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Lin J, Yu Y, Zhao K, Zhao J, Rensing C, Chen J, Jia X. PtrA regulates prodigiosin synthesis and biological functions in Serratia marcescens FZSF02. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1240102. [PMID: 37795293 PMCID: PMC10545897 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1240102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Serratia marcescens is a gram-negative bacterium that is able to produce many secondary metabolites, such as the prominent red pigment prodigiosin (PG). In this work, a ptrA-disrupted mutant strain with reduced PG production was selected from Tn5 transposon mutants. RT-qPCR results indicated that ptrA promoted elevated transcription of the pig gene cluster in S. marcescens FZSF02. Furthermore, we found that ptrA also controls several other important biological functions of S. marcescens, including swimming and swarming motilities, biofilm formation, hemolytic activity, and stress tolerance. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that ptrA is a PG synthesis-promoting factor in S. marcescens and provides a brief understanding of the regulatory mechanism of ptrA in S. marcescens cell motility and hemolytic activity.
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- Junjie Lin
- Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Fuzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Fujian Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Fuzhou, China
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BarA/UvrY differentially regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis and swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104010. [PMID: 36410584 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2022.104010] [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: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BarA/UvrY, a two-component system and global regulator that controls expression of more than a hundred of genes involved in virulence, motility, biofilm formation, and central carbon metabolism under various stress conditions. In this study, we investigated the function of BarA/UvrY system in Serratia marcescens FS14. The disruption of barA or/and uvrY results in the yield increase of secondary metabolite prodigiosin. We further demonstrated that BarA/UvrY system represses prodigiosin production by inhibiting the transcription level of pig gene cluster with direct binding to the pigA promoter. In addition, deletion of barA or/and uvrY abolished the swarming motility of FS14, but not the swimming motility. We revealed that BarA/UvrY activates swarming through directly upregulating the expression of the biosurfactant synthesis gene swrW rather than flagella system. We also observed that BarA/UvrY positively regulates the resistance to H2O2 same as in Escherichia coli highlighting the importance of BarA/UvrY on hydrogen peroxide resistance. Our results demonstrated that the BarA/UvrY system differentially regulates the biosynthesis of the secondary metabolite prodigiosin and swarming motility in S. marcescens FS14. Comparison of our results with those observed for Serratia sp. 39006 suggests that BarA/UvrY's role in regulation of secondary metabolite production is different among Serratia species.
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Interdisciplinary Overview of Lipopeptide and Protein-Containing Biosurfactants. Genes (Basel) 2022; 14:genes14010076. [PMID: 36672817 PMCID: PMC9859011 DOI: 10.3390/genes14010076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Biosurfactants are amphipathic molecules capable of lowering interfacial and superficial tensions. Produced by living organisms, these compounds act the same as chemical surfactants but with a series of improvements, the most notable being biodegradability. Biosurfactants have a wide diversity of categories. Within these, lipopeptides are some of the more abundant and widely known. Protein-containing biosurfactants are much less studied and could be an interesting and valuable alternative. The harsh temperature, pH, and salinity conditions that target organisms can sustain need to be understood for better implementation. Here, we will explore biotechnological applications via lipopeptide and protein-containing biosurfactants. Also, we discuss their natural role and the organisms that produce them, taking a glimpse into the possibilities of research via meta-omics and machine learning.
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Clements-Decker T, Kode M, Khan S, Khan W. Underexplored bacteria as reservoirs of novel antimicrobial lipopeptides. Front Chem 2022; 10:1025979. [PMID: 36277345 PMCID: PMC9581180 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1025979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Natural products derived from microorganisms play a prominent role in drug discovery as potential anti-infective agents. Over the past few decades, lipopeptides produced by particularly Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Streptomyces, Paenibacillus, and cyanobacteria species, have been extensively studied for their antimicrobial potential. Subsequently, daptomycin and polymyxin B were approved by the Food and Drug Administration as lipopeptide antibiotics. Recent studies have however, indicated that Serratia, Brevibacillus, and Burkholderia, as well as predatory bacteria such as Myxococcus, Lysobacter, and Cystobacter, hold promise as relatively underexplored sources of novel classes of lipopeptides. This review will thus highlight the structures and the newly discovered scaffolds of lipopeptide families produced by these bacterial genera, with potential antimicrobial activities. Additionally, insight into the mode of action and biosynthesis of these lipopeptides will be provided and the application of a genome mining approach, to ascertain the biosynthetic gene cluster potential of these bacterial genera (genomes available on the National Center for Biotechnology Information) for their future pharmaceutical exploitation, will be discussed.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
- *Correspondence: Wesaal Khan,
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The Role of Serratomolide-like Amino Lipids Produced by Bacteria of Genus Serratia in Nematicidal Activity. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11020198. [PMID: 35215141 PMCID: PMC8880026 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11020198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, also known as pinewood nematode (PWN), is the pathogenic agent of pine wilt disease (PWD), which affects pine trees around the world. Infection spread globally through international wood commerce and locally by vector beetles, threatening the wood world economy. As climate changes, more countries are becoming susceptible to PWD and, to prevent disease spread and limit economic and ecological losses, better knowledge about this pathogenic agent is needed. Serratia strains, present in the endophytic community of pine trees and carried by PWN, may play an important role in PWD. This work aimed to better understand the interaction between Serratia strains and B. xylophilus and to assess the nematicidal potential of serratomolide-like molecules produced by Serratia strains. Serrawettin gene presence was evaluated in selected Serratia strains. Mortality tests were performed with bacteria supernatants, and extracted amino lipids, against Caenorhabditis elegans (model organism) and B. xylophilus to determine their nematicidal potential. Attraction tests were performed with C. elegans. Concentrated supernatants of Serratia strains with serratamolide-like lipopeptides were able to kill more than 77% of B. xylophilus after 72 h. Eight specific amino lipids showed a high nematicidal activity against B. xylophilus. We conclude that, for some Serratia strains, their supernatants and specific amino lipids showed nematicidal activity against B. xylophilus.
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Trindade M, Sithole N, Kubicki S, Thies S, Burger A. Screening Strategies for Biosurfactant Discovery. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 181:17-52. [PMID: 34518910 DOI: 10.1007/10_2021_174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The isolation and screening of bacteria and fungi for the production of surface-active compounds has been the basis for the majority of the biosurfactants discovered to date. Hence, a wide variety of well-established and relatively simple methods are available for screening, mostly focused on the detection of surface or interfacial activity of the culture supernatant. However, the success of any biodiscovery effort, specifically aiming to access novelty, relies directly on the characteristics being screened for and the uniqueness of the microorganisms being screened. Therefore, given that rather few novel biosurfactant structures have been discovered during the last decade, advanced strategies are now needed to widen access to novel chemistries and properties. In addition, more modern Omics technologies should be considered to the traditional culture-based approaches for biosurfactant discovery. This chapter summarizes the screening methods and strategies typically used for the discovery of biosurfactants and highlights some of the Omics-based approaches that have resulted in the discovery of unique biosurfactants. These studies illustrate the potentially enormous diversity that has yet to be unlocked and how we can begin to tap into these biological resources.
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- Marla Trindade
- Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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Wiegand S, Rast P, Kallscheuer N, Jogler M, Heuer A, Boedeker C, Jeske O, Kohn T, Vollmers J, Kaster AK, Quast C, Glöckner FO, Rohde M, Jogler C. Analysis of Bacterial Communities on North Sea Macroalgae and Characterization of the Isolated Planctomycetes Adhaeretor mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseimaritima multifibrata sp. nov., Rosistilla ulvae sp. nov. and Rubripirellula lacrimiformis sp. nov. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9071494. [PMID: 34361930 PMCID: PMC8303584 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9071494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Planctomycetes are bacteria that were long thought to be unculturable, of low abundance, and therefore neglectable in the environment. This view changed in recent years, after it was shown that members of the phylum Planctomycetes can be abundant in many aquatic environments, e.g., in the epiphytic communities on macroalgae surfaces. Here, we analyzed three different macroalgae from the North Sea and show that Planctomycetes is the most abundant bacterial phylum on the alga Fucus sp., while it represents a minor fraction of the surface-associated bacterial community of Ulva sp. and Laminaria sp. Especially dominant within the phylum Planctomycetes were Blastopirellula sp., followed by Rhodopirellula sp., Rubripirellula sp., as well as other Pirellulaceae and Lacipirellulaceae, but also members of the OM190 lineage. Motivated by the observed abundance, we isolated four novel planctomycetal strains to expand the collection of species available as axenic cultures since access to different strains is a prerequisite to investigate the success of planctomycetes in marine environments. The isolated strains constitute four novel species belonging to one novel and three previously described genera in the order Pirellulales, class Planctomycetia, phylum Planctomycetes.
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- Sandra Wiegand
- Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (S.W.); (N.K.); (T.K.)
- Institute for Biological Interfaces 5 (IBG-5), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; (J.V.); (A.-K.K.)
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (P.R.); (A.H.); (C.B.); (O.J.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (S.W.); (N.K.); (T.K.)
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Biotechnology (IBG-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Interactions, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich-Schiller University, 07743 Jena, Germany;
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (P.R.); (A.H.); (C.B.); (O.J.)
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (P.R.); (A.H.); (C.B.); (O.J.)
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; (P.R.); (A.H.); (C.B.); (O.J.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (S.W.); (N.K.); (T.K.)
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 5 (IBG-5), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; (J.V.); (A.-K.K.)
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 5 (IBG-5), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; (J.V.); (A.-K.K.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany;
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven, MARUM, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany;
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- Central Facility for Microscopy, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany;
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud University, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; (S.W.); (N.K.); (T.K.)
- Department of Microbial Interactions, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich-Schiller University, 07743 Jena, Germany;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-364-194-9301
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Maglangit F, Yu Y, Deng H. Bacterial pathogens: threat or treat (a review on bioactive natural products from bacterial pathogens). Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:782-821. [PMID: 33119013 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00061b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Covering: up to the second quarter of 2020 Threat or treat? While pathogenic bacteria pose significant threats, they also represent a huge reservoir of potential pharmaceuticals to treat various diseases. The alarming antimicrobial resistance crisis and the dwindling clinical pipeline urgently call for the discovery and development of new antibiotics. Pathogenic bacteria have an enormous potential for natural products drug discovery, yet they remained untapped and understudied. Herein, we review the specialised metabolites isolated from entomopathogenic, phytopathogenic, and human pathogenic bacteria with antibacterial and antifungal activities, highlighting those currently in pre-clinical trials or with potential for drug development. Selected unusual biosynthetic pathways, the key roles they play (where known) in various ecological niches are described. We also provide an overview of the mode of action (molecular target), activity, and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) towards bacteria and fungi. The exploitation of pathogenic bacteria as a rich source of antimicrobials, combined with the recent advances in genomics and natural products research methodology, could pave the way for a new golden age of antibiotic discovery. This review should serve as a compendium to communities of medicinal chemists, organic chemists, natural product chemists, biochemists, clinical researchers, and many others interested in the subject.
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- Fleurdeliz Maglangit
- Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City, 6000, Philippines. and Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK.
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE), Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Centre for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK.
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Genome Sequences of Serratia Strains Revealed Common Genes in Both Serratomolides Gene Clusters. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:biology9120482. [PMID: 33419369 PMCID: PMC7767323 DOI: 10.3390/biology9120482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Simple Summary Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules produced by microorganisms with a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic group, able to reduce surface tension. These molecules are largely used in the environmental, food, pharmaceutical, medical, and cleaning industries, among others. Serratia strains are ubiquitous microorganisms with the ability to produce biosurfactants, such as serrawettins. These extracellular lipopeptides are described as biocides against many bacteria and fungi. This work used comparative genomics to determine the distribution and organization of the serrawettins W1 and W2 biosynthetic gene clusters in all the 84 publicly available genomes of the Serratia genus. Here, the serrawettin W1 gene clusters’ organization is reported for the first time. The serrawettin W1 biosynthetic gene swrW and serrawettin W2 biosynthetic gene swrA were present in 17 and 11 Serratia genomes, respectively. The same genes in the biosynthetic clusters frame the swrW and swrA biosynthetic genes. This work identified four genes common to all serrawettin gene clusters, highlighting their key potential in the serrawettins biosynthetic process. Abstract Serratia strains are ubiquitous microorganisms with the ability to produce serratomolides, such as serrawettins. These extracellular lipopeptides are described as biocides against many bacteria and fungi and may have a nematicidal activity against phytopathogenic nematodes. Serrawettins W1 and W2 from different strains have different structures that might be correlated with distinct genomic organizations. This work used comparative genomics to determine the distribution and the organization of the serrawettins biosynthetic gene clusters in all the 84 publicly available genomes of the Serratia genus. The serrawettin W1 and W2 gene clusters’ organization was established using antiSMASH software and compared with single and short data previously described for YD25TSerratia. Here, the serrawettin W1 gene clusters’ organization is reported for the first time. The serrawettin W1 biosynthetic gene swrW was present in 17 Serratia genomes. Eighty different coding sequence (CDS) were assigned to the W1 gene cluster, 13 being common to all clusters. The serrawettin W2 swrA gene was present in 11 Serratia genomes. The W2 gene clusters included 68 CDS with 24 present in all the clusters. The genomic analysis showed the swrA gene constitutes five modules, four with three domains and one with four domains, while the swrW gene constitutes one module with four domains. This work identified four genes common to all serrawettin gene clusters, highlighting their essential potential in the serrawettins biosynthetic process.
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Alonzo DA, Schmeing TM. Biosynthesis of depsipeptides, or Depsi: The peptides with varied generations. Protein Sci 2020; 29:2316-2347. [PMID: 33073901 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Depsipeptides are compounds that contain both ester bonds and amide bonds. Important natural product depsipeptides include the piscicide antimycin, the K+ ionophores cereulide and valinomycin, the anticancer agent cryptophycin, and the antimicrobial kutzneride. Furthermore, database searches return hundreds of uncharacterized systems likely to produce novel depsipeptides. These compounds are made by specialized nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). NRPSs are biosynthetic megaenzymes that use a module architecture and multi-step catalytic cycle to assemble monomer substrates into peptides, or in the case of specialized depsipeptide synthetases, depsipeptides. Two NRPS domains, the condensation domain and the thioesterase domain, catalyze ester bond formation, and ester bonds are introduced into depsipeptides in several different ways. The two most common occur during cyclization, in a reaction between a hydroxy-containing side chain and the C-terminal amino acid residue in a peptide intermediate, and during incorporation into the growing peptide chain of an α-hydroxy acyl moiety, recruited either by direct selection of an α-hydroxy acid substrate or by selection of an α-keto acid substrate that is reduced in situ. In this article, we discuss how and when these esters are introduced during depsipeptide synthesis, survey notable depsipeptide synthetases, and review insight into bacterial depsipeptide synthetases recently gained from structural studies.
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- Diego A Alonzo
- Department of Biochemistry and Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Complete Genome Sequence of Temperature-Dependent Pigment-Producing Serratia marcescens ATCC 274. Microbiol Resour Announc 2020; 9:9/15/e00164-20. [PMID: 32273359 PMCID: PMC7380532 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00164-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Serratia marcescens ATCC 274 produces the red pigment prodigiosin and the biosurfactant serrawettin W1 at 30°C but not at 37°C. A complete, high-quality genome sequence of S. marcescens ATCC 274 was obtained and found to comprise a single 5,148,533-bp circular genome with 4,799 genes. Serratia marcescens ATCC 274 produces the red pigment prodigiosin and the biosurfactant serrawettin W1 at 30°C but not at 37°C. A complete, high-quality genome sequence of S. marcescens ATCC 274 was obtained and found to comprise a single 5,148,533-bp circular genome with 4,799 genes.
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Clements T, Ndlovu T, Khan W. Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of secondary metabolites produced by Serratia marcescens strains. Microbiol Res 2019; 229:126329. [PMID: 31518853 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2019.126329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The genus Serratia is a predominantly unexplored source of antimicrobial secondary metabolites. The aim of the current study was thus to isolate and evaluate the antimicrobial properties of biosurfactants produced by Serratia species. Forty-nine (n = 34 pigmented; n = 15 non-pigmented) biosurfactant producing Serratia strains were isolated from environmental sources and selected isolates (n = 11 pigmented; n = 11 non-pigmented) were identified as Serratia marcescens using molecular typing. The swrW gene (serrawettin W1 synthetase) was detected in all the screened pigmented strains and one non-pigmented strain and primers were designed for the detection of the swrA gene (non-ribosomal serrawettin W2 synthetase), which was detected in nine non-pigmented strains. Crude extracts obtained from S. marcescens P1, NP1 and NP2 were chemically characterised using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-MS), which revealed that P1 produced serrawettin W1 homologues and prodigiosin, while NP1 produced serrawettin W1 homologues and glucosamine derivative A. In contrast, serrawettin W2 analogues were predominantly identified in the crude extract obtained from S. marcescens NP2. Both P1 and NP1 crude extracts displayed broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against clinical, food and environmental pathogens, such as multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Cryptococcus neoformans. In contrast, the NP2 crude extract displayed antibacterial activity against a limited range of pathogenic and opportunistic pathogens. The serrawettin W1 homologues, in combination with prodigiosin and glucosamine derivatives, produced by pigmented and non-pigmented S. marcescens strains, could thus potentially be employed as broad-spectrum therapeutic agents against multidrug-resistant bacterial and fungal pathogens.
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- Tanya Clements
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa.
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Clements T, Ndlovu T, Khan S, Khan W. Biosurfactants produced by Serratia species: Classification, biosynthesis, production and application. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:589-602. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9520-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Eckelmann D, Kusari S, Spiteller M. Stable Isotope Labeling of Prodiginines and Serratamolides Produced by Serratia marcescens Directly on Agar and Simultaneous Visualization by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Imaging High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2018; 90:13167-13172. [PMID: 30379065 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging high-resolution mass spectrometry (MALDI-imaging-HRMS) is an important technique for visualizing the spatial distribution of compounds directly on the surface of organisms such as microorganisms, insects, plants, animals, and human tissues. However, MALDI-imaging-HRMS and the stable isotope labeling approach have never been combined for the detection and simultaneous visualization of labeled and unlabeled compounds, their analogues and derivatives, as well as their precursors. Herein, we present a methodology that labels microbial secondary metabolites directly on agar with stable isotopes and allows concurrent spatial distribution analyses by MALDI-imaging-HRMS. Using a thin film of labeled agar supplemented with [1-13C]-l-proline, [methyl-D3]-l-methionine, 15NH4Cl, or [15N]-l-serine overlaid on unlabeled agar, we demonstrate the incorporation of labeled precursors into prodiginines and serratamolides produced by an endophytic bacterium, Serratia marcescens, by MALDI-imaging-HRMS and HPLC-HRMS. Further, we show the incorporation of CD3 into prodigiosin as well as its characteristic fragments directly by MALDI-imaging-HRMS2. Our methodology has several advantages over currently existing techniques. First, both labeled and unlabeled compounds can be visualized simultaneously in high spatial resolution along with their labeled and unlabeled precursors. Second, by using a thin film of labeled agar, we utilize minimum amounts of expensive labeled compounds (1-3 mg) ensuring a cost-effective method for investigating biosynthetic pathways. Finally, our method allows in situ visualization and identification of target and nontarget compounds without the need of isolating the compounds. This is important for compounds that are produced by microorganisms in low, physiologically, or ecologically relevant concentrations.
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- Dennis Eckelmann
- Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry , TU Dortmund , Otto-Hahn-Straße 6 , 44221 Dortmund , Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry , TU Dortmund , Otto-Hahn-Straße 6 , 44221 Dortmund , Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry , TU Dortmund , Otto-Hahn-Straße 6 , 44221 Dortmund , Germany
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Patel S, Homaei A, Patil S, Daverey A. Microbial biosurfactants for oil spill remediation: pitfalls and potentials. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:27-37. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9434-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Dose B, Niehs SP, Scherlach K, Flórez LV, Kaltenpoth M, Hertweck C. Unexpected Bacterial Origin of the Antibiotic Icosalide: Two-Tailed Depsipeptide Assembly in Multifarious Burkholderia Symbionts. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:2414-2420. [PMID: 30160099 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Icosalide is an unusual two-tailed lipocyclopeptide antibiotic that was originally isolated from a fungal culture. Yet, its biosynthesis and ecological function have remained enigmatic. By genome mining and metabolic profiling of a bacterial endosymbiont ( Burkholderia gladioli) of the pest beetle Lagria villosa, we unveiled a bacterial origin of icosalide. Functional analysis of the biosynthetic gene locus revealed an unprecedented nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) that incorporates two β-hydroxy acids by means of two starter condensation domains in different modules. This unusual assembly line, which may inspire new synthetic biology approaches, is widespread among many symbiotic Burkholderia species from diverse habitats. Biological assays showed that icosalide is active against entomopathogenic bacteria, thus adding to the chemical armory protecting beetle offspring. By creating a null mutant, we found that icosalide is a swarming inhibitor, which may play a role in symbiotic interactions and bears the potential for therapeutic applications.
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- Benjamin Dose
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department for Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 13, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department for Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 13, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Hage-Hülsmann J, Grünberger A, Thies S, Santiago-Schübel B, Klein AS, Pietruszka J, Binder D, Hilgers F, Domröse A, Drepper T, Kohlheyer D, Jaeger KE, Loeschcke A. Natural biocide cocktails: Combinatorial antibiotic effects of prodigiosin and biosurfactants. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200940. [PMID: 30024935 PMCID: PMC6053208 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacterial secondary metabolites are naturally produced to prevail amongst competitors in a shared habitat and thus represent a valuable source for antibiotic discovery. The transformation of newly discovered antibiotic compounds into effective drugs often requires additional surfactant components for drug formulation. Nature may also provide blueprints in this respect: A cocktail of two compounds consisting of the antibacterial red pigment prodigiosin and the biosurfactant serrawettin W1 is naturally produced by the bacterium Serratia marcescens, which occurs in highly competitive habitats including soil. We show here a combinatorial antibacterial effect of these compounds, but also of prodigiosin mixed with other (bio)surfactants, against the soil-dwelling bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum taken as a model target bacterium. Prodigiosin exerted a combinatorial inhibitory effect with all tested surfactants in a disk diffusion assay which was especially pronounced in combination with N-myristoyltyrosine. Minimal inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations (MIC and MBC) of the individual compounds were 2.56 μg/mL prodigiosin and 32 μg/mL N-myristoyltyrosine, and the MIC of prodigiosin was decreased by 3 orders of magnitude to 0.005 μg/mL in the presence of 16 μg/mL N-myristoyltyrosine, indicative of synergistic interaction. Investigation of bacterial survival revealed similar combinatorial effects; moreover, antagonistic effects were observed at higher compound concentrations. Finally, the investigation of microcolony formation under combined application of concentrations just below the MBC revealed heterogeneity of responses with cell death or delayed growth. In summary, this study describes the combinatorial antibacterial effects of microbial biomolecules, which may have ecological relevance by inhibiting cohabiting species, but shall furthermore inspire drug development in the combat of infectious disease.
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- Jennifer Hage-Hülsmann
- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
- Multiscale Bioengineering, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Central Division of Analytical Chemistry ZEA-3: Analytik/Biospec, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
- Aachener Verfahrenstechnik (AVT.MSB), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Ganley JG, Carr G, Ioerger TR, Sacchettini JC, Clardy J, Derbyshire ER. Discovery of Antimicrobial Lipodepsipeptides Produced by aSerratiasp. within Mosquito Microbiomes. Chembiochem 2018; 19:1590-1594. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jack G. Ganley
- Department of Chemistry; Duke University; 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708-0346 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Harvard Medical School; 240 Longwood Avenue Boston MA 02115 USA
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- Department of Computer Science; Texas A&M University; College Station TX 77843 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Texas A&M University; College Station TX 77843 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Harvard Medical School; 240 Longwood Avenue Boston MA 02115 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Duke University; 124 Science Drive Durham NC 27708-0346 USA
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Nascimento F, Vicente C, Cock P, Tavares M, Rossi M, Hasegawa K, Mota M. From plants to nematodes: Serratia grimesii BXF1 genome reveals an adaptation to the modulation of multi-species interactions. Microb Genom 2018; 4. [PMID: 29781797 PMCID: PMC6113876 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Serratia grimesii BXF1 is a bacterium with the ability to modulate the development of several eukaryotic hosts. Strain BXF1 was isolated from the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, the causative agent of pine wilt disease affecting pine forests worldwide. This bacterium potentiates Bursaphelenchus xylophilus reproduction, acts as a beneficial pine endophyte, and possesses fungal and bacterial antagonistic activities, further indicating a complex role in a wide range of trophic relationships. In this work, we describe and analyse the genome sequence of strain BXF1, and discuss several important aspects of its ecological role. Genome analysis indicates the presence of several genes related to the observed production of antagonistic traits, plant growth regulation and the modulation of nematode development. Moreover, most of the BXF1 genes are involved in environmental and genetic information processing, which is consistent with its ability to sense and colonize several niches. The results obtained in this study provide the basis to a better understanding of the role and evolution of strain BXF1 as a mediator of interactions between organisms involved in a complex disease system. These results may also bring new insights into general Serratia and Enterobacteriaceae evolution towards multitrophic interactions.
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- Francisco Nascimento
- 2Information and Computer Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK.,1Nemalab/ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
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- 1Nemalab/ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.,3Department of Environmental Biology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- 2Information and Computer Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- 4Departamento de Microbiologia, Laboratório de Bioprocessos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis SC 88040-900, Brazil
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- 4Departamento de Microbiologia, Laboratório de Bioprocessos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis SC 88040-900, Brazil
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- 3Department of Environmental Biology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- 1Nemalab/ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.,5Departamento Ciências da Vida, EPCV Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, C. Grande 376, Lisboa, 1749-024, Portugal
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Klapper M, Braga D, Lackner G, Herbst R, Stallforth P. Bacterial Alkaloid Biosynthesis: Structural Diversity via a Minimalistic Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase. Cell Chem Biol 2018; 25:659-665.e9. [PMID: 29606578 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chemical and biochemical analyses of one of the most basic nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) from a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain revealed its striking plasticity. Determination of the potential substrate scope enabled us to anticipate novel secondary metabolites that could subsequently be isolated and tested for their bioactivities. Detailed analyses of the monomodular pyreudione synthetase showed that the biosynthesis of the bacterial pyreudione alkaloids does not require additional biosynthetic enzymes. Heterologous expression of a similar and functional, yet cryptic, NRPS of Pseudomonas entomophila was successful and allowed us to perform a phylogenetic analysis of their thioesterase domains.
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- Martin Klapper
- Junior Research Group Chemistry of Microbial Communication, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Junior Research Group Synthetic Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Junior Research Group Synthetic Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Junior Research Group Chemistry of Microbial Communication, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Junior Research Group Chemistry of Microbial Communication, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany.
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Antimicrobial peptides produced by Brevibacillus spp.: structure, classification and bioactivity: a mini review. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 34:57. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-018-2437-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Eckelmann D, Spiteller M, Kusari S. Spatial-temporal profiling of prodiginines and serratamolides produced by endophytic Serratia marcescens harbored in Maytenus serrata. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5283. [PMID: 29588473 PMCID: PMC5869619 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23538-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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An endophytic bacterium, Serratia marcescens MSRBB2, isolated from inner bark of a Cameroonian Maytenus serrata plant, was subjected to the OSMAC (One Strain Many Compounds) approach and metabolic profiling using HPLC-HRMSn. We identified 7 prodiginines along with 26 serratamolides. Their biosynthetic pathways were elucidated by feeding with labeled precursors in combination with HRMSn. Dual-culture confrontation/restriction assays of the bacterial endophyte were devised with coexisting fungal endophytes (Pestalotiopsis virgatula, Aspergillus caesiellus and Pichia spp.) as well as with unrelated, non-endophytic fungi belonging to the same genera. The assays were combined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as well as matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization imaging high-resolution mass spectrometry (MALDI-imaging-HRMS) for visualizing, both in high spatial and temporal resolution, the distribution and interplay of the compounds during microbial interactions. We demonstrated the effect of prodigiosin produced by endophytic S. marcescens MSRBB2 as an allelochemical that specifically inhibits coexisting endophytic fungi. Our results provide new insights into the physiological and ecological relevance of prodiginines and serratamolides within the context of allelopathy and chemical defense interaction occurring between coexisting endophytes harbored in M. serrata.
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- Dennis Eckelmann
- Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 6, 44221, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 6, 44221, Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 6, 44221, Dortmund, Germany.
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Differential roles for ArcA and ArcB homologues in swarming motility in Serratia marcescens FS14. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 111:609-617. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0981-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Masschelein J, Jenner M, Challis GL. Antibiotics from Gram-negative bacteria: a comprehensive overview and selected biosynthetic highlights. Nat Prod Rep 2017. [PMID: 28650032 DOI: 10.1039/c7np00010c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Covering: up to 2017The overwhelming majority of antibiotics in clinical use originate from Gram-positive Actinobacteria. In recent years, however, Gram-negative bacteria have become increasingly recognised as a rich yet underexplored source of novel antimicrobials, with the potential to combat the looming health threat posed by antibiotic resistance. In this article, we have compiled a comprehensive list of natural products with antimicrobial activity from Gram-negative bacteria, including information on their biosynthetic origin(s) and molecular target(s), where known. We also provide a detailed discussion of several unusual pathways for antibiotic biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria, serving to highlight the exceptional biocatalytic repertoire of this group of microorganisms.
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- J Masschelein
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, UK.
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Yang T, Rao Z, Zhang X, Xu M, Xu Z, Yang ST. Metabolic engineering strategies for acetoin and 2,3-butanediol production: advances and prospects. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2017; 37:990-1005. [DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2017.1299680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Taowei Yang
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Jiangnan University (Rugao) Food Biotechnology Research Institute, Rugao, Jiangsu Province, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- Jiangnan University (Rugao) Food Biotechnology Research Institute, Rugao, Jiangsu Province, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Antimicrobial activities of a promising glycolipid biosurfactant from a novel marine Staphylococcus saprophyticus SBPS 15. 3 Biotech 2016; 6:163. [PMID: 28330235 PMCID: PMC4978644 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-016-0478-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Biosurfactants have gained a renewed interest in the recent years for their commercial application in diverse research areas. Recent evidences suggest that the antimicrobial activities exhibited by biosurfactants make them promising molecules for the application in the field of therapeutics. Marine microbes are well known for their unique metabolic and functional properties; however, few reports are available till date regarding their biosurfactant production and antimicrobial potential. In an ongoing survey for bioactive microbial metabolites from microbes isolated from diverse ecological niches, a marine Staphylococcus saprophyticus SBPS 15 isolated from the petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated coastal site, Puducherry, India, was identified as a promising biosurfactant producer based on multiple screening methods. This bacterium exhibited growth-dependent biosurfactant production and the recorded yield was 1.345 ± 0.056 g/L (on dry weight basis). The biosurfactant was purified and chemically characterized as a glycolipid with a molecular mass of 606.7 Da, based on TLC, biochemical estimation methods, FT-IR spectrum and MALDI-TOF-MS analysis. Further, the estimated molecular mass was different from the earlier reports on biosurfactants. This new glycolipid biosurfactant exhibited a board range of pH and temperature stability. Furthermore, it revealed a promising antimicrobial activity against many tested human pathogenic bacterial and fungal clinical isolates. Based on these observations, the isolated biosurfactant from the marine S. saprophyticus revealed board physicochemical stabilities and possess excellent antimicrobial activities which proves its significance for possible use in various therapeutic and biomedical applications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a biosurfactant from the bacterium, S. saprophyticus.
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Su C, Xiang Z, Liu Y, Zhao X, Sun Y, Li Z, Li L, Chang F, Chen T, Wen X, Zhou Y, Zhao F. Analysis of the genomic sequences and metabolites of Serratia surfactantfaciens sp. nov. YD25 T that simultaneously produces prodigiosin and serrawettin W2. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:865. [PMID: 27809759 PMCID: PMC5094094 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3171-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Serratia are potential producers of many useful secondary metabolites, such as prodigiosin and serrawettins, which have potential applications in environmental bioremediation or in the pharmaceutical industry. Several Serratia strains produce prodigiosin and serrawettin W1 as the main bioactive compounds, and the biosynthetic pathways are co-regulated by quorum sensing (QS). In contrast, the Serratia strain, which can simultaneously produce prodigiosin and serrawettin W2, has not been reported. This study focused on analyzing the genomic sequence of Serratia sp. strain YD25T isolated from rhizosphere soil under continuously planted burley tobacco collected from Yongding, Fujian province, China, which is unique in producing both prodigiosin and serrawettin W2. Results A hybrid polyketide synthases (PKS)-non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) gene cluster putatively involved in biosynthesis of antimicrobial serrawettin W2 was identified in the genome of YD25T, and its biosynthesis pathway was proposed. We found potent antimicrobial activity of serrawettin W2 purified from YD25T against various pathogenic bacteria and fungi as well as antitumor activity against Hela cells. Subsequently, comparative genomic analyses were performed among a total of 133 Serratia species. The prodigiosin biosynthesis gene cluster in YD25T belongs to the type I pig cluster, which is the main form of pig-encoding genes existing in most of the pigmented Serratia species. In addition, a complete autoinducer-2 (AI-2) system (including luxS, lsrBACDEF, lsrGK, and lsrR) as a conserved bacterial operator is found in the genome of Serratia sp. strain YD25T. Phylogenetic analysis based on concatenated Lsr and LuxS proteins revealed that YD25T formed an independent branch and was clearly distant from the strains that solely produce either prodigiosin or serrawettin W2. The Fe (III) ion reduction assay confirmed that strain YD25T could produce an AI-2 signal molecule. Phylogenetic analysis using the genomic sequence of YD25T combined with phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses support this strain as a member of a novel and previously uncharacterized Serratia species. Conclusion Genomic sequence and metabolite analysis of Serratia surfactantfaciens YD25T indicate that this strain can be further explored for the production of useful metabolites. Unveiling the genomic sequence of S. surfactantfaciens YD25T benefits the usage of this unique strain as a model system for studying the biosynthesis regulation of both prodigiosin and serrawettin W2 by the QS system. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3171-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Chun Su
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361000, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, People's Republic of China
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Response Mechanisms in Serratia marcescens IBB Po15 During Organic Solvents Exposure. Curr Microbiol 2016; 73:755-765. [PMID: 27538581 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-016-1108-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Serratia marcescens strain IBBPo15 (KT315653) which possesses serratiopeptidase (ser) gene (KT894207) exhibited good solvent tolerance. During the exposure of S. marcescens IBBPo15 cells to 5 % organic solvents, n-decane was less toxic for this bacterium, compared with n-hexane, cyclohexane, ethylbenzene, toluene, and styrene. The exposure of the S. marcescens IBBPo15 cells to n-hexane, cyclohexane, ethylbenzene, toluene, and styrene induced the formation of large clusters, while in control and n-decane-exposed cells, only organization into small clusters was observed. The data obtained suggested that S. marcescens IBBPo15 cells produced some secondary metabolites (i.e., surfactant serrawettin, red pigment prodigiosin) which are well known as valuable molecules due to their large applications. The exposure of the bacterial cells to organic solvents induced secondary metabolites profile modifications. However, S. marcescens IBBPo15 possesses only alkB1, todM, rhlAB, pswP, mpr, and ser genes, the unspecific amplification of other fragments being acquired also when the primers for alkM1, xylM, ndoM, and C23DO genes were used. Modifications of DNA patterns were not depicted in S. marcescens IBBPo15 cells exposed to organic solvents.
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Mechanisms of Bacterial (Serratia marcescens) Attachment to, Migration along, and Killing of Fungal Hyphae. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:2585-94. [PMID: 26896140 DOI: 10.1128/aem.04070-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We have found a remarkable capacity for the ubiquitous Gram-negative rod bacterium Serratia marcescens to migrate along and kill the mycelia of zygomycete molds. This migration was restricted to zygomycete molds and several basidiomycete species. No migration was seen on any molds of the phylum Ascomycota. S. marcescens migration did not require fungal viability or surrounding growth medium, as bacteria migrated along aerial hyphae as well.S. marcescens did not exhibit growth tropism toward zygomycete mycelium. Bacterial migration along hyphae proceeded only when the hyphae grew into the bacterial colony. S. marcescens cells initially migrated along the hyphae, forming attached microcolonies that grew and coalesced to generate a biofilm that covered and killed the mycelium. Flagellum-defective strains of S. marcescens were able to migrate along zygomycete hyphae, although they were significantly slower than the wild-type strain and were delayed in fungal killing. Bacterial attachment to the mycelium does not necessitate type 1 fimbrial adhesion, since mutants defective in this adhesin migrated equally well as or faster than the wild-type strain. Killing does not depend on the secretion of S. marcescens chitinases, as mutants in which all three chitinase genes were deleted retained wild-type killing abilities. A better understanding of the mechanisms by which S. marcescens binds to, spreads on, and kills fungal hyphae might serve as an excellent model system for such interactions in general; fungal killing could be employed in agricultural fungal biocontrol.
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Hoppers A, Stoudenmire J, Wu S, Lopanik NB. Antibiotic activity and microbial community of the temperate sponge, Haliclona sp. J Appl Microbiol 2014; 118:419-30. [PMID: 25431341 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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AIMS Sessile marine invertebrates engage in a diverse array of beneficial interactions with bacterial symbionts. One feature of some of these relationships is the presence of bioactive natural products that can defend the holobiont from predation, competition or disease. In this study, we investigated the antimicrobial activity and microbial community of a common temperate sponge from coastal North Carolina. METHODS AND RESULTS The sponge was identified as a member of the genus Haliclona, a prolific source of bioactive natural products, based on its 18S rRNA gene sequence. The crude chemical extract and methanol partition had broad activity against the assayed Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria. Further fractionation resulted in two groups of compounds with differing antimicrobial activity, primarily against Gram-positive test organisms. There was, however, notable activity against the Gram-negative marine pathogen, Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Microbial community analysis of the sponge and surrounding sea water via denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) indicates that it harbours a distinct group of bacterial associates. CONCLUSIONS The common temperate sponge, Haliclona sp., is a source of multiple antimicrobial compounds and has some consistent microbial community members that may play a role in secondary metabolite production. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY These data suggest that common temperate sponges can be a source of bioactive chemical and microbial diversity. Further studies may reveal the importance of the microbial associates to the sponge and natural product biosynthesis.
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- A Hoppers
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Garcia-Gonzalez E, Müller S, Hertlein G, Heid N, Süssmuth RD, Genersch E. Biological effects of paenilamicin, a secondary metabolite antibiotic produced by the honey bee pathogenic bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. Microbiologyopen 2014; 3:642-56. [PMID: 25044543 PMCID: PMC4234257 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Revised: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Paenibacillus larvae is the etiological agent of American Foulbrood (AFB) a world-wide distributed devastating disease of the honey bee brood. Previous comparative genome analysis and more recently, the elucidation of the bacterial genome, provided evidence that this bacterium harbors putative functional nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) and polyketide synthases (PKSs) and therefore, might produce nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) and polyketides (PKs). Such biosynthesis products have been shown to display a wide-range of biological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal or cytotoxic activity. Herein we present an in silico analysis of the first NRPS/PKS hybrid of P. larvae and we show the involvement of this cluster in the production of a compound named paenilamicin (Pam). For the characterization of its in vitro and in vivo bioactivity, a knock-out mutant strain lacking the production of Pam was constructed and subsequently compared to wild-type species. This led to the identification of Pam by mass spectrometry. Purified Pam-fractions showed not only antibacterial but also antifungal and cytotoxic activities. The latter suggested a direct effect of Pam on honey bee larval death which could, however, not be corroborated in laboratory infection assays. Bee larvae infected with the non-producing Pam strain showed no decrease in larval mortality, but a delay in the onset of larval death. We propose that Pam, although not essential for larval mortality, is a virulence factor of P. larvae influencing the time course of disease. These findings are not only of significance in elucidating and understanding host-pathogen interactions but also within the context of the quest for new compounds with antibiotic activity for drug development.
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- Eva Garcia-Gonzalez
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bee Diseases, Institute for Bee ResearchFriedrich-Engels-Str. 32, 16540, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bee Diseases, Institute for Bee ResearchFriedrich-Engels-Str. 32, 16540, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bee Diseases, Institute for Bee ResearchFriedrich-Engels-Str. 32, 16540, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bee Diseases, Institute for Bee ResearchFriedrich-Engels-Str. 32, 16540, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany
- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität BerlinRobert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163, Berlin, Germany
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Thies S, Santiago-Schübel B, Kovačić F, Rosenau F, Hausmann R, Jaeger KE. Heterologous production of the lipopeptide biosurfactant serrawettin W1 in Escherichia coli. J Biotechnol 2014; 181:27-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gerc AJ, Stanley-Wall NR, Coulthurst SJ. Role of the phosphopantetheinyltransferase enzyme, PswP, in the biosynthesis of antimicrobial secondary metabolites by Serratia marcescens Db10. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:1609-1617. [PMID: 24847000 PMCID: PMC4117218 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.078576-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Phosphopantetheinyltransferase (PPTase) enzymes fulfil essential roles in primary and secondary metabolism in prokaryotes, archaea and eukaryotes. PPTase enzymes catalyse the essential modification of the carrier protein domain of fatty acid synthases, polyketide synthases (PKSs) and non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). In bacteria and fungi, NRPS and PKS enzymes are often responsible for the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites with clinically relevant properties; these secondary metabolites include a variety of antimicrobial peptides. We have previously shown that in the Gram-negative bacterium Serratia marcescens Db10, the PPTase enzyme PswP is essential for the biosynthesis of an NRPS-PKS dependent antibiotic called althiomycin. In this work we utilize bioinformatic analyses to classify PswP as belonging to the F/KES subfamily of Sfp type PPTases and to putatively identify additional NRPS substrates of PswP, in addition to the althiomycin NRPS-PKS, in Ser. marcescens Db10. We show that PswP is required for the production of three diffusible metabolites by this organism, each possessing antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Genetic analyses identify the three metabolites as althiomycin, serrawettin W2 and an as-yet-uncharacterized siderophore, which may be related to enterobactin. Our results highlight the use of an individual PPTase enzyme in multiple biosynthetic pathways, each contributing to the ability of Ser. marcescens to inhibit competitor bacteria by the production of antimicrobial secondary metabolites.
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- Amy J Gerc
- Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Tanikawa T, Nakagawa Y, Matsuyama T. Transcriptional Downregulator HexS Controlling Prodigiosin and Serrawettin W1 Biosynthesis inSerratia marcescens. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 50:587-96. [PMID: 16924143 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03833.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Serratia marcescens has been known as a temperature-dependent producer of two chemically different exolipids (red pigment prodigiosin and biosurfactant serrawettin W1) in parallel. During genetic investigation of such control mechanisms, mini-Tn 5 insertional mutant Tan1 overproducing these exolipids was isolated. The gene concerning such disregulation was identified as hexS by DNA cloning followed by sequencing and homology analysis of the presumed product with 314 amino-acids. The product HexS was the homologue of HexA of Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora and classified as a transcriptional regulator belonging to LysR family. By RT-PCR analysis, the hexS mutant was shown to over-transcribe the pigA gene (the first gene of the pig cluster involved in prodigiosin synthesis) and the swrW gene encoding serrawettin W1 synthetase belonging to the nonribosomal peptide synthetase family. In contrast, transcription of the pswP gene encoding phosphopantetheinyl transferase in Tan1 was in the level of parent strain 274. Purified protein encoded in his(6)-hexS demonstrated binding activity to DNA fragments of the upstream region of pigA and swrW genes and not to that of the pswP gene. S. marcescens strain 274 transformed with a low-copy plasmid carrying hexS demonstrated reduced production of prodigiosin and serrawettin W1, and reduced activity of exoenzymes (protease, chitinase, and DNase) except phospholipase C. Possible generation of virulent S. marcescens by derepression or mutation of the hexS gene in infected tissues or ex vivo environments was suggested.
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- Taichiro Tanikawa
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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Kadouri DE, Shanks RMQ. Identification of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus inhibitory compound isolated from Serratia marcescens. Res Microbiol 2013; 164:821-6. [PMID: 23791620 PMCID: PMC3770767 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In this study, we identified an antimicrobial compound produced by the Gram-negative bacterium Serratia marcescens. Colonies of S. marcescens inhibited the growth of nine different methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and several other tested Gram-positive bacterial species, but not Gram-negative bacteria. Genetic analysis revealed the requirement for the swrW gene which codes for a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase that generates the cyclodepsipeptide antibiotic serratamolide, also known as serrawettin W1. This is the first report describing the anti-MRSA properties of serratamolide.
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- Daniel E Kadouri
- Department of Oral Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
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Petersen LM, Tisa LS. Friend or foe? A review of the mechanisms that driveSerratiatowards diverse lifestyles. Can J Microbiol 2013; 59:627-40. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Found widespread around the globe, Serratia are Gram-negative bacteria capable of thriving in a diverse number of environments that include water, soil, and the digestive tracts of various animals. Known for their ability to produce a myriad of extracellular enzymes, these bacteria also produce various secondary metabolites that directly contribute to their survival. While the effects Serratia species have on other organisms range from parasitic to symbiotic, what these bacteria have in common is their ability to resist attack, respond appropriately to environmental conditions, and outcompete other microorganisms when colonizing their respective niche. This review highlights the mechanisms utilized by Serratia species that drive their ubiquitous nature, with emphasis on the latest findings. Also discussed is how secreted compounds drive these bacteria towards pathogenic, mutualistic, and antagonistic associations.
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- Lauren M. Petersen
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 46 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-2617, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 46 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-2617, USA
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Shanks RMQ, Lahr RM, Stella NA, Arena KE, Brothers KM, Kwak DH, Liu X, Kalivoda EJ. A Serratia marcescens PigP homolog controls prodigiosin biosynthesis, swarming motility and hemolysis and is regulated by cAMP-CRP and HexS. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57634. [PMID: 23469212 PMCID: PMC3585978 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Swarming motility and hemolysis are virulence-associated determinants for a wide array of pathogenic bacteria. The broad host-range opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens produces serratamolide, a small cyclic amino-lipid, that promotes swarming motility and hemolysis. Serratamolide is negatively regulated by the transcription factors HexS and CRP. Positive regulators of serratamolide production are unknown. Similar to serratamolide, the antibiotic pigment, prodigiosin, is regulated by temperature, growth phase, HexS, and CRP. Because of this co-regulation, we tested the hypothesis that a homolog of the PigP transcription factor of the atypical Serratia species ATCC 39006, which positively regulates prodigiosin biosynthesis, is also a positive regulator of serratamolide production in S. marcescens. Mutation of pigP in clinical, environmental, and laboratory strains of S. marcescens conferred pleiotropic phenotypes including the loss of swarming motility, hemolysis, and severely reduced prodigiosin and serratamolide synthesis. Transcriptional analysis and electrophoretic mobility shift assays place PigP in a regulatory pathway with upstream regulators CRP and HexS. The data from this study identifies a positive regulator of serratamolide production, describes novel roles for the PigP transcription factor, shows for the first time that PigP directly regulates the pigment biosynthetic operon, and identifies upstream regulators of pigP. This study suggests that PigP is important for the ability of S. marcescens to compete in the environment.
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- Robert M. Q. Shanks
- Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Serratamolide is a hemolytic factor produced by Serratia marcescens. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36398. [PMID: 22615766 PMCID: PMC3353980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Serratia marcescens is a common contaminant of contact lens cases and lenses. Hemolytic factors of S. marcescens contribute to the virulence of this opportunistic bacterial pathogen. We took advantage of an observed hyper-hemolytic phenotype of crp mutants to investigate mechanisms of hemolysis. A genetic screen revealed that swrW is necessary for the hyper-hemolysis phenotype of crp mutants. The swrW gene is required for biosynthesis of the biosurfactant serratamolide, previously shown to be a broad-spectrum antibiotic and to contribute to swarming motility. Multicopy expression of swrW or mutation of the hexS transcription factor gene, a known inhibitor of swrW expression, led to an increase in hemolysis. Surfactant zones and expression from an swrW-transcriptional reporter were elevated in a crp mutant compared to the wild type. Purified serratamolide was hemolytic to sheep and murine red blood cells and cytotoxic to human airway and corneal limbal epithelial cells in vitro. The swrW gene was found in the majority of contact lens isolates tested. Genetic and biochemical analysis implicate the biosurfactant serratamolide as a hemolysin. This novel hemolysin may contribute to irritation and infections associated with contact lens use.
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Influence of quorum sensing signal molecules on biofilm formation in Proteus mirabilis O18. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2011; 57:53-60. [PMID: 22198843 PMCID: PMC3297748 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0091-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The influence of basis of quorum sensing molecules on Proteus strains is much less known as compared to Pseudomonas or Escherichia. We have previously shown that a series of acylated homoserine lactones (acyl-HSL) does not influence the ureolytic, proteolytic, or hemolytic abilities, and that the swarming motility of Proteus mirabilis rods is strain specific. The aim of the presented study was to find out if the presence of a series of acyl-HSL influences biofilm formation of P. mirabilis laboratory strain belonging to O18 serogroup. This serogroup is characterized by the presence of a unique non-carbohydrate component, namely phosphocholine. Escherichia coli and P. mirabilis O18 strains used in this work contains cloned plasmids encoding fluorescent protein genes with constitutive gene expression. In mixed biofilms in stationary and continuous flow conditions, P. mirabilis O18 overgrow whole culture. P. mirabilis O18 strain has genetically proved a presence of AI–2 quorum sensing system. Differences in biofilm structure were observed depending on the biofilm type and culture methods. From tested acylated homoserine lactones (BHL, HHL, OHL, DHL, dDHL, tDHL), a significant influence had BHL on thickness, structure, and the amount of exopolysaccharides produced by biofilms formed by P. mirabilis O18 pDsRed2.
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The surfactant of Legionella pneumophila Is secreted in a TolC-dependent manner and is antagonistic toward other Legionella species. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:5971-84. [PMID: 21890700 DOI: 10.1128/jb.05405-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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When Legionella pneumophila grows on agar plates, it secretes a surfactant that promotes flagellum- and pilus-independent "sliding" motility. We isolated three mutants that were defective for surfactant. The first two had mutations in genes predicted to encode cytoplasmic enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. These genes mapped to two adjacent operons that we designated bbcABCDEF and bbcGHIJK. Backcrossing and complementation confirmed the importance of the bbc genes and suggested that the Legionella surfactant is lipid containing. The third mutant had an insertion in tolC. TolC is the outer membrane part of various trimolecular complexes involved in multidrug efflux and type I protein secretion. Complementation of the tolC mutant restored sliding motility. Mutants defective for an inner membrane partner of TolC also lacked a surfactant, confirming that TolC promotes surfactant secretion. L. pneumophila (lspF) mutants lacking type II protein secretion (T2S) are also impaired for a surfactant. When the tolC and lspF mutants were grown next to each other, the lsp mutant secreted surfactant, suggesting that TolC and T2S conjoin to mediate surfactant secretion, with one being the conduit for surfactant export and the other the exporter of a molecule that is required for induction or maturation of surfactant synthesis/secretion. Although the surfactant was not required for the extracellular growth, intracellular infection, and intrapulmonary survival of L. pneumophila, it exhibited antimicrobial activity toward seven other species of Legionella but not toward various non-Legionella species. These data suggest that the surfactant provides L. pneumophila with a selective advantage over other legionellae in the natural environment.
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Das P, Mukherjee S, Sen R. Genetic regulations of the biosynthesis of microbial surfactants: an overview. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2011; 25:165-85. [PMID: 21412355 DOI: 10.5661/bger-25-165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Microbial biosurfactants are surface active metabolites synthesized by microbes growing on a variety of substrates. In spite of having great potential for commercial, therapeutic and environmental applications, industrial level production has not been realized for their low yields and productivities. One vital factor determining their biosynthesis is the genetic makeup of the producer organisms. Studies on molecular genetics and biochemistry of the synthesis of several biosurfactants have revealed the operons, the enzymes and the metabolic pathways required for their extracellular production. Surfactin, a cyclic lipopeptide biosurfactant is a potent antimicrobial agent and is produced as a result of non-ribosomal biosynthesis catalyzed by a large multienzyme peptide synthetase complex called the surfactin synthetase. Pathways for the synthesis of other lipopeptides such as iturin, lichenysin and arthrofactin are also mediated by similar enzyme complexes. These non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) responsible for lipopeptide biosynthesis display a high degree of structural similarity among themselves even from distant microbial species. Plasmid-encoded- rhlA, B, R and I genes of rhl quorum sensing system are required for production of glycolipid biosurfactants by Pseudomonas species. Molecular genetics of biosynthesis of alasan and emulsan by Acinetobacter species and of the fungal biosurfactants such as mannosylerythritol lipids (MEL) and hydrophobins have been deciphered. However, limited genetic information is available about biosynthesis of other biosurfactants such as viscosin, amphisin and putisolvin produced by some strains of Pseudomonas species. Understanding of the genetic regulatory mechanisms would help to develop metabolically engineered hyper-producing strains with better product characteristics and acquired capability of utilizing cheap agro-industrial wastes as substrates. This article thus provides an overview of the role and importance of molecular genetics and gene regulation mechanisms behind the biosynthesis of various microbial surfactants of commercial importance.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur - 721302, West Bengal, India
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Caboche S, Leclère V, Pupin M, Kucherov G, Jacques P. Diversity of monomers in nonribosomal peptides: towards the prediction of origin and biological activity. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:5143-50. [PMID: 20693331 PMCID: PMC2944527 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00315-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) are molecules produced by microorganisms that have a broad spectrum of biological activities and pharmaceutical applications (e.g., antibiotic, immunomodulating, and antitumor activities). One particularity of the NRPs is the biodiversity of their monomers, extending far beyond the 20 proteogenic amino acid residues. Norine, a comprehensive database of NRPs, allowed us to review for the first time the main characteristics of the NRPs and especially their monomer biodiversity. Our analysis highlighted a significant similarity relationship between NRPs synthesized by bacteria and those isolated from metazoa, especially from sponges, supporting the hypothesis that some NRPs isolated from sponges are actually synthesized by symbiotic bacteria rather than by the sponges themselves. A comparison of peptide monomeric compositions as a function of biological activity showed that some monomers are specific to a class of activities. An analysis of the monomer compositions of peptide products predicted from genomic information (metagenomics and high-throughput genome sequencing) or of new peptides detected by mass spectrometry analysis applied to a culture supernatant can provide indications of the origin of a peptide and/or its biological activity.
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- Ségolène Caboche
- ProBioGEM (UPRES EA 1026), Université Lille Nord de France, USTL, F59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Zhang L, Sun J, Hao Y, Zhu J, Chu J, Wei D, Shen Y. Microbial production of 2,3-butanediol by a surfactant (serrawettin)-deficient mutant of Serratia marcescens H30. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 37:857-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-010-0733-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Satpute SK, Bhuyan SS, Pardesi KR, Mujumdar SS, Dhakephalkar PK, Shete AM, Chopade BA. Molecular Genetics of Biosurfactant Synthesis in Microorganisms. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 672:14-41. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5979-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Van Hamme JD, Singh A, Ward OP. Physiological aspects. Part 1 in a series of papers devoted to surfactants in microbiology and biotechnology. Biotechnol Adv 2006; 24:604-20. [PMID: 16979315 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2006.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 07/16/2006] [Accepted: 08/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Surfactants, both chemical and biological, are amphiphilic compounds which can reduce surface and interfacial tensions by accumulating at the interface of immiscible fluids and increase the solubility, mobility, bioavailability and subsequent biodegradation of hydrophobic or insoluble organic compounds. Investigations on their impacts on microbial activity have generally been limited in scope to the most common and best characterized surfactants. Recently a number of new biosurfactants have been described and accelerated advances in molecular and cellular biology are expected to expand our insights into the diversity of structures and applications of biosurfactants. Biosurfactants play an essential natural role in the swarming motility of microorganisms and participate in cellular physiological processes of signaling and differentiation as well as in biofilm formation. Biosurfactants also exhibit natural physiological roles in increasing bioavailability of hydrophobic molecules and can complex with heavy metals, and some also possess antimicrobial activity. Chemical- and indeed bio-surfactants may also be added exogenously to microbial systems to influence behaviour and/or activity, mimicking the latter effects of biosurfactants. They have been exploited in this way, for example as antimicrobial agents in disease control and to improve degradation of chemical contaminants. Chemical surfactants can interact with microbial proteins and can be manipulated to modify enzyme conformation in a manner that alters enzyme activity, stability and/or specificity. Both chemical- and bio-surfactants are potentially toxic to specific microbes and may be exploited as antimicrobial agents against plant, animal and human microbial pathogens. Because of the widespread use of chemical surfactants, their potential impacts on microbial communities in the environment are receiving considerable attention.
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- Jonathan D Van Hamme
- Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada V2C 5N3
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