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Dong Q, LeFevre GH, Mattes TE. Black Carbon Impacts on Paraburkholderia xenovorans Strain LB400 Cell Enrichment and Activity: Implications toward Lower-Chlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyls Biodegradation Potential. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:3895-3907. [PMID: 38356175 PMCID: PMC10902836 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Volatilization of lower-chlorinated polychlorinated biphenyls (LC-PCBs) from sediment poses health threats to nearby communities and ecosystems. Biodegradation combined with black carbon (BC) materials is an emerging bioaugmentation approach to remove PCBs from sediment, but development of aerobic biofilms on BC for long-term, sustained LC-PCBs remediation is poorly understood. This work aimed to characterize the cell enrichment and activity of biphenyl- and benzoate-grown Paraburkholderia xenovorans strain LB400 on various BCs. Biphenyl dioxygenase gene (bphA) abundance on four BC types demonstrated corn kernel biochar hosted at least 4 orders of magnitude more attached cells per gram than other feedstocks, and microscopic imaging revealed the attached live cell fraction was >1.5× more on corn kernel biochar than GAC. BC characteristics (i.e., sorption potential, pore size, pH) appear to contribute to cell attachment differences. Reverse transcription qPCR indicated that BC feedstocks significantly influenced bphA expression in attached cells. The bphA transcript-per-gene ratio of attached cells was >10-fold more than suspended cells, confirmed by transcriptomics. RNA-seq also demonstrated significant upregulation of biphenyl and benzoate degradation pathways on attached cells, as well as revealing biofilm formation potential/cell-cell communication pathways. These novel findings demonstrate aerobic PCB-degrading cell abundance and activity could be tuned by adjusting BC feedstocks/attributes to improve LC-PCBs biodegradation potential.
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- Qin Dong
- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 4105 Seamans Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
and Engineering, University of Iowa, 100 C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics
Laboratory, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 4105 Seamans Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
and Engineering, University of Iowa, 100 C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics
Laboratory, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 4105 Seamans Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
- IIHR—Hydroscience
and Engineering, University of Iowa, 100 C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics
Laboratory, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Godínez-Pérez CM, Loza A, Hurtado JM, Gutiérrez-Ríos RM. The benzoyl-CoA pathway serves as a genomic marker to identify the oxygen requirements in the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Front Microbiol 2024; 14:1308626. [PMID: 38264488 PMCID: PMC10803450 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1308626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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The first step of anaerobic benzoate degradation is the formation of benzoyl-coenzyme A by benzoate-coenzyme A ligase (BCL). The anaerobic route is steered by benzoyl-CoA reductase, which promotes benzoyl-CoA breakdown, which is subsequently oxidized. In certain bacteria at low oxygen conditions, the aerobic metabolism of monoaromatic hydrocarbons occurs through the degradation Box pathway. These pathways have undergone experimental scrutiny in Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria and have also been explored bioinformatically in representative Betaproteobacteria. However, there is a gap in our knowledge regarding the distribution of the benzoyl-CoA pathway and the evolutionary forces propelling its adaptation beyond that of representative bacteria. To address these questions, we used bioinformatic procedures to identify the BCLs and the lower pathways that transform benzoyl-CoA. These procedures included the identification of conserved motifs. As a result, we identified two motifs exclusive to BCLs, describing some of the catalytic properties of this enzyme. These motifs helped to discern BCLs from other aryl-CoA ligases effectively. The predicted BCLs and the enzymes of lower pathways were used as genomic markers for identifying aerobic, anaerobic, or hybrid catabolism, which we found widely distributed in Betaproteobacteria. Despite these enhancements, our approach failed to distinguish orthologs from a small cluster of paralogs exhibiting all the specified features to predict an ortholog. Nonetheless, the conducted phylogenetic analysis and the properties identified in the genomic context aided in formulating hypotheses about how this redundancy contributes to refining the catabolic strategy employed by these bacteria to degrade the substrates.
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- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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K S, Manian R. Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contaminated soils: recent progress, perspectives and challenges. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:1441. [PMID: 37946088 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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The life of all creatures is supported directly or indirectly by soil, which is a significant environmental matrix. The soil has been polluted partly due to increased human activities and population growth, releasing several foreign substances and persistent contaminants. When toxic substances like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are disposed of, the characteristics of the soil are changed, microbial biodiversity is impacted, and items are destroyed. Because of the mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and toxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons, the restoration and cleanup of PAH-polluted areas represent a severe technological and environmental challenge for long-term growth and development. Although there are several ways to clean up PAH-contaminated soils, much attention is paid to intriguing bacteria, fungus, and their enzymes. Various factors influence PAH breakdown, including pH, temperature, airflow, moisture level, nutrient availability, and degrading microbial populations. This review discusses how PAHs affect soil characteristics and shows that secondary metabolite and carbon dioxide decomposition are produced due to microbial breakdown processes. Furthermore, the advantages of bioremediation strategies were assessed for correct evaluation and considered dependable on each legislative and scientific research level, as analyzed in this review.
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- Sumathi K
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.
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Li Y, Cui Z, Luan X, Bian X, Li G, Hao T, Liu J, Feng K, Song Y. Degradation potential and pathways of methylcyclohexane by bacteria derived from Antarctic surface water. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 329:138647. [PMID: 37037356 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cycloalkanes pose a tremendous environmental risk due to their high concentration in petroleum hydrocarbons and hazardous effects to organisms. Numerous studies have documented the biodegradation of acyclic alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons. However, insufficient attention has been paid to studies on the microbial degradation of cycloalkanes, which might be closely linked to psychrophilic microbes derived from low-temperature habitats. Here we show that endemic methylcyclohexane (MCH, an abundant cycloalkane species in oil) consumers proliferated in seawater samples derived from the Antarctic surface water (AASW). The MCH-consuming bacterial communities derived from AASW exhibited a distinct species composition compared with their counterparts derived from other cold-water habitats. We also probed Colwellia and Roseovarius as the key active players in cycloalkane degradation by dilution-to-extinction-based incubation with MCH as sole source of carbon and energy. Furthermore, we propose two nearly complete MCH degradation pathways, lactone formation and aromatization, concurrently in the high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes of key MCH consumer Roseovarius. Overall, we revealed that these Antarctic microbes might have strong interactions that enhance the decomposition of more refractory hydrocarbons through complementary degradation pathways.
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- Yingchao Li
- Marine Bioresource and Environment Research Center, Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, Qingdao, 266061, People's Republic of China
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- Marine Bioresource and Environment Research Center, Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, Qingdao, 266061, People's Republic of China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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- Marine Bioresource and Environment Research Center, Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, Qingdao, 266061, People's Republic of China
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- Marine Bioresource and Environment Research Center, Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, Qingdao, 266061, People's Republic of China
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- College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, People's Republic of China
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- Marine Bioresource and Environment Research Center, Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, Qingdao, 266061, People's Republic of China
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- Marine Bioresource and Environment Research Center, Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources of China, Qingdao, 266061, People's Republic of China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215163, China; Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215163, China.
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Firsova YE, Mustakhimov II, Torgonskaya ML. Compartment-related aspects of XoxF protein functionality in Methylorubrum extorquens DM4 analysed using its cytoplasmic targeting. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:393-413. [PMID: 36719530 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-023-01811-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The impact of periplasmic localisation on the functioning of the XoxF protein was evaluated in the well-studied dichloromethane-utilising methylotroph Methylorubrum extorquens DM4, which harbors only one paralogue of the xoxF gene. It was found that the cytoplasmic targeting of XoxF by expression of the corresponding gene without the sequence encoding the N-terminal signal peptide does not impair the activation and lanthanide-dependent regulation of the MxaFI-methanol dehydrogenase genes. Analysis of the viability of ΔxoxF cells complemented with the full-length and truncated xoxF gene also showed that the expression of cytoplasmically targeted XoxF even increases the resistance to acids. These results contradict the proposed function of the XoxF protein as an extracytoplasmic signal sensor. At the same time, the observed dynamics of growth with methanol, as well as with dichloromethane of strains expressing cytoplasmic-targeted XoxF, indicate the probable enzymatic activity of lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenase in this compartment. Herewith, the only available substrate for this enzyme in cells growing with dichloromethane was formaldehyde, which is produced during the primary metabolism of the mentioned halogenated toxicant directly in the cytosol. These findings suggest that the maturation of XoxF-methanol dehydrogenase may occur already in the cytoplasm, while the factors changing affinity of this enzyme for formaldehyde are apparently absent there. Together with the demonstrated functioning of an enhancer-like upstream activating sequence in the promoter region of the xoxF gene in M. extorquens DM4, the obtained information enriches our understanding of the regulation, synthesis and role of the XoxF protein.
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- Yulia E Firsova
- Laboratory of Radioactive Isotopes, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, FRC Pushchino Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Radioactive Isotopes, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, FRC Pushchino Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Radioactive Isotopes, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, FRC Pushchino Center for Biological Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia
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Wilhelm RC, Barnett SE, Swenson TL, Youngblut ND, Koechli CN, Bowen BP, Northen TR, Buckley DH. Tracing Carbon Metabolism with Stable Isotope Metabolomics Reveals the Legacy of Diverse Carbon Sources in Soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0083922. [PMID: 36300927 PMCID: PMC9680644 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00839-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tracking the metabolic activity of whole soil communities can improve our understanding of the transformation and fate of carbon in soils. We used stable isotope metabolomics to trace 13C from nine labeled carbon sources into the water-soluble metabolite pool of an agricultural soil over time. Soil was amended with a mixture of all nine sources, with one source isotopically labeled in each treatment. We compared changes in the 13C enrichment of metabolites with respect to carbon source and time over a 48-day incubation and contrasted differences between soluble sources (glucose, xylose, amino acids, etc.) and insoluble sources (cellulose and palmitic acid). Whole soil metabolite profiles varied singularly by time, while the composition of 13C-labeled metabolites differed primarily by carbon source (R2 = 0.68) rather than time (R2 = 0.07), with source-specific differences persisting throughout incubations. The 13C labeling of metabolites from insoluble carbon sources occurred slower than that from soluble sources but yielded a higher average atom percent (atom%) 13C in metabolite markers of biomass (amino acids and nucleic acids). The 13C enrichment of metabolite markers of biomass stabilized between 5 and 15 atom% 13C by the end of incubations. Temporal patterns in the 13C enrichment of tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates, nucleobases (uracil and thymine), and by-products of DNA salvage (allantoin) closely tracked microbial activity. Our results demonstrate that metabolite production in soils is driven by the carbon source supplied to the community and that the fate of carbon in metabolites do not generally converge over time as a result of ongoing microbial processing and recycling. IMPORTANCE Carbon metabolism in soil remains poorly described due to the inherent difficulty of obtaining information on the microbial metabolites produced by complex soil communities. Our study demonstrates the use of stable isotope probing (SIP) to study carbon metabolism in soil by tracking 13C from supplied carbon sources into metabolite pools and biomass. We show that differences in the metabolism of sources influence the fate of carbon in soils. Heterogeneity in 13C-labeled metabolite profiles corresponded with compositional differences in the metabolically active populations, providing a basis for how microbial community composition correlates with the quality of soil carbon. Our study demonstrates the application of SIP-metabolomics in studying soils and identifies several metabolite markers of growth, activity, and other aspects of microbial function.
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- Roland C. Wilhelm
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Department of Microbiome Science, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Ullah R, Zhu B, Kakar KU, Nawaz Z, Mushtaq M, Durrani TS, Islam ZU, Nawaz F. Micro-synteny conservation analysis revealed the evolutionary history of bacterial biphenyl degradation pathway. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2022; 14:494-505. [PMID: 35560986 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Phenolic compounds have been enlisted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the European Union (EU) as pollutants of priority concern. The biphenyl degradation pathway plays an essential role in prokaryote polychlorinated biphenyls degradation. Our understanding of prokaryotic pathways and their evolution has dramatically increased in recent years with the advancements in prokaryotic genome sequencing and analysis tools. In this work, we applied bioinformatics tools to study the evolution of the biphenyl degradation pathway focusing on the phylogeny and initiation of four representative species (Burkholderia xenovorans LB400, Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2, Pseudomonas putida F1 and Rhodococcus jostii RHA1). These species contained partial or full concatenated genes from bph gene cluster (i.e. bphRbphA1A2A3A4BCKHJID). The aim was to establish this pathway's origin and development mode in the prokaryotic world. Genomic screening revealed that many bacterial species possess genes for the biphenyl degradation pathway. However, the micro-synteny conservation analysis indicated that massive gene recruitment events might have occurred during the evolution of the biphenyl degradation pathway. Combining with the phylogenetic positions, this work points to the evolutionary process of acquiring the biphenyl degradation pathway by different fragments through horizontal gene transfer in these bacterial groups. This study reports the first-ever evidence of the birth of this pathway in the represented species.
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- Raqeeb Ullah
- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, 87300, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture by Ministry of Agriculture of China, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, 87300, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Central Punjab, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, 87300, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, 87300, Pakistan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, 87300, Pakistan
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Yu C, Wang H, Blaustein RA, Guo L, Ye Q, Fu Y, Fan J, Su X, Hartmann EM, Shen C. Pangenomic and functional investigations for dormancy and biodegradation features of an organic pollutant-degrading bacterium Rhodococcus biphenylivorans TG9. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 809:151141. [PMID: 34688761 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Environmental bacteria contain a wealth of untapped potential in the form of biodegradative genes. Leveraging this potential can often be confounded by a lack of understanding of fundamental survival strategies, like dormancy, for environmental stress. Investigating bacterial dormancy-to-degradation relationships enables improvement of bioremediation. Here, we couple genomic and functional assessment to provide context for key attributes of the organic pollutant-degrading strain Rhodococcus biphenylivorans TG9. Whole genome sequencing, pangenome analysis and functional characterization were performed to elucidate important genes and gene products, including antimicrobial resistance, dormancy, and degradation. Rhodococcus as a genus has strong potential for degradation and dormancy, which we demonstrate using R. biphenylivorans TG9 as a model. We identified four Resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) encoding genes in TG9 involved in dormancy and resuscitation. We demonstrate that R. biphenylivorans TG9 grows on fourteen typical organic pollutants, and exhibits a robust ability to degrade biphenyl and several congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls. We further induced TG9 into a dormant state and demonstrated pronounced differences in morphology and activity. Together, these results expand our understanding of the genus Rhodococcus and the relationship between dormancy and biodegradation in the presence of environmental stressors.
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- Chungui Yu
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China; Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Wang W, Li Q, Zhang L, Cui J, Yu H, Wang X, Ouyang X, Tao F, Xu P, Tang H. Genetic mapping of highly versatile and solvent-tolerant Pseudomonas putida B6-2 (ATCC BAA-2545) as a 'superstar' for mineralization of PAHs and dioxin-like compounds. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:4309-4325. [PMID: 34056829 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dioxin-like compounds, including sulfur, nitrogen and oxygen heterocycles, are widespread and toxic environmental pollutants. A wide variety of microorganisms capable of growing with aromatic polycyclic compounds are essential for bioremediation of the contaminated sites and the Earth's carbon cycle. Here, cells of Pseudomonas putida B6-2 (ATCC BAA-2545) grown in the presence of biphenyl (BP) are able to simultaneously degrade PAHs and their derivatives, even when they are present as mixtures, and tolerate high concentrations of extremely toxic solvents. Genetic analysis of the 6.37 Mb genome of strain B6-2 reveals coexistence of gene clusters responsible for central catabolic systems of aromatic compounds and for solvent tolerance. We used functional transcriptomics and proteomics to identify the candidate genes associated with catabolism of BP and a mixture of BP, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene and carbazole. Moreover, we observed dynamic changes in transcriptional levels with BP, including in metabolic pathways of aromatic compounds, chemotaxis, efflux pumps and transporters potentially involved in adaptation to PAHs. This study on the highly versatile activities of strain B6-2 suggests it to be a potentially useful model for bioremediation of polluted sites and for investigation of biochemical, genetic and evolutionary aspects of Pseudomonas.
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- Weiwei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Weiten A, Kalvelage K, Becker P, Reinhardt R, Hurek T, Reinhold-Hurek B, Rabus R. Complete Genomes of the Anaerobic Degradation Specialists Aromatoleum petrolei ToN1T and Aromatoleum bremense PbN1T. Microb Physiol 2021; 31:16-35. [PMID: 33477134 DOI: 10.1159/000513167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The betaproteobacterial genus Aromatoleum comprises facultative denitrifiers specialized in the anaerobic degradation of recalcitrant organic compounds (aromatic and terpenoid). This study reports on the complete and manually annotated genomes of Ar. petrolei ToN1T (5.41 Mbp) and Ar. bremense PbN1T (4.38 Mbp), which cover the phylogenetic breadth of the genus Aromatoleum together with previously genome sequenced Ar. aromaticum EbN1T [Rabus et al., Arch Microbiol. 2005 Jan;183(1):27-36]. The gene clusters for the anaerobic degradation of aromatic and terpenoid (strain ToN1T only) compounds are scattered across the genomes of strains ToN1T and PbN1T. The richness in mobile genetic elements is shared with other Aromatoleum spp., substantiating that horizontal gene transfer should have been a major driver in shaping the genomes of this genus. The composite catabolic network of strains ToN1T and PbN1T comprises 88 proteins, the coding genes of which occupy 86.1 and 76.4 kbp (1.59 and 1.75%) of the respective genome. The strain-specific gene clusters for anaerobic degradation of ethyl-/propylbenzene (strain PbN1T) and toluene/monoterpenes (strain ToN1T) share high similarity with their counterparts in Ar. aromaticum strains EbN1T and pCyN1, respectively. Glucose is degraded via the ED-pathway in strain ToN1T, while gluconeogenesis proceeds via the reverse EMP-pathway in strains ToN1T, PbN1T, and EbN1T. The diazotrophic, endophytic lifestyle of closest related genus Azoarcus is known to be associated with nitrogenase and type-6 secretion system (T6SS). By contrast, strains ToN1T, PbN1T, and EbN1T lack nif genes for nitrogenase (including cofactor synthesis and enzyme maturation). Moreover, strains PbN1T and EbN1T do not possess tss genes for T6SS, while strain ToN1T does and facultative endophytic "Aromatoleum" sp. CIB is known to even have both. These findings underpin the functional heterogeneity among Aromatoleum members, correlating with the high plasticity of their genomes.
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- Arne Weiten
- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Genome-Centre Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- General and Molecular Microbiology, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany,
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New Provisional Function of OmpA from Acinetobacter sp. Strain SA01 Based on Environmental Challenges. mSystems 2021; 6:6/1/e01175-20. [PMID: 33436517 PMCID: PMC7901484 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01175-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter OmpA is known as a multifaceted protein with multiple functions, including emulsifying properties. Bioemulsifiers are surface-active compounds that can disperse hydrophobic compounds in water and help increase the bioavailability of hydrophobic hydrocarbons to be used by degrading microorganisms. An outer membrane protein A (OmpA) from Acinetobacter sp. strain SA01 was identified and characterized in-depth based on the structural and functional characteristics already known of its homologues. In silico structural studies showed that this protein can be a slow porin, binds to peptidoglycan, and exhibits emulsifying properties. Characterization of the recombinant SA01-OmpA, based on its emulsifying properties, represented its promising potentials in biotechnology. Also, the presence of SA01-OmpA in outer membrane vesicles (OMV) and biofilm showed that this protein, like its homologues in Acinetobacter baumannii, can be secreted into the extracellular environment through OMVs and play a role in the formation of biofilm. After ensuring the correct selection of the protein of interest, the role of oxidative stress induced by cell nutritional parameters (utilization of specific carbon sources) on the expression level of OmpA was carefully studied. For this purpose, the oxidative stress level of SA01 cell cultures in the presence of three nonrelevant carbon sources (sodium acetate, ethanol, and phenol) was examined under each condition. High expression of SA01-OmpA in ethanol- and phenol-fed cells with higher levels of oxidative stress than acetate suggested that oxidative stress could be a substantial factor in the regulation of SA01-OmpA expression. The significant association of SA01-OmpA expression with the levels of oxidative stress induced by cadmium and H2O2, with oxidative stress-inducing properties and lack of nutritional value, confirmed that the cells tend to harness their capacities with a possible increase in OmpA production. Collectively, this study suggests a homeostasis role for OmpA in Acinetobacter sp. SA01 under oxidative stress besides assuming many other roles hitherto attributed to this protein. IMPORTANCEAcinetobacter OmpA is known as a multifaceted protein with multiple functions, including emulsifying properties. Bioemulsifiers are surface-active compounds that can disperse hydrophobic compounds in water and help increase the bioavailability of hydrophobic hydrocarbons to be used by degrading microorganisms. In this study, an OmpA from Acinetobacter sp. SA01 was identified and introduced as an emulsifier with a higher emulsifying capacity than Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipid. We also showed that the expression of this protein is not dependent on the nutritional requirements but is more influenced by the oxidative stress caused by stressors. This finding, along with the structural role of this protein as a slow porin or its role in OMV biogenesis and biofilm formation, suggests that this protein can play an important role in maintaining cellular homeostasis under oxidative stress conditions. Altogether, the present study provides a new perspective on the functional performance of Acinetobacter OmpA, which can be used both to optimize its production as an emulsifier and a target in the treatment of multidrug-resistant strains.
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Sanz D, García JL, Díaz E. Expanding the current knowledge and biotechnological applications of the oxygen-independent ortho-phthalate degradation pathway. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:3478-3493. [PMID: 32510798 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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ortho-Phthalate derives from industrially produced phthalate esters, which are massively used as plasticizers and constitute major emerging environmental pollutants. The pht pathway for the anaerobic bacterial biodegradation of o-phthalate involves its activation to phthaloyl-CoA followed by decarboxylation to benzoyl-CoA. Here, we have explored further the pht peripheral pathway in denitrifying bacteria and shown that it requires also an active transport system for o-phthalate uptake that belongs to the poorly characterized class of TAXI-TRAP transporters. The construction of a fully functional pht cassette combining both catabolic and transport genes allowed to expand the o-phthalate degradation ecological trait to heterologous hosts. Unexpectedly, the pht cassette also allowed the aerobic conversion of o-phthalate to benzoyl-CoA when coupled to a functional box central pathway. Hence, the pht pathway may constitute an evolutionary acquisition for o-phthalate degradation by bacteria that thrive either in anoxic environments or in environments that face oxygen limitations and that rely on benzoyl-CoA, rather than on catecholic central intermediates, for the aerobic catabolism of aromatic compounds. Finally, the recombinant pht cassette was used both to screen for functional aerobic box pathways in bacteria and to engineer recombinant biocatalysts for o-phthalate bioconversion into sustainable bioplastics, e.g., polyhydroxybutyrate, in plastic recycling industrial processes.
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- David Sanz
- Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbial and Plant Biotechnology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Sousa STPD, Cabral L, Lacerda-Júnior GV, Noronha MF, Ottoni JR, Sartoratto A, Oliveira VMD. Exploring the genetic potential of a fosmid metagenomic library from an oil-impacted mangrove sediment for metabolism of aromatic compounds. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 189:109974. [PMID: 31761556 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aromatic hydrocarbons (AH) are widely distributed in nature, and many of them have been reported as relevant environmental pollutants and valuable carbon sources for different microorganisms. In this work, high-throughput sequencing of a metagenomic fosmid library was carried out to evaluate the functional and taxonomic diversity of genes involved in aromatic compounds degradation in oil-impacted mangrove sediments. In addition, activity-based approach and gas chromatography were used to assess the degradation potential of fosmid clones. Results indicated that AH degradation genes, such as monooxygenases and dioxygenases, were grouped into the following categories: anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds (20.34%), metabolism of central aromatic intermediates (35.40%) and peripheral pathways for catabolism of aromatic compounds (22.56%). Taxonomic affiliation of genes related to aromatic compounds metabolism revealed the prevalence of the classes Alphaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Deltaproteobacteria. Aromatic hydrocarbons (phenol, naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene and benzopyrene) were used as the only carbon source to screen clones with degradation potential. Of the 2500 clones tested, 48 showed some respiratory activity in at least one of the five carbon sources used. The hydrocarbon degradation ability of the top ten fosmid clones was confirmed by GC-MS. Further, annotation of assembled metagenomic fragments revealed ORFs corresponding to proteins and functional domains directly or indirectly involved in the aromatic compound metabolism, such as catechol 2,3-dioxygenase and ferredoxin oxidoreductase. Finally, these data suggest that the indigenous mangrove sediment microbiota developed essential mechanisms towards ecosystem remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon impact.
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- Sanderson Tarciso Pereira de Sousa
- Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Research Center for Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Kim J, Ha S, Park W. Expression and deletion analyses of cspE encoding cold-shock protein E in Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1. Res Microbiol 2018; 169:244-253. [PMID: 29751060 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2018.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Six genes encoding cold-shock-like proteins, including cspE, are contained within the genome of Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1. All six genes are similar in size as well as amino acid identity, but appear to be differentially regulated under stressful conditions. Four of these genes (cspA, cspB, cspC and cspE) were functionally important during cold shock because of their gradual upregulation during a temperature decrease under our assay conditions. cspE also showed higher expression during alkane degradation and antibiotic exposure. The transcriptional start site of the cspE gene was determined using 5' rapid amplification of complementary DNA ends. Next, promoter analysis using numerous constructed gfp reporter strains containing deleted fragments of cspE upstream regions identified possible 5' untranslated region (UTR) cis-DNA elements that could be involved in modulating cspE expression. Deletion of cspE led to a growth defect and enhanced biofilm formation, but only at a low temperature. Collectively, our findings show the importance of CspE during cold shock, dynamic regulation of cspE expression under various stressful conditions and a possible 5'-UTR cis-DNA element for regulation of cspE expression. These data provide molecular insight into cspE gene expression during cold-shock adaptation in soil bacteria.
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- Jisun Kim
- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Sciences and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Payne RB, Ghosh U, May HD, Marshall CW, Sowers KR. Mesocosm Studies on the Efficacy of Bioamended Activated Carbon for Treating PCB-Impacted Sediment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:10691-10699. [PMID: 28809549 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This report describes results of a bench-scale treatability study to evaluate the efficacy of bioaugmentation with bioamended activated carbon (AC) for in situ treatment of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) impacted sediments. To this end, the ability of PCB transforming microorganisms to degrade and reduce the overall concentration of PCBs in sediment was determined in 2 L recirculating mesocosms designed to simulate conditions in Abraham's Creek in Quantico, Virginia. Ten sediment mesocosms were tested for the effects of AC alone, AC with slow release electron donor (cellulose) and different concentrations and combinations of PCB dehalogenating and degrading microorganisms added as bioamendments. A 78% reduction of total PCBs was observed using a cell titer of 5 × 105 Dehalobium chlorocoercia and Paraburkholderia xenovorans cells g-1 sediment with 1.5% AC as a delivery system. Levels of both higher and lower chlorinated congeners were reduced throughout the sediment column indicating that both anaerobic reductive dechlorination and aerobic degradation occurred concurrently. Porewater concentrations of all PCB homologues were reduced 94-97% for bioaugmented treatments. Toxicity associated with coplanar PCBs was reduced by 90% after treatment based on toxic equivalency of dioxin-like congeners. These results suggest that an in situ treatment employing the simultaneous application of anaerobic and aerobic microorganisms on AC could be an effective, environmentally sustainable strategy to reduce PCB levels in contaminated sediment.
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- Rayford B Payne
- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County , Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County , Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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- Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston, South Carolina 29425, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County , Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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Perruchon C, Vasileiadis S, Rousidou C, Papadopoulou ES, Tanou G, Samiotaki M, Garagounis C, Molassiotis A, Papadopoulou KK, Karpouzas DG. Metabolic pathway and cell adaptation mechanisms revealed through genomic, proteomic and transcription analysis of a Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans strain degrading ortho-phenylphenol. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6449. [PMID: 28743883 PMCID: PMC5527002 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06727-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ortho-phenylphenol (OPP) is a fungicide contained in agro-industrial effluents produced by fruit-packaging plants. Within the frame of developing bio-strategies to detoxify these effluents, an OPP-degrading Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans strain was isolated. Proteins/genes with a putative catabolic role and bacterium adaptation mechanisms during OPP degradation were identified via genomic and proteomic analysis. Transcription analysis of all putative catabolic genes established their role in the metabolism of OPP. The formation of key transformation products was verified by chromatographic analysis. Genomic analysis identified two orthologous operons encoding the ortho-cleavage of benzoic acid (BA) (ben/cat). The second ben/cat operon was located in a 92-kb scaffold along with (i) an operon (opp) comprising genes for the transformation of OPP to BA and 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate (and genes for its transformation) and (ii) an incomplete biphenyl catabolic operon (bph). Proteomics identified 13 up-regulated catabolic proteins when S. haloaromaticamans was growing on OPP and/or BA. Transcription analysis verified the key role of the catabolic operons located in the 92-kb scaffold, and flanked by transposases, on the transformation of OPP by S. haloaromaticamans. A flavin-dependent monoxygenase (OppA1), one of the most up-regulated proteins in the OPP-growing cells, was isolated via heterologous expression and its catabolic activity was verified in vitro.
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- Chiara Perruchon
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- University of South Australia, Future Industries Institute, Mawson Lakes, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming", Vari, 16672, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Viopolis, 41500, Larissa, Greece.
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Kim J, Park C, Imlay JA, Park W. Lineage-specific SoxR-mediated Regulation of an Endoribonuclease Protects Non-enteric Bacteria from Redox-active Compounds. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:121-133. [PMID: 27895125 PMCID: PMC5217672 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.757500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacteria use redox-sensitive transcription factors to coordinate responses to redox stress. The [2Fe-2S] cluster-containing transcription factor SoxR is particularly tuned to protect cells against redox-active compounds (RACs). In enteric bacteria, SoxR is paired with a second transcription factor, SoxS, that activates downstream effectors. However, SoxS is absent in non-enteric bacteria, raising questions as to how SoxR functions. Here, we first show that SoxR of Acinetobacter oleivorans displayed similar activation profiles in response to RACs as did its homolog from Escherichia coli but controlled a different set of target genes, including sinE, which encodes an endoribonuclease. Expression, gel mobility shift, and mutational analyses indicated that sinE is a direct target of SoxR. Redox potentials and permeability of RACs determined optimal sinE induction. Bioinformatics suggested that only a few γ- and β-proteobacteria might have SoxR-regulated sinE Purified SinE, in the presence of Mg2+ ions, degrades rRNAs, thus inhibiting protein synthesis. Similarly, pretreatment of cells with RACs demonstrated a role for SinE in promoting persistence in the presence of antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis. Our data improve our understanding of the physiology of soil microorganisms by suggesting that both non-enteric SoxR and its target SinE play protective roles in the presence of RACs and antibiotics.
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- Jisun Kim
- From the Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea and
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- From the Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea and
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- the Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- From the Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea and
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Ghosal D, Ghosh S, Dutta TK, Ahn Y. Current State of Knowledge in Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): A Review. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1369. [PMID: 27630626 PMCID: PMC5006600 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) include a group of organic priority pollutants of critical environmental and public health concern due to their toxic, genotoxic, mutagenic and/or carcinogenic properties and their ubiquitous occurrence as well as recalcitrance. The increased awareness of their various adverse effects on ecosystem and human health has led to a dramatic increase in research aimed toward removing PAHs from the environment. PAHs may undergo adsorption, volatilization, photolysis, and chemical oxidation, although transformation by microorganisms is the major neutralization process of PAH-contaminated sites in an ecologically accepted manner. Microbial degradation of PAHs depends on various environmental conditions, such as nutrients, number and kind of the microorganisms, nature as well as chemical property of the PAH being degraded. A wide variety of bacterial, fungal and algal species have the potential to degrade/transform PAHs, among which bacteria and fungi mediated degradation has been studied most extensively. In last few decades microbial community analysis, biochemical pathway for PAHs degradation, gene organization, enzyme system, genetic regulation for PAH degradation have been explored in great detail. Although, xenobiotic-degrading microorganisms have incredible potential to restore contaminated environments inexpensively yet effectively, but new advancements are required to make such microbes effective and more powerful in removing those compounds, which were once thought to be recalcitrant. Recent analytical chemistry and genetic engineering tools might help to improve the efficiency of degradation of PAHs by microorganisms, and minimize uncertainties of successful bioremediation. However, appropriate implementation of the potential of naturally occurring microorganisms for field bioremediation could be considerably enhanced by optimizing certain factors such as bioavailability, adsorption and mass transfer of PAHs. The main purpose of this review is to provide an overview of current knowledge of bacteria, halophilic archaea, fungi and algae mediated degradation/transformation of PAHs. In addition, factors affecting PAHs degradation in the environment, recent advancement in genetic, genomic, proteomic and metabolomic techniques are also highlighted with an aim to facilitate the development of a new insight into the bioremediation of PAH in the environment.
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- Debajyoti Ghosal
- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Yeungnam UniversityGyeongsan, South Korea
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- Disasters Prevention Research Institute, Yeungnam UniversityGyeongsan, South Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Bose InstituteKolkata, India
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- Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Yeungnam UniversityGyeongsan, South Korea
- Disasters Prevention Research Institute, Yeungnam UniversityGyeongsan, South Korea
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Chistoserdova L. Lanthanides: New life metals? World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 32:138. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-016-2088-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular mechanism involved in the response to hydrogen peroxide stress in Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:10611-26. [PMID: 26298700 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6914-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Revised: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was conducted to investigate the effect of H2O2 on whole protein expression in Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1. Functional classification of 13 upregulated proteins using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry showed relationships with oxidative stress, energy production and conversion, nucleotide and amino acid metabolism, membrane-related, ion transport, and chaperone-related functions. Alignment of OxyR-binding regions from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli with promoters of identified proteins revealed that only ahpC, ahpF, and trxB (thioredoxin-disulfide reductase) genes, along with a newly found oprC (putative outer membrane receptor protein) gene, have OxyR-binding sites. The oxyR and ahpC mutants were more sensitive to H2O2 and showed growth defects in both nutritional and n-hexadecane-amended media. Four catalases present in the genome of A. oleivorans DR1 were not detected, which led us to confirm the expression and activity of those catalases in the presence of H2O2. The expression patterns of the four catalase genes differed at different concentrations of H2O2. Interestingly, the promoters of both known OxyR-controlled katG gene (AOLE_17390) and putative small catalase gene (AOLE_09800) have OxyR-binding sites. Gel-shift assay confirmed OxyR binding to the promoter regions of newly identified OxyR-controlled genes encoding OprC and a putative catalase. Hierarchical expression and OxyR-binding of several OxyR-controlled genes suggested that concentration is an important factor in inducing the set of genes under H2O2 stress.
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Tehrani R, Lyv MM, Van Aken B. Transformation of hydroxylated derivatives of 2,5-dichlorobiphenyl and 2,4,6-trichlorobiphenyl by Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:6346-53. [PMID: 23589238 PMCID: PMC3884070 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1629-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-degrading bacterium, Burkholderia xenovorans LB400, was capable of transforming three hydroxylated derivatives of 2,5-dichlorobiphenyl (2,5-DCB) (2'-hydroxy- (2'-OH-), 3'-OH-, and 4'-OH-2,5-DCB) when biphenyl was used as the carbon source (i.e., biphenyl pathway-inducing condition), although only 2'-OH-2,5-DCB was transformed when the bacterium was growing on succinate (i.e., condition non-inductive of the biphenyl pathway). On the contrary, hydroyxlated derivatives of 2,4,6-trichlorobiphenyl (2,4,6-TCB) (2'-OH-, 3'-OH-, and 4'-OH-2,4,6-TCB) were not significantly transformed by B. xenovorans LB400, regardless of the carbon source used. Gene expression analyses showed a clear correlation between the transformation of OH-2,5-DCBs and expression of genes of the biphenyl pathway. The PCB metabolite, 2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid (2,5-DCBA), was produced following the transformation of OH-2,5-DCBs. 2,5-DCBA was not further transformed by B. xenovorans LB400. The present study is significant because it provides evidence that PCB-degrading bacteria are capable of transforming hydroxylated derivatives of PCBs, which are increasingly considered as a new class of environmental contaminants.
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- Corresponding author phone: 215-204-7087; fax: 215-204-4696;
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Benzoate metabolism intermediate benzoyl coenzyme A affects gentisate pathway regulation in Comamonas testosteroni. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:4051-62. [PMID: 24771026 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01146-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A previous study showed that benzoate was catabolized via a coenzyme A (CoA)-dependent epoxide pathway in Azoarcus evansii (R. Niemetz, U. Altenschmidt, S. Brucker, and G. Fuchs, Eur. J. Biochem. 227:161-168, 1995), but gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase was induced. Similarly, we found that the Comamonas testosteroni strain CNB-1 degraded benzoate via a CoA-dependent epoxide pathway and that gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (GenA) was also induced when benzoate or 3-hydroxybenzoate served as a carbon source for growth. Genes encoding the CoA-dependent epoxide (box genes) and gentisate (gen genes) pathways were identified. Genetic disruption revealed that the gen genes were not involved in benzoate and 3-hydroxybenzoate degradation. Hence, we investigated gen gene regulation in the CNB-1 strain. The PgenA promoter, a MarR-type regulator (GenR), and the GenR binding site were identified. We found that GenR took gentisate, 3-hydroxybenzoate, and benzoyl-CoA as effectors and that binding of GenR to its target DNA sequence was prohibited when these effectors were present. In vivo studies showed that the CNB-1 mutant that lost benzoyl-CoA synthesis was not able to activate PgenA promoter, while transcription of genA was upregulated in another CNB-1 mutant that lost the ability to degrade benzoyl-CoA. The finding that benzoyl-CoA (a metabolic intermediate of benzoate degradation) and 3-hydroxybenzoate function as GenR effectors explains why GenA was induced when CNB-1 grew on benzoate or 3-hydroxybenzoate. Regulation of gentisate pathways by MarR-, LysR-, and IclR-type regulators in diverse bacterial groups is discussed in detail.
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Acosta-Navarrete YM, León-Márquez YL, Salinas-Herrera K, Jácome-Galarza IE, Meza-Carmen V, Ramírez-Díaz MI, Cervantes C. Expression of the six chromate ion transporter homologues of Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. Microbiology (Reading) 2014; 160:287-295. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.073783-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The chromate ion transporter (CHR) superfamily comprises transporters that confer chromate resistance by extruding toxic chromate ions from cytoplasm. Burkholderia xenovorans strain LB400 has been reported to encode six CHR homologues in its multireplicon genome. We found that strain LB400 displays chromate-inducible resistance to chromate. Susceptibility tests of Escherichia coli strains transformed with cloned B. xenovorans chr genes indicated that the six genes confer chromate resistance, although under different growth conditions, and suggested that expression of chr genes is regulated by sulfate. Expression of chr genes was measured by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (RT-qPCR) from total RNA of B. xenovorans LB400 grown under different concentrations of sulfate and exposed or not to chromate. The chr homologues displayed distinct expression levels, but showed no significant differences in transcription under the various sulfate concentrations tested, indicating that sulfate does not regulate chr gene expression in B. xenovorans. The chrA2 gene, encoded in the megaplasmid, was the only chr gene whose expression was induced by chromate and it was shown to constitute the chromate-responsive chrBACF operon. These data suggest that this determinant is mainly responsible for the B. xenovorans LB400 chromate resistance phenotype.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Pública, Secretaría de Salud de Michoacán, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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Mazurkewich S, Wang W, Seah SYK. Biochemical and structural analysis of RraA proteins to decipher their relationships with 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoglutarate/4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2-oxoadipate aldolases. Biochemistry 2014; 53:542-53. [PMID: 24359411 DOI: 10.1021/bi401486g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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4-Hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoglutarate (HMG)/4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2-oxoadipate (CHA) aldolases are class II (divalent metal ion dependent) pyruvate aldolases from the meta cleavage pathways of protocatechuate and gallate. The enzyme from Pseudomonas putida F1 is structurally similar to a group of proteins termed regulators of RNase E activity A (RraA) that bind to the regulatory domain of RNase E and inhibit the ribonuclease activity in certain bacteria. Analysis of homologous RraA-like proteins from varying species revealed that they share sequence conservation within the active site of HMG/CHA aldolase. In particular, the P. putida F1 HMG/CHA aldolase has a D-X20-R-D motif, whereas a G-X20-R-D-X2-E/D motif is observed in the structures of the RraA-like proteins from Thermus thermophilus HB8 (TtRraA) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C (Yer010Cp) that may support metal binding. TtRraA and Yer010Cp were found to contain HMG aldolase and oxaloacetate decarboxylase activities. Similar to the P. putida F1 HMG/CHA aldolase, both TtRraA and Yer010Cp enzymes required divalent metal ions for activity and were competitively inhibited by oxalate, a pyruvate enolate analogue, suggesting a common mechanism among the enzymes. The RraA from Escherichia coli (EcRraA) lacked detectable C-C lyase activity. Upon restoration of the G-X20-R-D-X2-E/D motif, by site-specific mutagenesis, the EcRraA variant was able to catalyze oxaloacetate decarboxylation. Sequence analysis of RraA-like gene products found across all the domains of life revealed conservation of the metal binding motifs that can likely support a divalent metal ion-dependent enzyme reaction either in addition to or in place of the putative RraA function.
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- Scott Mazurkewich
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph , Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 5E9
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Shah V, Zakrzewski M, Wibberg D, Eikmeyer F, Schlüter A, Madamwar D. Taxonomic profiling and metagenome analysis of a microbial community from a habitat contaminated with industrial discharges. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2013; 66:533-550. [PMID: 23728164 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0244-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Industrial units, manufacturing dyes, chemicals,solvents, and xenobiotic compounds, produce liquid and solid wastes, which upon conventional treatment are released in the nearby environment and thus are the major cause of pollution. Soil collected from contaminated Kharicut Canalbank (N 22°57.878′; E 072°38.478′), Ahmeda bad, Gujarat,India was used for metagenomic DNA preparation to study the capabilities of intrinsic microbial community in dealing with xenobiotics. Sequencing of metagenomic DNA on the Genome Sequencer FLX System using titanium chemistry resulted in 409,782 reads accounting for 133,529,997 bases of sequence information. Taxonomic analyses and gene annotations were carried out using the bioinformatics platform Sequence Analysis and Management System for Metagenomic Datasets. Taxonomic profiling was carried out by three different complementary approaches: (a) 16S rDNA, (b) environmental gene tags, and (c) lowest common ancestor. The most abundant phylum and genus were found to be “Proteobacteria”and “Pseudomonas,” respectively. Metagenome reads were mapped on sequenced microbial genomes and the highest numbers of reads were allocated to Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Assignment of obtained metagenome reads to Gene Ontology terms, Clusters of Orthologous Groups of protein categories, protein family numbers, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes hits revealed genomic potential of indigenous microbial community. In total, 157,024 reads corresponded to 37,028 different KEGG hits, and amongst them, 11,574 reads corresponded to 131 different enzymes potentially involved in xenobiotic biodegradation. These enzymes were mapped on biodegradation pathways of xenobiotics to elucidate their roles in possible catalytic reactions. Consequently, information obtained from the present study will act as a baseline which, subsequently along with other“-omic” studies, will help in designing future bioremediation strategies in effluent treatment plants and environmental cleanup projects.
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- Varun Shah
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, C/Serrano 115 bis., 28006, Madrid, Spain,
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Shah V, Zakrzewski M, Wibberg D, Eikmeyer F, Schlüter A, Madamwar D. Taxonomic Profiling and Metagenome Analysis of a Microbial Community from a Habitat Contaminated with Industrial Discharges. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2013; 66:533-550. [PMID: 23797291 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0253-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Industrial units, manufacturing dyes, chemicals, solvents, and xenobiotic compounds, produce liquid and solid wastes, which upon conventional treatment are released in the nearby environment and thus are the major cause of pollution. Soil collected from contaminated Kharicut Canal bank (N 22°57.878'; E 072°38.478'), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was used for metagenomic DNA preparation to study the capabilities of intrinsic microbial community in dealing with xenobiotics. Sequencing of metagenomic DNA on the Genome Sequencer FLX System using titanium chemistry resulted in 409,782 reads accounting for 133,529,997 bases of sequence information. Taxonomic analyses and gene annotations were carried out using the bioinformatics platform Sequence Analysis and Management System for Metagenomic Datasets. Taxonomic profiling was carried out by three different complementary approaches: (a) 16S rDNA, (b) environmental gene tags, and (c) lowest common ancestor. The most abundant phylum and genus were found to be "Proteobacteria" and "Pseudomonas," respectively. Metagenome reads were mapped on sequenced microbial genomes and the highest numbers of reads were allocated to Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Assignment of obtained metagenome reads to Gene Ontology terms, Clusters of Orthologous Groups of protein categories, protein family numbers, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes hits revealed genomic potential of indigenous microbial community. In total, 157,024 reads corresponded to 37,028 different KEGG hits, and amongst them, 11,574 reads corresponded to 131 different enzymes potentially involved in xenobiotic biodegradation. These enzymes were mapped on biodegradation pathways of xenobiotics to elucidate their roles in possible catalytic reactions. Consequently, information obtained from the present study will act as a baseline which, subsequently along with other "-omic" studies, will help in designing future bioremediation strategies in effluent treatment plants and environmental clean-up projects.
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- Varun Shah
- BRD School of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, Sardar Patel Maidan, Vadtal Road, Satellite Campus, Vallabh Vidyanagar 388 120, Post Box No. 39, Anand, Gujarat, India,
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Regulon studies and in planta role of the BraI/R quorum-sensing system in the plant-beneficial Burkholderia cluster. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:4421-32. [PMID: 23686262 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00635-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The genus Burkholderia is composed of functionally diverse species, and it can be divided into several clusters. One of these, designated the plant-beneficial-environmental (PBE) Burkholderia cluster, is formed by nonpathogenic species, which in most cases have been found to be associated with plants. It was previously established that members of the PBE group share an N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) quorum-sensing (QS) system, designated BraI/R, that produces and responds to 3-oxo-C14-HSL (OC14-HSL). Moreover, some of them also possess a second AHL QS system, designated XenI2/R2, producing and responding to 3-hydroxy-C8-HSL (OHC8-HSL). In the present study, we performed liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) analysis to determine which AHL molecules are produced by each QS system of this group of bacteria. The results showed that XenI2/R2 is mainly responsible for the production of OHC8-HSL and that the BraI/R system is involved in the production of several different AHLs. This analysis also revealed that Burkholderia phymatum STM815 produces greater amounts of AHLs than the other species tested. Further studies showed that the BraR protein of B. phymatum is more promiscuous than other BraR proteins, responding equally well to several different AHL molecules, even at low concentrations. Transcriptome studies with Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 and B. phymatum STM815 revealed that the BraI/R regulon is species specific, with exopolysaccharide production being the only common phenotype regulated by this system in the PBE cluster. In addition, BraI/R was shown not to be important for plant nodulation by B. phymatum strains or for endophytic colonization and growth promotion of maize by B. phytofirmans PsJN.
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Payne RB, Fagervold SK, May HD, Sowers KR. Remediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Impacted Sediment by Concurrent Bioaugmentation with Anaerobic Halorespiring and Aerobic Degrading Bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:3807-15. [PMID: 23463900 PMCID: PMC3671860 DOI: 10.1021/es304372t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- Rayford B. Payne
- Institute of Marine and Environmental
Technology, Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21202,
United States
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- UPMC Univ
Paris 06, UMR 8882, LECOB, Observatoire Océanologique, F-66650, Banyuls/Mer, France
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- Marine Biomedicine and Environmental
Science Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South
Carolina 29412, United States
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental
Technology, Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21202,
United States
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Seo JS, Keum YS, Li QX. Metabolomic and proteomic insights into carbaryl catabolism by Burkholderia sp. C3 and degradation of ten N-methylcarbamates. Biodegradation 2013; 24:795-811. [PMID: 23463356 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9629-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Burkholderia sp. C3, an efficient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degrader, can utilize nine of the ten N-methylcarbamate insecticides including carbaryl as a sole source of carbon. Rapid hydrolysis of carbaryl in C3 is followed by slow catabolism of the resulting 1-naphthol. This study focused on metabolomes and proteomes in C3 cells utilizing carbaryl in comparison to those using glucose or nutrient broth. Sixty of the 867 detected proteins were involved in primary metabolism, adaptive sensing and regulation, transport, stress response, and detoxification. Among the 41 proteins expressed in response to carbaryl were formate dehydrogenase, aldehyde-alcohol dehydrogenase and ethanolamine utilization protein involved in one carbon metabolism. Acetate kinase and phasin were 2 of the 19 proteins that were not detected in carbaryl-supported C3 cells, but detected in glucose-supported C3 cells. Down-production of phasin and polyhydroxyalkanoates in carbaryl-supported C3 cells suggests insufficient carbon sources and lower levels of primary metabolites to maintain an ordinary level of metabolism. Differential metabolomes (~196 identified polar metabolites) showed up-production of metabolites in pentose phosphate pathways and metabolisms of cysteine, cystine and some other amino acids, disaccharides and nicotinate, in contract to down-production of most of the other amino acids and hexoses. The proteomic and metabolomic analyses showed that carbaryl-supported C3 cells experienced strong toxic effects, oxidative stresses, DNA/RNA damages and carbon nutrient deficiency.
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- Jong-Su Seo
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, 1955 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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Zhang C, Anderson AJ. Utilization of pyrene and benzoate in Mycobacterium isolate KMS is regulated differentially by catabolic repression. J Basic Microbiol 2012; 53:81-92. [PMID: 22733411 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The soil isolate, Mycobacterium sp. strain KMS, utilizes an array of carbon compounds including the aromatics benzoate and pyrene as sole carbon sources. Growth on pyrene induced both chromosomal and plasmid nidA genes encoding pyrene ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase α-subunits for pyrene oxidation. Diauxic growth occurred when KMS was cultured with pyrene plus either acetate, succinate, fructose, or benzoate and nidA expression only was detected in the second slower log-phase period. Potential cAMP-CRP binding sites exist within the promoter region of both nidA genes indicating that cAMP-CRP may be involved in catabolite repression of pyrene utilization. When cultured with benzoate plus either acetate, succinate, or fructose, there was no diauxic growth. Also there was no diauxic growth on fructose plus succinate or acetate. Expression of a benA gene, encoding a benzoate dioxygenase α-subunit involved in the initiation of benzoate oxidation, was detected in log-phase cells from the benzoate-mixed substrate cultures at the same level as when the cells were cultured on benzoate alone. These findings suggested that catabolite repression of pyrene but not benzoate occurred in isolate KMS. These differences may help the microbe exploit the varied carbon sources available in the soil and rhizosphere environments.
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- Chun Zhang
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305, USA
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Valderrama JA, Durante-Rodríguez G, Blázquez B, García JL, Carmona M, Díaz E. Bacterial degradation of benzoate: cross-regulation between aerobic and anaerobic pathways. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:10494-10508. [PMID: 22303008 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.309005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have studied for the first time the transcriptional regulatory circuit that controls the expression of the box genes encoding the aerobic hybrid pathway used to assimilate benzoate via coenzyme A (CoA) derivatives in bacteria. The promoters responsible for the expression of the box cluster in the β-proteobacterium Azoarcus sp., their cognate transcriptional repressor, the BoxR protein, and the inducer molecule (benzoyl-CoA) have been characterized. The BoxR protein shows a significant sequence identity to the BzdR transcriptional repressor that controls the bzd genes involved in the anaerobic degradation of benzoate. Because the boxR gene is present in all box clusters so far identified in bacteria, the BoxR/benzoyl-CoA regulatory system appears to be a widespread strategy to control this aerobic hybrid pathway. Interestingly, the paralogous BoxR and BzdR regulators act synergistically to control the expression of the box and bzd genes. This cross-regulation between anaerobic and aerobic pathways for the catabolism of aromatic compounds has never been shown before, and it may reflect a biological strategy to increase the cell fitness in organisms that survive in environments subject to changing oxygen concentrations.
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- J Andrés Valderrama
- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Li Y, Wu J, Wang W, Ding P, Feng L. Proteomics analysis of aromatic catabolic pathways in thermophilic Geobacillus thermodenitrificans NG80-2. J Proteomics 2012; 75:1201-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2011] [Revised: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 10/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AbstractBacteria belonging to the genus Burkholderia are well known for their adaptability to habitats as diverse as freshwater sediments, lungs of cystic fibrosis patients and plant tissues. This genus includes also plant, animal and human pathogenic species, such as Burkholderia glumae, Burkholderia pseudomallei and the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Over the past few years, several newly discovered non-pathogenic plant associated Burkholderia species have raised particular interest for their potential use in plant growth promotion, biocontrol of plant pathogens, phytoremediation and xenobiotics degradation. Highlights from recent studies on the taxonomy, ecology and pathogenicity of different species of the Burkholderia genus are presented with the aim to evaluate their potential use in biotechnology.
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Ponce BL, Latorre VK, González M, Seeger M. Antioxidant compounds improved PCB-degradation by Burkholderia xenovorans strain LB400. Enzyme Microb Technol 2011; 49:509-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 04/16/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chen S, Hickey WJ. Development of Tools for Genetic Analysis of Phenanthrene Degradation and Nanopod Production by Delftia sp. Cs1-4. Front Microbiol 2011; 2:187. [PMID: 22016746 PMCID: PMC3191457 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The bacterium Delftia sp. Cs1-4 produces novel extracellular structures (nanopods) in conjunction with its growth on phenanthrene. While a full genome sequence is available for strain Cs1-4, genetic tools that could be applied to study phenanthrene degradation/nanopod production have not been reported. Thus, the objectives of this study were to establish such tools, and apply them for molecular analysis of nanopod formation or phenanthrene degradation. Three types of tools were developed or validated. First, we developed a new expression system based on a strong promoter controlling expression of a surface layer protein (NpdA) from Delftia sp. Cs1-4, which was ca. 2,500-fold stronger than the widely used lactose promoter. Second, the Cre-loxP system was validated for generation of markerless, in-frame, gene deletions, and for in-frame gene insertions. The gene deletion function was applied to examine potential roles in nanopod formation of three genes (omp32, lasI, and hcp), while the gene insertion function was used for reporter gene tagging of npdA. Lastly, pMiniHimar was modified to enhance gene recovery and mutant analysis in genome-wide transposon mutagenesis. Application of the latter to strain Cs1-4, revealed several new genes with potential roles in phenanthrene degradation or npdA expression. Collectively, the availability of these tools has opened new avenues of investigation in Delftia sp. Cs1-4 and other related genera/species with importance in environmental toxicology.
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- Shicheng Chen
- O.N. Allen Laboratory for Soil Microbiology, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA
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Li A, Qu YY, Pi WQ, Zhou JT, Gai ZH, Xu P. Metabolic characterization and genes for the conversion of biphenyl in Dyella ginsengisoli LA-4. Biotechnol Bioeng 2011; 109:609-13. [PMID: 21928338 DOI: 10.1002/bit.23333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Revised: 09/04/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A complete bph gene cluster (bphLA-4) containing 12,186 bp was amplified from Dyella ginsengisoli LA-4. The bphLA-4 was composed of bphABCXD, and an additional gene encoding a meta-fission product hydrolase was located in the bphX region. BphLA-4 was independently transcribed by the two operons, bphA1A2orf1A3A4BCX0 and bphX1orf2X2X3D, and significantly differed from bphKF707. Both benzoate and catechol induced the expression of both operons. 2-Hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate was identified as the intermediate of the biphenyl degradation by strain LA-4. This finding suggested that there existed a novel lower pathway of biphenyl degradation in strain LA-4.
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- Ang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (MOE), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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Kumari R, Tecon R, Beggah S, Rutler R, Arey JS, van der Meer JR. Development of bioreporter assays for the detection of bioavailability of long-chain alkanes based on the marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis strain SK2. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:2808-19. [PMID: 21895911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Long-chain alkanes are a major component of crude oil and therefore potentially good indicators of hydrocarbon spills. Here we present a set of new bacterial bioreporters and assays that allow to detect long-chain alkanes. These reporters are based on the regulatory protein AlkS and the alkB1 promoter from Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2, a widespread alkane degrader in marine habitats. Escherichia coli cells with the reporter construct reacted strongly to octane in short-term (6 h) aqueous suspension assays but very slightly only to tetradecane, in line with what is expected from its low water solubility. In contrast, long-term assays (up to 5 days) with A. borkumensis bioreporters showed strong induction with tetradecane and crude oil. Gel-immobilized A. borkumensis reporter cells were used to demonstrate tetradecane and crude oil bioavailability at a distance from a source. Alcanivorax borkumensis bioreporters induced fivefold more rapid and more strongly when allowed physical contact with the oil phase in standing flask assays, suggesting a major contribution of adhered cells to the overall reporter signal. Using the flask assays we further demonstrated the effect of oleophilic nutrients and biosurfactants on oil availability and degradation by A. borkumensis. The fluorescence signal from flask assays could easily be captured with a normal digital camera, making such tests feasible to be carried out on, e.g. marine oil responder vessels in case of oil accidents.
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- Rekha Kumari
- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Rather LJ, Bill E, Ismail W, Fuchs G. The reducing component BoxA of benzoyl-coenzyme A epoxidase from Azoarcus evansii is a [4Fe-4S] protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1814:1609-15. [PMID: 21672639 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 05/27/2011] [Accepted: 05/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BoxA is the reductase component of the benzoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) oxidizing epoxidase enzyme system BoxAB. The enzyme catalyzes the key step of an hitherto unknown aerobic, CoA-dependent pathway of benzoate metabolism, which is the epoxidation of benzoyl-CoA to the non-aromatic 2,3-epoxybenzoyl-CoA. The function of BoxA is the transfer of two electrons from NADPH to the epoxidase component BoxB. We could show recently that BoxB is a diiron enzyme, whereas here we demonstrate that BoxA harbors an FAD and two [4Fe-4S] clusters per protein monomer. The characterization of BoxA was hampered by severe oxygen sensitivity; the cubane [4Fe-4S] clusters degrade already with traces of oxygen. Interestingly, the adventitiously formed [3Fe-4S] centers could be reconstituted in vitro by adding Fe(II) and sulfide to retrieve the native cubane centers. BoxA is the first example of a reductase of this type that has an FAD and two bacterial ferredoxin-type [4Fe-4S] clusters. In other cases within the catalytically versatile family of diiron enzymes, the related reductases have plant-type ferredoxin or Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] centers only.
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- Liv J Rather
- Mikrobiologie, Fakultät Biologie, Schänzlestrasse 1, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Genomic analysis of the phenylacetyl-CoA pathway in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. Arch Microbiol 2011; 193:641-50. [PMID: 21519854 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0705-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The phenylacetyl-CoA (Paa) catabolic pathway and genome-wide gene expression responses to phenylacetate catabolism were studied in the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-degrading strain Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. Microarray and RT-qPCR analyses identified three non-contiguous chromosomal clusters of genes that are predicted to encode a complete Paa pathway that were induced up to 40-fold during growth of LB400 on phenylacetate: paaGHIJKR, paaANEBDF, and paaC. Comparison of the available genome sequences revealed that this organization is unique to Burkholderiaceae. Parallel proteomic studies identified 7 of the 14 predicted Paa proteins, most of which were detected only in phenylacetate-grown cells, but not in benzoate- or succinate-grown cells. Finally, the transcriptomic and proteomic analyses revealed the induction of at least 7 predicted catabolic pathways of aromatic compounds and some aromatic plant products (phenols, mandelate, biphenyl, C(1) compounds, mevalonate, opine, and isoquinoline), as well as an oxidative stress response and a large group of transporters. Most of these genes were not induced during growth on benzoate or biphenyl, suggesting that phenylacetate or a metabolite may act as a signal that triggers multiple physiological processes. Identifying the components of the Paa pathway is important since the pathway appears to contribute to virulence of Burkholderia pathogens.
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Puglisi E, Cahill MJ, Lessard PA, Capri E, Sinskey AJ, Archer JAC, Boccazzi P. Transcriptional response of Rhodococcus aetherivorans I24 to polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated sediments. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2010; 60:505-515. [PMID: 20369357 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9650-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 02/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We used a microarray targeting 3,524 genes to assess the transcriptional response of the actinomycete Rhodococcus aetherivorans I24 in minimal medium supplemented with various substrates (e.g., PCBs) and in both PCB-contaminated and non-contaminated sediment slurries. Relative to the reference condition (minimal medium supplemented with glucose), 408 genes were upregulated in the various treatments. In medium and in sediment, PCBs elicited the upregulation of a common set of 100 genes, including gene-encoding chaperones (groEL), a superoxide dismutase (sodA), alkyl hydroperoxide reductase protein C (ahpC), and a catalase/peroxidase (katG). Analysis of the R. aetherivorans I24 genome sequence identified orthologs of many of the genes in the canonical biphenyl pathway, but very few of these genes were upregulated in response to PCBs or biphenyl. This study is one of the first to use microarrays to assess the transcriptional response of a soil bacterium to a pollutant under conditions that more closely resemble the natural environment. Our results indicate that the transcriptional response of R. aetherivorans I24 to PCBs, in both medium and sediment, is primarily directed towards reducing oxidative stress, rather than catabolism.
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- Edoardo Puglisi
- Istituto di Chimica Agraria ed Ambientale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
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Vilchez-Vargas R, Junca H, Pieper DH. Metabolic networks, microbial ecology and ‘omics’ technologies: towards understanding in situ biodegradation processes. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:3089-104. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02340.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Rather LJ, Knapp B, Haehnel W, Fuchs G. Coenzyme A-dependent aerobic metabolism of benzoate via epoxide formation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:20615-24. [PMID: 20452977 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.124156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the aerobic metabolism of aromatic substrates, oxygenases use molecular oxygen to hydroxylate and finally cleave the aromatic ring. In the case of the common intermediate benzoate, the ring cleavage substrates are either catechol (in bacteria) or 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (protocatechuate, mainly in fungi). We have shown before that many bacteria, e.g. Azoarcus evansii, the organism studied here, use a completely different mechanism. This elaborate pathway requires formation of benzoyl-CoA, followed by an oxygenase reaction and a nonoxygenolytic ring cleavage. Benzoyl-CoA transformation is catalyzed by the iron-containing benzoyl-CoA oxygenase (BoxB) in conjunction with an FAD and iron-sulfur centers containing reductase (BoxA), which donates electrons from NADPH. Here we show that benzoyl-CoA oxygenase actually does not form the 2,3-dihydrodiol of benzoyl-CoA, as formerly postulated, but the 2,3-epoxide. An enoyl-CoA hydratase (BoxC) uses two molecules of water to first hydrolytically open the ring of 2,3-epoxybenzoyl-CoA, which may proceed via its tautomeric seven-membered oxepin ring form. Then ring C2 is hydrolyzed off as formic acid, yielding 3,4-dehydroadipyl-CoA semialdehyde. The semialdehyde is oxidized by a NADP(+)-dependent aldehyde dehydrogenase (BoxD) to 3,4-dehydroadipyl-CoA. Final products of the pathway are formic acid, acetyl-CoA, and succinyl-CoA. This overlooked pathway occurs in 4-5% of all bacteria whose genomes have been sequenced and represents an elegant strategy to cope with the high resonance energy of aromatic substrates by forming a nonaromatic epoxide.
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- Liv J Rather
- Lehrstuhl Mikrobiologie, Fakultät Biologie, Schänzlestrasse 1, Universität Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Law AM, Bains J, Boulanger MJ. Purification and crystallization of a putative transcriptional regulator of the benzoate oxidation pathway in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2009; 65:1001-3. [PMID: 19851006 PMCID: PMC2765885 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309109032321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 harbours two paralogous copies of the recently discovered benzoate oxidation (box) pathway. While both copies are functional, the paralogues are differentially regulated and flanked by putative transcriptional regulators from distinct families. The putative LysR-type transcriptional regulator (LTTR) adjacent to the megaplasmid-encoded box enzymes, Bxe_C0898, has been produced recombinantly in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Gel-filtration studies show that Bxe_C0898 is a tetramer in solution, consistent with previously characterized LTTRs. Bxe_C0898 crystallized with four molecules in the asymmetric unit of the P4(3)2(1)2/P4(1)2(1)2 unit cell with a solvent content of 61.19%, as indicated by processing of the X-ray diffraction data. DNA-protection assays are currently under way in order to identify potential operator regions for this LTTR and to define its role in regulation of the box pathway.
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- Adrienne M. Law
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada
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Parnell JJ, Denef VJ, Park J, Tsoi T, Tiedje JM. Environmentally relevant parameters affecting PCB degradation: carbon source- and growth phase-mitigated effects of the expression of the biphenyl pathway and associated genes in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. Biodegradation 2009; 21:147-56. [PMID: 19672561 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9289-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- J Jacob Parnell
- Center for Microbial Ecology and Crop and Soil Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA.
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Sudtachat N, Ito N, Itakura M, Masuda S, Eda S, Mitsui H, Kawaharada Y, Minamisawa K. Aerobic vanillate degradation and C1 compound metabolism in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:5012-7. [PMID: 19502448 PMCID: PMC2725485 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00755-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2009] [Accepted: 05/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bradyrhizobium japonicum, a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium, has multiple gene copies for aromatic degradation on the genome and is able to use low concentrations of vanillate, a methoxylated lignin monomer, as an energy source. A transcriptome analysis indicated that one set of vanA1B, pcaG1H1, and genes for C(1) compound catabolism was upregulated in B. japonicum USDA110 cells grown in vanillate (N. Ito, M. Itakura, S. Eda, K. Saeki, H. Oomori, T. Yokoyama, T. Kaneko, S. Tabata, T. Ohwada, S. Tajima, T. Uchiumi, E. Masai, M. Tsuda, H. Mitsui, and K. Minamisawa, Microbes Environ. 21:240-250, 2006). To examine the functions of these genes in vanillate degradation, we tested cell growth and substrate consumption in vanA1B, pcaG1H1, and mxaF mutants of USDA110. The vanA1B and pcaG1H1 mutants were unable to grow in minimal media containing 1 mM vanillate and protocatechuate, respectively, although wild-type USDA110 was able to grow in both media, indicating that the upregulated copies of vanA1B and pcaG1H1 are exclusively responsible for vanillate degradation. Mutating mxaF eliminated expression of gfa and flhA, which contribute to glutathione-dependent C(1) metabolism. The mxaF mutant had markedly lower cell growth in medium containing vanillate than the wild-type strain. In the presence of protocatechuate, there was no difference in cell growth between the mxaF mutant and the wild-type strain. These results suggest that the C(1) pathway genes are required for efficient vanillate catabolism. In addition, wild-type USDA110 oxidized methanol, whereas the mxaF mutant did not, suggesting that the metabolic capability of the C(1) pathway in B. japonicum extends to methanol oxidation. The mxaF mutant showed normal nodulation and N(2) fixation phenotypes with soybeans, which was not similar to symbiotic phenotypes of methylotrophic rhizobia.
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Kim SJ, Kweon O, Cerniglia CE. Proteomic applications to elucidate bacterial aromatic hydrocarbon metabolic pathways. Curr Opin Microbiol 2009; 12:301-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 03/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yagi JM, Sims D, Brettin T, Bruce D, Madsen EL. The genome of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2, isolated from coal tar-contaminated sediment, reveals physiological and metabolic versatility and evolution through extensive horizontal gene transfer. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:2253-70. [PMID: 19453698 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01947.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We analysed the genome of the aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading, facultatively chemolithotrophic betaproteobacterium, Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2. Recent work has increasingly shown that Polaromonas species are prevalent in a variety of pristine oligotrophic environments, as well as polluted habitats. Besides a circular chromosome of 4.4 Mb, strain CJ2 carries eight plasmids ranging from 353 to 6.4 kb in size. Overall, the genome is predicted to encode 4929 proteins. Comparisons of DNA sequences at the individual gene, gene cluster and whole-genome scales revealed strong trends in shared heredity between strain CJ2 and other members of the Comamonadaceae and Burkholderiaceae. blastp analyses of protein coding sequences across strain CJ2's genome showed that genetic commonalities with other betaproteobacteria diminished significantly in strain CJ2's plasmids compared with the chromosome, especially for the smallest ones. Broad trends in nucleotide characteristics (GC content, GC skew, Karlin signature difference) showed at least six anomalous regions in the chromosome, indicating alteration of genome architecture via horizontal gene transfer. Detailed analysis of one of these anomalous regions (96 kb in size, containing the nag-like naphthalene catabolic operon) indicates that the fragment's insertion site was within a putative MiaB-like tRNA-modifying enzyme coding sequence. The mosaic nature of strain CJ2's genome was further emphasized by the presence of 309 mobile genetic elements scattered throughout the genome, including 131 predicted transposase genes, 178 phage-related genes, and representatives of 12 families of insertion elements. A total of three different terminal oxidase genes were found (putative cytochrome aa(3)-type oxidase, cytochrome cbb(3)-type oxidase and cytochrome bd-type quinol oxidase), suggesting adaptation by strain CJ2 to variable aerobic and microaerobic conditions. Sequence-suggested abilities of strain CJ2 to carry out nitrogen fixation and grow on the aromatic compounds, biphenyl and benzoate, were experimentally verified. These new phenotypes and genotypes set the stage for gaining additional insights into the physiology and biochemistry contributing to strain CJ2's fitness in its native habitat, contaminated sediment.
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- Jane M Yagi
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Methylobacterium genome sequences: a reference blueprint to investigate microbial metabolism of C1 compounds from natural and industrial sources. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5584. [PMID: 19440302 PMCID: PMC2680597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2009] [Accepted: 03/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Methylotrophy describes the ability of organisms to grow on reduced organic compounds without carbon-carbon bonds. The genomes of two pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophic bacteria of the Alpha-proteobacterial genus Methylobacterium, the reference species Methylobacterium extorquens strain AM1 and the dichloromethane-degrading strain DM4, were compared. Methodology/Principal Findings The 6.88 Mb genome of strain AM1 comprises a 5.51 Mb chromosome, a 1.26 Mb megaplasmid and three plasmids, while the 6.12 Mb genome of strain DM4 features a 5.94 Mb chromosome and two plasmids. The chromosomes are highly syntenic and share a large majority of genes, while plasmids are mostly strain-specific, with the exception of a 130 kb region of the strain AM1 megaplasmid which is syntenic to a chromosomal region of strain DM4. Both genomes contain large sets of insertion elements, many of them strain-specific, suggesting an important potential for genomic plasticity. Most of the genomic determinants associated with methylotrophy are nearly identical, with two exceptions that illustrate the metabolic and genomic versatility of Methylobacterium. A 126 kb dichloromethane utilization (dcm) gene cluster is essential for the ability of strain DM4 to use DCM as the sole carbon and energy source for growth and is unique to strain DM4. The methylamine utilization (mau) gene cluster is only found in strain AM1, indicating that strain DM4 employs an alternative system for growth with methylamine. The dcm and mau clusters represent two of the chromosomal genomic islands (AM1: 28; DM4: 17) that were defined. The mau cluster is flanked by mobile elements, but the dcm cluster disrupts a gene annotated as chelatase and for which we propose the name “island integration determinant” (iid). Conclusion/Significance These two genome sequences provide a platform for intra- and interspecies genomic comparisons in the genus Methylobacterium, and for investigations of the adaptive mechanisms which allow bacterial lineages to acquire methylotrophic lifestyles.
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Bains J, Leon R, Boulanger MJ. Structural and biophysical characterization of BoxC from Burkholderia xenovorans LB400: a novel ring-cleaving enzyme in the crotonase superfamily. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:16377-16385. [PMID: 19369256 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900226200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mineralization of aromatic compounds by microorganisms relies on a structurally and functionally diverse group of ring-cleaving enzymes. The recently discovered benzoate oxidation pathway in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 encodes a novel such ring-cleaving enzyme, termed BoxC, that catalyzes the conversion of 2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl-CoA to 3,4-dehydroadipyl-CoA without the requirement for molecular oxygen. Sequence analysis indicates that BoxC is a highly divergent member of the crotonase superfamily and nearly double the size of the average superfamily member. The structure of BoxC determined to 1.5 A resolution reveals an intriguing structural demarcation. A highly divergent region in the C terminus probably serves as a structural scaffold for the conserved N terminus that encompasses the active site and, in conjunction with a conserved C-terminal helix, mediates dimer formation. Isothermal titration calorimetry and molecular docking simulations contribute to a detailed view of the active site, resulting in a compelling mechanistic model where a pair of conserved glutamate residues (Glu146 and Glu168) work in tandem to deprotonate the dihydroxylated ring substrate, leading to cleavage. A final deformylation step incorporating a water molecule and Cys111 as a general base completes the formation of 3,4-dehydroadipyl-CoA product. Overall, this study establishes the basis for BoxC as one of the most divergent members of the crotonase superfamily and provides the first structural insight into the mechanism of this novel class of ring-cleaving enzymes.
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- Jasleen Bains
- From the Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada.
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