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Alowaifeer AM, Wang Q, Bothner B, Sibert RJ, Joye SB, McDermott TR. Aerobic methane synthesis and dynamics in a river water environment. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 2023; 68:1762-1774. [PMID: 37928964 PMCID: PMC10624334 DOI: 10.1002/lno.12383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Reports of aerobic biogenic methane (CH 4 ) have generated new views about CH 4 sources in nature. We examine this phenomenon in the free-flowing Yellowstone river wherein CH 4 concentrations were tracked as a function of environmental conditions, phototrophic microorganisms (using chlorophyll a , Chl a , as proxy), as well as targeted methylated amines known to be associated with this process. CH 4 was positively correlated with temperature and Chl a , although diurnal measurements showed CH 4 concentrations were greatest during the night and lowest during maximal solar irradiation. CH 4 efflux from the river surface was greater in quiescent edge waters (71-94 μmol m-2 d) than from open flowing current (~ 57 μmol m-2 d). Attempts to increase flux by disturbing the benthic environment in the quiescent water directly below (~ 1.0 m deep) or at varying distances (0-5 m) upstream of the flux chamber failed to increase surface flux. Glycine betaine (GB), dimethylamine and methylamine (MMA) were observed throughout the summer-long study, increasing during a period coinciding with a marked decline in Chl a , suggesting a lytic event led to their release; however, this did not correspond to increased CH 4 concentrations. Spiking river water with GB or MMA yielded significantly greater CH 4 than nonspiked controls, illustrating the metabolic potential of the river microbiome. In summary, this study provides evidence that: (1) phototrophic microorganisms are involved in CH 4 synthesis in a river environment; (2) the river microbiome possesses the metabolic potential to convert methylated amines to CH 4 ; and (3) river CH 4 concentrations are dynamic diurnally as well as during the summer active months.
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- Abdullah M. Alowaifeer
- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Marine Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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Malla MA, Dubey A, Yadav S, Kumar A, Hashem A, Abd Allah EF. Understanding and Designing the Strategies for the Microbe-Mediated Remediation of Environmental Contaminants Using Omics Approaches. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1132. [PMID: 29915565 PMCID: PMC5994547 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Rapid industrialization and population explosion has resulted in the generation and dumping of various contaminants into the environment. These harmful compounds deteriorate the human health as well as the surrounding environments. Current research aims to harness and enhance the natural ability of different microbes to metabolize these toxic compounds. Microbial-mediated bioremediation offers great potential to reinstate the contaminated environments in an ecologically acceptable approach. However, the lack of the knowledge regarding the factors controlling and regulating the growth, metabolism, and dynamics of diverse microbial communities in the contaminated environments often limits its execution. In recent years the importance of advanced tools such as genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and fluxomics has increased to design the strategies to treat these contaminants in ecofriendly manner. Previously researchers has largely focused on the environmental remediation using single omics-approach, however the present review specifically addresses the integrative role of the multi-omics approaches in microbial-mediated bioremediation. Additionally, we discussed how the multi-omics approaches help to comprehend and explore the structural and functional aspects of the microbial consortia in response to the different environmental pollutants and presented some success stories by using these approaches.
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- Muneer A Malla
- Department of Zoology, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India
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- Metagenomics and Secretomics Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India
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- Department of Zoology, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India
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- Metagenomics and Secretomics Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Boddu RS, Divakar K. Metagenomic Insights into Environmental Microbiome and Their Application in Food/Pharmaceutical Industry. Microb Biotechnol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7140-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Bajar S, Singh A, Kaushik CP, Kaushik A. Statistical assessment of dumpsite soil suitability to enhance methane bio-oxidation under interactive influence of substrates and temperature. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 63:188-195. [PMID: 28063834 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Biocovers are considered as the most effective and efficient way to treat methane (CH4) emission from dumpsites and landfills. Active methanotrophs in the biocovers play a crucial role in reduction of emissions through microbiological methane oxidation. Several factors affecting methane bio-oxidation (MOX) have been well documented, however, their interactive effect on the oxidation process needs to be explored. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to investigate the suitability of a dumpsite soil to be employed as biocover, under the influence of substrate concentrations (CH4 and O2) and temperature at variable incubation periods. Statistical design matrix of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) revealed that MOX rate up to 69.58μgCH4g-1dwh-1 could be achieved under optimum conditions. MOX was found to be more dependent on CH4 concentration at higher level (30-40%, v/v), in comparison to O2 concentration. However, unlike other studies MOX was found in direct proportionality relationship with temperature within a range of 25-35°C. The results obtained with the dumpsite soil biocover open up a new possibility to provide improved, sustained and environmental friendly systems to control even high CH4 emissions from the waste sector.
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- Somvir Bajar
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana 125001, India; Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana 123029, India.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana 125001, India; Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir 180011, India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana 125001, India; Amity School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Amity Education Valley, Gurugram, Haryana 122413, India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana 125001, India; University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka, New Delhi 110075, India
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Vigneron A, Bishop A, Alsop EB, Hull K, Rhodes I, Hendricks R, Head IM, Tsesmetzis N. Microbial and Isotopic Evidence for Methane Cycling in Hydrocarbon-Containing Groundwater from the Pennsylvania Region. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:593. [PMID: 28424678 PMCID: PMC5380731 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Pennsylvania region hosts numerous oil and gas reservoirs and the presence of hydrocarbons in groundwater has been locally observed. However, these methane-containing freshwater ecosystems remain poorly explored despite their potential importance in the carbon cycle. Methane isotope analysis and analysis of low molecular weight hydrocarbon gases from 18 water wells indicated that active methane cycling may be occurring in methane-containing groundwater from the Pennsylvania region. Consistent with this observation, multigenic qPCR and gene sequencing (16S rRNA genes, mcrA, and pmoA genes) indicated abundant populations of methanogens, ANME-2d (average of 1.54 × 104mcrA gene per milliliter of water) and bacteria associated with methane oxidation (NC10, aerobic methanotrophs, methylotrophs; average of 2.52 × 103pmoA gene per milliliter of water). Methane cycling therefore likely represents an important process in these hydrocarbon-containing aquifers. The microbial taxa and functional genes identified and geochemical data suggested that (i) methane present is at least in part due to methanogens identified in situ; (ii) Potential for aerobic and anaerobic methane oxidation is important in groundwater with the presence of lineages associated with both anaerobic an aerobic methanotrophy; (iii) the dominant methane oxidation process (aerobic or anaerobic) can vary according to prevailing conditions (oxic or anoxic) in the aquifers; (iv) the methane cycle is closely associated with the nitrogen cycle in groundwater methane seeps with methane and/or methanol oxidation coupled to denitrification or nitrate and nitrite reduction.
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- Adrien Vigneron
- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, UK.,Biodomain, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.Houston, TX, USA
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- Biodomain, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.Houston, TX, USA
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- Biodomain, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.Houston, TX, USA.,DOE Joint Genome InstituteWalnut Creek, CA, USA
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- Biodomain, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.Houston, TX, USA
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biodomain, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.Houston, TX, USA
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Wang JG, Xia F, Zeleke J, Zou B, Rhee SK, Quan ZX. An improved protocol with a highly degenerate primer targeting copper-containing membrane-bound monooxygenase genes for community analysis of methane- and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 93:fiw244. [PMID: 27940646 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The copper-containing membrane-bound monooxygenase (CuMMO) family comprises key enzymes for methane or ammonia oxidation: particulate methane monooxygenase (PMMO) and ammonia monooxygenase (AMO). To comprehensively amplify CuMMO genes, a two-step PCR strategy was developed using a newly designed tagged highly degenerate primer (THDP; degeneracy = 4608). Designated THDP-PCR, the technique consists of primary CuMMO gene-specific PCR followed by secondary PCR with a tag as a single primer. No significant bias in THDP-PCR amplification was found using various combinations of template mixtures of pmoA and amoA genes, which encode key subunits of the pMMO and AMO enzymes, respectively, from different microbes. THDP-PCR was successfully applied to nine different environmental samples and revealed relatively high contents of complete ammonia oxidation (Comammox)-related bacteria and a novel group of the CuMMO family. The levels of freshwater cluster methanotrophs obtained by THDP-PCR were much higher than those obtained by conventional methanotroph-specific PCR. The THDP-PCR strategy developed in this study can be extended to other functional gene-based community analyses, particularly when the target gene sequences lack regions of high consensus for primer design.
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- Jian-Gong Wang
- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Cantera S, Lebrero R, García-Encina PA, Muñoz R. Evaluation of the influence of methane and copper concentration and methane mass transport on the community structure and biodegradation kinetics of methanotrophic cultures. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2016; 171:11-20. [PMID: 26866670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The environmental conditions during culture enrichment, which ultimately determine its maximum specific biodegradation rate (qmax) and affinity for the target pollutant (Ks), play a key role in the performance of bioreactors devoted to the treatment of methane emissions. This study assessed the influence of Cu(2+) and CH4 concentration and the effective CH4 supply rate during culture enrichment on the structure and biodegradation kinetics of methanotrophic communities. The results obtained demonstrated that an increase in Cu(2+) concentration from 0.05 to 25 μM increased the qmax and Ks of the communities enriched by a factor of ≈ 3, even if the Cu(2+) concentration did not seem to have an effect on the enzymatic "copper switch" and only pMMO was detected. In addition, high Cu(2+) concentrations supported lower diversity coefficients (Hs ≈ 1.5× lower) and apparently promoted the growth of more adapted methanotrophs such as Methylomonas. Despite no clear effect of CH4 concentration on the population structure or on the biodegradation kinetics of the communities enriched was recorded at the two low CH4 concentrations studied (1 and 8%), a higher agitation rate increased the qmax by a factor of ≈ 2.3 and Ks by a factor of ≈ 3.1.
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- Sara Cantera
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011, Valladolid, Spain.
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A transcription and translation-coupled DNA replication system using rolling-circle replication. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10404. [PMID: 26013404 PMCID: PMC4445062 DOI: 10.1038/srep10404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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All living organisms have a genome replication system in which genomic DNA is replicated by a DNA polymerase translated from mRNA transcribed from the genome. The artificial reconstitution of this genome replication system is a great challenge in in vitro synthetic biology. In this study, we attempted to construct a transcription- and translation-coupled DNA replication (TTcDR) system using circular genomic DNA encoding phi29 DNA polymerase and a reconstituted transcription and translation system. In this system, phi29 DNA polymerase was translated from the genome and replicated the genome in a rolling-circle manner. When using a traditional translation system composition, almost no DNA replication was observed, because the tRNA and nucleoside triphosphates included in the translation system significantly inhibited DNA replication. To minimize these inhibitory effects, we optimized the composition of the TTcDR system and improved replication by approximately 100-fold. Using our system, genomic DNA was replicated up to 10 times in 12 hours at 30 °C. This system provides a step toward the in vitro construction of an artificial genome replication system, which is a prerequisite for the construction of an artificial cell.
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Sow SLS, Khoo G, Chong LK, Smith TJ, Harrison PL, Ong HKA. Molecular diversity of the methanotrophic bacteria communities associated with disused tin-mining ponds in Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 30:2645-53. [PMID: 24929362 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-014-1687-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In a previous study, notable differences of several physicochemical properties, as well as the community structure of ammonia oxidizing bacteria as judged by 16S rRNA gene analysis, were observed among several disused tin-mining ponds located in the town of Kampar, Malaysia. These variations were associated with the presence of aquatic vegetation as well as past secondary activities that occurred at the ponds. Here, methane oxidizing bacteria (MOB), which are direct participants in the nutrient cycles of aquatic environments and biological indicators of environmental variations, have been characterised via analysis of pmoA functional genes in the same environments. The MOB communities associated with disused tin-mining ponds that were exposed to varying secondary activities were examined in comparison to those in ponds that were left to nature. Comparing the sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the pmoA clone libraries at the different ponds (idle, lotus-cultivated and post-aquaculture), we found pmoA genes indicating the presence of type I and type II MOB at all study sites, but type Ib sequences affiliated with the Methylococcus/Methylocaldum lineage were most ubiquitous (46.7 % of clones). Based on rarefaction analysis and diversity indices, the disused mining pond with lotus culture was observed to harbor the highest richness of MOB. However, varying secondary activity or sample type did not show a strong variation in community patterns as compared to the ammonia oxidizers in our previous study.
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- S L S Sow
- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, Kampar, 31900, Perak, Malaysia
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Aerobic degradation of trichloroethylene by co-metabolism using phenol and gasoline as growth substrates. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:9134-48. [PMID: 24857922 PMCID: PMC4057779 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15059134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a common groundwater contaminant of toxic and carcinogenic concern. Aerobic co-metabolic processes are the predominant pathways for TCE complete degradation. In this study, Pseudomonas fluorescens was studied as the active microorganism to degrade TCE under aerobic condition by co-metabolic degradation using phenol and gasoline as growth substrates. Operating conditions influencing TCE degradation efficiency were optimized. TCE co-metabolic degradation rate reached the maximum of 80% under the optimized conditions of degradation time of 3 days, initial OD600 of microorganism culture of 0.14 (1.26 × 107 cell/mL), initial phenol concentration of 100 mg/L, initial TCE concentration of 0.1 mg/L, pH of 6.0, and salinity of 0.1%. The modified transformation capacity and transformation yield were 20 μg (TCE)/mg (biomass) and 5.1 μg (TCE)/mg (phenol), respectively. Addition of nutrient broth promoted TCE degradation with phenol as growth substrate. It was revealed that catechol 1,2-dioxygenase played an important role in TCE co-metabolism. The dechlorination of TCE was complete, and less chlorinated products were not detected at the end of the experiment. TCE could also be co-metabolized in the presence of gasoline; however, the degradation rate was not high (28%). When phenol was introduced into the system of TCE and gasoline, TCE and gasoline could be removed at substantial rates (up to 59% and 69%, respectively). This study provides a promising approach for the removal of combined pollution of TCE and gasoline.
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Molecular diversity of the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria community in disused tin-mining ponds located within Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 30:757-66. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1506-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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An anion-exchange method to concentrate dissolved DNA from aquifer water. J Microbiol Methods 2013; 93:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lavalleur HJ, Colwell FS. Microbial characterization of basalt formation waters targeted for geological carbon sequestration. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2013; 85:62-73. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Heather J. Lavalleur
- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; Oregon State University; Corvallis; OR; USA
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- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; Oregon State University; Corvallis; OR; USA
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Shukla AK, Upadhyay SN, Dubey SK. Current trends in trichloroethylene biodegradation: a review. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2012; 34:101-14. [PMID: 23057686 DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.727080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Over the past few years biodegradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) using different microorganisms has been investigated by several researchers. In this review article, an attempt has been made to present a critical summary of the recent results related to two major processes--reductive dechlorination and aerobic co-metabolism used for TCE biodegradation. It has been shown that mainly Clostridium sp. DC-1, KYT-1, Dehalobacter, Dehalococcoides, Desulfuromonas, Desulfitobacterium, Propionibacterium sp. HK-1, and Sulfurospirillum bacterial communities are responsible for the reductive dechlorination of TCE. Efficacy of bacterial communities like Nitrosomonas, Pseudomonas, Rhodococcus, and Xanthobacter sp. etc. for TCE biodegradation under aerobic conditions has also been examined. Mixed cultures of diazotrophs and methanotrophs have been used for TCE degradation in batch and continuous cultures (biofilter) under aerobic conditions. In addition, some fungi (Trametes versicolor, Phanerochaete chrysosporium ME-446) and Actinomycetes have also been used for aerobic biodegradation of TCE. The available information on kinetics of biofiltration of TCE and its degradation end-products such as CO2 are discussed along with the available results on the diversity of bacterial community obtained using molecular biological approaches. It has emerged that there is a need to use metabolic engineering and molecular biological tools more intensively to improve the robustness of TCE degrading microbial species and assess their diversity.
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- Awadhesh Kumar Shukla
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi , India and
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Systems biology approach to bioremediation. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2012; 23:483-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2011] [Revised: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Liang SH, Liu JK, Lee KH, Kuo YC, Kao CM. Use of specific gene analysis to assess the effectiveness of surfactant-enhanced trichloroethylene cometabolism. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 198:323-330. [PMID: 22071259 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2011] [Revised: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of in situ bioremediation of trichloroethylene (TCE)-contaminated groundwater using specific gene analyses under the following conditions: (1) pretreatment with biodegradable surfactants [Simple Green™ (SG) and soya lecithin (SL)] to enhance TCE desorption and dissolution, and (2) supplementation with SG, SL, and cane molasses as primary substrates to enhance the aerobic cometabolism of TCE. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), and nucleotide sequence analysis were applied to monitor the variations in specific activity-dependent enzymes and dominant microorganisms. Results show that TCE-degrading enzymes, including toluene monooxygenase, toluene dioxygenase, and phenol monooxygenase, were identified from sediment samples collected from a TCE-spill site. Results from the microcosm study show that addition of SG, SL, or cane molasses can enhance the aerobic cometabolism of TCE. The TCE degradation rates were highest in microcosms with added SL, the second highest in microcosms containing SG, and lowest in microcosms containing cane molasses. This indicates that SG and SL can serve as TCE dissolution agents and act as primary substrates for indigenous microorganisms. Four dominant microorganisms (Rhodobacter sp., Methyloversatilis sp., Beta proteobacterium sp., and Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava) observed in microcosms might be able to produce TCE-degrading enzymes for TCE cometabolic processes.
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- S H Liang
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
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Nakai R, Abe T, Takeyama H, Naganuma T. Metagenomic analysis of 0.2-μm-passable microorganisms in deep-sea hydrothermal fluid. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 13:900-908. [PMID: 21279410 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9351-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We pyrosequenced the bulk DNA extracted from microorganisms that passed through 0.2-μm-pore-size filters and trapped by 0.1-μm-pore-size filters in the hydrothermal fluid of the Mariana Trough. Using the 454-FLX sequencer, we generated 202,648 sequences with an average length of 173.8 bases. Functional profiles were assigned by the SEED Annotation Engine. In the metagenome of the 0.2-μm-passable microorganisms, genes related to membrane function, including potassium homeostasis classified as membrane transport, and multidrug-resistance efflux pumps classified as virulence, were dominant. There was a higher proportion of genes pertinent to the subsystem of membrane transport in our metagenomic library than in other oceanic and hydrothermal vent metagenomes. Genes associated with a RND-type efflux transporter for exogenous substances were specifically identified in the present study. After a comparative analysis with the genome of the known ultramicrobacterium Sphingopyxis alaskensis RB2256, we discovered 1,542 cases of significant hits (E < 1 × 10(-2)) in our metagenome, and 1,172 of those were related to the DNA repair protein RadA. In this way, the microbial functional profile of 0.2-μm-passable fraction in the present study differs from oceanic metagenomes in the 0.2-μm-trapped fractions and hydrothermal vent metagenomes reported in previous research.
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- Ryosuke Nakai
- Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan
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Proteomic and targeted qPCR analyses of subsurface microbial communities for presence of methane monooxygenase. Biodegradation 2011; 22:1045-59. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-011-9462-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Responses of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial and archaeal populations to organic nitrogen amendments in low-nutrient groundwater. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:2517-23. [PMID: 20190081 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02436-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To evaluate the potential for organic nitrogen addition to stimulate the in situ growth of ammonia oxidizers during a field scale bioremediation trial, samples collected from the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer in Idaho before, during, and after the addition of molasses and urea were subjected to PCR analysis of ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) genes. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA) were present in all of the samples tested, with AOA amoA genes outnumbering AOB amoA genes in all of the samples. Following urea addition, nitrate levels rose and bacterial amoA copy numbers increased dramatically, suggesting that urea hydrolysis stimulated nitrification. Bacterial amoA diversity was limited to two Nitrosomonas phylotypes, whereas archaeal amoA analyses revealed 20 distinct operational taxonomic units, including several that were markedly different from all previously reported sequences. Results from this study demonstrate the likelihood of stimulating ammonia-oxidizing communities during field scale manipulation of groundwater conditions to promote urea hydrolysis.
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Deng H, Li XF, Cheng WD, Zhu YG. Resistance and resilience of Cu-polluted soil after Cu perturbation, tested by a wide range of soil microbial parameters. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 70:137-48. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Bodelier PLE, Kamst M, Meima-Franke M, Stralis-Pavese N, Bodrossy L. Whole-community genome amplification (WCGA) leads to compositional bias in methane-oxidizing communities as assessed by pmoA-based microarray analyses and QPCR. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2009; 1:434-441. [PMID: 23765897 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Whole-genome amplification (WGA) using multiple displacement amplification (MDA) has recently been introduced to the field of environmental microbiology. The amplification of single-cell genomes or whole-community metagenomes decreases the minimum amount of DNA needed for subsequent molecular community analyses. The resolution of profiling methods of environmental microbial communities will increase substantially by the use of the whole-community genome amplification (WCGA) procedure, assuming that the original community composition is not affected qualitatively as well as quantitatively. The present study aims to test if WCGA introduces a bias when applied to aerobic proteobacterial methanotrophic communities. For this, first, we subjected samples from freshwater lake sediment to WCGA, and amplified using primers targeting the pmoA gene coding for the α-subunit of the methane monooxygenase enzyme. Second, we analysed community composition using a diagnostic microarray and quantitative PCR (QPCR) assays. These methods clearly demonstrated that the WCGA amplification introduced a bias. Thus, numbers of γ-proteobacterial methanotrophs ('type Ia') increased significantly while the α-proteobacterial methanotrophs ('type II') were not amplified by the WCGA procedure. It is hypothesized that this bias is caused by the differences in GC content, which may compromise the efficiency of the MDA reaction.
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- Paul L E Bodelier
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Centre for Limnology, Department of Microbial Wetland Ecology, Rijksstraatweg 6, 3631 AC, Nieuwersluis, the Netherlands. Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for health and the public environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Austrian Research Centers, Department of Bioresources, Seibersdorf, Austria. University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria
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Shukla AK, Vishwakarma P, Upadhyay SN, Tripathi AK, Prasana HC, Dubey SK. Biodegradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) by methanotrophic community. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2009; 100:2469-2474. [PMID: 19157866 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Revised: 12/10/2008] [Accepted: 12/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Laboratory incubation experiments were carried out to assess the potential of methanotrophic culture for degrading TCE. Measurements of the growth rate and TCE degradation showed that the methanotrophs not only grew in presence of TCE but also degraded TCE. The rate of TCE degradation was found to be 0.19 ppm h(-1). The reverse transcriptase-PCR test was conducted to quantify expression of pmoA and mmoX genes. RT-PCR revealed expression of pmoA gene only. This observation provides evidence that the pmoA gene was functionally active for pMMO enzyme during the study. The diversity of the methanotrophs involved in TCE degradation was assessed by PCR amplification, cloning, restriction fragment length polymorphism and phylogenetic analysis of pmoA genes. Results suggested the occurrence of nine different phylotypes belonging to Type II methanotrophs in the enriched cultures. Out of the nine, five clustered with, genera Methylocystis and rest got clustered in to a separate group.
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- Awadhesh K Shukla
- Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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Stenuit B, Eyers L, Schuler L, George I, Agathos SN. Molecular Tools for Monitoring and Validating Bioremediation. SOIL BIOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89621-0_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Stenuit B, Eyers L, Schuler L, Agathos SN, George I. Emerging high-throughput approaches to analyze bioremediation of sites contaminated with hazardous and/or recalcitrant wastes. Biotechnol Adv 2008; 26:561-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Chen Y, Dumont MG, Neufeld JD, Bodrossy L, Stralis-Pavese N, McNamara NP, Ostle N, Briones MJI, Murrell JC. Revealing the uncultivated majority: combining DNA stable-isotope probing, multiple displacement amplification and metagenomic analyses of uncultivated Methylocystis in acidic peatlands. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:2609-22. [PMID: 18631364 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01683.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Peatlands represent an enormous carbon reservoir and have a potential impact on the global climate because of the active methanogenesis and methanotrophy in these soils. Uncultivated methanotrophs from seven European peatlands were studied using a combination of molecular methods. Screening for methanotroph diversity using a particulate methane monooxygenase-based diagnostic gene array revealed that Methylocystis-related species were dominant in six of the seven peatlands studied. The abundance and methane oxidation activity of Methylocystis spp. were further confirmed by DNA stable-isotope probing analysis of a sample taken from the Moor House peatland (England). After ultracentrifugation, (13)C-labelled DNA, containing genomic DNA of these Methylocystis spp., was separated from (12)C DNA and subjected to multiple displacement amplification (MDA) to generate sufficient DNA for the preparation of a fosmid metagenomic library. Potential bias of MDA was detected by fingerprint analysis of 16S rRNA using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis for low-template amplification (0.01 ng template). Sufficient template (1-5 ng) was used in MDA to circumvent this bias and chimeric artefacts were minimized by using an enzymatic treatment of MDA-generated DNA with S1 nuclease and DNA polymerase I. Screening of the metagenomic library revealed one fosmid containing methanol dehydrogenase and two fosmids containing 16S rRNA genes from these Methylocystis-related species as well as one fosmid containing a 16S rRNA gene related to that of Methylocella/Methylocapsa. Sequencing of the 14 kb methanol dehydrogenase-containing fosmid allowed the assembly of a gene cluster encoding polypeptides involved in bacterial methanol utilization (mxaFJGIRSAC). This combination of DNA stable-isotope probing, MDA and metagenomics provided access to genomic information of a relatively large DNA fragment of these thus far uncultivated, predominant and active methanotrophs in peatland soil.
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- Yin Chen
- Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Lee MH, Clingenpeel SC, Leiser OP, Wymore RA, Sorenson KS, Watwood ME. Activity-dependent labeling of oxygenase enzymes in a trichloroethene-contaminated groundwater site. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2008; 153:238-46. [PMID: 17904715 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2006] [Revised: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A variety of naturally occurring bacteria produce enzymes that cometabolically degrade trichloroethene (TCE), including organisms with aerobic oxygenases. Groundwater contaminated with TCE was collected from the aerobic region of the Test Area North site of the Idaho National Laboratory. Samples were evaluated with enzyme activity probes, and resulted in measurable detection of toluene oxygenase activity (6-79% of the total microbial cells). Wells from both inside and outside contaminated plume showed activity. Toluene oxygenase-specific PCR primers determined that toluene-degrading genes were present in all groundwater samples evaluated. In addition, bacterial isolates were obtained and possessed toluene oxygenase enzymes, demonstrated activity, and were dominated by the phylotype Pseudomonas. This study demonstrated, through the use of enzymatic probes and oxygenase gene identification, that indigenous microorganisms at a contaminated site were cometabolically active. Documentation such as this can be used to substantiate observations of natural attenuation of TCE-contaminated groundwater plumes.
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- M Hope Lee
- Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA.
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Basile LA, Erijman L. Quantitative assessment of phenol hydroxylase diversity in bioreactors using a functional gene analysis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 78:863-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1351-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2007] [Revised: 12/25/2007] [Accepted: 01/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phylogenetic and functional gene analysis of the bacterial and archaeal communities associated with the surface microlayer of an estuary. ISME JOURNAL 2008; 2:776-89. [PMID: 18356822 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The surface microlayer (SML) is the thin biogenic film found at the surface of a water body. The SML is poorly understood but has been shown to be important in biogeochemical cycling and sea-air gas exchange. We sampled the SML of the Blyth estuary at two sites (salinities 21 and 31 psu) using 47 mm polycarbonate membranes. DNA was extracted from the SML and corresponding subsurface water (0.4 m depth) and microbial (bacteria and archaea) community analysis was performed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rRNA gene PCR amplicons. The diversity of bacterial functional genes that encode enzyme subunits for methane monooxygenase (pmoA and mmoX) and carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (coxL) was assessed using PCR, clone library construction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Methanotroph genes were present only in low copy numbers and pmoA was detected only in subsurface samples. Diversity of mmoX genes was low and most of the clone sequences detected were similar to those of mmoX from Methylomonas spp. Interestingly, some sequences detected in the SML were different from those detected in the subsurface. RFLP analysis of coxL clone libraries indicated a high diversity of carbon monoxide (CO)-utilizing bacteria in the estuary. The habitats of the closely related coxL sequences suggest that CO-utilizing bacteria in the estuary are recruited from both marine and freshwater/terrestrial inputs. In contrast, methanotroph recruitment appears to occur solely from freshwater input into the estuary.
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Weiss JV, Cozzarelli IM. Biodegradation in contaminated aquifers: incorporating microbial/molecular methods. GROUND WATER 2008; 46:305-322. [PMID: 18194318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00409.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In order to evaluate natural attenuation in contaminated aquifers, there has been a recent recognition that a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating microbial and molecular methods, is required. Observed decreases in contaminant mass and identified footprints of biogeochemical reactions are often used as evidence of intrinsic bioremediation, but characterizing the structure and function of the microbial populations at contaminated sites is needed. In this paper, we review the experimental approaches and microbial methods that are available as tools to evaluate the controls on microbially mediated degradation processes in contaminated aquifers. We discuss the emerging technologies used in biogeochemical studies and present a synthesis of recent studies that serve as models of integrating microbiological approaches with more traditional geochemical and hydrogeologic approaches in order to address important biogeochemical questions about contaminant fate.
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- Johanna V Weiss
- Biotechnology Program, Northern Virginia Community College, Manassas, VA 20109, USA
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Kaneko R, Hayashi T, Tanahashi M, Naganuma T. Phylogenetic diversity and distribution of dissimilatory sulfite reductase genes from deep-sea sediment cores. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2007; 9:429-36. [PMID: 17497195 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-007-9003-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2006] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The diversity and distribution of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) was investigated in the Nankai Trough sediments of off-central Japan by exploring the diversity of a functional gene, dissimilatory sulfite reductase (dsrAB). Bulk DNAs were extracted from five piston-cored samples (up to 4.5 m long) with 41 vertical sections, and full-length dsrABgene sequences (ca. 1.9 kb) were PCR amplified and cloned. A total of 382 dsrAB clones yielded eight phylogenetic groups with an indigenous group forming a unique dsrAB lineage. The deltaproteobacterial dsrAB genes were found in almost all sediment samples, especially in the surface layer. One unique dsrAB clone group was also widespread in the dsrAB profiles of the studied sediments, and the percentage of its clones was generally shown gradual increase with sediment depth.
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- Ryo Kaneko
- Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan
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Rastogi G, Ranade DR, Yeole TY, Gupta AK, Patole MS, Shouche YS. Novel methanotroph diversity evidenced by molecular characterization of particulate methane monooxygenase A (pmoA) genes in a biogas reactor. Microbiol Res 2007; 164:536-44. [PMID: 17601713 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2007.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2007] [Revised: 04/22/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present study for the first time investigated the diversity of methanotrophs in a biogas reactor running on cattle dung by sequence analysis of the "functional" gene, particulate methane monooxygenase A (pmoA). Community structure was determined by operational taxonomic unit (OTU) phylogenetic analyses of 396 clones belonging to pmoA library. On the basis of 95% peptide identity, 396 inferred PmoA peptide sequences were clustered in 22 phylotypes. These OTUS were phylogenetically affiliated to alpha-proteobacteria (5.30% clones) and gamma-proteobacteria (94.7% clones) and were only distantly related to those of known methanotrophs, indicating the existence of unknown methanotrophs involved in aerobic methanotrophy inside the biogas plant. Good's coverage indicated that the present library covered 96.21% of the dominant species that could be cloned from the biogas reactor. The molecular approaches used in this study provided useful description of the microbial community involved in aerobic oxidation of methane.
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- Gurdeep Rastogi
- Molecular Biology Unit, National Center for Cell Science, Pune, India
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Rahalkar M, Schink B. Comparison of aerobic methanotrophic communities in littoral and profundal sediments of Lake Constance by a molecular approach. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:4389-94. [PMID: 17483263 PMCID: PMC1932771 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02602-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Analysis of pmoA and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries of methanotrophic bacteria in Lake Constance revealed an overall dominance of type I methanotrophs in both littoral and profundal sediments. The sediments exhibited minor differences in their methanotrophic community structures. Type X methanotrophs made up a significant part of the clone libraries only in the profundal sediment and were also found only there as a prominent peak by T-RFLP analyses.
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- Monali Rahalkar
- LS Mikrobielle Okologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Fach M 654, Konstanz, Germany
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Kalyuzhnaya MG, Zabinsky R, Bowerman S, Baker DR, Lidstrom ME, Chistoserdova L. Fluorescence in situ hybridization-flow cytometry-cell sorting-based method for separation and enrichment of type I and type II methanotroph populations. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:4293-301. [PMID: 16751544 PMCID: PMC1489643 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00161-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A fluorescence in situ hybridization-flow cytometry (FISH/FC)-based method was optimized using artificial mixtures of pure cultures of methanotrophic bacteria. Traditional oligonucleotide probes targeting 16S rRNAs of type I (MG84/705 probe) and type II (MA450 probe) methanotrophs were labeled with fluorescein or Alexa fluor and used for FISH, followed by fluorescence-activated FC analysis and cell sorting (FACS). The method resulted in efficient separation of target cells (type I or type II methanotrophs) from the artificial mixtures. The method was then applied for detection and enrichment of type I and type II methanotroph populations from a natural sample, Lake Washington sediment. Cells were extracted from the sediment, fixed, and subjected to FISH/FC/FACS. The resulting subpopulations were analyzed by reverse transcriptase PCR surveys of 16S rRNA, pmoA (encoding a subunit of particulate methane monooxygenase), and fae (encoding formaldehyde-activating enzyme) genes. The functional gene analysis indicated specific separation of the type I and type II methanotroph populations. 16S rRNA gene analysis revealed that type I methanotrophs comprised 59% of the subpopulation separated using the type I-specific probe and that type II methanotrophs comprised 47.5% of the subpopulation separated using the type II-specific probe. Our data indicate that the FISH/FC/FACS protocol described can provide significant enrichment of microbial populations of interest from complex natural communities and that these can be used for genetic tests. We further tested the possibility of direct whole-genome amplification (WGA) from limited numbers of sorted cells, using artificial mixtures of microbes whose genome sequences are known. We demonstrated that efficient WGA can be achieved using 10(4) or more cells separated by 16S rRNA-specific FISH/FC/FACS, while fewer cells resulted in less specific WGA.
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- Marina G Kalyuzhnaya
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Yokouchi H, Fukuoka Y, Mukoyama D, Calugay R, Takeyama H, Matsunaga T. Whole-metagenome amplification of a microbial community associated with scleractinian coral by multiple displacement amplification using phi29 polymerase. Environ Microbiol 2006; 8:1155-63. [PMID: 16817924 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Limitations in obtaining sufficient specimens and difficulties in extracting high quality DNA from environmental samples have impeded understanding of the structure of microbial communities. In this study, multiple displacement amplification (MDA) using phi29 polymerase was applied to overcome these hindrances. Optimization of the reaction conditions for amplification of the bacterial genome and evaluation of the MDA product were performed using cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. An 8-h MDA reaction yielded a sufficient quantity of DNA from an initial amount of 0.4 ng, which is equivalent to approximately 10(5) cells. Uniform amplification of genes randomly selected from the cyanobacterial genome was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. The metagenome from bacteria associated with scleractinian corals was used for whole-genome amplification using phi29 polymerase to analyse the microbial diversity. Unidentified bacteria with less than 93% identity to the closest 16S rDNA sequences deposited in DNA Data Bank of Japan were predominantly detected from the coral-associated bacterial community before and after the MDA procedures. Sequencing analysis indicated that alpha-Proteobacteria was the dominant group in Pocillopora damicornis. This study demonstrates that MDA techniques are efficient for genome wide investigation to understand the actual microbial diversity in limited bacterial samples.
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- Hiroko Yokouchi
- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Bussmann I, Rahalkar M, Schink B. Cultivation of methanotrophic bacteria in opposing gradients of methane and oxygen. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2006; 56:331-44. [PMID: 16689866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00076.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In sediments, methane-oxidizing bacteria live in opposing gradients of methane and oxygen. In such a gradient system, the fluxes of methane and oxygen are controlled by diffusion and consumption rates, and the rate-limiting substrate is maintained at a minimum concentration at the layer of consumption. Opposing gradients of methane and oxygen were mimicked in a specific cultivation set-up in which growth of methanotrophic bacteria occurred as a sharp band at either c. 5 or 20 mm below the air-exposed end. Two new strains of methanotrophic bacteria were isolated with this system. One isolate, strain LC 1, belonged to the Methylomonas genus (type I methantroph) and contained soluble methane mono-oxygenase. Another isolate, strain LC 2, was related to the Methylobacter group (type I methantroph), as determined by 16S rRNA gene and pmoA sequence similarities. However, the partial pmoA sequence was only 86% related to cultured Methylobacter species. This strain accumulated significant amounts of formaldehyde in conventional cultivation with methane and oxygen, which may explain why it is preferentially enriched in a gradient cultivation system.
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- Ingeborg Bussmann
- LS Mikrobielle Okologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
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Lovmar L, Syvänen AC. Multiple displacement amplification to create a long-lasting source of DNA for genetic studies. Hum Mutat 2006; 27:603-14. [PMID: 16786504 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In many situations there may not be sufficient DNA collected from patient or population cohorts to meet the requirements of genome-wide analysis of SNPs, genomic copy number polymorphisms, or acquired copy number alternations. When the amount of available DNA for genotype analysis is limited, high performance whole-genome amplification (WGA) represents a new development in genetic analysis. It is especially useful for analysis of DNA extracted from stored histology slides, tissue samples, buccal swabs, or blood stains collected on filter paper. The multiple displacement amplification (MDA) method, which relies on isothermal amplification using the DNA polymerase of the bacteriophage phi29, is a recently developed technique for high performance WGA. This review addresses new trends in the technical performance of MDA and its applications to genetic analyses. The main challenge of WGA methods is to obtain balanced and faithful replication of all chromosomal regions without the loss of or preferential amplification of any genomic loci or allele. In multiple comparisons to other WGA methods, MDA appears to be most reliable for genotyping, with the most favorable call rates, best genomic coverage, and lowest amplification bias.
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- Lovisa Lovmar
- Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Carson EC, Lippard SJ. Synthesis, characterization, and preliminary oxygenation studies of benzyl- and ethyl-substituted pyridine ligands of carboxylate-rich diiron(II) complexes. Inorg Chem 2006; 45:828-36. [PMID: 16411721 PMCID: PMC2505187 DOI: 10.1021/ic051471v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study benzyl and ethyl groups were appended to pyridine and aniline ancillary ligands in diiron(II) complexes of the type [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(R))(2)(O(2)CAr(R))(2)(L)(2)], where (-)O(2)CAr(R) is a sterically hindered terphenyl carboxylate, 2,6-di(p-tolyl)- or 2,6-di(p-fluorophenyl)benzoate (R = Tol or 4-FPh, respectively). These crystallographically characterized compounds were prepared as analogues of the diiron(II) center in the hydroxylase component of soluble methane monooxygenase (MMOH). The use of 2-benzylpyridine (2-Bnpy) yielded doubly bridged [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(2-Bnpy)(2)] (1) and [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(4)(-)(FPh))(2)(O(2)CAr(4)(-)(FPh))(2)(2-Bnpy)(2)] (4), whereas tetra-bridged [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(4)(4-Bnpy)(2)] (3) resulted when 4-benzylpyridine (4-Bnpy) was employed. Similarly, 2-(4-chlorobenzyl)pyridine (2-(4-ClBn)py) and 2-benzylaniline (2-Bnan) were employed as N-donor ligands to prepare [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(2-(4-ClBn)py)(2)] (2) and [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(2-Bnan)(2)] (5). The placement of the substituent on the pyridine ring had no effect on the geometry of the diiron(II) compounds isolated when 2-, 3-, or 4-ethylpyridine (2-, 3-, or 4-Etpy) was introduced as the ancillary nitrogen ligand. The isolated [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(2-Etpy)] (6), [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(3-Etpy)] (7), [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(4-Etpy)] (8), and [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(4)(-FPh))(2)(O(2)CAr(4)(-)(FPh))(2)(2-Etpy)(2)] (9) complexes all contain doubly bridged metal centers. The oxygenation of compounds 1-9 was studied by GC-MS and NMR analysis of the organic fragments following decomposition of the product complexes. Hydrocarbon fragment oxidation occurred for compounds in which the substrate moiety was in close proximity to the diiron center. The extent of oxidation depended upon the exact makeup of the ligand set.
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- Emily C Carson
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Carson EC, Lippard SJ. Dioxygen-initiated oxidation of heteroatomic substrates incorporated into ancillary pyridine ligands of carboxylate-rich diiron(II) complexes. Inorg Chem 2006; 45:837-48. [PMID: 16411722 PMCID: PMC2505175 DOI: 10.1021/ic051476s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Progress toward the development of functional models of the carboxylate-bridged diiron active site in soluble methane monooxygenase is described in which potential substrates are introduced as substituents on bound pyridine ligands. Pyridine ligands incorporating a thiol, sulfide, sulfoxide, or phosphine moiety were allowed to react with the preassembled diiron(II) complex [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(R))(2)(O(2)CAr(R))(2)(THF)(2)], where (-)O(2)CAr(R) is a sterically hindered 2,6-di(p-tolyl)- or 2,6-di(p-fluorophenyl)benzoate (R = Tol or 4-FPh). The resulting diiron(II) complexes were characterized crystallographically. Triply and doubly bridged compounds [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(3)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2-MeSpy)] (4) and [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(2-MeS(O)py)(2)] (5) resulted when 2-methylthiopyridine (2-MeSpy) and 2-pyridylmethylsulfoxide (2-MeS(O)py), respectively, were employed. Another triply bridged diiron(II) complex, [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(4)(-)(FPh))(3)-(O(2)CAr(4)(-)(FPh))(2-Ph(2)Ppy)] (3), was obtained containing 2-diphenylphosphinopyridine (2-Ph(2)Ppy). The use of 2-mercaptopyridine (2-HSpy) produced the mononuclear complex [Fe(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2)(2-HSpy)(2)] (6a). Together with that of previously reported [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(3)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2-PhSpy)] (2) and [Fe(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(Tol))(3)(O(2)CAr(Tol))(2-Ph(2)Ppy)] (1), the dioxygen reactivity of these iron(II) complexes was investigated. A dioxygen-dependent intermediate (6b) formed upon exposure of 6a to O(2), the electronic structure of which was probed by various spectroscopic methods. Exposure of 4 and 5 to dioxygen revealed both sulfide and sulfoxide oxidation. Oxidation of 3 in CH(2)Cl(2) yields [Fe(2)(mu-OH)(2)(mu-O(2)CAr(4)(-)(FPh))(O(2)CAr(4)(-FPh))(3)(OH(2))(2-Ph(2)P(O)py)] (8), which contains the biologically relevant {Fe(2)(mu-OH)(2)(mu-O(2)CR)}(3+) core. This reaction is sensitive to the choice of carboxylate ligands, however, since the p-tolyl analogue 1 yielded a hexanuclear species, 7, upon oxidation.
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- Emily C. Carson
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Although genomics has classically focused on pure, easy-to-obtain samples, such as microbes that grow readily in culture or large animals and plants, these organisms represent only a fraction of the living or once-living organisms of interest. Many species are difficult to study in isolation because they fail to grow in laboratory culture, depend on other organisms for critical processes, or have become extinct. Methods that are based on DNA sequencing circumvent these obstacles, as DNA can be isolated directly from living or dead cells in various contexts. Such methods have led to the emergence of a new field, which is referred to as metagenomics.
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- Susannah Green Tringe
- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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