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Su Z, Xu Y, Xiao Y, Chen B, Qiu X, Ye J, Tang K. Mesobacterium hydrothermale sp. nov., isolated from shallow-sea hydrothermal systems off Kueishantao Island. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:93. [PMID: 38954062 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-024-01994-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, aerobic bacterium, designated as strain TK19101T, was isolated from the intermediate seawater of yellow vent in the shallow-sea hydrothermal system located near Kueishantao Island. The strain was found to grow at 10-40 °C (optimum, 35 °C), at pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum, 7.0), and in 0-5% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 1%). Strain TK19101T was catalase-positive and oxidase-positive. The predominant fatty acids (> 10%) in strain TK19101T cells were C16:0, summed feature 8 (C18:1 ω6c and/or C18:1 ω7c), and C18:0. The predominant isoprenoid quinone of strain TK19101T was ubiquinone-10. The polar lipids of strain TK19101T comprised phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phospholipid, and unknown polar lipid. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain TK19101T belonged to the genus Mesobacterium. Strain TK19101T exhibited highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity value to Mesobacterium pallidum MCCC M24557T (97.48%). The estimated average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain TK19101T and the closest related species Mesobacterium pallidum MCCC M24557T were 74.88% and 20.30%, respectively. The DNA G + C content was 63.49 mol%. On the basis of the analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, genotypic and phylogenetic data, strain TK19101T has a unique phylogenetic status and represents a novel species of genus Mesobacterium, for which the name Mesobacterium hydrothermale sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TK19101T (= MCCC 1K08936T = KCTC 8354T).
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- Zhiyi Su
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China
- School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China.
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Hahnke S, Giebel HA, Freese HM, Moraru C, Tindall BJ, Simon M, Brinkhoff T. Biogeography of Lentibacter algarum, description of a new strain isolated from the North Sea and emended genus and species descriptions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74. [PMID: 39058551 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006472] [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: 07/28/2024] Open
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A new heterotrophic, aerobic alphaproteobacterium, designated strain SH36 (=DSM 23330=LMG 25292), was obtained from a seawater sample collected in the open North Sea during a phytoplankton bloom. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed affiliation of strain SH36 to the species Lentibacter algarum (family Roseobacteraceae), showing 100 and 99.9 % sequence similarity to the 16S rRNA genes of the strains L. algarum ZXM098 and ZXM100T. Digital DNA-DNA hybridization of strain SH36 with the type strain of L. algarum showed 98.0 % relatedness, confirming that strain SH36 can be classified within the same species. All three L. algarum strains were compared by physiological, morphological, chemotaxonomic, and genotypic characteristics. The strains showed only minor differences in the composition of fatty acids and polar lipids, but considerable physiological differences. Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of SH36 with sequences present in GenBank revealed that phylotypes with ≥98.65 % sequence identity to the type strain of L. algarum were found at different marine and estuarine locations of temperate and subtropic regions. Furthermore, by using a specific PCR approach L. algarum was detected throughout annual cycles at the offshore station at Helgoland Roads in the German Bight, indicating that this species is a permanent member of the microbial community in the North Sea.
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- Sarah Hahnke
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Present address: Department of Human Medicine, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Inhoffenstr. 7B, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Present address: Environmental Metagenomics, Research Center One Health Ruhr of the University Alliance Ruhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Inhoffenstr. 7B, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Miller IR, Bui H, Wood JB, Fields MW, Gerlach R. Understanding phycosomal dynamics to improve industrial microalgae cultivation. Trends Biotechnol 2024; 42:680-698. [PMID: 38184438 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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Algal-bacterial interactions are ubiquitous in both natural and industrial systems, and the characterization of these interactions has been reinvigorated by potential applications in biosystem productivity. Different growth conditions can be used for operational functions, such as the use of low-quality water or high pH/alkalinity, and the altered operating conditions likely constrain microbial community structure and function in unique ways. However, research is necessary to better understand whether consortia can be designed to improve the productivity, processing, and sustainability of industrial-scale cultivations through different controls that can constrain microbial interactions for maximal light-driven outputs. The review highlights current knowledge and gaps for relevant operating conditions, as well as suggestions for near-term and longer-term improvements for large-scale cultivation and polyculture engineering.
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- Isaac R Miller
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Department of Civil Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Energy Research Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Energy Research Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Bozeman, MT, USA
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Wang T, Lu F, Yang C, Wang C, Liao Y, Mkuye R, Deng Y. Exploring changes in microplastic-associated bacterial communities with time, location, and polymer type in Liusha Bay, China. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 198:106525. [PMID: 38657370 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106525] [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: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Microplastics have become a widespread concern within marine environments and are particularly evident in aquaculture regions that are characterized by plastic accumulation. This study employed 16 S rDNA sequencing to investigate the dynamic succession of microbial communities colonizing polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polystyrene (PS), and polyamide (PA) microplastics in seawater, when subjected to varying exposure durations in the Liusha Bay aquaculture region. Results revealed that the composition of microplastics microbial communities varied remarkably across geographical locations and exposure times. With an increase in exposure duration, both the diversity and richness of bacterial communities colonizing microplastics significantly increased, microbial communities show adaptations to the plastisphere. The type of microplastics had a significant effect on the community structure characteristicsof bacteria attached to their surfaces, with inconsistent trends in the relative abundance of different genera on different substrates. Notably, microplastic surfaces harbored a significant abundance of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, exemplified by Erythrobacter. These findings underscore the potential of microplastics as unique microbial niches. Meanwhile, long-term exposure experiments also offer the possibility of screening for plastic-degrading bacteria. In addition, the presence of the pathogenic bacterium Vibrio was detected in all microplastic samples, implying that microplastics could serve as carriers for pathogenic dissemination. This underscores the urgency of addressing the risk posed by the proliferation of harmful bacteria on microplastic surfaces. Overall, this study enhances our understanding of microbial community dynamics on microplastics under diverse conditions. It contributes to the broader comprehension of plastisphere microbial ecosystems in the marine environment, thereby addressing critical environmental implications.
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- Ting Wang
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Science and Innovation Center for Pearl Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Pearl Breeding and Processing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China.
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Pearl Research Institute, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Science and Innovation Center for Pearl Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Pearl Breeding and Processing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Marine Ecology Early Warning and Monitoring Laboratory, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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Körner D, Schäfer NM, Lagares Jr. A, Birmes L, Oehlmann NN, Addison H, Pöhl S, Thanbichler M, Rebelein JG, Petersen J, Becker A. Modular Low-Copy-Number Plasmid Vectors for Rhodobacterales with Extended Host Range in Alphaproteobacteria. ACS Synth Biol 2024; 13:1537-1548. [PMID: 38718218 PMCID: PMC11107812 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.4c00062] [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: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Members of the alphaproteobacterial order Rhodobacterales are metabolically diverse and highly abundant in the ocean. They are becoming increasingly interesting for marine biotechnology, due to their ecological adaptability, wealth of versatile low-copy-number plasmids, and their ability to produce secondary metabolites. However, molecular tools for engineering strains of this bacterial lineage are limited. Here, we expand the genetic toolbox by establishing standardized, modular repABC-based plasmid vectors of four well-characterized compatibility groups from the Roseobacter group applicable in the Rhodobacterales, and likely in further alphaproteobacterial orders (Hyphomicrobiales, Rhodospirillales, Caulobacterales). We confirmed replication of these newly constructed pABC vectors in two members of Rhodobacterales, namely, Dinoroseobacter shibae DFL 12 and Rhodobacter capsulatus B10S, as well as in two members of the alphaproteobacterial order Hyphomicrobiales (synonym: Rhizobiales; Ensifer meliloti 2011 and "Agrobacterium fabrum" C58). Maintenance of the pABC vectors in the biotechnologically valuable orders Rhodobacterales and Hyphomicrobiales facilitates the shuttling of genetic constructs between alphaproteobacterial genera and orders. Additionally, plasmid replication was verified in one member of Rhodospirillales (Rhodospirillum rubrum S1) as well as in one member of Caulobacterales (Caulobacter vibrioides CB15N). The modular construction of pABC vectors and the usage of four compatible replication systems, which allows their coexistence in a host cell, are advantageous features for future implementations of newly designed synthetic pathways. The vector applicability was demonstrated by functional complementation of a nitrogenase mutant phenotype by two complementary pABC-based plasmids in R. capsulatus.
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- Désirée Körner
- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut
DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig 38124, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
- Max
Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
- Max
Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg 35043, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut
DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig 38124, Germany
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg 35043, Germany
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Wang S, Lu C, Zhang Q, He X, Wang W, Li J, Su H. Microbial community and transcriptional responses to V. coralliilyticus stress in coral Favites halicora and Pocillopora damicornis holobiont. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 196:106394. [PMID: 38340371 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106394] [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: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Variability in coral hosts susceptibility to Vibrio coralliilyticus is well-documented; however, the comprehensive understanding of tolerance of response to pathogen among coral species is lacked. Herein, we investigated the microbial communities and transcriptome dynamics of two corals in response to Vibrio coralliilyticus. Favites halicora displayed greater resistance to Vibrio coralliilyticus challenge than Pocillopora damicornis. Furthermore, the relative abundances of Flavobacteriaceae, Vibrionacea, Rhodobacteraceae, and Roseobacteraceae increased significantly in Favites halicora following pathogen stress, whereas that of Akkermansiaceae increased significantly in Pocillopora damicornis, leading to bacterial community imbalance. In contrast to the previous results, pathogen infection did not have much effect on the community structures of Symbiodiniaceae and fungi, but led to a decrease in the density of Symbiodiniaceae. Transcriptome analysis indicated that Vibrio infection triggered a coral immune response, resulting in higher expression of immune-related genes, which appeared to have higher transcriptional plasticity in Favites halicora than in Pocillopora damicornis. Specifically, the upregulated genes of Favites halicora were predominantly involved in the apoptosis pathway, whereas Pocillopora damicornis were significantly enriched in the nucleotide excision repair and base excision repair pathways. These findings suggest that coral holobionts activate different mechanisms across species in response to pathogens through shifts in microbial communities and transcriptomes, which provides novel insight into assessing the future coral assemblages suffering from disease outbreaks.
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- Shuying Wang
- Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China.
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Daniels BN, Nurge J, De Smet C, Sleeper O, White C, Davidson JM, Fidopiastis P. Microbiome composition and function within the Kellet's whelk perivitelline fluid. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0351423. [PMID: 38334378 PMCID: PMC10913743 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03514-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Microbiomes have gained significant attention in ecological research, owing to their diverse interactions and essential roles within different organismal ecosystems. Microorganisms, such as bacteria, archaea, and viruses, have profound impact on host health, influencing digestion, metabolism, immune function, tissue development, and behavior. This study investigates the microbiome diversity and function of Kellet's whelk (Kelletia kelletii) perivitelline fluid (PVF), which sustains thousands of developing K. kelletii embryos within a polysaccharide and protein matrix. Our core microbiome analysis reveals a diverse range of bacteria, with the Roseobacter genus being the most abundant. Additionally, genes related to host-microbe interactions, symbiosis, and quorum sensing were detected, indicating a potential symbiotic relationship between the microbiome and Kellet's whelk embryos. Furthermore, the microbiome exhibits gene expression related to antibiotic biosynthesis, suggesting a defensive role against pathogenic bacteria and potential discovery of novel antibiotics. Overall, this study sheds light on the microbiome's role in Kellet's whelk development, emphasizing the significance of host-microbe interactions in vulnerable life history stages. To our knowledge, ours is the first study to use 16S sequencing coupled with RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to profile the microbiome of an invertebrate PVF.IMPORTANCEThis study provides novel insight to an encapsulated system with strong evidence of symbiosis between the microbial inhabitants and developing host embryos. The Kellet's whelk perivitelline fluid (PVF) contains microbial organisms of interest that may be providing symbiotic functions and potential antimicrobial properties during this vulnerable life history stage. This study, the first to utilize a comprehensive approach to investigating Kellet's whelk PVF microbiome, couples 16S rRNA gene long-read sequencing with RNA-seq. This research contributes to and expands our knowledge on the roles of beneficial host-associated microbes.
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- Benjamin N. Daniels
- Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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Pucelik S, Becker M, Heyber S, Wöhlbrand L, Rabus R, Jahn D, Härtig E. The blue light-dependent LOV-protein LdaP of Dinoroseobacter shibae acts as antirepressor of the PpsR repressor, regulating photosynthetic gene cluster expression. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1351297. [PMID: 38404597 PMCID: PMC10890935 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1351297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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In the marine α-proteobacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae more than 40 genes of the aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis are regulated in a light-dependent manner. A genome-wide screen of 5,605 clones from a D. shibae transposon library for loss of pigmentation and changes in bacteriochlorophyll absorbance identified 179 mutant clones. The gene encoding the LOV-domain containing protein Dshi_1135 was identified by its colorless phenotype. The mutant phenotype was complemented by the expression of a Dshi_1135-strep fusion protein in trans. The recombinantly produced and chromatographically purified Dshi_1135 protein was able to undergo a blue light-induced photocycle mediated by bound FMN. Transcriptome analyses revealed an essential role for Dshi_1135 in the light-dependent expression of the photosynthetic gene cluster. Interactomic studies identified the repressor protein PpsR as an interaction partner of Dshi_1135. The physical contact between PpsR and the Dshi_1135 protein was verified in vivo using the bacterial adenylate cyclase-based two-hybrid system. In addition, the antirepressor function of the Dshi_1135 protein was demonstrated in vivo testing of a bchF-lacZ reporter gene fusion in a heterologous Escherichia coli-based host system. We therefore propose to rename the Dshi_1135 protein to LdaP (light-dependent antirepressor of PpsR). Using the bacterial two-hybrid system, it was also shown that cobalamin (B12) is essential for the interaction of the antirepressor PpaA with PpsR. A regulatory model for the photosynthetic gene cluster in D. shibae was derived, including the repressor PpsR, the light-dependent antirepressor LdaP and the B12-dependent antirepressor PpaA.
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- Saskia Pucelik
- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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Wang M, Lu J, Qin P, Wang S, Ding W, Fu HH, Zhang YZ, Zhang W. Biofilm formation stabilizes metabolism in a Roseobacteraceae bacterium under temperature increase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0060123. [PMID: 37768087 PMCID: PMC10617445 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00601-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Ocean warming profoundly impacts microbes in marine environments; yet, how lifestyle (e.g., free living versus biofilm associated) affects the bacterial response to rising temperature is not clear. Here, we compared transcriptional, enzymatic, and physiological responses of free-living and biofilm-associated Leisingera aquaemixtae M597, a member of the Roseobacteraceae family isolated from marine biofilms, to the increase in temperature from 25℃ to 31℃. Complete genome sequencing and metagenomics revealed the prevalence of M597 in global ocean biofilms. Transcriptomics suggested a significant effect on the expression of genes related to carbohydrate metabolism, nitrogen and sulfur metabolism, and phosphorus utilization of free-living M597 cells due to temperature increase, but such drastic alterations were not observed in its biofilms. In the free-living state, the transcription of the key enzyme participating in the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway was significantly increased due to the increase in temperature, accompanied by a substantial decrease in the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, but transcripts of these glycolytic enzymes in biofilm-forming strains were independent of the temperature variation. The correlation between the growth condition and the shift in glycolytic pathways under temperature change was confirmed by enzymatic activity assays. Furthermore, the rising temperature affected the growth rate and the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species when M597 cells were free living rather than in biofilms. Thus, biofilm formation stabilizes metabolism in M597 when grown under high temperature and this homeostasis is probably related to the glycolytic pathways.IMPORTANCEBiofilm formation is one of the most successful strategies employed by microbes against environmental fluctuations. In this study, using a marine Roseobacteraceae bacterium, we studied how biofilm formation affects the response of marine bacteria to the increase in temperature. This study enhances our understanding of the function of bacterial biofilms and the microbe-environment interactions in the framework of global climate change.
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- Meng Wang
- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, China
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Wang T, Yang C, Wang C, Liao Y, Mkuye R, Deng Y. Bacterial community profiling associated with pearl culture facilities of Liusha Bay, the largest marine pearl culture base on the western Guangdong coast, South China. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 189:106063. [PMID: 37385086 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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A large number of aquaculture facilities produced during the farming process are made of plastics. These plastics can be a distinct habitat for bacteria due to their unique materials. Therefore, this paper focuses on plastic aquaculture facilities and investigates the impact of bacterial accumulation on plastic surfaces. In this study, the high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA was conducted to investigate bacterial community profiling associated with the pearl culture facilities (cultured net cages and foam buoys) and surrounding water of Liusha Bay. Alpha diversity analysis showed that the richness and diversity indexes of bacterial communities in pearl culture facilities were higher than those in the aquatic environment. The richness and diversity indexes of bacterial communities were different between cultured net cages and foam buoys. Spatially influenced bacterial communities attached to pearl culture facilities varied between aquaculture areas. Thus, plastic has become a habitat for bacteria, floating in the marine environment and providing a favorable living environment for marine microorganisms and specific preferences for different substrate types. The relative abundance of certain functions on the attached bacterial community of the culture facility was high, which suggested that plastics did not only alter community structure but also influenced bacterial function. In addition, we detected small amounts of pathogenic bacteria, such as Vibrio and Bruegeria, in pearl culture facilities and surrounding seawater, suggesting that plastics can act as vectors for potentially pathogenic bacteria that may have an impact on the development of aquaculture. Our understanding of plastic ecology has been enriched by the discovery of the various microbial assemblages that can occur in aquaculture facilities.
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- Ting Wang
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China.
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Guangdong Science and Innovation Center for Pearl Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Pearl Breeding and Processing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Science and Innovation Center for Pearl Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Pearl Breeding and Processing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Marine Ecology Early Warning and Monitoring Laboratory, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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Huang Y, Sun H, Wei S, Cai L, Liu L, Jiang Y, Xin J, Chen Z, Que Y, Kong Z, Li T, Yu H, Zhang J, Gu Y, Zheng Q, Li S, Zhang R, Xia N. Structure and proposed DNA delivery mechanism of a marine roseophage. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3609. [PMID: 37330604 PMCID: PMC10276861 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39220-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023] Open
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Tailed bacteriophages (order, Caudovirales) account for the majority of all phages. However, the long flexible tail of siphophages hinders comprehensive investigation of the mechanism of viral gene delivery. Here, we report the atomic capsid and in-situ structures of the tail machine of the marine siphophage, vB_DshS-R4C (R4C), which infects Roseobacter. The R4C virion, comprising 12 distinct structural protein components, has a unique five-fold vertex of the icosahedral capsid that allows genome delivery. The specific position and interaction pattern of the tail tube proteins determine the atypical long rigid tail of R4C, and further provide negative charge distribution within the tail tube. A ratchet mechanism assists in DNA transmission, which is initiated by an absorption device that structurally resembles the phage-like particle, RcGTA. Overall, these results provide in-depth knowledge into the intact structure and underlining DNA delivery mechanism for the ecologically important siphophages.
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- Yang Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
- Research Unit of Frontier Technology of Structural Vaccinology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Xiamen, 361102, China.
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Abada A, Beiralas R, Narvaez D, Sperfeld M, Duchin-Rapp Y, Lipsman V, Yuda L, Cohen B, Carmieli R, Ben-Dor S, Rocha J, Huang Zhang I, Babbin AR, Segev E. Aerobic bacteria produce nitric oxide via denitrification and promote algal population collapse. THE ISME JOURNAL 2023:10.1038/s41396-023-01427-8. [PMID: 37173383 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01427-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Microbial interactions govern marine biogeochemistry. These interactions are generally considered to rely on exchange of organic molecules. Here we report on a novel inorganic route of microbial communication, showing that algal-bacterial interactions between Phaeobacter inhibens bacteria and Gephyrocapsa huxleyi algae are mediated through inorganic nitrogen exchange. Under oxygen-rich conditions, aerobic bacteria reduce algal-secreted nitrite to nitric oxide (NO) through denitrification, a well-studied anaerobic respiratory mechanism. The bacterial NO is involved in triggering a cascade in algae akin to programmed cell death. During death, algae further generate NO, thereby propagating the signal in the algal population. Eventually, the algal population collapses, similar to the sudden demise of oceanic algal blooms. Our study suggests that the exchange of inorganic nitrogen species in oxygenated environments is a potentially significant route of microbial communication within and across kingdoms.
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- Adi Abada
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Depertment of Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Life Science Core Facilities, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- CIDEA Consortium Conacyt-Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Hermosillo, Mexico
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Su X, Cui H, Zhang W. Copiotrophy in a Marine-Biofilm-Derived Roseobacteraceae Bacterium Can Be Supported by Amino Acid Metabolism and Thiosulfate Oxidation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24108617. [PMID: 37239957 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Copiotrophic bacteria that respond rapidly to nutrient availability, particularly high concentrations of carbon sources, play indispensable roles in marine carbon cycling. However, the molecular and metabolic mechanisms governing their response to carbon concentration gradients are not well understood. Here, we focused on a new member of the family Roseobacteraceae isolated from coastal marine biofilms and explored the growth strategy at different carbon concentrations. When cultured in a carbon-rich medium, the bacterium grew to significantly higher cell densities than Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3, although there was no difference when cultured in media with reduced carbon. Genomic analysis showed that the bacterium utilized various pathways involved in biofilm formation, amino acid metabolism, and energy production via the oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds. Transcriptomic analysis indicated that 28.4% of genes were regulated by carbon concentration, with increased carbon concentration inducing the expression of key enzymes in the EMP, ED, PP, and TCA cycles, genes responsible for the transformation of amino acids into TCA intermediates, as well as the sox genes for thiosulfate oxidation. Metabolomics showed that amino acid metabolism was enhanced and preferred in the presence of a high carbon concentration. Mutation of the sox genes decreased cell proton motive force when grown with amino acids and thiosulfate. In conclusion, we propose that copiotrophy in this Roseobacteraceae bacterium can be supported by amino acid metabolism and thiosulfate oxidation.
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- Xiaoyan Su
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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Ding W, Wang S, Qin P, Fan S, Su X, Cai P, Lu J, Cui H, Wang M, Shu Y, Wang Y, Fu HH, Zhang YZ, Li YX, Zhang W. Anaerobic thiosulfate oxidation by the Roseobacter group is prevalent in marine biofilms. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2033. [PMID: 37041201 PMCID: PMC10090131 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37759-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
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Thiosulfate oxidation by microbes has a major impact on global sulfur cycling. Here, we provide evidence that bacteria within various Roseobacter lineages are important for thiosulfate oxidation in marine biofilms. We isolate and sequence the genomes of 54 biofilm-associated Roseobacter strains, finding conserved sox gene clusters for thiosulfate oxidation and plasmids, pointing to a niche-specific lifestyle. Analysis of global ocean metagenomic data suggests that Roseobacter strains are abundant in biofilms and mats on various substrates, including stones, artificial surfaces, plant roots, and hydrothermal vent chimneys. Metatranscriptomic analysis indicates that the majority of active sox genes in biofilms belong to Roseobacter strains. Furthermore, we show that Roseobacter strains can grow and oxidize thiosulfate to sulfate under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Transcriptomic and membrane proteomic analyses of biofilms formed by a representative strain indicate that thiosulfate induces sox gene expression and alterations in cell membrane protein composition, and promotes biofilm formation and anaerobic respiration. We propose that bacteria of the Roseobacter group are major thiosulfate-oxidizers in marine biofilms, where anaerobic thiosulfate metabolism is preferred.
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- Wei Ding
- College of Marine Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Department of Chemistry and The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Chemistry and The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences and MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Chemistry and The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
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Ecological divergence of syntopic marine bacterial species is shaped by gene content and expression. THE ISME JOURNAL 2023; 17:813-822. [PMID: 36871069 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01390-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Identifying mechanisms by which bacterial species evolve and maintain genomic diversity is particularly challenging for the uncultured lineages that dominate the surface ocean. A longitudinal analysis of bacterial genes, genomes, and transcripts during a coastal phytoplankton bloom revealed two co-occurring, highly related Rhodobacteraceae species from the deeply branching and uncultured NAC11-7 lineage. These have identical 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequences, yet their genome contents assembled from metagenomes and single cells indicate species-level divergence. Moreover, shifts in relative dominance of the species during dynamic bloom conditions over 7 weeks confirmed the syntopic species' divergent responses to the same microenvironment at the same time. Genes unique to each species and genes shared but divergent in per-cell inventories of mRNAs accounted for 5% of the species' pangenome content. These analyses uncover physiological and ecological features that differentiate the species, including capacities for organic carbon utilization, attributes of the cell surface, metal requirements, and vitamin biosynthesis. Such insights into the coexistence of highly related and ecologically similar bacterial species in their shared natural habitat are rare.
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Complete genome sequence of marine Roseobacter lineage member Ruegeria sp. YS9 with five plasmids isolated from red algae. Mar Genomics 2023; 67:100997. [PMID: 36682852 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2022.100997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ruegeria sp. YS9, an aerobic and chemoheterotrophic bacterium belonging to marine Roseobacter lineage, was a putative new species isolated from red algae Eucheuma okamurai in the South China Sea (Beihai, Guangxi province). The complete genome sequence in strain YS9 comprised one circular chromosome with 3,244,635 bp and five circular plasmids ranging from 38,085 to 748,160 bp, with a total length of 4.30 Mb and average GC content of 58.39%. In total, 4129 CDSs, 52 tRNA genes and 9 rRNA genes were obtained. Genomic analysis of strain YS9 revealed that 85 CAZymes were organized in 147 PUL-associated CAZymes involved in polysaccharides metabolism, which were the highest among its two closely related Ruegeria strains. Numerous PULs related to degradation on the cell wall of algae, especially agar, indicated its major player role in the remineralization of algal-derived carbon. Further, the existence of multiple plasmids provided strain YS9 with distinct advantages to facilitate its rapid environmental adaptation, including polysaccharide metabolism, denitrification, resistance to heavy metal stresses such as copper and cobalt, type IV secretion systems and type IV toxin-antitoxin systems, which were obviously different from the two Ruegeria strains. This study provides evidence for polysaccharide metabolic capacity and functions of five plasmids in strain YS9, broadening our understanding of the ecological roles of bacteria in the environment around red algae and the function patterns of plasmids in marine Roseobacter lineage members for environmental adaptation.
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Nelson CE, Wegley Kelly L, Haas AF. Microbial Interactions with Dissolved Organic Matter Are Central to Coral Reef Ecosystem Function and Resilience. ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE 2023; 15:431-460. [PMID: 36100218 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-042121-080917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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To thrive in nutrient-poor waters, coral reefs must retain and recycle materials efficiently. This review centers microbial processes in facilitating the persistence and stability of coral reefs, specifically the role of these processes in transforming and recycling the dissolved organic matter (DOM) that acts as an invisible currency in reef production, nutrient exchange, and organismal interactions. The defining characteristics of coral reefs, including high productivity, balanced metabolism, high biodiversity, nutrient retention, and structural complexity, are inextricably linked to microbial processing of DOM. The composition of microbes and DOM in reefs is summarized, and the spatial and temporal dynamics of biogeochemical processes carried out by microorganisms in diverse reef habitats are explored in a variety of key reef processes, including decomposition, accretion, trophictransfer, and macronutrient recycling. Finally, we examine how widespread habitat degradation of reefs is altering these important microbe-DOM interactions, creating feedbacks that reduce reef resilience to global change.
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- Craig E Nelson
- Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, Department of Oceanography, and Sea Grant College Program, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA;
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA;
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- Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, The Netherlands;
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He J, Jia M, Wang J, Wu Z, Shao S, He Y, Zhang X, Buttino I, Liao Z, Yan X. Mytilus farming drives higher local bacterial diversity and facilitates the accumulation of aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic related genera. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 856:158861. [PMID: 36419274 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158861] [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: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Research to assess the impacts of mariculture on the microbiota of the surrounding environment is still inadequate. Here, we examined the effects of Mytilus coruscus farming on the diversity of bacterial community in surrounding seawater using field investigations and indoor simulations, focusing on the variation of members of aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic (AAP) bacteria. In the field, Mytilus farming shaped bacterial community and significantly increased their diversity, including biomass, OTUs, Shannon, relative abundance, number of enriched species, as compared with the non-farming area. Higher abundance of AAP related genera was observed in the Mytilus farming seawater. Under the controlled condition, the presence of M. coruscus significantly shaped the bacterial community composition and caused species composition to become similar after 10 days. Furthermore, the presence of M. coruscus consistently strengthened local diversity in seawater bacterial community, with linkages to the recruitment of AAP members as well. In addition, the tissue-related composition of M. coruscus significantly differed from those in seawater. Our findings highlight a ecological importance of Mytilus farming, as process that shape surrounding water-cultured bacterial community and offer experimental evidence for the accumulation of AAP-related genera in aquaculture systems.
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- Jianyu He
- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China
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- Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Biological Resources and Molecular Engineering, Marine Science and Technical College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan City 316022, Zhejiang, China.
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Burgunter-Delamare B, Rousvoal S, Legeay E, Tanguy G, Fredriksen S, Boyen C, Dittami SM. The Saccharina latissima microbiome: Effects of region, season, and physiology. Front Microbiol 2023; 13:1050939. [PMID: 36687663 PMCID: PMC9858215 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1050939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Introduction Saccharina latissima is a canopy-forming species of brown algae and, as such, is considered an ecosystem engineer. Several populations of this alga are exploited worldwide, and a decrease in the abundance of S. latissima at its southern distributional range limits has been observed. Despite its economic and ecological interest, only a few data are available on the composition of microbiota associated with S. latissima and its role in algal physiologyn. Methods We studied the whole bacterial community composition associated with S. latissima samples from three locations (Brittany, Helgoland, and Skagerrak) by 16S metabarcoding analyses at different scales: algal blade part, regions, season (at one site), and algal physiologic state. Results and Discussion We have shown that the difference in bacterial composition is driven by factors of decreasing importance: (i) the algal tissues (apex/meristem), (ii) the geographical area, (iii) the seasons (at the Roscoff site), and (iv) the algal host's condition (healthy vs. symptoms). Overall, Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Bacteroidia dominated the general bacterial communities. Almost all individuals hosted bacteria of the genus Granulosicoccus, accounting for 12% of the total sequences, and eight additional core genera were identified. Our results also highlight a microbial signature characteristic for algae in poor health independent of the disease symptoms. Thus, our study provides a comprehensive overview of the S. latissima microbiome, forming a basis for understanding holobiont functioning.
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- Bertille Burgunter-Delamare
- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France,*Correspondence: Bertille Burgunter-Delamare,
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France,FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France,Simon M. Dittami,
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Stallforth P, Mittag M, Brakhage AA, Hertweck C, Hellmich UA. Functional modulation of chemical mediators in microbial communities. Trends Biochem Sci 2023; 48:71-81. [PMID: 35981931 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2022.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Interactions between microorganisms are often mediated by specialized metabolites. Although the structures and biosynthesis of these compounds may have been elucidated, microbes exist within complex microbiomes and chemical signals can thus also be subject to community-dependent modifications. Increasingly powerful chemical and biological tools allow to shed light on this poorly understood aspect of chemical ecology. We provide an overview of loss-of-function and gain-of-function chemical mediator (CM) modifications within microbial multipartner relationships. Although loss-of-function modifications are abundant in the literature, few gain-of-function modifications have been described despite their important role in microbial interactions. Research in this field holds great potential for our understanding of microbial interactions and may also provide novel tools for targeted interference with microbial signaling.
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- Pierre Stallforth
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany; Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany; Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll Institute, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany; Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany; Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Zhang Z, Wu Z, Liu H, Yang M, Wang R, Zhao Y, Chen F. Genomic analysis and characterization of phages infecting the marine Roseobacter CHAB-I-5 lineage reveal a globally distributed and abundant phage genus. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1164101. [PMID: 37138617 PMCID: PMC10149686 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1164101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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Marine phages play an important role in marine biogeochemical cycles by regulating the death, physiological metabolism, and evolutionary trajectory of bacteria. The Roseobacter group is an abundant and important heterotrophic bacterial group in the ocean, and plays an important role in carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus cycling. The CHAB-I-5 lineage is one of the most dominant Roseobacter lineages, but remains largely uncultured. Phages infecting CHAB-I-5 bacteria have not yet been investigated due to the lack of culturable CHAB-I-5 strains. In this study, we isolated and sequenced two new phages (CRP-901 and CRP-902) infecting the CHAB-I-5 strain FZCC0083. We applied metagenomic data mining, comparative genomics, phylogenetic analysis, and metagenomic read-mapping to investigate the diversity, evolution, taxonomy, and biogeography of the phage group represented by the two phages. The two phages are highly similar, with an average nucleotide identity of 89.17%, and sharing 77% of their open reading frames. We identified several genes involved in DNA replication and metabolism, virion structure, DNA packing, and host lysis from their genomes. Metagenomic mining identified 24 metagenomic viral genomes closely related to CRP-901 and CRP-902. Genomic comparison and phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that these phages are distinct from other known viruses, representing a novel genus-level phage group (CRP-901-type). The CRP-901-type phages do not contain DNA primase and DNA polymerase genes, but possess a novel bifunctional DNA primase-polymerase gene with both primase and polymerase activities. Read-mapping analysis showed that the CRP-901-type phages are widespread across the world's oceans and are most abundant in estuarine and polar waters. Their abundance is generally higher than other known roseophages and even higher than most pelagiphages in the polar region. In summary, this study has greatly expanded our understanding of the genetic diversity, evolution, and distribution of roseophages. Our analysis suggests that the CRP-901-type phage is an important and novel marine phage group that plays important roles in the physiology and ecology of roseobacters.
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- Zefeng Zhang
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Yanlin Zhao,
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Feng Chen,
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Sun M, Chen F. Distribution of rare N4-like viruses in temperate estuaries unveiled by viromics. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:6100-6111. [PMID: 36054739 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The relative abundance of N4-like viruses in two temperate estuaries was assessed using four different methods, read mapping to known N4-like virus isolates, read mapping to native viral contigs, reciprocal blast search based on core genes, and read taxonomy classification using Kaiju. Overall, N4-like viruses were found to be of low abundance in the estuarine viromes. When mapping reads to only known N4-like virus genomes, high occurrences of N4-like viruses infecting Roseobacter were found, with their diversity consisting mostly of locally isolated Roseobacter N4-like virus species. Both contig-based methods and Kaiju classification showed similar seasonal patterns for N4-like viruses, and redundancy analysis revealed a negative correlation between N4-like viruses and temperature, suggesting that N4-like viruses may be more abundant in colder water. The discrepancy of relative abundance estimates using different methods indicates that N4-like viruses are best represented by native viral sequences. Our study indicates that N4-like viruses are rare in the marine environment and also provide insight into the importance of including local viral sequences in reference databases.
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- Mengqi Sun
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Yin X, Zheng J, Liu Y, Li Y, Yu X, Li Y, Wang X. Metagenomic evidence for increasing antibiotic resistance in progeny upon parental antibiotic exposure as the cost of hormesis. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 309:136738. [PMID: 36216115 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136738] [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: 07/16/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Antibiotics are widely consumed in the intensive mariculture industry. A better understanding of the effect of antibiotics on intergenerational antibiotic resistance in organisms is urgent since intergenerational transmission is crucial for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment. Herein, marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) chronically exposed to low doses of sulfamethazine (SMZ) hormetically affected the progeny, characterized by increased richness and diversity of fecal microbiota and intestinal barrier-related gene up-regulation. Progeny immunity was modulated and caused by genetic factors due to the absence of significant SMZ accumulation in F1 embryos. In addition, some of the top genera in the progeny were positively correlated with immune diseases, while the expression of some immune-related genes, such as TNFα, IL1R2, and TLR3 changed significantly. This further indicated that the host selection caused by changes in progeny immunity was probably the primary determinant of progeny intestinal microbial colonization. Metagenomic analysis revealed that Proteobacteria represented the primary carriers of ARGs, while parental SMZ exposure facilitated the distribution and enrichment of multiple ARGs involved in the antibiotic inactivation in the progeny by promoting the diversity of Gammaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, further illustrating that antibiotic selection pressure persisted even if the offspring were not exposed. Therefore, SMZ induced hormesis in the progeny at the expense of increasing antibiotic resistance. Collectively, these findings provide a comprehensive overview of the intergenerational effect of antibiotics and serve as a reminder that the ARG transmission induced by the intergenerational impact of antibiotics on organisms should not be ignored.
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- Xiaohan Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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Slobodkina G, Ratnikova N, Merkel A, Kevbrin V, Kuchierskaya A, Slobodkin A. Lithoautotrophic lifestyle of the widespread genus Roseovarius revealed by physiological and genomic characterization of Roseovarius autotrophicus sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:6724241. [PMID: 36166357 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac113] [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: 04/17/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The genus Roseovarius, a member of the ecologically important Roseobacter-clade, is widespread throughout the world. A facultatively anaerobic lithoautotrophic bacterium (strain SHN287T), belonging to the genus Roseovarius, was isolated with molecular hydrogen as an electron donor and nitrate as an electron acceptor from a terrestrial mud volcano. Strain SHN287T possessed metabolic features not reported for Roseovarius such as chemolithoautotrophic growth with oxidation of molecular hydrogen or sulfur compounds, anaerobic growth and denitrification. Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic characteristics, the new isolate is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Roseovarius, for which the name Roseovarius autotrophicus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is SHN287T (= KCTC 15916T = VKM B-3404T). An amended description of the genus Roseovarius is provided. Comparison of 46 Roseovarius genomes revealed that (i) a full set of genes for the Calvin-Benson cycle is present only in two strains: SHN287T and Roseovarius salinarum; (ii) respiratory H2-uptake [NiFe] hydrogenases are specific for a phylogenetically distinct group, including SHN287T-related strains; (iii) the Sox enzymatic complex is encoded in most of the studied genomes; and (iv) denitrification genes are widespread and randomly distributed among the genus. The metabolic characteristics found in R. autotrophicus sp. nov. expand the ecological role of the genus Roseovarius.
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- Galina Slobodkina
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, FRC Biotechnology Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect, 33, bld. 2, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, FRC Biotechnology Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect, 33, bld. 2, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, FRC Biotechnology Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect, 33, bld. 2, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, FRC Biotechnology Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect, 33, bld. 2, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, FRC Biotechnology Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospect, 33, bld. 2, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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Suria AM, Smith S, Speare L, Chen Y, Chien I, Clark EG, Krueger M, Warwick AM, Wilkins H, Septer AN. Prevalence and diversity of type VI secretion systems in a model beneficial symbiosis. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:988044. [PMID: 36187973 PMCID: PMC9515649 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.988044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is widely distributed in diverse bacterial species and habitats where it is required for interbacterial competition and interactions with eukaryotic cells. Previous work described the role of a T6SS in the beneficial symbiont, Vibrio fischeri, during colonization of the light organ of Euprymna scolopes squid. However, the prevalence and diversity of T6SSs found within the distinct symbiotic structures of this model host have not yet been determined. Here, we analyzed 73 genomes of isolates from squid light organs and accessory nidamental glands (ANGs) and 178 reference genomes. We found that the majority of these bacterial symbionts encode diverse T6SSs from four distinct classes, and most share homology with T6SSs from more distantly related species, including pathogens of animals and humans. These findings indicate that T6SSs with shared evolutionary histories can be integrated into the cellular systems of host-associated bacteria with different effects on host health. Furthermore, we found that one T6SS in V. fischeri is located within a genomic island with high genomic plasticity. Five distinct genomic island genotypes were identified, suggesting this region encodes diverse functional potential that natural selection can act on. Finally, analysis of newly described T6SSs in roseobacter clade ANG isolates revealed a novel predicted protein that appears to be a fusion of the TssB-TssC sheath components. This work underscores the importance of studying T6SSs in diverse organisms and natural habitats to better understand how T6SSs promote the propagation of bacterial populations and impact host health.
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- Andrea M. Suria
- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States,Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States,*Correspondence: Alecia N. Septer,
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The Sixth Element: a 102-kb RepABC Plasmid of Xenologous Origin Modulates Chromosomal Gene Expression in Dinoroseobacter shibae. mSystems 2022; 7:e0026422. [PMID: 35920548 PMCID: PMC9426580 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00264-22] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The model organism Dinoroseobacter shibae and many other marine Rhodobacterales (Roseobacteraceae, Alphaproteobacteria) are characterized by a multipartite genome organization. Here, we show that the original isolate (Dshi-6) contained six extrachromosomal replicons (ECRs), whereas the strain deposited at the DSMZ (Dshi-5) lacked a 102-kb plasmid. To determine the role of the sixth plasmid, we investigated the genomic and physiological differences between the two strains. Therefore, both genomes were (re)sequenced, and gene expression, growth, and substrate utilization were examined. For comparison, we included additional plasmid-cured strains in the analysis. In the Dshi-6 population, the conjugative 102-kb RepABC-9 plasmid was present in only about 50% of the cells, irrespective of its experimentally validated stability. In the presence of the sixth plasmid, copy number changes of other ECRs, in particular, a decrease of the 86-kb plasmid, were observed. The most conspicuous finding was the strong influence of plasmids on chromosomal gene expression, especially the repression of the CtrA regulon and the activation of the denitrification gene cluster. Expression is inversely controlled by either the presence of the 102-kb plasmid or the absence of the 86-kb plasmid. We identified regulatory genes on both plasmids, i.e., a sigma 70 factor and a quorum sensing synthase, that might be responsible for these major changes. The tremendous effects that were probably even underestimated challenge the current understanding of the relevance of volatile plasmids not only for the original host but also for new recipients after conjugation. IMPORTANCE Plasmids are small DNA molecules that replicate independently of the bacterial chromosome. The common view of the role of plasmids is dominated by the accumulation of resistance genes, which is responsible for the antibiotic crisis in health care and livestock breeding. Beyond rapid adaptations to a changing environment, no general relevance for the host cell’s regulome was attributed to these volatile ECRs. The current study shows for the model organism D. shibae that its chromosomal gene expression is strongly influenced by two plasmids. We provide evidence that the gain or loss of plasmids not only results in minor alterations of the genetic repertoire but also can have tremendous effects on bacterial physiology. The central role of some plasmids in the regulatory network of the host could also explain their persistence despite fitness costs, which has been described as the “plasmid paradox.”
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Ko SR, Jeong Y, Cho SH, Lee E, Jeong BS, Baek SH, Oh BH, Ahn CY, Oh HM, Cho BK, Cho S. Functional role of a novel algicidal compound produced by Pseudoruegeria sp. M32A2M on the harmful algae Alexandrium catenella. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 300:134535. [PMID: 35405190 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A marine phytoplankton dinoflagellate, Alexandrium sp. is known to cause worldwide harmful algal blooms, resulting in paralytic shellfish poisoning. In this study, we isolated a novel compound secreted by the marine bacterium Pseudoruegeria sp. M32A2M, and showed that it displays algicidal activity against A. catenella (group I). The molecular structure of the compound was analyzed by using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 13C NMR, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, which revealed that the compound was a diketopiperazine, cyclo[Ala-Gly]. Cyclo[Ala-Gly] induced a rapid decrease in the active chlorophyll a content and maximal quantum yield of photosystem II, leading to membrane disintegration after 24 h of its treatment. It showed the highest algicidal effect against diketopiperazines and also showed specific algicidal activities against several dinoflagellate species, but not for diatom species. In particular, cyclo[Ala-Gly] caused the transcriptional downregulation of the photosynthesis-related membrane complex in A. catenella, but not in the diatom Chaetoceros simplex. Based on structural modeling, we elucidated that cyclo[Ala-Gly] has a structure similar to that of plastoquinone, which transfers electrons by binding to the photosystem II core proteins PsbA and PsbD. This suggests a novel role for cyclo[Ala-Gly] as a potential inhibitor of photosynthesis.
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- So-Ra Ko
- Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Risk Assessment Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 53201, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and KI for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Liu J, Xue CX, Wang J, Crombie AT, Carrión O, Johnston AWB, Murrell JC, Liu J, Zheng Y, Zhang XH, Todd JD. Oceanospirillales containing the DMSP lyase DddD are key utilisers of carbon from DMSP in coastal seawater. MICROBIOME 2022; 10:110. [PMID: 35883169 PMCID: PMC9327192 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01304-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ubiquitous and diverse marine microorganisms utilise the abundant organosulfur molecule dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), the main precursor of the climate-active gas dimethylsulfide (DMS), as a source of carbon, sulfur and/or signalling molecules. However, it is currently difficult to discern which microbes actively catabolise DMSP in the environment, why they do so and the pathways used. RESULTS Here, a novel DNA-stable isotope probing (SIP) approach, where only the propionate and not the DMS moiety of DMSP was 13C-labelled, was strategically applied to identify key microorganisms actively using DMSP and also likely DMS as a carbon source, and their catabolic enzymes, in North Sea water. Metagenomic analysis of natural seawater suggested that Rhodobacterales (Roseobacter group) and SAR11 bacteria were the major microorganisms degrading DMSP via demethylation and, to a lesser extent, DddP-driven DMSP lysis pathways. However, neither Rhodobacterales and SAR11 bacteria nor their DMSP catabolic genes were prominently labelled in DNA-SIP experiments, suggesting they use DMSP as a sulfur source and/or in signalling pathways, and not primarily for carbon requirements. Instead, DNA-SIP identified gammaproteobacterial Oceanospirillales, e.g. Amphritea, and their DMSP lyase DddD as the dominant microorganisms/enzymes using DMSP as a carbon source. Supporting this, most gammaproteobacterial (with DddD) but few alphaproteobacterial seawater isolates grew on DMSP as sole carbon source and produced DMS. Furthermore, our DNA-SIP strategy also identified Methylophaga and other Piscirickettsiaceae as key bacteria likely using the DMS, generated from DMSP lysis, as a carbon source. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to use DNA-SIP with 13C-labelled DMSP and, in a novel way, it identifies the dominant microbes utilising DMSP and DMS as carbon sources. It highlights that whilst metagenomic analyses of marine environments can predict microorganisms/genes that degrade DMSP and DMS based on their abundance, it cannot disentangle those using these important organosulfur compounds for their carbon requirements. Note, the most abundant DMSP degraders, e.g. Rhodobacterales with DmdA, are not always the key microorganisms using DMSP for carbon and releasing DMS, which in this coastal system were Oceanospirillales containing DddD. Video abstract.
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- Jingli Liu
- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences , Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences , Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences , Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences , Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences , Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and College of Marine Life Sciences , Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
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Bacterial Metabolic Potential in Response to Climate Warming Alters the Decomposition Process of Aquatic Plant Litter—In Shallow Lake Mesocosms. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10071327. [PMID: 35889044 PMCID: PMC9316218 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10071327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Increased decomposition rates in shallow lakes with global warming might increase the release of atmospheric greenhouse gases, thereby producing positive feedback for global warming. However, how climate warming affects litter decomposition is still unclear in lake ecosystems. Here, we tested the effects of constant and variable warming on the bacterial metabolic potential of typically submerged macrophyte (Potamogeton crispus L.) litters during decomposition in 18 mesocosms (2500 L each). The results showed that warming reduced main chemoheterotrophic metabolic potential but promoted methylotrophy metabolism, which means that further warming may alter methane-cycling microbial metabolism. The nitrate reduction function was inhibited under warming treatments, and nitrogen fixation capability significantly increased under variable warming in summer. The changes in dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, conductivity and ammonium nitrogen driven by warming are the main environmental factors affecting the bacteria’s metabolic potential. The effects of warming and environmental factors on fermentation, nitrate reduction and ammonification capabilities in stem and leaf litter were different, and the bacterial potential in the stem litter were more strongly responsive to environmental factors. These findings suggest that warming may considerably alter bacterial metabolic potential in macrophyte litter, contributing to long-term positive feedback between the C and N cycle and climate.
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Srinivas S, Berger M, Brinkhoff T, Niggemann J. Impact of Quorum Sensing and Tropodithietic Acid Production on the Exometabolome of Phaeobacter inhibens. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:917969. [PMID: 35801100 PMCID: PMC9253639 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.917969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Microbial interactions shape ecosystem diversity and chemistry through production and exchange of organic compounds, but the impact of regulatory mechanisms on production and release of these exometabolites is largely unknown. We studied the extent and nature of impact of two signaling molecules, tropodithietic acid (TDA) and the quorum sensing molecule acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) on the exometabolome of the model bacterium Phaeobacter inhibens DSM 17395, a member of the ubiquitous marine Roseobacter group. Exometabolomes of the wild type, a TDA and a QS (AHL-regulator) negative mutant were analyzed via Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). Based on a total of 996 reproducibly detected molecular masses, exometabolomes of the TDA and QS negative mutant were ∼70% dissimilar to each other, and ∼90 and ∼60% dissimilar, respectively, to that of the wild type. Moreover, at any sampled growth phase, 40–60% of masses detected in any individual exometabolome were unique to that strain, while only 10–12% constituted a shared “core exometabolome.” Putative annotation revealed exometabolites of ecological relevance such as vitamins, amino acids, auxins, siderophore components and signaling compounds with different occurrence patterns in the exometabolomes of the three strains. Thus, this study demonstrates that signaling molecules, such as AHL and TDA, extensively impact the composition of bacterial exometabolomes with potential consequences for species interactions in microbial communities.
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- Sujatha Srinivas
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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Zhang Y, Gallant É, Park JD, Seyedsayamdost MR. The Small-Molecule Language of Dynamic Microbial Interactions. Annu Rev Microbiol 2022; 76:641-660. [PMID: 35679616 PMCID: PMC10171915 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-042722-091052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Although microbes are routinely grown in monocultures in the laboratory, they are almost never encountered as single species in the wild. Our ability to detect and identify new microorganisms has advanced significantly in recent years, but our understanding of the mechanisms that mediate microbial interactions has lagged behind. What makes this task more challenging is that microbial alliances can be dynamic, consisting of multiple phases. The transitions between phases, and the interactions in general, are often mediated by a chemical language consisting of small molecules, also referred to as secondary metabolites or natural products. In this microbial lexicon, the molecules are like words and through their effects on recipient cells they convey meaning. The current review highlights three dynamic microbial interactions in which some of the words and their meanings have been characterized, especially those that mediate transitions in selected multiphasic associations. These systems provide insights into the principles that govern microbial symbioses and a playbook for interrogating similar associations in diverse ecological niches. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Microbiology, Volume 76 is September 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Yifan Zhang
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; ,
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; ,
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; ,
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; , .,Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; ,
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Chen ZX, Yang L, Li Q, Zhu YJ, Zheng L. Complete genome sequence of Roseivivax marinus strain TCYB24 with quorum sensing system reveal the adaptive mechanism against deep-sea hydrothermal environment. Mar Genomics 2022; 63:100952. [DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2022.100952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Draft Genome Sequence of Nereida sp. Strain MMG025, Isolated from Giant Kelp. Microbiol Resour Announc 2022; 11:e0012222. [PMID: 35532230 PMCID: PMC9202385 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00122-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Nereida sp. strain MMG025, isolated from the surface of giant kelp and assembled and analyzed by undergraduate students participating in a marine microbial genomics course. A genomic comparison suggests that MMG025 is a novel species, providing a resource for future microbiology and biotechnology investigations.
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Pontibrevibacter nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater of the Indian Ocean and intertidal zone. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacteria, strains h42T and ALG8, were isolated individually from the Indian Ocean and intertidal zone of Zhoushan, China. The results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the sequence similarity between strains h42T and ALG8 was 99.7 %, and the closest related strains were
Monaibacterium marinum
C7T (97.77 and 97.62 %) and
Pontivivens insulae
GYSW-23T (95.31 and 95.45 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences shows that these two novel strains belong to a distinct new lineage of the family
Rhodobacteraceae
in the order
Rhodobacterales
. The average nucleotide identity and in silico DNA–DNA hybridization values between the two novel strains and
M. marinum
C7T and
P. insulae
GYSW-23T were 72.73–78.15 % and 19.70–20.80 %, respectively. The DNA G+C content of strains h42T and ALG8 was 62.36 % and 62.17 mol %. The major fatty acids (>10 %) in strain h42T were C18 : 0, C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1
ω6c and/or C18 : 1
ω7c), and in strain ALG8 were C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω6c and/or C18 : 1
ω7c). The predominant isoprenoid ubiquinone of the two novel strains was Q-10; their major polar lipids were identified as diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, two unidentified glycolipids, an unidentified aminoglycolipid, an unidentified phospholipid and an unidentified lipid. Based on the results of the morphological, physiological, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of these two strains, a novel species of a new genus in the family
Rhodobacteraceae
is proposed, named as Pontibrevibacter nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain and non-type strain of P. nitratireducens are h42T (=KCTC 72875T=CGMCC 1.17849T=MCCC 1K04735T) and ALG8 (=KCTC 82194=MCCC 1K04733).
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Garuglieri E, Booth JM, Fusi M, Yang X, Marasco R, Mbobo T, Clementi E, Sacchi L, Daffonchio D. Morphological characteristics and abundance of prokaryotes associated with gills in mangrove brachyuran crabs living along a tidal gradient. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0266977. [PMID: 35421185 PMCID: PMC9009686 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Due to the chemico-physical differences between air and water, the transition from aquatic life to the land poses several challenges for animal evolution, necessitating morphological, physiological and behavioural adaptations. Microbial symbiosis is known to have played an important role in eukaryote evolution, favouring host adaptation under changing environmental conditions. We selected mangrove brachyuran crabs as a model group to investigate the prokaryotes associated with the gill of crabs dwelling at different tidal levels (subtidal, intertidal and supratidal). In these animals, the gill undergoes a high selective pressure, finely regulating multiple physiological functions during both animal submersion under and emersion from the periodical tidal events. We hypothesize that similarly to other marine animals, the gills of tidal crabs are consistently colonized by prokaryotes that may quantitatively change along the environmental gradient driven by the tides. Using electron microscopy techniques, we found a thick layer of prokaryotes over the gill surfaces of all of 12 crab species from the mangrove forests of Saudi Arabia, Kenya and South Africa. We consistently observed two distinct morphotypes (rod- and spherical-shaped), positioned horizontally and/or perpendicularly to the gill surface. The presence of replicating cells indicated that the prokaryote layer is actively growing on the gill surface. Quantitative analysis of scanning electron microscopy images and the quantification of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene by qPCR revealed a higher specific abundance of prokaryote cells per gill surface area in the subtidal species than those living in the supratidal zone. Our results revealed a correlation between prokaryote colonization of the gill surfaces and the host lifestyle. This finding indicates a possible role of prokaryote partnership within the crab gills, with potential effects on animal adaptation to different levels of the intertidal gradient present in the mangrove ecosystem.
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- Elisa Garuglieri
- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, United Kingdom
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- National Research Foundation-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Institute, Makhanda, South Africa
- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Mansky J, Wang H, Ebert M, Härtig E, Jahn D, Tomasch J, Wagner-Döbler I. The Influence of Genes on the “Killer Plasmid” of Dinoroseobacter shibae on Its Symbiosis With the Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:804767. [PMID: 35154034 PMCID: PMC8831719 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.804767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The marine bacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae shows a Jekyll-and-Hyde behavior in co-culture with the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum: In the initial symbiotic phase it provides the essential vitamins B12 (cobalamin) and B1 (thiamine) to the algae. In the later pathogenic phase it kills the dinoflagellate. The killing phenotype is determined by the 191 kb plasmid and can be conjugated into other Roseobacters. From a transposon-library of D. shibae we retrieved 28 mutants whose insertion sites were located on the 191 kb plasmid. We co-cultivated each of them with P. minimum in L1 medium lacking vitamin B12. With 20 mutant strains no algal growth beyond the axenic control lacking B12 occurred. Several of these genes were predicted to encode proteins from the type IV secretion system (T4SS). They are apparently essential for establishing the symbiosis. With five transposon mutant strains, the initial symbiotic phase was intact but the later pathogenic phase was lost in co-culture. In three of them the insertion sites were located in an operon predicted to encode genes for biotin (B7) uptake. Both P. minimum and D. shibae are auxotrophic for biotin. We hypothesize that the bacterium depletes the medium from biotin resulting in apoptosis of the dinoflagellate.
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- Johannes Mansky
- Institute for Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Laboratory of Anoxygenic Phototrophs, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences – Centre Algatech, Třeboň, Czechia
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- Institute for Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
- *Correspondence: Irene Wagner-Döbler,
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Park J, Li Y, Moon K, Han EJ, Lee SR, Seyedsayamdost MR. Structural Elucidation of Cryptic Algaecides in Marine Algal‐Bacterial Symbioses by NMR Spectroscopy and MicroED. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jong‐Duk Park
- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
- College of Pharmacy Chonnam National University Gwangju 61186 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
- Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University Princeton NJ 08544 USA
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Marine viruses and climate change: Virioplankton, the carbon cycle, and our future ocean. Adv Virus Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2022.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Sun C, Fang YC, Li H, Chen J, Ye YL, Ni LF, Xu L, Han BN, Wu M, Wang CS, Xu XW. Complete genome sequence of marine Roseobacter lineage member Monaibacterium sp. ALG8 with six plasmids isolated from seawater around brown algae. Mar Genomics 2021; 60:100878. [PMID: 34006489 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2021.100878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Monaibacterium sp. ALG8 (=MCCC 1 K04733) was isolated from seawater around brown algae. The genome of Monaibacterium sp. ALG8 was sequenced, one circular 3,036,380 bp chromosome and six circular plasmids ranging from 12,229 to 151,263 bp were found after assembly. The results of genomic annotation showed that Monaibacterium sp. ALG8 lacks the ability to degrade alginate, indicating its ecological role may not be directly related to the degradation of brown algae. The comparison of genomic features in the plasmids showed that almost all of these plasmids, except pALG4, were horizontally recruited from donors, not ancestors. Based on predicted functions, the existence of plasmids may provide strain ALG8 with advantages including nitrate reduction, tolerance of osmotic stress via glycine betaine, resistance to heavy metal stress such as mercury and cobalt, degradation of benzoate metabolites such as p-cumate, transformation of the swim-or-stick lifestyle and improvement of the immune system with two CRISPR-Cas systems. This study provides evidence for the carbon metabolic patterns of Monaibacterium sp. ALG8 and predicts the functions and donors of six plasmids in this strain, broadening our understanding of the ecological roles of bacteria in the environment around brown algae and the functions and evolutionary patterns of plasmids in marine Roseobacter lineage members.
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- Cong Sun
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China; College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China; College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, PR China.
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Park JD, Li Y, Moon K, Han EJ, Lee SR, Seyedsayamdost MR. Structural Elucidation of Cryptic Algaecides in Marine Algal-Bacterial Symbioses by NMR Spectroscopy and MicroED. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114022. [PMID: 34852184 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Microbial secondary metabolite discovery is often conducted in pure monocultures. In a natural setting, however, where metabolites are constantly exchanged, biosynthetic precursors are likely provided by symbionts or hosts. In the current work, we report eight novel and architecturally unusual secondary metabolites synthesized by the bacterial symbiont Phaeobacter inhibens from precursors that, in a native context, would be provided by their algal hosts. Three of these were produced at low titres and their structures were determined de novo using the emerging microcrystal electron diffraction method. Some of the new metabolites exhibited potent algaecidal activity suggesting that the bacterial symbiont can convert algal precursors, tryptophan and sinapic acid, into complex cytotoxins. Our results have important implications for the parasitic phase of algal-bacterial symbiotic interactions.
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- Jong-Duk Park
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.,College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.,Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Genomic Characterization of Two Novel RCA Phages Reveals New Insights into the Diversity and Evolution of Marine Viruses. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0123921. [PMID: 34668749 PMCID: PMC8528129 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01239-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Viruses are the most abundant living entities in marine ecosystems, playing critical roles in altering the structure and function of microbial communities and driving ocean biogeochemistry. Phages that infect Roseobacter clade-affiliated (RCA) cluster strains are an important component of marine viral communities. Here, we characterize the genome sequences of two new RCA phages, CRP-9 and CRP-13, which infect RCA strain FZCC0023. Genomic analysis reveals that CRP-9 and CRP-13 represent a novel evolutionary lineage of marine phages. They both have a DNA replication module most similar to those in Cobavirus group phages. In contrast, their morphogenesis and packaging modules are distinct from those in cobaviruses but homologous to those in HMO-2011-type phages. The genomic architecture of CRP-9 and CRP-13 suggests a genomic recombination event between distinct phage groups. Metagenomic data sets were examined for metagenome-assembled viral genomes (MAVGs) with similar recombinant genome architectures. Fifteen CRP-9-type MAVGs were identified from marine viromes. Additionally, 158 MAVGs were identified containing HMO-2011-type morphogenesis and packaging modules with other types of DNA replication genes, providing more evidence that recombination between different phage groups is a major driver of phage evolution. Altogether, this study significantly expands the understanding of diversity and evolution of marine roseophages. Meanwhile, the analysis of these novel RCA phages and MAVGs highlights the critical role of recombination in shaping phage diversity. These phage sequences are valuable resources for inferring the evolutionary connection of distinct phage groups. IMPORTANCE Diversity and evolution of phages that infect the relatively slow-growing but dominant Roseobacter lineages are largely unknown. In this study, RCA phages CRP-9 and CRP-13 have been isolated on a Roseobacter RCA strain and shown to have a unique genomic architecture, which appears to be the result of a recombination event. CRP-9 and CRP-13 have a DNA replication module most similar to those in Cobavirus group phages and morphogenesis and packaging modules most similar to those in HMO-2011-type phages. HMO-2011-type morphogenesis and packaging modules are found in combination with distinct types of DNA replication genes, suggesting compatibility with various DNA replication modules. Altogether, this study contributes toward a better understanding of marine viral diversity and evolution.
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Phylogenomics of SAR116 Clade Reveals Two Subclades with Different Evolutionary Trajectories and an Important Role in the Ocean Sulfur Cycle. mSystems 2021; 6:e0094421. [PMID: 34609172 PMCID: PMC8547437 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00944-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The SAR116 clade within the class Alphaproteobacteria represents one of the most abundant groups of heterotrophic bacteria inhabiting the surface of the ocean. The small number of cultured representatives of SAR116 (only two to date) is a major bottleneck that has prevented an in-depth study at the genomic level to understand the relationship between genome diversity and its role in the marine environment. In this study, we use all publicly available genomes to provide a genomic overview of the phylogeny, metabolism, and biogeography within the SAR116 clade. This increased genomic diversity has led to the discovery of two subclades that, despite coexisting in the same environment, display different properties in their genomic makeup. One represents a novel subclade for which no pure cultures have been isolated and is composed mainly of single-amplified genomes (SAGs). Genomes within this subclade showed convergent evolutionary trajectories with more streamlined features, such as low GC content (ca. 30%), short intergenic spacers (<22 bp), and strong purifying selection (low ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous polymorphisms [dN/dS]). Besides, they were more abundant in metagenomic databases recruiting at the deep chlorophyll maximum. Less abundant and restricted to the upper photic layers of the global ocean, the other subclade of SAR116, enriched in metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), included the only two pure cultures. Genomic analysis suggested that both clades have a significant role in the sulfur cycle with differences in the way both clades can metabolize dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP). IMPORTANCE The SAR116 clade of Alphaproteobacteria is a ubiquitous group of heterotrophic bacteria inhabiting the surface of the ocean, but the information about their ecology and population genomic diversity is scarce due to the difficulty of getting pure culture isolates. The combination of single-cell genomics and metagenomics has become an alternative approach to study these kinds of microbes. Our results expand the understanding of the genomic diversity, distribution, and lifestyles within this clade and provide evidence of different evolutionary trajectories in the genomic makeup of the two subclades that could serve to illustrate how evolutionary pressure can drive different adaptations to the same environment. Therefore, the SAR116 clade represents an ideal model organism for the study of the evolutionary streamlining of genomes in microbes that have relatively close relatedness to each other.
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Banda JF, Zhang Q, Ma L, Pei L, Du Z, Hao C, Dong H. Both pH and salinity shape the microbial communities of the lakes in Badain Jaran Desert, NW China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 791:148108. [PMID: 34126487 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Badain Jaran Desert (BJD), characterized by extremely arid climate and tallest sand dunes in the world, is the second largest desert in China. Surprisingly, there are a large number of permanent lakes in this desert. At present, little is known about the composition and distribution of microbial communities in these desert lakes, which are an important bioresource and play a fundamental role in the elemental cycles of the lakes. In this study, the physicochemical characteristics and microbial communities of water samples from 15 lakes in BJD were comparatively investigated. The results showed that the lakes were rich in Na+, Cl-, CO32- and HCO3- while Ca2+ and Mg2+ were scarce, with pH 8.52-10.27 and salinity 1.05-478.70 g/L. Bacteria dominated exclusively in low saline lakes (salinity < 50 g/L) while archaea were predominant in hypersaline lakes (salinity > 250 g/L), which abundance increased along salinity gradient linearly. Genera Flavobacterium, Synechocystis and Roseobacter from phyla Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria were the major members in low saline lakes whereas Halomonas, Aliidiomarina and Halopelagius from Gammaproteobacteria and Euryarchaeota were abundant in moderately saline lakes (salinity 50-250 g/L). The hypersaline lakes were predominated by extreme halophiles such as Halorubrum, Halohasta and Natronomonas from Euryarchaeota. The correlation among the microbes in the lakes was mainly positive, suggesting they can survive in the harsh environments through synergistic interactions. Statistical analyses indicated that physicochemical characteristics rather than spatial factors shaped the microbial communities in the desert lakes. The pH was the most important environmental factor controlling alpha diversity, while salinity was the major driver determining microbial community structure in BJD lakes. In contrast, geographic factors had no significant impact on the microbial community compositions.
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- Joseph Frazer Banda
- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Geomicrobiology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Geomicrobiology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Geomicrobiology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Geomicrobiology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Geomicrobiology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Geomicrobiology Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
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A novel random forest approach to revealing interactions and controls on chlorophyll concentration and bacterial communities during coastal phytoplankton blooms. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19944. [PMID: 34620921 PMCID: PMC8497483 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98110-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Increasing occurrence of harmful algal blooms across the land–water interface poses significant risks to coastal ecosystem structure and human health. Defining significant drivers and their interactive impacts on blooms allows for more effective analysis and identification of specific conditions supporting phytoplankton growth. A novel iterative Random Forests (iRF) machine-learning model was developed and applied to two example cases along the California coast to identify key stable interactions: (1) phytoplankton abundance in response to various drivers due to coastal conditions and land-sea nutrient fluxes, (2) microbial community structure during algal blooms. In Example 1, watershed derived nutrients were identified as the least significant interacting variable associated with Monterey Bay phytoplankton abundance. In Example 2, through iRF analysis of field-based 16S OTU bacterial community and algae datasets, we independently found stable interactions of prokaryote abundance patterns associated with phytoplankton abundance that have been previously identified in laboratory-based studies. Our study represents the first iRF application to marine algal blooms that helps to identify ocean, microbial, and terrestrial conditions that are considered dominant causal factors on bloom dynamics.
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Mixotrophic bacteria for environmental detoxification of contaminated waste and wastewater. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:6627-6648. [PMID: 34468802 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11514-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mixotrophic bacteria provide a desirable alternative to the use of classical heterotrophic or chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in environmental technology, particularly under limiting nutrients conditions. Their bi-modal ability of adapting to inorganic or organic carbon feed and sulfur, nitrogen, or even heavy metal stress conditions are attractive features to achieve efficient bacterial activity and favorable operation conditions for the environmental detoxification or remediation of contaminated waste and wastewater. This review provides an overview on the state of the art and summarizes the metabolic traits of the most promising and emerging non-model mixotrophic bacteria for the environmental detoxification of contaminated wastewater and waste containing excess amounts of limiting nutrients. Although mixotrophic bacteria usually function with low organic carbon sources, the unusual capabilities of mixotrophic electroactive exoelectrogens and electrotrophs in bioelectrochemical systems and in microbial electrosynthesis for accelerating simultaneous metabolism of inorganic or organic C and N, S or heavy metals are reviewed. The identification of the mixotrophic properties of electroactive bacteria and their capability to drive mono- or bidirectional electron transfer processes are highly exciting and promising aspects. These aspects provide an appealing potential for unearthing new mixotrophic exoelectrogens and electrotrophs, and thus inspire the next generation of microbial electrochemical technology and mixotrophic bacterial metabolic engineering. KEY POINTS: • Mixotrophic bacteria efficiently and simultaneously remove C and N, S or heavy metals. • Exoelectrogens and electrotrophs accelerate metabolism of C and N, S or heavy metals. • New mixotrophic exoelectrogens and electrotrophs should be discovered and exploited.
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Wang R, Gallant É, Wilson MZ, Wu Y, Li A, Gitai Z, Seyedsayamdost MR. Algal p-coumaric acid induces oxidative stress and siderophore biosynthesis in the bacterial symbiont Phaeobacter inhibens. Cell Chem Biol 2021; 29:670-679.e5. [PMID: 34437838 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The marine alpha-proteobacterium Phaeobacter inhibens engages in intermittent symbioses with microalgae. The symbiosis is biphasic and concludes in a parasitic phase, during which the bacteria release algaecidal metabolites in response to algal p-coumaric acid (pCA). The cell-wide effects of pCA on P. inhibens remain unknown. Herein, we report a microarray-based transcriptomic study and find that genes related to the oxidative stress response and secondary metabolism are upregulated most, while those associated with energy production and motility are downregulated in the presence of pCA. Among genes upregulated is a previously unannotated biosynthetic gene cluster and, using a combination of gene deletions and metabolic profiling, we show that it gives rise to an unreported siderophore, roseobactin. The simultaneous production of algaecides and roseobactin in the parasitic phase allows the bacteria to take up any iron that is released from dying algal cells, thereby securing a limited micronutrient.
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- Rurun Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
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Francis B, Urich T, Mikolasch A, Teeling H, Amann R. North Sea spring bloom-associated Gammaproteobacteria fill diverse heterotrophic niches. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2021; 16:15. [PMID: 34404489 PMCID: PMC8371827 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-021-00385-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND The planktonic bacterial community associated with spring phytoplankton blooms in the North Sea is responsible for a large amount of carbon turnover in an environment characterised by high primary productivity. Individual clades belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria have shown similar population dynamics to Bacteroidetes species, and are thus assumed to fill competing ecological niches. Previous studies have generated large numbers of metagenome assembled genomes and metaproteomes from these environments, which can be readily mined to identify populations performing potentially important ecosystem functions. In this study we attempt to catalogue these spring bloom-associated Gammaproteobacteria, which have thus far attracted less attention than sympatric Alphaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes. METHODS We annotated 120 non-redundant species-representative gammaproteobacterial metagenome assembled genomes from spring bloom sampling campaigns covering the four years 2010-2012 and 2016 using a combination of Prokka and PfamScan, with further confirmation via BLAST against NCBI-NR. We also matched these gene annotations to 20 previously published metaproteomes covering those sampling periods plus the spring of 2009. RESULTS Metagenome assembled genomes with clear capacity for polysaccharide degradation via dedicated clusters of carbohydrate active enzymes were among the most abundant during blooms. Many genomes lacked gene clusters with clearly identifiable predicted polysaccharide substrates, although abundantly expressed loci for the uptake of large molecules were identified in metaproteomes. While the larger biopolymers, which are the most abundant sources of reduced carbon following algal blooms, are likely the main energy source, some gammaproteobacterial clades were clearly specialised for smaller organic compounds. Their substrates range from amino acids, monosaccharides, and DMSP, to the less expected, such as terpenoids, and aromatics and biphenyls, as well as many 'unknowns'. In particular we uncover a much greater breadth of apparent methylotrophic capability than heretofore identified, present in several order level clades without cultivated representatives. CONCLUSIONS Large numbers of metagenome assembled genomes are today publicly available, containing a wealth of readily accessible information. Here we identified a variety of predicted metabolisms of interest, which include diverse potential heterotrophic niches of spring bloom-associated Gammaproteobacteria. Features such as those identified here could well be fertile ground for future experimental studies.
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- Ben Francis
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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Morris MT, Hauton C, Baylay AJ, Peruzza L, Targett TE, Ciotti BJ. Spatial variation in the gastrointestinal microbiome, diet, and nutritional condition of a juvenile flatfish among coastal habitats. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 170:105413. [PMID: 34284178 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Gut microbiota are important for the health, fitness and development of animal hosts, but little is known about these assemblages in wild populations of fish. Such knowledge is particularly important for juvenile life stages where nutritional intake critically determines early development, growth, and ultimately recruitment. We characterise the microbiome inhabiting the gut of young-of-the-year European plaice ('YOY plaice') on sandy beaches, their key juvenile habitat, and examine how these microbial communities vary spatially in relation to diet and nutritional condition of their plaice hosts. Body size, diet (stomach fullness and eukaryotic 18S ribosomal sequencing), nutritional condition (RNA:DNA) and gut microbiota (16S prokaryotic ribosomal sequencing) were compared in fish at two spatial scales: between beaches separated by 10s of kilometres and between sites at different depths on the same beach, separated by 10s of metres. The main microbial phyla in YOY plaice guts were Proteobacteria, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes and Verrucomicrobiae. Within the Proteobacteria there was an unusual dominance of Alphaproteobacteria. Differences in body size, diet and nutritional condition of YOY plaice between beaches were accompanied by differences in gut microbial assemblage structure. Notably, substantially reduced nutritional condition and size at one of the beaches was associated with lower stomach fullness, reduced consumption of annelids and differences in the abundance and presence of specific microbial taxa. Differences were also detected in microbial assemblages, body size, and diet between depths within the same nursery beach, although stomach fullness and nutritional condition did not vary significantly. The functional links between the environment, gut microbiota, and their hosts are potentially important mediators of the development of young fish through critical life stages. Our study indicates that these links need to be addressed at 10 km and even 10 m scales to capture the variability observed in wild populations of juvenile fish.
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- Marc T Morris
- Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK; Present address: Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, St Lucia, 4072, Australia
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- Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy
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- School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK.
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Matos A, Antunes A. Symbiotic Associations in Ascidians: Relevance for Functional Innovation and Bioactive Potential. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:370. [PMID: 34206769 PMCID: PMC8303170 DOI: 10.3390/md19070370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Associations between different organisms have been extensively described in terrestrial and marine environments. These associations are involved in roles as diverse as nutrient exchanges, shelter or adaptation to adverse conditions. Ascidians are widely dispersed marine invertebrates associated to invasive behaviours. Studying their microbiomes has interested the scientific community, mainly due to its potential for bioactive compounds production-e.g., ET-73 (trabectedin, Yondelis), an anticancer drug. However, these symbiotic interactions embrace several environmental and biological functions with high ecological relevance, inspiring diverse biotechnological applications. We thoroughly reviewed microbiome studies (microscopic to metagenomic approaches) of around 171 hosts, worldwide dispersed, occurring at different domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya), to illuminate the functions and bioactive potential of associated organisms in ascidians. Associations with Bacteria are the most prevalent, namely with Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria and Planctomycetes phyla. The microbiomes of ascidians belonging to Aplousobranchia order have been the most studied. The integration of worldwide studies characterizing ascidians' microbiome composition revealed several functions including UV protection, bioaccumulation of heavy metals and defense against fouling or predators through production of natural products, chemical signals or competition. The critical assessment and characterization of these communities is extremely valuable to comprehend their biological/ecological role and biotechnological potential.
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- Ana Matos
- CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Porto, Portugal;
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Porto, Portugal;
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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Feng X, Chu X, Qian Y, Henson MW, Lanclos VC, Qin F, Barnes S, Zhao Y, Thrash JC, Luo H. Mechanisms driving genome reduction of a novel Roseobacter lineage. ISME JOURNAL 2021; 15:3576-3586. [PMID: 34145391 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01036-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Members of the marine Roseobacter group are key players in the global carbon and sulfur cycles. While over 300 species have been described, only 2% possess reduced genomes (mostly 3-3.5 Mbp) compared to an average roseobacter (>4 Mbp). These taxonomic minorities are phylogenetically diverse but form a Pelagic Roseobacter Cluster (PRC) at the genome content level. Here, we cultivated eight isolates constituting a novel Roseobacter lineage which we named 'CHUG'. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic read recruitment analyses showed that CHUG members are globally distributed and active in marine pelagic environments. CHUG members possess some of the smallest genomes (~2.6 Mb) among all known roseobacters, but they do not exhibit canonical features of typical bacterioplankton lineages theorized to have undergone genome streamlining processes, like higher coding density, fewer paralogues and rarer pseudogenes. While CHUG members form a genome content cluster with traditional PRC members, they show important differences. Unlike other PRC members, neither the relative abundances of CHUG members nor their relative gene expression levels are correlated with chlorophyll a concentration across the global samples. CHUG members cannot utilize most phytoplankton-derived metabolites or synthesize vitamin B12, a key metabolite mediating the roseobacter-phytoplankton interactions. This combination of features is evidence for the hypothesis that CHUG members may have evolved a free-living lifestyle decoupled from phytoplankton. This ecological transition was accompanied by the loss of signature genes involved in roseobacter-phytoplankton symbiosis, suggesting that relaxation of purifying selection owing to lifestyle shift is likely an important driver of genome reduction in CHUG.
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- Xiaoyuan Feng
- Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, SAR, Hong Kong.,Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, SAR, Hong Kong
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- Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, SAR, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, SAR, Hong Kong. .,Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.
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