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Horinaka JI, Ogawa S. Cyclic deformation behavior of agarose hydrogels prepared at different gelation concentrations. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 248:125904. [PMID: 37482157 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125904] [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: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Effects of the gelation concentration (c0) on cyclic deformation behavior of agarose hydrogels have been examined. Agarose hydrogels prepared at c0 = 10 g L-1 (A10) show smaller Young's modulus than those prepared at c0 = 30 g L-1 (A30) even when the mechanical properties have been measured at the same agarose concentration 50 g L-1. Moreover, A10 has stronger tendency to exhibit the residual strain in the cyclic deformation curves compared to A30. These results can be explained based on the gelation mechanism specific to agarose, where helices of agarose aggregate via hydrogen bonding to be the crosslinks. It has been proposed from the optical rotation that the helix content just after gelation increases with c0, while the helix content for A10 was higher than that for A30 at 50 g L-1. Since the lower helix content at c0 for A10 results in less stable aggregates of agarose helices, it can be said that the cyclic deformation behavior as well as Young's modulus of agarose hydrogels primarily reflects the network structure determined by c0.
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- Jun-Ichi Horinaka
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Riaz S, Jiang Y, Xiao M, You D, Klepacz-Smółka A, Rasul F, Daroch M. Generation of miniploid cells and improved natural transformation procedure for a model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:959043. [PMID: 35958137 PMCID: PMC9360974 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.959043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The biotechnologically important and naturally transformable cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, possesses multiple genome copies irrespective of its growth rate or condition. Hence, segregating mutations across all genome copies typically takes several weeks. In this study, Synechococcus 7942 cultivation on a solid growth medium was optimised using different concentrations of agar, the addition of antioxidants, and overexpression of the catalase gene to facilitate the rapid acquisition of colonies and fully segregated lines. Synechococcus 7942 was grown at different temperatures and nutritional conditions. The miniploid cells were identified using flow cytometry and fluorimetry. The natural transformation was carried out using miniploid cells and validated with PCR and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). We identified that 0.35% agar concentration and 200 IU of catalase could improve the growth of Synechococcus 7942 on a solid growth medium. Furthermore, overexpression of a catalase gene enhanced the growth rate and supported diluted culture to grow on a solid medium. Our results reveal that high temperature and phosphate-depleted cells contain the lowest genome copies (2.4 ± 0.3 and 1.9 ± 0.2) and showed the potential to rapidly produce fully segregated mutants. In addition, higher antibiotic concentrations improve the selection of homozygous transformants while maintaining similar genome copies at a constant temperature. Based on our observation, we have an improved cultivation and natural transformation protocol for Synechococcus 7942 by optimising solid media culturing, generating low-ploidy cells that ultimately reduced the time required for the complete segregation of engineered lines.
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- Sadaf Riaz
- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, United States
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- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology, Łódź, Poland
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- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
- *Correspondence: Maurycy Daroch,
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Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Fatty Acids from Cultured and Commercial Phytoplankton Species. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12052407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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(1) Background: The extraction of fatty acids from microalgae and cyanobacteria is mostly performed with organic solvents and laborious procedures. Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) can be a more effective and environmentally friendly process than traditional extraction (TE), which uses a large volume of solvent and conduction heating. Freshwater phytoplankton inhabits diverse aquatic environments and is a promising source of fatty acids and green precursors in the synthesis of biofuel, including cyanobacterial biomass. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential of MAE to extract fatty acids from a Chlorella sp. microalga and two cyanobacteria, namely, Arthrospira sp. and Sphaerospermopsis torques-reginae, for biodiesel production. For this purpose, the lipid content and fatty acid profile of these strains were compared after treating biomass with the two extraction methods. (2) Methods: MAE and TE were used as extraction procedures; gas chromatography–mass spectrometry was used to assess the fatty acid profiles, and X-ray spectroscopy was used to analyze biomass. (3) Results: Although the fatty acid profile of the oil obtained by TE showed higher concentrations of fatty acids, the MAE method was able to extract more types of fatty acids. The variety of fatty acids extracted by the MAE, especially those with unsaturated chains, allowed for better quality biodiesel, presenting advantages over previous methods and studies. According to the analyses, essential fatty acids 16:0, 16:1, and 18:2 were found to be abundant in both cyanobacterial strains and in microalga, showing potential for biofuel production. Additionally, metal composition was determined as its content may indicate potential pro-oxidant influence in biofuel production. (4) Conclusions: MAE is a useful and green strategy to extract fatty acids from freshwater phytoplankton. Cyanobacteria can also be a beneficial source of fatty acids for biodiesel synthesis.
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Hoke AK, Reynoso G, Smith MR, Gardner MI, Lockwood DJ, Gilbert NE, Wilhelm SW, Becker IR, Brennan GJ, Crider KE, Farnan SR, Mendoza V, Poole AC, Zimmerman ZP, Utz LK, Wurch LL, Steffen MM. Genomic signatures of Lake Erie bacteria suggest interaction in the Microcystis phycosphere. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257017. [PMID: 34550975 PMCID: PMC8457463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Microbial interactions in harmful algal bloom (HAB) communities have been examined in marine systems, but are poorly studied in fresh waters. To investigate HAB-microbe interactions, we isolated bacteria with close associations to bloom-forming cyanobacteria, Microcystis spp., during a 2017 bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie. The genomes of five isolates (Exiguobacterium sp. JMULE1, Enterobacter sp. JMULE2, Deinococcus sp. JMULE3, Paenibacillus sp. JMULE4, and Acidovorax sp. JMULE5.) were sequenced on a PacBio Sequel system. These genomes ranged in size from 3.1 Mbp (Exiguobacterium sp. JMULE1) to 5.7 Mbp (Enterobacter sp. JMULE2). The genomes were analyzed for genes relating to critical metabolic functions, including nitrogen reduction and carbon utilization. All five of the sequenced genomes contained genes that could be used in potential signaling and nutrient exchange between the bacteria and cyanobacteria such as Microcystis. Gene expression signatures of algal-derived carbon utilization for two isolates were identified in Microcystis blooms in Lake Erie and Lake Tai (Taihu) at low levels, suggesting these organisms are active and may have a functional role during Microcystis blooms in aggregates, but were largely missing from whole water samples. These findings build on the growing evidence that the bacterial microbiome associated with bloom-forming algae have the functional potential to contribute to nutrient exchange within bloom communities and interact with important bloom formers like Microcystis.
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- Alexa K. Hoke
- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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Potential Impacts on Treated Water Quality of Recycling Dewatered Sludge Supernatant during Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:toxins13020099. [PMID: 33572944 PMCID: PMC7912369 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13020099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cyanobacterial blooms and the associated release of cyanotoxins pose problems for many conventional water treatment plants due to their limited removal by typical unit operations. In this study, a conventional water treatment process consisting of coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and sludge dewatering was assessed in lab-scale experiments to measure the removal of microcystin-LR and Microcystis aeruginosa cells using liquid chromatography with mass spectrometer (LC-MS) and a hemacytometer, respectively. The overall goal was to determine the effect of recycling cyanotoxin-laden dewatered sludge supernatant on treated water quality. The lab-scale experimental system was able to maintain the effluent water quality below relevant the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for every parameter analyzed at influent concentrations of M. aeruginosa above 106 cells/mL. However, substantial increases of 0.171 NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit), 7 × 104 cells/L, and 0.26 µg/L in turbidity, cyanobacteria cell counts, and microcystin-LR concentration were observed at the time of dewatered supernatant injection. Microcystin-LR concentrations of 1.55 µg/L and 0.25 µg/L were still observed in the dewatering process over 24 and 48 h, respectively, after the initial addition of M.aeruginosa cells, suggesting the possibility that a single cyanobacterial bloom may affect the filtered water quality long after the bloom has dissipated when sludge supernatant recycling is practiced.
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Akizuki S, Cuevas-Rodríguez G, Toda T. Nitrification of anaerobic digestate using a consortium of microalgae and nitrifiers in an open photobioreactor with moving bed carriers. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:127948. [PMID: 33297018 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A consortium of microalgae and nitrifiers has attracted attention as an alternative to the expensive traditional nitrification process. A possible obstacle to achieving this is the inhibition of nitrifiers under strong light irradiation. This study evaluated the effect of moving bed carriers on anaerobic digestate nitrification in an open photobioreactor inoculated with microalgae and nitrifiers under an incident light intensity of 1000 μmol photons m-2 s-1. The results showed higher specific nitrification activity in the carrier-added photobioreactor (103.6 mg-N g-TSS day-1) than in one in which no carrier was added (11.7 mg-N g-TSS day-1). The empirical equations for determining the light intensity at different depths in the photobioreactor showed a significant contribution by carriers in attenuating the incident light intensity. This is due to the large light attenuation caused by the carrier (1.09 cm-1). The average light intensity inside of the photobioreactor decreased considerably in the carrier-added photobioreactor (342 μmol photons m-2 s-1), whereas it did not decrease in the one with no added carrier. It was found that specific nitrification activity was significantly negatively affected by average light intensity inside of the reactor, and not by incident light intensity, by combining the results from different studies including ours. This study demonstrated, for the first time, the effectiveness of adding moving bed carriers in photobioreactors to mitigate light inhibition of nitrifiers in a consortium of microalgae and nitrifiers.
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- Shinichi Akizuki
- Laboratory of Restoration Ecology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-8577, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Division of Engineering, University of Guanajuato, 77 Juárez Avenue, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, 36000, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Restoration Ecology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-8577, Japan
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Comparison of Different Anode Materials to Remove Microcystis aeruginosa Cells Using Electro-Coagulation–Flotation Process at Low Current Inputs. WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12123528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cyanobacterial blooms are a threat to the drinking water supply owing to their potential toxicity. Microcystins which are the most widespread cyanotoxins, are mainly produced by Microcystis spp. In this study, we cultured Microcystis aeruginosa cells in BG-11 medium at 25 °C to investigate the efficiency of the electro-coagulation–flotation process to remove them. Different anode materials (Fe, Al, Cu, and Zn) along with a graphite cathode were compared separately in the 10–100 mA current range in a 0.025 M Na2SO4 electrolyte. Turbidity, optical density at 684 nm (OD684), OD730, Chl-a concentration, and DOC concentration were analyzed to clarify the mechanism by which M. aeruginosa cells are removed. The Al anode indicated the highest removal efficiencies in terms of turbidity (90%), OD684 and OD730 (98%), and Chl-a concentration (96%) within 30 min at 4.0 mA/cm2 current density and the lowest average electrode consumption of 0.120 ± 0.023 g/L. The energy consumption of the Al electrode was 0.80 Wh/L. From these results, we found that Al was the best among the anode materials evaluated to remove M. aeruginosa cells. However, further studies are required to optimize the Al anode in terms of pH, treatment time, electrode distance, and electrolyte concentration to enhance the removal of M. aeruginosa cells.
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Gao S, Kong Y, Yu J, Miao L, Ji L, Song L, Zeng C. Isolation of axenic cyanobacterium and the promoting effect of associated bacterium on axenic cyanobacterium. BMC Biotechnol 2020; 20:61. [PMID: 33256756 PMCID: PMC7708224 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-020-00656-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Harmful cyanobacterial blooms have attracted wide attention all over the world as they cause water quality deterioration and ecosystem health issues. Microcystis aeruginosa associated with a large number of bacteria is one of the most common and widespread bloom-forming cyanobacteria that secret toxins. These associated bacteria are considered to benefit from organic substrates released by the cyanobacterium. In order to avoid the influence of associated heterotrophic bacteria on the target cyanobacteria for physiological and molecular studies, it is urgent to obtain an axenic M. aeruginosa culture and further investigate the specific interaction between the heterotroph and the cyanobacterium. Results A traditional and reliable method based on solid-liquid alternate cultivation was carried out to purify the xenic cyanobacterium M. aeruginosa FACHB-905. On the basis of 16S rDNA gene sequences, two associated bacteria named strain B905–1 and strain B905–2, were identified as Pannonibacter sp. and Chryseobacterium sp. with a 99 and 97% similarity value, respectively. The axenic M. aeruginosa FACHB-905A (Microcystis 905A) was not able to form colonies on BG11 agar medium without the addition of strain B905–1, while it grew well in BG11 liquid medium. Although the presence of B905–1 was not indispensable for the growth of Microcystis 905A, B905–1 had a positive effect on promoting the growth of Microcystis 905A. Conclusions The associated bacteria were eliminated by solid-liquid alternate cultivation method and the axenic Microcystis 905A was successfully purified. The associated bacterium B905–1 has the potentiality to promote the growth of Microcystis 905A. Moreover, the purification technique for cyanobacteria described in this study is potentially applicable to a wider range of unicellular cyanobacteria.
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- Suqin Gao
- School of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, Hubei, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yangtze University, Wuhan, 430100, Hubei, China.,Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Environmental Safety of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China.,Yixing Academy of Environmental Protection, Nanjing University, Yixing, 214200, Jiangsu, China.,Yixing Urban Supervision & Inspection Administration of Product Quality, National Supervision & Inspection Center of Environmental Protection Equipment Quality (Jiangsu), Yixing, 214205, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, Hubei, China
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- School of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, Hubei, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yangtze University, Wuhan, 430100, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei, China
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- School of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, Hubei, China
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Lam CH, Kurobe T, Lehman PW, Berg M, Hammock BG, Stillway ME, Pandey PK, Teh SJ. Toxicity of herbicides to cyanobacteria and phytoplankton species of the San Francisco Estuary and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California, USA. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2019; 55:107-118. [PMID: 31642727 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2019.1672458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The herbicides glyphosate, imazamox and fluridone are herbicides, with low toxicity towards fish and invertebrates, which are applied to waterways to control invasive aquatic weeds. However, the effects of these herbicides on natural isolates of phytoplankton and cyanobacteria are unknown. Three species of microalgae found in the San Francisco Estuary (SFE)/Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) (Microcystis aeruginosa, Chlamydomonas debaryana, and Thalassiosira pseudonana) were exposed to the three herbicides at a range of concentrations in 96-well plates for 5-8 days. All three algal species were the most sensitive to fluridone, with IC50 of 46.9, 21, and 109 µg L-1 for M. aeruginosa, T. pseudonana and C. debaryana, respectively. Imazamox inhibited M. aeruginosa and T. pseudonana growth at 3.6 × 104 µg L-1 or higher, and inhibited C. debaryana growth at 1.0 × 105 µg L-1 or higher. Glyphosate inhibited growth in all species at ca. 7.0 × 104 µg L-1 or higher. Fluridone was the only herbicide that inhibited the microalgae at environmentally relevant concentrations in this study and susceptibility to the herbicide depended on the species. Thus, the application of fluridone may affect cyanobacteria and phytoplankton community composition in water bodies where it is applied.
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- Chelsea H Lam
- Aquatic Health Program, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Aquatic Health Program, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- California Department of Water Resources, Division of Environmental Services, Special Studies Section, West Sacramento, California, USA
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- Applied Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Aquatic Health Program, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Aquatic Health Program, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Aquatic Health Program, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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Characterization of Cyanophages in Lake Erie: Interaction Mechanisms and Structural Damage of Toxic Cyanobacteria. Toxins (Basel) 2019; 11:toxins11080444. [PMID: 31357465 PMCID: PMC6722964 DOI: 10.3390/toxins11080444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cyanophages are abundant in aquatic environments and play a critical role in bloom dynamics, including regulation of cyanobacteria growth and photosynthesis. In this study, cyanophages from western Lake Erie water samples were screened for lytic activity against the host cell (Microcystis aeruginosa), which also originated from Lake Erie, and identified with real-time sequencing (Nanopore sequencing). M. aeruginosa was mixed with the cyanophages and their dynamic interactions were examined over two weeks using atomic force microscopy (AFM) as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), qPCR, phycocyanin and chlorophyll-a production, and optical absorbance measurements. The TEM images revealed a short-tailed virus (Podoviridae) in 300 nm size with unique capsid, knob-like proteins. The psbA gene and one knob-like protein gene, gp58, were identified by PCR. The AFM showed a reduction of mechanical stiffness in the host cell membranes over time after infection, before structural damage became visible. Significant inhibition of the host growth and photosynthesis was observed from the measurements of phycocyanin and chlorophyll-a concentrations. The results provide an insight into cyanobacteria–cyanophage interactions in bloom dynamics and a potential application of cyanophages for bloom control in specific situations.
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Plant detritus is selectively consumed by estuarine copepods and can augment their survival. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9076. [PMID: 31235736 PMCID: PMC6591215 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45503-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Particulate material comprising the detrital remains of terrestrial plants and macrophytes is a substantial source of organic matter to estuaries and therefore has the potential to support the energy demands of the pelagic aquatic food web. Despite the prevalence of macrophytic or terrestrial particulate organic carbon (tPOC), phytoplankton are nutritionally superior and are thought to be the primary food resource for zooplankton. However, estuarine phytoplankton primary productivity abundances can wax and wane, and often production cannot meet heterotrophic energy needs. In this study, we examined how tPOC (detritus of macrophytes and grasses) may affect survival of a calanoid copepod (Eurytemora affinis) common in the San Francisco Estuary (SFE), an estuary with relatively low phytoplankton primary productivity. Using chemical biomarkers and a targeted DNA metagenomic methodology, we show that E. affinis consumed tPOC (dominated by Schoenoplectus sp., or tule) even when phytoplankton were abundant and tPOC was scarce. Furthermore, we found that a mixed diet of phytoplankton and terrestrial material (1:3 carbon ratio) enhanced the survival of E. affinis over a diet of phytoplankton alone. These data show that tPOC can be a vital supplementary food source for zooplankton, perhaps extending survival during low phytoplankton periods, and may help explain elevated zooplankton abundances in tidal wetlands and other detrital-dominated regions.
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El Amrani Zerrifi S, Tazart Z, El Khalloufi F, Oudra B, Campos A, Vasconcelos V. Potential control of toxic cyanobacteria blooms with Moroccan seaweed extracts. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:15218-15228. [PMID: 30927222 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04921-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Marine macroalgae are a promising source of diverse bioactive compounds with applications in the biocontrol of harmful cyanobacteria blooms (cyanoHABs). In this work, we evaluated the potential algicidal activities of 14 species of seaweed collected from the coast of Souiria Laqdima, Morocco. Methanol extracts were screened in solid and liquid medium against the growth of the toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa and the microalgae Chlorella sp. used as food supplement. The results in solid medium revealed that the algicidal activity was limited to M. aeruginosa with the extract of Bornetia secundiflora showing the highest growth inhibition activity against Microcystis (27.33 ± 0.33 mm), whereas the extracts of Laminaria digitata, Halopytis incurvus, Ulva lactuca, and Sargasum muticum showed no inhibition. In liquid medium, the results indicated that all methanolic extracts of different macroalgae tested have a significant inhibitory effect on M. aeruginosa compared with that of the negative control. The maximum inhibition rates of M. aeruginosa were produced by the extracts of Bifurcaria tuberculata, Codium elongatum, and B. secundiflora. Moreover, the extracts of B. secundiflora recorded the maximum inhibition rate of Chlorella sp. Overall, the results highlight the potential of the extracts from macroalgae to control toxic cyanobacteria species.
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- Soukaina El Amrani Zerrifi
- Laboratory of Biology and Biotechnology of Microorganisms, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Av. Prince My Abdellah, P.O. Box 2390, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Biology and Biotechnology of Microorganisms, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Av. Prince My Abdellah, P.O. Box 2390, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Biology and Biotechnology of Microorganisms, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Av. Prince My Abdellah, P.O. Box 2390, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
- Polydisciplinary Faculty of Khouribga (FPK), Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni-Mellal, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Biology and Biotechnology of Microorganisms, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Av. Prince My Abdellah, P.O. Box 2390, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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- CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal.
- Departament of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.
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Wolf BM, Niedzwiedzki DM, Magdaong NCM, Roth R, Goodenough U, Blankenship RE. Characterization of a newly isolated freshwater Eustigmatophyte alga capable of utilizing far-red light as its sole light source. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 135:177-189. [PMID: 28547584 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-017-0401-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Oxygenic phototrophs typically utilize visible light (400-700 nm) to drive photosynthesis. However, a large fraction of the energy in sunlight is contained in the far-red region, which encompasses light beyond 700 nm. In nature, certain niche environments contain high levels of this far-red light due to filtering by other phototrophs, and in these environments, organisms with photosynthetic antenna systems adapted to absorbing far-red light are able to thrive. We used selective far-red light conditions to isolate such organisms in environmental samples. One cultured organism, the Eustigmatophyte alga Forest Park Isolate 5 (FP5), is able to absorb far-red light using a chlorophyll (Chl) a-containing antenna complex, and is able to grow under solely far-red light. Here we characterize the antenna system from this organism, which is able to shift the absorption of Chl a to >705 nm.
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- Benjamin M Wolf
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
- Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
- Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA.
- Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Kurobe T, Lehman PW, Haque ME, Sedda T, Lesmeister S, Teh S. Evaluation of water quality during successive severe drought years within Microcystis blooms using fish embryo toxicity tests for the San Francisco Estuary, California. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 610-611:1029-1037. [PMID: 28847096 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In the San Francisco Estuary, California, the largest estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America, the frequency and intensity of drought and associated cyanobacteria blooms are predicted to increase with climate change. To assess the impact of water quality conditions on estuarine fish health during successive severe drought years with Microcystis blooms, we performed fish embryo toxicity testing with Delta Smelt and Medaka. Fish embryos were exposed to filtered ambient water collected from the San Francisco Estuary during the Microcystis bloom season in 2014 and 2015, the third and fourth most severe recorded drought years in California. Medaka embryos incubated in filtered ambient waters exhibited high mortality rates (>77%), which was mainly due to bacterial growth. Medaka mortality data was negatively correlated with chloride, and positively correlated with water temperature, total and dissolved organic carbon, and ambient and net chlorophyll a concentration. Delta Smelt embryo mortality rates were lower (<42%) and no prominent seasonal or geographic trend was observed. There was no significant correlation between the Delta Smelt mortality data and water quality parameters. Aeromonas was the dominant bacteria that adversely affected Medaka. The growth of Aeromonas was suppressed when salinity was greater than or equal to 1psu and resulted in a significant reduction in mortality rate. Bacterial growth test demonstrated that the lysate of Microcystis cells enhanced the growth of Aeromonas. Toxin production by Microcystis is a major environmental concern, however, we conclude that dissolved substances released from Microcystis blooms could result in water quality deterioration by promoting growth of bacteria. Furthermore, a distinctive developmental deformity was observed in Medaka during the toxicity tests; somite formation was inhibited at the same time that cardiogenesis occurred and the functional heart was observed to be beating. The exact cause of the embryonic developmental deformity is still unknown.
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- Tomofumi Kurobe
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2109 Arch Airport Road, Stockton, CA 95206, USA
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- California Department of Water Resources, 3500 Industrial Way, West Sacramento, CA 95691, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Hartnell DM, Chapman IJ, Esteban GF, Franklin DJ. Exploiting eco-physiological niche to facilitate the separation of the freshwater cyanobacteria Microcystis sp. and Synechococcus sp. J Microbiol Methods 2016; 122:13-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nishizawa T, Neagari Y, Miura T, Asayama M, Murata K, Harada KI, Shirai M. Molecular Analysis of the Cyanobacterial Community in Gastric Contents of Egrets with Symptoms of Steatitis. Open Microbiol J 2015; 9:160-6. [PMID: 26668668 PMCID: PMC4676040 DOI: 10.2174/1874285801509010160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 05/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Many deaths of wild birds that have drunk water contaminated with hepatotoxic microcystin-producing cyanobacteria have been reported. A mass death of egrets and herons with steatitis were found at the agricultural reservoir occurring cyanobacterial waterblooms. This study aimed to verify a hypothesis that the egrets and herons which died in the reservoir drink microcystin-producing cyanobacteria and microcystin involves in the cause of death as well as the symptoms of steatitis. The cyanobacterial community in gastric contents of egrets and herons that died from steatitis was assessed using cyanobacterial 16S rRNA-based terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiling and a cyanobacterial 16S rRNA-based clone library analysis. In addition, PCR amplification of the mcyB-C region and the mcyG gene, involved in microcystin biosynthesis, was examined. The cyanobacterial community in the gastric contents of two birds showed a simplistic composition. A comparison of cyanobacterial T-RFLP profiling and cloned sequences suggested that the genus Microcystis predominated in both samples of egrets died. Although we confirmed that two egrets which died in the reservoir have taken in cyanobacterial waterblooms containing the genus Microcystis, no mcy gene was detected in both samples according to the mcy gene-based PCR analysis. This study is the first to show the profiling and traceability of a cyanobacterial community in the gastric contents of wild birds by molecular analysis. Additionally, we consider causing symptoms of steatitis in the dead egrets.
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- Laboratory for Intellectual Fundamentals for Environmental Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
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- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Human Science and Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
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Hayashi S, Itoh K, Suyama K. Genes of Bacillus subtilis 168 that Support Growth of the Cyanobacterium, Synechococcus leopoliensis CCAP1405/1 on Agar Media. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2015; 70:849-852. [PMID: 25875741 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0610-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Synechococcus leopoliensis CCAP1405/1 cannot grow on common solid media; however, the strain can grow when co-cultured with Bacillus subtilis 168. Gene-disruptant strains of B. subtilis 168 by pMUTINs at the following sites lost the ability to support the growth of S. leopoliensis CCAP1405/1 on agar media: yxeO and yufO (transporter), yxdK (histidine kinase), sdhC (succinate dehydrogenase), yvgQR (sulfite reductase), acoB (acetoin dehydrogenase), yusE (thioredoxin), yrdA (function unknown). Involvement of the assimilatory sulfate reduction pathway was the suggested reason for loss of the function.
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- Shohei Hayashi
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan.
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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Dias E, Oliveira M, Jones-Dias D, Vasconcelos V, Ferreira E, Manageiro V, Caniça M. Assessing the antibiotic susceptibility of freshwater Cyanobacteria spp. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:799. [PMID: 26322027 PMCID: PMC4531292 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Freshwater is a vehicle for the emergence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance. Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous in freshwater, where they are exposed to antibiotics and resistant organisms, but their role on water resistome was never evaluated. Data concerning the effects of antibiotics on cyanobacteria, obtained by distinct methodologies, is often contradictory. This emphasizes the importance of developing procedures to understand the trends of antibiotic susceptibility in cyanobacteria. In this study we aimed to evaluate the susceptibility of four cyanobacterial isolates from different genera (Microcystis aeruginosa, Aphanizomenon gracile, Chrisosporum bergii, Planktothix agradhii), and among them nine isolates from the same specie (M. aeruginosa) to distinct antibiotics (amoxicillin, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, kanamycine, gentamicine, tetracycline, trimethoprim, nalidixic acid, norfloxacin). We used a method adapted from the bacteria standard broth microdilution. Cyanobacteria were exposed to serial dilution of each antibiotic (0.0015-1.6 mg/L) in Z8 medium (20 ± 1°C; 14/10 h L/D cycle; light intensity 16 ± 4 μEm(-2)s(-1)). Cell growth was followed overtime (OD450nm /microscopic examination) and the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were calculated for each antibiotic/isolate. We found that β-lactams exhibited the lower MICs, aminoglycosides, tetracycline and norfloxacine presented intermediate MICs; none of the isolates were susceptible to trimethoprim and nalidixic acid. The reduced susceptibility of all tested cyanobacteria to some antibiotics suggests that they might be naturally non-susceptible to these compounds, or that they might became non-susceptible due to antibiotic contamination pressure, or to the transfer of genes from resistant bacteria present in the environment.
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- Elsa Dias
- National Reference Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistances and Healthcare Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo JorgeLisbon, Portugal
- Laboratory of Biology and Ecotoxicology, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo JorgeLisbon, Portugal
- Centre for the Study of Animal Sciences, University of PortoPorto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Biology and Ecotoxicology, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo JorgeLisbon, Portugal
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- National Reference Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistances and Healthcare Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo JorgeLisbon, Portugal
- Centre for the Study of Animal Sciences, University of PortoPorto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Genomics and Evolution, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of PortoPorto, Portugal
- Faculty of Sciences, University of PortoPorto, Portugal
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- National Reference Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistances and Healthcare Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo JorgeLisbon, Portugal
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- National Reference Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistances and Healthcare Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo JorgeLisbon, Portugal
- Centre for the Study of Animal Sciences, University of PortoPorto, Portugal
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- National Reference Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistances and Healthcare Associated Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo JorgeLisbon, Portugal
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Yoshida S, Takahashi M, Ikeda A, Fukuda H, Kitazaki C, Asayama M. Overproduction and easy recovery of biofuels from engineered cyanobacteria, autolyzing multicellular cells. J Biochem 2015; 157:519-27. [PMID: 25661591 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvv011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The semi-filamentous multicellular cyanobacterium Limnothrix/Pseudanabaena sp. strain ABRG5-3 undergoes autolysis, which involves the accumulation of polyphosphate compounds and disintegration of thylakoid membranes in cells, as a unique feature that occurs due to growth conditions. In this study, the overexpression and easy recovery of alkane (a saturated hydrocarbon, C17H36) as a biofuel were examined in recombinants of the cyanobacteria ABRG5-3 and Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. The results obtained indicated that the accumulated mass of alkane accounted for ∼50 or 60% of the dry weight of ABRG5-3 or PCC6803 recombinant cells, respectively. Furthermore, cultivating cells in liquid medium BG11 in which the nitrogen resource had been depleted promoted the production of alkane and cell lysis, resulting in the easy recovery of target products from the supernatant.
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- Satomi Yoshida
- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, 3-21-1 Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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Pham TL, Shimizu K, Dao TS, Hong-Do LC, Utsumi M. Microcystin uptake and biochemical responses in the freshwater clam Corbicula leana P. exposed to toxic and non-toxic Microcystis aeruginosa: Evidence of tolerance to cyanotoxins. Toxicol Rep 2015; 2:88-98. [PMID: 28962341 PMCID: PMC5598480 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 01/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We investigated the accumulation and adverse effects of toxic and non-toxic Microcystis in the edible clam Corbicula leana. Treated clams were exposed to toxic Microcystis at 100 μg of MC (microcystin)-LReq L-1 for 10 days. The experimental organism was then placed in toxin-free water and fed on non-toxic Microcystis for the following 10 days for depuration. Filtering rates (FRs) by C. leana of toxic and non-toxic Microcystis and of the green alga Chlorella vulgaris as a control were estimated. Adverse effects were evaluated though the activity of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione S-transferase (GST). Clam accumulated MCs (up to 12.7 ± 2.5 μg g-1 dry weight (DW) of free MC and 4.2 ± 0.6 μg g-1 DW of covalently bound MC). Our results suggest that although both toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria caused adverse effects by inducing the detoxification and antioxidant defense system, the clam was quite resistant to cyanotoxins. The estimated MC concentration in C. leana was far beyond the World Health Organization's (WHO) provisional tolerable daily intake (0.04 μg kg-1 day-1), suggesting that consuming clams harvested during cyanobacterial blooms carries a high health risk.
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- Thanh-Luu Pham
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
- Institute of Tropical Biology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Ora-gun, Gunma 374-0193, Japan
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- Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Vietnam National University–Ho Chi Minh City, 6 Quarter, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 29 853 4656; fax: +81 29 853 7198.
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Characterization of Lysis of the Multicellular CyanobacteriumLimnothrix/Pseudanabaenasp. Strain ABRG5-3. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 77:2339-47. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.130409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Miura T, Nishizawa A, Nishizawa T, Asayama M, Takahashi H, Shirai M. Construction of a stepwise gene integration system by transient expression of actinophage R4 integrase in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Mol Genet Genomics 2014; 289:615-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0838-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Quantification of toxigenic Microcystis spp. in freshwaters by quantitative real-time PCR based on the microcystin synthetase A gene. J Microbiol 2013; 51:18-24. [PMID: 23456707 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-013-2354-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A method to estimate the abundance of toxigenic Microcystis in environmental samples by using quantitative real-time PCR was developed and optimized. The basis of this method is the amplification of a highly conserved region of the mcyA gene within the microcystin synthetase gene cluster. Using this method, the average copy number of mcyA gene per cell in toxigenic Microcystis strains was estimated. The molecular markers and method developed in this study can be used to monitor toxigenic strains of Microcystis in Korean freshwaters, in which harmful cyanobacterial blooms are routinely found.
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Pyo D, Yim M, Kim E. A study on the massive cultivation of cyanobacteria and strip analysis of cyanobacterial toxin. ANALYTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.5806/ast.2012.25.6.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hasegawa M, Nishizawa A, Tsuji K, Kimura S, Harada KI. Volatile organic compounds derived from 2-keto-acid decarboxylase in Microcystis aeruginosa. Microbes Environ 2012; 27:525-8. [PMID: 23047148 PMCID: PMC4103566 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me12099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-phenylethanol, were detected together with β-cyclocitral from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843. These alcohols were optimally produced after 35 d of culture, during which nitrate nitrogen in the cultured broth became exhausted. Additionally, these alcohols were definitely produced using the 2-keto-acid decarboxylase (MaKDC) in Microcystis strains. These results suggested that these VOCs from Microcystis are significant for their lifecycle, because these compounds are not produced by any other genus of cyanobacteria. This is the first report of 2-keto-acid decarboxylase producing 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-phenylethanol by an oxygenic photosynthetic microorganism.
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- Masateru Hasegawa
- Graduate School of Environmental and Human Science and Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya, Aichi, 468–8503 Japan.
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Overproduction and easy recovery of target gene products from cyanobacteria, photosynthesizing microorganisms. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 95:683-95. [PMID: 22460589 PMCID: PMC3396340 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3989-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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New cyanobacterial expression vectors, possessing an origin of replication that functions in a broad range of Gram-negative bacteria, were constructed. To inspect the shuttle vectors, the gene gfp was cloned downstream from the expression control element (ECE) originating from the regulatory region of the Microcystis aeruginosa gene psbA2 (for photosystem II D1 protein), and the vectors were introduced into three kinds of cyanobacteria (Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, and Limnothrix/Pseudanabaena sp. ABRG5-3) by conjugation. Multiple copy numbers of the expression vectors (in the range of 14–25 copies per cell) and a high expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) at the RNA/protein level were observed in the cyanobacterial transconjugants. Importantly, GFP was observed in a supernatant from the autolysed transconjugants of ABRG5-3 and easily collected from the supernatant without centrifugation and/or further cell lysis. These results indicate the vectors together with the recombinant cells to be useful for overproducing and recovering target gene products from cyanobacteria.
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Linking chemistry and genetics in the growing cyanobactin natural products family. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 18:508-19. [PMID: 21513887 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 12/31/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ribosomal peptide natural products are ubiquitous, yet relatively few tools exist to predict structures and clone new pathways. Cyanobactin ribosomal peptides are found in ~30% of all cyanobacteria, but the connection between gene sequence and structure was not defined, limiting the rapid identification of new compounds and pathways. Here, we report discovery of four orphan cyanobactin gene clusters by genome mining and an additional pathway by targeted cloning, which represented a tyrosine O-prenylating biosynthetic pathway. Genome mining enabled discovery of five cyanobactins, including peptide natural products from Spirulina supplements. A phylogenetic model defined four cyanobactin genotypes, which explain the synthesis of multiple cyanobactin structural classes and help direct pathway cloning and structure prediction efforts. These strategies were applied to DNA isolated from a mixed cyanobacterial bloom containing cyanobactins.
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Hayashi S, Itoh K, Suyama K. Growth of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis CCAP1405/1 on agar media in the presence of heterotrophic bacteria. Microbes Environ 2011; 26:120-7. [PMID: 21502741 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me10193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis CCAP1405/1 does not grow on common solid media made of agar, agarose HT, noble agar, gelrite and gelatin, although it grows in liquid media with the same components. The inoculation of S. leopoliensis CCAP1405/1 at a high initial cell density allowed it to grow on the agar media, and co-inoculation with one of the heterotrophic bacterial strains belonging to a wide range of phylogeny, showed the same effects even at a low initial cell density of S. leopoliensis CCAP1405/1. The addition of thiosulfate and high concentrations of vitamin B(12), biotin and thiamine also supported growth on solid media, but catalase had no effect. On inorganic solid media, the autotrophic cyanobacterial strain supported the growth of heterotrophic bacteria, suggesting mutual interaction.
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- Shohei Hayashi
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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Nishizawa T, Ueda A, Nakano T, Nishizawa A, Miura T, Asayama M, Fujii K, Harada KI, Shirai M. Characterization of the locus of genes encoding enzymes producing heptadepsipeptide micropeptin in the unicellular cyanobacterium Microcystis. J Biochem 2011; 149:475-85. [PMID: 21212071 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvq150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The gene cluster involved in producing the cyclic heptadepsipeptide micropeptin was cloned from the genome of the unicellular cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa K-139. Sequencing revealed four genes encoding non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) that are highly similar to the gene cluster involved in cyanopeptolins biosynthesis. According to predictions based on the non-ribosomal consensus code, the order of the mcnABCE NPRS modules was well consistent with that of the biosynthetic assembly of cyclic peptides. The biochemical analysis of a McnB(K-139) adenylation domain and the knock-out of mcnC in a micropeptin-producing strain, M. viridis S-70, revealed that the mcn gene clusters were responsible for the production of heptadepsipeptide micropeptins. A detailed comparison of nucleotide sequences also showed that the regions between the mcnC and mcnE genes of M. aeruginosa K-139 retained short stretches of DNA homologous to halogenase genes involved in the synthesis of halogenated cyclic peptides of the cyanopeptolin class including anabaenopeptilides. This suggests that the mcn clusters of M. aeruginosa K-139 have lost the halogenase genes during evolution. Finally, a comparative bioinformatics analysis of the congenial gene cluster for depsipetide biosynthesis suggested the diversification and propagation of the NRPS genes in cyanobacteria.
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- Tomoyasu Nishizawa
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan.
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Noguchi T, Shinohara A, Nishizawa A, Asayama M, Nakano T, Hasegawa M, Harada KI, Nishizawa T, Shirai M. Genetic analysis of the microcystin biosynthesis gene cluster in Microcystis strains from four bodies of eutrophic water in Japan. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2009; 55:111-23. [PMID: 19436128 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.55.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The highly conserved organization of microcystin biosynthesis (mcy) gene clusters, which includes nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) genes, polyketide synthase (PKS) genes, and fused NRPS-PKS genes, has been characterized in the genus Microcystis. In this study, a total of 135 cyanobacterial strains from four different geographical locations in Japan were isolated. Fourteen mcy-possessing (mcy+) strains were identified according to PCR amplification between two genes from domestic mcy+ strains and the mcy gene's organization was classified into five types. Phylogenetic relationships of the 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer region indicated that the five types of mcy gene cluster structure classified into two groups of the genus Microcystis. HPLC of the isolated mcy+ strain containing a partial deletion of mcyI (DeltamcyI) revealed that microcystin production disappeared. A transcriptional analysis of the Delta mcyI-strain and an assay of recombinant McyI dehydrogenase activity showed that McyI is responsible for microcystin biosynthesis. Based on patterns of the PCR amplicons and analyses of nucleotide sequences in the mcy gene cluster of Microcystis, we confirmed the presence of inserts at three specific loci, between mcyA and mcyD, and downstream of mcyC and mcyJ. Our study is the first investigation of the mcy gene cluster structure in the genus Microcystis from environmental samples.
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Park MH, Kim BH, Chung IM, Hwang SJ. Selective bactericidal potential of rice (Oryza sativa L. var. japonica) hull extract on Microcystis strains in comparison with green algae and zooplankton. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2009; 83:97-101. [PMID: 19434356 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9732-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2008] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We examined the selective inhibitory potential of rice hull extract on the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa, in comparison with inhibitory effects on two green algae (Ankistrodesmus convolutus and Scenedesmus quadricauda) and a zooplankton (Daphnia magna) species. The inhibitory effect of rice hull extract, measured by algal growth or zooplankton survival using four different concentrations of extract (1, 10, 100 and 1000 microg L(-1)), was highest on Microcystis strains (average: 98%, range: 95%-99%), followed by D. magna (average: 22%, range: 10%-47%), A. convolutus (average: 20%, range: 16%-24%), and S. quadricauda (average: 8%, range: 0%-15%). Rice hull extract had only a small effect on the growth of the green algae and Daphnia, particularly in the range 1-100 microg L(-1), and the inhibitory effect was somewhat diminished even at the 1,000 microg L(-1) level, at the end of the experimental period, especially for Daphnia. Our study indicates that rice hull extract has a strong specific algicide potential when used to combat M. aeruginosa.
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- Myung-Hwan Park
- Department of Environmental Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
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Nishizawa A, Arshad AB, Nishizawa T, Asayama M, Fujii K, Nakano T, Harada KI, Shirai M. Cloning and characterization of a new hetero-gene cluster of nonribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa K-139. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2007; 53:17-27. [PMID: 17429158 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.53.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Two nonribosomal peptide synthetase genes responsible for the biosynthesis of microcystin and micropeptin in Microcystis aeruginosa K-139 have been identified. A new nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene, psm3, was identified in M. aeruginosa K-139. The gene is a cluster extending 30 kb and comprising 13 bidirectionally transcribed open reading frames arranged in two putative operons. psm3 encodes four adenylation proteins, one polyketide synthase, and several unique proteins, especially Psm3L consisting of halogenase, acyl-CoA binding protein-like protein, and acyl carrier protein. Alignment of the binding pocket of the adenylation domain and an ATP-PPi exchange analysis using a recombinant protein with the adenylation domain of Psm3B showed that Psm3G and Psm3B activate aspartic acid and tyrosine, respectively. Although disruption of psm3 did not reveal the product produced by Psm3, we identified microviridin B and aeruginosin K139 in the cells of M. aeruginosa K-139. The above-mentioned results indicated that M. aeruginosa possesses at least five nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters.
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- Akito Nishizawa
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan
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Nishizawa T, Nishizawa A, Asayama M, Harada KI, Shirai M. Diversity within the Microcystin Biosynthetic Gene Clusters among the Genus Microcystis. Microbes Environ 2007. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Tomoyasu Nishizawa
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
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Takashima Y, Yoshida T, Yoshida M, Shirai Y, Tomaru Y, Takao Y, Hiroishi S, Nagasaki K. Development and Application of Quantitative Detection of Cyanophages Phylogenetically Related to Cyanophage Ma-LMM01 Infecting Microcystis aeruginosa in Fresh Water. Microbes Environ 2007. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University
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- Harmful Algal Bloom Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environments of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency
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- Harmful Algal Bloom Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environments of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency
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- Harmful Algal Bloom Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environments of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency
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- Department of Marine Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University
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- Harmful Algal Bloom Division, National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environments of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency
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Nivsarkar M, Kaushik MP. LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY DETERMINATION AND LC-ESI-MS ANALYSIS OF MICROCYSTIN-LR FROM PCC STRAINS OFMICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2006. [DOI: 10.1081/jlc-120003265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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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- Manisha Nivsarkar
- a Process Technology Development Division , Defense Research & Development Establishment , Jhansi Road, Gwalior, M.P., 474002, India
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- a Process Technology Development Division , Defense Research & Development Establishment , Jhansi Road, Gwalior, M.P., 474002, India
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Takamura Y, Yamada T, Kimoto A, Kanehama N, Tanaka T, Nakadaira S, Yagi O. Growth Inhibition of Microcystis Cyanobacteria by L-Lysine and Disappearance of Natural Microcystis Blooms with Spraying. Microbes Environ 2004. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Yoshichika Takamura
- Department of Bioresources Sciences, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
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- Department of Bioresources Sciences, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
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- Department of Bioresources Sciences, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
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- Department of Bioresources Sciences, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
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- Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory and Power & Industrial Systems, Hitachi Ltd., Tsuchiura Division
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- Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory and Power & Industrial Systems, Hitachi Ltd., Tsuchiura Division
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- Research Center for Water Environment Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
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Agrawal GK, Kato H, Asayama M, Shirai M. An AU-box motif upstream of the SD sequence of light-dependent psbA transcripts confers mRNA instability in darkness in cyanobacteria. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:1835-43. [PMID: 11328866 PMCID: PMC37257 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.9.1835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2001] [Accepted: 03/08/2001] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The psbA2 gene of a unicellular cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa K-81, encodes a D1 protein homolog in the reaction center of photosynthetic Photosystem II. The expression of the psbA2 transcript has been shown to be light-dependent as assessed under light and dark (12/12 h) cycling conditions. We aligned the 5'-untranslated leader regions (UTRs) of psbAs from different photosynthetic organisms and identified a conserved sequence, UAAAUAAA or the 'AU-box', just upstream of the SD sequences. To clarify the role of 5'-upstream cis-elements containing the AU-box for light-dependent expression of psbA2, a series of deletion and point mutations in the region were introduced into the genome of heterologous cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942, and psbA2 expression was examined. A clear pattern of light-dependent expression was observed in recombinant cyanobacteria carrying the K-81 psbA2 -38/+36 region (which includes the minimal promoter element and a light-dependent cis-element with the AU-box), +1 indicating the transcription start site. A constitutive pattern of expression, in which the transcripts remained almost stable under dark conditions, was obtained in cells harboring the -38/+14 region (the minimal element), indicating that the +14/+36 region with the AU-box is important for the observed light-dependent expression. Point mutations analyses within the AU-box also revealed that changes in number, direction and identity (as assayed by adenine/uridine nucleotide substitutions) influenced the light-dependent pattern of expression. The level of psbA2 transcripts increased markedly in CG- or deletion-box mutants in the dark, strongly indicating that the AU- (AT-) box acts as a negative cis-element. Furthermore, characterization of transcript accumulation in cells treated with rifampicin suggests that psbA2 5'-mRNA is unstable in the dark, supporting the view that the light-dependent expression is controlled at the post-transcriptional level. We discuss various mechanisms that may lead to altered mRNA stability such as the binding of factor(s) or ribosomes to the 5'-UTR and possible roles of the AU-box motif and the SD sequence.
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- G K Agrawal
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami 3-21-1, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0332, Japan
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Yuan LU, Jianfan WEN, Tianwen LV. Isolation, Pure Cultivation and Total DNA Extraction of Microcystis aeruginosa Kutz in Dianchi Lake. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.18307/20010314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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The causative agent of rhinosporidiosis is a microscopic round body in polypoidal masses that is believed to be the sporangium of a fungus Rhinosporidium seeberi. But fungal aetiology can not be proved with certainty. Attempts to culture the fungus on various media have also been unsuccessful. In a recent study pond water samples, from water in which patients had been bathing, were analysed and a unicellular prokaryotic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa was isolated. The same cyanobacterium was demonstrated in clinical samples from patients with rhinosporidiosis. Consequent to these findings, attempts were made to culture the causative organism of rhinosporidiosis under conditions that support growth of cyanobacteria. This study describes a simple method for laboratory culture of this organism. Observations based on laser-scanning confocal microscopy, light and electron microscopy confirm that a cyanobacterium, Microcystis sp. is the causative agent of the disease. Rhinosporidiosis is the first human disease to be shown to be caused by a cyanobacterium. The findings have opened the way for development of therapy.
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- K B Ahluwalia
- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Agrawal GK, Asayama M, Shirai M. Light-dependent and rhythmic psbA transcripts in homologous/heterologous cyanobacterial cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 255:47-53. [PMID: 10082653 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The psbA2 gene exhibits light-dependent and rhythmic expression in a unicellular cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa (Synechocystis) K-81. To further understand the psbA2 expression, biological analyses were performed in homologous and heterologous cyanobacterial cells. The results of the experiments using the K-81 cells revealed that (i) the light-dependent expression appeared on transcriptional and/or post-transcriptional level(s) under light/dark cycles, (ii) circadian-rhythmic transcripts were also observed under the control of an endogenous clock. To assess whether light-dependent and rhythmic psbA2 expression occurs in heterologous cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942, the K-81 psbA2 5'-upstream region of which the promoter and its around sequences share with those of PCC 7942 psbAII, was fused to the bacterial lacZ reporter gene, introduced into the genome of PCC 7942 and the psbA2 transcripts were directly investigated by primer extension. The K-81 psbA2 specific transcripts were also light-dependent and rhythmic in PCC 7942, strongly demonstrating that a common regulatory mechanism exists per se for the psbA2 expression in both strains. Furthermore, psbA2 expression in the recombinant PCC 7942 strain, AG400 in which the region from -404 to +111 of psbA2 is fused to lacZ, exhibited clear rhythmicity, while very little or no rhythmicity was observed in AG429 (-38 to +14, the only promoter region), suggesting that the region(s) around the promoter was essentially required for clear rhythmic expression.
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- G K Agrawal
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki, 300-0332, Japan
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Shibato J, Asayama M, Shirai M. Specific recognition of the cyanobacterial psbA promoter by RNA polymerases containing principal sigma factors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1442:296-303. [PMID: 9804976 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(98)00149-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The psbA2 gene of a unicellular cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa K-81, encodes a D1 protein homolog in the reaction center of photosynthetic Photosystem II. To clarify the promoter recognition by a sigma factor of RNA polymerase, in vivo and in vitro analyses were performed for the photosynthetic gene. Although the specific transcript from the psbA2 promoter, whose sequence is of Escherichia coli consensus type, was observed in both cyanobacterium K-81 and E. coli cells, the expression was light-dependent in K-81 whereas it was constitutive in E. coli under the conditions of light and darkness (L/D). The specific psbA2-dependent transcripts were also detected in vitro by RNA polymerases containing the principal sigma factors, E. coli sigma70 and K-81 sigmaA1 (constitutively exists in K-81 grown under L/D cycles). Furthermore, a series of promoter fragments were constructed to confirm minimal cis elements for the in vitro psbA2 transcription. A -80 to +6 or -38 to +46 region, the sequences of which consisted of a core promoter (-38 to +6), was identified as the potential minimal cis element using the RNA polymerase fraction (*EsigmaA1) containing sigmaA1 partially purified from K-81. These results suggest that the psbA2 transcription with the minimal sequence was induced by the RNA polymerase (EsigmaA1) containing the principal sigma factor, sigmaA1, under both light and dark conditions in K-81.
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- J Shibato
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0332, Japan
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Mittenbühler K, Loleit M, Baier W, Fischer B, Sedelmeier E, Jung G, Winkelmann G, Jacobi C, Weckesser J, Erhard MH, Hofmann A, Bessler W, Hoffmann P. Drug specific antibodies: T-cell epitope-lipopeptide conjugates are potent adjuvants for small antigens in vivo and in vitro. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1997; 19:277-87. [PMID: 9439766 DOI: 10.1016/s0192-0561(97)00069-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To generate conventional or monoclonal antibodies for the serological detection of drugs, antibiotics, toxins and other low molecular mass substances, a suitable and effective adjuvant is needed. Lipopeptides derived from a major component of the bacterial cell wall constitute potent nontoxic and nonpyrogenic immunoadjuvants when mixed with conventional antigens. Here we demonstrate that the synthetic lipopeptide N-palmitoyl-S-[2,3-bis(palmitoyloxy)-(2R,S)-propyl]-(R)-cysteinyl- serine (P3CS) coupled to a Th-cell epitope (P3CS-Th) can efficiently enhance the specific immune response against low molecular weight compounds in different species. In the presence of the synthetic lipopeptide P3CS-Th, the peptides which are per se non-immunogenic stimulated a specific humoral immune response in mice after intraperitoneal application. Mixtures containing adjuvants without the Th sequence showed no significant antibody induction. A marked enhancement of the humoral immune response was obtained with the low molecular mass antigens Iturin AL, Herbicolin A and Microcystin (MLR) coupled to poly-l-lysin (MLR-PLL), in rabbits and in chickens. Lipopeptide-Th cell epitope conjugates also constituted adjuvants for the in vitro immunization of either human mononuclear cells or mouse B-cells with MLR-PLL; after fusion of the immunized cultures with the heteromyeloma cell lines CB-F7 or the mouse myeloma cell line SP 2/0, respectively, we observed a significantly increased yield of antibody secreting hybridomas.
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- K Mittenbühler
- Institut für Immunbiologie der Universität, Freiburg, Germany
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Asayama M, Suzuki A, Nozawa S, Yamada A, Tanaka K, Takahashi H, Aida T, Shirai M. A new sigma factor homolog in a cyanobacterium: cloning, sequencing, and light-responsive transcripts of rpoD2 from Microcystis aeruginosa K-81. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1351:31-6. [PMID: 9116041 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(97)00019-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We isolated an rpoD2 gene encoding the potential sigma factor of RNA polymerase from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa K-81, which can perform photosynthesis. The deduced amino acid sequence of RpoD2 (sigmaA2) exhibits extensive homology to other eubacterial RpoD proteins. This gene possessed multiple 5'-end transcripts, expressed specifically under light (P(L)), dark (P(D)), or constitutively light/dark (P(C)) conditions during exponential cell growth.
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- M Asayama
- Division of Biotechnology, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Japan
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Agrawal GK, Asayama M, Shirai M. A novel bend of DNA CIT: changeable bending-center sites of an intrinsic curvature under temperature conditions. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 147:139-45. [PMID: 9037772 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We found a novel DNA curvature, which has changeable bending-center sites of an intrinsic curvature under temperature conditions (CIT) in the cyanobacterium strain Microcystis aeruginosa K-81. Circular permutation analyses (CPA) for CIT under different temperature conditions (4-50 degrees C) revealed that the changeable bending-center sites are located in the 5'-upstream region (-141 to -184) of the psbA2 gene, encoding the D1 protein homolog for photosynthesis. The nucleotide sequence around the bending center contains several dT (deoxy thymine) tracts, which seem to be a pivotal determinant for CIT.
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- G K Agrawal
- Division of Biotechnology, Ibaraki University, Japan
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Asayama M, Tanaka K, Takahashi H, Sato A, Aida T, Shirai M. Cloning, sequencing and characterization of the gene encoding a principal sigma factor homolog from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa K-81. Gene 1996; 181:213-7. [PMID: 8973333 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00517-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We cloned and sequenced the rpoD1 gene of Microcystis aeruginosa K-81, a unicellular colony-forming cyanobacterium that can perform photosynthesis involving light-responsive gene expression. The deduced amino acid sequence of RpoD1 exhibited extensive homology to the other eubacterial principal sigma factors. Primer extension and Western blot analyses revealed that the rpoD1 gene, which encodes a principle sigma factor homolog, had two transcription start points, P1 and P2. These transcripts, and the corresponding protein, constitutively appeared in M. aeruginosa, irrespective of light or dark conditions.
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- M Asayama
- Division of Biotechnology, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
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Harada K, Murata H, Qiang Z, Suzuki M, Kondo F. Mass spectrometric screening method for microcystins in cyanobacteria. Toxicon 1996; 34:701-10. [PMID: 8817814 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00163-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A screening method for microcystins in cyanobacteria, which consists of the formation of 3-methoxy-2-methyl-4-phenylbutyric acid as an oxidation product of microcystins by ozonolysis, and detection of 3-methoxy-2-methyl-4-phenylbutyric acid by thermospray-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry or electron ionization-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry using selected ion monitoring, was developed. The ozonolysis made it possible to significantly reduce the formation times of 3-methoxy-2-methyl-4-phenylbutyric acid because the previously required extraction, clean-up and other procedures could be entirely eliminated. The resulting intact 2-methyl-4-phenylbutyric acid was directly analyzed by thermospray-liquid or electron ionization-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and the procedures from ozonolysis to analysis of microcystins at the pmole levels were performed within only 30 min. The calibration curves obtained by thermospray-liquid or electron ionization-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis showed a linear relationship from 14 to 830 pmole and from 2.5 to 100 pmole of microcystin-LR, respectively. The method was applied to the detection and determination of the total amount of microcystins in bloom and cultured samples, showing that it provided a means of not only screening for microcystins but of their accurate quantitation.
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- K Harada
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Asayama M, Kabasawa M, Takahashi I, Aida T, Shirai M. Highly repetitive sequences and characteristics of genomic DNA in unicellular cyanobacterial strains. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 137:175-81. [PMID: 8998982 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Microcystis aeruginosa (Synechocystis) is a unicellular cyanobacterium that performs oxygenic photosynthesis. We found two novel sets of repetitive sequences, A (REP-A) and B (REP-B), on the M. aeruginosa K-81 genomic DNA, which consisted of distinct motifs of tandem repeated sequences located in the up- and downstream regions of the orf1 structural gene, respectively. Genomic Southern hybridization revealed multicopies of REP-A and -B on the genome. Furthermore, genomic Southern blots of cyanobacteria species with the REP-A and -B probes revealed that different hybridization signals appeared on the genomic DNAs of all 12 Microcystis strains, but no signal appeared on those of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942, and Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
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- M Asayama
- Division of Biotechnology, School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan
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Rao PV, Bhattacharya R, Gupta SD. Isolation, culture, and toxicity of the cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) Microcystis aeruginosa from a freshwater source in India. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 1994; 52:878-885. [PMID: 8019082 DOI: 10.1007/bf00200697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- P V Rao
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India
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Swain N, Rath B, Adhikary SP. Growth response of the cyanobacteriumMicrocystis aeruginosa to herbicides and pesticides. J Basic Microbiol 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620340311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A method employing nutrient saturated glass fiber filters allowed the isolation of the same numbers of cyanobacteria from freshwater as were obtained with medium solidified with agar, while providing a 2- to 15-fold reduction in the number of accompanying heterotrophic bacteria. Imipenem, a broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic which inhibits peptidoglycan biosynthesis, was superior to some other β-lactam antibiotics for reducing the numbers of heterotrophic bacterial contaminants associated with freshly isolated cyanobacteria to a level which facilitated the production of axenic cyanobacterial cultures.
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- M J Ferris
- Department of Fermentation Microbiology, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065
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