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Tetz V, Kardava K, Vecherkovskaya M, Khodadadi-Jamayran A, Tsirigos A, Tetz G. Previously unknown regulatory role of extracellular RNA on bacterial directional migration. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.11.603110. [PMID: 39026763 PMCID: PMC11257571 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.11.603110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Bacterial directional migration plays a significant role in bacterial adaptation. However, the regulation of this process, particularly in young biofilms, remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated the critical role of extracellular RNA as part of the Universal Receptive System in bacterial directional migration using a multidisciplinary approach, including bacterial culture, biochemistry, and genetics. We found that the destruction or inactivation of extracellular RNA with RNase or RNA-specific antibodies in the presence of the chemoattractant triggered the formation of bacterial "runner cells» in what we call a "panic state" capable of directional migration. These cells quickly migrated even on the surface of 1.5% agar and formed evolved colonies that were transcriptionally and biochemically different from the ancestral cells. We have also shown that cell-free DNA from blood plasma can act as a potent bacterial chemoattractant. Our data revealed a previously unknown role of bacterial extracellular RNA in the regulation of bacterial migration and have shown that its destruction or inhibition triggered the directional migration of developing and mature biofilms towards the chemoattractant.
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Kümpel C, Grosser M, Tanabe TS, Dahl C. Fe/S proteins in microbial sulfur oxidation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2024; 1871:119732. [PMID: 38631440 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2024.119732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Iron-sulfur clusters serve as indispensable cofactors within proteins across all three domains of life. Fe/S clusters emerged early during the evolution of life on our planet and the biogeochemical cycle of sulfur is one of the most ancient and important element cycles. It is therefore no surprise that Fe/S proteins have crucial roles in the multiple steps of microbial sulfur metabolism. During dissimilatory sulfur oxidation in prokaryotes, Fe/S proteins not only serve as electron carriers in several steps, but also perform catalytic roles, including unprecedented reactions. Two cytoplasmic enzyme systems that oxidize sulfane sulfur to sulfite are of particular interest in this context: The rDsr pathway employs the reverse acting dissimilatory sulfite reductase rDsrAB as its key enzyme, while the sHdr pathway utilizes polypeptides resembling the HdrA, HdrB and HdrC subunits of heterodisulfide reductase from methanogenic archaea. Both pathways involve components predicted to bind unusual noncubane Fe/S clusters acting as catalysts for the formation of disulfide or sulfite. Mapping of Fe/S cluster machineries on the sulfur-oxidizing prokaryote tree reveals that ISC, SUF, MIS and SMS are all sufficient to meet the Fe/S cluster maturation requirements for operation of the sHdr or rDsr pathways. The sHdr pathway is dependent on lipoate-binding proteins that are assembled by a novel pathway, involving two Radical SAM proteins, namely LipS1 and LipS2. These proteins coordinate sulfur-donating auxiliary Fe/S clusters in atypical patterns by three cysteines and one histidine and act as lipoyl synthases by jointly inserting two sulfur atoms to an octanoyl residue. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Biogenesis and Function of Fe/S proteins.
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- Carolin Kümpel
- Institut für Mikrobiologie & Biotechnologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie & Biotechnologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie & Biotechnologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie & Biotechnologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Yang G, Xia X, Nie W, Qin B, Hou T, Lin A, Yao S, Zhuang L. Bidirectional extracellular electron transfer pathways of Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms: Molecular insights into extracellular polymeric substances. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 245:118038. [PMID: 38147916 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.118038] [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: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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The basis for bioelectrochemical technology is the capability of electroactive bacteria (EAB) to perform bidirectional extracellular electron transfer (EET) with electrodes, i.e. outward- and inward-EET. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) surrounding EAB are the necessary media for EET, but the biochemical and molecular analysis of EPS of Geobacter biofilms on electrode surface is largely lacked. This study constructed Geobacter sulfurreducens-biofilms performing bidirectional EET to explore the bidirectional EET mechanisms through EPS characterization using electrochemical, spectroscopic fingerprinting and proteomic techniques. Results showed that the inward-EET required extracellular redox proteins with lower formal potentials relative to outward-EET. Comparing to the EPS extracted from anodic biofilm (A-EPS), the EPS extracted from cathodic biofilm (C-EPS) exhibited a lower redox activity, mainly due to a decrease of protein/polysaccharide ratio and α-helix content of proteins. Furthermore, less cytochromes and more tyrosine- and tryptophan-protein like substances were detected in C-EPS than in A-EPS, indicating a diminished role of cytochromes and a possible role of other redox proteins in inward-EET. Proteomic analysis identified a variety of redox proteins including cytochrome, iron-sulfur clusters-containing protein, flavoprotein and hydrogenase in EPS, which might serve as an extracellular redox network for bidirectional EET. Those redox proteins that were significantly stimulated in A-EPS and C-EPS might be essential for outward- and inward-EET and warranted further research. This work sheds light on the mechanism of bidirectional EET of G. sulfurreducens biofilms and has implications in improving the performance of bioelectrochemical technology.
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- Guiqin Yang
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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Mock J, Schühle K, Linne U, Mock M, Heider J. A Synthetic Pathway for the Production of Benzylsuccinate in Escherichia coli. Molecules 2024; 29:415. [PMID: 38257328 PMCID: PMC10818641 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29020415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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(R)-Benzylsuccinate is generated in anaerobic toluene degradation by the radical addition of toluene to fumarate and further degraded to benzoyl-CoA by a β-oxidation pathway. Using metabolic modules for benzoate transport and activation to benzoyl-CoA and the enzymes of benzylsuccinate β-oxidation, we established an artificial pathway for benzylsuccinate production in Escherichia coli, which is based on its degradation pathway running in reverse. Benzoate is supplied to the medium but needs to be converted to benzoyl-CoA by an uptake transporter and a benzoate-CoA ligase or CoA-transferase. In contrast, the second substrate succinate is endogenously produced from glucose under anaerobic conditions, and the constructed pathway includes a succinyl-CoA:benzylsuccinate CoA-transferase that activates it to the CoA-thioester. We present first evidence for the feasibility of this pathway and explore product yields under different growth conditions. Compared to aerobic cultures, the product yield increased more than 1000-fold in anaerobic glucose-fermenting cultures and showed further improvement under fumarate-respiring conditions. An important bottleneck to overcome appears to be product excretion, based on much higher recorded intracellular concentrations of benzylsuccinate, compared to those excreted. While no export system is known for benzylsuccinate, we observed an increased product yield after adding an unspecific mechanosensitive channel to the constructed pathway.
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- Johanna Mock
- Fachbereich Biologe, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Synmikro Center Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologe, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Synmikro Center Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 10, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologe, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologe, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Synmikro Center Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Feng X, Schut GJ, Adams MWW, Li H. Structures and Electron Transport Paths in the Four Families of Flavin-Based Electron Bifurcation Enzymes. Subcell Biochem 2024; 104:383-408. [PMID: 38963493 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58843-3_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Oxidoreductases facilitating electron transfer between molecules are pivotal in metabolic pathways. Flavin-based electron bifurcation (FBEB), a recently discovered energy coupling mechanism in oxidoreductases, enables the reversible division of electron pairs into two acceptors, bridging exergonic and otherwise unfeasible endergonic reactions. This chapter explores the four distinct FBEB complex families and highlights a decade of structural insights into FBEB complexes. In this chapter, we discuss the architecture, electron transfer routes, and conformational changes across all FBEB families, revealing the structural foundation that facilitate these remarkable functions.
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- Xiang Feng
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
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Ge X, Schut GJ, Tran J, Poole II FL, Niks D, Menjivar K, Hille R, Adams MWW. Characterization of the Membrane-Associated Electron-Bifurcating Flavoenzyme EtfABCX from the Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Thermotoga maritima. Biochemistry 2023; 62:3554-3567. [PMID: 38061393 PMCID: PMC10734219 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Electron bifurcation is an energy-conservation mechanism in which a single enzyme couples an exergonic reaction with an endergonic one. Heterotetrameric EtfABCX drives the reduction of low-potential ferredoxin (E°' ∼ -450 mV) by oxidation of the midpotential NADH (E°' = -320 mV) by simultaneously coupling the reaction to reduction of the high-potential menaquinone (E°' = -74 mV). Electron bifurcation occurs at the NADH-oxidizing bifurcating-flavin adenine dinucleotide (BF-FAD) in EtfA, which has extremely crossed half-potentials and passes the first, high-potential electron to an electron-transferring FAD and via two iron-sulfur clusters eventually to menaquinone. The low-potential electron on the BF-FAD semiquinone simultaneously reduces ferredoxin. We have expressed the genes encodingThermotoga maritimaEtfABCX in E. coli and purified the EtfABCX holoenzyme and the EtfAB subcomplex. The bifurcation activity of EtfABCX was demonstrated by using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to follow accumulation of reduced ferredoxin. To elucidate structural factors that impart the bifurcating ability, EPR and NADH titrations monitored by visible spectroscopy and dye-linked enzyme assays have been employed to characterize four conserved residues, R38, P239, and V242 in EtfA and R140 in EtfB, in the immediate vicinity of the BF-FAD. The R38, P239, and V242 variants showed diminished but still significant bifurcation activity. Despite still being partially reduced by NADH, the R140 variant had no bifurcation activity, and electron transfer to its two [4Fe-4S] clusters was prevented. The role of R140 is discussed in terms of the bifurcation mechanism in EtfABCX and in the other three families of bifurcating enzymes.
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- Xiaoxuan Ge
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, University of California,
Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Salerno KM, Domenico J, Le NQ, Stiles CD, Solov’yov IA, Martino CF. Long-Time Oxygen Localization in Electron Transfer Flavoprotein. J Chem Inf Model 2022; 62:4191-4199. [PMID: 35998902 PMCID: PMC9472800 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c00430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) exert a wide range of biological effects from beneficial regulatory function to deleterious oxidative stress. The electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) is ubiquitous to life and is associated with aerobic metabolism and ROS production due to its location in the mitochondria. Quantifying oxygen localization within the ETF complex is critical for understanding the potential for electron transfer and radical pair formation between flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor and superoxide during ROS formation. Our study employed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations and identified several novel, long-lived oxygen binding sites within the ETF complex that appear near the FAD cofactor. Site locations, the local electrostatic environment, and characteristic oxygen binding times for each site were evaluated to establish factors that may lead to possible charge transfer reactions and superoxide formation within the ETF complex. The study revealed that some oxygen binding sites are naturally linked to protein domain features, suggesting opportunities to engineer and control ROS production and subsequent dynamics.
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- K. Michael Salerno
- The
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, 11100 Johns
Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, United States
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- The
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, 11100 Johns
Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, United States
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- The
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, 11100 Johns
Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, United States
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- The
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, 11100 Johns
Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, United States
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- Institute
of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University
Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky
Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Centre
for Neurosensory Science, Carl von Ossietzky
University Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- The
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, 11100 Johns
Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, United States
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Kayastha K, Katsyv A, Himmrich C, Welsch S, Schuller JM, Ermler U, Müller V. Structure-based electron-confurcation mechanism of the Ldh-EtfAB complex. eLife 2022; 11:77095. [PMID: 35748623 PMCID: PMC9232219 DOI: 10.7554/elife.77095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Lactate oxidation with NAD+ as electron acceptor is a highly endergonic reaction. Some anaerobic bacteria overcome the energetic hurdle by flavin-based electron bifurcation/confurcation (FBEB/FBEC) using a lactate dehydrogenase (Ldh) in concert with the electron-transferring proteins EtfA and EtfB. The electron cryo-microscopically characterized (Ldh-EtfAB)2 complex of Acetobacterium woodii at 2.43 Å resolution consists of a mobile EtfAB shuttle domain located between the rigid central Ldh and the peripheral EtfAB base units. The FADs of Ldh and the EtfAB shuttle domain contact each other thereby forming the D (dehydrogenation-connected) state. The intermediary Glu37 and Glu139 may harmonize the redox potentials between the FADs and the pyruvate/lactate pair crucial for FBEC. By integrating Alphafold2 calculations a plausible novel B (bifurcation-connected) state was obtained allowing electron transfer between the EtfAB base and shuttle FADs. Kinetic analysis of enzyme variants suggests a correlation between NAD+ binding site and D-to-B-state transition implicating a 75° rotation of the EtfAB shuttle domain. The FBEC inactivity when truncating the ferredoxin domain of EtfA substantiates its role as redox relay. Lactate oxidation in Ldh is assisted by the catalytic base His423 and a metal center. On this basis, a comprehensive catalytic mechanism of the FBEC process was proposed.
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- Kanwal Kayastha
- Departments of Molecular Membrane Biology of the Max-Planck-Institut for Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Central Electron Microscopy Facility, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- SYNMICRO Research Center and Department of Chemistry, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Departments of Molecular Membrane Biology of the Max-Planck-Institut for Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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von Horsten S, Lippert ML, Geisselbrecht Y, Schühle K, Schall I, Essen LO, Heider J. Inactive pseudoenzyme subunits in heterotetrameric BbsCD, a novel short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase involved in anaerobic toluene degradation. FEBS J 2021; 289:1023-1042. [PMID: 34601806 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Anaerobic toluene degradation proceeds by fumarate addition to produce (R)-benzylsuccinate as first intermediate, which is further degraded via β-oxidation by five enzymes encoded in the conserved bbs operon. This study characterizes two enzymes of this pathway, (E)-benzylidenesuccinyl-CoA hydratase (BbsH), and (S,R)-2-(α-hydroxybenzyl)succinyl-CoA dehydrogenase (BbsCD) from Thauera aromatica. BbsH, a member of the enoyl-CoA hydratase family, converts (E)-benzylidenesuccinyl-CoA to 2-(α-hydroxybenzyl)succinyl-CoA and was subsequently used in a coupled enzyme assay with BbsCD, which belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductase (SDR) family. The BbsCD crystal structure shows a C2-symmetric heterotetramer consisting of BbsC2 and BbsD2 dimers. BbsD subunits are catalytically active and capable of binding NAD+ and substrate, whereas BbsC subunits represent built-in pseudoenzyme moieties lacking all motifs of the SDR family required for substrate binding or catalysis. Molecular modeling studies predict that the active site of BbsD is specific for conversion of the (S,R)-diastereomer of 2-(α-hydroxybenzyl)succinyl-CoA to (S)-2-benzoylsuccinyl-CoA by hydride transfer to the re-face of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ . Furthermore, BbsC subunits are not engaged in substrate binding and merely serve as scaffold for the BbsD dimer. BbsCD represents a novel clade of related enzymes within the SDR family, which adopt a heterotetrameric architecture and catalyze the β-oxidation of aromatic succinate adducts.
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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Buckel W. Energy Conservation in Fermentations of Anaerobic Bacteria. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:703525. [PMID: 34589068 PMCID: PMC8473912 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.703525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Anaerobic bacteria ferment carbohydrates and amino acids to obtain energy for growth. Due to the absence of oxygen and other inorganic electron acceptors, the substrate of a fermentation has to serve as electron donor as well as acceptor, which results in low free energies as compared to that of aerobic oxidations. Until about 10 years ago, anaerobes were thought to exclusively use substrate level phosphorylation (SLP), by which only part of the available energy could be conserved. Therefore, anaerobes were regarded as unproductive and inefficient energy conservers. The discovery of electrochemical Na+ gradients generated by biotin-dependent decarboxylations or by reduction of NAD+ with ferredoxin changed this view. Reduced ferredoxin is provided by oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoacids and the recently discovered flavin based electron bifurcation (FBEB). In this review, the two different fermentation pathways of glutamate to ammonia, CO2, acetate, butyrate and H2 via 3-methylaspartate or via 2-hydroxyglutarate by members of the Firmicutes are discussed as prototypical examples in which all processes characteristic for fermentations occur. Though the fermentations proceed on two entirely different pathways, the maximum theoretical amount of ATP is conserved in each pathway. The occurrence of the 3-methylaspartate pathway in clostridia from soil and the 2-hydroxyglutarate pathway in the human microbiome of the large intestine is traced back to the oxygen-sensitivity of the radical enzymes. The coenzyme B12-dependent glutamate mutase in the 3-methylaspartate pathway tolerates oxygen, whereas 2-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA dehydratase is extremely oxygen-sensitive and can only survive in the gut, where the combustion of butyrate produced by the microbiome consumes the oxygen and provides a strict anaerobic environment. Examples of coenzyme B12-dependent eliminases are given, which in the gut are replaced by simpler extremely oxygen sensitive glycyl radical enzymes.
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- Wolfgang Buckel
- Laboratorium für Mikrobiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Espinosa-Camacho LF, Delgado G, Cravioto A, Morales-Espinosa R. Diversity in the composition of the accessory genome of Mexican Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Genes Genomics 2021; 44:53-77. [PMID: 34410625 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-021-01155-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen especially in nosocomial infections due to its easy adaptation to different environments; this characteristic is due to the great genetic diversity that presents its genome. In addition, it is considered a pathogen of critical priority due to the high antimicrobial resistance. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to characterize the mobile genetic elements present in the chromosome of six Mexican P. aeruginosa strains isolated from adults with pneumonia and children with bacteremia. METHODS The genomic DNA of six P. aeruginosa strains were isolated and sequenced using PacBio RS-II platform. They were annotated using Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline and manually curated and analyzed for the presence of mobile genetic elements, antibiotic resistances genes, efflux pumps and virulence factors using several bioinformatics programs and databases. RESULTS The global analysis of the strains chromosomes showed a novel chromosomal rearrangement in two strains, possibly mediated by subsequent recombination and inversion events. They have a high content of mobile genetic elements: 21 genomic islands, four new islets, four different integrative conjugative elements, 28 different prophages, one CRISPR-Cas arrangements, and one class 1 integron. The acquisition of antimicrobials resistance genes into these elements are in concordance with their phenotype of multi-drug resistance. CONCLUSION The accessory genome increased the ability of the strains to adapt or survive to the hospital environment, promote genomic plasticity and chromosomal rearrangements, which may affect the expression or functionality of the gene and might influence the clinical outcome, having an impact on the treatment.
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- Luis F Espinosa-Camacho
- Laboratorio de Genómica Bacteriana, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Colonia Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica Bacteriana, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Colonia Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica Bacteriana, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Colonia Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica Bacteriana, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Colonia Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Wang B, Kuang S, Shao H, Wang L, Wang H. Anaerobic-petroleum degrading bacteria: Diversity and biotechnological applications for improving coastal soil. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 224:112646. [PMID: 34399124 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Due to the industrial emissions and accidental spills, the critical material for modern industrial society petroleum pollution causes severe ecological damage. The prosperous oil exploitation and transportation causes the recalcitrant, hazardous, and carcinogenic sludge widespread in the coastal wetlands. The costly physicochemical-based remediation remains the secondary and inadequate treatment for the derivatives along with the tailings. Anaerobic microbial petroleum degrading biotechnology has received extensive attention for its cost acceptable, eco-friendly, and fewer health hazards. As a result of the advances in biotechnology and microbiology, the anaerobic oil-degrading bacteria have been well developing to achieve the same remediation effects with lower operating costs. This review summarizes the advantages and potential scenarios of the anaerobic degrading bacteria, such as sulfate-reducing bacteria, denitrifying bacteria, and metal-reducing bacteria in the coastal area decomposing the alkanes, alkenes, aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic, and related derivatives. In the future, a complete theoretical basis of microbiological biotechnology, molecular biology, and electrochemistry is necessary to make efficient and environmental-friendly use of anaerobic degradation bacteria to mineralize oil sludge organic wastes.
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- Bingchen Wang
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.
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- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China; Institute of Agriculture Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), Nanjing 210014, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-agriculture, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China
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Schühle K, Saft M, Vögeli B, Erb TJ, Heider J. Benzylmalonyl-CoA dehydrogenase, an enzyme involved in bacterial auxin degradation. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:4149-4159. [PMID: 34059946 PMCID: PMC8360864 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02406-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel acyl-CoA dehydrogenase involved in degradation of the auxin indoleacetate by Aromatoleum aromaticum was identified as a decarboxylating benzylmalonyl-CoA dehydrogenase (IaaF). It is encoded within the iaa operon coding for enzymes of indoleacetate catabolism. Using enzymatically produced benzylmalonyl-CoA, the reaction was characterized as simultaneous oxidation and decarboxylation of benzylmalonyl-CoA to cinnamoyl-CoA and CO2. Oxygen served as electron acceptor and was reduced to H2O2, whereas electron transfer flavoprotein or artificial dyes serving as electron acceptors for other acyl-CoA dehydrogenases were not used. The enzyme is homotetrameric, contains an FAD cofactor and is enantiospecific in benzylmalonyl-CoA turnover. It shows high catalytic efficiency and strong substrate inhibition with benzylmalonyl-CoA, but otherwise accepts only a few medium-chain alkylmalonyl-CoA compounds as alternative substrates with low activities. Its reactivity of oxidizing 2-carboxyacyl-CoA with simultaneous decarboxylation is unprecedented and indicates a modified reaction mechanism for acyl-CoA dehydrogenases, where elimination of the 2-carboxy group replaces proton abstraction from C2.
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- Karola Schühle
- Laboratory for Microbial Biochemistry, Philipps University of Marburg, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Microbial Biochemistry, Philipps University of Marburg, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany.,LOEWE-Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Microbial Biochemistry, Philipps University of Marburg, 35043, Marburg, Germany. .,LOEWE-Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
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Cryoelectron microscopy structure and mechanism of the membrane-associated electron-bifurcating flavoprotein Fix/EtfABCX. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2016978118. [PMID: 33372143 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016978118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The electron-transferring flavoprotein-menaquinone oxidoreductase ABCX (EtfABCX), also known as FixABCX for its role in nitrogen-fixing organisms, is a member of a family of electron-transferring flavoproteins that catalyze electron bifurcation. EtfABCX enables endergonic reduction of ferredoxin (E°' ∼-450 mV) using NADH (E°' -320 mV) as the electron donor by coupling this reaction to the exergonic reduction of menaquinone (E°' -80 mV). Here we report the 2.9 Å structure of EtfABCX, a membrane-associated flavin-based electron bifurcation (FBEB) complex, from a thermophilic bacterium. EtfABCX forms a superdimer with two membrane-associated EtfCs at the dimer interface that contain two bound menaquinones. The structure reveals that, in contrast to previous predictions, the low-potential electrons bifurcated from EtfAB are most likely directly transferred to ferredoxin, while high-potential electrons reduce the quinone via two [4Fe-4S] clusters in EtfX. Surprisingly, EtfX shares remarkable structural similarity with mammalian [4Fe-4S] cluster-containing ETF ubiquinone oxidoreductase (ETF-QO), suggesting an unexpected evolutionary link between bifurcating and nonbifurcating systems. Based on this structure and spectroscopic studies of a closely related EtfABCX, we propose a detailed mechanism of the catalytic cycle and the accompanying structural changes in this membrane-associated FBEB system.
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Unraveling the Metabolic Potential of Asgardarchaeota in a Sediment from the Mediterranean Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Water Basin Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy). Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9040859. [PMID: 33923677 PMCID: PMC8072921 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Increasing number of metagenome sequencing studies have proposed a central metabolic role of still understudied Archaeal members in natural and artificial ecosystems. However, their role in hydrocarbon cycling, particularly in the anaerobic biodegradation of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, is still mostly unknown in both marine and terrestrial environments. In this work, we focused our study on the metagenomic characterization of the archaeal community inhabiting the Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy, central Mediterranean) sediments heavily contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Among metagenomic bins reconstructed from Mar Piccolo microbial community, we have identified members of the Asgardarchaeota superphylum that has been recently proposed to play a central role in hydrocarbon cycling in natural ecosystems under anoxic conditions. In particular, we found members affiliated with Thorarchaeota, Heimdallarchaeota, and Lokiarchaeota phyla and analyzed their genomic potential involved in central metabolism and hydrocarbon biodegradation. Metabolic prediction based on metagenomic analysis identified the malonyl-CoA and benzoyl-CoA routes as the pathways involved in aliphatic and aromatic biodegradation in these Asgardarchaeota members. This is the first study to give insight into the archaeal community functionality and connection to hydrocarbon degradation in marine sediment historically contaminated by hydrocarbons.
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Schnaars V, Wöhlbrand L, Scheve S, Hinrichs C, Reinhardt R, Rabus R. Proteogenomic Insights into the Physiology of Marine, Sulfate-Reducing, Filamentous Desulfonema limicola and Desulfonema magnum. Microb Physiol 2021; 31:1-20. [PMID: 33611323 PMCID: PMC8315694 DOI: 10.1159/000513383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The genus Desulfonema belongs to the deltaproteobacterial family Desulfobacteraceae and comprises marine, sulfate-reducing bacteria that form filaments and move by gliding. This study reports on the complete, manually annotated genomes of Dn. limicola 5ac10T (6.91 Mbp; 6,207 CDS) and Dn. magnum 4be13T (8.03 Mbp; 9,970 CDS), integrated with substrate-specific proteome profiles (8 vs. 11). The richness in mobile genetic elements is shared with other Desulfobacteraceae members, corroborating horizontal gene transfer as major driver in shaping the genomes of this family. The catabolic networks of Dn. limicola and Dn. magnum have the following general characteristics: 98 versus 145 genes assigned (having genomic shares of 1.7 vs. 2.2%), 92.5 versus 89.7% proteomic coverage, and scattered gene clusters for substrate degradation and energy metabolism. The Dn. magnum typifying capacity for aromatic compound degradation (e.g., p-cresol, 3-phenylpropionate) requires 48 genes organized in operon-like structures (87.7% proteomic coverage; no homologs in Dn. limicola). The protein complements for aliphatic compound degradation, central pathways, and energy metabolism are highly similar between both genomes and were identified to a large extent (69-96%). The differential protein profiles revealed a high degree of substrate-specificity for peripheral reaction sequences (forming central intermediates), agreeing with the high number of sensory/regulatory proteins predicted for both strains. By contrast, central pathways and modules of the energy metabolism were constitutively formed under the tested substrate conditions. In accord with their natural habitats that are subject to fluctuating changes of physicochemical parameters, both Desulfonema strains are well equipped to cope with various stress conditions. Next to superoxide dismutase and catalase also desulfoferredoxin and rubredoxin oxidoreductase are formed to counter exposure to molecular oxygen. A variety of proteases and chaperones were detected that function in maintaining cellular homeostasis upon heat or cold shock. Furthermore, glycine betaine/proline betaine transport systems can respond to hyperosmotic stress. Gliding movement probably relies on twitching motility via type-IV pili or adventurous motility. Taken together, this proteogenomic study demonstrates the adaptability of Dn. limicola and Dn. magnum to its dynamic habitats by means of flexible catabolism and extensive stress response capacities.
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- Vanessa Schnaars
- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Genome-Centre Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany,
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