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Li X, Gao X, Cheng M, Lu X, Zhao Z. Augmentation of saline wastewater treatment via functional enrichment of bacteria and optimized distribution in constructed wetlands combined with slag-sponges at different temperatures. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 358:142194. [PMID: 38692369 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142194] [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: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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China's aquatic environment continues to face several difficulties. Ecological constructed wetland systems (CWs) can be used to treat polluted saline water to alleviate water shortages regionally and globally. However, the performance is limited by low temperatures. To expand the use of CWs, we introduced a slag-sponge, a flaky material derived from alkaline waste slag, to create a newly constructed wetland system that can operate at both low and high temperatures. We evaluated its effectiveness by placing it at different heights in our devices. The results showed that the treatment was effective for saline wastewater with multiple contaminants. The efficiency was 20% higher than that of traditional CWs. Slag-sponges were found to carry pore structures and exhibit thermal insulation, which led to the enrichment of functional microbial communities (Chryseobacterium and Exiguerium) at low temperatures according to the microbial species analysis. The enhanced CWs offer another option for the treatment of polluted saline water in the environment and provide promising strategies for the utilization of waste slag.
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- Xiao Li
- College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Engineering Research Center for Water Environment Ecology in Shanghai, China; Shanghai Textile Architecture Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Engineering Research Center for Water Environment Ecology in Shanghai, China
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- College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Engineering Research Center for Water Environment Ecology in Shanghai, China; Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
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- College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Engineering Research Center for Water Environment Ecology in Shanghai, China
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- College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Engineering Research Center for Water Environment Ecology in Shanghai, China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Conservation, Hengshui, Hebei, China.
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Barghoth MG, Desouky SE, Radwan AA, Shah MP, Salem SS. Characterizations of highly efficient moderately halophilic toluene degrading exiguobacterium mexicanum M7 strain isolated from Egyptian saline sediments. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2023:1-19. [PMID: 36861663 DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2023.2184053] [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: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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Toluene and other monoaromatic compounds are released into the environment particularly saline habitats due to the inappropriate disposal methods of petroleum products. Studying the bio-removal strategy is required to clean up these hazardous hydrocarbons that threaten all ecosystem life using halophilic bacteria with higher biodegradation efficiency of monoaromatic compounds as a sole carbon and energy source. Therefore, sixteen pure halophilic bacterial isolates were obtained from saline soil of Wadi An Natrun, Egypt, which have the ability to degrade toluene and consume it as the only source of carbon and energy. Amongst these isolates, isolate M7 exhibited the best growth with considerable properties. This isolate was selected as the most potent strain and identified based on phenotypic and genotypic characterizations. The strain M7 was belonging to Exiguobacterium genus and founded to be closely matched to the Exiguobacterium mexicanum with a similarity of 99%. Using toluene as sole carbon source, strain M7 showed good growth at a wide range temperature degree (20-40ºC), pH (5-9), and salt concentrations (2.5-10%, w/v) with optimal growth conditions at 35ºC, pH 8, and 5%, respectively. The biodegradation ratio of toluene was estimated at above optimal conditions and analyzed using Purge-Trap GC-MS. The results showed that strain M7 has the potentiality to degraded 88.32% of toluene within greatly short time (48 h). The current study findings support the potential ability to use strain M7 as a biotechnological tool in many applications such as effluent treatment and toluene waste management.
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- Mohammed G Barghoth
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr, Cairo, Egypt
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- Industrial Waste Water Research Lab, Enviro Technology Ltd, Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr, Cairo, Egypt
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Plant growth-promoting characteristics of halotolerant endophytic bacteria isolated from Sporobolus specatus (Vahr) Kunth and Cyperus laevigatus L. of Ethiopian rift valley lakes. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:403. [PMID: 35723754 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03021-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Understanding plant microbes' intimate relationship and search for beneficial microbes is a sustainable alternative to improve plant growth and yield under a wide range of biotic and abiotic stress conditions. More than 20% of the total global agricultural land is affected by salinity. High salinity challenges crop plants by affecting several metabolic pathways and decreasing plant growth and yield. Unlike chemical fertilizers and pesticides, endophytic microbes offer an eco-friendly approach to increasing crop yield via various metabolites during salinity stress. The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize endophytic halotolerant bacterial isolates from haloalkaliphytes, investigate their plant growth-promoting (PGP) properties and tolerance for various stress conditions. Sporobolus specatus (Vahr) Kunth and Cyperus laevigatus L. grass samples were collected from the shores of two Ethiopian soda lakes (Lakes Abijata, and Chitu, respectively). A total of 167 halotolerant endophytic bacterial isolates, that clustered into 21 ARDRA (Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis) groups, affiliated to members of 11 bacterial genera, namely Halomonas, Agrobacterium, Exiguobacterium, Jonesia, Stenotrophomonas, Pseudomonas, Alishewanella, Kosakonia, Bacillus, Paracoccus and Pannonibacter, were identified based on 16S rRNA sequencing. Most of the strains were able to produce IAA (indole-3-acetic acid) and hydrogen cyanide, grow on a nitrogen-free medium and solubilize phosphate. In vitro tolerance tests reveal that isolates were tolerant to: 5.0-15% NaCl, up to 40% PEG 6000, temperatures up to 50 °C, and pH 5-11. These characteristics of the isolates indicate their potential PGP application under various plant stress conditions.
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López MC, Galán B, Carmona M, Navarro Llorens JM, Peretó J, Porcar M, Getino L, Olivera ER, Luengo JM, Castro L, García JL. Xerotolerance: A New Property in Exiguobacterium Genus. Microorganisms 2021; 9:2455. [PMID: 34946057 PMCID: PMC8706201 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9122455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The highly xerotolerant bacterium classified as Exiguobacterium sp. Helios isolated from a solar panel in Spain showed a close relationship to Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15 isolated from Siberian permafrost. Xerotolerance has not been previously described as a characteristic of the extremely diverse Exiguobacterium genus, but both strains Helios and 255-15 showed higher xerotolerance than that described in the reference xerotolerant model strain Deinococcus radiodurans. Significant changes observed in the cell morphology after their desiccation suggests that the structure of cellular surface plays an important role in xerotolerance. Apart from its remarkable resistance to desiccation, Exiguobacterium sp. Helios strain shows several polyextremophilic characteristics that make it a promising chassis for biotechnological applications. Exiguobacterium sp. Helios cells produce nanoparticles of selenium in the presence of selenite linked to its resistance mechanism. Using the Lactobacillus plasmid pRCR12 that harbors a cherry marker, we have developed a transformation protocol for Exiguobacterium sp. Helios strain, being the first time that a bacterium of Exiguobacterium genus has been genetically modified. The comparison of Exiguobacterium sp. Helios and E. sibiricum 255-15 genomes revealed several interesting similarities and differences. Both strains contain a complete set of competence-related DNA transformation genes, suggesting that they might have natural competence, and an incomplete set of genes involved in sporulation; moreover, these strains not produce spores, suggesting that these genes might be involved in xerotolerance.
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- María Castillo López
- Microbial and Plant Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (M.C.L.); (B.G.); (M.C.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Microbial and Plant Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (M.C.L.); (B.G.); (M.C.)
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- Microbial and Plant Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (M.C.L.); (B.G.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Program for Applied Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology, Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (I2SYSBIO) (UV-CSIC), Carrer del Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch s/n, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (J.P.); (M.P.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Program for Applied Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology, Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (I2SYSBIO) (UV-CSIC), Carrer del Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch s/n, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (J.P.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Facultades de Veterinaria y Biología, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain; (L.G.); (E.R.O.); (J.M.L.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Facultades de Veterinaria y Biología, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain; (L.G.); (E.R.O.); (J.M.L.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Facultades de Veterinaria y Biología, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain; (L.G.); (E.R.O.); (J.M.L.)
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Materials Science and Engineering and Electronic Technology, School of Experimental Sciences and Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Móstoles, Spain;
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- Microbial and Plant Biotechnology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (M.C.L.); (B.G.); (M.C.)
- Program for Applied Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology, Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (I2SYSBIO) (UV-CSIC), Carrer del Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch s/n, 46980 Paterna, Spain; (J.P.); (M.P.)
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Delegan Y, Kocharovskaya Y, Bogun A, Sizova A, Solomentsev V, Iminova L, Lyakhovchenko N, Zinovieva A, Goyanov M, Solyanikova I. Characterization and genomic analysis of Exiguobacterium alkaliphilum B-3531D, an efficient crude oil degrading strain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 32:e00678. [PMID: 34660213 PMCID: PMC8502702 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00678] [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: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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B-3531D is the first E. alkaliphilum strain with fully assembled genome. It is the first E. alkaliphilum strain with the ability to utilize crude oil. Strain utilized 34.5% of crude oil for 14 days at 28 °C and a salinity of 11%.
The aim of the work was to carry out the physiological, biochemical and genetic characterization of the Exiguobacterium alkaliphilum B-3531D strain. This strain is promising for use in the field of environmental biotechnology, since it has a pronounced ability to utilize crude oil and individual hydrocarbons in a wide temperature range. The genome of the strain was sequenced and completely assembled, it consists of a 2,903,369 bp circular chromosome and two circular plasmids, namely, pE73 (73,590 bp) and pE52 (52,125 bp). When cultivated in a mineral medium containing 2% of crude oil, the strain utilized 50% within 30 days of the experiment. In simulated seawater with the same oil content, the loss of hydrocarbons was 45% over the same period. For the first time we observed in an E. alkaliphilum strain the ability to efficiently utilize crude oil, including with an increased content of sodium chloride in the cultivation medium.
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- Yanina Delegan
- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation
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- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation.,Pushchino State Institute of Natural Science, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, 142279, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, 142279, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, 142279, Russian Federation
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- Pushchino State Institute of Natural Science, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation
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- Belgorod State University, Belgorod, 308015, Russian Federation
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- Belgorod State University, Belgorod, 308015, Russian Federation
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- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290, Russian Federation.,Belgorod State University, Belgorod, 308015, Russian Federation
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Although the strategies used by bacteria to adapt to specific environmental conditions are widely reported, fewer studies have addressed how microbes with a cosmopolitan distribution can survive in diverse ecosystems. Exiguobacterium is a versatile genus whose members are commonly found in various habitats. To better understand the mechanisms underlying the universality of Exiguobacterium, we collected 105 strains from diverse environments and performed large-scale metabolic and adaptive ability tests. We found that most Exiguobacterium members have the capacity to survive under wide ranges of temperature, salinity, and pH. According to phylogenetic and average nucleotide identity analyses, we identified 27 putative species and classified two genetic groups: groups I and II. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the Exiguobacterium members utilize a variety of complex polysaccharides and proteins to support survival in diverse environments and also employ a number of chaperonins and transporters for this purpose. We observed that the group I species can be found in more diverse terrestrial environments and have a larger genome size than the group II species. Our analyses revealed that the expansion of transporter families drove genomic expansion in group I strains, and we identified 25 transporter families, many of which are involved in the transport of important substrates and resistance to environmental stresses and are enriched in group I strains. This study provides important insights into both the overall general genetic basis for the cosmopolitan distribution of a bacterial genus and the evolutionary and adaptive strategies of Exiguobacterium. IMPORTANCE The wide distribution characteristics of Exiguobacterium make it a valuable model for studying the adaptive strategies of bacteria that can survive in multiple habitats. In this study, we reveal that members of the Exiguobacterium genus have a cosmopolitan distribution and share an extensive adaptability that enables them to survive in various environments. The capacities shared by Exiguobacterium members, such as their diverse means of polysaccharide utilization and environmental-stress resistance, provide an important basis for their cosmopolitan distribution. Furthermore, the selective expansion of transporter families has been a main driving force for genomic evolution in Exiguobacterium. Our findings improve our understanding of the adaptive and evolutionary mechanisms of cosmopolitan bacteria and the vital genomic traits that can facilitate niche adaptation.
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Liu F, Li Y, He W, Wang W, Zheng J, Zhang D. Exiguobacterium algae sp. nov. and Exiguobacterium qingdaonense sp. nov., two novel moderately halotolerant bacteria isolated from the coastal algae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:1399-1406. [PMID: 34251527 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-021-01594-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Two Gram-stain-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterial strains, S126T and S82T, were isolated from coastal algae of China. Strains S126T and S82T are halotolerant and could grow in the presence of 0-13% NaCl and 0-14% NaCl, respectively. The two strains shared 98.9% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with each other and 93.4-99.8% similarity with type strains of Exiguobacterium species. The major fatty acids (> 10%) of strains S126T and S82T were iso-C17:0, iso-C13:0, anteiso-C13:0 and iso-C15:0. The predominant quinones of strains S126T and S82T were MK-7 and MK-8. The polar lipid profiles of strain S126T and S82T contained diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The cell-wall peptidoglycans of both strains S126T and S82T were of the A3α L-Lys-Gly type. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and average nucleotide index (AAI) between strains S126T and S82T and type strains of Exiguobacterium species were all below the thresholds to discriminate bacterial species, indicating that they constitute two novel species in the genus Exiguobacterium. Based on polyphasic taxonomy characterization and genomic aspects, the names Exiguobacterium algae sp. nov. and Exiguobacterium qingdaonense sp. nov. are proposed for the two novel species, with type strains being S126T (= CGMCC 1.17116T = KCTC 43079 T) and S82T (= CGMCC 1.17115T = KCTC 43078T), respectively.
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- Fangming Liu
- First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of China, Qingdao, 266061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. .,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Yasin MT, Ali Y, Ahmad K, Ghani A, Amanat K, Basheir MM, Faheem M, Hussain S, Ahmad B, Hussain A, Bokhari SAI. Alkaline lipase production by novel meso-tolerant psychrophilic Exiguobacterium sp. strain (AMBL-20) isolated from glacier of northeastern Pakistan. Arch Microbiol 2020; 203:1309-1320. [PMID: 33325000 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-020-02133-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lipase is an important commercial enzyme with unique and versatile biotechnological applications. This study was conducted to biosynthesize and characterizes alkaliphilic lipase by Exiguobacterium sp. strain AMBL-20T isolated from the glacial water samples of the northeastern (Gilgit-Baltistan) region of Pakistan. The isolated bacterium was identified as Exiguobaterium sp. strain AMBL-20T on the basis of morphological, biochemical, and phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA sequences with GenBank accession number MW229267. The bacterial strain was further screened for its lipolytic activity, biosynthesis, and characterization by different parameters with the aim of maximizing lipase activity. Results showed that 2% Olive oil, 0.2% peptone at 25 °C, pH 8, and 24 h of incubation time found optimal for maximum lipase production. The lipase enzyme was partially purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation and its activity was standardized at pH 8 under 30 °C temperature. The enzyme showed functional stability over a range of temperature and pH. Hence, extracellular alkaliphilic lipase from Exiguobacterium sp. is a potential candidate with extraordinary industrial applications, particularly in bio-detergent formulations.
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- Muhammad Talha Yasin
- Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Okara, Okara, 56130, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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Zhou L, Zhou Y, Yao X, Cai J, Liu X, Tang X, Zhang Y, Jang KS, Jeppesen E. Decreasing diversity of rare bacterial subcommunities relates to dissolved organic matter along permafrost thawing gradients. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2020; 134:105330. [PMID: 31759274 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) released from permafrost thaw greatly influences the biogeochemical cycles of, among others, downstream carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles; yet, knowledge of the linkages between bacterial communities with permafrost DOM heterogeneity is limited. Here, we aim at unravelling the responses of bacterial diversities and metabolic profiles to DOM quantity and composition across permafrost thawing gradients by coupling an extensive field investigation with bio-incubation experiments. Richness, evenness and dissimilarities of the whole and rare communities decreased from thermokarst pits to headstreams and to downstream rivers. The assemblages of the abundant subcommunities were mainly determined by ecological drift-driven stochastic processes. Both the optical and the molecular composition of DOM were significantly related to the changes of the whole (rare) bacterial communities (Mantel's correlation > 0.5, p < 0.01). Diversity indices of the whole and rare communities decreased with decreasing relative abundance of tannins, condensed aromatics and more aromatic and oxidized lignins as well as with decreased dissolved organic carbon and intensities of all fluorescence components. Laboratory DOM bio-incubation experiments further confirmed microbial consumption of more aromatic and oxidized compounds as well as decreasing metabolic diversities in terms of microbial degradation and production along permafrost thawing gradients. Our findings suggest that changes in the sources of permafrost-derived DOM induced by global warming can have different influences on the diversity and metabolism of bacterial communities and thus on permafrost carbon climate feedbacks along permafrost thawing gradients.
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- Lei Zhou
- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) CO., LTD, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Biomedical Omics Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, South Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark; Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing 100190, China; Limnology Laboratory and EKOSAM, Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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Zhou L, Zhou Y, Hu Y, Cai J, Liu X, Bai C, Tang X, Zhang Y, Jang KS, Spencer RGM, Jeppesen E. Microbial production and consumption of dissolved organic matter in glacial ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 160:18-28. [PMID: 31129378 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) from alpine glaciers is highly biolabile and plays a vital role in the biogeochemical cycle of meltwater-impacted environments. To unravel the composition and interactions of DOM with the bacterial community in glacier and glacier meltwater, we conducted sampling of two different Tibetan Plateau glaciers and carried out laboratory bio-incubation experiments. The field data revealed that four protein-like components accounted for 86.0 ± 11.9% of the total variability of all six fluorescence components, which suggests a predominantly microbial source of glacial chromophoric DOM (CDOM). The ice and meltwater samples displayed major contributions of molecular formulae associated with lipids and proteins (i.e. high H/C) as revealed by ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Multiple linear regression models revealed that the abundant phyla explain 64.2%, 61.3%, and 65.0% of the variability of microbial and terrestrial humic-like, and protein-like components, respectively. Correlation-based network analysis determined the metabolic niches of the bacterial community members associated with different fluorescence types in biogeochemical processes. Furthermore, laboratory DOM bio-incubation experiments confirmed that sub-components of the CDOM pool differentially participate in bacterial metabolism. We therefore conclude that the bacterial community interacted closely with the compositional variability of DOM in the investigated alpine glacial environments by both producing and consuming of DOM.
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- Lei Zhou
- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) CO., LTD, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Taihu Laboratory for Lake Ecosystem Research, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Biomedical Omics Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, 28119, South Korea
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, United States
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- Department of Bioscience and Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, DK-8600, Silkeborg, Denmark; Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, 100190, China
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White RA, Soles SA, Gavelis G, Gosselin E, Slater GF, Lim DSS, Leander B, Suttle CA. The Complete Genome and Physiological Analysis of the Eurythermal Firmicute Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha Strain RW2 Isolated From a Freshwater Microbialite, Widely Adaptable to Broad Thermal, pH, and Salinity Ranges. Front Microbiol 2019; 9:3189. [PMID: 30671032 PMCID: PMC6331483 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Members of the genus Exiguobacterium are found in diverse environments from marine, freshwaters, permafrost to hot springs. Exiguobacterium can grow in a wide range of temperature, pH, salinity, and heavy-metal concentrations. We characterized Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha strain RW2 isolated from a permanently cold freshwater microbialite in Pavilion Lake, British Columbia using metabolic assays, genomics, comparative genomics, phylogenetics, and fatty acid composition. Strain RW2 has the most extensive growth range for temperature (4–50°C) and pH (5–11) of known Exiguobacterium isolates. Strain RW2 genome predicts pathways for wide differential thermal, cold and osmotic stress using cold and heat shock cascades (e.g., csp and dnaK), choline and betaine uptake/biosynthesis (e.g., opu and proU), antiporters (e.g., arcD and nhaC Na+/K+), membrane fatty acid unsaturation and saturation. Here, we provide the first complete genome from Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha strain RW2, which was isolated from a freshwater microbialite. Its genome consists of a single 3,019,018 bp circular chromosome encoding over 3,000 predicted proteins, with a GC% content of 52.1%, and no plasmids. In addition to growing at a wide range of temperatures and salinities, our findings indicate that RW2 is resistant to sulfisoxazole and has the genomic potential for detoxification of heavy metals (via mercuric reductases, arsenic resistance pumps, chromate transporters, and cadmium-cobalt-zinc resistance genes), which may contribute to the metabolic potential of Pavilion Lake microbialites. Strain RW2 could also contribute to microbialite formation, as it is a robust biofilm former and encodes genes involved in the deamination of amino acids to ammonia (i.e., L-asparaginase/urease), which could potentially boost carbonate precipitation by lowering the local pH and increasing alkalinity. We also used comparative genomic analysis to predict the pathway for orange pigmentation that is conserved across the entire Exiguobacterium genus, specifically, a C30 carotenoid biosynthesis pathway is predicted to yield diaponeurosporene-4-oic acid as its final product. Carotenoids have been found to protect against ultraviolet radiation by quenching reactive oxygen, releasing excessive light energy, radical scavenging, and sunscreening. Together these results provide further insight into the potential of Exiguobacterium to exploit a wide range of environmental conditions, its potential roles in ecosystems (e.g., microbialites/microbial mats), and a blueprint model for diverse metabolic processes.
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- Richard Allen White
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Bay Area Environmental Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States.,NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Remonsellez F, Castro-Severyn J, Pardo-Esté C, Aguilar P, Fortt J, Salinas C, Barahona S, León J, Fuentes B, Areche C, Hernández KL, Aguayo D, Saavedra CP. Characterization and Salt Response in Recurrent Halotolerant Exiguobacterium sp. SH31 Isolated From Sediments of Salar de Huasco, Chilean Altiplano. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2228. [PMID: 30294311 PMCID: PMC6158405 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Poly-extremophiles microorganisms have the capacity to inhabit hostile environments and can survive several adverse conditions that include as variations in temperature, pH, and salinity, high levels UV light and atmospheric pressure, and even the presence of toxic compounds and the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). A halotolerant Exiguobacterium strain was isolated from Salar de Huasco (Chilean Altiplano), a well-known shallow lake area with variable salinity levels, little human intervention, and extreme environmental conditions, which makes it ideal for the study of resistant mechanisms and the evolution of adaptations. This bacterial genus has not been extensively studied, although its cosmopolitan location indicates that it has high levels of plasticity and adaptive capacity. However, to date, there are no studies regarding the tolerance and resistance to salinity and osmotic pressure. We set out to characterize the Exiguobacterium sp. SH31 strain and describe its phenotypical and genotypical response to osmotic stress. In this context, as a first step to characterize the response to the SH31 strain to salinity and to establish the bases for a molecular study, we proposed to compare its response under three salt conditions (0, 25, and 50 g/l NaCl). Using different physiology, genomic, and transcriptomic approaches, we determined that the bacterium is able to grow properly in a NaCl concentration of up to 50 g/l; however, the best growth rate was observed at 25 g/l. Although the presence of flagella is not affected by salinity, motility was diminished at 25 g/l NaCl and abolished at 50 g/l. Biofilm formation was induced proportionally with increases in salinity, which was expected. These phenotypic results correlated with the expression of related genes: fliG and fliS Motility); opuBA and putP (transport); glnA, proC, gltA, and gbsA (compatible solutes); ywqC, bdlA, luxS y pgaC (biofilm and stress response); and therefore, we conclude that this strain effectively modifies gene expression and physiology in a differential manner when faced with different concentrations of NaCl and these modifications aid survival.
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- Francisco Remonsellez
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
- Centro de Investigación Tecnológica del Agua en el Desierto (CEITSAZA), Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Lake and Glacier Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación Marina Quintay, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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Kasana RC, Pandey CB. Exiguobacterium: an overview of a versatile genus with potential in industry and agriculture. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2017; 38:141-156. [DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2017.1312273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India
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Lei F, Cui C, Zhao H, Tang X, Zhao M. Purification and characterization of a new neutral metalloprotease from marine Exiguobacterium sp. SWJS2. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2015; 63:238-48. [PMID: 25643906 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Among the protease-producing bacterial strains isolated from deep-sea sediments, SWJS2 was finally selected and identified as genus Exiguobacterium. Plackett-Burman and orthogonal array designs were applied to optimize the fermentation conditions, and the results are as follows: Glucose 5g, yeast extract 15g, glycerin 2g and CaCl2 ⋅2H2 O 0.5 g dissolved in 1 L artificial seawater; temperature 25 °C, original pH 7, inoculum rate 2%, seed age 12 H, loading volume 25 mL (250-mL Erlenmeyer flask), shaking speed 150 rpm, and fermentation time 44 H. The protease activity production was improved from about 80 to 660 U/mL under the optimized parameters. The protease was purified fourfold with specificity activity of 30,654.1 U/mg protein and a total yield of 16.2%. The protease exhibited the maximum activity at 40-45 °C and pH 7. Moreover, the enzyme activity was found to be inhibited by Cu(2+) , Ba(2+) , Cd(2+) , Hg(2+) , and Al(3+) at 5 mM, whereas it can be increased by Mg(2+) , Mn(2+) , and Ca(2+) at 0.5-5 mM. The enzyme was totally inactivated by 1 or 5 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid but not by phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, tyrpsin inhibitor from Glycine max (STI), benzamidine, 5,5'-dithio-bis-(2-nitro benzoic acid), or pepstatin A, suggesting that it belonged to metalloprotease.
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- Fenfen Lei
- College of Light Industry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Food Green Processing and Nutrition Regulation Technologies Research Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Venkatachalam S, Gowdaman V, Prabagaran SR. Culturable and culture-independent bacterial diversity and the prevalence of cold-adapted enzymes from the Himalayan mountain ranges of India and Nepal. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2015; 69:472-91. [PMID: 25204748 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0476-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Bacterial diversity of soil samples collected from different geographical regions of Himalayan mountains was studied through culturable (13 samples) and culture-independent approaches (5 samples based on abundance of diversity indices in each ecological niche). Shannon-Wiener diversity index and total bacterial count ranged from 1.50 ± 0.1 to 2.57 ± 0.15 and 7.8 ± 1.6 × 10(5) to 30.9 ± 1.7 × 10(5) cfu ml(-1) of soil, respectively. Based on morphology and pigmentation, 406 isolates were selected by culturing in different cultivable media at various strengths and concentrations. All the strains were subjected to amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis and the representative isolates from each cluster were chosen for 16S rRNA gene sequence-based identification. Soil habitat in Himalayan foot hills was dominated by the genera Arthrobacter, Exiguobacterium, Bacillus, Cedecea, Erwinia, and Pseudomonas. Five 16S rRNA gene libraries from the selected five samples yielded 268 clones and were grouped into 53 phylotypes covering 25 genera including the genus of Ferribacterium, Rothia, and Wautersiella, which were reported for the first time in Himalayan tracks. Principal coordinates analysis indicates that all the clone libraries were clearly separated and found to be significantly different from each other. Further, extracellular investigation of cold-active enzymes showed activity of cellulase (23.71%), pectinase (20.24%), amylase (17.32%), phytase (13.87%), protease (12.72%), and lipase (23.71%) among the isolates. Four isolates namely Exiguobacterium mexicanum (BSa14), Exiguobacterium sibiricum (BZa11), Micrococcus antarcticus (BSb10), and Bacillus simplex (BZb3) showed multiple enzyme activity for five different types of enzymes. In addition, various genera like Exiguobacterium, Erwinia, Mycetecola, Cedecea, Pantoea, and Trichococcus have also shown novel hydrolytic enzyme activity in the Himalayan foothills.
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- Siddarthan Venkatachalam
- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641046, Tamil Nadu, India
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Dastager SG, Mawlankar R, Sonalkar VV, Thorat MN, Mual P, Verma A, Krishnamurthi S, Tang SK, Li WJ. Exiguobacterium enclense sp. nov., isolated from sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1611-1616. [PMID: 25716950 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.000149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-positive bacterium, designated strain NIO-1109(T), was isolated from a marine sediment sample from Chorao Island, Goa, India. Phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics and data from phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain NIO-1109(T) was related to the genus Exiguobacterium . Strain NIO-1109(T) exhibited >98.0% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with respect to Exiguobacterium indicum HHS 31(T) (99.5%) and Exiguobacterium acetylicum NCIMB 9889(T) (99.1%); the type strains of other species showed <98% similarity. Levels of DNA-DNA relatedness between strain NIO-1109(T) and E. acetylicum DSM 20416(T) and E. indicum LMG 23471(T) were less than 70% (33.0 ± 2.0 and 37 ± 3.2%, respectively). Strain NIO-1109(T) also differed from these two closely related species in a number of phenotypic traits. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data, strain NIO-1109(T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Exiguobacterium , for which the name Exiguobacterium enclense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is NIO-1109(T) ( =NCIM 5457(T) =DSM 25128(T) = CCTCC AB 2011124(T)).
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- Syed G Dastager
- NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India
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- NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India
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- NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India
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- NCIM-Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh-160036, India
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China, Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, PR China
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Sathyabama S, Kaur G, Arora A, Verma S, Mubin N, Mayilraj S, Agrewala JN. Genome sequencing, annotation and analysis of Salmonella enterica sub species salamae strain DMA-1. Gut Pathog 2014; 6:8. [PMID: 24721679 PMCID: PMC4108123 DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-6-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The genus Salmonella is Gram-negative which belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. In this study, we have sequenced the whole genome of the strain DMA-1, which was isolated from mouse stool sample and identified as Salmonella enterica subspecies salamae. RESULTS The strain DMA-1 was closely related at the 16S rRNA gene sequence level with the members of the genus Salmonella: Salmonella enterica subspecies salamae DSM 9220T (100%), followed by Salmonella enterica subspecies diarizonae (99.1%), Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica (99.0%) and Salmonella enterica subspecies indica (98.5%). We obtained the draft genome of S. enterica subspecies salamae strain DMA-1 with a size of 4,826,209 bp and mean G+C content of 52.0 mol%. CONCLUSIONS We for the first time, sequenced the entire genome of the strain DMA-1 which was isolated from the mouse stool sample and identified it as Salmonella enterica, sub species salamae. Further, we subjected the whole genome sequencing data for annotation that revealed several genes responsible for the pathogenesis, virulence, defense, metabolism and other genomic features.
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- Sathyaseelan Sathyabama
- Immunology Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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- Immunology Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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- Immunology Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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- Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene bank (MTCC), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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- Immunology Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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Yang J, Wang C, Wu J, Liu L, Zhang G, Feng J. Characterization of a multiresistant mosaic plasmid from a fish farm Sediment Exiguobacterium sp. isolate reveals aggregation of functional clinic-associated antibiotic resistance genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:1482-8. [PMID: 24362420 PMCID: PMC3911065 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03257-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The genus Exiguobacterium can adapt readily to, and survive in, diverse environments. Our study demonstrated that Exiguobacterium sp. strain S3-2, isolated from marine sediment, is resistant to five antibiotics. The plasmid pMC1 in this strain carries seven putative resistance genes. We functionally characterized these resistance genes in Escherichia coli, and genes encoding dihydrofolate reductase and macrolide phosphotransferase were considered novel resistance genes based on their low similarities to known resistance genes. The plasmid G+C content distribution was highly heterogeneous. Only the G+C content of one block, which shared significant similarity with a plasmid from Exiguobacterium arabatum, fit well with the mean G+C content of the host. The remainder of the plasmid was composed of mobile elements with a markedly lower G+C ratio than the host. Interestingly, five mobile elements located on pMC1 showed significant similarities to sequences found in pathogens. Our data provided an example of the link between resistance genes in strains from the environment and the clinic and revealed the aggregation of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria isolated from fish farms.
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- Jing Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Genomic Medicine, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Draft Genome Sequence of Exiguobacterium pavilionensis Strain RW-2, with Wide Thermal, Salinity, and pH Tolerance, Isolated from Modern Freshwater Microbialites. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2013; 1:1/4/e00597-13. [PMID: 23929485 PMCID: PMC3738901 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00597-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report the draft genome sequence of Exiguobacterium pavilionensis strain RW-2, isolated from a cold thrombolytic microbialite. The isolate grows at temperatures from 4 to 50°C, at pH levels from 5 to 11, and in media without added NaCl or KCl or with 7% added NaCl.
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Malhotra A, Dolma K, Kaur N, Rathore YS, Mayilraj S, Choudhury AR. Biosynthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using a novel marine strain of Stenotrophomonas. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 142:727-731. [PMID: 23791020 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.05.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The present study aims at exploiting marine microbial diversity for biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles and also investigates role of microbial proteins in the process of bio-mineralization of gold and silver. This is the first report for concurrent production of gold and silver nanoparticles (AuNPs and AgNPs) by extracellular secretion of a novel strain of Stenotrophomonas, isolated from Indian marine origin. This novel strain has faster rate kinetics for AgNPs synthesis than any other organism reported earlier. The nanoparticles were further characterized using UV-vis spectrophotometer, TEM, DLS and EDAX confirming their size ranging from 10-50 nm and 40-60 nm in dimensions for AuNPs and AgNPs, respectively. TEM analysis indicated formation of multi-shaped nanoparticles with heterogeneous size distribution in both the cases. Finally, the SDS-PAGE analysis of extracellular media supernatant suggested a potential involvement of certain low molecular weight secretory proteins in AuNPs and AgNPs biosynthesis.
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- Ankit Malhotra
- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Sector 39A, Chandigarh 160 036, India
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