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Batista RA, Wang L, Bogaert KA, Coelho SM. Insights into the molecular bases of multicellular development from brown algae. Development 2024; 151:dev203004. [PMID: 39302848 DOI: 10.1242/dev.203004] [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] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
Abstract
The transition from simple to complex multicellularity represents a major evolutionary step that occurred in only a few eukaryotic lineages. Comparative analyses of these lineages provide insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms driving this transition, but limited understanding of the biology of some complex multicellular lineages, such as brown algae, has hampered progress. This Review explores how recent advances in genetic and genomic technologies now allow detailed investigations into the molecular bases of brown algae development. We highlight how forward genetic techniques have identified mutants that enhance our understanding of pattern formation and sexual differentiation in these organisms. Additionally, the existence and nature of morphogens in brown algae and the potential influence of the microbiome in key developmental processes are examined. Outstanding questions, such as the identity of master regulators, the definition and characterization of cell types, and the molecular bases of developmental plasticity are discussed, with insights into how recent technical advances could provide answers. Overall, this Review highlights how brown algae are emerging as alternative model organisms, contributing to our understanding of the evolution of multicellular life and the diversity of body plans.
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- Rita A Batista
- Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Paulino S, Petek S, Le Strat Y, Bourgougnon N, Le Blay G. Cultivable epiphytic bacteria of the Chlorophyta Ulva sp.: diversity, antibacterial, and biofilm-modulating activities. J Appl Microbiol 2024; 135:lxae099. [PMID: 38702839 DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxae099] [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: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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AIMS Macroalgae harbor a rich epiphytic microbiota that plays a crucial role in algal morphogenesis and defense mechanisms. This study aims to isolate epiphytic cultivable microbiota from Ulva sp. surfaces. Various culture media were employed to evaluate a wide range of cultivable microbiota. Our objective was to assess the antibacterial and biofilm-modulating activities of supernatants from isolated bacteria. METHODS AND RESULTS Sixty-nine bacterial isolates from Ulva sp. were identified based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Their antibacterial activity and biofilm modulation potential were screened against three target marine bacteria: 45%, mostly affiliated with Gammaproteobacteria and mainly grown on diluted R2A medium (R2Ad), showed strong antibacterial activity, while 18% had a significant impact on biofilm modulation. Molecular network analysis was carried out on four bioactive bacterial supernatants, revealing new molecules potentially responsible for their activities. CONCLUSION R2Ad offered the greatest diversity and proportion of active isolates. The molecular network approach holds promise for both identifying bacterial isolates based on their molecular production and characterizing antibacterial and biofilm-modulating activities.
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- Sauvann Paulino
- Université Bretagne Sud, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Chimie Marines, EMR CNRS 6076, Vannes, France
- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, IUEM, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, IUEM, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, IUEM, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Université Bretagne Sud, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Chimie Marines, EMR CNRS 6076, Vannes, France
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, IUEM, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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Burgunter-Delamare B, Shetty P, Vuong T, Mittag M. Exchange or Eliminate: The Secrets of Algal-Bacterial Relationships. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:829. [PMID: 38592793 PMCID: PMC10974524 DOI: 10.3390/plants13060829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Algae and bacteria have co-occurred and coevolved in common habitats for hundreds of millions of years, fostering specific associations and interactions such as mutualism or antagonism. These interactions are shaped through exchanges of primary and secondary metabolites provided by one of the partners. Metabolites, such as N-sources or vitamins, can be beneficial to the partner and they may be assimilated through chemotaxis towards the partner producing these metabolites. Other metabolites, especially many natural products synthesized by bacteria, can act as toxins and damage or kill the partner. For instance, the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii establishes a mutualistic partnership with a Methylobacterium, in stark contrast to its antagonistic relationship with the toxin producing Pseudomonas protegens. In other cases, as with a coccolithophore haptophyte alga and a Phaeobacter bacterium, the same alga and bacterium can even be subject to both processes, depending on the secreted bacterial and algal metabolites. Some bacteria also influence algal morphology by producing specific metabolites and micronutrients, as is observed in some macroalgae. This review focuses on algal-bacterial interactions with micro- and macroalgal models from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments and summarizes the advances in the field. It also highlights the effects of temperature on these interactions as it is presently known.
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- Bertille Burgunter-Delamare
- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (P.S.); (T.V.)
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (P.S.); (T.V.)
- Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (P.S.); (T.V.)
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- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (P.S.); (T.V.)
- Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Wang YW, Wang XH, Zhang J, Du ZJ, Mu DS. Cerina litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel potential polysaccharide degrading bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1447-1455. [PMID: 37899393 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-023-01888-z] [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: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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The Gram-strain-negative, facultative anaerobic, chemoheterotrophic, short-rod-shaped, non-motile, forming yellow colonies strain, designated F89T, was isolated from marine sediment of Xiaoshi Island, Weihai. Strain F89T grew at 15-37 °C (optimally at 28 °C), at pH 6.0-8.5 (optimally at pH 7.0) and in the presence of 1-5% (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain F89T was related to the family Flavobacteriaceae. F89T had highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Maribacter cobaltidurans MCCC 1K03318T (93.3%). The predominant cellular fatty acids of F89T were iso-C15:0, iso-C15:0 G and Summed Feature 3. The main respiratory quinone of F89T was menaquinone 6 (MK-6), consistent with that observed for all related strains. The polar lipid profile of strain F89T contained phosphatidylethanolamine, two aminolipids and three unidentified polar lipids. The genomic DNA G + C content of strain F89T was 42.7%. Strain F89T encoded 121 glycoside hydrolases and was a potential polysaccharide degrading bacterium. Differential phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the strain showed that F89T should be classified as a novel genus in Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Cerina litoralis is proposed. The type strain is F89T (= MCCC 1H00510T = KCTC 92203T).
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- Ya-Wei Wang
- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China
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- ANU Joint Science College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, China
- Weihai Research Institute of Industrial Technology of Shandong University, Weihai, China
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- Marine College, Shandong University, Weihai, 264209, Shandong, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong, China.
- Weihai Research Institute of Industrial Technology of Shandong University, Weihai, China.
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Li J, Weinberger F, de Nys R, Thomas T, Egan S. A pathway to improve seaweed aquaculture through microbiota manipulation. Trends Biotechnol 2023; 41:545-556. [PMID: 36089422 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Eukaryotic hosts are associated with microbial communities that are critical to their function. Microbiota manipulation using beneficial microorganisms, for example, in the form of animal probiotics or plant growth-promoting microorganisms (PGPMs), can enhance host performance and health. Recently, seaweed beneficial microorganisms (SBMs) have been identified that promote the growth and development and/or improve disease resistance of seaweeds. This knowledge coincides with global initiatives seeking to expand and intensify seaweed aquaculture. Here, we provide a pathway with the potential to improve commercial cultivation of seaweeds through microbiota manipulation, highlighting that seaweed restoration practices can also benefit from further understanding SBMs and their modes of action. The challenges and opportunities of different approaches to identify and apply SBMs to seaweed aquaculture are discussed.
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- Jiasui Li
- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Marine Ecology Division, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Sea Forest Limited, 488 Freestone Point Road, Triabunna, Tasmania 7190, Australia and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville 4810, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia.
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KleinJan H, Frioux C, Califano G, Aite M, Fremy E, Karimi E, Corre E, Wichard T, Siegel A, Boyen C, Dittami SM. Insights into the potential for mutualistic and harmful host-microbe interactions affecting brown alga freshwater acclimation. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:703-723. [PMID: 36326449 PMCID: PMC10099861 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Microbes can modify their hosts' stress tolerance, thus potentially enhancing their ecological range. An example of such interactions is Ectocarpus subulatus, one of the few freshwater-tolerant brown algae. This tolerance is partially due to its (un)cultivated microbiome. We investigated this phenomenon by modifying the microbiome of laboratory-grown E. subulatus using mild antibiotic treatments, which affected its ability to grow in low salinity. Low salinity acclimation of these algal-bacterial associations was then compared. Salinity significantly impacted bacterial and viral gene expression, albeit in different ways across algal-bacterial communities. In contrast, gene expression of the host and metabolite profiles were affected almost exclusively in the freshwater-intolerant algal-bacterial communities. We found no evidence of bacterial protein production that would directly improve algal stress tolerance. However, vitamin K synthesis is one possible bacterial service missing specifically in freshwater-intolerant cultures in low salinity. In this condition, we also observed a relative increase in bacterial transcriptomic activity and the induction of microbial genes involved in the biosynthesis of the autoinducer AI-1, a quorum-sensing regulator. This could have resulted in dysbiosis by causing a shift in bacterial behaviour in the intolerant algal-bacterial community. Together, these results provide two promising hypotheses to be examined by future targeted experiments. Although they apply only to the specific study system, they offer an example of how bacteria may impact their host's stress response.
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- Hetty KleinJan
- Station Biologique de Roscoff, Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine ModelsSorbonne University, CNRSRoscoffFrance
- CEBEDEAU, Research and Expertise Centre for WaterQuartier Polytech 1LiègeBelgium
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- Inria, CNRS, IRISAUniversity of RennesRennesFrance
- InriaUniversity of Bordeaux, INRAETalenceFrance
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical ChemistryFriedrich Schiller University JenaJenaGermany
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- Inria, CNRS, IRISAUniversity of RennesRennesFrance
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- Inria, CNRS, IRISAUniversity of RennesRennesFrance
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- Station Biologique de Roscoff, Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine ModelsSorbonne University, CNRSRoscoffFrance
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- Station BiologiqueFR2424, ABiMS, Sorbonne Université, CNRSRoscoffFrance
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical ChemistryFriedrich Schiller University JenaJenaGermany
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- Inria, CNRS, IRISAUniversity of RennesRennesFrance
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- Station Biologique de Roscoff, Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine ModelsSorbonne University, CNRSRoscoffFrance
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- Station Biologique de Roscoff, Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine ModelsSorbonne University, CNRSRoscoffFrance
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Park J, Davis K, Lajoie G, Parfrey LW. Alternative approaches to identify core bacteria in Fucus distichus microbiome and assess their distribution and host-specificity. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2022; 17:55. [PMID: 36384808 PMCID: PMC9670562 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-022-00451-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Identifying meaningful ecological associations between host and components of the microbiome is challenging. This is especially true for hosts such as marine macroalgae where the taxonomic composition of the microbiome is highly diverse and variable in space and time. Identifying core taxa is one way forward but there are many methods and thresholds in use. This study leverages a large dataset of microbial communities associated with the widespread brown macroalga, Fucus distichus, across sites and years on one island in British Columbia, Canada. We compare three different methodological approaches to identify core taxa at the amplicon sequence variant (ASV) level from this dataset: (1) frequency analysis of taxa on F. distichus performed over the whole dataset, (2) indicator species analysis (IndVal) over the whole dataset that identifies frequent taxa that are enriched on F. distichus in comparison to the local environment, and (3) a two-step IndVal method that identifies taxa that are consistently enriched on F. distichus across sites and time points. We then investigated a F. distichus time-series dataset to see if those core taxa are seasonally consistent on another remote island in British Columbia, Canada. We then evaluate host-specificity of the identified F. distichus core ASVs using comparative data from 32 other macroalgal species sampled at one of the sites. RESULTS We show that a handful of core ASVs are consistently identified by both frequency analysis and IndVal approaches with alternative definitions, although no ASVs were always present on F. distichus and IndVal identified a diverse array of F. distichus indicator taxa across sites on Calvert Island in multiple years. Frequency analysis captured a broader suit of taxa, while IndVal was better at identifying host-specific microbes. Finally, two-step IndVal identified hundreds of indicator ASVs for particular sites/timepoints but only 12 that were indicators in a majority (> 6 out of 11) of sites/timepoints. Ten of these ASVs were also indicators on Quadra Island, 250 km away. Many F. distichus-core ASVs are generally found on multiple macroalgal species, while a few ASVs are highly specific to F. distichus. CONCLUSIONS Different methodological approaches with variable set thresholds influence core identification, but a handful of core taxa are apparently identifiable as they are widespread and temporally associated with F. distichus and enriched in comparison to the environment. Moreover, we show that many of these core ASVs of F. distichus are found on multiple macroalgal hosts, indicating that most occupy a macroalgal generalist niche rather than forming highly specialized associations with F. distichus. Further studies should test whether macroalgal generalists or specialists are more likely to engage in biologically important exchanges with host.
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- Jungsoo Park
- Department of Botany, Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Botany, Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Botany, Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC Canada
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- Department of Botany, Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
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Taya K, Takeuchi S, Takahashi M, Hayashi KI, Mikami K. Auxin Regulates Apical Stem Cell Regeneration and Tip Growth in the Marine Red Alga Neopyropia yezoensis. Cells 2022; 11:cells11172652. [PMID: 36078060 PMCID: PMC9454478 DOI: 10.3390/cells11172652] [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: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The red alga Neopyropia yezoensis undergoes polarized elongation and asymmetrical cell division of the apical stem cell during tip growth in filamentous generations of its life cycle: the conchocelis and conchosporangium. Side branches are also produced via tip growth, a process involving the regeneration and asymmetrical division of the apical stem cell. Here, we demonstrate that auxin plays a crucial role in these processes by using the auxin antagonist 2-(1H-Indol-3-yl)-4-oxo-4-phenyl-butyric acid (PEO-IAA), which specifically blocks the activity of the auxin receptor TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE1 (TIR1) in land plants. PEO-IAA repressed both the regeneration and polarized tip growth of the apical stem cell in single-celled conchocelis; this phenomenon was reversed by treatment with the auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). In addition, tip growth of the conchosporangium was accelerated by IAA treatment but repressed by PEO-IAA treatment. These findings indicate that auxin regulates polarized tip cell growth and that an auxin receptor-like protein is present in N. yezoensis. The sensitivity to different 5-alkoxy-IAA analogs differs considerably between N. yezoensis and Arabidopsis thaliana. N. yezoensis lacks a gene encoding TIR1, indicating that its auxin receptor-like protein differs from the auxin receptor of terrestrial plants. These findings shed light on auxin-induced mechanisms and the regulation of tip growth in plants.
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- Kensuke Taya
- Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan
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- School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan
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- Faculty of Bio-Industry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 196 Yasaka, Abashiri 099-2493, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridaicho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
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- School of Food Industrial Sciences, Miyagi University, 2-2-1 Hatatate, Taihaku-ku, Sendai 982-0215, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-22-245-1411
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Burgunter-Delamare B, Tanguy G, Legeay E, Boyen C, Dittami SM. Effects of sampling and storage procedures on 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing results of kelp microbiomes. Mar Genomics 2022; 63:100944. [PMID: 35299055 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2022.100944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Brown macroalgae, including the kelp Saccharina latissima, are of both ecological and increasing economic interest. Together with their microbiota, these organisms form a singular entity, the holobiont. Sampling campaigns are required to study the microbiome of algae in natural populations, but freezing samples in liquid nitrogen is complex in the field, particularly at remote locations. Here we tested two simple alternative methods for sampling the microbial diversity associated with the kelp S. latissima: silica gel conservation of tissue and swab samples preserved in DNA/RNA shield solution. We used these techniques to compare apex and meristem samples from Roscoff (Brittany, France) and evaluated their impact on the results of 16S rDNA metabarcoding experiments. Both methods were able to separate apex and meristem microbiomes, and the results were concordant with results obtained for flash-frozen samples. However, differences were observed for several rare genera and ASVs, and the detection of contaminant sequences in the silica gel-preserved samples underline the importance of including blank samples for this method. Globally, our results confirm that the silica gel technique and swabbing combined with DNA/RNA shield preservation are valid alternatives to liquid nitrogen preservation when sampling brown macroalgae in the field. However, they also underline that, regardless of the method, caution should be taken when interpreting data on rare sequences.
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- Bertille Burgunter-Delamare
- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France.
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France; CNRS, Sorbonne Université, FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, France.
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Karimi E, Geslain E, Belcour A, Frioux C, Aïte M, Siegel A, Corre E, Dittami SM. Robustness analysis of metabolic predictions in algal microbial communities based on different annotation pipelines. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11344. [PMID: 33996285 PMCID: PMC8106915 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Animals, plants, and algae rely on symbiotic microorganisms for their development and functioning. Genome sequencing and genomic analyses of these microorganisms provide opportunities to construct metabolic networks and to analyze the metabolism of the symbiotic communities they constitute. Genome-scale metabolic network reconstructions rest on information gained from genome annotation. As there are multiple annotation pipelines available, the question arises to what extent differences in annotation pipelines impact outcomes of these analyses. Here, we compare five commonly used pipelines (Prokka, MaGe, IMG, DFAST, RAST) from predicted annotation features (coding sequences, Enzyme Commission numbers, hypothetical proteins) to the metabolic network-based analysis of symbiotic communities (biochemical reactions, producible compounds, and selection of minimal complementary bacterial communities). While Prokka and IMG produced the most extensive networks, RAST and DFAST networks produced the fewest false positives and the most connected networks with the fewest dead-end metabolites. Our results underline differences between the outputs of the tested pipelines at all examined levels, with small differences in the draft metabolic networks resulting in the selection of different microbial consortia to expand the metabolic capabilities of the algal host. However, the consortia generated yielded similar predicted producible compounds and could therefore be considered functionally interchangeable. This contrast between selected communities and community functions depending on the annotation pipeline needs to be taken into consideration when interpreting the results of metabolic complementarity analyses. In the future, experimental validation of bioinformatic predictions will likely be crucial to both evaluate and refine the pipelines and needs to be coupled with increased efforts to expand and improve annotations in reference databases.
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- Elham Karimi
- UMR8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- UMR8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France.,FR2424, Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Equipe Dyliss, Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, Rennes, France
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- Equipe Dyliss, Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, Rennes, France
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- Equipe Dyliss, Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, Rennes, France
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- FR2424, Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- UMR8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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Benítez X, Gonzalez EG, García J, Zúñiga P, de la Calle F, Cuevas C. Detection of a pederin-like compound using a dilution-to-extinction-based platform for the isolation of marine bacteria in drug discovery strategies. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 14:241-250. [PMID: 33094913 PMCID: PMC7888454 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The continued development of culturing technologies for the discovery of new molecules from marine microbes is of paramount importance for drug discovery. Coupled with this, the use of the high-throughput approach shows promise for increasing the number of Gram-negative and non-filamentous bacteria cultures that can be surveyed, since they show a lower potential of bioactivity. In this work, we propose a new strategy of high-throughput cultivation of bacteria inspired by a dilution-to-extinction (DTE) methodology for the isolation of, and screening for, new cytotoxic compound producing marine bacteria. A marine sponge tissue was directly used as inoculum and the results were compared with the data obtained through the direct plating isolation method. Enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) genomic fingerprinting indicated the isolation of four bioactive strains, three of them producers of a pederin-like compound, and the fourth one able to synthesize a different compound, still unidentified, rendered by the DTE approach, in comparison with one bioactive strain identified through the plating method. Analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene data showed the existence of two different species belonging to the genus Labrenzia. The efficiency and diversity ratio in the number of isolates and compounds are discussed. In view of the results, the proposed DTE approach proved to be efficient for the isolation of new cytotoxic compounds of marine origin and pave the way for future potential applications.
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- Xulio Benítez
- Research and Development AreaPharmaMar S.A.Avda. De los Reyes, 1 P.I. La Mina‐NorteMadridColmenar Viejo28770Spain
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- Research and Development AreaPharmaMar S.A.Avda. De los Reyes, 1 P.I. La Mina‐NorteMadridColmenar Viejo28770Spain
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- Research and Development AreaPharmaMar S.A.Avda. De los Reyes, 1 P.I. La Mina‐NorteMadridColmenar Viejo28770Spain
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- Research and Development AreaPharmaMar S.A.Avda. De los Reyes, 1 P.I. La Mina‐NorteMadridColmenar Viejo28770Spain
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- Research and Development AreaPharmaMar S.A.Avda. De los Reyes, 1 P.I. La Mina‐NorteMadridColmenar Viejo28770Spain
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- Research and Development AreaPharmaMar S.A.Avda. De los Reyes, 1 P.I. La Mina‐NorteMadridColmenar Viejo28770Spain
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Model organisms are extensively used in research as accessible and convenient systems for studying a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally, only a limited number of organisms have been studied in detail, but modern genomic tools are enabling researchers to extend beyond the set of classical model organisms to include novel species from less-studied phylogenetic groups. This review focuses on model species for an important group of multicellular organisms, the brown algae. The development of genetic and genomic tools for the filamentous brown alga Ectocarpus has led to it emerging as a general model system for this group, but additional models, such as Fucus or Dictyota dichotoma, remain of interest for specific biological questions. In addition, Saccharina japonica has emerged as a model system to directly address applied questions related to algal aquaculture. We discuss the past, present, and future of brown algal model organisms in relation to the opportunities and challenges in brown algal research.
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- Susana M Coelho
- Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 29680 Roscoff, France;
- Current affiliation: Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- Laboratory of Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 29680 Roscoff, France;
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Coelho SM, Peters AF, Müller D, Cock JM. Ectocarpus: an evo-devo model for the brown algae. EvoDevo 2020; 11:19. [PMID: 32874530 PMCID: PMC7457493 DOI: 10.1186/s13227-020-00164-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Ectocarpus is a genus of filamentous, marine brown algae. Brown algae belong to the stramenopiles, a large supergroup of organisms that are only distantly related to animals, land plants and fungi. Brown algae are also one of only a small number of eukaryotic lineages that have evolved complex multicellularity. For many years, little information was available concerning the molecular mechanisms underlying multicellular development in the brown algae, but this situation has changed with the emergence of Ectocarpus as a model brown alga. Here we summarise some of the main questions that are being addressed and areas of study using Ectocarpus as a model organism and discuss how the genomic information, genetic tools and molecular approaches available for this organism are being employed to explore developmental questions in an evolutionary context.
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- Susana M. Coelho
- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UPMC University Paris 06, Algal Genetics Group, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, 29688 Roscoff, France
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- Fachbereich Biologie der Universitat Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UPMC University Paris 06, Algal Genetics Group, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, 29688 Roscoff, France
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Dittami SM, Peters AF, West JA, Cariou T, KleinJan H, Burgunter-Delamare B, Prechoux A, Egan S, Boyen C. Revisiting Australian Ectocarpus subulatus (Phaeophyceae) From the Hopkins River: Distribution, Abiotic Environment, and Associated Microbiota. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2020; 56:719-729. [PMID: 31965565 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In 1995 a strain of Ectocarpus was isolated from Hopkins River Falls, Victoria, Australia, constituting one of few available freshwater or nearly freshwater brown algae, and the only one belonging to the genus Ectocarpus. It has since been used as a model to study acclimation and adaptation to low salinities and the role of its microbiota in these processes. To provide more background information on this model, we assessed if Ectocarpus was still present in the Hopkins river 22 years after the original finding, estimated its present distribution, described its abiotic environment, and determined its in situ microbial composition. We sampled for Ectocarpus at 15 sites along the Hopkins River as well as 10 neighboring sites and found individuals with ITS and cox1 sequences identical to the original isolate at three sites upstream of Hopkins River Falls. The salinity of the water at these sites ranged from 3.1 to 6.9, and it was rich in sulfate (1-5 mM). The diversity of bacteria associated with the algae in situ (1312 operational taxonomic units) was one order of magnitude higher than in previous studies of the original laboratory culture, and 95 alga-associated bacterial strains were isolated from algal filaments on site. In particular, species of Planctomycetes were abundant in situ but rare in laboratory cultures. Our results confirmed that Ectocarpus was still present in the Hopkins River, and the newly isolated algal and bacterial strains offer new possibilities to study the adaptation of Ectocarpus to low salinity and its interactions with its microbiome.
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- Simon M Dittami
- CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, 29680, Roscoff, France
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- Bezhin Rosko, 40 Rue des Pêcheurs, 29250, Santec, France
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- Biosciences 2, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- CNRS, FR2424, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, 29680, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, 29680, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, 29680, Roscoff, France
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- CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, 29680, Roscoff, France
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, 29680, Roscoff, France
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Karimi E, Geslain E, KleinJan H, Tanguy G, Legeay E, Corre E, Dittami SM. Genome Sequences of 72 Bacterial Strains Isolated from Ectocarpus subulatus: A Resource for Algal Microbiology. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:3647-3655. [PMID: 31841132 PMCID: PMC6948157 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Brown algae are important primary producers and ecosystem engineers in the ocean, and Ectocarpus has been established as a laboratory model for this lineage. Like most multicellular organisms, Ectocarpus is associated with a community of microorganisms, a partnership frequently referred to as holobiont due to the tight interconnections between the components. Although genomic resources for the algal host are well established, its associated microbiome is poorly characterized from a genomic point of view, limiting the possibilities of using these types of data to study host-microbe interactions. To address this gap in knowledge, we present the annotated draft genome sequences of seventy-two cultivable Ectocarpus-associated bacteria. A screening of gene clusters related to the production of secondary metabolites revealed terpene, bacteriocin, NRPS, PKS-t3, siderophore, PKS-t1, and homoserine lactone clusters to be abundant among the sequenced genomes. These compounds may be used by the bacteria to communicate with the host and other microbes. Moreover, detoxification and provision of vitamin B pathways have been observed in most sequenced genomes, highlighting potential contributions of the bacterial metabolism toward host fitness and survival. The genomes sequenced in this study form a valuable resource for comparative genomic analyses and evolutionary surveys of alga-associated bacteria. They help establish Ectocarpus as a model for brown algal holobionts and will enable the research community to produce testable hypotheses about the molecular interactions within this complex system.
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- Elham Karimi
- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Roscoff, France
- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, FR2424, Roscoff, France Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Roscoff, France
- CEBEDEAU, Research and Expertise Center for Water, Liège, Belgium
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, FR2424, Roscoff, France Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, FR2424, Roscoff, France Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, FR2424, Roscoff, France Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Roscoff, France
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Frioux C, Fremy E, Trottier C, Siegel A. Scalable and exhaustive screening of metabolic functions carried out by microbial consortia. Bioinformatics 2019; 34:i934-i943. [PMID: 30423063 PMCID: PMC6129287 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Motivation The selection of species exhibiting metabolic behaviors of interest is a challenging step when switching from the investigation of a large microbiota to the study of functions effectiveness. Approaches based on a compartmentalized framework are not scalable. The output of scalable approaches based on a non-compartmentalized modeling may be so large that it has neither been explored nor handled so far. Results We present the Miscoto tool to facilitate the selection of a community optimizing a desired function in a microbiome by reporting several possibilities which can be then sorted according to biological criteria. Communities are exhaustively identified using logical programming and by combining the non-compartmentalized and the compartmentalized frameworks. The benchmarking of 4.9 million metabolic functions associated with the Human Microbiome Project, shows that Miscoto is suited to screen and classify metabolic producibility in terms of feasibility, functional redundancy and cooperation processes involved. As an illustration of a host-microbial system, screening the Recon 2.2 human metabolism highlights the role of different consortia within a family of 773 intestinal bacteria. Availability and implementation Miscoto source code, instructions for use and examples are available at: https://github.com/cfrioux/miscoto.
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- Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, Rennes, France
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Tourneroche A, Lami R, Hubas C, Blanchet E, Vallet M, Escoubeyrou K, Paris A, Prado S. Bacterial-Fungal Interactions in the Kelp Endomicrobiota Drive Autoinducer-2 Quorum Sensing. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1693. [PMID: 31417510 PMCID: PMC6685064 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Brown macroalgae are an essential component of temperate coastal ecosystems and a growing economic sector. They harbor diverse microbial communities that regulate algal development and health. This algal holobiont is dynamic and achieves equilibrium via a complex network of microbial and host interactions. We now report that bacterial and fungal endophytes associated with four brown algae (Ascophyllum nodosum, Pelvetia canaliculata, Laminaria digitata, and Saccharina latissima) produce metabolites that interfere with bacterial autoinducer-2 quorum sensing, a signaling system implicated in virulence and host colonization. Additionally, we performed co-culture experiments combined to a metabolomic approach and demonstrated that microbial interactions influence production of metabolites, including metabolites involved in quorum sensing. Collectively, the data highlight autoinducer-2 quorum sensing as a key metabolite in the complex network of interactions within the algal holobiont.
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- Anne Tourneroche
- Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CP 54, Paris, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes (LBBM), USR3579, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Sorbonne Université, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR BOREA 7208 MNHN-Sorbonne Université-CNRS-UCN-UA-IRD, Station Marine de Concarneau, Paris, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes (LBBM), USR3579, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Sorbonne Université, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CP 54, Paris, France
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- CNRS, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Sorbonne Université, FR3724, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CP 54, Paris, France
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- Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CP 54, Paris, France
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Klemetsen T, Willassen NP, Karlsen CR. Full-length 16S rRNA gene classification of Atlantic salmon bacteria and effects of using different 16S variable regions on community structure analysis. Microbiologyopen 2019; 8:e898. [PMID: 31271529 PMCID: PMC6813439 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Understanding fish-microbial relationships may be of great value for fish producers as fish growth, development and welfare are influenced by the microbial community associated with the rearing systems and fish surfaces. Accurate methods to generate and analyze these microbial communities would be an important tool to help improve understanding of microbial effects in the industry. In this study, we performed taxonomic classification and determination of operational taxonomic units on Atlantic salmon microbiota by taking advantage of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences. Skin mucus was dominated by the genera Flavobacterium and Psychrobacter. Intestinal samples were dominated by the genera Carnobacterium, Aeromonas, Mycoplasma and by sequences assigned to the order Clostridiales. Applying Sanger sequencing on the full-length bacterial 16S rRNA gene from the pool of 46 isolates obtained in this study showed a clear assignment of the PacBio full-length bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences down to the genus level. One of the bottlenecks in comparing microbial profiles is that different studies use different 16S rRNA gene regions. Comparisons of sequence assignments between full-length and in silico derived variable 16S rRNA gene regions showed different microbial profiles with variable effects between phylogenetic groups and taxonomic ranks.
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- Terje Klemetsen
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Bioinformatics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Bioinformatics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Wang H, Zhang S, Pratush A, Ye X, Xie J, Wei H, Sun C, Hu Z. Acclimation of Culturable Bacterial Communities under the Stresses of Different Organic Compounds. Front Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29520254 PMCID: PMC5827545 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The phylogenetic diversity of bacterial communities in response to environmental disturbances such as organic pollution has been well studied, but little is known about the way in which organic contaminants influence the acclimation of functional bacteria. In the present study, tolerance assays for bacterial communities from the sediment in the Pearl River Estuary were conducted with the isolation of functional bacteria using pyrene and different estrogens as environmental stressors. Molecular ecological networks and phylogenetic trees were constructed using both 16S rRNA gene sequences of cultured bacterial strains and 16S rRNA gene-based pyrosequencing data to illustrate the successions of bacterial communities and their acclimations to the different organic compounds. A total of 111 bacterial strains exhibiting degradation and endurance capabilities in response to the pyrene estrogen-induced stress were successfully isolated and were mainly affiliated with three orders, Pseudomonadales, Vibrionales, and Rhodobacterales. Molecular ecological networks and phylogenetic trees showed various adaptive abilities of bacteria to the different organic compounds. For instance, some bacterial OTUs could be found only in particular organic compound-treated groups while some other OTUs could tolerate stresses from different organic compounds. Furthermore, the results indicated that some new phylotypes were emerged under stresses of different organic pollutions and these new phylotypes could adapt to the contaminated environments and contribute significantly to the microbial community shifts. Overall, this study demonstrated a crucial role of the community succession and the acclimation of functional bacteria in the adaptive responses to various environmental disturbances.
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- Hui Wang
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China
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