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Trunet C, Vischer N, Coroller L, Brul S. Germination and outgrowth of Bacillus mycoides KBAB4 spores are impacted by environmental pH, quantitatively analyzed at single cell level with sporetracker. Food Microbiol 2024; 121:104509. [PMID: 38637073 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2024.104509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Quantifying spore germination and outgrowth heterogeneity is challenging. Single cell level analysis should provide supplementary knowledge regarding the impact of unfavorable conditions on germination and outgrowth dynamics. This work aimed to quantify the impact of pH on spore germination and outgrowth, investigating the behavior of individual spore crops, produced under optimal and suboptimal conditions. Bacillus mycoides (formerly B. weihenstephanensis) KBAB4 spores, produced at pH 7.4 and at pH 5.5 were incubated at different pH values, from pH 5.2 to 7.4. The spores were monitored by microscopy live imaging, in controlled conditions, at 30 °C. The images were analyzed using SporeTracker, to determine the state of single cells. The impact of pH on germination and outgrowth times and rates was estimated and the correlation between these parameters was quantified. The correlation between germination and outgrowth times was significantly higher at low pH. These results suggest that an environmental pressure highlights the heterogeneity of spore germination and outgrowth within a spore population. Results were consistent with previous observations at population level, now confirmed and extended to single cell level. Therefore, single cell level analyses can be used to quantify the heterogeneity of spore populations, which is of interest in order to control the development of spore-forming bacteria, responsible for food safety issues.
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- C Trunet
- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, F-29000, Quimper, France.
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Univ Brest, INRAE, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, F-29000, Quimper, France
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Cate JD, Sullivan YZ, King MD. Inhibition of Microbial Growth and Biofilm Formation in Pure and Mixed Bacterial Samples. Microorganisms 2024; 12:1500. [PMID: 39065268 PMCID: PMC11278618 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12071500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, requires large amounts of water to extract fossil fuel from rock formations. As a result of hydraulic fracturing, the briny wastewater, often termed back-produced fracturing or fracking water (FW), is pumped into holding ponds. One of the biggest challenges with produced water management is controlling microbial activity that could reduce the pond water's reusable layer and pose a significant environmental hazard. This study focuses on the characterization of back-produced water that has been hydraulically fractured using chemical and biological analysis and the development of a high-throughput screening method to evaluate and predict the antimicrobial effect of four naturally and commercially available acidic inhibitors (edetic acid, boric acid, tannic acid, and lactic acid) on the growth of the FW microbiome. Liquid cultures and biofilms of two laboratory model strains, the vegetative Escherichia coli MG1655, and the spore-forming Bacillus atrophaeus (also known as Bacillus globigii, BG) bacteria, were used as reference microorganisms. Planktonic bacteria in FW were more sensitive to antimicrobials than sessile bacteria in biofilms. Spore-forming BG bacteria exhibited more sensitivity to acidic inhibitors than the vegetative E. coli cells. Organic acids were the most effective bacterial growth inhibitors in liquid culture and biofilm.
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- Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; (J.D.C.); (Y.Z.S.)
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Chen H, Wang X, Li C, Xu X, Wang G. Characterization of individual spores of two biological insecticides, Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus, in response to glutaraldehyde using single-cell optical approaches. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:227. [PMID: 38642141 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-024-03941-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and Lysinibacillus sphaericus (Ls) are the most widely used microbial insecticides. Both encounter unfavorable environmental factors and pesticides in the field. Here, the responses of Bt and Ls spores to glutaraldehyde were characterized using Raman spectroscopy and differential interference contrast imaging at the single-cell level. Bt spores were more sensitive to glutaraldehyde than Ls spores under prolonged exposure: <1.0% of Bt spores were viable after 10 min of 0.5% (v/v) glutaraldehyde treatment, compared to ~ 20% of Ls spores. The Raman spectra of glutaraldehyde-treated Bt and Ls spores were almost identical to those of untreated spores; however, the germination process of individual spores was significantly altered. The time to onset of germination, the period of rapid Ca2+-2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (CaDPA) release, and the period of cortex hydrolysis of treated Bt spores were significantly longer than those of untreated spores, with dodecylamine germination being particularly affected. Similarly, the germination of treated Ls spores was significantly prolonged, although the prolongation was less than that of Bt spores. Although the interiors of Bt and Ls spores were undamaged and CaDPA did not leak, proteins and structures involved in spore germination could be severely damaged, resulting in slower and significantly prolonged germination. This study provides insights into the impact of glutaraldehyde on bacterial spores at the single cell level and the variability in spore response to glutaraldehyde across species and populations.
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- Huanjun Chen
- Institute of Eco-Environmental Research, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, China
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- Institute of Eco-Environmental Research, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, China
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- Institute of Eco-Environmental Research, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, China
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- Agriculture and Food Engineering College, Baise University, Baise, Guangxi, 533000, China
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- Institute of Eco-Environmental Research, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, Guangxi, 530007, China.
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Zhou B, Xiong Y, Nevo Y, Kahan T, Yakovian O, Alon S, Bhattacharya S, Rosenshine I, Sinai L, Ben-Yehuda S. Dormant bacterial spores encrypt a long-lasting transcriptional program to be executed during revival. Mol Cell 2023; 83:4158-4173.e7. [PMID: 37949068 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Sporulating bacteria can retreat into long-lasting dormant spores that preserve the capacity to germinate when propitious. However, how the revival transcriptional program is memorized for years remains elusive. We revealed that in dormant spores, core RNA polymerase (RNAP) resides in a central chromosomal domain, where it remains bound to a subset of intergenic promoter regions. These regions regulate genes encoding for most essential cellular functions, such as rRNAs and tRNAs. Upon awakening, RNAP recruits key transcriptional components, including sigma factor, and progresses to express the adjacent downstream genes. Mutants devoid of spore DNA-compacting proteins exhibit scattered RNAP localization and subsequently disordered firing of gene expression during germination. Accordingly, we propose that the spore chromosome is structured to preserve the transcriptional program by halting RNAP, prepared to execute transcription at the auspicious time. Such a mechanism may sustain long-term transcriptional programs in diverse organisms displaying a quiescent life form.
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- Bing Zhou
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Info-CORE, Bioinformatics Unit of the I-CORE Computation Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Bioinformatics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel; The Racah Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel.
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Lyu F, Zhang T, Gui M, Wang Y, Zhao L, Wu X, Rao L, Liao X. The underlying mechanism of bacterial spore germination: An update review. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2023; 22:2728-2746. [PMID: 37125461 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Bacterial spores are highly resilient and universally present on earth and can irreversibly enter the food chain to cause food spoilage or foodborne illness once revived to resume vegetative growth. Traditionally, extensive thermal processing has been employed to efficiently kill spores; however, the relatively high thermal load adversely affects food quality attributes. In recent years, the germination-inactivation strategy has been developed to mildly kill spores based on the circumstance that germination can decrease spore-resilient properties. However, the failure to induce all spores to geminate, mainly owing to the heterogeneous germination behavior of spores, hampers the success of applying this strategy in the food industry. Undoubtedly, elucidating the detailed germination pathway and underlying mechanism can fill the gap in our understanding of germination heterogeneity, thereby facilitating the development of full-scale germination regimes to mildly kill spores. In this review, we comprehensively discuss the mechanisms of spore germination of Bacillus and Clostridium species, and update the molecular basis of the early germination events, for example, the activation of germination receptors, ion release, Ca-DPA release, and molecular events, combined with the latest research evidence. Moreover, high hydrostatic pressure (HHP), an advanced non-thermal food processing technology, can also trigger spore germination, providing a basis for the application of a germination-inactivation strategy in HHP processing. Here, we also summarize the diverse germination behaviors and mechanisms of spores of Bacillus and Clostridium species under HHP, with the aim of facilitating HHP as a mild processing technology with possible applications in food sterilization. Practical Application: This work provides fundamental basis for developing efficient killing strategies of bacterial spores in food industry.
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- Fengzhi Lyu
- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Fisheries Science Institute Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Key Laboratory of Fruit and Vegetable Processing of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Guerrero M. GG. Sporulation, Structure Assembly, and Germination in the Soil Bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis: Survival and Success in the Environment and the Insect Host. MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/microbiolres14020035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive soil bacterium that belongs to the phylum Firmicutes and the genus Bacillus. It is a spore-forming bacterium. During sporulation, it produces a wide range of crystalline proteins that are toxic to different orders of insects. Sporulation, structure assembly, and germination are essential stages in the cell cycle of B. thuringiensis. The majority of studies on these issues have focused on the model organism Bacillus subtilis, followed by Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis. The machinery for sporulation and germination extrapolated to B. thuringiensis. However, in the light of recent findings concerning the role of the sporulation proteins (SPoVS), the germination receptors (Gr), and the cortical enzymes in Bt, the theory strengthened that conservation in sporulation, structure assembly, and germination programs drive the survival and success of B. thuringiensis in the environment and the insect host. In the present minireview, the latter pinpointed and reviewed.
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- Gloria G. Guerrero M.
- Unidad Académica de Ciencias Biológicas, Laboratorio de Immunobiología, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Av. Preparatoria S/N, Col. Agronomicas, Zacatecas 98066, Mexico
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Divalent Cation Signaling in Clostridium perfringens Spore Germination. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11030591. [PMID: 36985165 PMCID: PMC10057542 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11030591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Spore germination plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of Clostridium perfringens-associated food poisoning. Germination is initiated when bacterial spores sense various stimuli, including chemicals and enzymes. A previous study showed that dipicolinic acid (DPA) chelated with calcium (Ca-DPA) significantly stimulated spore germination in C. perfringens. However, whether Ca2+ or DPA alone can induce germination is unknown. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the possible roles of Ca2+ and other divalent cations present in the spore core, such as Mn2+ and Mg2+, in C. perfringens spore germination. Our study demonstrated that (i) Ca-DPA, but not DPA alone, induced C. perfringens spore germination, suggesting that Ca2+ might play a signaling role; (ii) all tested calcium salts induced spore germination, indicating that Ca2+ is critical for germination; (iii) the spore-specific divalent cations Mn2+ and Mg2+, but not Zn2+, induced spore germination, suggesting that spore core-specific divalent cations are involved in C. perfringens spore germination; and (iv) endogenous Ca2+ and Mg2+ are not required for induction of C. perfringens spore germination, whereas exogenous and partly endogenous Mn2+ are required. Collectively, our results suggest that exogenous spore core-specific divalent cation signals are more important than endogenous signals for the induction of spore germination.
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Sakai T, Sakamoto JJ, Asada R, Furuta M, Tsuchido T. Different patterns of germination inhibition by carvacrol and thymol in Bacillus subtilis spores. JOURNAL OF MICROORGANISM CONTROL 2023; 28:3-13. [PMID: 37277956 DOI: 10.4265/jmc.28.1_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study aimed to clarify how the phenolic monoterpene carvacrol and its structural isomer thymol both as essential oil components (EOCs) inhibit the germination of Bacillus subtilis spore. Germination was evaluated by the OD600 reduction rate in a growth medium and phosphate buffer containing either l-alanine (l-Ala) system or l-asparagine, d-glucose, d-fructose plus KCl (AGFK) system. The germination of the wild-type spores in the Trypticase Soy broth (TSB) was found to be greatly inhibited by thymol than by carvacrol. Such a difference in the germination inhibition was confirmed by the dipicolinic acid (DPA) release from germinating spores in the AGFK buffer system, but not in the l-Ala system. Similar to the wild-type spores, no difference in the inhibitory activity between the EOCs was also indicated with the gerB, gerK-deletion mutant spores in the l-Ala buffer system and the above substantial difference was also done with the gerA-deleted mutant spores in the AGFK. Fructose was found to release spores from the EOC inhibition and inversely even stimulated. Increased concentrations of glucose and fructose partially suppressed the germination inhibition by carvacrol. The results obtained should contribute to the elucidation of the control effects of these EOCs on bacterial spores in foods.
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- Toshio Sakai
- Department of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Research Center of Microorganism Control, Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Prefecture University
- Faculty of Chemistry, Materials, and Bioengineering, Kansai University
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- Department of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University
- Research Center of Microorganism Control, Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Prefecture University
- Radiation Research Center, Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Department of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University
- Research Center of Microorganism Control, Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Prefecture University
- Radiation Research Center, Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Research Center of Microorganism Control, Organization for Research Promotion, Osaka Prefecture University
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Pang Y, Wu R, Cui T, Zhang Z, Dong L, Chen F, Hu X. Proteomic Response of Bacillus subtilis Spores under High Pressure Combined with Moderate Temperature and Random Peptide Mixture LK Treatment. Foods 2022; 11:foods11081123. [PMID: 35454710 PMCID: PMC9030791 DOI: 10.3390/foods11081123] [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: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, a method of Bacillus subtilis spore inactivation under high pressure (P, 200 MPa) combined with moderate temperature (T, 80 °C) and the addition of antimicrobial peptide LK (102 μg/mL) was investigated. Spores presented cortex hydrolysis and inner membrane (IM) damage with an 8.16 log reduction in response to treatment with PT-LK, as observed by phase-contrast and inverted fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry (FCM) analysis. Furthermore, a tandem mass tag (TMT) quantitative proteomics approach was utilized because Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) analysis data were used. After treatment with PT-LK, 17,017 polypeptides and 3166 proteins were detected from B. subtilis spores. Among them, 78 proteins showed significant differences in abundance between the PT-LK-treated and control groups, with 49 proteins being upregulated and 29 proteins being downregulated in the PT-LK-treated group. Genetic information processing, metabolism, cellular process, and environmental information processing were the main mechanisms of PT-LK-mediated spore inactivation.
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- Yaru Pang
- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.P.); (R.W.); (T.C.); (Z.Z.); (L.D.); (F.C.)
- China National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Centre for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.P.); (R.W.); (T.C.); (Z.Z.); (L.D.); (F.C.)
- China National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Centre for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.P.); (R.W.); (T.C.); (Z.Z.); (L.D.); (F.C.)
- China National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Centre for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.P.); (R.W.); (T.C.); (Z.Z.); (L.D.); (F.C.)
- China National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Centre for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.P.); (R.W.); (T.C.); (Z.Z.); (L.D.); (F.C.)
- China National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Centre for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.P.); (R.W.); (T.C.); (Z.Z.); (L.D.); (F.C.)
- China National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Centre for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; (Y.P.); (R.W.); (T.C.); (Z.Z.); (L.D.); (F.C.)
- China National Engineering Research Center for Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100083, China
- Engineering Research Centre for Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-137-0102-6564
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Sporicidal mechanism of the combination of ortho-phthalaldehyde and benzyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride as a disinfectant against the Bacillus subtilis spores. Braz J Microbiol 2022; 53:547-556. [PMID: 35143017 PMCID: PMC9151947 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-022-00695-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Previous studies have shown that the combination disinfectant, Ortho-phthalaldehyde and benzyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride (ODB), can effectively kill a variety of microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida albicans. To observe the sporicidal ability and mechanism of ODB for spores, Bacillus subtilis spores were used as the research object in this experiment. TEM images revealed that ODB destroyed the integrity of the coat, cortex, and inner membrane of the spores after 0.5-h treatment, and the nuclear material was also broken and exuded after 4-h treatment. The broken structure led to the release of dipicolinic acid (DPA) in large amount. The results show that B. subtilis spores can be effetely killed by ODB through destroying the structure of the spores.
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Romano I, Camerlingo C, Vaccari L, Birarda G, Poli A, Fujimori A, Lepore M, Moeller R, Di Donato P. Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Long-Term Storage on Hydrated vs. Dried Cell Samples of Extremophilic Microorganisms. Microorganisms 2022; 10:190. [PMID: 35056640 PMCID: PMC8782055 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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A main factor hampering life in space is represented by high atomic number nuclei and energy (HZE) ions that constitute about 1% of the galactic cosmic rays. In the frame of the "STARLIFE" project, we accessed the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator (HIMAC) facility of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Chiba, Japan. By means of this facility, the extremophilic species Haloterrigena hispanica and Parageobacillus thermantarcticus were irradiated with high LET ions (i.e., Fe, Ar, and He ions) at doses corresponding to long permanence in the space environment. The survivability of HZE-treated cells depended upon either the storage time and the hydration state during irradiation; indeed, dry samples were shown to be more resistant than hydrated ones. With particular regard to spores of the species P. thermantarcticus, they were the most resistant to irradiation in a water medium: an analysis of the changes in their biochemical fingerprinting during irradiation showed that, below the survivability threshold, the spores undergo to a germination-like process, while for higher doses, inactivation takes place as a consequence of the concomitant release of the core's content and a loss of integrity of the main cellular components. Overall, the results reported here suggest that the selected extremophilic microorganisms could serve as biological model for space simulation and/or real space condition exposure, since they showed good resistance to ionizing radiation exposure and were able to resume cellular growth after long-term storage.
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- Ida Romano
- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council of Italy, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; (I.R.); (A.P.)
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- SuPerconducting and Other INnovative Materials and Devices Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy;
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- Elettra—Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. S.S., 14 km 163,5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy; (L.V.); (G.B.)
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- Elettra—Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. S.S., 14 km 163,5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy; (L.V.); (G.B.)
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council of Italy, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; (I.R.); (A.P.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Radiation Biology Group, Department of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute for Quantum Medical Science, Chiba 263-8555, Japan;
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Via S. Maria di Costantinopoli 16, 80138 Napoli, Italy;
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology Department, Aerospace Microbiology, DLR, Linder Höhe, D-51147 Köln, Germany; or
- Natural Sciences Department, University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (BRSU), von-Liebig-Straße 20, D-53359 Rheinbach, Germany
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council of Italy, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; (I.R.); (A.P.)
- Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Centro Direzionale—Isola C4, 80143 Napoli, Italy
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Wu WJ, Chang J. Effect of oxygen on the germination and culturability of Bacillus atrophaeus spores. Int Microbiol 2022; 25:353-363. [PMID: 34993648 PMCID: PMC9132810 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00229-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The effect of oxygen on the germination and culturability of aerobic Bacillus atrophaeus spores was investigated in this study. Under oxic or anoxic conditions, various nutritional and non-nutritional germinants were utilized to induce germination. Tb3+-dipicolinic acid fluorescence assay and phase-contrast microscopy were used to track the germination process. The final germination level, germination half time, and germination speed were used to define germination kinetics. Colony-forming unit enumeration was used to assess the culturability of germinated spores germinated with or without oxygen. The results show that in the absence of oxygen, the final germination level was unaffected, germination half time decreased by up to 35.0%, germination speed increased by up to 27.4%, and culturability decreased by up to 95.1%. It is suggested that oxygen affects some germinant receptor-dependent germination pathways, implying that biomolecules engaged in these pathways may be oxygen-sensitive. Furthermore, spores that have completed the germination process in either anoxic or oxic conditions may have different culturability. This research contributed to a better understanding of the fundamental mechanism of germination.
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- Wen Jie Wu
- Department of Radiation Physics, The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310022, Zhejiang, China. .,Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Hangzhou, 310022, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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Wu WJ, Chang J. Inactivation of vegetative cells, germinated spores, and dormant spores of
Bacillus atrophaeus
by pulsed electric field with fixed energy input. J FOOD PROCESS ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/jfpe.13959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Wen Jie Wu
- Department of Radiation Physics The Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital), Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology Hangzhou China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China
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Williams B, López-García M, Gillard JJ, Laws TR, Lythe G, Carruthers J, Finnie T, Molina-París C. A Stochastic Intracellular Model of Anthrax Infection With Spore Germination Heterogeneity. Front Immunol 2021; 12:688257. [PMID: 34497601 PMCID: PMC8420810 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.688257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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We present a stochastic mathematical model of the intracellular infection dynamics of Bacillus anthracis in macrophages. Following inhalation of B. anthracis spores, these are ingested by alveolar phagocytes. Ingested spores then begin to germinate and divide intracellularly. This can lead to the eventual death of the host cell and the extracellular release of bacterial progeny. Some macrophages successfully eliminate the intracellular bacteria and will recover. Here, a stochastic birth-and-death process with catastrophe is proposed, which includes the mechanism of spore germination and maturation of B. anthracis. The resulting model is used to explore the potential for heterogeneity in the spore germination rate, with the consideration of two extreme cases for the rate distribution: continuous Gaussian and discrete Bernoulli. We make use of approximate Bayesian computation to calibrate our model using experimental measurements from in vitro infection of murine peritoneal macrophages with spores of the Sterne 34F2 strain of B. anthracis. The calibrated stochastic model allows us to compute the probability of rupture, mean time to rupture, and rupture size distribution, of a macrophage that has been infected with one spore. We also obtain the mean spore and bacterial loads over time for a population of cells, each assumed to be initially infected with a single spore. Our results support the existence of significant heterogeneity in the germination rate, with a subset of spores expected to germinate much later than the majority. Furthermore, in agreement with experimental evidence, our results suggest that most of the spores taken up by macrophages are likely to be eliminated by the host cell, but a few germinated spores may survive phagocytosis and lead to the death of the infected cell. Finally, we discuss how this stochastic modelling approach, together with dose-response data, allows us to quantify and predict individual infection risk following exposure.
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- Bevelynn Williams
- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- CBR Division, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- CBR Division, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- T-6, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
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McEvoy B, Eveland R. Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide: A Well-Known Technology with a New Application. Biomed Instrum Technol 2021; 54:74-79. [PMID: 34169978 DOI: 10.2345/0899-8205-54.s3.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hydrogen peroxide has a multitude of uses and the vapor form was first identified as a sterilant in late 1970s. Following a number of developments, vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) became widely adopted in early 90s as a substitute for ethylene oxide (EO) in device and instrument processing and reprocessing in healthcare facilities. Often VHP was hailed as the replacement technology for EO. Because of key limitations such as scale, penetration, and compatibility with packaging materials, adoption to terminal sterilization of single-use devices has not commenced to any significant level. However, recent developments in sterilization chamber design and process development provide new opportunity for consideration. For future products, such as those that require "end of production line sterilization," such limitations may be reconsidered and overcome. This article describes those challenges and how they have been addressed, with practical examples. The development of global consensus standards and leveraging the well-established knowledge of VHP sterilization with regard to microorganism inactivation and material compatibility will help facilitate wider consideration of VHP technology as a true alternative to EO in certain product applications.
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Delbrück AI, Zhang Y, Heydenreich R, Mathys A. Bacillus spore germination at moderate high pressure: A review on underlying mechanisms, influencing factors, and its comparison with nutrient germination. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2021; 20:4159-4181. [PMID: 34147040 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Spore-forming bacteria are resistant to stress conditions owing to their ability to form highly resistant dormant spores. These spores can survive adverse environmental conditions in nature, as well as decontamination processes in the food and related industries. Bacterial spores may return to their vegetative state through a process called germination. As spore germination is critical for the loss of resistance, outgrowth, and development of pathogenicity and spoilage potential, the germination pathway has piqued the interest of the scientific community. The inhibition and induction of germination have critical applications in the food industry. Targeted germination can aid in decreasing the resistance of spores and allow the application of milder inactivation procedures. This germination-inactivation strategy allows better maintenance of important food quality attributes. Different stimuli are reported to trigger germination. Among those, isostatic high pressure (HP) has gained increasing attention due to its potential applications in industrial processes. However, pressure-mediated spore germination is extremely heterogeneous as some spores germinate rapidly, while others exhibit slow germination or do not undergo germination at all. The successful and safe implementation of the germination-inactivation strategy, however, depends on the germination of all spores. Therefore, there is a need to elucidate the mechanisms of HP-mediated germination. This work aimed to critically review the current state of knowledge on Bacillus spore germination at a moderate HP of 50-300 MPa. In this review, the germination mechanism, heterogeneity, and influencing factors have been outlined along with knowledge gaps.
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- Alessia I Delbrück
- Sustainable Food Processing Laboratory, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Sustainable Food Processing Laboratory, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Sustainable Food Processing Laboratory, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Sustainable Food Processing Laboratory, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Cayemitte PE, Gerliani N, Raymond P, Aider M. Study of the impacts of electro-activated solutions of calcium lactate, calcium ascorbate and their equimolar mixture combined with moderate heat treatments on the spores of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 under model conditions and in fresh salmon. Int J Food Microbiol 2021; 358:109285. [PMID: 34144838 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Widespread in very diverse environments, the spores of Bacillus cereus are highly resistant to hostile conditions and can contaminate a huge variety of food products, posing a potential health hazard to consumers. Given this significant risk, the objective of this research work was to study the impacts of electro-activated solutions (EAS) made with calcium ascorbate, calcium lactate, and their equimolar mixture on Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 spores in model conditions and food matrix, the fresh Atlantic salmon. The model conditions consisted of a direct application of the EAS to the spores, which avoided any interference with factors external to those of the solutions. Salmon was chosen as a food model because it is a product sensitive to bacterial spoilage and can be eaten raw. To achieve this, the solutions were prepared by electro-activation using an electric current with an intensity of 750 mA for 30 min, resulting in mean pH values of 1.94 ± 0.15-2.16 ± 0.01 and titratable acidity of 0.102 ± 0.001-0.109 ± 0.001 mol/L, depending on the type of solution. These conditions were chosen because of their excellent antibacterial efficacy previously demonstrated against vegetative cells of B. cereus. The results showed high sporicidal activities of the EAS against B. cereus with a 7 to 9 log reduction, using an initial spore population of 109 CFU/mL, depending on the conditions evaluated, namely: in direct contact (2-30 min), in salmon used as a food matrix (2-7 min), and in combination with moderate heat treatments from 60 to 90 °C (0.5-2 min). In addition, it was observed that the sporicidal capacity of the EAS increased with temperature and the contact time. Otherwise, analysis of the color and lipids of the salmon have not shown any major impacts of the use of EAS as a rinsing solution for this highly perishable food. Furthermore, micrographs taken by scanning and transmission electron microscopy revealed the destructive effects of the EAS used in the vital structures/components of the spores. In general, this study has demonstrated that the electro-activation technology is effective in producing EAS capable of destroying/inactivating B. cereus spores and that they can be used for the improvement of food safety and preservation.
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- Pierre Emerson Cayemitte
- Department of Food Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada; Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada
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- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada; Department of Soil Sciences and Agri-Food Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada
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- St-Hyacinthe Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, St-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 8E3, Canada
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- Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada; Department of Soil Sciences and Agri-Food Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada.
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Amponsah J, Tegg RS, Thangavel T, Wilson CR. Moments of weaknesses - exploiting vulnerabilities between germination and encystment in the Phytomyxea. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2021; 96:1603-1615. [PMID: 33821562 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Attempts at management of diseases caused by protozoan plant parasitic Phytomyxea have often been ineffective. The dormant life stage is characterised by long-lived highly robust resting spores that are largely impervious to chemical treatment and environmental stress. This review explores some life stage weaknesses and highlights possible control measures associated with resting spore germination and zoospore taxis. With phytomyxid pathogens of agricultural importance, zoospore release from resting spores is stimulated by plant root exudates. On germination, the zoospores are attracted to host roots by chemoattractant components of root exudates. Both the relatively metabolically inactive resting spore and motile zoospore need to sense the chemical environment to determine the suitability of these germination stimulants or attractants respectively, before they can initiate an appropriate response. Blocking such sensing could inhibit resting spore germination or zoospore taxis. Conversely, the short life span and the vulnerability of zoospores to the environment require them to infect their host within a few hours after release. Identifying a mechanism or conditions that could synchronise resting spore germination in the absence of host plants could lead to diminished pathogen populations in the field.
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- Jonathan Amponsah
- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, New Town Research Laboratories, University of Tasmania, 13 St Johns Avenue, New Town, TAS, 7008, Australia.,Biotechnology and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institute Centre, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box LG 80, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, New Town Research Laboratories, University of Tasmania, 13 St Johns Avenue, New Town, TAS, 7008, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, New Town Research Laboratories, University of Tasmania, 13 St Johns Avenue, New Town, TAS, 7008, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, New Town Research Laboratories, University of Tasmania, 13 St Johns Avenue, New Town, TAS, 7008, Australia
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Tu Z, Setlow P, Brul S, Kramer G. Molecular Physiological Characterization of a High Heat Resistant Spore Forming Bacillus subtilis Food Isolate. Microorganisms 2021; 9:667. [PMID: 33807113 PMCID: PMC8005191 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9030667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Bacterial endospores (spores) are among the most resistant living forms on earth. Spores of Bacillus subtilis A163 show extremely high resistance to wet heat compared to spores of laboratory strains. In this study, we found that spores of B. subtilis A163 were indeed very wet heat resistant and released dipicolinic acid (DPA) very slowly during heat treatment. We also determined the proteome of vegetative cells and spores of B. subtilis A163 and the differences in these proteomes from those of the laboratory strain PY79, spores of which are much less heat resistant. This proteomic characterization identified 2011 proteins in spores and 1901 proteins in vegetative cells of B. subtilis A163. Surprisingly, spore morphogenic protein SpoVM had no homologs in B. subtilis A163. Comparing protein expression between these two strains uncovered 108 proteins that were differentially present in spores and 93 proteins differentially present in cells. In addition, five of the seven proteins on an operon in strain A163, which is thought to be primarily responsible for this strain's spores high heat resistance, were also identified. These findings reveal proteomic differences of the two strains exhibiting different resistance to heat and form a basis for further mechanistic analysis of the high heat resistance of B. subtilis A163 spores.
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- Zhiwei Tu
- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
- Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry of Biomolecules, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UCONN Health, Farmington, CT 06030-3303, USA;
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry of Biomolecules, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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Isolation, stability, and characteristics of high-pressure superdormant Bacillus subtilis spores. Int J Food Microbiol 2021; 343:109088. [PMID: 33621831 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bacterial spores are a major challenge in industrial decontamination processes owing to their extreme resistance. High-pressure (HP) of 150 MPa at 37 °C can trigger the germination of spores, making them lose their extreme resistance. Once their resistance is lost, germinated spores can easily be inactivated by a mild decontamination step. The implementation of this gentle germination-inactivation strategy is hindered by the presence of a subpopulation of so-called high-pressure superdormant (HPSD) spores, which resist germination or germinate only very slowly in response to HP. It is essential to understand the properties of HPSD spores and the underlying causes of superdormancy to tackle superdormant spores and further develop germination-inactivation strategies involving HP. This study investigated factors influencing the prevalence of HPSD spores and successfully isolated them by combining buoyant density centrifugation and fluorescence-activated cell sorting, which allowed further characterisation of HPSD spores for the first time. The prevalence of HPSD spores was shown to be strongly dependent on the HP dwell time, with increasing treatment times reducing their prevalence. Spore mutants lacking major germinant receptors further showed a highly increased prevalence of HPSD spores; 93% of the spores remained dormant even after a prolonged HP dwell time of 40 min. In contrast to nutrient germination, sublethal heat treatment of 75 °C for 30 min prior to pressure treatment did not induce spore activation and increase germination. The isolated HPSD spores did not show visible structural differences compared to the initial dormant spores when investigated with transmission electron microscopy. Re-sporulated HPSD spores showed similar germination capacity compared to the initial dormant spores, indicating that HPSD spores are most likely not genetically different from the rest of the population. Moreover, the majority of HPSD spores germinated when exposed a second time to the same germination treatment; however, the germination capacity was lower than that of the initial population. The fact that the majority of spores lost superdormancy when exposed a second time to the same trigger makes it unlikely that there is one factor that determines whether a spore germinates with a certain HP treatment or not. Instead, it seems possible that there are other reversible or cumulative causes. This study investigated the factors influencing spore HP superdormancy to improve the understanding of HPSD spores with regard to their stability, germination capacity, and potential underlying causes of spore HP superdormancy. This knowledge will contribute to the development of HP-based germination-inactivation strategies for gentle but effective spore control.
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Germination-Arrest Bacillus subtilis Spores as An Oral Delivery Vehicle of Grass Carp Reovirus (GCRV) Vp7 Antigen Augment Protective Immunity in Grass Carp ( Ctenopharyngodon idella). Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11111351. [PMID: 33202570 PMCID: PMC7696455 DOI: 10.3390/genes11111351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Oral vaccination is a practical method for the active immunization of farmed fish in the matter of animal welfare and handling costs. However, it always shows insufficient protective immunity, mainly due to antigen degradation in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Bacillus subtilis spores have been shown to be able to protect surface-display heterologous antigens against degradation. Neverthless, the spores can germinate in GIT, which causes loss of the antigens with spore coat disassembly. Here, we developed a novel surface display system using the B. subtilis spore coat proteins CotB and CotC as anchors for the heterogenous antigen, and the germination-controlling genes cwlJ and sleB as the ectopic integration sites for the fusion genes. Using this display system, we engineered germination-arrest spores displaying the model antigen Vp7 of grass carp reovirus (GCRV) on their surface. Oral vaccination of the engineered spores could confer immune protection against GCRV in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) via eliciting adaptive humoral and cellular immune responses. Most importantly, the germination-arrest spores were shown to significantly augment immunogenicity and protection above the engineered spores based on the existing surface display system. Therefore, the presently reported antigen expression strategy opens new and promising avenues for developing oral vaccines for the immunization of farmed fish species.
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Ugwuodo CJ, Nwagu TN. Stabilizing enzymes by immobilization on bacterial spores: A review of literature. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 166:238-250. [PMID: 33115650 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The ever-increasing applications of enzymes are limited by the relatively poor performance in harsh processing conditions. As a result, there are constant innovations in immobilization protocols for improving biocatalyst activity and stability. Bacterial spores are cheap to generate and highly resistant to environmental stress. The spore core is sheathed by an inner membrane, the germ cell wall, the cortex, outer membrane, spore coat and in some species the exosporium. The spore surface is anion-rich, hydrophobic and contains several reactive groups capable of interacting and stabilizing enzyme molecules through electrostatic forces, hydrophobic interactions and covalent bonding. The probiotic nature of spores obtained from non-toxic bacterial species makes them suitable carriers for the enzyme immobilization, especially food-grade enzymes or those intended for therapeutic use. Immobilization on spores is by direct adsorption, covalent attachment or surface display during the sporulation phase. Hindrances to the immobilization on spore matrix include the production rates, operational instability, and reduced catalytic properties due to conformational changes in enzyme. This paper reviews bacterial spore as a heterofunctional support matrix gives reasons why probiotic bacillus spores are better options and the diverse technologies adopted for spore-enzyme immobilization. It further suggests directions for future use and discusses the commercialization prospects.
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Francés-Monerris A, Hognon C, Douki T, Monari A. Photoinduced DNA Lesions in Dormant Bacteria: The Peculiar Route Leading to Spore Photoproducts Characterized by Multiscale Molecular Dynamics*. Chemistry 2020; 26:14236-14241. [PMID: 32597544 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Some bacterial species enter a dormant state in the form of spores to resist to unfavorable external conditions. Spores are resistant to a wide series of stress agents, including UV radiation, and can last for tens to hundreds of years. Due to the suspension of biological functions, such as DNA repair, they accumulate DNA damage upon exposure to UV radiation. Differently from active organisms, the most common DNA photoproducts in spores are not cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, but rather the so-called spore photoproducts. This noncanonical photochemistry results from the dry state of DNA and its binding to small, acid-soluble proteins that drastically modify the structure and photoreactivity of the nucleic acid. Herein, multiscale molecular dynamics simulations, including extended classical molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics based dynamics, are used to elucidate the coupling of electronic and structural factors that lead to this photochemical outcome. In particular, the well-described impact of the peculiar DNA environment found in spores on the favored formation of the spore photoproduct, given the small free energy barrier found for this path, is rationalized. Meanwhile, the specific organization of spore DNA precludes the photochemical path that leads to cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer formation.
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- Antonio Francés-Monerris
- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT UMR 7019, 54000, Nancy, France
- Departament de Química Física, Universitat de València, 46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT UMR 7019, 54000, Nancy, France
- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, CRAN UMR 7039, 54000, Nancy, France
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- SyMMES, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, University Grenoble Alpes, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT UMR 7019, 54000, Nancy, France
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Khanna K, Lopez-Garrido J, Pogliano K. Shaping an Endospore: Architectural Transformations During Bacillus subtilis Sporulation. Annu Rev Microbiol 2020; 74:361-386. [PMID: 32660383 PMCID: PMC7610358 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-022520-074650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Endospore formation in Bacillus subtilis provides an ideal model system for studying development in bacteria. Sporulation studies have contributed a wealth of information about the mechanisms of cell-specific gene expression, chromosome dynamics, protein localization, and membrane remodeling, while helping to dispel the early view that bacteria lack internal organization and interesting cell biological phenomena. In this review, we focus on the architectural transformations that lead to a profound reorganization of the cellular landscape during sporulation, from two cells that lie side by side to the endospore, the unique cell within a cell structure that is a hallmark of sporulation in B. subtilis and other spore-forming Firmicutes. We discuss new insights into the mechanisms that drive morphogenesis, with special emphasis on polar septation, chromosome translocation, and the phagocytosis-like process of engulfment, and also the key experimental advances that have proven valuable in revealing the inner workings of bacterial cells.
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- Kanika Khanna
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA; ,
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA; ,
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Buhr T, Minter Z, Kennihan N, Young A, Borgers‐Klonkowski E, Osborn E, Bohmke M, Hamilton S, Kimani M, Miller C, Mackie R, Innocenti J, Bensman M, Lilly S. Combining spore germination and heat inactivation to decontaminate materials contaminated with
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spores. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 128:124-137. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.14474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- T.L. Buhr
- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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- Naval Surface Warfare Center‐Dahlgren Division CBR Concepts and Experimentation Branch (B21) Dahlgren VA USA
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Shen A, Edwards AN, Sarker MR, Paredes-Sabja D. Sporulation and Germination in Clostridial Pathogens. Microbiol Spectr 2019; 7:10.1128/microbiolspec.GPP3-0017-2018. [PMID: 31858953 PMCID: PMC6927485 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.gpp3-0017-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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As obligate anaerobes, clostridial pathogens depend on their metabolically dormant, oxygen-tolerant spore form to transmit disease. However, the molecular mechanisms by which those spores germinate to initiate infection and then form new spores to transmit infection remain poorly understood. While sporulation and germination have been well characterized in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis, striking differences in the regulation of these processes have been observed between the bacilli and the clostridia, with even some conserved proteins exhibiting differences in their requirements and functions. Here, we review our current understanding of how clostridial pathogens, specifically Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridioides difficile, induce sporulation in response to environmental cues, assemble resistant spores, and germinate metabolically dormant spores in response to environmental cues. We also discuss the direct relationship between toxin production and spore formation in these pathogens.
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- Aimee Shen
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
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- Department of Gut Microbiota and Clostridia Research Group, Departamento de Ciencias Biolo gicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
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Trunet C, Ngo H, Coroller L. Quantifying permeabilization and activity recovery of Bacillus spores in adverse conditions for growth. Food Microbiol 2019; 81:115-120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2018.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Rao L, Zhao L, Wang Y, Chen F, Hu X, Setlow P, Liao X. Mechanism of inactivation of Bacillus subtilis spores by high pressure CO 2 at high temperature. Food Microbiol 2019; 82:36-45. [PMID: 31027794 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2019.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Spores of wild-type Bacillus subtilis and some isogenic mutant strains were treated by high pressure CO2 (HPCD) at high temperature (HT) (HPCD + HT) at 20 MPa and 84-86 °C for 0-60 min, and centrifuged on a high density solution to obtain pelleted spores that retained CaDPA and light spores that lost CaDPA. All treated spores were analyzed for viability, and tested for germination, outgrowth, core protein damage, mutagenesis and inner membrane (IM) properties. The results showed that (i) with HPCD + HT treated spores, most pelleted spores and all light spores were dead; ii) a significant amount of dead HPCD + HT-treated spores that retained CaDPA germinated, but outgrowth was blocked; (iii) minimal mutants were generated in survivors of HPCD + HT treatment; (iv) the GFP fluorescence decrease in HPCD + HT-treated spores with high GFP levels was slower than spore inactivation; (v) the IM of HPCD + HT-treated spores that retained CaDPA lost its ability to retain CaDPA at 85 °C, and almost all of these spores' outgrowth in high salt was blocked; and (vi) HPCD + HT-treated spores that retained CaDPA germinated with l-valine or AGFK were almost all stained with propidium iodide. These results indicated that HPCD + HT inactivated B. subtilis spores by damaging spores' IM, thus blocking spore outgrowth after germination.
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- Lei Rao
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Nonthermal Processing, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Nonthermal Processing, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Nonthermal Processing, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Nonthermal Processing, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Nonthermal Processing, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, 06030-3305, USA
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Food Nonthermal Processing, National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Miao Z, Zhang P, Zhang Y, Huang X, Liu J, Wang G. Single-cell analysis reveals the effects of glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde on individual Nosema bombycis spores. Analyst 2019; 144:3136-3143. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an02425a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Single-cell analysis based on optical techniques offers new understanding of the action underlying the use of aldehyde disinfectants against microsporidia spores.
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- Zhenbin Miao
- College of Physics Science and Technology
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
- Guangxi Academy of Sciences
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- School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- China
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- College of Physics Science and Technology
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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- Guangxi Academy of Sericultural Sciences
- Nanning
- China
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- College of Physics Science and Technology
- Guangxi Normal University
- Guilin
- China
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Griffin DW, Lisle JT, Feldhake D, Silvestri EE. Colony-Forming Unit Spreadplate Assay versus Liquid Culture Enrichment-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Detection of Bacillus Endospores in Soils. GEOSCIENCES 2019; 10:5. [PMID: 33408883 PMCID: PMC7784721 DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A liquid culture enrichment-polymerase chain reaction (E-PCR) assay was investigated as a potential tool to overcome inhibition by chemical component, debris, and background biological impurities in soil that were affecting detection assay performance for soil samples containing Bacillus atrophaeus subsp. globigii (a surrogate for B. anthracis). To evaluate this assay, 9 g of matched sets of three different soil types (loamy sand [sand], sandy loam [loam] and clay) was spiked with 0, ~4.5, 45, 225, 675 and 1350 endospores. One matched set was evaluated using a previously published endospore concentration and colony-forming unit spreadplate (CFU-S) assay and the other matched set was evaluated using an E-PCR assay to investigate differences in limits of detection between the two assays. Data illustrated that detection using the CFU-S assay at the 45-endospore spike level started to become sporadic whereas the E-PCR assay produced repeatable detection at the ~4.5-endospore spike concentration. The E-PCR produced an ~2-log increase in sensitivity and required slightly less time to complete than the CFU-S assay. This study also investigated differences in recovery among pure and blended sand and clay soils and found potential activation of B. anthracis in predominately clay-based soils.
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- Dale W. Griffin
- St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33772, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-850-274-3566; Fax: +1-727-502-8001
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- St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33772, USA
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- Pegasus Technical Services, Inc., 46 East Hollister St., Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA
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- Homeland Security and Materials Management Division, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, MS NG16, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
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Single-cell analysis reveals individual spore responses to simulated space vacuum. NPJ Microgravity 2018; 4:26. [PMID: 30534587 PMCID: PMC6279783 DOI: 10.1038/s41526-018-0059-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Outer space is a challenging environment for all forms of life, and dormant spores of bacteria have been frequently used to study the survival of terrestrial life in a space journey. Previous work showed that outer space vacuum alone can kill bacterial spores. However, the responses and mechanisms of resistance of individual spores to space vacuum are unclear. Here, we examined spores’ molecular changes under simulated space vacuum (~10−5 Pa) using micro-Raman spectroscopy and found that this vacuum did not cause significant denaturation of spore protein. Then, live-cell microscopy was developed to investigate the temporal events during germination, outgrowth, and growth of individual Bacillus spores. The results showed that after exposure to simulated space vacuum for 10 days, viability of spores of two Bacillus species was reduced up to 35%, but all spores retained their large Ca2+-dipicolinic acid depot. Some of the killed spores did not germinate, and the remaining germinated but did not proceed to vegetative growth. The vacuum treatment slowed spore germination, and changed average times of all major germination events. In addition, viable vacuum-treated spores exhibited much greater sensitivity than untreated spores to dry heat and hyperosmotic stress. Among spores’ resistance mechanisms to high vacuum, DNA-protective α/β−type small acid-soluble proteins, and non-homologous end joining and base excision repair of DNA played the most important roles, especially against multiple cycles of vacuum treatment. Overall, these results give new insight into individual spore’s responses to space vacuum and provide new techniques for microorganism analysis at the single-cell level.
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Bhattacharjee D, Sorg JA. Conservation of the "Outside-in" Germination Pathway in Paraclostridium bifermentans. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2487. [PMID: 30386321 PMCID: PMC6199464 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Clostridium difficile spore germination is initiated in response to certain bile acids and amino acids (e.g., glycine). Though the amino acid-recognizing germinant receptor is unknown, the bile acid germinant receptor is the germination-specific, subtilisin-like pseudoprotease, CspC. In C. difficile the CspB, CspA, and CspC proteins are involved in spore germination. Of these, only CspB is predicted to have catalytic activity because the residues important for catalysis are mutated in the cspA and cspC sequence. The CspB, CspA, and CspC proteins are likely localized to the outer layers of the spore (e.g., the cortex or the coat layers) and not the inner membrane where the Ger-type germinant receptors are located. In C. difficile, germination proceeds in an “outside-in” direction, instead of the “‘inside-out” direction observed during the germination of Bacillus subtilis spores. During C. difficile spore germination, cortex fragments are released prior to the release of 2,4-dipicolinic acid (DPA) from the spore core. This is opposite to what occurs during B. subtilis spore germination. To understand if the mechanism C. difficile spore germination is unique or if spores from other organisms germinate in a similar fashion, we analyzed the germination of Paraclostridium bifermentans spores. We find that P. bifermentans spores release cortex fragments prior to DPA during germination and the DPA release from the P. bifermentans spore core can be blocked by high concentrations of osmolytes. Moreover, we find that P. bifermentans spores do not respond to steroid-like compounds (unlike the related C. difficile and P. sordellii organisms), indicating that the mere presence of the Csp proteins does permit germination in response to steroid compounds. Our findings indicate that the “outside in” mechanism of spore germination observed in C. difficile can be found in other bacteria suggesting that this mechanism is a novel pathway for endospore germination.
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- Disha Bhattacharjee
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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Intracellular membranes of bacterial endospores are reservoirs for spore core membrane expansion during spore germination. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11388. [PMID: 30061638 PMCID: PMC6065386 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29879-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Bacterial endospores are formed by certain bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis or the pathogenic Bacillus anthracis and Clostridioides difficile, to allow survival in environmental conditions which are lethal to vegetative bacteria. The spores possess a particular architecture and molecular inventory which endow them with a remarkable resistance against desiccation, heat and radiation. Another remarkable spore feature is their rapid return to vegetative growth during spore germination and outgrowth. The underlying processes of this latter physiological and morphological transformation involve a number of different events, some of which are mechanistically not entirely understood. One of these events is the expansion of the central spore core, which contains the DNA, RNA and most spore enzymes. To date, it has been unclear how the ~1.3- to 1.6-fold expansion of the core membrane surface area that accompanies core expansion takes place, since this occurs in the absence of significant if any ATP synthesis. In the current work, we demonstrate the presence of intracellular membrane structures in spores located just below the core membrane. During spore germination these internal core membranes disappear when the core size increases, suggesting that they are integrated into the core membrane to allow core expansion. These intracellular membranes are most probably present as more or less compressed vesicles or tubules within the dormant spore core. Investigations of spores from different species suggest that these intracellular membrane structures below the core membrane are a general feature of endospore forming bacteria.
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Rao L, Feeherry FE, Ghosh S, Liao X, Lin X, Zhang P, Li Y, Doona CJ, Setlow P. Effects of lowering water activity by various humectants on germination of spores of Bacillus species with different germinants. Food Microbiol 2018; 72:112-127. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Pereira APM, Sant’Ana AS. Diversity and fate of spore forming bacteria in cocoa powder, milk powder, starch and sugar during processing: A review. Trends Food Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Lins P. Production of Clostridium perfringensspores and their recovery from artificially spiked spices and herbs. J Food Saf 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Philipp Lins
- AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety; Institute for Food Safety Innsbruck, Focus on Plant-based Foods; Innsbruck Austria
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Lopes RP, Mota MJ, Gomes AM, Delgadillo I, Saraiva JA. Application of High Pressure with Homogenization, Temperature, Carbon Dioxide, and Cold Plasma for the Inactivation of Bacterial Spores: A Review. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2018; 17:532-555. [PMID: 33350128 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Formation of highly resistant spores is a concern for the safety of low-acid foods as they are a perfect vehicle for food spoilage and/or human infection. For spore inactivation, the strategy usually applied in the food industry is the intensification of traditional preservation methods to sterilization levels, which is often accompanied by decreases of nutritional and sensory properties. In order to overcome these unwanted side effects in food products, novel and emerging sterilization technologies are being developed, such as pressure-assisted thermal sterilization, high-pressure carbon dioxide, high-pressure homogenization, and cold plasma. In this review, the application of these emergent technologies is discussed, in order to understand the effects on bacterial spores and their inactivation and thus ensure food safety of low-acid foods. In general, the application of these novel technologies for inactivating spores is showing promising results. However, it is important to note that each technique has specific features that can be more suitable for a particular type of product. Thus, the most appropriate sterilization method for each product (and target microorganisms) should be assessed and carefully selected.
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- Rita P Lopes
- QOPNA, Chemistry Dept., Univ. of Aveiro, Campus Univ. de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- QOPNA, Chemistry Dept., Univ. of Aveiro, Campus Univ. de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Univ. Católica Portuguesa, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
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- QOPNA, Chemistry Dept., Univ. of Aveiro, Campus Univ. de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- QOPNA, Chemistry Dept., Univ. of Aveiro, Campus Univ. de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Despite being resistant to a variety of environmental insults, the bacterial endospore can sense the presence of small molecules and respond by germinating, losing the specialized structures of the dormant spore, and resuming active metabolism, before outgrowing into vegetative cells. Our current level of understanding of the spore germination process in bacilli and clostridia is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the germinant receptors characterized in Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus anthracis. The recent evidence for a local clustering of receptors in a "germinosome" would begin to explain how signals from different receptors could be integrated. The SpoVA proteins, involved in the uptake of Ca2+-dipicolinic acid into the forespore during sporulation, are also responsible for its release during germination. Lytic enzymes SleB and CwlJ, found in bacilli and some clostridia, hydrolyze the spore cortex: other clostridia use SleC for this purpose. With genome sequencing has come the appreciation that there is considerable diversity in the setting for the germination machinery between bacilli and clostridia.
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Miyake M, Kohda T, Yasugi M, Sakanoue H, Hirata S. Spores of Anaerobic Bacteria: Characteristics and Behaviors during Restoration from Damaged Status. J JPN SOC FOOD SCI 2018. [DOI: 10.3136/nskkk.65.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Masami Miyake
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
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Clauwers C, Lood C, Van den Bergh B, van Noort V, Michiels CW. Canonical germinant receptor is dispensable for spore germination in Clostridium botulinum group II strain NCTC 11219. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15426. [PMID: 29133849 PMCID: PMC5684421 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15839-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Clostridium botulinum is an anaerobic sporeforming bacterium that is notorious for producing a potent neurotoxin. Spores of C. botulinum can survive mild food processing treatments and subsequently germinate, multiply, produce toxin and cause botulism. Control of spore germination and outgrowth is therefore essential for the safety of mildly processed foods. However, little is known about the process of spore germination in group II C. botulinum (gIICb), which are a major concern in chilled foods because they are psychrotrophic. The classical model of spore germination states that germination is triggered by the binding of a germinant molecule to a cognate germinant receptor. Remarkably, unlike many other sporeformers, gIICb has only one predicted canonical germinant receptor although it responds to multiple germinants. Therefore, we deleted the gerBAC locus that encodes this germinant receptor to determine its role in germination. Surprisingly, the deletion did not affect germination by any of the nutrient germinants, nor by the non-nutrient dodecylamine. We conclude that one or more other, so far unidentified, germinant receptors must be responsible for nutrient induced germination in gIICb. Furthermore, the gerBAC locus was strongly conserved with intact open reading frames in 159 gIICb genomes, suggesting that it has nevertheless an important function.
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- Charlien Clauwers
- Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Wang S, Brunt J, Peck MW, Setlow P, Li YQ. Analysis of the Germination of Individual Clostridium sporogenes Spores with and without Germinant Receptors and Cortex-Lytic Enzymes. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2047. [PMID: 29118741 PMCID: PMC5661016 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The Gram-positive spore-forming anaerobe Clostridium sporogenes is a significant cause of food spoilage, and it is also used as a surrogate for C. botulinum spores for testing the efficacy of commercial sterilization. C. sporogenes spores have also been proposed as a vector to deliver drugs to tumor cells for cancer treatments. Such an application of C. sporogenes spores requires their germination and return to life. In this study, Raman spectroscopy and differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy were used to analyze the germination kinetics of multiple individual C. sporogenes wild-type and germination mutant spores. Most individual C. sporogenes spores germinated with L-alanine began slow leakage of ∼5% of their large Ca-dipicolinic acid (CaDPA) depot at T1, all transitioned to rapid CaDPA release at Tlag1, completed CaDPA release at Trelease, and finished peptidoglycan cortex hydrolysis at Tlys. T1, Tlag1, Trelease, and Tlys times for individual spores were heterogeneous, but ΔTrelease (Trelease – Tlag1) periods were relatively constant. However, variability in T1 (or Tlag1) times appeared to be the major reason for the heterogeneity between individual spores in their germination times. After Trelease, some spores also displayed another lag in rate of change in DIC image intensity before the start of a second obvious DIC image intensity decline of 25–30% at Tlag2 prior to Tlys. This has not been seen with spores of other species. Almost all C. sporogenes spores lacking the cortex-lytic enzyme (CLE) CwlJ spores exhibited a Tlag2 in L-alanine germination. Sublethal heat treatment potentiated C. sporogenes spore germination with L-alanine, primarily by shortening T1 times. Spores without the CLEs SleB or CwlJ exhibited greatly slowed germination with L-alanine, but spores lacking all germinant receptor proteins did not germinate with L-alanine. The absence of these various germination proteins also decreased but did not abolish germination with the non-GR-dependent germinants dodecylamine and CaDPA, but spores without CwlJ exhibited no germination with CaDPA. Finally, C. sporogenes spores displayed commitment in germination, but memory in GR-dependent germination was small, and less than the memory in Bacillus spore germination.
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- Shiwei Wang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China
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- Gut Health and Food Safety, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Gut Health and Food Safety, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, United States
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China.,Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States
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Korza G, Abini-Agbomson S, Setlow B, Shen A, Setlow P. Levels of L-malate and other low molecular weight metabolites in spores of Bacillus species and Clostridium difficile. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0182656. [PMID: 28850573 PMCID: PMC5574573 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Dormant spores of Bacillus species lack ATP and NADH and contain notable levels of only a few other common low mol wt energy reserves, including 3-phosphoglyceric acid (3PGA), and glutamic acid. Recently, Bacillus subtilis spores were reported to contain ~ 30 μmol of L-malate/g dry wt, which also could serve as an energy reserve. In present work, L-malate levels were determined in the core of dormant spores of B. subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus megaterium and Clostridium difficile, using both an enzymatic assay and 13C-NMR on extracts prepared by several different methods. These assays found that levels of L-malate in B. cereus and B. megaterium spores were ≤ 0.5 μmol/g dry wt, and ≤ 1 μmol/g dry wt in B. subtilis spores, and levels of L-lactate and pyruvate in B. megaterium and B. subtilis spores were < 0.5 μmol/g dry wt. Levels of L-malate in C. difficile spores were ≤ 1 μmol/g dry wt, while levels of 3PGA were ~ 7 μmol/g; the latter value was determined by 31P-NMR, and is in between the 3PGA levels in B. megaterium and B. subtilis spores determined previously. 13C-NMR analysis of spore extracts further showed that B. megaterium, B. subtilis and C. difficile contained significant levels of carbonate/bicarbonate in the spore core. Low mol wt carbon-containing small molecules present at > 3 μmol/g dry spores are: i) dipicolinic acid, carbonate/bicarbonate and 3PGA in B. megaterium, B. subtilis and C. difficile; ii) glutamate in B. megaterium and B. subtilis; iii) arginine in B. subtilis; and iv) at least one unidentified compound in all three species.
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- George Korza
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States of America
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Tehri N, Kumar N, Raghu HV, Thakur G, Kumar Sharma P. Role of stereospecific nature of germinants in Bacillus megaterium spores germination. 3 Biotech 2017; 7:259. [PMID: 28744426 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-017-0897-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The present study was undertaken with the objective to assess the effect of distinct stereoisomeric forms of nutrient germinants (selected sugars and amino acids) on the process of germination onset in dormant spores of Bacillus megaterium MTCC 2949. In this respect, epimers of glucose and enantiomers of alanine were employed in current work. When supplemented with these stereoisomers, spores were found germinated only with d-glucose and d-mannose among epimers of glucose and only with l-alanine among enantiomers of alanine. Interestingly, germination in spores was observed to negligible extent with d-galactose and d-alanine. These findings were obtained on the basis of four type of germination assays, namely reduction in absorbance measured at 600 nm (≤5 to ≥30%), refractility examination (phase bright and dark), esterase assay [fluorescence units 0.455-94.62 (×103)] and fluorescent staining (fluorescent/non-fluorescent signals). Understanding of spores germination process and efficacy of different forms of germinants to trigger germination is of immense importance. It aids in development of sensing and sterilization indicating tools employing chiefly spores as biorecognition elements and in uncovering the mechanism of diseases, food contamination and spoilages resulting from the germination of spores. The findings of current work support the possibility to explore such germination mechanism by significantly giving the clue for potential existence of stereospecific receptor sites on the surface of B. megaterium spores. Perhaps, these sites can specifically differentiate and recognize stereoisomerically diverse forms of germinants for induction of germination.
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Dormant Bacillales and Clostridiales spores begin to grow when small molecules (germinants) trigger germination, potentially leading to food spoilage or disease. Germination-specific proteins sense germinants, transport small molecules, and hydrolyze specific bonds in cortex peptidoglycan and specific proteins. Major events in germination include (a) germinant sensing; (b) commitment to germinate; (c) release of spores' depot of dipicolinic acid (DPA); (d) hydrolysis of spores' peptidoglycan cortex; and (e) spore core swelling and water uptake, cell wall peptidoglycan remodeling, and restoration of core protein and inner spore membrane lipid mobility. Germination is similar between Bacillales and Clostridiales, but some species differ in how germinants are sensed and how cortex hydrolysis and DPA release are triggered. Despite detailed knowledge of the proteins and signal transduction pathways involved in germination, precisely what some germination proteins do and how they do it remain unclear.
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- Peter Setlow
- Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3305;
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
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- Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353;
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To survive adverse conditions, some bacterial species are capable of developing into a cell type, the "spore," which exhibits minimal metabolic activity and remains viable in the presence of multiple environmental challenges. For some pathogenic bacteria, this developmental state serves as a means of survival during transmission from one host to another. Spores are the highly infectious form of these bacteria. Upon entrance into a host, specific signals facilitate germination into metabolically active replicating organisms, resulting in disease pathogenesis. In this article, we will review spore structure and function in well-studied pathogens of two genera, Bacillus and Clostridium, focusing on Bacillus anthracis and Clostridium difficile, and explore current data regarding the lifestyles of these bacteria outside the host and transmission from one host to another.
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Trunet C, Carlin F, Coroller L. Investigating germination and outgrowth of bacterial spores at several scales. Trends Food Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Walking dead: Permeabilization of heat-treated Geobacillus stearothermophilus ATCC 12980 spores under growth-preventing conditions. Food Microbiol 2017; 64:126-134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2016.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ha TMH, Yong D, Lee EMY, Kumar P, Lee YK, Zhou W. Activation and inactivation of Bacillus pumilus spores by kiloelectron volt X-ray irradiation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177571. [PMID: 28493969 PMCID: PMC5426783 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the inactivation efficacy of endospore-forming bacteria, Bacillus pumilus, irradiated by low-energy X-rays of different beam qualities. The different low-energy X-rays studied had cut-off energies of 50, 100 and 150 keV. Bacillus pumilus spores (in biological indicator strips) were irradiated at step doses between 6.5 to 390 Gy. The resulting bacteria populations were then quantified by a pour plate method. Results showed that X-rays of lower energies were more effective in inactivating bacterial spores. In addition, an increment in bacterial population was observed at doses below 13Gy. We attributed this increase to a radiation-induced activation of bacterial spores. Four kinetic models were then evaluated for their prediction of bacterial spore behavior under irradiation. This included: (i) first-order kinetics model; (ii) Shull model; (iii) Sapru model; and (iv) probabilistic model. From R2 and AIC analyses, we noted that the probabilistic model performed the best, followed by the Sapru model. We highlighted that for simplicity in curve fitting the Sapru model should be used instead of the probabilistic model. A 12-log reduction in bacterial population (corresponding to a sterility assurance level of 10−6 as required in the sterilization of medical devices) was computed to be achievable at doses of 1000, 1600 and 2300 Gy for the three different X-ray cut-off energies respectively. These doses are an order in magnitude lesser than that required in gamma irradiation. This highlights the applicability of cheaper and safer table-top X-ray sources for sterilization application.
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- Thi Mai Hoa Ha
- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore, Singapore
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Food Science and Technology Programme, c/o Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Food Science and Technology Programme, c/o Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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