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Bergen N, Krämer P, Romberg J, Wichels A, Gerlach G, Brinkhoff T. Shell Disease Syndrome Is Associated with Reduced and Shifted Epibacterial Diversity on the Carapace of the Crustacean Cancer pagurus. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0341922. [PMID: 36342282 PMCID: PMC9769784 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03419-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cancer pagurus is highly susceptible to shell disease syndrome. However, little is known about concomitant changes in the epibacterial community. We compared the bacterial communities of black spot affected and nonaffected areas of the carapace by amplicon sequencing of 16S rRNA genes and 16S rRNA. Within each spot, bacterial communities of affected areas were less diverse compared to communities from nonaffected areas. Communities of different affected spots were, however, more divergent from each other, compared to those of different nonaffected areas. This indicates a reduced and shifted microbial community composition caused by the black spot disease. Different communities found in black spots likely indicate different stages of the disease. In affected areas, Flavobacteriaceae rose to one of the most abundant and active families due to the increase of Aquimarina spp., suggesting a significant role in shell disease syndrome. We isolated 75 bacterial strains from diseased and healthy areas, which are primarily affiliated with Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, reflecting the dominant phyla detected by amplicon sequencing. The ability to degrade chitin was mainly found for Gammaproteobacteria and Aquimarina spp. within the Flavobacteriia, while the ability to use N-acetylglucosamine, the monomer of the polysaccharide chitin, was observed for most isolates, including many Alphaproteobacteria. One-third of the isolates, including most Aquimarina spp., showed antagonistic properties, indicating a high potential for interactions between the bacterial populations. The combination of bacterial community analysis and the physiological properties of the isolates provided insights into a functional complex epibacterial community on the carapace of C. pagurus. IMPORTANCE In recent years, shell disease syndrome has been detected for several ecologically and economically important crustacean species. Large proportions of populations are affected, e.g., >60% of the widely distributed species Cancer pagurus in different North Sea areas. Bacteria play a significant role in the development of different forms of shell disease, all characterized by microbial chitinolytic degradation of the outer shell. By comparing the bacterial communities of healthy and diseased areas of the shell of C. pagurus, we demonstrated that the disease causes a reduced bacterial diversity within affected areas, a phenomenon co-occurring also with many other diseases. Furthermore, the community composition dramatically changed with some taxa rising to high relative abundances and showing increased activity, indicating strong participation in shell disease. Characterization of bacterial isolates obtained from affected and nonaffected spots provided deeper insights into their physiological properties and thus the possible role within the microbiome.
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- Nils Bergen
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biology and Environmental Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany
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- Institute for Biology and Environmental Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB), Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Wang L, Linares-Otoya V, Liu Y, Mettal U, Marner M, Armas-Mantilla L, Willbold S, Kurtán T, Linares-Otoya L, Schäberle TF. Discovery and Biosynthesis of Antimicrobial Phenethylamine Alkaloids from the Marine Flavobacterium Tenacibaculum discolor sv11. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2022; 85:1039-1051. [PMID: 35416664 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The bacterial genus Tenacibaculum has been associated with various ecological roles in marine environments. Members of this genus can act, for example, as pathogens, predators, or episymbionts. However, natural products produced by these bacteria are still unknown. In the present work, we investigated a Tenacibaculum strain for the production of antimicrobial metabolites. Six new phenethylamine (PEA)-containing alkaloids, discolins A and B (1 and 2), dispyridine (3), dispyrrolopyridine A and B (4 and 5), and dispyrrole (6), were isolated from media produced by the predatory bacterium Tenacibaculum discolor sv11. Chemical structures were elucidated by analysis of spectroscopic data. Alkaloids 4 and 5 exhibited strong activity against Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis DSM10, Mycobacterium smegmatis ATCC607, Listeria monocytogenes DSM20600, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC25923, with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging from 0.5 to 4 μg/mL, and moderate activity against Candida albicans FH2173 and Aspergillus flavus ATCC9170. Compound 6 displayed moderate antibacterial activities against Gram-positive bacteria. Dispyrrolopyridine A (4) was active against efflux pump deficient Escherichia coli ATCC25922 ΔtolC, with an MIC value of 8 μg/mL, as well as against Caenorhabditis elegans N2 with an MIC value of 32 μg/mL. Other compounds were inactive against these microorganisms. The biosynthetic route toward discolins A and B (1 and 2) was investigated using in vivo and in vitro experiments. It comprises an enzymatic decarboxylation of phenylalanine to PEA catalyzed by DisA, followed by a nonenzymatic condensation to form the central imidazolium ring. This spontaneous formation of the imidazolium core was verified by means of a synthetic one-pot reaction using the respective building blocks. Six additional strains belonging to three Tenacibaculum species were able to produce discolins, and several DisA analogues were identified in various marine flavobacterial genera, suggesting the widespread presence of PEA-derived compounds in marine ecosystems.
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- Lei Wang
- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Branch for Bioresources, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru
- Research Centre for Sustainable Development Uku Pacha, 13011 Trujillo, Peru
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Branch for Bioresources, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Branch for Bioresources, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Branch for Bioresources, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru
- Research Centre for Sustainable Development Uku Pacha, 13011 Trujillo, Peru
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, Analytics, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Branch for Bioresources, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Branch for Bioresources, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Dynamics of actively dividing prokaryotes in the western Mediterranean Sea. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2064. [PMID: 35136122 PMCID: PMC8825817 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06120-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Microbial community metabolism and functionality play a key role modulating global biogeochemical processes. However, the metabolic activities and contribution of actively growing prokaryotes to ecosystem energy fluxes remain underexplored. Here we describe the temporal and spatial dynamics of active prokaryotes in the different water masses of the Mediterranean Sea using a combination of bromodeoxyuridine labelling and 16S rRNA gene Illumina sequencing. Bulk and actively dividing prokaryotic communities were drastically different and depth stratified. Alteromonadales were rare in bulk communities (contributing 0.1% on average) but dominated the actively dividing community throughout the overall water column (28% on average). Moreover, temporal variability of actively dividing Alteromonadales oligotypes was evinced. SAR86, Actinomarinales and Rhodobacterales contributed on average 3–3.4% each to the bulk and 11, 8.4 and 8.5% to the actively dividing communities in the epipelagic zone, respectively. SAR11 and Nitrosopumilales contributed less to the actively dividing than to the bulk communities during all the study period. Noticeably, the large contribution of these two taxa to the total prokaryotic communities (23% SAR11 and 26% Nitrosopumilales), especially in the meso- and bathypelagic zones, results in important contributions to actively dividing communities (11% SAR11 and 12% Nitrosopumilales). The intense temporal and spatial variability of actively dividing communities revealed in this study strengthen the view of a highly dynamic deep ocean. Our results suggest that some rare or low abundant phylotypes from surface layers down to the deep sea can disproportionally contribute to the activity of the prokaryotic communities, exhibiting a more dynamic response to environmental changes than other abundant phylotypes, emphasizing the role they might have in community metabolism and biogeochemical processes.
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Sehnal L, Brammer-Robbins E, Wormington AM, Blaha L, Bisesi J, Larkin I, Martyniuk CJ, Simonin M, Adamovsky O. Microbiome Composition and Function in Aquatic Vertebrates: Small Organisms Making Big Impacts on Aquatic Animal Health. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:567408. [PMID: 33776947 PMCID: PMC7995652 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.567408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Aquatic ecosystems are under increasing stress from global anthropogenic and natural changes, including climate change, eutrophication, ocean acidification, and pollution. In this critical review, we synthesize research on the microbiota of aquatic vertebrates and discuss the impact of emerging stressors on aquatic microbial communities using two case studies, that of toxic cyanobacteria and microplastics. Most studies to date are focused on host-associated microbiomes of individual organisms, however, few studies take an integrative approach to examine aquatic vertebrate microbiomes by considering both host-associated and free-living microbiota within an ecosystem. We highlight what is known about microbiota in aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on the interface between water, fish, and marine mammals. Though microbiomes in water vary with geography, temperature, depth, and other factors, core microbial functions such as primary production, nitrogen cycling, and nutrient metabolism are often conserved across aquatic environments. We outline knowledge on the composition and function of tissue-specific microbiomes in fish and marine mammals and discuss the environmental factors influencing their structure. The microbiota of aquatic mammals and fish are highly unique to species and a delicate balance between respiratory, skin, and gastrointestinal microbiota exists within the host. In aquatic vertebrates, water conditions and ecological niche are driving factors behind microbial composition and function. We also generate a comprehensive catalog of marine mammal and fish microbial genera, revealing commonalities in composition and function among aquatic species, and discuss the potential use of microbiomes as indicators of health and ecological status of aquatic ecosystems. We also discuss the importance of a focus on the functional relevance of microbial communities in relation to organism physiology and their ability to overcome stressors related to global change. Understanding the dynamic relationship between aquatic microbiota and the animals they colonize is critical for monitoring water quality and population health.
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- Ludek Sehnal
- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.,Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.,Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.,Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.,Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.,Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France
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The cell organization underlying structural colour is involved in Flavobacterium IR1 predation. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:2890-2900. [PMID: 32873891 PMCID: PMC7784876 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00760-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Flavobacterium IR1 is a gliding bacterium with a high degree of colonial organization as a 2D photonic crystal, resulting in vivid structural coloration when illuminated. Enterobacter cloacae B12, an unrelated bacterium, was isolated from the brown macroalga Fucus vesiculosus from the same location as IR1. IR1 was found to be a predator of B12. A process of surrounding, infiltration, undercutting and killing of B12 supported improved growth of IR1. A combination of motility and capillarity facilitated the engulfment of B12 colonies by IR1. Predation was independent of illumination. Mutants of IR1 that formed photonic crystals less effectively than the wild type were reduced in predation. Conversely, formation of a photonic crystal was not advantageous in resisting predation by Rhodococcus spp. PIR4. These observations suggest that the organization required to create structural colour has a biological function (facilitating predation) but one that is not directly related to the photonic properties of the colony. This work is the first experimental evidence supporting a role for this widespread type of cell organization in the Flavobacteriia.
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Mena C, Reglero P, Balbín R, Martín M, Santiago R, Sintes E. Seasonal Niche Partitioning of Surface Temperate Open Ocean Prokaryotic Communities. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1749. [PMID: 32849378 PMCID: PMC7399227 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Surface microbial communities are exposed to seasonally changing environmental conditions, resulting in recurring patterns of community composition. However, knowledge on temporal dynamics of open ocean microbial communities remains scarce. Seasonal patterns and associations of taxa and oligotypes from surface and chlorophyll maximum layers in the western Mediterranean Sea were studied over a 2-year period. Summer stratification versus winter mixing governed not only the prokaryotic community composition and diversity but also the temporal dynamics and co-occurrence association networks of oligotypes. Flavobacteriales, Rhodobacterales, SAR11, SAR86, and Synechococcales oligotypes exhibited contrasting seasonal dynamics, and consequently, specific microbial assemblages and potential inter-oligotype connections characterized the different seasons. In addition, oligotypes composition and dynamics differed between surface and deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM) prokaryotic communities, indicating depth-related environmental gradients as a major factor affecting association networks between closely related taxa. Taken together, the seasonal and depth specialization of oligotypes suggest temporal dynamics of community composition and metabolism, influencing ecosystem function and global biogeochemical cycles. Moreover, our results indicate highly specific associations between microbes, pointing to keystone ecotypes and fine-tuning of the microbes realized niche.
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- Catalina Mena
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO), Palma, Spain
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO), Palma, Spain
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO), Palma, Spain
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO), Palma, Spain
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO), Palma, Spain
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Ecosystem Oceanography Group (GRECO), Palma, Spain
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Marine Actinobacteria: Screening for Predation Leads to the Discovery of Potential New Drugs against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9020091. [PMID: 32092889 PMCID: PMC7168292 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9020091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Predatory bacteria constitute a heterogeneous group of prokaryotes able to lyse and feed on the cellular constituents of other bacteria in conditions of nutrient scarcity. In this study, we describe the isolation of Actinobacteria predator of other bacteria from the marine water of the Moroccan Atlantic coast. Only 4 Actinobacteria isolates showing strong predation capability against native or multidrug-resistant Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria were identified among 142 isolated potential predatory bacteria. These actinobacterial predators were shown to belong to the Streptomyces genus and to inhibit the growth of various native or multidrug-resistant micro-organisms, including Micrococcus luteus, Staphylococcus aureus (native and methicillin-resistant), and Escherichia coli (native and ampicillin-resistant). Even if no clear correlation could be established between the antibacterial activities of the selected predator Actinobacteria and their predatory activity, we cannot exclude that some specific bio-active secondary metabolites were produced in this context and contributed to the killing and lysis of the bacteria. Indeed, the co-cultivation of Actinobacteria with other bacteria is known to lead to the production of compounds that are not produced in monoculture. Furthermore, the production of specific antibiotics is linked to the composition of the growth media that, in our co-culture conditions, exclusively consisted of the components of the prey living cells. Interestingly, our strategy led to the isolation of bacteria with interesting inhibitory activity against methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) as well as against Gram-negative bacteria.
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Xaxiri NA, Nikouli E, Berillis P, Kormas KA. Bacterial biofilm development during experimental degradation of Melicertus kerathurus exoskeleton in seawater. AIMS Microbiol 2019; 4:397-412. [PMID: 31294223 PMCID: PMC6604942 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2018.3.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Chitinolytic bacteria are widespread in marine and terrestrial environment, and this is rather a reflection of their principle growth substrate's ubiquity, chitin, in our planet. In this paper, we investigated the development of naturally occurring bacterial biofilms on the exoskeleton of the shrimp Melicertus kerathurus during its degradation in sea water. During a 12-day experiment with exoskeleton fragments in batch cultures containing only sea water as the growth medium at 18 °C in darkness, we analysed the formation and succession of biofilms by scanning electron microscopy and 16S rRNA gene diversity by next generation sequencing. Bacteria belonging to the γ- and α-Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes showed marked (less or more than 10%) changes in their relative abundance from the beginning of the experiment. These bacterial taxa related to known chitinolytic bacteria were the Pseudolateromonas porphyrae, Halomonasaquamarina, Reinekea aestuarii, Colwellia asteriadis and Vibrio crassostreae. These bacteria could be considered as appropriate candidates for the degradation of chitinous crustacean waste from the seafood industry as they dominated in the biofilms developed on the shrimp's exoskeleton in natural sea water with no added substrates and the degradation of the shrimp exoskeleton was also evidenced.
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- Nikolina-Alexandra Xaxiri
- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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- Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
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Kwak MJ, Kong HG, Choi K, Kwon SK, Song JY, Lee J, Lee PA, Choi SY, Seo M, Lee HJ, Jung EJ, Park H, Roy N, Kim H, Lee MM, Rubin EM, Lee SW, Kim JF. Rhizosphere microbiome structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato. Nat Biotechnol 2018; 36:nbt.4232. [PMID: 30295674 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 307] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tomato variety Hawaii 7996 is resistant to the soil-borne pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum, whereas the Moneymaker variety is susceptible to the pathogen. To evaluate whether plant-associated microorganisms have a role in disease resistance, we analyzed the rhizosphere microbiomes of both varieties in a mesocosm experiment. Microbiome structures differed between the two cultivars. Transplantation of rhizosphere microbiota from resistant plants suppressed disease symptoms in susceptible plants. Comparative analyses of rhizosphere metagenomes from resistant and susceptible plants enabled the identification and assembly of a flavobacterial genome that was far more abundant in the resistant plant rhizosphere microbiome than in that of the susceptible plant. We cultivated this flavobacterium, named TRM1, and found that it could suppress R. solanacearum-disease development in a susceptible plant in pot experiments. Our findings reveal a role for native microbiota in protecting plants from microbial pathogens, and our approach charts a path toward the development of probiotics to ameliorate plant diseases.
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- Min-Jung Kwak
- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- C&K Genomics, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Strategic Initiative for Microbiomes in Agriculture and Food (iMAF), Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Temporal and Regional Variability in the Skin Microbiome of Humpback Whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.02574-17. [PMID: 29269499 PMCID: PMC5812929 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02574-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The skin is the first line of defense between an animal and its environment, and disruptions in skin-associated microorganisms can be linked to an animal's health and nutritional state. To better understand the skin microbiome of large whales, high-throughput sequencing of partial small subunit rRNA genes was used to study the skin-associated bacteria of 89 seemingly healthy humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) sampled along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) during early (2010) and late (2013) austral summers. Six core groups of bacteria were present in 93% or more of all humpback skin samples. A shift was observed in the average relative abundances of these core bacteria over time, with the emergence of four additional core groups of bacteria that corresponded to a decrease in water temperature, possibly caused by season- or foraging-related changes in skin biochemistry that influenced microbial growth, or other temporal factors. The skin microbiome differed between whales sampled at several regional locations along the WAP, suggesting that environmental factors or population may also influence the whale skin microbiome. Overall, the skin microbiome of humpback whales appears to provide insight into animal- and environment-related factors and may serve as a useful indicator for animal health or ecosystem alterations. IMPORTANCE The microbiomes of wild animals are currently understudied but may provide information about animal health and/or animal-environment interactions. In the largest sampling of any marine mammal microbiome, this study demonstrates conservation in the skin microbiome of 89 seemingly healthy humpback whales sampled in the Western Antarctic Peninsula, with shifts in the bacterial community composition related to temporal and regional variability. This study is important because it suggests that the skin microbiome of humpback whales could provide insight into animal nutritional or seasonal/environment-related factors, which are becoming increasingly important to recognize due to unprecedented rates of climate change and anthropogenic impact on ocean ecosystems.
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Linares-Otoya L, Linares-Otoya V, Armas-Mantilla L, Blanco-Olano C, Crüsemann M, Ganoza-Yupanqui ML, Campos-Florian J, König GM, Schäberle TF. Diversity and Antimicrobial Potential of Predatory Bacteria from the Peruvian Coastline. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:md15100308. [PMID: 29023396 PMCID: PMC5666416 DOI: 10.3390/md15100308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The microbiome of three different sites at the Peruvian Pacific coast was analyzed, revealing a lower bacterial biodiversity at Isla Foca than at Paracas and Manglares, with 89 bacterial genera identified, as compared to 195 and 173 genera, respectively. Only 47 of the bacterial genera identified were common to all three sites. In order to obtain promising strains for the putative production of novel antimicrobials, predatory bacteria were isolated from these sampling sites, using two different bait organisms. Even though the proportion of predatory bacteria was only around 0.5% in the here investigated environmental microbiomes, by this approach in total 138 bacterial strains were isolated as axenic culture. 25% of strains showed antibacterial activity, thereby nine revealed activity against clinically relevant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and three against enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains. Phylogeny and physiological characteristics of the active strains were investigated. First insights into the chemical basis of the antibacterial activity indicated the biosynthetic production of the known compounds ariakemicin, kocurin, naphthyridinomycin, pumilacidins, resistomycin, and surfactin. However, most compounds remained elusive until now. Hence, the obtained results implicate that the microbiome present at the various habitats at the Peruvian coastline is a promising source for heterotrophic bacterial strains showing high potential for the biotechnological production of antibiotics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luis Linares-Otoya
- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 5392 Giessen, Germany.
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, 3115 Bonn, Germany.
- Research Centre for Sustainable Development Uku Pacha, 13011 Uku Pacha, Peru.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru.
- Research Centre for Sustainable Development Uku Pacha, 13011 Uku Pacha, Peru.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru.
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, 3115 Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, 13011 Trujillo, Peru.
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, 3115 Bonn, Germany.
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Site Bonn/Cologne, Bonn 53115, Germany.
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- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 5392 Giessen, Germany.
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, 3115 Bonn, Germany.
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Site Bonn/Cologne, Bonn 53115, Germany.
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Korp J, Vela Gurovic MS, Nett M. Antibiotics from predatory bacteria. Beilstein J Org Chem 2016; 12:594-607. [PMID: 27340451 PMCID: PMC4902038 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.12.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bacteria, which prey on other microorganisms, are commonly found in the environment. While some of these organisms act as solitary hunters, others band together in large consortia before they attack their prey. Anecdotal reports suggest that bacteria practicing such a wolfpack strategy utilize antibiotics as predatory weapons. Consistent with this hypothesis, genome sequencing revealed that these micropredators possess impressive capacities for natural product biosynthesis. Here, we will present the results from recent chemical investigations of this bacterial group, compare the biosynthetic potential with that of non-predatory bacteria and discuss the link between predation and secondary metabolism.
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- Juliane Korp
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS) -CONICET- Carrindanga Km 11, Bahía Blanca 8000, Argentina
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Technical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Emil-Figge-Strasse 66, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2015; 80:91-138. [PMID: 26700108 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00037-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 462] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Biotic and abiotic surfaces in marine waters are rapidly colonized by microorganisms. Surface colonization and subsequent biofilm formation and development provide numerous advantages to these organisms and support critical ecological and biogeochemical functions in the changing marine environment. Microbial surface association also contributes to deleterious effects such as biofouling, biocorrosion, and the persistence and transmission of harmful or pathogenic microorganisms and their genetic determinants. The processes and mechanisms of colonization as well as key players among the surface-associated microbiota have been studied for several decades. Accumulating evidence indicates that specific cell-surface, cell-cell, and interpopulation interactions shape the composition, structure, spatiotemporal dynamics, and functions of surface-associated microbial communities. Several key microbial processes and mechanisms, including (i) surface, population, and community sensing and signaling, (ii) intraspecies and interspecies communication and interaction, and (iii) the regulatory balance between cooperation and competition, have been identified as critical for the microbial surface association lifestyle. In this review, recent progress in the study of marine microbial surface colonization and biofilm development is synthesized and discussed. Major gaps in our knowledge remain. We pose questions for targeted investigation of surface-specific community-level microbial features, answers to which would advance our understanding of surface-associated microbial community ecology and the biogeochemical functions of these communities at levels from molecular mechanistic details through systems biological integration.
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Buchan A, LeCleir GR, Gulvik CA, González JM. Master recyclers: features and functions of bacteria associated with phytoplankton blooms. Nat Rev Microbiol 2014; 12:686-98. [PMID: 25134618 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 538] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Marine phytoplankton blooms are annual spring events that sustain active and diverse bloom-associated bacterial populations. Blooms vary considerably in terms of eukaryotic species composition and environmental conditions, but a limited number of heterotrophic bacterial lineages - primarily members of the Flavobacteriia, Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria - dominate these communities. In this Review, we discuss the central role that these bacteria have in transforming phytoplankton-derived organic matter and thus in biogeochemical nutrient cycling. On the basis of selected field and laboratory-based studies of flavobacteria and roseobacters, distinct metabolic strategies are emerging for these archetypal phytoplankton-associated taxa, which provide insights into the underlying mechanisms that dictate their behaviours during blooms.
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- Alison Buchan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0845, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0845, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of La Laguna, ES-38200 La Laguna, Spain
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Kappell AD, Wei Y, Newton RJ, Van Nostrand JD, Zhou J, McLellan SL, Hristova KR. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation potential of Gulf of Mexico native coastal microbial communities after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:205. [PMID: 24847320 PMCID: PMC4023046 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout resulted in oil transport, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the Gulf of Mexico shoreline. The microbial communities of these shorelines are thought to be responsible for the intrinsic degradation of PAHs. To investigate the Gulf Coast beach microbial community response to hydrocarbon exposure, we examined the functional gene diversity, bacterial community composition, and PAH degradation capacity of a heavily oiled and non-oiled beach following the oil exposure. With a non-expression functional gene microarray targeting 539 gene families, we detected 28,748 coding sequences. Of these sequences, 10% were uniquely associated with the severely oil-contaminated beach and 6.0% with the non-oiled beach. There was little variation in the functional genes detected between the two beaches; however the relative abundance of functional genes involved in oil degradation pathways, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), were greater in the oiled beach. The microbial PAH degradation potentials of both beaches, were tested in mesocosms. Mesocosms were constructed in glass columns using sands with native microbial communities, circulated with artificial sea water and challenged with a mixture of PAHs. The low-molecular weight PAHs, fluorene and naphthalene, showed rapid depletion in all mesocosms while the high-molecular weight benzo[α]pyrene was not degraded by either microbial community. Both the heavily oiled and the non-impacted coastal communities showed little variation in their biodegradation ability for low molecular weight PAHs. Massively-parallel sequencing of 16S rRNA genes from mesocosm DNA showed that known PAH degraders and genera frequently associated with oil hydrocarbon degradation represented a major portion of the bacterial community. The observed similar response by microbial communities from beaches with a different recent history of oil exposure suggests that Gulf Coast beach communities are primed for PAH degradation.
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- Anthony D Kappell
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Somboonna N, Wilantho A, Jankaew K, Assawamakin A, Sangsrakru D, Tangphatsornruang S, Tongsima S. Microbial ecology of Thailand tsunami and non-tsunami affected terrestrials. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94236. [PMID: 24710002 PMCID: PMC3978030 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The effects of tsunamis on microbial ecologies have been ill-defined, especially in Phang Nga province, Thailand. This ecosystem was catastrophically impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as well as the 600 year-old tsunami in Phra Thong island, Phang Nga province. No study has been conducted to elucidate their effects on microbial ecology. This study represents the first to elucidate their effects on microbial ecology. We utilized metagenomics with 16S and 18S rDNA-barcoded pyrosequencing to obtain prokaryotic and eukaryotic profiles for this terrestrial site, tsunami affected (S1), as well as a parallel unaffected terrestrial site, non-tsunami affected (S2). S1 demonstrated unique microbial community patterns than S2. The dendrogram constructed using the prokaryotic profiles supported the unique S1 microbial communities. S1 contained more proportions of archaea and bacteria domains, specifically species belonging to Bacteroidetes became more frequent, in replacing of the other typical floras like Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Basidiomycota. Pathogenic microbes, including Acinetobacter haemolyticus, Flavobacterium spp. and Photobacterium spp., were also found frequently in S1. Furthermore, different metabolic potentials highlighted this microbial community change could impact the functional ecology of the site. Moreover, the habitat prediction based on percent of species indicators for marine, brackish, freshwater and terrestrial niches pointed the S1 to largely comprise marine habitat indicating-species.
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- Naraporn Somboonna
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Genome Institute, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pathumthani, Thailand
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- Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Genome Institute, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pathumthani, Thailand
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- Genome Institute, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pathumthani, Thailand
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Humpback whale populations share a core skin bacterial community: towards a health index for marine mammals? PLoS One 2014; 9:e90785. [PMID: 24671052 PMCID: PMC3966734 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Microbes are now well regarded for their important role in mammalian health. The microbiology of skin--a unique interface between the host and environment--is a major research focus in human health and skin disorders, but is less explored in other mammals. Here, we report on a cross-population study of the skin-associated bacterial community of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), and examine the potential for a core bacterial community and its variability with host (endogenous) or geographic/environmental (exogenous) specific factors. Skin biopsies or freshly sloughed skin from 56 individuals were sampled from populations in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and South Pacific oceans and bacteria were characterized using 454 pyrosequencing of SSU rRNA genes. Phylogenetic and statistical analyses revealed the ubiquity and abundance of bacteria belonging to the Flavobacteria genus Tenacibaculum and the Gammaproteobacteria genus Psychrobacter across the whale populations. Scanning electron microscopy of skin indicated that microbial cells colonize the skin surface. Despite the ubiquity of Tenacibaculum and Psychrobater spp., the relative composition of the skin-bacterial community differed significantly by geographic area as well as metabolic state of the animals (feeding versus starving during migration and breeding), suggesting that both exogenous and endogenous factors may play a role in influencing the skin-bacteria. Further, characteristics of the skin bacterial community from these free-swimming individuals were assembled and compared to two entangled and three dead individuals, revealing a decrease in the central or core bacterial community members (Tenacibaculum and Psychrobater spp.), as well as the emergence of potential pathogens in the latter cases. This is the first discovery of a cross-population, shared skin bacterial community. This research suggests that the skin bacteria may be connected to humpback health and immunity and could possibly serve as a useful index for health and skin disorder monitoring of threatened and endangered marine mammals.
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