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Gunitseva N, Evteeva M, Korzhenkov A, Patrushev M. A New RNA-Dependent Cas12g Nuclease. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17105. [PMID: 38069429 PMCID: PMC10707612 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242317105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The development of RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas systems represents a major step forward in the field of gene editing and regulation. RNA editing presents a viable alternative to genome editing in certain scenarios as it offers a reversible and manageable approach, reducing the likelihood of runaway mutant variants. One of the most promising applications is in the treatment of genetic disorders caused by mutations in RNA molecules. In this study, we investigate a previously undescribed Cas12g nuclease which was found in metagenomes from promising thermophilic microbial communities during the expedition to the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in 2020. The method outlined in this study can be applied to other Cas orthologs and variants, leading to a better understanding of the CRISPR-Cas system and its enzymatic activities. The cis-cleavage activity of the new type V-G Cas effector was indicated by in vitro RNA cleavage experiments. While CRISPR-Cas systems are known for their high specificity, there is still a risk of unintended cleavage of nontargeted RNA molecules. Ultimately, the search for new genome editing tools and the study of their properties will remove barriers to research in this area. With continued research and development, we may be able to unlock their full potential.
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- Natalia Gunitseva
- Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia (M.P.)
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- Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia (M.P.)
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Burkhardt C, Baruth L, Neele Meyer-Heydecke, Klippel B, Margaryan A, Paloyan A, Panosyan HH, Antranikian G. Mining thermophiles for biotechnologically relevant enzymes: evaluating the potential of European and Caucasian hot springs. Extremophiles 2023; 28:5. [PMID: 37991546 PMCID: PMC10665251 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-023-01321-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly industrial processes is becoming very crucial and demanding for the rapid implementation of innovative bio-based technologies. Natural extreme environments harbor the potential for discovering and utilizing highly specific and efficient biocatalysts that are adapted to harsh conditions. This review focuses on extremophilic microorganisms and their enzymes (extremozymes) from various hot springs, shallow marine vents, and other geothermal habitats in Europe and the Caucasus region. These hot environments have been partially investigated and analyzed for microbial diversity and enzymology. Hotspots like Iceland, Italy, and the Azores harbor unique microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. The latest results demonstrate a great potential for the discovery of new microbial species and unique enzymes that can be explored for the development of Circular Bioeconomy.Different screening approaches have been used to discover enzymes that are active at extremes of temperature (up 120 °C), pH (0.1 to 11), high salt concentration (up to 30%) as well as activity in the presence of solvents (up to 99%). The majority of published enzymes were revealed from bacterial or archaeal isolates by traditional activity-based screening techniques. However, the latest developments in molecular biology, bioinformatics, and genomics have revolutionized life science technologies. Post-genomic era has contributed to the discovery of millions of sequences coding for a huge number of biocatalysts. Both strategies, activity- and sequence-based screening approaches, are complementary and contribute to the discovery of unique enzymes that have not been extensively utilized so far.
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- Christin Burkhardt
- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
- Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Scientific and Production Center, "Armbiotechnology" NAS RA, 14 Gyurjyan Str. 0056, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
- Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany.
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Kostešić E, Mitrović M, Kajan K, Marković T, Hausmann B, Orlić S, Pjevac P. Microbial Diversity and Activity of Biofilms from Geothermal Springs in Croatia. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2023; 86:2305-2319. [PMID: 37209180 PMCID: PMC10640420 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02239-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Hot spring biofilms are stable, highly complex microbial structures. They form at dynamic redox and light gradients and are composed of microorganisms adapted to the extreme temperatures and fluctuating geochemical conditions of geothermal environments. In Croatia, a large number of poorly investigated geothermal springs host biofilm communities. Here, we investigated the microbial community composition of biofilms collected over several seasons at 12 geothermal springs and wells. We found biofilm microbial communities to be temporally stable and highly dominated by Cyanobacteria in all but one high-temperature sampling site (Bizovac well). Of the physiochemical parameters recorded, temperature had the strongest influence on biofilm microbial community composition. Besides Cyanobacteria, the biofilms were mainly inhabited by Chloroflexota, Gammaproteobacteria, and Bacteroidota. In a series of incubations with Cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms from Tuhelj spring and Chloroflexota- and Pseudomonadota-dominated biofilms from Bizovac well, we stimulated either chemoorganotrophic or chemolithotrophic community members, to determine the fraction of microorganisms dependent on organic carbon (in situ predominantly produced via photosynthesis) versus energy derived from geochemical redox gradients (here simulated by addition of thiosulfate). We found surprisingly similar levels of activity in response to all substrates in these two distinct biofilm communities, and observed microbial community composition and hot spring geochemistry to be poor predictors of microbial activity in the study systems.
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- Ema Kostešić
- Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- Center of Excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean Region (STIM), Split, Croatia
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- Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
- Center of Excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean Region (STIM), Split, Croatia
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- Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Namsaraev Z, Kozlova A, Tuzov F, Krylova A, Izotova A, Makarov I, Bezgreshnov A, Melnikova A, Trofimova A, Kuzmin D, Patrushev M, Toshchakov S. Biogeographic Analysis Suggests Two Types of Planktonic Prokaryote Communities in the Barents Sea. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:1310. [PMID: 37887020 PMCID: PMC10604488 DOI: 10.3390/biology12101310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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The Barents Sea is one of the most rapidly changing Arctic regions, with an unprecedented sea ice decline and increase in water temperature and salinity. We have studied the diversity of prokaryotic communities using 16S metabarcoding in the western and northeastern parts of the Barents Sea along the Kola Section and the section from Novaya Zemlya to Franz Joseph Land. The hypothesis-independent clustering method revealed the existence of two distinct types of communities. The most common prokaryotic taxa were shared between two types of communities, but their relative abundance was different. It was found that the geographic location of the sampling sites explained more than 30% of the difference between communities, while no statistically significant correlation between environmental parameters and community composition was found. The representatives of the Psychrobacter, Sulfitobacter and Polaribacter genera were dominant in samples from both types of communities. The first type of community was also dominated by members of Halomonas, Pseudoalteromonas, Planococcaceae and an unclassified representative of the Alteromonadaceae family. The second type of community also had a significant proportion of Nitrincolaceae, SAR92, SAR11 Clade I, NS9, Cryomorphaceae and SUP05 representatives. The origin of these communities can be explained by the influence of environmental factors or by the different origins of water masses. This research highlights the importance of studying biogeographic patterns in the Barents Sea in comparison with those in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean prokaryote communities.
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- Zorigto Namsaraev
- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Oceanology, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies, 121352 Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, 199397 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Geography and Hydrometeorology, Higher School of Natural Sciences and Technologies, Northern (Arctic) Federal University, 163002 Arkhangelsk, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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Zaitseva S, Dagurova O, Radnagurueva A, Kozlova A, Izotova A, Krylova A, Noskov S, Begmatov S, Patutina E, Barkhutova DD. Fecal Microbiota and Diet Composition of Buryatian Horses Grazing Warm- and Cold-Season Grass Pastures. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1947. [PMID: 37630507 PMCID: PMC10459317 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11081947] [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: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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The Buryatian horse is an ancient breed and, as an indigenous breed, they have unique adaptive abilities to use scarce pastures, graze in winter, and survive in harsh conditions with minimal human care. In this study, fecal microbiota of Buryatian horses grazing in the warm and cold seasons were investigated using NGS technology on the Illumina MiSeq platform. We hypothesized that the composition of microbial communities in the feces of horses maintained on pasture would change in the different seasons, depending on the grass availability and different plant diets. We conducted microhistological fecal studies of horse diet composition on steppe pasture. The alpha diversity analysis showed horses had a more abundant and diverse gut microbiota in summer. There were significant effects on the beta diversity of microbial families, which were clustered by the warm and cold season in a principal coordinate analysis (PCoA), with 45% of the variation explained by two principal coordinates. This clustering by season was further confirmed by the significant differences observed in the relative abundances of microbial families and genera. The obtained results can serve as an experimental substantiation for further study of the impact of pasture grasses, which have a pharmacological effect, on the diversity of the gut microbiome and horse health.
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- Svetlana Zaitseva
- Institute of General and Experimental Biology SD RAS, Sakhyanovoy str., 6, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia; (O.D.); (A.R.); (D.D.B.)
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- Institute of General and Experimental Biology SD RAS, Sakhyanovoy str., 6, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia; (O.D.); (A.R.); (D.D.B.)
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- Institute of General and Experimental Biology SD RAS, Sakhyanovoy str., 6, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia; (O.D.); (A.R.); (D.D.B.)
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- Kurchatov Center for Genome Research, NRC.urchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia; (A.K.); (A.I.); (A.K.); (S.N.)
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- Kurchatov Center for Genome Research, NRC.urchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia; (A.K.); (A.I.); (A.K.); (S.N.)
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- Kurchatov Center for Genome Research, NRC.urchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia; (A.K.); (A.I.); (A.K.); (S.N.)
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- Kurchatov Center for Genome Research, NRC.urchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia; (A.K.); (A.I.); (A.K.); (S.N.)
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp, bld. 33-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (S.B.); (E.P.)
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- Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prosp, bld. 33-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (S.B.); (E.P.)
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- Institute of General and Experimental Biology SD RAS, Sakhyanovoy str., 6, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia; (O.D.); (A.R.); (D.D.B.)
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Ivanova AY, Shirokov IV, Toshchakov SV, Kozlova AD, Obolenskaya ON, Mariasina SS, Ivlev VA, Gartseev IB, Medvedev OS. Effects of Coenzyme Q10 on the Biomarkers (Hydrogen, Methane, SCFA and TMA) and Composition of the Gut Microbiome in Rats. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:ph16050686. [PMID: 37242469 DOI: 10.3390/ph16050686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The predominant route of administration of drugs with coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is administration per os. The bioavailability of CoQ10 is about 2-3%. Prolonged use of CoQ10 to achieve pharmacological effects contributes to the creation of elevated concentrations of CoQ10 in the intestinal lumen. CoQ10 can have an effect on the gut microbiota and the levels of biomarkers it produces. CoQ10 at a dose of 30 mg/kg/day was administered per os to Wistar rats for 21 days. The levels of gut microbiota biomarkers (hydrogen, methane, short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), and trimethylamine (TMA)) and taxonomic composition were measured twice: before the administration of CoQ10 and at the end of the experiment. Hydrogen and methane levels were measured using the fasting lactulose breath test, fecal and blood SCFA and fecal TMA concentrations were determined by NMR, and 16S sequencing was used to analyze the taxonomic composition. Administration of CoQ10 for 21 days resulted in a 1.83-fold (p = 0.02) increase in hydrogen concentration in the total air sample (exhaled air + flatus), a 63% (p = 0.02) increase in the total concentration of SCFA (acetate, propionate, butyrate) in feces, a 126% increase in butyrate (p = 0.04), a 6.56-fold (p = 0.03) decrease in TMA levels, a 2.4-fold increase in relative abundance of Ruminococcus and Lachnospiraceae AC 2044 group by 7.5 times and a 2.8-fold decrease in relative representation of Helicobacter. The mechanism of antioxidant effect of orally administered CoQ10 can include modification of the taxonomic composition of the gut microbiota and increased generation of molecular hydrogen, which is antioxidant by itself. The evoked increase in the level of butyric acid can be followed by protection of the gut barrier function.
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- Anastasiia Yu Ivanova
- Faculty of Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
- National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Laboratory of Experimental Pharmacology, Moscow 121552, Russia
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- Medical and Technical Information Technologies, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow 105005, Russia
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- Center for Genome Research, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123098, Russia
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- Center for Genome Research, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123098, Russia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
- Institute of Functional Genomics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Pharmacy Resource Center, Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow 117198, Russia
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- The Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Russian Technological University MIREA, Moscow 119454, Russia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
- National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Laboratory of Experimental Pharmacology, Moscow 121552, Russia
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Carbon Emission and Biodiversity of Arctic Soil Microbial Communities of the Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land Archipelagos. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11020482. [PMID: 36838447 PMCID: PMC9962458 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11020482] [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: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Cryogenic soils are the most important terrestrial carbon reservoir on the planet. However, the relationship between soil microbial diversity and CO2 emission by cryogenic soils is poorly studied. This is especially important in the context of rising temperatures in the high Arctic which can lead to the activation of microbial processes in soils and an increase in carbon input from cryogenic soils into the atmosphere. Here, using high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons, we analyzed microbial community composition and diversity metrics in relation to soil carbon dioxide emission, water-extractable organic carbon and microbial biomass carbon in the soils of the Barents Sea archipelagos, Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land. It was found that the highest diversity and CO2 emission were observed on the Hooker and Heiss Islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, while the diversity and CO2 emission levels were lower on Novaya Zemlya. Soil moisture and temperature were the main parameters influencing the composition of soil microbial communities on both archipelagos. The data obtained show that CO2 emission levels and community diversity on the studied islands are influenced mostly by a number of local factors, such as soil moisture, microclimatic conditions, different patterns of vegetation and fecal input from animals such as reindeer.
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The Genus Iodidimonas: From Its Discovery to Potential Applications. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10081661. [PMID: 36014078 PMCID: PMC9415286 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081661] [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: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The genus Iodidimonas was recently proposed in the class Alphaproteobacteria. Iodidimonas strains are aerobic, mesophilic, neutrophilic, moderately halophilic, and chemo-organotrophic. They were first discovered in natural gas brine water containing a very high level of iodide (I−). They exhibited a unique phenotypic feature of iodide oxidation to form molecular iodine (I2). Iodidimonas was also enriched and isolated from surface seawater supplemented with iodide, and it is clearer now that their common habitats are those enriched with iodide. In such environments, Iodidimonas species seem to attack microbial competitors with the toxic form I2 to occupy their ecological niche. The iodide-oxidizing enzyme (IOX) purified from the Iodidimonas sp. strain Q-1 exhibited high catalytic efficiency for iodide and consisted of at least two proteins IoxA and IoxC. IoxA is a putative multicopper oxidase with four conserved copper-binding regions but is phylogenetically distinct from other bacterial multicopper oxidases. The IOX/iodide system could be used as a novel enzyme-based antimicrobial system which can efficiently kill Bacillus spores. Furthermore, the IOX/iodide system can be applied to the decolorization of recalcitrant dyes, where iodide may function as a novel inorganic natural redox mediator.
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