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Pylkkänen R, Mohammadi P, Liljeström V, Płaziński W, Beaune G, Timonen JVI, Penttilä M. β-1,3-Glucan synthesis, novel supramolecular self-assembly, characterization and application. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:15533-15541. [PMID: 36194159 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02731c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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β-1,3-Glucans are ubiquitously observed in various biological systems with diverse physio-ecological functions, yet their underlying assembly mechanism and multiscale complexation in vitro remains poorly understood. Here, we provide for the first-time evidence of unidentified β-1,3-glucan supramolecular complexation into intricate hierarchical architectures over several length scales. We mediated these unique assemblies using a recombinantly produced β-1,3-glucan phosphorylase (Ta1,3BGP) by fine-tuning solution conditions during particle nucleation and growth. We report a synthesis of interconnected parallel hexagonal lamellae composed of 8 nm thick sheets of highly expanded paracrystals. The architecture consists of β-1,3-glucan triple-helices with considerable inter-intra hydrogen bonding within, as well as in between adjacent triple-helices. The results extend our understanding of β-1,3-glucan molecular organization and shed light on different aspects of the crystallization processes of biomolecules into structures unseen by nature. The presented versatile synthesis yields new materials for diverse medical and industrial applications.
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- Robert Pylkkänen
- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland.
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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- Nanomicroscopy Center, OtaNano, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Krakow, Poland
- Department of Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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- Nanomicroscopy Center, OtaNano, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland.
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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A review presenting production, characterization, and applications of biopolymer curdlan in food and pharmaceutical sectors. Polym Bull (Berl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-021-03860-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AbstractCurdlan is an exopolysaccharide, specifically a homopolysaccharide, with a high molecular weight that is made up entirely of monomeric glucose molecules connected by β-1,3-glycosidic bonds. Curdlan was first isolated in 1962 by Harada and his colleagues from Alcaligenes faecalis var myxogenes 10C3. Microbial synthesis of this curdlan is mainly associated with soil bacteria. Preliminary screening of curdlan-producing microorganisms is done on aniline blue media. The aniline blue positive microorganisms are subjected to submerged fermentation for the production of curdlan. To improve the yield of curdlan produced, various optimization techniques are employed such as Plackett–Burman, response surface methodology, and others. Curdlan can be characterized by its morphology, gel strength, its infrared, and magnetic resonances among many other characteristics. Due to its distinctive physicochemical and rheological properties, it has gained immense popularity in the food, biomedical, and pharmaceutical sectors. However, curdlan’s functionality can be improved by chemically modifying curdlan to obtain grafted curdlan, hydrogels, and nanocomposites which are discussed in detail herewith. Curdlan was authorized to be used in the food industry by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 1996 and also in 1989 in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Over the years, many patents using curdlan have also been filed from different parts of the world. This review provides information about its structure, biosynthesis, production strategies, optimization, characterization, applications, and patents.
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Esparza I, Jiménez-Moreno N, Bimbela F, Ancín-Azpilicueta C, Gandía LM. Fruit and vegetable waste management: Conventional and emerging approaches. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2020; 265:110510. [PMID: 32275240 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable Wastes (FVW) is challenging owing to logistic-related problems, as well as to their perishable nature and heterogeneity, among other factors. In this work, the main existing routes for food waste valorization are critically reviewed. The study focuses on FVW because they constitute an important potential source for valuable natural products and chemicals. It can be concluded that FVW management can be carried out following different processing routes, though nowadays the best solution is to find an adequate balance between conventional waste management methods and some emerging valorization technologies. Presently, both conventional and emerging technologies must be considered in a coordinated manner to enable an integral management of FVW. By doing so, impacts on food safety and on the environment can be minimized whilst wasting of natural resources is avoided. Depending on the characteristics of FVW and on the existing market demand, the most relevant valorization options are extraction of bioactive compounds, production of enzymes and exopolysaccharides, synthesis of bioplastics and biopolymers and production of biofuels. The most efficient emergent processing technologies must be promoted in the long term, in detriment of the conventional ones used nowadays. In consequence, future integral valorization of FVW will probably comprise two stages: direct processing of FVW into value-added products, followed by processing of the residual streams, byproducts and leftover matter by means of conventional waste management technologies.
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- Irene Esparza
- Sciences Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía s/n, 31006, Pamplona, Spain; Institute for Advanced Materials (InaMat), Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006, Pamplona, Spain
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- Sciences Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía s/n, 31006, Pamplona, Spain
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- Sciences Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía s/n, 31006, Pamplona, Spain; Institute for Advanced Materials (InaMat), Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006, Pamplona, Spain
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- Sciences Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía s/n, 31006, Pamplona, Spain; Institute for Advanced Materials (InaMat), Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006, Pamplona, Spain.
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- Sciences Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía s/n, 31006, Pamplona, Spain; Institute for Advanced Materials (InaMat), Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006, Pamplona, Spain.
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Production of the Polysaccharide Curdlan by Agrobacterium species on Processing Coproducts and Plant Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation6010016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This review examines the production of the biopolymer curdlan, synthesized by Agrobacterium species (sp.), on processing coproducts and plant lignocellulosic hydrolysates. Curdlan is a β-(1→3)-D-glucan that has various food, non-food and biomedical applications. A number of carbon sources support bacterial curdlan production upon depletion of nitrogen in the culture medium. The influence of culture medium pH is critical to the synthesis of curdlan. The biosynthesis of the β-(1→3)-D-glucan is likely controlled by a regulatory protein that controls the genes involved in the bacterial production of curdlan. Curdlan overproducer mutant strains have been isolated from Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 and ATCC 31750 by chemical mutagenesis and different selection procedures. Several processing coproducts of crops have been utilized to support the production of curdlan. Of the processing coproducts investigated, cassava starch waste hydrolysate as a carbon source or wheat bran as a nitrogen source supported the highest curdlan production by ATCC 31749 grown at 30 °C. To a lesser extent, plant biomass hydrolysates have been explored as possible substrates for curdlan production by ATCC 31749. Prairie cordgrass hydrolysates have been shown to support curdlan production by ATCC 31749 although a curdlan overproducer mutant strain, derived from ATCC 31749, was shown to support nearly double the level of ATCC 31749 curdlan production under the same growth conditions.
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Anane RF, Sun H, Zhao L, Wang L, Lin C, Mao Z. Improved curdlan production with discarded bottom parts of Asparagus spear. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:59. [PMID: 28388915 PMCID: PMC5384130 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0671-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This work evaluated the improvement of curdlan production of Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 by using culture medium containing juice of discarded bottom part of green Asparagus spear (MJDA). Curdlan production was carried out using Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 in flasks with different volumes of MJDA and its non-juice-adding control (CK) incubated in shaker at 30 °C, 200 rpm rotation for 168 h. RESULTS All MJDA media increased Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 cell mass and enhanced the cells' ability to utilise sucrose, the carbon source for curdlan biosynthesis, and thereby produced higher concentration of curdlan than CK which is used for commercial production of curdlan. After 168 h of fermentation, 10% MJDA produced 40.2 g/l of curdlan whiles CK produced 21.1 g/l. Curdlan production was increased by 90.4% higher in 10% MJDA than CK. Curdlan produced by 10% MJDA contains 1.2 and 1.5 µg/ml of Asparagus flavonoids and saponins respectively as additives which have wide range of health benefits. The mass of sucrose needed to produce 1.0 g curdlan by Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 in CK is 1.7-fold more than in 10% MJDA. CONCLUSION The results strongly revealed that 5-10% MJDA is a good curdlan fermentation media which increase curdlan production yield with cheaper cost of production and simultaneously reduce environmental waste resulting from the large scaled discarded bottom parts of green Asparagus spear during Asparagus production.
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- Rex Frimpong Anane
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
- Institute of the Improvement and Utilization of Characteristic Resource Plants, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
- Institute of the Improvement and Utilization of Characteristic Resource Plants, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201 China
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Use of FT-IR, FT-Raman and thermal analysis to evaluate the gel formation of curdlan produced by Agrobacterium sp. IFO 13140 and determination of its rheological properties with food applicability. Food Chem 2017; 232:369-378. [PMID: 28490087 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Curdlan is a linear polysaccharide composed of glucose units joined by β-(1,3) bonds that possesses unique gelation properties. This study aimed to characterize the structure and evaluate the gelling properties of curdlan produced by Agrobacterium sp. IFO 13140 and its gels, as well as apply it in food. FT-Raman analysis highlighted the structural changes that occurred during the formation of gels, with variations related to the hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions, which occur with the formation of the low-set and high-set gels, respectively. Rheological analysis showed that the pre-gelled commercial curdlan and the curdlan produced by Agrobacterium sp. IFO 13140 differed in terms of gelation properties, which depends of the degree of polymerization of the polysaccharide, but when applied to pasta products, both improved the texture parameters. The curdlan gels were found to have great potential as gelling agents to improve texture, water retention capacity and stability of food products.
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Houdelet M, Galinski A, Holland T, Wenzel K, Schillberg S, Buyel JF. Animal component-free Agrobacterium tumefaciens cultivation media for better GMP-compliance increases biomass yield and pharmaceutical protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana. Biotechnol J 2017; 12. [PMID: 28221723 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201600721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Transient expression systems allow the rapid production of recombinant proteins in plants. Such systems can be scaled up to several hundred kilograms of biomass, making them suitable for the production of pharmaceutical proteins required at short notice, such as emergency vaccines. However, large-scale transient expression requires the production of recombinant Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains with the capacity for efficient gene transfer to plant cells. The complex media often used for the cultivation of this species typically include animal-derived ingredients that can contain human pathogens, thus conflicting with the requirements of good manufacturing practice (GMP). We replaced all the animal-derived components in yeast extract broth (YEB) cultivation medium with soybean peptone, and then used a design-of-experiments approach to optimize the medium composition, increasing the biomass yield while maintaining high levels of transient expression in subsequent infiltration experiments. The resulting plant peptone Agrobacterium medium (PAM) achieved a two-fold increase in OD600 compared to YEB medium during a 4-L batch fermentation lasting 18 h. Furthermore, the yields of the monoclonal antibody 2G12 and the fluorescent protein DsRed were maintained when the cells were cultivated in PAM rather than YEB. We have thus demonstrated a simple, efficient and scalable method for medium optimization that reduces process time and costs. The final optimized medium for the cultivation of A. tumefaciens completely lacks animal-derived components, thus facilitating the GMP-compliant large-scale transient expression of recombinant proteins in plants.
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- Marcel Houdelet
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
- Institute for Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Phytopathology Department, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
- Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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West TP. Effect of nitrogen source concentration on curdlan production byAgrobacteriumsp. ATCC 31749 grown on prairie cordgrass hydrolysates. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2014; 46:85-90. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2014.985835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Calliari CM, de Souza EL, Castro-Goméz RJH, Honório VG, Magnani M. Characterisation and microstructure of reduced-fat chicken patties made with a novel polymer from Agrobacterium radiobacter k84. Food Chem 2014; 173:1150-7. [PMID: 25466137 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Revised: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chicken patties elaborated with a novel polymer from Agrobacterium radiobacter k84 (ARB) were characterised during 60days of frozen storage. After cooking, formulations without ARB (F0), with ARB 5 g/100 g (F5) and ARB 10 g/100 g (F10) presented 4.23%, 2.83% and 0.11% fat, respectively. No differences were observed to water holding capacity, cooking yield and shear force among formulations. Microstructural analysis showed formation of meat emulsion for F5 and gel for F10. Colour and chicken flavour decreased with increase of ARB; no difference was found for tenderness among the formulations. Overall acceptance showed higher scores for F0 when compared to F5 and F10. Lipid oxidation was not a limiting factor for stability of patties; all formulations presented suitable microbiological quality over the assessed period. These results suggest ARB as a promising fat substitute, capable of maintain the quality aspects of chicken patties, although a negative impact in colour has been found.
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- Caroline Maria Calliari
- Federal Technological University of Paraná, Coordination of Foods, Londrina, Paraná 86036-370, Brazil.
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- Federal University of Paraíba, Technology Center, João Pessoa, Paraíba 58051-900, Brazil.
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- Federal University of Paraíba, Technology Center, João Pessoa, Paraíba 58051-900, Brazil.
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West TP, Peterson JL. Production of the polysaccharide curdlan by anAgrobacteriumstrain grown on a plant biomass hydrolysate. Can J Microbiol 2014; 60:53-6. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Production of the commercially available polysaccharide curdlan by Agrobacterium sp. strain ECP-1, isolated as a mutant strain from ATCC 31749, on a medium containing a hydrolysate of the plant prairie cordgrass with selected ammonium phosphate concentrations was investigated for a period of 144 h. Although several ammonium phosphate concentrations supported curdlan production by the strain, the optimal concentration after 120 or 144 h was 3.3 mmol·L–1. Only ammonium phosphate concentrations of 1.1 or 8.7 mmol·L–1failed to support curdlan production by the strain after 120 or 144 h. Biomass production by strain ECP-1 on the hydrolysate-containing medium after 120 or 144 h was comparable, independent of the ammonium phosphate concentration present. The curdlan yield from the cordgrass hydrolysate indicated that the grass was an effective plant biomass substrate for polysaccharide production.
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- Thomas P. West
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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- Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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Lassalle F, Campillo T, Vial L, Baude J, Costechareyre D, Chapulliot D, Shams M, Abrouk D, Lavire C, Oger-Desfeux C, Hommais F, Guéguen L, Daubin V, Muller D, Nesme X. Genomic species are ecological species as revealed by comparative genomics in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Genome Biol Evol 2011; 3:762-81. [PMID: 21795751 PMCID: PMC3163468 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The definition of bacterial species is based on genomic similarities, giving rise to the operational concept of genomic species, but the reasons of the occurrence of differentiated genomic species remain largely unknown. We used the Agrobacterium tumefaciens species complex and particularly the genomic species presently called genomovar G8, which includes the sequenced strain C58, to test the hypothesis of genomic species having specific ecological adaptations possibly involved in the speciation process. We analyzed the gene repertoire specific to G8 to identify potential adaptive genes. By hybridizing 25 strains of A. tumefaciens on DNA microarrays spanning the C58 genome, we highlighted the presence and absence of genes homologous to C58 in the taxon. We found 196 genes specific to genomovar G8 that were mostly clustered into seven genomic islands on the C58 genome—one on the circular chromosome and six on the linear chromosome—suggesting higher plasticity and a major adaptive role of the latter. Clusters encoded putative functional units, four of which had been verified experimentally. The combination of G8-specific functions defines a hypothetical species primary niche for G8 related to commensal interaction with a host plant. This supports that the G8 ancestor was able to exploit a new ecological niche, maybe initiating ecological isolation and thus speciation. Searching genomic data for synapomorphic traits is a powerful way to describe bacterial species. This procedure allowed us to find such phenotypic traits specific to genomovar G8 and thus propose a Latin binomial, Agrobacterium fabrum, for this bona fide genomic species.
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- Florent Lassalle
- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Laboratoire Ecologie Microbienne Lyon, UMR 5557, USC 1193, Villeurbanne, France
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Zhang HT, Zhan XB, Zheng ZY, Wu JR, Yu XB, Jiang Y, Lin CC. Sequence and transcriptional analysis of the genes responsible for curdlan biosynthesis in Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 under simulated dissolved oxygen gradients conditions. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:163-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3243-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2011] [Revised: 03/06/2011] [Accepted: 03/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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