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Hotta N, Kotaka A, Matsumura K, Sasano Y, Hata Y, Harada T, Sugiyama M, Harashima S, Ishida H. Effect of yeast chromosome II aneuploidy on malate production in sake brewing. J Biosci Bioeng 2024; 137:24-30. [PMID: 37989703 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2023.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Chromosome aneuploidy is a common phenomenon in industrial yeast. Aneuploidy is considered one of the strategies to enhance the industrial properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. However, the effects of chromosomal aneuploidy on the brewing properties of sake have not been extensively studied. In this study, sake brewing was performed using a series of genome-wide segmental duplicated laboratory S. cerevisiae strains, and the effects of each segmentally duplicated region on sake brewing were investigated. We found that the duplication of specific chromosomal regions affected the production of organic acids and aromatic compounds in sake brewing. As organic acids significantly influence the taste of sake, we focused on the segmental duplication of chromosome II that alters malate levels. Sake yeast Kyokai No. 901 strains with segmental chromosome II duplication were constructed using a polymerase chain reaction-mediated chromosomal duplication method, and sake was brewed using the resultant aneuploid sake yeast strains. The results showed the possibility of developing sake yeast strains exhibiting low malate production without affecting ethanol production capacity. Our study revealed that aneuploidy in yeast alters the brewing properties; in particular, the aneuploidy of chromosome II alters malate production in sake brewing. In conclusion, aneuploidization can be a novel and useful tool to breed sake yeast strains with improved traits, possessing industrial significance.
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- Natsuki Hotta
- Research Institute, Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd., 101 Shimotoba-koyanagi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8385, Japan.
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- Research Institute, Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd., 101 Shimotoba-koyanagi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8385, Japan
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- Research Institute, Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd., 101 Shimotoba-koyanagi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8385, Japan
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- Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4-22-1 Ikeda, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan
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- Research Institute, Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd., 101 Shimotoba-koyanagi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8385, Japan
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- Department of Food Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Miyake, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima 731-5193, Japan
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- Department of Food Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Miyake, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima 731-5193, Japan
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- Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, 4-22-1 Ikeda, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan
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- Research Institute, Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd., 101 Shimotoba-koyanagi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8385, Japan
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Son YJ, Jeon M, Moon HY, Kang J, Jeong DM, Lee DW, Kim JH, Lim JY, Seo J, Jin J, Bahn Y, Eyun S, Kang HA. Integrated genomics and phenotype microarray analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae industrial strains for rice wine fermentation and recombinant protein production. Microb Biotechnol 2023; 16:2161-2180. [PMID: 37837246 PMCID: PMC10616653 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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The industrial potential of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has extended beyond its traditional use in fermentation to various applications, including recombinant protein production. Herein, comparative genomics was performed with three industrial S. cerevisiae strains and revealed a heterozygous diploid genome for the 98-5 and KSD-YC strains (exploited for rice wine fermentation) and a haploid genome for strain Y2805 (used for recombinant protein production). Phylogenomic analysis indicated that Y2805 was closely associated with the reference strain S288C, whereas KSD-YC and 98-5 were grouped with Asian and European wine strains, respectively. Particularly, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in FDC1, involved in the biosynthesis of 4-vinylguaiacol (4-VG, a phenolic compound with a clove-like aroma), was found in KSD-YC, consistent with its lack of 4-VG production. Phenotype microarray (PM) analysis showed that KSD-YC and 98-5 displayed broader substrate utilization than S288C and Y2805. The SNPs detected by genome comparison were mapped to the genes responsible for the observed phenotypic differences. In addition, detailed information on the structural organization of Y2805 selection markers was validated by Sanger sequencing. Integrated genomics and PM analysis elucidated the evolutionary history and genetic diversity of industrial S. cerevisiae strains, providing a platform to improve fermentation processes and genetic manipulation.
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- Ye Ji Son
- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Korea Food Research InstituteWanju‐GunJeollabukdoKorea
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- School of Systems Biomedical ScienceSoongsil UniversitySeoulKorea
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- School of Systems Biomedical ScienceSoongsil UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of BiotechnologyYonsei UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of BiotechnologyYonsei UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Life ScienceChung‐Ang UniversitySeoulKorea
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Hayashi M, Ohnuki S, Tsai Y, Kondo N, Zhou Y, Zhang H, Ishii NT, Ding T, Herbig M, Isozaki A, Ohya Y, Goda K. Is AI essential? Examining the need for deep learning in image-activated sorting of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. LAB ON A CHIP 2023; 23:4232-4244. [PMID: 37650583 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00556a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a focal point across a multitude of societal sectors, with science not being an exception. Particularly in the life sciences, imaging flow cytometry has increasingly integrated AI for automated management and categorization of extensive cell image data. However, the necessity of AI over traditional classification methods when extending imaging flow cytometry to include cell sorting remains uncertain, primarily due to the time constraints between image acquisition and sorting actuation. AI-enabled image-activated cell sorting (IACS) methods remain substantially limited, even as recent advancements in IACS have found success while largely relying on traditional feature gating strategies. Here we assess the necessity of AI for image classification in IACS by contrasting the performance of feature gating, classical machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in the differentiation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant images. We show that classical ML could only yield a 2.8-fold enhancement in target enrichment capability, albeit at the cost of a 13.7-fold increase in processing time. Conversely, a CNN could offer an 11.0-fold improvement in enrichment capability at an 11.5-fold increase in processing time. We further executed IACS on mixed mutant populations and quantified target strain enrichment via downstream DNA sequencing to substantiate the applicability of DL for the proposed study. Our findings validate the feasibility and value of employing DL in IACS for morphology-based genetic screening of S. cerevisiae, encouraging its incorporation in future advancements of similar technologies.
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- Mika Hayashi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8562, Japan.
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- CYBO, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Marr RA, Moore J, Formby S, Martiniuk JT, Hamilton J, Ralli S, Konwar K, Rajasundaram N, Hahn A, Measday V. Whole genome sequencing of Canadian Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from spontaneous wine fermentations reveals a new Pacific West Coast Wine clade. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:jkad130. [PMID: 37307358 PMCID: PMC10411583 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad130] [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: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Vineyards in wine regions around the world are reservoirs of yeast with oenological potential. Saccharomyces cerevisiae ferments grape sugars to ethanol and generates flavor and aroma compounds in wine. Wineries place a high-value on identifying yeast native to their region to develop a region-specific wine program. Commercial wine strains are genetically very similar due to a population bottleneck and in-breeding compared to the diversity of S. cerevisiae from the wild and other industrial processes. We have isolated and microsatellite-typed hundreds of S. cerevisiae strains from spontaneous fermentations of grapes from the Okanagan Valley wine region in British Columbia, Canada. We chose 75 S. cerevisiae strains, based on our microsatellite clustering data, for whole genome sequencing using Illumina paired-end reads. Phylogenetic analysis shows that British Columbian S. cerevisiae strains cluster into 4 clades: Wine/European, Transpacific Oak, Beer 1/Mixed Origin, and a new clade that we have designated as Pacific West Coast Wine. The Pacific West Coast Wine clade has high nucleotide diversity and shares genomic characteristics with wild North American oak strains but also has gene flow from Wine/European and Ecuadorian clades. We analyzed gene copy number variations to find evidence of domestication and found that strains in the Wine/European and Pacific West Coast Wine clades have gene copy number variation reflective of adaptations to the wine-making environment. The "wine circle/Region B", a cluster of 5 genes acquired by horizontal gene transfer into the genome of commercial wine strains is also present in the majority of the British Columbian strains in the Wine/European clade but in a minority of the Pacific West Coast Wine clade strains. Previous studies have shown that S. cerevisiae strains isolated from Mediterranean Oak trees may be the living ancestors of European wine yeast strains. This study is the first to isolate S. cerevisiae strains with genetic similarity to nonvineyard North American Oak strains from spontaneous wine fermentations.
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- R Alexander Marr
- Genome Science and Technology Graduate Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4S6, Canada
- Department of Food Science, Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Genome Science and Technology Graduate Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4S6, Canada
- Department of Food Science, Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Koonkie Canada Inc., 321 Water Street Suite 501, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Food Science Graduate Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive East K9625, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Koonkie Canada Inc., 321 Water Street Suite 501, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, Canada
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- Koonkie Canada Inc., 321 Water Street Suite 501, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, Canada
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- Koonkie Canada Inc., 321 Water Street Suite 501, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, Canada
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- Department of Food Science, Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Investigation of Geraniol Biotransformation by Commercial Saccharomyces Yeast Strains by Two Headspace Techniques: Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) and Proton Transfer Reaction-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS). FERMENTATION-BASEL 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9030294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Hop-derived volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their transformation products significantly impact beer flavour and aroma. Geraniol, a key monoterpene alcohol in hops, has been reported to undergo yeast-modulated biotransformation into various terpenoids during fermentation, which impacts the citrus and floral aromas of the finished beer. This study monitored the evolution of geraniol and its transformation products throughout fermentation to provide insight into differences as a function of yeast species and strain. The headspace concentration of VOCs produced during fermentation in model wort was measured using Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) and Proton Transfer Reaction-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS). In the absence of yeast, only geraniol was detected, and no terpenoid compounds were detected in geraniol-free ferments. During fermentation, the depletion of geraniol was closely followed by the detection of citronellol, citronellyl acetate and geranyl acetate. The concentration of the products and formation behaviour was yeast strain dependent. SPME-GC/MS provided confidence in compound identification. PTR-ToF-MS allowed online monitoring of these transformation products, showing when formation differed between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces pastorianus yeasts. A better understanding of the ability of different yeast to biotransform hop terpenes will help brewers predict, control, and optimize the aroma of the finished beer.
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Mierke F, Brink DP, Norbeck J, Siewers V, Andlid T. Functional genome annotation and transcriptome analysis of Pseudozyma hubeiensis BOT-O, an oleaginous yeast that utilizes glucose and xylose at equal rates. Fungal Genet Biol 2023; 166:103783. [PMID: 36870442 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Pseudozyma hubeiensis is a basidiomycete yeast that has the highly desirable traits for lignocellulose valorisation of being equally efficient at utilization of glucose and xylose, and capable of their co-utilization. The species has previously mainly been studied for its capacity to produce secreted biosurfactants in the form of mannosylerythritol lipids, but it is also an oleaginous species capable of accumulating high levels of triacylglycerol storage lipids during nutrient starvation. In this study, we aimed to further characterize the oleaginous nature of P. hubeiensis by evaluating metabolism and gene expression responses during storage lipid formation conditions with glucose or xylose as a carbon source. The genome of the recently isolated P. hubeiensis BOT-O strain was sequenced using MinION long-read sequencing and resulted in the most contiguous P. hubeiensis assembly to date with 18.95 Mb in 31 contigs. Using transcriptome data as experimental support, we generated the first mRNA-supported P. hubeiensis genome annotation and identified 6540 genes. 80% of the predicted genes were assigned functional annotations based on protein homology to other yeasts. Based on the annotation, key metabolic pathways in BOT-O were reconstructed, including pathways for storage lipids, mannosylerythritol lipids and xylose assimilation. BOT-O was confirmed to consume glucose and xylose at equal rates, but during mixed glucose-xylose cultivation glucose was found to be taken up faster. Differential expression analysis revealed that only a total of 122 genes were significantly differentially expressed at a cut-off of |log2 fold change| ≥ 2 when comparing cultivation on xylose with glucose, during exponential growth and during nitrogen-starvation. Of these 122 genes, a core-set of 24 genes was identified that were differentially expressed at all time points. Nitrogen-starvation resulted in a larger transcriptional effect, with a total of 1179 genes with significant expression changes at the designated fold change cut-off compared with exponential growth on either glucose or xylose.
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- Friederike Mierke
- Food and Nutrition Science, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Food and Nutrition Science, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Gardner JM, Alperstein L, Walker ME, Zhang J, Jiranek V. Modern yeast development: finding the balance between tradition and innovation in contemporary winemaking. FEMS Yeast Res 2023; 23:6762920. [PMID: 36255399 PMCID: PMC9990983 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foac049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A key driver of quality in wines is the microbial population that undertakes fermentation of grape must. Winemakers can utilise both indigenous and purposefully inoculated yeasts to undertake alcoholic fermentation, imparting wines with aromas, flavours and palate structure and in many cases contributing to complexity and uniqueness. Importantly, having a toolbox of microbes helps winemakers make best use of the grapes they are presented with, and tackle fermentation difficulties with flexibility and efficiency. Each year the number of strains available commercially expands and more recently, includes strains of non-Saccharomyces, strains that have been improved using both classical and modern yeast technology and mixed cultures. Here we review what is available commercially, and what may be in the future, by exploring recent advances in fermentation relevant strain improvement technologies. We also report on the current use of microbes in the Australian wine industry, as reported by winemakers, as well as regulations around, and sentiment about the potential use of genetically modified organisms in the future.
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- Jennifer M Gardner
- Department of Wine Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Wine Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Wine Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Wine Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Wine Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia, Australia.,Australian Research Council Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, Urrbrae 5064, South Australia, Australia
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Joubert PM, Krasileva KV. The extrachromosomal circular DNAs of the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae contain a wide variety of LTR retrotransposons, genes, and effectors. BMC Biol 2022; 20:260. [PMID: 36424609 PMCID: PMC9694575 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01457-2] [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: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND One of the ways genomes respond to stress is by producing extrachromosomal circular DNAs (eccDNAs). EccDNAs can contain genes and dramatically increase their copy number. They can also reinsert into the genome, generating structural variation. They have been shown to provide a source of phenotypic and genotypic plasticity in several species. However, whole circularome studies have so far been limited to a few model organisms. Fungal plant pathogens are a serious threat to global food security in part because of their rapid adaptation to disease prevention strategies. Understanding the mechanisms fungal pathogens use to escape disease control is paramount to curbing their threat. RESULTS We present a whole circularome sequencing study of the rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae. We find that M. oryzae has a highly diverse circularome that contains many genes and shows evidence of large LTR retrotransposon activity. We find that genes enriched on eccDNAs in M. oryzae occur in genomic regions prone to presence-absence variation and that disease-associated genes are frequently on eccDNAs. Finally, we find that a subset of genes is never present on eccDNAs in our data, which indicates that the presence of these genes on eccDNAs is selected against. CONCLUSIONS Our study paves the way to understanding how eccDNAs contribute to adaptation in M. oryzae. Our analysis also reveals how M. oryzae eccDNAs differ from those of other species and highlights the need for further comparative characterization of eccDNAs across species to gain a better understanding of these molecules.
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- Pierre M Joubert
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Kato T, Takahashi T. Studies on the Genetic Characteristics of the Brewing Yeasts Saccharomyces: A Review. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREWING CHEMISTS 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03610470.2022.2134972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Taku Kato
- Brewing Science Laboratories, Asahi Quality and Innovations Ltd, Moriya, Japan
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- Core Technology Laboratories, Asahi Quality and Innovations Ltd, Moriya, Japan
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Kutyna DR, Onetto CA, Williams TC, Goold HD, Paulsen IT, Pretorius IS, Johnson DL, Borneman AR. Construction of a synthetic Saccharomyces cerevisiae pan-genome neo-chromosome. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3628. [PMID: 35750675 PMCID: PMC9232646 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31305-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
The Synthetic Yeast Genome Project (Sc2.0) represents the first foray into eukaryotic genome engineering and a framework for designing and building the next generation of industrial microbes. However, the laboratory strain S288c used lacks many of the genes that provide phenotypic diversity to industrial and environmental isolates. To address this shortcoming, we have designed and constructed a neo-chromosome that contains many of these diverse pan-genomic elements and which is compatible with the Sc2.0 design and test framework. The presence of this neo-chromosome provides phenotypic plasticity to the Sc2.0 parent strain, including expanding the range of utilizable carbon sources. We also demonstrate that the induction of programmable structural variation (SCRaMbLE) provides genetic diversity on which further adaptive gains could be selected. The presence of this neo-chromosome within the Sc2.0 backbone may therefore provide the means to adapt synthetic strains to a wider variety of environments, a process which will be vital to transitioning Sc2.0 from the laboratory into industrial applications. The Sc2.0 consortia is reengineering the yeast genome. To expand the Sc2.0 genetic repertoire, the authors build a neo-chromosome comprising variable loci from diverse yeast isolates, providing phenotypic plasticity for use in synthetic backgrounds.
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- Dariusz R Kutyna
- The Australian Wine Research Institute, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- The Australian Wine Research Institute, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2019, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2019, Australia.,New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Woodbridge Road, Menangle, NSW, 2568, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2019, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2019, Australia.,The Chancellery, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- The Australian Wine Research Institute, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia.,The Chancellery, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- The Australian Wine Research Institute, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia. .,School of Wine, Food and Agriculture, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
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Pretorius IS. Visualising the next frontiers in wine yeast research. FEMS Yeast Res 2022; 22:6530195. [PMID: 35175339 PMCID: PMC8916113 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foac010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A range of game-changing biodigital and biodesign technologies are coming of age all around us, transforming our world in complex ways that are hard to predict. Not a day goes by without news of how data-centric engineering, algorithm-driven modelling, and biocyber technologies—including the convergence of artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated robotics, quantum computing, and genome editing—will change our world. If we are to be better at expecting the unexpected in the world of wine, we need to gain deeper insights into the potential and limitations of these technological developments and advances along with their promise and perils. This article anticipates how these fast-expanding bioinformational and biodesign toolkits might lead to the creation of synthetic organisms and model systems, and ultimately new understandings of biological complexities could be achieved. A total of four future frontiers in wine yeast research are discussed in this article: the construction of fully synthetic yeast genomes, including minimal genomes; supernumerary pan-genome neochromosomes; synthetic metagenomes; and synthetic yeast communities. These four concepts are at varying stages of development with plenty of technological pitfalls to overcome before such model chromosomes, genomes, strains, and yeast communities could illuminate some of the ill-understood aspects of yeast resilience, fermentation performance, flavour biosynthesis, and ecological interactions in vineyard and winery settings. From a winemaker's perspective, some of these ideas might be considered as far-fetched and, as such, tempting to ignore. However, synthetic biologists know that by exploring these futuristic concepts in the laboratory could well forge new research frontiers to deepen our understanding of the complexities of consistently producing fine wines with different fermentation processes from distinctive viticultural terroirs. As the saying goes in the disruptive technology industry, it take years to create an overnight success. The purpose of this article is neither to glorify any of these concepts as a panacea to all ills nor to crucify them as a danger to winemaking traditions. Rather, this article suggests that these proposed research endeavours deserve due consideration because they are likely to cast new light on the genetic blind spots of wine yeasts, and how they interact as communities in vineyards and wineries. Future-focussed research is, of course, designed to be subject to revision as new data and technologies become available. Successful dislodging of old paradigms with transformative innovations will require open-mindedness and pragmatism, not dogmatism—and this can make for a catch-22 situation in an archetypal traditional industry, such as the wine industry, with its rich territorial and socio-cultural connotations.
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- I S Pretorius
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Walker ME, Watson TL, Large CRL, Berkovich Y, Lang TA, Dunham MJ, Formby S, Jiranek V. OUP accepted manuscript. FEMS Yeast Res 2022; 22:6574411. [PMID: 35472090 PMCID: PMC9329090 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foac022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In winemaking, slow or stuck alcoholic fermentation can impact processing efficiency and wine quality. Residual fructose in the later stages of fermentation can leave the wine ‘out of specification’ unless removed, which requires reinoculation or use of a more fructophilic yeast. As such, robust, fermentation efficient strains are still highly desirable to reduce this risk. We report on a combined EMS mutagenesis and Directed Evolution (DE) approach as a ‘proof of concept’ to improve fructose utilization and decrease fermentation duration. One evolved isolate, Tee 9, was evaluated against the parent, AWRI 796 in defined medium (CDGJM) and Semillon juice. Interestingly, Tee 9 exhibited improved fermentation in CDGJM at several nitrogen contents, but not in juice. Genomic comparison between AWRI 796 and Tee 9 identified 371 mutations, but no chromosomal copy number variation. A total of 95 noncoding and 276 coding mutations were identified in 297 genes (180 of which encode proteins with one or more substitutions). Whilst introduction of two of these, Gid7 (E726K) or Fba1 (G135S), into AWRI 796 did not lead to the fermentation improvement seen in Tee 9, similar allelic swaps with the other mutations are needed to understand Tee 9’s adaption to CDGJM. Furthermore, the 378 isolates, potentially mutagenized but with the same genetic background, are likely a useful resource for future phenotyping and genome-wide association studies.
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 3720 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Department of Wine Science, The University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- Department of Wine Science, The University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 3720 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Bioinformatics Graduate Program, University of British Columbia, Genome Sciences Centre, BCCA, 100-570 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada
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- Corresponding author: Department of Wine Science, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia. Tel: +61 8 313 5561; E-mail:
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Miao YB, Lin YJ, Chen KH, Luo PK, Chuang SH, Yu YT, Tai HM, Chen CT, Lin KJ, Sung HW. Engineering Nano- and Microparticles as Oral Delivery Vehicles to Promote Intestinal Lymphatic Drug Transport. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2104139. [PMID: 34596293 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202104139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Targeted oral delivery of a drug via the intestinal lymphatic system (ILS) has the advantages of protecting against hepatic first-pass metabolism of the drug and improving its pharmacokinetic performance. It is also a promising route for the oral delivery of vaccines and therapeutic agents to induce mucosal immune responses and treat lymphatic diseases, respectively. This article describes the anatomical structures and physiological characteristics of the ILS, with an emphasis on enterocytes and microfold (M) cells, which are the main gateways for the transport of particulate delivery vehicles across the intestinal epithelium into the lymphatics. A comprehensive overview of recent advances in the rational engineering of particulate vehicles, along with the challenges and opportunities that they present for improving ILS drug delivery, is provided, and the mechanisms by which such vehicles target and transport through enterocytes or M cells are discussed. The use of naturally sourced materials, such as yeast microcapsules and their derived polymeric β-glucans, as novel ILS-targeting delivery vehicles is also reviewed. Such use is the focus of an emerging field of research. Their potential use in the oral delivery of nucleic acids, such as mRNA vaccines, is proposed.
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- Yang-Bao Miao
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Heasley LR, Argueso JL. Genomic characterization of a wild diploid isolate of Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals an extensive and dynamic landscape of structural variation. Genetics 2021; 220:6428545. [PMID: 34791219 PMCID: PMC9176296 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been extensively characterized for many decades and is a critical resource for the study of numerous facets of eukaryotic biology. Recently, whole genome sequence analysis of over 1000 natural isolates of S. cerevisiae has provided critical insights into the evolutionary landscape of this species by revealing a population structure comprised of numerous genomically diverse lineages. These survey-level analyses have been largely devoid of structural genomic information, mainly because short read sequencing is not suitable for detailed characterization of genomic architecture. Consequently, we still lack a complete perspective of the genomic variation the exists within the species. Single molecule long read sequencing technologies, such as Oxford Nanopore and PacBio, provide sequencing-based approaches with which to rigorously define the structure of a genome, and have empowered yeast geneticists to explore this poorly described realm of eukaryotic genomics. Here, we present the comprehensive genomic structural analysis of a wild diploid isolate of S. cerevisiae, YJM311. We used long read sequence analysis to construct a haplotype-phased, telomere-to-telomere length assembly of the YJM311 genome and characterized the structural variations (SVs) therein. We discovered that the genome of YJM311 contains significant intragenomic structural variation, some of which imparts notable consequences to the genomic stability and developmental biology of the strain. Collectively, we outline a new methodology for creating accurate haplotype-phased genome assemblies and highlight how such genomic analyses can define the structural architectures of S. cerevisiae isolates. It is our hope that continued structural characterization of S. cerevisiae genomes, such as we have reported here for YJM311, will comprehensively advance our understanding of eukaryotic genome structure-function relationships, structural genomic diversity, and evolution.
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- Lydia R Heasley
- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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Bordet F, Roullier-Gall C, Ballester J, Vichi S, Quintanilla-Casas B, Gougeon RD, Julien-Ortiz A, Kopplin PS, Alexandre H. Different Wines from Different Yeasts? " Saccharomyces cerevisiae Intraspecies Differentiation by Metabolomic Signature and Sensory Patterns in Wine". Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9112327. [PMID: 34835452 PMCID: PMC8620830 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9112327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Alcoholic fermentation is known to be a key stage in the winemaking process that directly impacts the composition and quality of the final product. Twelve wines were obtained from fermentations of Chardonnay must made with twelve different commercial wine yeast strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In our study, FT-ICR-MS, GC-MS, and sensory analysis were combined with multivariate analysis. Ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry (uHRMS) was able to highlight hundreds of metabolites specific to each strain from the same species, although they are characterized by the same technological performances. Furthermore, the significant involvement of nitrogen metabolism in this differentiation was considered. The modulation of primary metabolism was also noted at the volatilome and sensory levels. Sensory analysis allowed us to classify wines into three groups based on descriptors associated with white wine. Thirty-five of the volatile compounds analyzed, including esters, medium-chain fatty acids, superior alcohols, and terpenes discriminate and give details about differences between wines. Therefore, phenotypic differences within the same species revealed metabolic differences that resulted in the diversity of the volatile fraction that participates in the palette of the sensory pattern. This original combination of metabolomics with the volatilome and sensory approaches provides an integrative vision of the characteristics of a given strain. Metabolomics shine the new light on intraspecific discrimination in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae species.
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- Fanny Bordet
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, AgroSup Dijon, PAM UMR A 02.102, F-21000 Dijon, France-Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin (IUVV), Rue Claude Ladrey, BP 27877, CEDEX, 21078 Dijon, France; (C.R.-G.); (R.D.G.); (H.A.)
- Lallemand SAS, 19 Rue des Briquetiers, CEDEX, 31700 Blagnac, France;
- Correspondence:
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, AgroSup Dijon, PAM UMR A 02.102, F-21000 Dijon, France-Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin (IUVV), Rue Claude Ladrey, BP 27877, CEDEX, 21078 Dijon, France; (C.R.-G.); (R.D.G.); (H.A.)
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRA, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France;
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- Food Science and Gastronomy Department, University of Barcelona, Nutrition, INSA (Institut de Recerca en Nutricio I Seguretat Alimentaria), 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain; (S.V.); (B.Q.-C.)
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- Food Science and Gastronomy Department, University of Barcelona, Nutrition, INSA (Institut de Recerca en Nutricio I Seguretat Alimentaria), 08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain; (S.V.); (B.Q.-C.)
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, AgroSup Dijon, PAM UMR A 02.102, F-21000 Dijon, France-Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin (IUVV), Rue Claude Ladrey, BP 27877, CEDEX, 21078 Dijon, France; (C.R.-G.); (R.D.G.); (H.A.)
- DIVVA (Développement Innovation Vigne Vin Aliments) Platform/PAM UMR, IUVV, Rue Claude Ladrey, BP 27877, CEDEX, 21078 Dijon, France
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- Lallemand SAS, 19 Rue des Briquetiers, CEDEX, 31700 Blagnac, France;
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- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany;
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- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, AgroSup Dijon, PAM UMR A 02.102, F-21000 Dijon, France-Institut Universitaire de la Vigne et du Vin (IUVV), Rue Claude Ladrey, BP 27877, CEDEX, 21078 Dijon, France; (C.R.-G.); (R.D.G.); (H.A.)
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Strain-Specific Responses by Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Competition by Non-Saccharomyces Yeasts. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation7030165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The use of non-Saccharomyces yeast species generally involves sequential or co-inoculation of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain to complete fermentation. While most studies have focused on characterising the impact that S. cerevisiae has on the growth and metabolic activity of these non-Saccharomyces species, microbial interactions work reciprocally. Antagonism or competition of non-Saccharomyces species against S. cerevisiae has been shown to impact subsequent fermentation performance. To date, it remains unclear whether these negative interactions are strain specific. Hence, characterisation of strain-specific responses to co-inoculation would enable the identification of specific S. cerevisiae strain/non-Saccharomyces combinations that minimise the negative impacts of sequential fermentation on fermentation performance. The competitive fitness response of 93 S. cerevisiae strains to several non-Saccharomyces species was simultaneously investigated using a barcoded library to address this knowledge gap. Strain-specific fitness differences were observed across non-Saccharomyces treatments. Results obtained from experiments using selected S. cerevisiae strains sequentially inoculated after Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Torulaspora delbrueckii were consistent with the competitive barcoded library observations. The results presented in this study indicate that strain selection will influence fermentation performance when using non-Saccharomyces species, therefore, appropriate strain/yeast combinations are required to optimise fermentation.
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Hazan R, Schoemann M, Klutstein M. Endurance of extremely prolonged nutrient prevention across kingdoms of life. iScience 2021; 24:102745. [PMID: 34258566 PMCID: PMC8258982 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Numerous observations demonstrate that microorganisms can survive very long periods of nutrient deprivation and starvation. Moreover, it is evident that prolonged periods of starvation are a feature of many habitats, and many cells in all kingdoms of life are found in prolonged starvation conditions. Bacteria exhibit a range of responses to long-term starvation. These include genetic adaptations such as the long-term stationary phase and the growth advantage in stationary phase phenotypes characterized by mutations in stress-signaling genes and elevated mutation rates. Here, we suggest using the term "endurance of prolonged nutrient prevention" (EPNP phase), to describe this phase, which was also recently described in eukaryotes. Here, we review this literature and describe the current knowledge about the adaptations to very long-term starvation conditions in bacteria and eukaryotes, its conceptual and structural conservation across all kingdoms of life, and point out possible directions that merit further research.
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- Ronen Hazan
- Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains used industrially for bioethanol production. Essays Biochem 2021; 65:147-161. [PMID: 34156078 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20200160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Fuel ethanol is produced by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae mainly from corn starch in the United States and from sugarcane sucrose in Brazil, which together manufacture ∼85% of a global yearly production of 109.8 million m3 (in 2019). While in North America genetically engineered (GE) strains account for ∼80% of the ethanol produced, including strains that express amylases and are engineered to produce higher ethanol yields; in South America, mostly (>90%) non-GE strains are used in ethanol production, primarily as starters in non-aseptic fermentation systems with cell recycling. In spite of intensive research exploring lignocellulosic ethanol (or second generation ethanol), this option still accounts for <1% of global ethanol production. In this mini-review, we describe the main aspects of fuel ethanol production, emphasizing bioprocesses operating in North America and Brazil. We list and describe the main properties of several commercial yeast products (i.e., yeast strains) that are available worldwide to bioethanol producers, including GE strains with their respective genetic modifications. We also discuss recent studies that have started to shed light on the genes and traits that are important for the persistence and dominance of yeast strains in the non-aseptic process in Brazil. While Brazilian bioethanol yeast strains originated from a historical process of domestication for sugarcane fermentation, leading to a unique group with significant economic applications, in U.S.A., guided selection, breeding and genetic engineering approaches have driven the generation of new yeast products for the market.
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Huang Q, Wu ZH, Li WF, Guo R, Xu JS, Dang XQ, Ma ZG, Chen YP, Evans JD. Genome and Evolutionary Analysis of Nosema ceranae: A Microsporidian Parasite of Honey Bees. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:645353. [PMID: 34149635 PMCID: PMC8206274 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.645353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Microsporidia comprise a phylum of single cell, intracellular parasites and represent the earliest diverging branch in the fungal kingdom. The microsporidian parasite Nosema ceranae primarily infects honey bee gut epithelial cells, leading to impaired memory, suppressed host immune responses and colony collapse under certain circumstances. As the genome of N. ceranae is challenging to assembly due to very high genetic diversity and repetitive region, the genome was re-sequenced using long reads. We present a robust 8.8 Mbp genome assembly of 2,280 protein coding genes, including a high number of genes involved in transporting nutrients and energy, as well as drug resistance when compared with sister species Nosema apis. We also describe the loss of the critical protein Dicer in approximately half of the microsporidian species, giving new insights into the availability of RNA interference pathway in this group. Our results provided new insights into the pathogenesis of N. ceranae and a blueprint for treatment strategies that target this parasite without harming honey bees. The unique infectious apparatus polar filament and transportation pathway members can help to identify treatments to control this parasite.
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- Qiang Huang
- Honeybee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Honeybee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
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- US Department of Agriculture-Aricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- US Department of Agriculture-Aricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States
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Gorkovskiy A, Verstrepen KJ. The Role of Structural Variation in Adaptation and Evolution of Yeast and Other Fungi. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:699. [PMID: 34066718 PMCID: PMC8150848 DOI: 10.3390/genes12050699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Mutations in DNA can be limited to one or a few nucleotides, or encompass larger deletions, insertions, duplications, inversions and translocations that span long stretches of DNA or even full chromosomes. These so-called structural variations (SVs) can alter the gene copy number, modify open reading frames, change regulatory sequences or chromatin structure and thus result in major phenotypic changes. As some of the best-known examples of SV are linked to severe genetic disorders, this type of mutation has traditionally been regarded as negative and of little importance for adaptive evolution. However, the advent of genomic technologies uncovered the ubiquity of SVs even in healthy organisms. Moreover, experimental evolution studies suggest that SV is an important driver of evolution and adaptation to new environments. Here, we provide an overview of the causes and consequences of SV and their role in adaptation, with specific emphasis on fungi since these have proven to be excellent models to study SV.
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- Anton Gorkovskiy
- Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium;
- Laboratory for Systems Biology, VIB—KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Bio-Incubator, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Genetics and Genomics, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium;
- Laboratory for Systems Biology, VIB—KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Bio-Incubator, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Luzzini G, Slaghenaufi D, Pasetto F, Ugliano M. Influence of grape composition and origin, yeast strain and spontaneous fermentation on aroma profile of Corvina and Corvinone wines. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Genome-wide toxicogenomic study of the lanthanides sheds light on the selective toxicity mechanisms associated with critical materials. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2025952118. [PMID: 33903247 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025952118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Lanthanides are a series of critical elements widely used in multiple industries, such as optoelectronics and healthcare. Although initially considered to be of low toxicity, concerns have emerged during the last few decades over their impact on human health. The toxicological profile of these metals, however, has been incompletely characterized, with most studies to date solely focusing on one or two elements within the group. In the current study, we assessed potential toxicity mechanisms in the lanthanide series using a functional toxicogenomics approach in baker's yeast, which shares many cellular pathways and functions with humans. We screened the homozygous deletion pool of 4,291 Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with the lanthanides and identified both common and unique functional effects of these metals. Three very different trends were observed within the lanthanide series, where deletions of certain proteins on membranes and organelles had no effect on the cellular response to early lanthanides while inducing yeast sensitivity and resistance to middle and late lanthanides, respectively. Vesicle-mediated transport (primarily endocytosis) was highlighted by both gene ontology and pathway enrichment analyses as one of the main functions disturbed by the majority of the metals. Protein-protein network analysis indicated that yeast response to lanthanides relied on proteins that participate in regulatory paths used for calcium (and other biologically relevant cations), and lanthanide toxicity included disruption of biosynthetic pathways by enzyme inhibition. Last, multiple genes and proteins identified in the network analysis have human orthologs, suggesting that those may also be targeted by lanthanides in humans.
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Pretorius IS. Tasting the terroir of wine yeast innovation. FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 20:5674549. [PMID: 31830254 PMCID: PMC6964221 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foz084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Wine is an archetypal traditional fermented beverage with strong territorial and socio-cultural connotations. Its 7000 year history is patterned by a tradition of innovation. Every value-adding innovation − whether in the vineyard, winery, supply chain or marketplace − that led to the invention of a new tradition spurred progress and created a brighter future from past developments. In a way, wine traditions can be defined as remembered innovations from the distant past − inherited knowledge and wisdom that withstood the test of time. Therefore, it should not be assumed a priori that tradition and innovation are polar opposites. The relations between the forces driven by the anchors of tradition and the wings of innovation do not necessarily involve displacement, conflict or exclusiveness. Innovation can strengthen wine tradition, and the reinvention of a tradition-bound practice, approach or concept can foster innovation. In cases where a paradigm-shifting innovation disrupts a tradition, the process of such an innovation transitioning into a radically new tradition can become protracted while proponents of divergent opinions duke it out. Sometimes these conflicting opinions are based on fact, and sometimes not. The imperfections of such a debate between the ‘ancients’ and the ‘moderns’ can, from time to time, obscure the line between myth and reality. Therefore, finding the right balance between traditions worth keeping and innovations worth implementing can be complex. The intent here is to harness the creative tension between science fiction and science fact when innovation's first-principles challenge the status quo by re-examining the foundational principles about a core traditional concept, such as terroir. Poignant questions are raised about the importance of the terroir (biogeography) of yeasts and the value of the microbiome of grapes to wine quality. This article imagines a metaphorical terroir free from cognitive biases where diverse perspectives can converge to uncork the effervescent power of territorial yeast populations as well as ‘nomadic’ yeast starter cultures. At the same time, this paper also engages in mental time-travel. A future scenario is imagined, explored, tested and debated where terroir-less yeast avatars are equipped with designer genomes to safely and consistently produce, individually or in combination with region-specific wild yeasts and or other starter cultures, high-quality wine according to the preferences of consumers in a range of markets. The purpose of this review is to look beyond the horizon and to synthesize a link between what we know now and what could be. This article informs readers where to look without suggesting what they must see as a way forward. In the context of one of the world's oldest fermentation industries − steeped in a rich history of tradition and innovation − the mantra here is: respect the past, lead the present and secure the future of wine.
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- I S Pretorius
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, 19 Eastern Road, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Jacobus AP, Stephens TG, Youssef P, González-Pech R, Ciccotosto-Camp MM, Dougan KE, Chen Y, Basso LC, Frazzon J, Chan CX, Gross J. Comparative Genomics Supports That Brazilian Bioethanol Saccharomyces cerevisiae Comprise a Unified Group of Domesticated Strains Related to Cachaça Spirit Yeasts. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:644089. [PMID: 33936002 PMCID: PMC8082247 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.644089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Ethanol production from sugarcane is a key renewable fuel industry in Brazil. Major drivers of this alcoholic fermentation are Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that originally were contaminants to the system and yet prevail in the industrial process. Here we present newly sequenced genomes (using Illumina short-read and PacBio long-read data) of two monosporic isolates (H3 and H4) of the S. cerevisiae PE-2, a predominant bioethanol strain in Brazil. The assembled genomes of H3 and H4, together with 42 draft genomes of sugarcane-fermenting (fuel ethanol plus cachaça) strains, were compared against those of the reference S288C and diverse S. cerevisiae. All genomes of bioethanol yeasts have amplified SNO2(3)/SNZ2(3) gene clusters for vitamin B1/B6 biosynthesis, and display ubiquitous presence of a particular family of SAM-dependent methyl transferases, rare in S. cerevisiae. Widespread amplifications of quinone oxidoreductases YCR102C/YLR460C/YNL134C, and the structural or punctual variations among aquaporins and components of the iron homeostasis system, likely represent adaptations to industrial fermentation. Interesting is the pervasive presence among the bioethanol/cachaça strains of a five-gene cluster (Region B) that is a known phylogenetic signature of European wine yeasts. Combining genomes of H3, H4, and 195 yeast strains, we comprehensively assessed whole-genome phylogeny of these taxa using an alignment-free approach. The 197-genome phylogeny substantiates that bioethanol yeasts are monophyletic and closely related to the cachaça and wine strains. Our results support the hypothesis that biofuel-producing yeasts in Brazil may have been co-opted from a pool of yeasts that were pre-adapted to alcoholic fermentation of sugarcane for the distillation of cachaça spirit, which historically is a much older industry than the large-scale fuel ethanol production.
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- Ana Paula Jacobus
- Laboratory for Genomics and Experimental Evolution of Yeasts, Institute for Bioenergy Research, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Biological Science Department, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Laboratory for Genomics and Experimental Evolution of Yeasts, Institute for Bioenergy Research, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil
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Slaghenaufi D, Indorato C, Troiano E, Luzzini G, Felis GE, Ugliano M. Fate of Grape-Derived Terpenoids in Model Systems Containing Active Yeast Cells. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:13294-13301. [PMID: 32153191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b08162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Terpenes are important contributors to wine aroma. Free and glycosidically bound terpenes are primarily formed in grapes. During fermentation, they undergo important transformation catalyzed by yeast, so that the terpene profile of grape is substantially different from that of the corresponding wine. The present paper assessed the ability of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain to transform 17 different terpenes. Biotransformation was performed by placing target compounds in incubation with resting cells. Volatile compounds produced were extracted by solid-phase extraction and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Geranyl acetate, neryl acetate, citronellyl acetate, and menthyl acetate were formed from the corresponding terpene alcohols. β-Citronellol was the main product of geraniol transformation; geranial, an intermediate of this pathway, has also been detected. Limonene was hydroxylated by yeast to form carveol, trans-2,8-menthadien-1-ol, and cis-2,8-menthadien-1-ol. Moreover, yeast cells were found to be able to adsorb a significant portion of the terpenes present in the reaction batches, with the extent of this phenomenon being linked to terpene hydrophobicity.
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- Davide Slaghenaufi
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Villa Lebrecht, Via della Pieve 70, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Villa Lebrecht, Via della Pieve 70, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Villa Lebrecht, Via della Pieve 70, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Villa Lebrecht, Via della Pieve 70, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Villa Lebrecht, Via della Pieve 70, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Villa Lebrecht, Via della Pieve 70, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano, Italy
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Lahue C, Madden AA, Dunn RR, Smukowski Heil C. History and Domestication of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Bread Baking. Front Genet 2020; 11:584718. [PMID: 33262788 PMCID: PMC7686800 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.584718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been instrumental in the fermentation of foods and beverages for millennia. In addition to fermentations like wine, beer, cider, sake, and bread, S. cerevisiae has been isolated from environments ranging from soil and trees, to human clinical isolates. Each of these environments has unique selection pressures that S. cerevisiae must adapt to. Bread dough, for example, requires S. cerevisiae to efficiently utilize the complex sugar maltose; tolerate osmotic stress due to the semi-solid state of dough, high salt, and high sugar content of some doughs; withstand various processing conditions, including freezing and drying; and produce desirable aromas and flavors. In this review, we explore the history of bread that gave rise to modern commercial baking yeast, and the genetic and genomic changes that accompanied this. We illustrate the genetic and phenotypic variation that has been documented in baking strains and wild strains, and how this variation might be used for baking strain improvement. While we continue to improve our understanding of how baking strains have adapted to bread dough, we conclude by highlighting some of the remaining open questions in the field.
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- Caitlin Lahue
- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, The GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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Molinet J, Cubillos FA. Wild Yeast for the Future: Exploring the Use of Wild Strains for Wine and Beer Fermentation. Front Genet 2020; 11:589350. [PMID: 33240332 PMCID: PMC7667258 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.589350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The continuous usage of single Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains as starter cultures in fermentation led to the domestication and propagation of highly specialized strains in fermentation, resulting in the standardization of wines and beers. In this way, hundreds of commercial strains have been developed to satisfy producers’ and consumers’ demands, including beverages with high/low ethanol content, nutrient deprivation tolerance, diverse aromatic profiles, and fast fermentations. However, studies in the last 20 years have demonstrated that the genetic and phenotypic diversity in commercial S. cerevisiae strains is low. This lack of diversity limits alternative wines and beers, stressing the need to explore new genetic resources to differentiate each fermentation product. In this sense, wild strains harbor a higher than thought genetic and phenotypic diversity, representing a feasible option to generate new fermentative beverages. Numerous recent studies have identified alleles in wild strains that could favor phenotypes of interest, such as nitrogen consumption, tolerance to cold or high temperatures, and the production of metabolites, such as glycerol and aroma compounds. Here, we review the recent literature on the use of commercial and wild S. cerevisiae strains in wine and beer fermentation, providing molecular evidence of the advantages of using wild strains for the generation of improved genetic stocks for the industry according to the product style.
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- Jennifer Molinet
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,ANID - Millennium Science Initiative Program - Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO), Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,ANID - Millennium Science Initiative Program - Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO), Santiago, Chile
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Conventional models of genome evolution are centered around the principle that mutations form independently of each other and build up slowly over time. We characterized the occurrence of bursts of genome-wide loss-of-heterozygosity (LOH) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, providing support for an additional nonindependent and faster mode of mutation accumulation. We initially characterized a yeast clone isolated for carrying an LOH event at a specific chromosome site, and surprisingly found that it also carried multiple unselected rearrangements elsewhere in its genome. Whole-genome analysis of over 100 additional clones selected for carrying primary LOH tracts revealed that they too contained unselected structural alterations more often than control clones obtained without any selection. We also measured the rates of coincident LOH at two different chromosomes and found that double LOH formed at rates 14- to 150-fold higher than expected if the two underlying single LOH events occurred independently of each other. These results were consistent across different strain backgrounds and in mutants incapable of entering meiosis. Our results indicate that a subset of mitotic cells within a population can experience discrete episodes of systemic genomic instability, when the entire genome becomes vulnerable and multiple chromosomal alterations can form over a narrow time window. They are reminiscent of early reports from the classic yeast genetics literature, as well as recent studies in humans, both in cancer and genomic disorder contexts. The experimental model we describe provides a system to further dissect the fundamental biological processes responsible for punctuated bursts of structural genomic variation.
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Naranjo‐Ortiz MA, Gabaldón T. Fungal evolution: cellular, genomic and metabolic complexity. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2020; 95:1198-1232. [PMID: 32301582 PMCID: PMC7539958 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The question of how phenotypic and genomic complexity are inter-related and how they are shaped through evolution is a central question in biology that historically has been approached from the perspective of animals and plants. In recent years, however, fungi have emerged as a promising alternative system to address such questions. Key to their ecological success, fungi present a broad and diverse range of phenotypic traits. Fungal cells can adopt many different shapes, often within a single species, providing them with great adaptive potential. Fungal cellular organizations span from unicellular forms to complex, macroscopic multicellularity, with multiple transitions to higher or lower levels of cellular complexity occurring throughout the evolutionary history of fungi. Similarly, fungal genomes are very diverse in their architecture. Deep changes in genome organization can occur very quickly, and these phenomena are known to mediate rapid adaptations to environmental changes. Finally, the biochemical complexity of fungi is huge, particularly with regard to their secondary metabolites, chemical products that mediate many aspects of fungal biology, including ecological interactions. Herein, we explore how the interplay of these cellular, genomic and metabolic traits mediates the emergence of complex phenotypes, and how this complexity is shaped throughout the evolutionary history of Fungi.
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- Miguel A. Naranjo‐Ortiz
- Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)The Barcelona Institute of Science and TechnologyDr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona08003Spain
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- Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)The Barcelona Institute of Science and TechnologyDr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona08003Spain
- Department of Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003BarcelonaSpain
- ICREAPg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010BarcelonaSpain
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Lifestyle, Lineage, and Geographical Origin Influence Temperature-Dependent Phenotypic Variation across Yeast Strains during Wine Fermentation. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8091367. [PMID: 32906626 PMCID: PMC7565122 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8091367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts are a diverse group of single-celled eukaryotes with tremendous phenotypic variation in fermentation efficiency, particularly at different temperatures. Yeast can be categorized into subsets based on lifestyle (Clinical, Fermentation, Laboratory, and Wild), genetic lineage (Malaysian, Mosaic, North American, Sake, West African, and Wine), and geographical origin (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) to start to understand their ecology; however, little is known regarding the extent to which these groupings drive S. cerevisiae fermentative ability in grape juice at different fermentation temperatures. To investigate the response of yeast within the different subsets, we quantified fermentation performance in grape juice by measuring the lag time, maximal fermentation rate (Vmax), and fermentation finishing efficiency of 34 genetically diverse S. cerevisiae strains in grape juice at five environmentally and industrially relevant temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 °C). Extensive multivariate analysis was applied to determine the effects of lifestyle, lineage, geographical origin, strain, and temperature on yeast fermentation phenotypes. We show that fermentation capability is inherent to S. cerevisiae and that all factors are important in shaping strain fermentative ability, with temperature having the greatest impact, and geographical origin playing a lesser role than lifestyle or genetic lineage.
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Cámara E, Lenitz I, Nygård Y. A CRISPR activation and interference toolkit for industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain KE6-12. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14605. [PMID: 32884066 PMCID: PMC7471924 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71648-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9 based genome editing have considerably advanced genetic engineering of industrial yeast strains. In this study, we report the construction and characterization of a toolkit for CRISPR activation and interference (CRISPRa/i) for a polyploid industrial yeast strain. In the CRISPRa/i plasmids that are available in high and low copy variants, dCas9 is expressed alone, or as a fusion with an activation or repression domain; VP64, VPR or Mxi1. The sgRNA is introduced to the CRISPRa/i plasmids from a double stranded oligonucleotide by in vivo homology-directed repair, allowing rapid transcriptional modulation of new target genes without cloning. The CRISPRa/i toolkit was characterized by alteration of expression of fluorescent protein-encoding genes under two different promoters allowing expression alterations up to ~ 2.5-fold. Furthermore, we demonstrated the usability of the CRISPRa/i toolkit by improving the tolerance towards wheat straw hydrolysate of our industrial production strain. We anticipate that our CRISPRa/i toolkit can be widely used to assess novel targets for strain improvement and thus accelerate the design-build-test cycle for developing various industrial production strains.
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- Elena Cámara
- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Chicote JU, López-Sánchez M, Marquès-Bonet T, Callizo J, Pérez-Jurado LA, García-España A. Circular DNA intermediates in the generation of large human segmental duplications. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:593. [PMID: 32847497 PMCID: PMC7450558 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-06998-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Duplications of large genomic segments provide genetic diversity in genome evolution. Despite their importance, how these duplications are generated remains uncertain, particularly for distant duplicated genomic segments. Results Here we provide evidence of the participation of circular DNA intermediates in the single generation of some large human segmental duplications. A specific reversion of sequence order from A-B/C-D to B-A/D-C between duplicated segments and the presence of only microhomologies and short indels at the evolutionary breakpoints suggest a circularization of the donor ancestral locus and an accidental replicative interaction with the acceptor locus. Conclusions This novel mechanism of random genomic mutation could explain several distant genomic duplications including some of the ones that took place during recent human evolution.
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- Javier U Chicote
- Research Unit, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43005, Tarragona, Spain
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- Genetics Unit, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), 08010, Barcelona, Spain.,CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43005, Tarragona, Spain
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- Genetics Unit, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003, Barcelona, Spain. .,Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 08003, Barcelona, Spain. .,SA Clinical Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) & University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
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- Research Unit, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43005, Tarragona, Spain.
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Long-Term Adaption to High Osmotic Stress as a Tool for Improving Enological Characteristics in Industrial Wine Yeast. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11050576. [PMID: 32443892 PMCID: PMC7288280 DOI: 10.3390/genes11050576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Industrial wine yeasts owe their adaptability in constantly changing environments to a long evolutionary history that combines naturally occurring evolutionary events with human-enforced domestication. Among the many stressors associated with winemaking processes that have potentially detrimental impacts on yeast viability, growth, and fermentation performance are hyperosmolarity, high glucose concentrations at the beginning of fermentation, followed by the depletion of nutrients at the end of this process. Therefore, in this study, we subjected three widely used industrial wine yeasts to adaptive laboratory evolution under potassium chloride (KCl)-induced osmotic stress. At the end of the evolutionary experiment, we evaluated the tolerance to high osmotic stress of the evolved strains. All of the analyzed strains improved their fitness under high osmotic stress without worsening their economic characteristics, such as growth rate and viability. The evolved derivatives of two strains also gained the ability to accumulate glycogen, a readily mobilized storage form of glucose conferring enhanced viability and vitality of cells during prolonged nutrient deprivation. Moreover, laboratory-scale fermentation in grape juice showed that some of the KCl-evolved strains significantly enhanced glycerol synthesis and production of resveratrol-enriched wines, which in turn greatly improved the wine sensory profile. Altogether, these findings showed that long-term adaptations to osmotic stress can be an attractive approach to develop industrial yeasts.
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Devia J, Bastías C, Kessi-Pérez EI, Villarroel CA, De Chiara M, Cubillos FA, Liti G, Martínez C, Salinas F. Transcriptional Activity and Protein Levels of Horizontally Acquired Genes in Yeast Reveal Hallmarks of Adaptation to Fermentative Environments. Front Genet 2020; 11:293. [PMID: 32425968 PMCID: PMC7212421 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In the past decade, the sequencing of large cohorts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains has revealed a landscape of genomic regions acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT). The genes acquired by HGT play important roles in yeast adaptation to the fermentation process, improving nitrogen and carbon source utilization. However, the functional characterization of these genes at the molecular level has been poorly attended. In this work, we carried out a systematic analysis of the promoter activity and protein level of 30 genes contained in three horizontally acquired regions commonly known as regions A, B, and C. In three strains (one for each region), we used the luciferase reporter gene and the mCherry fluorescent protein to quantify the transcriptional and translational activity of these genes, respectively. We assayed the strains generated in four different culture conditions; all showed low levels of transcriptional and translational activity across these environments. However, we observed an increase in protein levels under low nitrogen culture conditions, suggesting a possible role of the horizontally acquired genes in the adaptation to nitrogen-limited environments. Furthermore, since the strains carrying the luciferase reporter gene are null mutants for the horizontally acquired genes, we assayed growth parameters (latency time, growth rate, and efficiency) and the fermentation kinetics in this set of deletion strains. The results showed that single deletion of 20 horizontally acquired genes modified the growth parameters, whereas the deletion of five of them altered the maximal CO2 production rate (Vmax). Interestingly, we observed a correlation between growth parameters and Vmax for an ORF within region A, encoding an ortholog to a thiamine (vitamin B1) transporter whose deletion decreased the growth rate, growth efficiency, and CO2 production. Altogether, our results provided molecular and phenotypic evidence highlighting the importance of horizontally acquired genes in yeast adaptation to fermentative environments.
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- Joaquín Devia
- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile.,Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile.,Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
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- CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad Tecnológica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile.,Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile.,Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile (UACH), Valdivia, Chile
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Adaptation to Industrial Stressors Through Genomic and Transcriptional Plasticity in a Bioethanol Producing Fission Yeast Isolate. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:1375-1391. [PMID: 32086247 PMCID: PMC7144085 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a model unicellular eukaryote with ties to the basic research, oenology and industrial biotechnology sectors. While most investigations into S. pombe cell biology utilize Leupold’s 972h- laboratory strain background, recent studies have described a wealth of genetic and phenotypic diversity within wild populations of S. pombe including stress resistance phenotypes which may be of interest to industry. Here we describe the genomic and transcriptomic characterization of Wilmar-P, an S. pombe isolate used for bioethanol production from sugarcane molasses at industrial scale. Novel sequences present in Wilmar-P but not in the laboratory S. pombe genome included multiple coding sequences with near-perfect nucleotide identity to Schizosaccharomyces octosporus sequences. Wilmar-P also contained a ∼100kb duplication in the right arm of chromosome III, a region harboring ght5+, the predominant hexose transporter encoding gene. Transcriptomic analysis of Wilmar-P grown in molasses revealed strong downregulation of core environmental stress response genes and upregulation of hexose transporters and drug efflux pumps compared to laboratory S. pombe. Finally, examination of the regulatory network of Scr1, which is involved in the regulation of several genes differentially expressed on molasses, revealed expanded binding of this transcription factor in Wilmar-P compared to laboratory S. pombe in the molasses condition. Together our results point to both genomic plasticity and transcriptomic adaptation as mechanisms driving phenotypic adaptation of Wilmar-P to the molasses environment and therefore adds to our understanding of genetic diversity within industrial fission yeast strains and the capacity of this strain for commercial scale bioethanol production.
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Morard M, Benavent-Gil Y, Ortiz-Tovar G, Pérez-Través L, Querol A, Toft C, Barrio E. Genome structure reveals the diversity of mating mechanisms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces kudriavzevii hybrids, and the genomic instability that promotes phenotypic diversity. Microb Genom 2020; 6:e000333. [PMID: 32065577 PMCID: PMC7200066 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Interspecific hybridization has played an important role in the evolution of eukaryotic organisms by favouring genetic interchange between divergent lineages to generate new phenotypic diversity involved in the adaptation to new environments. This way, hybridization between Saccharomyces species, involving the fusion between their metabolic capabilities, is a recurrent adaptive strategy in industrial environments. In the present study, whole-genome sequences of natural hybrids between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces kudriavzevii were obtained to unveil the mechanisms involved in the origin and evolution of hybrids, as well as the ecological and geographic contexts in which spontaneous hybridization and hybrid persistence take place. Although Saccharomyces species can mate using different mechanisms, we concluded that rare-mating is the most commonly used, but other mechanisms were also observed in specific hybrids. The preponderance of rare-mating was confirmed by performing artificial hybridization experiments. The mechanism used to mate determines the genomic structure of the hybrid and its final evolutionary outcome. The evolution and adaptability of the hybrids are triggered by genomic instability, resulting in a wide diversity of genomic rearrangements. Some of these rearrangements could be adaptive under the stressful conditions of the industrial environment.
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- Miguel Morard
- Departament de Genètica, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (IATA), CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (IATA), CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (IATA), CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
- Present address: Centro de Estudios Vitivinícolas de Baja California, México, CETYS Universidad, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (IATA), CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (IATA), CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (IATA), CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
- Present address: Institute for Integrative and Systems Biology, Universitat de València and CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de los Alimentos (IATA), CSIC, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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Hassan N, Sasano Y, Kimura S, Easmin F, Ekino K, Taguchi H, Harashima S. CRISPR-PCDup: a novel approach for simultaneous segmental chromosomal duplication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. AMB Express 2020; 10:27. [PMID: 32016717 PMCID: PMC6997328 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-020-0957-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In our previous study, a novel genome engineering technology, PCR-mediated chromosome duplication (PCDup), was developed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that enabled the duplication of any desired chromosomal region, resulting in a segmental aneuploid. From one round of transformation, PCDup can duplicate a single chromosomal region efficiently. However, simultaneous duplication of multiple chromosomal regions is not possible using PCDup technology, which is a serious drawback. Sequential duplication is possible, but this approach requires significantly more time and effort. Because PCDup depends upon homologous recombination, we reasoned that it might be possible to simultaneously create duplications of multiple chromosomal regions if we could increase the frequency of these events. Double-strand breaks have been shown to increase the frequency of homologous recombination around the break point. Thus, we aimed to integrate the genome editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 system, which induces double-strand breaks, with our conventional PCDup. The new method, which we named CRISPR-PCDup increased the efficiency of a single duplication by up to 30 fold. CRISPR-PCDup enabled the simultaneous duplication of long chromosomal segments (160 kb and 200 kb regions). Moreover, we were also able to increase the length of the duplicated chromosome by up to at least 400 kb, whereas conventional PCDup can duplicate up to a maximum of 300 kb. Given the enhanced efficiency of chromosomal segmental duplication and the saving in both labor and time, we propose that CRISPR-PCDup will be an invaluable technology for generating novel yeast strains with desirable traits for specific industrial applications and for investigating genome function in segmental aneuploid.
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Dumas E, Feurtey A, Rodríguez de la Vega RC, Le Prieur S, Snirc A, Coton M, Thierry A, Coton E, Le Piver M, Roueyre D, Ropars J, Branca A, Giraud T. Independent domestication events in the blue-cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:2639-2660. [PMID: 31960565 PMCID: PMC7497015 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Domestication provides an excellent framework for studying adaptive divergence. Using population genomics and phenotypic assays, we reconstructed the domestication history of the blue cheese mould Penicillium roqueforti. We showed that this fungus was domesticated twice independently. The population used in Roquefort originated from an old domestication event associated with weak bottlenecks and exhibited traits beneficial for pre‐industrial cheese production (slower growth in cheese and greater spore production on bread, the traditional multiplication medium). The other cheese population originated more recently from the selection of a single clonal lineage, was associated with all types of blue cheese worldwide except Roquefort, and displayed phenotypes more suited for industrial cheese production (high lipolytic activity, efficient cheese cavity colonization ability and salt tolerance). We detected genomic regions affected by recent positive selection and putative horizontal gene transfers. This study sheds light on the processes of rapid adaptation and raises questions about genetic resource conservation. see also the Perspective by Brigida Gallone, Jan Steensels and Kevin J. Verstrepen.
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- Emilie Dumas
- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France.,Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ghent, The Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) Center for Inflammation Research (IRC), Ghent, Belgium
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- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France.,Environmental Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Univ Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France
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- Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Œuf (STLO), UMR1253, Agrocampus Ouest, INRAE, Rennes, France
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- Univ Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire Interprofessionnel de Production - SAS L.I.P, Aurillac, France
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- Laboratoire Interprofessionnel de Production - SAS L.I.P, Aurillac, France
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- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Ecologie Systématique et Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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Kessi-Pérez EI, Molinet J, Martínez C. Disentangling the genetic bases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae nitrogen consumption and adaptation to low nitrogen environments in wine fermentation. Biol Res 2020; 53:2. [PMID: 31918759 PMCID: PMC6950849 DOI: 10.1186/s40659-019-0270-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been considered for more than 20 years as a premier model organism for biological sciences, also being the main microorganism used in wide industrial applications, like alcoholic fermentation in the winemaking process. Grape juice is a challenging environment for S. cerevisiae, with nitrogen deficiencies impairing fermentation rate and yeast biomass production, causing stuck or sluggish fermentations, thus generating sizeable economic losses for wine industry. In the present review, we summarize some recent efforts in the search of causative genes that account for yeast adaptation to low nitrogen environments, specially focused in wine fermentation conditions. We start presenting a brief perspective of yeast nitrogen utilization under wine fermentative conditions, highlighting yeast preference for some nitrogen sources above others. Then, we give an outlook of S. cerevisiae genetic diversity studies, paying special attention to efforts in genome sequencing for population structure determination and presenting QTL mapping as a powerful tool for phenotype-genotype correlations. Finally, we do a recapitulation of S. cerevisiae natural diversity related to low nitrogen adaptation, specially showing how different studies have left in evidence the central role of the TORC1 signalling pathway in nitrogen utilization and positioned wild S. cerevisiae strains as a reservoir of beneficial alleles with potential industrial applications (e.g. improvement of industrial yeasts for wine production). More studies focused in disentangling the genetic bases of S. cerevisiae adaptation in wine fermentation will be key to determine the domestication effects over low nitrogen adaptation, as well as to definitely proof that wild S. cerevisiae strains have potential genetic determinants for better adaptation to low nitrogen conditions.
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- Eduardo I Kessi-Pérez
- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile.
- Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos (CECTA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile.
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Gallone B, Steensels J, Mertens S, Dzialo MC, Gordon JL, Wauters R, Theßeling FA, Bellinazzo F, Saels V, Herrera-Malaver B, Prahl T, White C, Hutzler M, Meußdoerffer F, Malcorps P, Souffriau B, Daenen L, Baele G, Maere S, Verstrepen KJ. Interspecific hybridization facilitates niche adaptation in beer yeast. Nat Ecol Evol 2019; 3:1562-1575. [PMID: 31636425 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0997-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hybridization between species often leads to non-viable or infertile offspring, yet examples of evolutionarily successful interspecific hybrids have been reported in all kingdoms of life. However, many questions on the ecological circumstances and evolutionary aftermath of interspecific hybridization remain unanswered. In this study, we sequenced and phenotyped a large set of interspecific yeast hybrids isolated from brewing environments to uncover the influence of interspecific hybridization in yeast adaptation and domestication. Our analyses demonstrate that several hybrids between Saccharomyces species originated and diversified in industrial environments by combining key traits of each parental species. Furthermore, posthybridization evolution within each hybrid lineage reflects subspecialization and adaptation to specific beer styles, a process that was accompanied by extensive chimerization between subgenomes. Our results reveal how interspecific hybridization provides an important evolutionary route that allows swift adaptation to novel environments.
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- Brigida Gallone
- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium.,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, TU München, Freising, Germany
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- Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, TU München, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. .,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium.
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Leuven, Belgium. .,CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. .,Leuven Institute for Beer Research, Leuven, Belgium.
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Langdon QK, Peris D, Baker EP, Opulente DA, Nguyen HV, Bond U, Gonçalves P, Sampaio JP, Libkind D, Hittinger CT. Fermentation innovation through complex hybridization of wild and domesticated yeasts. Nat Ecol Evol 2019; 3:1576-1586. [PMID: 31636426 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0998-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The most common fermented beverage, lager beer, is produced by interspecies hybrids of the brewing yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its wild relative S. eubayanus. Lager-brewing yeasts are not the only example of hybrid vigour or heterosis in yeasts, but the full breadth of interspecies hybrids associated with human fermentations has received less attention. Here we present a comprehensive genomic analysis of 122 Saccharomyces hybrids and introgressed strains. These strains arose from hybridization events between two to four species. Hybrids with S. cerevisiae contributions originated from three lineages of domesticated S. cerevisiae, including the major wine-making lineage and two distinct brewing lineages. In contrast, the undomesticated parents of these interspecies hybrids were all from wild Holarctic or European lineages. Most hybrids have inherited a mitochondrial genome from a parent other than S. cerevisiae, which recent functional studies suggest could confer adaptation to colder temperatures. A subset of hybrids associated with crisp flavour profiles, including both lineages of lager-brewing yeasts, have inherited inactivated S. cerevisiae alleles of critical phenolic off-flavour genes and/or lost functional copies from the wild parent through multiple genetic mechanisms. These complex hybrids shed light on the convergent and divergent evolutionary trajectories of interspecies hybrids and their impact on innovation in lager brewing and other diverse fermentation industries.
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- Quinn K Langdon
- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.,DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.,Department of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, CSIC, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.,Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.,DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada, Biotecnología y Bioinformática de Levaduras, Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. .,DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. .,Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Sampaio NMV, Watson RA, Argueso JL. Controlled Reduction of Genomic Heterozygosity in an Industrial Yeast Strain Reveals Wide Cryptic Phenotypic Variation. Front Genet 2019; 10:782. [PMID: 31572430 PMCID: PMC6749062 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Abundant genomic heterozygosity can be found in wild strains of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from industrial and clinical environments. The extent to which heterozygosity influences the phenotypes of these isolates is not fully understood. One such case is the PE-2/JAY270 strain, a natural hybrid widely adopted by sugarcane bioethanol distilleries for its ability to thrive under harsh biotic and abiotic stresses during industrial scale fermentation, however, it is not known whether or how the heterozygous configuration of the JAY270 genome contributes to its many desirable traits. In this study, we took a step toward exploring this question by conducting an initial functional characterization of JAY270’s heteroalleles. We manipulated the abundance and distribution of heterozygous alleles through inbreeding and targeted uniparental disomy (UPD). Unique combinations of homozygous alleles in each inbred strain revealed wide phenotypic variation for at least two important industrial traits: Heat stress tolerance and competitive growth. Quantitative trait loci analyses allowed the identification of broad genomic regions where genetic polymorphisms potentially impacted these traits, and there was no overlap between the loci associated with each. In addition, we adapted an approach to induce bidirectional UPD of three targeted pairs of chromosomes (IV, XIV, and XV), while heterozygosity was maintained elsewhere in the genome. In most cases UPD led to detectable phenotypic alterations, often in opposite directions between the two homozygous haplotypes in each UPD pair. Our results showed that both widespread and regional homozygosity could uncover cryptic phenotypic variation supported by the heteroalleles residing in the JAY270 genome. Interestingly, we characterized multiple examples of inbred and UPD strains that displayed heat tolerance or competitive growth phenotypes that were superior to their heterozygous parent. However, we propose that homozygosity for those regions may be associated with a decrease in overall fitness in the complex and dynamic distillery environment, and that may have contributed to slowing down the erosion of heterozygosity from the JAY270 genome. This study also laid a foundation for approaches that can be expanded to the identification of specific alleles of interest for industrial applications in this and other hybrid yeast strains.
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- Nadia M V Sampaio
- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.,Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.,Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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Transposon-Mediated Horizontal Transfer of the Host-Specific Virulence Protein ToxA between Three Fungal Wheat Pathogens. mBio 2019; 10:mBio.01515-19. [PMID: 31506307 PMCID: PMC6737239 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01515-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This work dissects the tripartite horizontal transfer of ToxA, a gene that has a direct negative impact on global wheat yields. Defining the extent of horizontally transferred DNA is important because it can provide clues to the mechanisms that facilitate HGT. Our analysis of ToxA and its surrounding 14 kb suggests that this gene was horizontally transferred in two independent events, with one event likely facilitated by a type II DNA transposon. These horizontal transfer events are now in various processes of decay in each species due to the repeated insertion of new transposons and subsequent rounds of targeted mutation by a fungal genome defense mechanism known as repeat induced point mutation. This work highlights the role that HGT plays in the evolution of host adaptation in eukaryotic pathogens. It also increases the growing body of evidence indicating that transposons facilitate adaptive HGT events between fungi present in similar environments and hosts. Most known examples of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between eukaryotes are ancient. These events are identified primarily using phylogenetic methods on coding regions alone. Only rarely are there examples of HGT where noncoding DNA is also reported. The gene encoding the wheat virulence protein ToxA and the surrounding 14 kb is one of these rare examples. ToxA has been horizontally transferred between three fungal wheat pathogens (Parastagonospora nodorum, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, and Bipolaris sorokiniana) as part of a conserved ∼14 kb element which contains coding and noncoding regions. Here we used long-read sequencing to define the extent of HGT between these three fungal species. Construction of near-chromosomal-level assemblies enabled identification of terminal inverted repeats on either end of the 14 kb region, typical of a type II DNA transposon. This is the first description of ToxA with complete transposon features, which we call ToxhAT. In all three species, ToxhAT resides in a large (140-to-250 kb) transposon-rich genomic island which is absent in isolates that do not carry the gene (annotated here as toxa−). We demonstrate that the horizontal transfer of ToxhAT between P. tritici-repentis and P. nodorum occurred as part of a large (∼80 kb) HGT which is now undergoing extensive decay. In B. sorokiniana, in contrast, ToxhAT and its resident genomic island are mobile within the genome. Together, these data provide insight into the noncoding regions that facilitate HGT between eukaryotes and into the genomic processes which mask the extent of HGT between these species.
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Korhola M, Naumova ES, Partti E, Aittamaa M, Turakainen H, Naumov GI. Exploiting heterozygosity in industrial yeasts to create new and improved baker's yeasts. Yeast 2019; 36:571-587. [PMID: 31243797 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The main aim of the work was to utilize heterozygosity of industrial yeast strains to construct new baker's yeast strains. Commercial baker's yeast strain ALKO 743, its more ethanol tolerant descendant ALKO 554 selected initially for growth over 300 generations in increasing ethanol concentrations in a glucose medium, and ALKO 3460 from an old domestic sour dough starter were used as starting strains. Isolated meiotic segregants of the strains were characterized genetically for sporulation ability and mating type, and the ploidy was determined physically. Heterozygosity of the segregant strains was estimated by a variety of molecular characterizations and fermentation and growth assays. The results showed wide heterozygosity and that the segregants were clustered into subgroups. This clustering was used for choosing distantly or closely related partners for strain construction crosses. Intrastrain hybrids made with segregants of ALKO 743 showed 16-24% hybrid vigour or heterosis. Interstrain hybrids with segregants of ALKO 743 and ALKO 3460 showed a wide variety of characteristics but also clear heterosis of 27-31% effects as assayed by lean and sugar dough raising. Distiller's yeast ALKO 554 turned out to be a diploid genetic segregant and not just a more ethanol tolerant mutant of the tetraploid parent strain ALKO 743.
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- Matti Korhola
- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Alkomohr Biotech Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
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- State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Alkomohr Biotech Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Alkomohr Biotech Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Alkomohr Biotech Ltd., Helsinki, Finland
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- State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms of National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia
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Cleary A, Ramaraj T, Kahanda I, Mudge J, Mumey B. Exploring Frequented Regions in Pan-Genomic Graphs. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2019; 16:1424-1435. [PMID: 30106690 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2018.2864564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We consider the problem of identifying regions within a pan-genome De Bruijn graph that are traversed by many sequence paths. We define such regions and the subpaths that traverse them as frequented regions (FRs). In this work, we formalize the FR problem and describe an efficient algorithm for finding FRs. Subsequently, we propose some applications of FRs based on machine-learning and pan-genome graph simplification. We demonstrate the effectiveness of these applications using data sets for the organisms Staphylococcus aureus (bacterium) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast). We corroborate the biological relevance of FRs such as identifying introgressions in yeast that aid in alcohol tolerance, and show that FRs are useful for classification of yeast strains by industrial use and visualizing pan-genomic space.
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Vakirlis N, Monerawela C, McManus G, Ribeiro O, McLysaght A, James T, Bond U. Evolutionary journey and characterisation of a novel pan-gene associated with beer strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2019; 36:425-437. [PMID: 30963617 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The sequencing of over a thousand Saccharomyces cerevisiae genomes revealed a complex pangenome. Over one third of the discovered genes are not present in the S. cerevisiae core genome but instead are often restricted to a subset of yeast isolates and thus may be important for adaptation to specific environmental niches. We refer to these genes as "pan-genes," being part of the pangenome but not the core genome. Here, we describe the evolutionary journey and characterisation of a novel pan-gene, originally named hypothetical (HYPO) open-reading frame. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that HYPO has been predominantly retained in S. cerevisiae strains associated with brewing but has been repeatedly lost in most other fungal species during evolution. There is also evidence that HYPO was horizontally transferred at least once, from S. cerevisiae to Saccharomyces paradoxus. The phylogenetic analysis of HYPO exemplifies the complexity and intricacy of evolutionary trajectories of genes within the S. cerevisiae pangenome. To examine possible functions for Hypo, we overexpressed a HYPO-GFP fusion protein in both S. cerevisiae and Saccharomyces pastorianus. The protein localised to the plasma membrane where it accumulated initially in distinct foci. Time-lapse fluorescent imaging revealed that when cells are grown in wort, Hypo-gfp fluorescence spreads throughout the membrane during cell growth. The overexpression of Hypo-gfp in S. cerevisiae or S. pastorianus strains did not significantly alter cell growth in medium-containing glucose, maltose, maltotriose, or wort at different concentrations.
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- Nikolaos Vakirlis
- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Legras JL, Galeote V, Bigey F, Camarasa C, Marsit S, Nidelet T, Sanchez I, Couloux A, Guy J, Franco-Duarte R, Marcet-Houben M, Gabaldon T, Schuller D, Sampaio JP, Dequin S. Adaptation of S. cerevisiae to Fermented Food Environments Reveals Remarkable Genome Plasticity and the Footprints of Domestication. Mol Biol Evol 2019; 35:1712-1727. [PMID: 29746697 PMCID: PMC5995190 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be found in the wild and is also frequently associated with human activities. Despite recent insights into the phylogeny of this species, much is still unknown about how evolutionary processes related to anthropogenic niches have shaped the genomes and phenotypes of S. cerevisiae. To address this question, we performed population-level sequencing of 82 S. cerevisiae strains from wine, flor, rum, dairy products, bakeries, and the natural environment (oak trees). These genomic data enabled us to delineate specific genetic groups corresponding to the different ecological niches and revealed high genome content variation across the groups. Most of these strains, compared with the reference genome, possessed additional genetic elements acquired by introgression or horizontal transfer, several of which were population-specific. In addition, several genomic regions in each population showed evidence of nonneutral evolution, as shown by high differentiation, or of selective sweeps including genes with key functions in these environments (e.g., amino acid transport for wine yeast). Linking genetics to lifestyle differences and metabolite traits has enabled us to elucidate the genetic basis of several niche-specific population traits, such as growth on galactose for cheese strains. These data indicate that yeast has been subjected to various divergent selective pressures depending on its niche, requiring the development of customized genomes for better survival in these environments. These striking genome dynamics associated with local adaptation and domestication reveal the remarkable plasticity of the S. cerevisiae genome, revealing this species to be an amazing complex of specialized populations.
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- Jean-Luc Legras
- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- Centre National de Séquençage, Institut de Genomique, Genoscope, Evry Cedex, France
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- Centre National de Séquençage, Institut de Genomique, Genoscope, Evry Cedex, France
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- CBMA, Department of Biology, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Spain
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- CBMA, Department of Biology, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Ciencias da Vida, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- SPO, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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Kang K, Bergdahl B, Machado D, Dato L, Han TL, Li J, Villas-Boas S, Herrgård MJ, Förster J, Panagiotou G. Linking genetic, metabolic, and phenotypic diversity among Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains using multi-omics associations. Gigascience 2019; 8:giz015. [PMID: 30715293 PMCID: PMC6446221 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giz015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The selection of bioengineering platform strains and engineering strategies to improve the stress resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae remains a pressing need in bio-based chemical production. Thus, a systematic effort to exploit genotypic and phenotypic diversity to boost yeast's industrial value is still urgently needed. RESULTS We analyzed 5,400 growth curves obtained from 36 S. cerevisiae strains and comprehensively profiled their resistances against 13 industrially relevant stresses. We observed that bioethanol and brewing strains exhibit higher resistance against acidic conditions; however, plant isolates tend to have a wider range of resistance, which may be associated with their metabolome and fluxome signatures in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and fatty acid metabolism. By deep genomic sequencing, we found that industrial strains have more genomic duplications especially affecting transcription factors, showing that they result from disparate evolutionary paths in comparison with the environmental strains, which have more indels, gene deletions, and strain-specific genes. Genome-wide association studies coupled with protein-protein interaction networks uncovered novel genetic determinants of stress resistances. CONCLUSIONS These resistance-related engineering targets and strain rankings provide a valuable source for engineering significantly improved industrial platform strains.
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- Kang Kang
- Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Unit, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Centre for Microbial Innovation, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Unit, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Centre for Microbial Innovation, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
- Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Unit, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany
- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
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Tek EL, Sundstrom JF, Gardner JM, Oliver SG, Jiranek V. Evaluation of the ability of commercial wine yeasts to form biofilms (mats) and adhere to plastic: implications for the microbiota of the winery environment. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 94:4831476. [PMID: 29394344 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Commercially available active dried wine yeasts are regularly used by winemakers worldwide to achieve reliable fermentations and obtain quality wine. This practice has led to increased evidence of traces of commercial wine yeast in the vineyard, winery and uninoculated musts. The mechanism(s) that enables commercial wine yeast to persist in the winery environment and the influence to native microbial communities on this persistence is poorly understood. This study has investigated the ability of commercial wine yeasts to form biofilms and adhere to plastic. The results indicate that the biofilms formed by commercial yeasts consist of cells with a combination of different lifestyles (replicative and non-replicative) and growth modes including invasive growth, bud elongation, sporulation and a mat sectoring-like phenotype. Invasive growth was greatly enhanced on grape pulp regardless of strain, while adhesion on plastic varied between strains. The findings suggest a possible mechanism that allows commercial yeast to colonise and survive in the winery environment, which may have implications for the indigenous microbiota profile as well as the population profile in uninoculated fermentations if their dissemination is not controlled.
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- Ee Lin Tek
- Department of Wine and Food Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Department of Wine and Food Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Department of Wine and Food Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Wine and Food Science, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia.,Australian Research Council Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Australia
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Perpetuini G, Tittarelli F, Suzzi G, Tofalo R. Cell Wall Surface Properties of Kluyveromyces marxianus Strains From Dairy-Products. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:79. [PMID: 30766524 PMCID: PMC6366010 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Thirty-three Kluyveromyces marxianus strains were tested for the ability to form biofilm and mat structures in YPD and whey and for cell surface hydrophobicity. To identify genes potentially involved in adhesion properties, a RT-qPCR analysis was performed. Eight strains were able to adhere on polystyrene plates in both media and formed a mature mat structure. These strains showed a different level of hydrophobicity ranging from 55 to 66% in YPD and from 69 to 81% in whey. Four K. marxianus orthologs genes (FLO11, STE12, TPK3, and WSC4), known from studies in other yeast to be involved in biofilm formation, have been studied. FLO11 and STE12 showed the highest fold changes in all conditions tested and especially in whey: 15.05 and 11.21, respectively. TPK3 was upregulated only in a strain, and WSC4 in 3 strains. In YPD, fold changes were lower than in whey with STE12 and FLO11 genes showing the highest fold changes. In mat structures FLO11 and STE12 fold changes ranged from 3.6-1.3 to 2-1.17, respectively. Further studies are necessary to better understand the role of these genes in K. marxianus adhesion ability.
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- Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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