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Khalid S, Iqbal A, Javed A, Rashid J, ul Haq I, Barakat MAEF, Kumar R. Analysis of diesel hydrocarbon decomposition using efficient indigenous bacterial isolate: Bacterial growth and biodegradation kinetics. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-022-1229-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Analysis of hydrocarbon-contaminated groundwater metagenomes as revealed by high-throughput sequencing. Mol Biotechnol 2013; 54:900-12. [PMID: 23307295 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-012-9639-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The tendency for chlorinated aliphatics and aromatic hydrocarbons to accumulate in environments such as groundwater and sediments poses a serious environmental threat. In this study, the metabolic capacity of hydrocarbon (aromatics and chlorinated aliphatics)-contaminated groundwater in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa has been elucidated for the first time by analysis of pyrosequencing data. The taxonomic data revealed that the metagenomes were dominated by the phylum Proteobacteria (mainly Betaproteobacteria). In addition, Flavobacteriales, Sphingobacteria, Burkholderiales, and Rhodocyclales were the predominant orders present in the individual metagenomes. These orders included microorganisms (Flavobacteria, Dechloromonas aromatica RCB, and Azoarcus) involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds and various other hydrocarbons that were present in the groundwater. Although the metabolic reconstruction of the metagenome represented composite cell networks, the information obtained was sufficient to address questions regarding the metabolic potential of the microbial communities and to correlate the data to the contamination profile of the groundwater. Genes involved in the degradation of benzene and benzoate, heavy metal-resistance mechanisms appeared to provide a survival strategy used by the microbial communities. Analysis of the pyrosequencing-derived data revealed that the metagenomes represent complex microbial communities that have adapted to the geochemical conditions of the groundwater as evidenced by the presence of key enzymes/genes conferring resistance to specific contaminants. Thus, pyrosequencing analysis of the metagenomes provided insights into the microbial activities in hydrocarbon-contaminated habitats.
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Roh C, Villatte F. Isolation of a low-temperature adapted lipolytic enzyme from uncultivated micro-organism. J Appl Microbiol 2008; 105:116-23. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03717.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Malik S, Beer M, Megharaj M, Naidu R. The use of molecular techniques to characterize the microbial communities in contaminated soil and water. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2008; 34:265-276. [PMID: 18083233 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2007] [Revised: 08/16/2007] [Accepted: 09/02/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Traditionally, the identification and characterization of microbial communities in contaminated soil and water has previously been limited to those microorganisms that are culturable. The application of molecular techniques to study microbial populations at contaminated sites without the need for culturing has led to the discovery of unique and previously unrecognized microorganisms as well as complex microbial diversity in contaminated soil and water which shows an exciting opportunity for bioremediation strategies. Nucleic acid extraction from contaminated sites and their subsequent amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has proved extremely useful in assessing the changes in microbial community structure by several microbial community profiling techniques. This review examines the current application of molecular techniques for the characterization of microbial communities in contaminated soil and water. Techniques that identify and quantify microbial population and catabolic genes involved in biodegradation are examined. In addition, methods that directly link microbial phylogeny to its ecological function at contaminated sites as well as high throughput methods for complex microbial community studies are discussed.
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- Seidu Malik
- Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation (CERAR), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Boulevard, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
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Pederick RL, Gault AG, Charnock JM, Polya DA, Lloyd JR. Probing the biogeochemistry of arsenic: response of two contrasting aquifer sediments from Cambodia to stimulation by arsenate and ferric iron. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2007; 42:1763-1774. [PMID: 17952777 DOI: 10.1080/10934520701564269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Many millions of people worldwide are at risk of severe poisoning through exposure to groundwater contaminated with sediment-derived arsenic. An ever-increasing body of work is reinforcing the link between microbially-mediated redox cycling in aquifer sediments and the mobilisation of sorbed As(V) into groundwaters as the potentially more mobile and toxic As(III) anion. However, to date, few studies have examined the biogeochemical cycling of Fe and As species by microbes indigenous to Cambodian sediments. In this study two contrasting sediments, taken from a shallow As-rich reducing aquifer in the Kien Svay district of Cambodia, were used in a laboratory microcosm study. We present evidence to show that microbes present in these sediments are able to reduce Fe(III) and As(V) when provided with an electron donor, and that the two sediments respond differently to stimulation with Fe(III) and As(V). Shifts in the community composition of the two sediments after stimulation with As(V) suggest a potential role for members of the beta-Proteobacteria in As(V) reduction, a phylogenetic grouping known to contain microorganisms capable of As(III) oxidation, but not previously implicated in As(V) reduction. PCR-based analysis of the sediment microbial DNA using primers specific to the arrA gene, (a gene essential for microbial As(V) respiration), indicates the presence of microorganisms capable of dissimilatory As(V) reduction.
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- R L Pederick
- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences & Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, University of Manchester, UK
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Alekhina IA, Marie D, Petit JR, Lukin VV, Zubkov VM, Bulat SA. Molecular analysis of bacterial diversity in kerosene-based drilling fluid from the deep ice borehole at Vostok, East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007; 59:289-99. [PMID: 17313578 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00271.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Decontamination of ice cores is a critical issue in phylogenetic studies of glacial ice and subglacial lakes. At the Vostok drill site, a total of 3650 m of ice core have now been obtained from the East Antarctic ice sheet. The ice core surface is coated with a hard-to-remove film of impure drilling fluid comprising a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and foranes. In the present study we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to analyze the bacterial content of the Vostok drilling fluid sampled from four depths in the borehole. Six phylotypes were identified in three of four samples studied. The two dominant phylotypes recovered from the deepest (3400 and 3600 m) and comparatively warm (-10 degrees C and -6 degrees C, respectively) borehole horizons were from within the genus Sphingomonas, a well-known degrader of polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The remaining phylotypes encountered in all samples proved to be human- or soil-associated bacteria and were presumed to be drilling fluid contaminants of rare occurrence. The results obtained indicate the persistence of bacteria in extremely cold, hydrocarbon-rich environments. They show the potential for contamination of ice and subglacial water samples during lake exploration, and the need to develop a microbiological database of drilling fluid findings.
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- Irina A Alekhina
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute RAS, St Petesrburg-Gatchina, Russia.
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Sipilä TP, Riisiö H, Yrjälä K. Novel upper meta-pathway extradiol dioxygenase gene diversity in polluted soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2006; 58:134-44. [PMID: 16958914 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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For the determination of the catabolic community diversity that is related to biodegradation potential, we developed a protocol for the assessment of catabolic marker genes in polluted soils. Primers specific to upper pathway extradiol dioxygenase genes were designed which amplified a 469-bp product from Sphingomonas sp. HV3. The constructed primers were used in PCR amplification of upper pathway ring cleavage genes from DNA directly isolated from a mineral oil polluted landfill site, a mineral oil landfarming site and a birch rhizosphere-associated soil that was either artificially polluted with a PAH mixture or not polluted. Amplicons were cloned and subjected to restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis dividing the HhaI-digested products into operational taxonomic units. Altogether 26 different operational taxonomic units were detected with the sequence similarity to known catabolic genes of Alpha-, Beta-, and Gammaproteobacteria. Phylogenetic analysis divided the operational taxonomic units from the polluted soils into seven clusters. Two contained exclusively sequences with no close homologues in the database, therefore representing novel catabolic genes. This large proportion of novel extradiol sequences shows that there is an extensive unknown catabolic diversity in polluted environments.
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- Timo P Sipilä
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, General Microbiology, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Nyyssönen M, Piskonen R, Itävaara M. A targeted real-time PCR assay for studying naphthalene degradation in the environment. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2006; 52:533-43. [PMID: 17013553 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9082-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2006] [Revised: 02/20/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed for monitoring naphthalene degradation during bioremediation processes. The phylogenetic affiliations of known naphthalene-hydroxylating dioxygenase genes were determined to target functionally related bacteria, and degenerate primers were designed on the basis of the close relationships among dioxygenase genes identified from naphthalene-degrading Proteobacteria. Evaluation of the amplification specificity demonstrated that the developed real-time PCR assay represents a rapid, precise means for the group-specific enumeration of naphthalene-degrading bacteria. According to validation with bacterial pure cultures, the assay discriminated between the targeted group of naphthalene dioxygenase sequences and genes in other naphthalene or aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial strains. Specific amplification of gene fragments sharing a high sequence similarity with the genes included in the assay design was also observed in soil samples recovered from large-scale remediation processes. The target genes could be quantified reproducibly at over five orders of magnitude down to 3 x 10(2) gene copies. To investigate the suitability of the assay in monitoring naphthalene biodegradation, the assay was applied in enumerating the naphthalene dioxygenase genes in a soil slurry microcosm. The results were in good agreement with contaminant mineralization and dot blot quantification of nahAc gene copies. Furthermore, the real-time PCR assay was found to be more sensitive than hybridization-based analysis.
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- Mari Nyyssönen
- VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, 02044 VTT, Espoo, Finland.
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Ionata E, De Blasio P, La Cara F. Microbiological degradation of pentane by immobilized cells of Arthrobacter sp. Biodegradation 2005; 16:1-9. [PMID: 15727150 DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0473-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The increasing production of several plastics such as expanded polystyrene, widely used as packaging and building materials, has caused the release of considerable amounts of pentane employed as an expanding agent. Today many microorganisms are used to degrade hydrocarbons in order to minimize contamination caused by several industrial activities. The aim of our work was to identify a suitable microorganism to degrade pentane. We focused our attention on a strain of Arthrobacter sp. which in a shake-flask culture produced 95% degradation of a 10% mixture of pentane in a minimal medium after 42 days of incubation at 20 degrees C. Arthrobacter sp. cells were immobilized on a macroporous polystyrene particle matrix that provides a promising novel support for cell immobilization. The method involved culturing cells with the expanded polystyrene in shake-flasks, followed by in situ growth within the column. Scanning electron microscopy analysis showed extensive growth of Arthrobacter sp. on the polymeric surface. The immobilized microorganism was able to actively degrade a 10% mixture of pentane, allowing us to obtain a bioconversion yield of 90% after 36 h. Moreover, in repeated-batch operations, immobilized Arthrobacter sp. cells were able to maintain 85-95% pentane degradation during a 2 month period. Our results suggest that this type of bioreactor could be used in pentane environmental decontamination.
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- Elena Ionata
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Hubert C, Shen Y, Voordouw G. Changes in soil microbial community composition induced by cometabolism of toluene and trichloroethylene. Biodegradation 2005; 16:11-22. [PMID: 15727151 DOI: 10.1007/s10531-003-0471-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effects of trichloroethylene (TCE) on microbial community composition were analyzed by reverse sample genome probing. Soil enrichments were incubated in dessicators containing an organic phase of either 1 or 10% (w/w) toluene in vacuum pump oil, delivering constant equilibrium aqueous concentrations of 16 and 143 mg/l, respectively. Increasing the equilibrium aqueous concentration of TCE from 0 to 10 mg/l led to shifts in community composition at 16, but not at 143 mg/l of toluene. In closed system co-degradation studies, TCE at an aqueous concentration of 1 mg/l was effectively degraded by toluene-degrading soil enrichments once the aqueous toluene concentration dropped below 25 mg/l. Little TCE degradation was observed at higher toluene concentrations (50-250 mg/l). The results indicate that TCE changes microbial community composition under conditions where it is being actively metabolized.
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- Casey Hubert
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Wu L, Thompson DK, Liu X, Fields MW, Bagwell CE, Tiedje JM, Zhou J. Development and evaluation of microarray-based whole-genome hybridization for detection of microorganisms within the context of environmental applications. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2004; 38:6775-6782. [PMID: 15669338 DOI: 10.1021/es049508i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The detection and identification of microorganisms in natural communities is a great challenge to biologists. Microarray-based genomic technology provides a promising high-throughput alternative to traditional microbial characterization. A novel prototype microarray containing whole genomic DNA, termed community genome array (CGA), was constructed and evaluated. Microarray hybridizations at 55 degrees C using 50% formamide permitted the examined bacteria to be distinguished at the species level, while strain-level differentiation was obtained at hybridization temperatures of 65 or 75 degrees C. The detection limit was estimated to be approximately 0.2 ng with genomic DNA from a single pure culture using a reduced hybridization volume (3 microL). Using mixtures of known amounts of DNA or a known number of cells from 14 or 16 different species, respectively, about 5 ng of genomic DNA or 2.5 x 10(5) cells were detected under the hybridization conditions used. In addition, strong linear relationships were observed between hybridization signal intensity and target DNA concentrations for pure cultures, a mixture of DNA templates, and a population of mixed cells (r2 = 0.95-0.98, P < 0.01). Finally, the prototype CGA revealed differences in microbial community composition in soil, river, and marine sediments. The results suggest that CGA hybridization has potential as a specific, sensitive, and quantitative tool for detection and identification of microorganisms in environmental samples.
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- Liyou Wu
- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Kirk JL, Beaudette LA, Hart M, Moutoglis P, Klironomos JN, Lee H, Trevors JT. Methods of studying soil microbial diversity. J Microbiol Methods 2004; 58:169-88. [PMID: 15234515 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 552] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Accepted: 04/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Soil microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, play central roles in soil fertility and promoting plant health. This review examines and compares the various methods used to study microbial diversity in soil.
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- Jennifer L Kirk
- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Greene EA, Voordouw G. Biodegradation of C5+ hydrocarbons by a mixed bacterial consortium from a C(5+)-contaminated site. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2004; 25:355-363. [PMID: 15176750 DOI: 10.1080/09593330409355469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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C5+, a mixture of benzene, toluene, xylene, styrene, dicyclopentadiene (DCPD), naphthalene and other compounds, is a byproduct of polyethylene production and has been introduced into the environment via accidental release. The degradation of C5+ was studied using a defined consortium of 11 distinct bacterial strains isolated from C(5+)-contaminated soil. Vigorous growth of individual strains on C5+ was no prediction of dominance in the consortium, when the latter was grown under the same conditions. The defined consortium was able to degrade benzene, toluene, styrene and naphthalene, and to codegrade m-xylene in the presence of toluene or naphthalene. It was unable to degrade DCPD, which was inhibitory when degradation of pairs of C5+ components was examined. The complete C5+ mixture appeared to be the best substrate for the consortium.
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- E A Greene
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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Recent advances in molecular biology have extended our understanding of the metabolic processes related to microbial transformation of petroleum hydrocarbons. The physiological responses of microorganisms to the presence of hydrocarbons, including cell surface alterations and adaptive mechanisms for uptake and efflux of these substrates, have been characterized. New molecular techniques have enhanced our ability to investigate the dynamics of microbial communities in petroleum-impacted ecosystems. By establishing conditions which maximize rates and extents of microbial growth, hydrocarbon access, and transformation, highly accelerated and bioreactor-based petroleum waste degradation processes have been implemented. Biofilters capable of removing and biodegrading volatile petroleum contaminants in air streams with short substrate-microbe contact times (<60 s) are being used effectively. Microbes are being injected into partially spent petroleum reservoirs to enhance oil recovery. However, these microbial processes have not exhibited consistent and effective performance, primarily because of our inability to control conditions in the subsurface environment. Microbes may be exploited to break stable oilfield emulsions to produce pipeline quality oil. There is interest in replacing physical oil desulfurization processes with biodesulfurization methods through promotion of selective sulfur removal without degradation of associated carbon moieties. However, since microbes require an environment containing some water, a two-phase oil-water system must be established to optimize contact between the microbes and the hydrocarbon, and such an emulsion is not easily created with viscous crude oil. This challenge may be circumvented by application of the technology to more refined gasoline and diesel substrates, where aqueous-hydrocarbon emulsions are more easily generated. Molecular approaches are being used to broaden the substrate specificity and increase the rates and extents of desulfurization. Bacterial processes are being commercialized for removal of H(2)S and sulfoxides from petrochemical waste streams. Microbes also have potential for use in removal of nitrogen from crude oil leading to reduced nitric oxide emissions provided that technical problems similar to those experienced in biodesulfurization can be solved. Enzymes are being exploited to produce added-value products from petroleum substrates, and bacterial biosensors are being used to analyze petroleum-contaminated environments.
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- Jonathan D Van Hamme
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 5N3
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Hofman-Bang J, Zheng D, Westermann P, Ahring BK, Raskin L. Molecular ecology of anaerobic reactor systems. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2003; 81:151-203. [PMID: 12747563 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45839-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Anaerobic reactor systems are essential for the treatment of solid and liquid wastes and constitute a core facility in many waste treatment plants. Although much is known about the basic metabolism in different types of anaerobic reactors, little is known about the microbes responsible for these processes. Only a few percent of Bacteria and Archaea have so far been isolated, and almost nothing is known about the dynamics and interactions between these and other microorganisms. This lack of knowledge is most clearly exemplified by the sometimes unpredictable and unexplainable failures and malfunctions of anaerobic digesters occasionally experienced, leading to sub-optimal methane production and wastewater treatment. Using a variety of molecular techniques, we are able to determine which microorganisms are active, where they are active, and when they are active, but we still need to determine why and what they are doing. As genetic manipulations of anaerobes have been shown in only a few species permitting in-situ gene expression studies, the only way to elucidate the function of different microbes is to correlate the metabolic capabilities of isolated microbes in pure culture to the abundance of each microbe in anaerobic reactor systems by rRNA probing. This chapter focuses on various molecular techniques employed and problems encountered when elucidating the microbial ecology of anaerobic reactor systems. Methods such as quantitative dot blot/fluorescence in-situ probing using various specific nucleic acid probes are discussed and exemplified by studies of anaerobic granular sludge, biofilm and digester systems.
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- J Hofman-Bang
- Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Biocentrum DTU, The Technical University of Denmark, Building 227, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
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Greene EA, Voordouw G. Analysis of environmental microbial communities by reverse sample genome probing. J Microbiol Methods 2003; 53:211-9. [PMID: 12654492 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(03)00024-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Development of fast and accurate methods for monitoring environmental microbial diversity is one of the great challenges in microbiology today. Oligonucleotide probes based on 16S rRNA sequences are widely used to identify bacteria in the environment. However, the successful development of a chip of immobilized 16S rRNA probes for identification of large numbers of species in a single hybridization step has not yet been reported. In reverse sample genome probing (RSGP), labelled total community DNA is hybridized to arrays in which genomes of cultured microorganisms are spotted on a solid support in denatured form. This method has provided useful information on changes in composition of the cultured component of microbial communities in oil fields, the soil rhizhosphere, hydrocarbon-contaminated soils and acid mine drainage sites. Applications and limitations of the method, as well as the prospects of extending RSGP to cover also the as yet uncultured component of microbial communities, are evaluated.
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- E Anne Greene
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Ramisse V, Balandreau J, Thibault F, Vidal D, Vergnaud G, Normand P. DNA-DNA hybridization study of Burkholderia species using genomic DNA macro-array analysis coupled to reverse genome probing. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:739-746. [PMID: 12807195 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02483-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The present study was aimed at simplifying procedures to delineate species and identify isolates based on DNA-DNA reassociation. DNA macro-arrays harbouring genomic DNA of reference strains of several Burkholderia species were produced. Labelled genomic DNA, hybridized to such an array, allowed multiple relative pairwise comparisons. Based on the relative DNA-DNA relatedness values, a complete data matrix was constructed and the ability of the method to discriminate strains belonging to different species was assessed. This simple approach led successfully to the discrimination of Burkholderia mallei from Burkholderia pseudomallei, but also discriminated Burkholderia cepacia genomovars I and III, Burkholderia multivorans, Burkholderia pyrrocinia, Burkholderia stabilis and Burkholderia vietnamiensis. Present data showed a sufficient degree of congruence with previous DNA-DNA reassociation techniques. As part of a polyphasic taxonomic scheme, this straightforward approach is proposed to improve species definition, especially for application in the rapid screening necessary for large numbers of clinical or environmental isolates.
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- Vincent Ramisse
- Centre d'Etudes du Bouchet (CEB), BP3, 91710 Vert le Petit, France
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- Écologie Microbienne, UMR 5557 CNRS, Bât. 741, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées, BP87, 38702 La Tronche cedex, France
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- Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées, BP87, 38702 La Tronche cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes du Bouchet (CEB), BP3, 91710 Vert le Petit, France
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- Écologie Microbienne, UMR 5557 CNRS, Bât. 741, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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Greene E, Kay JG, Stehmeier LG, Voordouw G. Microbial community composition at an ethane pyrolysis plant site at different hydrocarbon inputs. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2002; 40:233-41. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2002.tb00956.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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von Wintzingerode F, Gerlach G, Schneider B, Gross R. Phylogenetic Relationships and Virulence Evolution in the Genus Bordetella. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-09217-0_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Greene EA, Kay JG, Jaber K, Stehmeier LG, Voordouw G. Composition of soil microbial communities enriched on a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:5282-9. [PMID: 11097903 PMCID: PMC92457 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.12.5282-5289.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Soil contaminated with C5+, which contained benzene (45%, wt/wt), dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) plus cyclopentadiene (together 20%), toluene (6%), styrene (3%), xylenes (2%), naphthalene (2%), and smaller quantities of other compounds, served as the source for isolation of 55 genomically distinct bacteria (standards). Use of benzene as a substrate by these bacteria was most widespread (31 of 44 standards tested), followed by toluene (23 of 44), xylenes (14 of 44), styrene (10 of 44), and naphthalene (10 of 44). Master filters containing denatured genomic DNAs of all 55 standards were used to analyze the community compositions of C5+ enrichment cultures by reverse sample genome probing (RSGP). The communities enriched from three contaminated soils were similar to those enriched from three uncontaminated soils from the same site. The compositions of these communities were time dependent and showed a succession of Pseudomonas and Rhodococcus spp. before convergence on a composition dominated by Alcaligenes spp. The dominant community members detected by RSGP were capable of benzene degradation at all stages of succession. The enrichments effectively degraded all C5+ components except DCPD. Overall, degradation of individual C5+ hydrocarbons followed first-order kinetics, with the highest rates of removal for benzene.
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- E A Greene
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Bagwell CE, Lovell CR. Persistence of selected Spartina alterniflora rhizoplane diazotrophs exposed to natural and manipulated environmental variability. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:4625-33. [PMID: 11055903 PMCID: PMC92359 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.11.4625-4633.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Rhizoplane-rhizosphere nitrogen-fixing microorganisms (diazotrophs) are thought to provide a major source of biologically available nitrogen in salt marshes dominated by Spartina alterniflora. Compositional and functional stability has been demonstrated for this important functional group; however, the quantitative responses of specific diazotroph populations to environmental variability have not been assessed. Changes in the relative abundances of selected rhizoplane diazotrophs in response to long-term fertilization were monitored quantitatively by reverse sample genome probing. Fertilization stimulated Spartina, with plant height nearly tripling after 1 year. Fertilization also resulted in significant changes in interstitial porewater parameters. Diazotrophic activity (acetylene reduction assay) was sensitive to the fertilization treatments and was inhibited in some plots on several sampling dates. However, inhibition was never consistent across all of the replicates within a treatment and activity always recovered. The rhizoplane diazotrophs were quite responsive to environmental variability and to experimental treatments, but none were displaced by either environmental variability or experimental treatments. All strains were detected consistently throughout this study, and extensive spatial heterogeneity in the distribution patterns of these organisms was observed. The physiological traits that differentiate the diazotroph populations presumably support competitiveness and niche specialization, resulting in the observed resilience of the diazotroph populations in the rhizosphere.
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- C E Bagwell
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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Mesarch MB, Nakatsu CH, Nies L. Development of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase-specific primers for monitoring bioremediation by competitive quantitative PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:678-83. [PMID: 10653735 PMCID: PMC91880 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.2.678-683.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Benzene, toluene, xylenes, phenol, naphthalene, and biphenyl are among a group of compounds that have at least one reported pathway for biodegradation involving catechol 2,3-dioxygenase enzymes. Thus, detection of the corresponding catechol 2,3-dioxygenase genes can serve as a basis for identifying and quantifying bacteria that have these catabolic abilities. Primers that can successfully amplify a 238-bp catechol 2,3-dioxygenase gene fragment from eight different bacteria are described. The identities of the amplicons were confirmed by hybridization with a 238-bp catechol 2,3-dioxygenase probe. The detection limit was 10(2) to 10(3) gene copies, which was lowered to 10(0) to 10(1) gene copies by hybridization. Using the dioxygenase-specific primers, an increase in catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase genes was detected in petroleum-amended soils. The dioxygenase genes were enumerated by competitive quantitative PCR with a 163-bp competitor that was amplified using the same primers. Target and competitor sequences had identical amplification kinetics. Potential PCR inhibitors that could coextract with DNA, nonamplifying DNA, soil factors (humics), and soil pollutants (toluene) did not impact enumeration. Therefore, this technique can be used to accurately and reproducibly quantify catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase genes in complex environments such as petroleum-contaminated soil. Direct, non-cultivation-based molecular techniques for detecting and enumerating microbial pollutant-biodegrading genes in environmental samples are powerful tools for monitoring bioremediation and developing field evidence in support of natural attenuation.
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- M B Mesarch
- School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1284, USA
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Wilson VL, Tatford BC, Yin X, Rajki SC, Walsh MM, LaRock P. Species-specific detection of hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria. J Microbiol Methods 1999; 39:59-78. [PMID: 10579508 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(99)00098-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rapid detection and quantitative assessment of specific microbial species in environmental samples is desirable for monitoring changes in ecosystems and for tracking natural or introduced microbial species during bioremediation of contaminated sites. In the interests of developing rapid tests for hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, species-specific PCR primer sets have been developed for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stentrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia, and Serratia marsescens. Highly variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene were used to design these primer sets. The amplification products of these primer sets have been verified and validated with hemi-nested PCR and with ligase chain reaction (LCR) techniques, and have been applied to the analyses of environmental water samples. These species-specific primer sets were also chosen to amplify in conjunction with a universal set of PCR primers chosen from highly conserved neighboring sequences in the same gene. These multiplex or competitive PCR procedures enable testing with an internal marker and/or the quantitative estimation of the relative proportion of the microbial community that any one of these species occupies. In addition, this universal PCR primer set amplified the same size amplicon from a wide spectrum of procaryotic and eucaryotic organisms and may have potential in earth biota analyses.
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- V L Wilson
- Institute of Environmental Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA.
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Hubert C, Shen Y, Voordouw G. Composition of toluene-degrading microbial communities from soil at different concentrations of toluene. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:3064-70. [PMID: 10388704 PMCID: PMC91457 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.3064-3070.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Toluene-degrading bacteria were isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated soil by incubating liquid enrichment cultures and agar plate cultures in desiccators in which the vapor pressure of toluene was controlled by dilution with vacuum pump oil. Incubation in desiccators equilibrated with either 100, 10, or 1% (wt/wt) toluene in vacuum pump oil and testing for genomic cross-hybridization resulted in four genomically distinct strains (standards) capable of growth on toluene (strains Cstd1, Cstd2, Cstd5, and Cstd7). The optimal toluene concentrations for growth of these standards on plating media differed considerably. Cstd1 grew best in an atmosphere equilibrated with 0.1% (wt/wt) toluene, but Cstd5 failed to grow in this atmosphere. Conversely, Cstd5 grew well in the presence of 10% (wt/wt) toluene, which inhibited growth of Cstd1. 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing and cross-hybridization analysis indicated that both Cstd1 and Cstd5 are members of the genus Pseudomonas. An analysis of the microbial communities in soil samples that were incubated with 10% (wt/wt) toluene with reverse sample genome probing indicated that Pseudomonas strain Cstd5 was the dominant community member. However, incubation of soil samples with 0.1% (wt/wt) toluene resulted in a community that was dominated by Pseudomonas strain Q7, a toluene degrader that has been described previously (Y. Shen, L. G. Stehmeier, and G. Voordouw, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:637-645, 1998). Q7 was not able to grow by itself in an atmosphere equilibrated with 0.1% (wt/wt) toluene but grew efficiently in coculture with Cstd1, suggesting that toluene or metabolic derivatives of toluene were transferred from Cstd1 to Q7.
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- C Hubert
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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