of the physiological states encountered by the marine bacterium Deleya aquamarina during a 92-day starvation survival experiment at 20 and 5(deg)C. Changes of physiological states were investigated on a single-cell basis by flow cytometry and epifluorescence microscopy in conjunction with fluorescent dyes specific for various cellular functions and constituents. Heterogeneities within populations with regard to functions (respiration, substrate responsiveness, enzymatic activity, and cytoplasmic membrane permeability), constituent (DNA), and cell volume (light scatter) were compared to the evolution of viable plate counts (CFU). At 20(deg)C, CFU changes were divided into three stages corresponding to stability up to day 13 followed by a rapid drop between days 13 and 42 and then by stabilization at a level of 10 to 20% during the remaining survival period. Most of the cellular fractions showing a metabolic activity were close to the evolution of the culturable cells, suggesting the absence of viable but nonculturable cells. On the other hand, cells with selective cytoplasmic membrane permeability but without any metabolic activity were observed, and this stage was followed by DNA alteration occurring at different rates after the loss of membrane cytoplasmic permeability. We observed a greater maintenance of culturability, physiological functions, DNA, and cellular volume at the lower temperature. These results have different ecological implications from both methodological and conceptual viewpoints.
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Lebaron P, Bauda P, Lett MC, Duval-Iflah Y, Simonet P, Jacq E, Frank N, Roux B, Baleux B, Faurie G, Hubert JC, Normand P, Prieur D, Schmitt S, Block JC. Recombinant plasmid mobilization between E. coli strains in seven sterile microcosms. Can J Microbiol 1997; 43:534-40. [PMID: 9226873 DOI: 10.1139/m97-076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Transfer by mobilization of a pBR derivative recombinant plasmid lacking transfer functions (oriT+, tra-, mob-) from one E. coli K12 strain to another was investigated in seven sterile microcosms corresponding to different environments. These microcosms were chosen as representative of environments that genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMOs) encounter after accidental release, namely attached biomass in aquatic environments (biofilm), soil, seawater, freshwater, wastewater, mouse gut, and mussel gut, GEMOs survived in the same way as the host strains in all microcosms. Recombinant DNA mobilization occurred in the mouse gut, in sterile soil, and in biofilm. The plasmid transfer rates principally reflected the environmental conditions encountered in each microcosm.
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- P Lebaron
- Observatoire océanologique, Unité de recherche associée, Centre national de la recherche scientifique 2071, Banyuls-sur-mer, France.
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Vibrio vulnificus is a serious human pathogen, accounting for 95% of all seafood-related deaths in the United States. During the winter months, when coastal water temperatures drop below 10 degrees C, investigators have repeatedly reported their inability to isolate this estuarine bacterium from the environment. We now realize that this apparent 'die-off' is actually due to entry of the cells into a 'viable but non-culturable' state, a survival response to the low temperature stress. Cells in this state appear dormant, and cannot be cultured in or on routine bacteriological media, but are capable of returning to the actively metabolizing state when the environmental stress is removed. This review describes this non-culturable state in V. vulnificus, and its role in the ecology, physiology, and epidemiology of this pathogen.
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- J D Oliver
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 28223, USA
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