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Acharya K, Shaw S, Bhattacharya SP, Biswas S, Bhandary S, Bhattacharya A. Pigments from pathogenic bacteria: a comprehensive update on recent advances. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 40:270. [PMID: 39030429 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-024-04076-x] [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: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/21/2024]
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Bacterial pigments stand out as exceptional natural bioactive compounds with versatile functionalities. The pigments represent molecules from distinct chemical categories including terpenes, terpenoids, carotenoids, pyridine, pyrrole, indole, and phenazines, which are synthesized by diverse groups of bacteria. Their spectrum of physiological activities encompasses bioactive potentials that often confer fitness advantages to facilitate the survival of bacteria amid challenging environmental conditions. A large proportion of such pigments are produced by bacterial pathogens mostly as secondary metabolites. Their multifaceted properties augment potential applications in biomedical, food, pharmaceutical, textile, paint industries, bioremediation, and in biosensor development. Apart from possessing a less detrimental impact on health with environmentally beneficial attributes, tractable and scalable production strategies render bacterial pigments a sustainable option for novel biotechnological exploration for untapped discoveries. The review offers a comprehensive account of physiological role of pigments from bacterial pathogens, production strategies, and potential applications in various biomedical and biotechnological fields. Alongside, the prospect of combining bacterial pigment research with cutting-edge approaches like nanotechnology has been discussed to highlight future endeavours.
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- Kusumita Acharya
- AMR-Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, Barasat-Barrackpore Rd, Kolkata, 700126, India
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- AMR-Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, Barasat-Barrackpore Rd, Kolkata, 700126, India
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- AMR-Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, Barasat-Barrackpore Rd, Kolkata, 700126, India
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- AMR-Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, Barasat-Barrackpore Rd, Kolkata, 700126, India.
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- AMR-Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Adamas University, Barasat-Barrackpore Rd, Kolkata, 700126, India.
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Cai G, Yang X, Yu X, Zheng W, Cai R, Wang H. The novel application of violacein produced by a marine Duganella strain as a promising agent for controlling Heterosigma akashiwo bloom: Algicidal mechanism, fermentation optimization and agent formulation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 466:133548. [PMID: 38262320 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Controlling harmful algal blooms with algicidal bacteria is thought to be an efficient and eco-friendly way but lack of comprehensive studies from theory to practice limited the field application. Here we presented a purple bacterial strain Duganella sp. A3 capable of killing several harmful algae, including Heterosigma akashiwo, a world-wide fish-killing microalga. A bioactivity-guided purification and identification approach revealed the major algicidal compound of A3 as the pigment violacein, which was never reported for its algicidal potential before. Violacein rapidly disrupted cell permeability, caused long-term oxidative stress, but mildly affected algal photosystem, which might explain its highly species-specific activity against unarmored H. akashiwo. To explore the application potential of violacein, a fermentation optimization approach combing single-factor and multi-factor experiments was conducted to increase the violacein yield, which finally reached 0.4199 g/L just using a simple medium formula beneficial for compound purification. Finally, taking advantages of the physical and chemical stabilities, we successfully developed the novel application of violacein as a sustained-releasing and easy-to-preserve algicidal agent using alginate-acacia-gum-chitosan encapsulation, which paved the path for its future application in controlling H. akashiwo bloom.
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- Guanjing Cai
- Biology Department and Institute of Marine Sciences, College of Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China.
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- Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; Jimei Branch Xiamen Foreign Language School, Xiamen 361021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Biology Department and Institute of Marine Sciences, College of Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
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- Biology Department and Institute of Marine Sciences, College of Science, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
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Barreto JVDO, Casanova LM, Junior AN, Reis-Mansur MCPP, Vermelho AB. Microbial Pigments: Major Groups and Industrial Applications. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2920. [PMID: 38138065 PMCID: PMC10745774 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11122920] [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: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important source of pigments. Industrial production presents a bottleneck in production cost that restricts large-scale commercialization. However, microbial pigments are progressively gaining popularity because of their health advantages. The development of metabolic engineering and cost reduction of the bioprocess using industry by-products opened possibilities for cost and quality improvements in all production phases. We are thus addressing several points related to microbial pigments, including the major classes and structures found, the advantages of use, the biotechnological applications in different industrial sectors, their characteristics, and their impacts on the environment and society.
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- Bioinovar Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Goes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-902, Brazil; (J.V.d.O.B.); (L.M.C.); (A.N.J.); (M.C.P.P.R.-M.)
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Salim AA, Butler MS, Blaskovich MAT, Henderson IR, Capon RJ. Natural products as anthelmintics: safeguarding animal health. Nat Prod Rep 2023; 40:1754-1808. [PMID: 37555325 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00019b] [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: 08/10/2023]
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Covering literature to December 2022This review provides a comprehensive account of all natural products (500 compounds, including 17 semi-synthetic derivatives) described in the primary literature up to December 2022, reported to be capable of inhibiting the egg hatching, motility, larval development and/or the survival of helminths (i.e., nematodes, flukes and tapeworms). These parasitic worms infect and compromise the health and welfare, productivity and lives of commercial livestock (i.e., sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, poultry and fish), companion animals (i.e., dogs and cats) and other high value, endangered and/or exotic animals. Attention is given to chemical structures, as well as source organisms and anthelmintic properties, including the nature of bioassay target species, in vivo animal hosts, and measures of potency.
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- Angela A Salim
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4072.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4072.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4072.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4072.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4072.
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Wein P, Dornblut K, Herkersdorf S, Krüger T, Molloy EM, Brakhage AA, Hoffmeister D, Hertweck C. Bacterial secretion systems contribute to rapid tissue decay in button mushroom soft rot disease. mBio 2023; 14:e0078723. [PMID: 37486262 PMCID: PMC10470514 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00787-23] [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: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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The soft rot pathogen Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum causes devastating damage to button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus), one of the most cultivated and commercially relevant mushrooms. We previously discovered that this pathogen releases the membrane-disrupting lipopeptide jagaricin. This bacterial toxin, however, could not solely explain the rapid decay of mushroom fruiting bodies, indicating that J. agaricidamnosum implements a more sophisticated infection strategy. In this study, we show that secretion systems play a crucial role in soft rot disease. By mining the genome of J. agaricidamnosum, we identified gene clusters encoding a type I (T1SS), a type II (T2SS), a type III (T3SS), and two type VI secretion systems (T6SSs). We targeted the T2SS and T3SS for gene inactivation studies, and subsequent bioassays implicated both in soft rot disease. Furthermore, through a combination of comparative secretome analysis and activity-guided fractionation, we identified a number of secreted lytic enzymes responsible for mushroom damage. Our findings regarding the contribution of secretion systems to the disease process expand the current knowledge of bacterial soft rot pathogens and represent a significant stride toward identifying targets for their disarmament with secretion system inhibitors. IMPORTANCE The button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) is the most popular edible mushroom in the Western world. However, mushroom crops can fall victim to serious bacterial diseases that are a major threat to the mushroom industry, among them being soft rot disease caused by Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum. Here, we show that the rapid dissolution of mushroom fruiting bodies after bacterial invasion is due to degradative enzymes and putative effector proteins secreted via the type II secretion system (T2SS) and the type III secretion system (T3SS), respectively. The ability to degrade mushroom tissue is significantly attenuated in secretion-deficient mutants, which establishes that secretion systems are key factors in mushroom soft rot disease. This insight is of both ecological and agricultural relevance by shedding light on the disease processes behind a pathogenic bacterial-fungal interaction which, in turn, serves as a starting point for the development of secretion system inhibitors to control disease progression.
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- Philipp Wein
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
- Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Johnson ET, Bowman MJ, Gomes RP, Carneiro LC, Dunlap CA. Identification of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol production in the genus Chromobacterium. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14292. [PMID: 37653049 PMCID: PMC10471698 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41277-0] [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: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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The compound 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that is primarily produced by Pseudomonas spp. DAPG plays an important role in the biocontrol disease suppressing activity of Pseudomonas spp. In the current study, we report the discovery of the DAPG biosynthetic cluster in strains of Chromobacterium vaccinii isolated from Brazilian aquatic environments and the distribution of the biosynthetic cluster in the Chromobacterium genus. Phylogenetic analysis of the phlD protein suggests the biosynthetic cluster probably entered the genus of Chromobacterium after a horizontal gene transfer event with a member of the Pseudomonas fluorescens group. We were able to detect trace amounts of DAPG in wild type cultures and confirm the function of the cluster with heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. In addition, we identified and verified the presence of other secondary metabolites in these strains. We also confirmed the ability of C. vaccinii strains to produce bioactive pigment violacein and bioactive cyclic depsipeptide FR900359. Both compounds have been reported to have antimicrobial and insecticidal activities. These compounds suggest strains of C. vaccinii should be further explored for their potential as biocontrol agents.
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- Eric T Johnson
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, 1815 North University St, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Bioenergy Research Unit, 1815 North University St, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, 1815 North University St, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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