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Wang Z, Guo F, Mao Y, Xia Y, Zhang T. Metabolic characteristics of a glycogen-accumulating organism in Defluviicoccus cluster II revealed by comparative genomics. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2014; 68:716-728. [PMID: 24889288 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0440-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs) may compete with phosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) for short-chain fatty acids (VFAs) in anaerobic polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) synthesis, but no consequently aerobic polyphosphate accumulation in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process, thus deteriorating the EBPR process. They are detected frequently in the deteriorated EBPR process, but their metabolisms are still far from our comprehensions for there is seldom pure culture. In this study, a nearly complete draft genome of a GAOs in Defluviicoccus cluster II, GAO-HK, is recruited from the metagenome of activated sludge in a full-scale industrial anoxic/aerobic wastewater plant. Comparative genomics reveal similar metabolisms of PHA and glycogen in GAOs of GAO-HK, Defluviicoccus tetraformis TFO71 (TFO71) and Competibacter phosphatis clade IIA (CPIIA), and PAOs of Accumulibacter clade IIA UW-1 (UW-1) and Tetrasphaera elongata Lp2 (Lp2). Although there are similar gene cassettes related with polyphosphate metabolism in these GAOs and PAOs, especially for Defluviicoccus-relative bacteria and UW-1, ppk1 in GAOs are diverse from those in the identified PAOs, implying the difference of polyphosphate metabolism in GAOs and PAOs. Additionally, genes related to the dissimilatory denitrification are absent in TFO71 and GAO-HK, implying that additional nitrate or nitrite may favor PAOs over Defluviicoccus-relative GAOs. Therefore, PAOs suffering from competition of Defluviicoccus-relative GAOs might be rescued with the additional nitrate/nitrite, which is important to improve the stability of EBPR processes.
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- Zhiping Wang
- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Chang Z, Lu M, Shon KJ, Park JS. Functional expression of Carassius auratus cytochrome P4501A in a novel Shewanella oneidensis expression system and application for the degradation of benzo[a]pyrene. J Biotechnol 2014; 179:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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Effects of biocides and other metal removal fluid constituents on Mycobacterium immunogenum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:2057-61. [PMID: 19201985 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02406-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cells of Mycobacterium immunogenum are significantly more resistant to biocides and antimicrobial compounds used for disinfection of metal removal fluids (MRFs) than cells of the gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes. To ensure accurate measurement of M. immunogenum susceptibility, a biocide inactivation step must be included to prevent an overestimation of killing for short-term exposures. Cell suspensions in 5% MRF for 30 min rather than direct plating following biocide exposure increased the killing of M. immunogenum cells, suggesting a heretofore undiscovered interaction between MRF components and biocides. Biocide killing was reduced at high M. immunogenum cell densities (>10(6)/ml). Among the chemicals tested, only Synergex Premier, Preventol CMK, and dicyclohexylamine killed greater than 90% of M. immunogenum cells in 6 h. M. immunogenum cells adhered to and grew rapidly on glass, copper, and galvanized surfaces, forming biofilms of 10(6) cells/cm(2) within 2 weeks and suggesting it is likely that the majority of M. immunogenum cells in MRF systems are on surfaces. M. immunogenum cells grown on surfaces in biofilms were three- to 100-fold more resistant to the biocides Synergex Premier and Preventol CMK than cells grown in suspension, compounding the problem of eradication of M. immunogenum cells from MRF systems.
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Kim YH, Kang I, Bergeron H, Lau PCK, Engesser KH, Kim SJ. Physiological, biochemical, and genetic characterization of an alicyclic amine-degrading Mycobacterium sp. strain THO100 isolated from a morpholine-containing culture of activated sewage sludge. Arch Microbiol 2006; 186:425-34. [PMID: 16912859 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0157-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Revised: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mycobacterium sp. strain THO100 was isolated from a morpholine-containing culture of activated sewage sludge. This strain was able to utilize pyrrolidine, morpholine, piperidine, piperazine, and 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine as the sole sources of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. The degradation pathway of pyrrolidine as the best substrate for cellular growth was proposed based on the assays of substrate-induced cytochrome P450 and constitutive enzyme activities toward 4-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and succinic semialdehyde (SSA). Its 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence (16S rDNA) was identical to that of Mycobacterium tokaiense ATCC 27282(T). The morABC genes responsible for alicyclic amine degradation were nearly identical among different species of Mycobacteria. Remarkably, repetitive sequences at the intergenic spacer (IGS) region between morC and orf1' were detected by comparison of the nearly identical mor gene cluster regions. Considering the strain activity for alicyclic amine degradation, the deleted 65-bp DNA segment did not significantly alter the open reading frames, and the expression and functions of the P450(mor) system remained unaltered. In addition, we found a spontaneous deletion of P450(mor) from another strain HE5 containing the archetypal mor gene cluster, which indicated a possible occurrence of DNA recombination to rearrange the DNA.
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- Yong-Hak Kim
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Shinrim, Kwanak, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kim YH, Kang UB, Konishi K, Lee C. Rhodococcus sp. strain TM1 plays a synergistic role in the degradation of piperidine by Mycobacterium sp. strain THO100. Arch Microbiol 2006; 186:183-93. [PMID: 16832627 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0132-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2006] [Revised: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 06/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mycobacterium sp. strain THO100 and Rhodococcus sp. strain TM1 were isolated from a morpholine-containing enrichment culture of activated sewage sludge. Strain THO100, but not strain TM1, was able to degrade alicyclic amines such as morpholine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine. The mixed strains THO100 and TM1 showed a better growth on piperidine as the substrate than the pure strain THO100 because strain TM1 was able to reduce the level of glutaraldehyde (GA) produced during piperidine degradation. GA was toxic to strain THO100 (IC(50) = 28.3 microM) but less toxic to strain TM1 (IC(50) = 215 microM). Strain THO100 possessed constitutive semialdehyde dehydrogenases, namely Sad1 and Sad2, whose activities toward succinic semialdehyde (SSA) were strongly inhibited by GA. The two isozymes were identified as catalase-peroxidase (KatG = Sad1) and semialdehyde dehydrogenase (Sad2) based on mass spectrometric analyses of tryptic peptides and database searches of the partial DNA sequences of their genes. In contrast, strain TM1 containing another constitutive enzyme Gad1 could oxidize both SSA and GA. This study suggested that strain TM1 possessing Gad1 played a synergistic role in reducing the toxic and inhibitory effects of GA produced in the degradation of piperidine by strain THO100.
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- Yong-Hak Kim
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Shinrim, Kwanak, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea.
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Sielaff B, Andreesen JR. Analysis of the nearly identical morpholine monooxygenase-encoding mor genes from different Mycobacterium strains and characterization of the specific NADH : ferredoxin oxidoreductase of this cytochrome P450 system. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2005; 151:2593-2603. [PMID: 16079338 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28039-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cloning and sequencing of the morABC operon region revealed the genes encoding the three components of a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, which is required for the degradation of the N-heterocycle morpholine by Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5. The cytochrome P450 (P450(mor)) and the Fe(3)S(4) ferredoxin (Fd(mor)), encoded by morA and morB, respectively, have been characterized previously, whereas no evidence has hitherto been obtained for a specifically morpholine-induced reductase, which would be required to support the activity of the P450(mor) system. Analysis of the mor operon has now revealed the gene morC, encoding the ferredoxin reductase of this morpholine monooxygenase. The genes morA, morB and morC were identical to the corresponding genes from Mycobacterium sp. strain RP1. Almost identical mor genes in Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum PCP-1, in addition to an inducible cytochrome P450, pointing to horizontal gene transfer, were now identified. No evidence for a circular or linear plasmid was found in Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5. Analysis of the downstream sequences of morC revealed differences in this gene region between Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5 and Mycobacterium sp. strain RP1 on the one hand, and M. chlorophenolicum on the other hand, indicating insertions or deletions after recombination. Downstream of the mor genes, the gene orf1', encoding a putative glutamine synthetase, was identified in all studied strains. The gene morC of Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5 was heterologously expressed. The purified recombinant protein FdR(mor) was characterized as a monomeric 44 kDa protein, being a strictly NADH-dependent, FAD-containing reductase. The K(m) values of FdR(mor) for the substrate NADH (37.7 +/- 4.1 microM) and the artificial electron acceptors potassium ferricyanide (14.2 +/- 1.1 microM) and cytochrome c (28.0 +/- 3.6 microM) were measured. FdR(mor) was shown to interact functionally with its natural redox partner, the Fe(3)S(4) protein Fd(mor), and with the Fe(2)S(2) protein adrenodoxin, albeit with a much lower efficiency, but not with spinach ferredoxin. In contrast, adrenodoxin reductase, the natural redox partner of adrenodoxin, could not use Fd(mor) in activity assays. These results indicated that FdR(mor) can utilize different ferredoxins, but that Fd(mor) requires the specific NADH : ferredoxin oxidoreductase FdR(mor) from the P450(mor) system for efficient catalytic function.
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- Bernhard Sielaff
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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Sielaff B, Andreesen JR. Kinetic and binding studies with purified recombinant proteins ferredoxin reductase, ferredoxin and cytochrome P450 comprising the morpholine mono-oxygenase from Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5. FEBS J 2005; 272:1148-59. [PMID: 15720389 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The P450mor system from Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5, supposed to catalyse the hydroxylation of different N-heterocycles, is composed of three components: ferredoxin reductase (FdRmor), Fe3S4 ferredoxin (Fdmor) and cytochrome P450 (P450mor). In this study, we purified Fdmor and P450mor as recombinant proteins as well as FdRmor, which has been isolated previously. Kinetic investigations of the redox couple FdRmor/Fdmor revealed a 30-fold preference for the NADH-dependent reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) and an absolute requirement for Fdmor in this reaction, compared with the NADH-dependent reduction of cytochrome c. The quite low Km (5.3 +/- 0.3 nm) of FdRmor for Fdmor, measured with NBT as the electron acceptor, indicated high specificity. The addition of sequences providing His-tags to the N- or C-terminus of Fdmor did not significantly alter kinetic parameters, but led to competitive background activities of these fusion proteins. Production of P450mor as an N-terminal His-tag fusion protein enabled the purification of this protein in its spectral active form, which has previously not been possible for wild-type P450mor. The proposed substrates morpholine, piperidine or pyrrolidine failed to produce substrate-binding spectra of P450mor under any conditions. Pyridine, metyrapone and different azole compounds generated type II binding spectra and the Kd values determined for these substances suggested that P450mor might have a preference for more bulky and/or hydrophobic molecules. The purified recombinant proteins FdRmor, Fdmor and P450mor were used to reconstitute the homologous P450-containing mono-oxygenase, which was shown to convert morpholine.
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- Bernhard Sielaff
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Germany
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El Sebai T, Lagacherie B, Soulas G, Martin-Laurent F. Isolation and characterisation of an isoproturon-mineralising Methylopila sp. TES from French agricultural soil. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004; 239:103-10. [PMID: 15451107 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2004] [Revised: 08/16/2004] [Accepted: 08/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Using enrichment culture three isoproturon (IPU) mineralising bacterial isolates were isolated from a French agricultural soil mineralising up to 50% of the initially added 14C-ring labelled IPU within only eight days. These isolates showed similar metabolic (BIOLOG GN) and amplified rDNA restriction (ARDRA) profiles. Partial 16S rDNA sequencing revealed that they were identical and identified as Methylopila sp TES. This strain harbours a large plasmid (220 kb) putatively bearing essential IPU-degrading genes as demonstrated by a curing experiment. Methylopila sp. TES transformed IPU and its known metabolites to CO2 and biomass but did not degrade chlorotoluron, monolinuron, diuron and linuron.
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- Talaat El Sebai
- CMSE, UMR 1229 INRA/Université de Bourgogne, Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols, 17 Rue Sully, BP 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France
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Trigui M, Pulvin S, Truffaut N, Thomas D, Poupin P. Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequencing and expression of genes encoding a cytochrome P450 system involved in secondary amine utilization in Mycobacterium sp. strain RP1. Res Microbiol 2004; 155:1-9. [PMID: 14759702 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2003.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2003] [Accepted: 09/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mycobacterium sp. strain RP1 degrades morpholine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine and is able to use these compounds as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. Cytochrome P450 (MorA) is involved in the biodegradation of these secondary amines. A 3.9-PstI genomic DNA fragment, containing the gene encoding MorA, was cloned and sequenced. Four open reading frames were detected on this DNA fragment. The first encoded a cytochrome P450 designated as MorA which was the second member of the CYP151 family and was named CYP151A2. The second open reading frame (morB) featured a [3Fe-4S] type of ferredoxin. A third gene (morC), exhibiting sequence identity to known reductases, and a fourth truncated gene encoding a putative glutamine reductase (orf1' ), were found downstream of morB. Recombinant MorA cytochrome P450 was purified to homogeneity from Escherichia coli. The purified enzyme was a monomeric soluble protein with an apparent Mr of about 45,000. CYP151A2 catalyzed the ring cleavage of the secondary amines and the Vmax/KMapp values indicated that pyrrolidine is the preferred substrate for this monooxygenase.
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- Mohamed Trigui
- Laboratoire de Technologie Enzymatique, MR 6022 CNRS, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne, France
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Devers M, Soulas G, Martin-Laurent F. Real-time reverse transcription PCR analysis of expression of atrazine catabolism genes in two bacterial strains isolated from soil. J Microbiol Methods 2004; 56:3-15. [PMID: 14706746 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The level of expression of highly conserved, plasmid-borne, and widely dispersed atrazine catabolic genes (atz) was studied by RT-qPCR in two telluric atrazine-degrading microbes. RT-qPCR assays, based on the use of real-time PCR, were developed in order to quantify atzABCDEF mRNAs in Pseudomonas sp. ADP and atzABC mRNAs in Chelatobacter heintzii. atz gene expression was expressed as mRNA copy number per 10(6) 16S rRNA. In Pseudomonas sp. ADP, atz genes were basally expressed. It confirmed atrazine-degrading kinetics indicating that catabolic activity starts immediately after adding the herbicide. atz gene expression increased transitorily in response to atrazine treatment. This increase was only observed while low amount of atrazine remained in the medium. In C. heintzii, only atzA was basally expressed. atzA and atzB expression levels were similarly and significantly increased in response to atrazine treatment. atzC was not expressed even in the presence of high amounts of atrazine. This study showed that atz genes are basally expressed and up-regulated in response to atrazine treatment. atz gene expression patterns are different in Pseudomonas ADP and C. heintzii suggesting that the host may influence the expression of plasmid-borne atrazine-catabolic potential.
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- Marion Devers
- INRA-CMSE, UMR 1229 INRA-Université de Bourgogne, Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon Cedex, France
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Falkinham JO. Mycobacterial aerosols and respiratory disease. Emerg Infect Dis 2003. [PMID: 12890314 PMCID: PMC3023421 DOI: 10.3201/eid0907.02-0415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Environmental opportunistic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium avium, M. terrae, and the new species M. immunogenum, have been implicated in outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis or respiratory problems in a wide variety of settings. One common feature of the outbreaks has been exposure to aerosols. Aerosols have been generated from metalworking fluid during machining and grinding operations as well as from indoor swimming pools, hot tubs, and water-damaged buildings. Environmental opportunistic mycobacteria are present in drinking water, resistant to disinfection, able to provoke inflammatory reactions, and readily aerosolized. In all outbreaks, the water sources of the aerosols were disinfected. Disinfection may select for the predominance and growth of mycobacteria. Therefore, mycobacteria may be responsible, in part, for many outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other respiratory problems in the workplace and home.
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- Joseph O. Falkinham
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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Environmental opportunistic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium avium, M. terrae, and the new species M. immunogenum, have been implicated in outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis or respiratory problems in a wide variety of settings. One common feature of the outbreaks has been exposure to aerosols. Aerosols have been generated from metalworking fluid during machining and grinding operations as well as from indoor swimming pools, hot tubs, and water-damaged buildings. Environmental opportunistic mycobacteria are present in drinking water, resistant to disinfection, able to provoke inflammatory reactions, and readily aerosolized. In all outbreaks, the water sources of the aerosols were disinfected. Disinfection may select for the predominance and growth of mycobacteria. Therefore, mycobacteria may be responsible, in part, for many outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other respiratory problems in the workplace and home.
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- Joseph O Falkinham
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
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Haroune N, Combourieu B, Besse P, Sancelme M, Reemtsma T, Kloepfer A, Diab A, Knapp JS, Baumberg S, Delort AM. Benzothiazole degradation by Rhodococcus pyridinovorans strain PA: evidence of a catechol 1,2-dioxygenase activity. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:6114-20. [PMID: 12450835 PMCID: PMC134439 DOI: 10.1128/aem.68.12.6114-6120.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2002] [Accepted: 09/09/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The pathway for biodegradation of benzothiazole (BT) and 2-hydroxybenzothiazole (OBT) by Rhodococcus pyridinovorans strain PA was studied in detail. The kinetics of biodegradation were monitored by in situ (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in parallel with reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Successive oxidations from BT to OBT and then from OBT to dihydroxybenzothiazole were observed. Further insight was obtained by using a mutant strain with impaired ability to grow on BT and OBT. The precise structure of another intermediate was determined by in situ two-dimensional (1)H-(13)C NMR and HPLC-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; this intermediate was found to be a ring-opening product (a diacid structure). Detection of this metabolite, together with the results obtained by (1)H and (19)F NMR when cells were incubated with 3-fluorocatechol, demonstrated that a catechol 1,2-dioxygenase is involved in a pathway for biodegradation of BTs in this Rhodococcus strain. Our results show that catechol 1,2-dioxygenase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activities may both be involved in the biodegradation of BTs depending on the culture conditions.
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- Nicolas Haroune
- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, UMR 6504 CNRS-Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France
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Pollmann K, Kaschabek S, Wray V, Reineke W, Pieper DH. Metabolism of dichloromethylcatechols as central intermediates in the degradation of dichlorotoluenes by Ralstonia sp. strain PS12. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:5261-74. [PMID: 12218011 PMCID: PMC135362 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.19.5261-5274.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ralstonia sp. strain PS12 is able to use 2,4-, 2,5-, and 3,4-dichlorotoluene as growth substrates. Dichloromethylcatechols are central intermediates that are formed by TecA tetrachlorobenzene dioxygenase-mediated activation at two adjacent unsubstituted carbon atoms followed by TecB chlorobenzene dihydrodiol dehydrogenase-catalyzed rearomatization and then are channeled into a chlorocatechol ortho cleavage pathway involving a chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase, chloromuconate cycloisomerase, and dienelactone hydrolase. However, completely different metabolic routes were observed for the three dichloromethylcatechols analyzed. Whereas 3,4-dichloro-6-methylcatechol is quantitatively transformed into one dienelactone (5-chloro-2-methyldienelactone) and thus is degraded via a linear pathway, 3,5-dichloro-2-methylmuconate formed from 4,6-dichloro-3-methylcatechol is subject to both 1,4- and 3,6-cycloisomerization and thus is degraded via a branched metabolic route. 3,6-Dichloro-4-methylcatechol, on the first view, is transformed predominantly into one (2-chloro-3-methyl-trans-) dienelactone. In situ (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance analysis revealed the intermediate formation of 2,5-dichloro-4-methylmuconolactone, showing that both 1,4- and 3,6-cycloisomerization occur with this muconate and indicating a degradation of the muconolactone via a reversible cycloisomerization reaction and the dienelactone-forming branch of the pathway. Diastereomeric mixtures of two dichloromethylmuconolactones were prepared chemically to proof such a hypothesis. Chloromuconate cycloisomerase transformed 3,5-dichloro-2-methylmuconolactone into a mixture of 2-chloro-5-methyl-cis- and 3-chloro-2-methyldienelactone, affording evidence for a metabolic route of 3,5-dichloro-2-methylmuconolactone via 3,5-dichloro-2-methylmuconate into 2-chloro-5-methyl-cis-dienelactone. 2,5-Dichloro-3-methylmuconolactone was transformed nearly exclusively into 2-chloro-3-methyl-trans-dienelactone.
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- Katrin Pollmann
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, GBF-German Research Center for Biotechnology, D-38124 Braunschweig. Chemical Microbiology, Bergische University, Wuppertal, Germany
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Besse P, Combourieu B, Boyse G, Sancelme M, De Wever H, Delort AM. Long-range (1)H-(15)N heteronuclear shift correlation at natural abundance: a tool to study benzothiazole biodegradation by two rhodococcus strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:1412-7. [PMID: 11282584 PMCID: PMC92748 DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.4.1412-1417.2001] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The biodegradation of benzothiazole and 2-hydroxybenzothiazole by two strains of Rhodococcus was monitored by reversed phase high-pressure liquid chromatography and by (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Both xenobiotics were biotransformed into a hydroxylated derivative of 2-hydroxybenzothiazole by these two strains. The chemical structure of this metabolite was determined by a new NMR methodology: long-range (1)H-(15)N heteronuclear shift correlation without any previous (15)N enrichment of the compound. This powerful NMR tool allowed us to assign the metabolite structure to 2,6-dihydroxybenzothiazole.
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- P Besse
- Laboratoire de Synthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, UMR 6504 du CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France
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Monitoring biocatalysed reactions and metabolic pathways using NMR spectroscopy is of growing interest. As a non-invasive analytical method providing simultaneous information about intracellular and extracellular constituents, it is superior to other analytical techniques and has a wide range of applications: kinetics and stoichiometrics of metabolic events, metabolic fluxes and enzyme activities can be detected in situ or after taking a sample from the biotransformation mixture. New NMR pulse sequences provide even more valuable experiments in these fields. Research topics range from the monitoring of polymer formation to fermentations producing beverages or antibiotics. Routine monitoring of industrial fermentations by NMR seems to be imminent.
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- H Weber
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University Graz, Stremayrgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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Combourieu B, Besse P, Sancelme M, Godin JP, Monteil A, Veschambre H, Delort AM. Common degradative pathways of morpholine, thiomorpholine, and piperidine by Mycobacterium aurum MO1: evidence from (1)H-nuclear magnetic resonance and ionspray mass spectrometry performed directly on the incubation medium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:3187-93. [PMID: 10919768 PMCID: PMC92132 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.8.3187-3193.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In order to see if the biodegradative pathways for morpholine and thiomorpholine during degradation by Mycobacterium aurum MO1 could be generalized to other heterocyclic compounds, the degradation of piperidine by this strain was investigated by performing (1)H-nuclear magnetic resonance directly with the incubation medium. Ionspray mass spectrometry, performed without purification of the samples, was also used to confirm the structure of some metabolites during morpholine and thiomorpholine degradation. The results obtained with these two techniques suggested a general pathway for degradation of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds by M. aurum MO1. The first step of the degradative pathway is cleavage of the C---N bond; this leads formation of an intermediary amino acid, which is followed by deamination and oxidation of this amino acid into a diacid. Except in the case of thiodiglycolate obtained from thiomorpholine degradation, the dicarboxylates are completely mineralized by the bacterial cells. A comparison with previously published data showed that this pathway could be a general pathway for degradation by other strains of members of the genus Mycobacterium.
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- B Combourieu
- Laboratoire de Synthèse, Electrosynthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, UMR 6504 CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière Cedex, France
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Schräder T, Schuffenhauer G, Sielaff B, Andreesen JR. High morpholine degradation rates and formation of cytochrome P450 during growth on different cyclic amines by newly isolated Mycobacterium sp. strain HE5. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2000; 146 ( Pt 5):1091-1098. [PMID: 10832636 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-5-1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Using morpholine as sole source of carbon, nitrogen and energy, strain HE5 (DSM 44238) was isolated from forest soil. The isolated strain was identified as a member of the subgroup of fast-growing Mycobacterium species as revealed by 16S rDNA analysis. An identity of 99.4% was obtained to Mycobacterium gilvum; however, the type strain was unable to utilize morpholine. A maximal growth rate of 0.17 h(-1) was observed at a morpholine concentration of 30 mM, 30 degrees C and pH 7.2. The substrate was tolerated at concentrations up to 100 mM. Besides morpholine, the strain utilized pyrrolidine, piperidine and proposed intermediates in morpholine metabolism such as glycolate, glyoxylate and ethanolamine. Degradation of morpholine, piperidine and pyrrolidine by resting or permeabilized cells was strictly dependent on the presence of oxygen. Addition of the cytochrome-P450-specific inhibitor metyrapone to the growth medium resulted in a significantly decreased growth rate if these cyclic amines were used as a substrate. Carbon monoxide difference spectra of crude extracts from cells grown on these substrates compared to spectra obtained for extracts of succinate-grown cells indicated that cytochrome P450 is specifically expressed during growth on the cyclic amines. These data indicated that a cytochrome-P450-dependent monooxygenase is involved in the degradation of the three cyclic amines.
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- Thomas Schräder
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, D-06099 Halle, Germany1
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, D-06099 Halle, Germany1
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, D-06099 Halle, Germany1
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, D-06099 Halle, Germany1
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Besse P, Combourieu B, Poupin P, Sancelme M, Truffaut N, Veschambre H, Delort A. Degradation of morpholine and thiomorpholine by an environmental Mycobacterium involves a cytochrome P450. Direct evidence of intermediates by in situ NMR. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1177(98)00019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Poupin P, Truffaut N, Combourieu B, Besse P, Sancelme M, Veschambre H, Delort AM. Degradation of morpholine by an environmental Mycobacterium strain involves a cytochrome P-450. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:159-65. [PMID: 9435074 PMCID: PMC124687 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.159-165.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A Mycobacterium strain (RP1) was isolated from a contaminated activated sludge collected in a wastewater treatment unit of a chemical plant. It was capable of utilizing morpholine and other heterocyclic compounds, such as pyrrolidine and piperidine, as the sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. The use of in situ 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy allowed the determination of two intermediates in the biodegradative pathway, 2-(2-aminoethoxy)acetate and glycolate. The inhibitory effects of metyrapone on the degradative abilities of strain RP1 indicated the involvement of a cytochrome P-450 in the biodegradation of morpholine. This observation was confirmed by spectrophotometric analysis and 1H NMR. Reduced cell extracts from morpholine-grown cultures, but not succinate-grown cultures, gave rise to a carbon monoxide difference spectrum with a peak near 450 nm, which indicated the presence of a soluble cytochrome P-450. 1H NMR allowed the direct analysis of the incubation medium containing metyrapone, a specific inhibitor of cytochrome P-450. The inhibition of morpholine degradation was dependent on the morpholine/metyrapone ratio. The heme-containing monooxygenase was also detected in pyrrolidine- and piperidine-grown cultures. The abilities of different compounds to support strain growth or the induction of a soluble cytochrome P-450 were assayed. The results suggest that this enzyme catalyzes the cleavage of the C-N bond of the morpholine ring.
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- P Poupin
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
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