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Oliveira MCO, Ragonezi C, Valente S, de Freitas JGR, Pinheiro de Carvalho MAA. Microorganism community structure: A characterisation of agrosystems from Madeira Archipelago. Environ Microbiol Rep 2024; 16:e13227. [PMID: 38268303 PMCID: PMC10866076 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Microbial diversity profoundly influences soil ecosystem functions, making it vital to monitor community dynamics to comprehend its structure. Our study focused on six agrosystems in Madeira Archipelago, analysing bacteria, archaea, fungi and AMF through classical microbiology and molecular techniques. Despite distinct edaphoclimatic conditions and management practices, bacterial structures exhibited similarities, with Alphaproteobacteria at 18%-20%, Bacilli at 11%-18% and Clostridia at 9%-14%. The predominance of copiothrophic groups suggested that soil nutrient content was the driver of these communities. Regarding archaea, the communities changed among sites, and it was evident that agrosystems provided niches for methanogens. The Crenarchaeota varied between 15% and 29%, followed by two classes of Euryarchaeota, Methanomicrobia (17%-25%) and Methanococci (4%-32%). Fungal communities showed consistent composition at the class level but had differing diversity indices due to management practices and soil texture. Sordaryomycetes (21%-28%) and Agaricomycetes (15%-23%) were predominant. Conversely, AMF communities appeared to be also influenced by the agrosystem, with Glomus representing over 50% of the community in all agrosystems. These insights into microbial groups' susceptibilities to environmental conditions are crucial for maintaining healthy soil and predicting climate change effects on agrosystems' productivity, resilience and sustainability. Additionally, our findings enable the development of more robust prediction models for agricultural practices.
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- Maria Cristina O. Oliveira
- ISOPlexis ‐ Centre of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Technology, Campus da Penteada, University of MadeiraFunchalPortugal
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- ISOPlexis ‐ Centre of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Technology, Campus da Penteada, University of MadeiraFunchalPortugal
- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro‐Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro – Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri‐Food ProductionUniversity of Trás‐os‐Montes and Alto DouroVila RealPortugal
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Campus da PenteadaUniversity of MadeiraFunchalPortugal
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- ISOPlexis ‐ Centre of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Technology, Campus da Penteada, University of MadeiraFunchalPortugal
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- ISOPlexis ‐ Centre of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Technology, Campus da Penteada, University of MadeiraFunchalPortugal
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- ISOPlexis ‐ Centre of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Technology, Campus da Penteada, University of MadeiraFunchalPortugal
- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro‐Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro – Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri‐Food ProductionUniversity of Trás‐os‐Montes and Alto DouroVila RealPortugal
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Campus da PenteadaUniversity of MadeiraFunchalPortugal
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Campolino ML, de Paula Lana UG, Gomes EA, Coelho AM, de Sousa SM. Phosphate fertilization affects rhizosphere microbiome of maize and sorghum genotypes. Braz J Microbiol 2022; 53:1371-1383. [PMID: 35391636 PMCID: PMC9433508 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-022-00747-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Despite the lower reactivity of natural phosphates compared to soluble fertilizers, their P bioavailability can increase over the cultivation years, due to the physicochemical processes and the activity of soil microbiota. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the α and β diversity of the rhizosphere microbiota of maize and sorghum genotypes grown under different sources and doses of phosphate fertilizers. Four commercial maize and four sorghum genotypes were grown under field conditions with three levels of triple superphosphate (TSP) and two types of rock phosphate sources: phosphorite (RockP) and bayóvar (RP) during two seasons. Maize and sorghum presented a significant difference on the genetic β diversity of both rhizosferic bacterial and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Moreover, P doses within each phosphate source formed two distinct groups for maize and sorghum, and six bacterial phyla were identified in both crops with significant difference in the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. It was observed that RockP fertilization increased Firmicutes population while Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum after TSP fertilization in maize. In sorghum, a significant impact of fertilization was observed on the Acidobacteria and Proteobacteria phyla. TSP fertilization increased the Acidobacteria population compared to no fertilized (P0) and RockP while Proteobacteria abundance in RockP was reduced compared to P0 and TSP, indicating a shift toward a more copiotrophic community. Our results suggested that the reactivity of P source is the predominant factor in bacterial community' structures in the maize and sorghum rhizosphere from the evaluated genotypes, followed by P source.
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- Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil.
- Embrapa Milho e Sorgo, Sete Lagoas, MG, 35701-970, Brazil.
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Kusuma RJ, Widada J, Huriyati E, Julia M. Therapeutic Effects of Modified Tempeh on Glycemic Control and Gut Microbiota Diversity in Diabetic Rats. CNF 2022. [DOI: 10.2174/1573401318666220329101437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Background:
The role of the gut microbiota in improving glycemic control in diabetic patients is gaining attention. Tempeh is a fermented soy food from Indonesia that has antidiabetic and antidysbiotic effects. Interestingly, modification of tempeh processing by adding lactic acid bacteria has been reported to enhance the antidiabetic effect of tempeh.
Aim:
To evaluate the effects of modified tempeh on serum glucose, insulin, and gut microbiota diversity of diabetic rats.
Methods:
Modified tempeh was developed by adding lactic acid bacteria from fermented cassava during tempeh processing. Diabetes was induced by injection of streptozotocin nicotinamide. Normal tempeh or modified tempeh was added to the diet and replaced 15% or 30% of casein. Serum glucose and insulin were analyzed before and after 30 days of intervention. At the end of the experiment, the appendix was sampled for gut microbiota analysis.
Result:
Modified tempeh has a significantly higher number of lactic acid bacteria (9.99±0.09 versus 7.74±0.07 log CFU, p < 0.001) compared to normal tempeh. There was a significant difference (p < 0.01) in serum glucose and insulin after treatment. Both tempeh supplements increased the diversity of the gut microbiota. Gut microbiota diversity has a strong negative correlation with delta glucose (r=-0.63, p < 0.001) and delta insulin resistance index (r=-0.54, p=0.003).
Conclusion:
Modified tempeh has potential therapeutic antidiabetic activity, possibly through increased diversity of the gut microbiota.
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- Rio Jati Kusuma
- Department of Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Doctorate Program of Medicine and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia;
- Doctorate Program of Medicine and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Doctorate Program of Medicine and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia;
- Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Duan Y, Zhou Y, Li Z, Chen X, Yin C, Mao Z. Effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QSB-6 on the Growth of Replanted Apple Trees and the Soil Microbial Environment. Horticulturae 2022; 8:83. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8010083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Apple replant disease (ARD), caused largely by soil-borne fungal pathogens, has seriously hindered the development of the apple industry. The use of antagonistic microorganisms has been confirmed as a low-cost and environmentally friendly means of controlling ARD. In the present study, we assessed the effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QSB-6 on the growth of replanted apple saplings and the soil microbial environment under field conditions, thus providing a theoretical basis for the successful use of microbial biocontrol agents. Four treatments were implemented in three apple orchards: untreated replant soil (CK1), methyl bromide fumigation (CK2), blank carrier treatment (T1), and QSB-6 bacterial fertilizer treatment (T2). The plant height, ground diameter, and branch length of apple saplings treated with T2 in three replanted apple orchards were significantly higher than that of the CK1 treatment. Compared with the other treatments, T2 significantly increased the number of soil bacteria, the proportion of actinomycetes, and the activities of soil enzymes. By contrast, compared with the CK1 treatments, the phenolic acid content, the number of fungi, and the abundance of Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium moniliforme, Fusarium proliferatum, and Fusarium solani in the soil were significantly reduced. PCoA and cluster analysis showed that soil inoculation with strain QSB-6 significantly decreased the Mcintosh and Brillouin index of soil fungi and increased the diversity of soil bacteria in T2 relative to CK1. The soil bacterial community structure in T2 was different from the other treatments, and the soil fungal communities of T2 and CK2 were similar. In summary, QSB-6 bacterial fertilizer shows promise as a potential bio-inoculum for the control of ARD.
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Duan Y, Chen R, Zhang R, Jiang W, Chen X, Yin C, Mao Z. Isolation, Identification, and Antibacterial Mechanisms of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QSB-6 and Its Effect on Plant Roots. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:746799. [PMID: 34603274 PMCID: PMC8482014 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.746799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Apple replant disease (ARD) is a common problem in major apple planting areas, and biological factors play a leading role in its etiology. Here, we isolated the bacterial strain QSB-6 from the rhizosphere soil of healthy apple trees in a replanted orchard using the serial dilution method. Strain QSB-6 was provisionally identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens based on its morphology, physiological and biochemical characteristics, carbon source utilization, and chemical sensitivity. Maximum likelihood analysis based on four gene sequences [16S ribosomal RNA gene (16S rDNA), DNA gyrase subunit A (gyrA), DNA gyrase subunit B (gyrB), and RNA polymerase subunit B (rpoB)] from QSB-6 and other strains indicated that it had 100% homology with B. amyloliquefaciens, thereby confirming its identification. Flat standoff tests showed that strain QSB-6 had a strong inhibitory effect on Fusarium proliferatum, Fusarium solani, Fusarium verticillioides, Fusarium oxysporum, Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus flavus, Phoma sp., Valsa mali, Rhizoctonia solani, Penicillium brasilianum, and Albifimbria verrucaria, and it had broad-spectrum antibacterial characteristics. Extracellular metabolites from strain QSB-6 showed a strong inhibitory effect on Fusarium hyphal growth and spore germination, causing irregular swelling, atrophy, rupture, and cytoplasmic leakage of fungal hyphae. Analysis of its metabolites showed that 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid and benzeneacetic acid, 3- hydroxy-, methyl ester had good inhibitory effects on Fusarium, and increased the length of primary roots and the number of lateral roots of Arabidopsis thaliana plantlet. Pot experiments demonstrated that a QSB-6 bacterial fertilizer treatment (T2) significantly improved the growth of Malus hupehensis Rehd. seedlings. It increased root length, surface area, tips, and forks, respiration rate, protective enzyme activities, and the number of soil bacteria while reducing the number of soil fungi. Fermentation broth from strain QSB-6 effectively prevented root damage from Fusarium. terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays showed that the T2 treatment significantly reduced the abundance of Fusarium in the soil and altered the soil fungal community structure. In summary, B. amyloliquefaciens QSB-6 has a good inhibitory effect on Fusarium in the soil and can significantly promote plant root growth. It has great potential as a biological control agent against ARD.
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- Yanan Duan
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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Taylor JA, Díez-Vives C, Majzoub ME, Nielsen S, Thomas T. Stress response of the marine sponge Scopalina sp.. Can microbial community composition predict sponge disease? FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6310570. [PMID: 34180510 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Disease has become an increasingly recognised problem in the marine environment, but our understanding of the factors that drive disease or our ability to predict its occurrence is limited. Marine sponges are known for their close associations with microorganisms, which are generally accepted to underpin sponge health and function. The aim of this study is to explore whether the microbial community composition of sponges can act as a predictor of disease occurrence under stressful environmental conditions. The development of a naturally occurring disease in the temperate sponge species Scopalina sp. was reproducibly recreated in a flow-through aquarium environment using increasing temperature stress. Throughout the experiments, four morphological health states were observed and described. Fingerprinting based on terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism of the bacterial community uncovered a statistically significant signature in healthy sponges prior to stress or apparent symptoms that correlated with the time it took for the disease to occur. This shows that the bacterial community composition of individual sponges can act as predictors of necrotic disease development. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a microbial signature of this nature has been reported in marine sponges and this finding can contribute to unravelling cause-effect pathways for stress-related dysbiosis and disease.
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- Jessica A Taylor
- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.,School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.,Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.,School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.,School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Herrero J, Puigserver D, Nijenhuis I, Kuntze K, Parker BL, Carmona JM. The role of ecotones in the dehalogenation of chloroethenes in alluvial fan aquifers. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:26871-26884. [PMID: 33495954 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12538-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The presence of ecotones in transition zones between geological strata (e.g. layers of gravel and sand interbedded with layers of silt in distal alluvial fan deposits) in aquifers plays a significant role in regulating the flux of matter and energy between compartments. Ecotones are characterised by steep physicochemical and biological gradients and considerable biological diversity. However, the link between organic pollutants and degradation potential in ecotones has scarcely been studied. The aim of this study is to relate the presence of ecotones with the dehalogenation of chloroethenes. A field site was selected where chloroethene contamination occurs in a granular aquifer with geological heterogeneities. The site is monitored by multilevel and conventional wells. Groundwater samples were analysed by chemical, isotopic, and molecular techniques. The main results were as follows: (1) two ecotones were characterised in the source area, one in the upper part of the aquifer and the second in the transition zone to the bottom aquitard, where the aged pool is located; (2) the ecotone located in the transition zone to the bottom aquitard has greater microbial diversity, due to higher geological heterogeneities; (3) both ecotones show the reductive dehalogenation of perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene; and (4) these ecotones are the main zones of the reductive dehalogenation of the pollutants, given the more reductive conditions at the centre of the plume. These findings suggest that ecotones are responsible for natural attenuation, where oxic conditions prevailed at the aquifer and bioremediation strategies could be applied more effectively in these zones to promote complete reductive dehalogenation.
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- Jofre Herrero
- Department of Minerology, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, The Water Research Institute (IdRA), University of Barcelona, C/ Martí Franquès sn, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Serra Húnter Tenure-elegible Lecturer, Department of Minerology, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, The Water Research Institute (IdRA), University of Barcelona, C/ Martí Franquès sn, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry (ISOBIO), UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry (ISOBIO), UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
- Isodetect, Deutscher Platz 5b, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph 50, Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Minerology, Petrology and Applied Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, The Water Research Institute (IdRA), University of Barcelona, C/ Martí Franquès sn, Barcelona, Spain
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Kang S, Song Y, Jeon Y, Kim D, Park J, Soh J, Lee J, Kitalong C, Kim W, An H, Chang J, Lee J, Jin J. Comparative Study of Anti-Inflammatory Effect on DSS-Induced Ulcerative Colitis Between Novel Glycyrrhiza Variety and Official Compendia. Applied Sciences 2021; 11:1545. [DOI: 10.3390/app11041545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Glycyrrhizae radix (GR), a plant commonly referred to as licorice, is used as a medicine and food worldwide. However, the utilization of GR from wild areas has caused desertification and a depletion of natural resources. Environmental restrictions and low productivity have limited plant cultivation. For this reason, an improved Glycyrrhiza variety, Wongam (WG), in cultivation and quality has been developed by Korea Rural Development Administration. To evaluate the equivalence of efficacy, several comparative studies between already-registered species and new cultivars have been conducted. This study evaluated the anti-inflammatory effect of WG extracts in a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis model, in comparison to that of GR extracts. WG extract significantly improved the clinical signs of DSS-induced ulcerative colitis, including disease activity index, body weight loss, and colon length shortening, which was equivalent to the effect of GR. Furthermore, the fecal microbiota was analyzed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism. The composition of the fecal microbiota did not show a specific pattern based on experimental groups; however, a tendency toward an increase in the proportion of Lactobacillales was observed. These findings showed an equivalence of efficacy and the possible utilization of WG as a medicinal resource with already-registered species.
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Kapoor MP, Koido M, Kawaguchi M, Timm D, Ozeki M, Yamada M, Mitsuya T, Okubo T. Lifestyle related changes with partially hydrolyzed guar gum dietary fiber in healthy athlete individuals – A randomized, double-blind, crossover, placebo-controlled gut microbiome clinical study. J Funct Foods 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2020.104067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Gryta A, Frąc M. Methodological Aspects of Multiplex Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism-Technique to Describe the Genetic Diversity of Soil Bacteria, Archaea and Fungi. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:s20113292. [PMID: 32527006 PMCID: PMC7309186 DOI: 10.3390/s20113292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The molecular fingerprinting methods used to evaluate soil microbial diversity could also be used as effective biosensors for the purposes of monitoring ecological soil status. The biodiversity of microorganisms is a relevant index of soil activity and there is a necessity to develop tools to generate reliable results for an emerging approach in the field of environmental control using microbial diversity biosensors. This work reports a method under development for determining soil microbial diversity using high efficiency Multiplex PCR-Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (M-T-RFLP) for the simultaneous detection of bacteria, archaea and fungi. Three different primer sets were used in the reaction and the analytical conditions were optimized. Optimal analytical conditions were achieved using 0.5 µM of primer for bacteria and 1 µM for archaea and fungi, 4 ng of soil DNA template, and HaeIII restriction enzyme. Comparative tests using the proposed analytical approach and a single analysis of each microorganism group were carried out to indicate that both genetic profiles were similar. The Jaccard similarity coefficient between single and multiplexing approach ranged from 0.773 to 0.850 for bacteria and fungi, and 0.208 to 0.905 for archaea. In conclusion, the multiplexing and pooling approaches significantly reduced the costs and time required to perform the analyses, while maintaining a proper effectiveness.
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Schoos AM, Kragh M, Ahrens P, Kuhn KG, Rasmussen MA, Chawes BL, Jensen JS, Brix S, Bisgaard H, Stokholm J. Season of Birth Impacts the Neonatal Nasopharyngeal Microbiota. Children (Basel) 2020; 7:E45. [PMID: 32403236 DOI: 10.3390/children7050045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Objective: Pathogenic airway bacteria colonizing the neonatal airway increase the risk of childhood asthma, but little is known about the determinants of the establishment and dynamics of the airway microbiota in early life. We studied associations between perinatal risk factors and bacterial richness of the commensal milieu in the neonatal respiratory tract. Methods: Three hundred and twenty-eight children from the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in the Childhood2000 (COPSAC2000) at-risk birth cohort were included in this study. The bacterial richness in each of the nasopharynxes of the 1-month old, asymptomatic neonates was analyzed by use of a culture-independent technique (T-RFLP). Information on perinatal risk factors included predisposition to asthma, allergy and eczema; social status of family; maternal exposures during pregnancy; mode of delivery; and postnatal exposures. The risk factor analysis was done by conventional statistics and partial least square discriminant analysis (PLSDA). Results: The nasopharyngeal bacterial community at 1-month displayed an average of 35 (IQR: 14-55, range 1-161) phylogenetically different bacteria groups. Season of birth was associated with nasopharyngeal bacterial richness at 1-month of age with a higher bacterial richness (p = 0.003) and more abundant specific bacterial profiles representing Gram-negative alpha-proteobacteria and Gram-positive Bacilli in the nasopharynx of summer-born children. Conclusion: Early postnatal bacterial colonization of the upper airways is significantly affected by birth season, emphasizing a future focus on the seasonality aspect in modelling the impact of early dynamic changes in airway bacterial communities in relation to later disease development.
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Johnston‐Monje D, Lopez Mejia J. Botanical microbiomes on the cheap: Inexpensive molecular fingerprinting methods to study plant-associated communities of bacteria and fungi. Appl Plant Sci 2020; 8:e11334. [PMID: 32351795 PMCID: PMC7186905 DOI: 10.1002/aps3.11334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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High-throughput sequencing technologies have revolutionized the study of plant-associated microbial populations, but they are relatively expensive. Molecular fingerprinting techniques are more affordable, yet yield considerably less information about the microbial community. Does this mean they are no longer useful for plant microbiome research? In this paper, we review the past 10 years of studies on plant-associated microbiomes using molecular fingerprinting methodologies, including single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP), denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), amplicon length heterogeneity PCR (LH-PCR), ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (RISA) and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA), and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP). We also present data juxtaposing results from TRFLP methods with those generated using Illumina sequencing in the comparison of rhizobacterial populations of Brazilian maize and fungal surveys in Canadian tomato roots. In both cases, the TRFLP approach yielded the desired results at a level of resolution comparable to that of the MiSeq method, but at a fraction of the cost. Community fingerprinting methods (especially TRFLP) remain relevant for the identification of dominant microbes in a population, the observation of shifts in plant microbiome community diversity, and for screening samples before their use in more sensitive and expensive approaches.
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- David Johnston‐Monje
- Max Planck Tandem Group in Plant Microbial Ecology at the Universidad del ValleCalle 13 #100‐00, Building E20760032Cali, Valle del CaucaColombia
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchDepartment of Plant Microbe InteractionsCarl-von-Linne-Weg 10D-50829CologneGermany
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- Max Planck Tandem Group in Plant Microbial Ecology at the Universidad del ValleCalle 13 #100‐00, Building E20760032Cali, Valle del CaucaColombia
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Sila S, Jelić M, Trivić I, Tambić Andrašević A, Hojsak I, Kolaček S. Altered Gut Microbiota Is Present in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2020; 70:497-502. [PMID: 31899727 DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Clinical and experimental data suggest that gut microbiota plays an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to determine intestinal microbiota in newly diagnosed patients with IBD and to compare it with patients' healthy siblings who share same genetic and environmental background and to healthy unrelated controls. METHODS Molecular approach targeting 16S ribosomal RNA was employed for analyzing the gut microbiota of participants' stool samples. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphphism analysis was performed. RESULTS Newly diagnosed pediatric patients with IBD (n = 19, 68.4% Crohn disease [CD], mean age 14.8 ± 0.65 years), their unaffected healthy siblings (n = 20, mean age 12.8 ± 0.85 years), and unrelated healthy controls (n = 19, mean age 10.7 ± 0.8 years) were included. Microbial diversity differed significantly between IBD patients, healthy siblings, and healthy controls (P = 0.018 for MspI digestion, P = 0.013 for HhaI digestion). No significant difference in microbial diversity was found between healthy siblings and healthy controls. In patients reduced presence of genus Eubacterium, Lactobacillus, Enterobacter and Clostridium, and increased presence of genus Streptococcus, Prevotella and Escherichia, compared with healthy siblings and healthy controls, was found. CONCLUSION Newly diagnosed pediatric patients with IBD show significantly less diverse microbiota and microbial composition compared with healthy siblings and healthy controls.
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Xu HJ, Bai J, Li WY, Zhao LX, Li YT. Removal of persistent DDT residues from soils by earthworms: A mechanistic study. J Hazard Mater 2019; 365:622-631. [PMID: 30472447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Revised: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Earthworms have been reported to enhance DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane) removal from soils, but the mechanism underlying is still poorly understood. This study therefore worked on the links between DDT transformation in drilosphere and non-drilosphere matrices and the properties of these matrices in sterile and non-sterile soil columns with and without earthworms to reveal related mechanisms. The results show that earthworms shortened the half-time of DDT in soils from over 14 weeks to about 8 weeks; DDT residues were lower (p < 0.05) and its transformation products were higher (p < 0.05) in drilosphere matrixes than those in their non-drilosphere counterparts; DDD and DDMU was higher (p < 0.05) in the gut, and DDE was higher (p < 0.05) in the burrow; and the bioaccumulation of DDT in earthworm tissues only contributed less than 0.03% to the DDT removal enhanced by earthworms. The results further demonstrate that drilosphere is the hotspot of soil DDT transformation with oxidative degradation dominant in the burrow and reductive dechlorination in the gut, and earthworms enhanced DDT removal mainly by digesting and promoting the microbial degradation of DDT by indigenous microorganisms via improving soil properties. Knowledge of the mechanisms of DDT transformation by earthworms will support the use of earthworms in remediating DDT-contaminated soils.
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- Hui-Juan Xu
- Joint Institute for Environmental Research & Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Joint Institute for Environmental Research & Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China
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- Joint Institute for Environmental Research & Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Joint Institute for Environmental Research & Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Du Z, Zhu Y, Zhu L, Zhang J, Li B, Wang J, Wang J, Zhang C, Cheng C. Effects of the herbicide mesotrione on soil enzyme activity and microbial communities. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2018; 164:571-578. [PMID: 30149356 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.08.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 08/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Mesotrione (2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)-2-nithobenzoyl]-1, 3-cyclohexanedione) is a selective triketone herbicide that has been widely used in corn production for the past 15 years. However, its potential for risk to soil ecosystems is poorly documented. The present study investigated the soil enzyme activity and soil microbial community responses to a 20 days' mesotrione exposure at doses of 0.1, 1.0 and 5.0 mg/kg. On days 2, 5, 10 and 20, activities of soil β-glucosidase, urease and acid phosphatase, soil microbe abundances, soil microbial community structure and abundance of the AOA-amoA and AOB-amoA genes were measured. Results showed that activities of urease and acid phosphatase were relatively stable, with no difference found between the mesotrione-treated group and control at the end of exposure. But β-glucosidase activity was reduced in the 5.0 mg/kg mesotrione treatment. In the 1.0 and 5.0 mg/kg mesotrione-treated soil, abundance of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes all were reduced. In the 0.1 mg/kg mesotrione-treated soil, only fungi abundance was reduced by the end of the exposure. The analysis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) revealed soil microbial community structure could be affected by mesotrione at all experimental doses, and microbial diversity declined slightly after mesotrione exposure. Abundance of AOA-amoA and AOB-amoA genes were reduced markedly in 1.0 and 5.0 mg/kg mesotrione-treated soil. The present study suggests that mesotrione at higher doses might induce negative impacts on soil microbes, a finding which merits additional research and which should be accounted for when application of this herbicide is considered.
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- Zhongkun Du
- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China.
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Machinery and Equipment of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, PR China
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Shigeno Y, Toyama M, Nakamura M, Niimi K, Takahashi E, Benno Y. Comparison of gut microbiota composition between laboratory-bred marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) with chronic diarrhea and healthy animals using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Microbiol Immunol 2018; 62:702-710. [DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Yuko Shigeno
- Benno Laboratory; RIKEN Baton Zone Program; RIKEN Cluster for Science Technology and Innovation Hub; 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi Saitama Japan
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- Benno Laboratory; RIKEN Baton Zone Program; RIKEN Cluster for Science Technology and Innovation Hub; 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi Saitama Japan
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- Benno Laboratory; RIKEN Baton Zone Program; RIKEN Cluster for Science Technology and Innovation Hub; 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi Saitama Japan
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- Research Resources Division; RIKEN Center for Brain Science; 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi Saitama Japan
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- Research Resources Division; RIKEN Center for Brain Science; 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi Saitama Japan
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- Benno Laboratory; RIKEN Baton Zone Program; RIKEN Cluster for Science Technology and Innovation Hub; 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi Saitama Japan
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Chen L, Jiang B, Zhong C, Guo J, Zhang L, Mu T, Zhang Q, Bi X. Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer by black raspberry anthocyanins involved the modulation of gut microbiota and SFRP2 demethylation. Carcinogenesis 2018; 39:471-481. [PMID: 29361151 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgy009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Freeze-dried black raspberry (BRB) powder is considered as a potential cancer chemopreventive agent. In this study, we fed azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-treated C57BL/6J mice with a diet containing BRB anthocyanins for 12 weeks, and this led to a reduction in colon carcinogenesis. These animals had consistently lower tumor multiplicity compared with AOM/DSS-treated mice not receiving BRB anthocyanins. In AOM/DSS-treated mice, the number of pathogenic bacteria, including Desulfovibrio sp. and Enterococcus spp., was increased significantly, whereas probiotics such as Eubacterium rectale, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and Lactobacillus were dramatically decreased, but BRB anthocyanins supplement could reverse this imbalance in gut microbiota. BRB anthocyanins also caused the demethylation of the SFRP2 gene promoter, resulting in increased expression of SFRP2, both at the mRNA and protein levels. Furthermore, the expression levels of DNMT31 and DNMT3B, as well as of p-STAT3 were downregulated by BRB anthocyanins in these animals. Taken together, these results suggested that BRB anthocyanins could modulate the composition of gut commensal microbiota, and changes in inflammation and the methylation status of the SFRP2 gene may play a central role in the chemoprevention of CRC.
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- Lili Chen
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China.,Department of Biotechnology, Research Center for Computer Simulating and Information Processing of Bio-macromolecules of Liaoning Province, Liaoning University, Shenyang, China
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Ren Q, Li C, Yang W, Song H, Ma P, Wang C, Schneider RL, Morreale SJ. Revegetation of the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir leads to increased soil bacterial diversity. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:23748-23763. [PMID: 29876849 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2333-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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As one of the most active components in soil, bacteria can affect soil physicochemical properties, its biological characteristics, and even its quality and health. We characterized dynamics of the soil bacterial diversity in planted (with Taxodium distichum) and unplanted soil in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir (TGDR), in southwestern China, in order to accurately quantify the changes in long-term soil bacterial community structure after revegetation. Measurements were taken annually in situ in the TGDR over the course of 5 years, from 2012 to 2016. Soil chemical properties and bacterial diversity were analyzed in both the planted and unplanted soil. After revegetation, the soil chemical properties in planted soil were significantly different than in unplanted soil. The effects of treatment, time, and the interaction of both time and treatment had significant impacts on most diversity indices. Specifically, the bacterial community diversity indices in planted soil were significantly higher and more stable than that in unplanted soil. The correlation analyses indicated that the diversity indices correlated with the pH value, organic matter, and soil available nutrients. After revegetation in the riparian zone of the TGDR, the soil quality and health is closely related to the observed bacterial diversity, and a higher bacterial diversity avails the maintenance of soil functionality. Thus, more reforestation should be carried out in the riparian zone of the TGDR, so as to effectively mitigate the negative ecological impacts of the dam. Vegetating the reservoir banks with Taxodium distichum proved successful, but planting mixed stands of native tree species could promote even higher riparian soil biodiversity and improved levels of ecosystem functioning within the TGDR.
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- Qingshui Ren
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Environment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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Staley BF, de los Reyes FL, Wang L, Barlaz MA. Microbial ecological succession during municipal solid waste decomposition. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:5731-5740. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9014-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kadam SK, Chandanshive VV, Rane NR, Patil SM, Gholave AR, Khandare RV, Bhosale AR, Jeon BH, Govindwar SP. Phytobeds with Fimbristylis dichotoma and Ammannia baccifera for treatment of real textile effluent: An in situ treatment, anatomical studies and toxicity evaluation. Environ Res 2018; 160:1-11. [PMID: 28938190 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Fimbristylis dichotoma, Ammannia baccifera and their co-plantation consortium FA independently degraded Methyl Orange, simulated dye mixture and real textile effluent. Wild plants of F. dichotoma and A. baccifera with equal biomass showed 91% and 89% decolorization of Methyl Orange within 60h at a concentration of 50ppm, while 95% dye removal was achieved by consortium FA within 48h. Floating phyto-beds with co-plantation (F. dichotoma and A. baccifera) for the treatment of real textile effluent in a constructed wetland was observed to be more efficient and achieved 79%, 72%, 77%, 66% and 56% reductions in ADMI color value, COD, BOD, TDS and TSS of textile effluent, respectively. HPTLC, GC-MS, FTIR, UV-vis spectroscopy and activated oxido-reductive enzyme activities confirmed the phytotrasformation of parent dye in to new metabolites. T-RFLP analysis of rhizospheric bacteria of F. dichotoma, A. baccifera and consortium FA revealed the presence of 88, 98 and 223 genera which could have been involved in dye removal. Toxicity evaluation of products formed after phytotransformation of Methyl Orange by consortium FA on bivalves Lamellidens marginalis revealed less damage of the gills architecture when analyzed histologically. Toxicity measurement by Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique revealed bivalve DNA banding pattern in treated Methyl Orange sample suggesting less toxic nature of phytotransformed dye products.
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- Suhas K Kadam
- Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India; Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India
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- Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416004, India; Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea.
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Daddiego L, Bianco L, Capodicasa C, Carbone F, Dalmastri C, Daroda L, Del Fiore A, De Rossi P, Di Carli M, Donini M, Lopez L, Mengoni A, Paganin P, Perrotta G, Bevivino A. Omics approaches on fresh-cut lettuce reveal global molecular responses to sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid treatment. J Sci Food Agric 2018; 98:737-750. [PMID: 28675480 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lettuce is a leafy vegetable that is extensively commercialized as a ready-to-eat product because of its widespread use in human nutrition as salad. It is well known that washing treatments can severely affect the quality and shelf-life of ready-to-eat vegetables. The study presented here evaluated the effect of two washing procedures on fresh-cut lettuce during storage. RESULTS An omics approach was applied to reveal global changes at molecular level induced by peracetic acid washing in comparison with sodium hypochlorite treatment. Microbiological analyses were also performed to quantify total bacterial abundance and composition. The study revealed wide metabolic alterations induced by the two sanitizers. In particular, transcriptomic and proteomic analyses pointed out a number of transcripts and proteins differentially accumulated in response to peracetic acid washing, mainly occurring on the first day of storage. In parallel, different microbiota composition and significant reduction in total bacterial load following washing were also observed. CONCLUSION The results provide useful information for the fresh-cut industry to select an appropriate washing procedure preserving fresh-like attributes as much as possible during storage of the end product. Molecular evidence indicated peracetic acid to be a valid alternative to sodium hypochlorite as sanitizer solution. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Loretta Daddiego
- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA Trisaia Research Center, Rotondella, MT, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA Trisaia Research Center, Rotondella, MT, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Olive, Citrus and Tree Fruit, Rende, (CS), Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA Trisaia Research Center, Rotondella, MT, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA Trisaia Research Center, Rotondella, MT, Italy
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- Department of Sustainability and Productivity of Territorial Systems, Biotechnology and Agro-Industry Division, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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Lim JW, Ge T, Tong YW. Monitoring of microbial communities in anaerobic digestion sludge for biogas optimisation. Waste Manag 2018; 71:334-341. [PMID: 29037880 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study characterised and compared the microbial communities of anaerobic digestion (AD) sludge using three different methods - (1) Clone library; (2) Pyrosequencing; and (3) Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). Although high-throughput sequencing techniques are becoming increasingly popular and affordable, the reliance of such techniques for frequent monitoring of microbial communities may be a financial burden for some. Furthermore, the depth of microbial analysis revealed by high-throughput sequencing may not be required for monitoring purposes. This study aims to develop a rapid, reliable and economical approach for the monitoring of microbial communities in AD sludge. A combined approach where genetic information of sequences from clone library was used to assign phylogeny to T-RFs determined experimentally was developed in this study. In order to assess the effectiveness of the combined approach, microbial communities determined by the combined approach was compared to that characterised by pyrosequencing. Results showed that both pyrosequencing and clone library methods determined the dominant bacteria phyla to be Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Thermotogae. Both methods also found that sludge A and B were predominantly dominated by acetogenic methanogens followed by hydrogenotrophic methanogens. The number of OTUs detected by T-RFLP was significantly lesser than that detected by the clone library. In this study, T-RFLP analysis identified majority of the dominant species of the archaeal consortia. However, many of the more highly diverse bacteria consortia were missed. Nevertheless, the combined approach developed in this study where clone sequences from the clone library were used to assign phylogeny to T-RFs determined experimentally managed to accurately predict the same dominant microbial groups for both sludge A and sludge B, as compared to the pyrosequencing results. Results showed that the combined approach of clone library and T-RFLP accurately predicted the dominant microbial groups and thus is a reliable and more economical way to monitor the evolution of microbial systems in AD sludge.
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- Jun Wei Lim
- NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore.
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- Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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- NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
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Herzyk A, Fillinger L, Larentis M, Qiu S, Maloszewski P, Hünniger M, Schmidt SI, Stumpp C, Marozava S, Knappett PSK, Elsner M, Meckenstock R, Lueders T, Griebler C. Response and recovery of a pristine groundwater ecosystem impacted by toluene contamination - A meso-scale indoor aquifer experiment. J Contam Hydrol 2017; 207:17-30. [PMID: 29128133 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Microbial communities are the driving force behind the degradation of contaminants like aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater ecosystems. However, little is known about the response of native microbial communities to contamination in pristine environments as well as their potential to recover from a contamination event. Here, we used an indoor aquifer mesocosm filled with sandy quaternary calciferous sediment that was continuously fed with pristine groundwater to study the response, resistance and resilience of microbial communities to toluene contamination over a period of almost two years, comprising 132days of toluene exposure followed by nearly 600days of recovery. We observed an unexpectedly high intrinsic potential for toluene degradation, starting within the first two weeks after the first exposure. The contamination led to a shift from oxic to anoxic, primarily nitrate-reducing conditions as well as marked cell growth inside the contaminant plume. Depth-resolved community fingerprinting revealed a low resistance of the native microbial community to the perturbation induced by the exposure to toluene. Distinct populations that were dominated by a small number of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) rapidly emerged inside the plume and at the plume fringes, partially replacing the original community. During the recovery period physico-chemical conditions were restored to the pristine state within about 35days, whereas the recovery of the biological parameters was much slower and the community composition inside the former plume area had not recovered to the original state by the end of the experiment. These results demonstrate the low resilience of sediment-associated groundwater microbial communities to organic pollution and underline that recovery of groundwater ecosystems cannot be assessed solely by physico-chemical parameters.
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- Agnieszka Herzyk
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- University of Koblenz-Landau, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Landau, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Texas A&M University, College of Geosciences, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, Texas, United States
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany; Technical University of Munich, Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Munich, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany; University of Duisburg-Essen, Biofilm Centre, Aquatic Microbiology, Essen, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Handke J, Procopio N, Buckley M, van der Meer D, Williams G, Carr M, Williams A. Successive bacterial colonisation of pork and its implications for forensic investigations. Forensic Sci Int 2017; 281:1-8. [PMID: 29080415 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS Bacteria are considered one of the major driving forces of the mammalian decomposition process and have only recently been recognised as forensic tools. At this point, little is known about their potential use as 'post-mortem clocks'. This study aimed to establish the proof of concept for using bacterial identification as post-mortem interval (PMI) indicators, using a multi-omics approach. METHODS AND RESULTS Pieces of pork were placed in the University's outdoor facility and surface swabs were taken at regular intervals up to 60 days. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) of the 16S rDNA was used to identify bacterial taxa. It succeeded in detecting two out of three key contributors involved in decomposition and represents the first study to reveal Vibrionaceae as abundant on decomposing pork. However, a high fraction of present bacterial taxa could not be identified by T-RFLP. Proteomic analyses were also performed at selected time points, and they partially succeeded in the identification of precise strains, subspecies and species of bacteria that colonized the body after different PMIs. CONCLUSION T-RFLP is incapable of reliably and fully identifying bacterial taxa, whereas proteomics could help in the identification of specific strains of bacteria. Nevertheless, microbial identification by next generation sequencing might be used as PMI clock in future investigations and in conjunction with information provided by forensic entomologists. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY To the best of our knowledge, this work represents the first attempt to find a cheaper and easily accessible, culture-independent alternative to high-throughput techniques to establish a 'microbial clock', in combination with proteomic strategies to address this issue.
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- Jessica Handke
- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK; Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 19268, 1000 GG Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
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- School of Law, Forensics and Policing, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2DE, UK.
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
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- Kyle S. Landry
- Department of Food ScienceUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst Massachusetts
- Department of GeneticsHarvard Medical SchoolBoston Massachusetts
- Department of Health SciencesBoston UniversityBoston Massachusetts
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- Department of Food ScienceUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst Massachusetts
- Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst Massachusetts
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Chen XW, Wong JTF, Leung AOW, Ng CWW, Wong MH. Comparison of plant and bacterial communities between a subtropical landfill topsoil 15years after restoration and a natural area. Waste Manag 2017; 63:49-57. [PMID: 27561244 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 08/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Engineered sanitary landfills are becoming more and more common worldwide. Ecosystem restoration of capped sanitary landfills is essential to restore the disturbed environment. Comparing plant communities, as well as bacterial communities, in landfills and natural areas, offers an efficient way to assess the restoration status. However, such studies on the restored engineered landfills are limited. Here we present an ecological restoration case in an engineered landfill in a subtropical region. Part of the South East New Territories (SENT) landfill in Hong Kong was capped and restored, by using 16 plant species growing on top of the final cover soil, during 1997-1999. In 2014, plant survey and soil properties analyses were conducted in a restored site (AT) and a natural site (CT, an undisturbed area, serving as a control). The similarity between the biota communities (i.e., plant and soil bacteria) of the two sites was assessed. Plant and soil bacterial communities at AT were significantly different (R=1, P<0.01, ANOSIM) from those at CT. A lower plant diversity but a higher soil bacterial diversity were observed at AT. The soil bacterial community structure was potentially driven by soil pH, moisture content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), N, and P. The engineered landfill had not been restored to an ecosystem similar to the natural environment 15years after restoration. Establishing similar soil properties in the landfill topsoil would be important to achieve a bacterial community similar to the natural area. This study can also offer a quick and inexpensive method for landfill engineers to assess the bacterial restoration of man-made ecosystems using plant and soil properties rather than DNA analyzing techniques.
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- Xun-Wen Chen
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
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- Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Consortium on Health, Environment, Education and Research (CHEER), and Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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Mianzhi Y, Shah NP. Contemporary nucleic acid-based molecular techniques for detection, identification, and characterization of Bifidobacterium. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2017; 57:987-1016. [PMID: 26565761 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2015.1023761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bifidobacteria are one of the most important bacterial groups found in the gastrointestinal tract of humans. Medical and food industry researchers have focused on bifidobacteria because of their health-promoting properties. Researchers have historically relied on classic phenotypic approaches (culture and biochemical tests) for detection and identification of bifidobacteria. Those approaches still have values for the identification and detection of some bifidobacterial species, but they are often labor-intensive and time-consuming and can be problematic in differentiating closely related species. Rapid, accurate, and reliable methods for detection, identification, and characterization of bifidobacteria in a mixed bacterial population have become a major challenge. The advent of nucleic acid-based molecular techniques has significantly advanced isolation and detection of bifidobacteria. Diverse nucleic acid-based molecular techniques have been employed, including hybridization, target amplification, and fingerprinting. Certain techniques enable the detection, characterization, and identification at genus-, species-, and strains-levels, whereas others allow typing of species or strains of bifidobacteria. In this review, an overview of methodological principle, technique complexity, and application of various nucleic acid-based molecular techniques for detection, identification, and characterization of bifidobacteria is presented. Advantages and limitations of each technique are discussed, and significant findings based on particular techniques are also highlighted.
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- Yao Mianzhi
- a Food and Nutritional Science , School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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- a Food and Nutritional Science , School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong
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Nishi E, Watanabe K, Tashiro Y, Sakai K. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism profiling of bacterial flora derived from single human hair shafts can discriminate individuals. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2017; 25:75-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Chen Z, Huang L, Wen Q, Zhang H, Guo Z. Effects of sludge retention time, carbon and initial biomass concentrations on selection process: From activated sludge to polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulating cultures. J Environ Sci (China) 2017; 52:76-84. [PMID: 28254060 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Four sequence batch reactors (SBRs) fed by fermented sugar cane wastewater were continuously operated under the aerobic dynamic feeding (ADF) mode with different configurations of sludge retention time (SRT), carbon and initial biomass concentrations to enrich polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) accumulating mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) from municipal activated sludge. The stability of SBRs was investigated besides the enrichment performance. The microbial community structures of the enriched MMCs were analyzed using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). The optimum operating conditions for the enrichment process were: SRT of 5days, carbon concentration of 2.52g COD/L and initial biomass concentration of 3.65g/L. The best enrichment performance in terms of both operating stability and PHA storage ability of enriched cultures (with the maximum PHA content and PHA storage yield (YPHA/S) of 61.26% and 0.68mg COD/mg COD, respectively) was achieved under this condition. Effects of the SRT, carbon concentration and initial biomass concentration on the PHA accumulating MMCs selection process were discussed respectively. A new model including the segmentation of the enrichment process and the effects of SRT on each phase was proposed.
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- Zhiqiang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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Dubey G, Kollah B, Gour VK, Shukla AK, Mohanty SR. Diversity of bacteria and archaea in the rhizosphere of bioenergy crop Jatropha curcas. 3 Biotech 2016; 6:257. [PMID: 28330329 PMCID: PMC5135702 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-016-0546-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Plant-microbial interaction in rhizosphere plays vital role in shaping plant’s growth and ecosystem function. Most of the rhizospheric microbial diversity studies are restricted to bacteria. In natural ecosystem, archaea also constitutes a major component of the microbial population. However, their diversity is less known compared to bacteria. Experiments were carried out to examine diversity of bacteria and archaea in the rhizosphere of bioenergy crop Jatropha curcas (J. curcas). Samples were collected from three locations varying widely in the soil physico-chemical properties. Diversity was estimated by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) targeting 16S rRNA gene of bacteria and archaea. Fifteen bacterial and 17 archaeal terminal restriction fragments (TRFs) were retrieved from J. curcas rhizosphere. Bacterial indicative TRFs were Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Acidobacteria, Verrumicrobiaceae, and Chlroflexi. Major archaeal TRFs were crenarchaeota, and euryarchaeota. In case of bacteria, relative fluorescence was low for TRF160 and high for TRF51, TRF 420. Similarly, for archaea relative fluorescence of TRF 218, and TRF 282 was low and high for TRF 278, TRF468 and TRF93. Principal component analysis (PCA) of bacterial TRFs designated PC 1 with 46.83% of variation and PC2 with 31.07% variation. Archaeal TRFs designated 90.94% of variation by PC1 and 9.05% by PC2. Simpson index varied from 0.530 to 0.880 and Shannon index from 1.462 to 3.139 for bacteria. For archaea, Simpson index varied from 0.855 to 0.897 and Shannon index varied from 3.027 to 3.155. Study concluded that rhizosphere of J. curcas constituted of diverse set of both bacteria and archaea, which might have promising plant growth promoting activities.
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- Garima Dubey
- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Nabibagh, Bhopal, 462038, India
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- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Nabibagh, Bhopal, 462038, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, J.N. Agricultural University, Krishinagar, Jabalpur, 482004, India
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Mehbub MF, Tanner JE, Barnett SJ, Franco CM, Zhang W. The role of sponge-bacteria interactions: the sponge Aplysilla rosea challenged by its associated bacterium Streptomyces ACT-52A in a controlled aquarium system. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:10609-26. [PMID: 27717966 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7878-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sponge-associated bacteria play a critical role in sponge biology, metabolism and ecology, but how they interact with their host sponges and the role of these interactions are poorly understood. This study investigated the role of the interaction between the sponge Aplysilla rosea and its associated actinobacterium, Streptomyces ACT-52A, in modifying sponge microbial diversity, metabolite profile and bioactivity. A recently developed experimental approach that exposes sponges to bacteria of interest in a controlled aquarium system was improved by including the capture and analysis of secreted metabolites by the addition of an absorbent resin in the seawater. In a series of controlled aquaria, A. rosea was exposed to Streptomyces ACT-52A at 106 cfu/ml and monitored for up to 360 h. Shifts in microbial communities associated with the sponges occurred within 24 to 48 h after bacterial exposure and continued until 360 h, as revealed by TRFLP. The metabolite profiles of sponge tissues also changed substantially as the microbial community shifted. Control sponges (without added bacteria) and Streptomyces ACT-52A-exposed sponges released different metabolites into the seawater that was captured by the resin. The antibacterial activity of compounds collected from the seawater increased at 96 and 360 h of exposure for the treated sponges compared to the control group due to new compounds being produced and released. Increased antibacterial activity of metabolites from treated sponge tissue was observed only at 360 h, whereas that of control sponge tissue remained unchanged. The results demonstrate that the interaction between sponges and their associated bacteria plays an important role in regulating secondary metabolite production.
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Li Q, Chen C, Penttinen P, Xiong C, Zheng L, Huang W. Microbial diversity associated with Tricholoma matsutake fruiting bodies. Microbiology (Reading) 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261716050106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cao Y, Yang B, Song Z, Wang H, He F, Han X. Wheat straw biochar amendments on the removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated soil. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2016; 130:248-255. [PMID: 27151675 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2015] [Revised: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Soil amendments of wheat straw biochar (BC), lignocellulosic substrate (LS), BC+LS, and BC+LS+BR (surfactant Brij30) were investigated for the first time in order to remedy polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-polluted soil using pilot scale microcosm incubation. We hypothesized that the removal of PAHs could be inhibited due to the adsorption and immobilization of biochar and the inhibition depends on the molecular-weight of PAHs. The removal rates of phenanthrene (PHE) and Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) ranked as C=BC>LS=LS+BC=LS+BC+BR and C=BC=LS+BC+BR>LS=LS+BC. Wheat straw biochar inhibited the removal of PHE and accelerated BaP removal. The activity of Dehydrogenase (DH) was depressed by the addition of the biochar while the activity of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) was stimulated. Lignocellulose and surfactant are favourable to sustain soil microbiological activity and the removal of PAHs although the diversity of bacterial community was not significantly changed. The findings implied that the components of PAHs are necessary to consider when the amendments are implemented by associated biochar in PAH-polluted soil.
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- Yanan Cao
- School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, Jinan 250022, China.
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- School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Ecological Carbon Sink and Capture Utilization, Jinan 250022, China
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Rocha LL, Colares GB, Nogueira VL, Paes FA, Melo VM. Distinct Habitats Select Particular Bacterial Communities in Mangrove Sediments. Int J Microbiol 2016; 2016:3435809. [PMID: 26989418 DOI: 10.1155/2016/3435809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Revised: 01/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We investigated the relationship among environmental variables, composition, and structure of bacterial communities in different habitats in a mangrove located nearby to an oil exploitation area, aiming to retrieve the natural pattern of bacterial communities in this ecosystem. The T-RFLP analysis showed a high diversity of bacterial populations and an increase in the bacterial richness from habitats closer to the sea and without vegetation (S1) to habitats covered by Avicennia schaueriana (S2) and Rhizophora mangle (S3). Environmental variables in S1 and S2 were more similar than in S3; however, when comparing the bacterial compositions, S2 and S3 shared more OTUs between them, suggesting that the presence of vegetation is an important factor in shaping these bacterial communities. In silico analyses of the fragments revealed a high diversity of the class Gammaproteobacteria in the 3 sites, although in general they presented quite different bacterial composition, which is probably shaped by the specificities of each habitat. This study shows that microhabitats inside of a mangrove ecosystem harbor diverse and distinct microbiota, reinforcing the need to conserve these ecosystems as a whole.
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Xie ZM, Zhou T, Liao HY, Ye Q, Liu S, Qi L, Huang J, Zuo HJ, Pei XF. Effects of Ligustrum robustum on gut microbes and obesity in rats. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:13042-13054. [PMID: 26676281 PMCID: PMC4674722 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i46.13042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the anti-obesity and antibacterial effects of Ligustrum robustum (L. robustum) in vivo and in vitro and its possible mechanisms.
METHODS: The effects of L. robustum aqueous extract (LR) on various gut bacteria in vitro were evaluated. The effects of LR on high-fat diet-fed (HFD) rats in vivo were also assessed. Culture methods, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism were used to analyze the effects of LR on gut bacteria. Biochemical tests were also performed to detect the changes in obesity-related indicators after LR treatment.
RESULTS: LR treatment lowered adipose weight and decreased Lee’s index, blood glucose, total cholesterol, and lipid in the tested groups relative to control (P < 0.05). To determine the reasons for these changes, we assessed the potential bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects of LR on specific bacterial species in vitro. LR affected the richness, diversity, and evenness of gut bacteria, increased fecal Lactobacillus, and decreased Enterococci in HFD rats (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: L. robustum may be a safe and effective food for weight loss and obesity control, and the effects of L. robustum might be mediated by the regulation of gut bacteria.
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Schenck LP, Beck PL, MacDonald JA. Gastrointestinal dysbiosis and the use of fecal microbial transplantation in Clostridium difficile infection. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2015; 6:169-180. [PMID: 26600975 PMCID: PMC4644881 DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v6.i4.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The impact of antibiotics on the human gut microbiota is a significant concern. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea has been on the rise for the past few decades with the increasing usage of antibiotics. Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) have become one of the most prominent types of infectious diarrheal disease, with dramatically increased incidence in both the hospital and community setting worldwide. Studies show that variability in the innate host response may in part impact upon CDI severity in patients. That being said, CDI is a disease that shows the most prominent links to alterations to the gut microbiota, in both cause and treatment. With recurrence rates still relatively high, it is important to explore alternative therapies to CDI. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and other types of bacteriotherapy have become exciting avenues of treatment for CDI. Recent clinical trials have generated excitement for the use of FMT as a therapeutic option for CDI; however, the exact components of the human gut microbiota needed for protection against CDI have remained elusive. Additional investigations on the effects of antibiotics on the human gut microbiota and subsequent CDI will help reduce the socioeconomic burden of CDI and potentially lead to new therapeutic modalities.
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Nishizawa T, Neagari Y, Miura T, Asayama M, Murata K, Harada KI, Shirai M. Molecular Analysis of the Cyanobacterial Community in Gastric Contents of Egrets with Symptoms of Steatitis. Open Microbiol J 2015; 9:160-6. [PMID: 26668668 PMCID: PMC4676040 DOI: 10.2174/1874285801509010160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 05/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Many deaths of wild birds that have drunk water contaminated with hepatotoxic microcystin-producing cyanobacteria have been reported. A mass death of egrets and herons with steatitis were found at the agricultural reservoir occurring cyanobacterial waterblooms. This study aimed to verify a hypothesis that the egrets and herons which died in the reservoir drink microcystin-producing cyanobacteria and microcystin involves in the cause of death as well as the symptoms of steatitis. The cyanobacterial community in gastric contents of egrets and herons that died from steatitis was assessed using cyanobacterial 16S rRNA-based terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiling and a cyanobacterial 16S rRNA-based clone library analysis. In addition, PCR amplification of the mcyB-C region and the mcyG gene, involved in microcystin biosynthesis, was examined. The cyanobacterial community in the gastric contents of two birds showed a simplistic composition. A comparison of cyanobacterial T-RFLP profiling and cloned sequences suggested that the genus Microcystis predominated in both samples of egrets died. Although we confirmed that two egrets which died in the reservoir have taken in cyanobacterial waterblooms containing the genus Microcystis, no mcy gene was detected in both samples according to the mcy gene-based PCR analysis. This study is the first to show the profiling and traceability of a cyanobacterial community in the gastric contents of wild birds by molecular analysis. Additionally, we consider causing symptoms of steatitis in the dead egrets.
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- Laboratory for Intellectual Fundamentals for Environmental Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
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- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Human Science and Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
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Brousseau JP, Talbot G, Beaudoin F, Lauzon K, Roy D, Lessard M. Effects of probiotics Pediococcus acidilactici strain MA18/5M and Saccharomyces cerevisiae subsp. boulardii strain SB-CNCM I-1079 on fecal and intestinal microbiota of nursing and weanling piglets1. J Anim Sci 2015; 93:5313-26. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2015-9190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- J.-P. Brousseau
- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
- Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
- Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
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Duran R, Bielen A, Paradžik T, Gassie C, Pustijanac E, Cagnon C, Hamer B, Vujaklija D. Exploring Actinobacteria assemblages in coastal marine sediments under contrasted Human influences in the West Istria Sea, Croatia. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2015; 22:15215-29. [PMID: 25712885 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4240-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The exploration of marine Actinobacteria has as major challenge to answer basic questions of microbial ecology that, in turn, will provide useful information to exploit Actinobacteria metabolisms in biotechnological processes. The ecological functions performed by Actinobacteria in marine sediments are still unclear and belongs to the most burning basic questions. The comparison of Actinobacteria communities inhabiting marine sediments that are under the influence of different contamination types will provide valuable information in the adaptation capacities of Actinobacteria to colonize specific ecological niche. In the present study, the characterization of different Actinobacteria assemblages according to contamination type revealed the ecological importance of Actinobacteria for maintaining both general biogeochemical functions through a "core" Actinobacteria community and specific roles associated with the presence of contaminants. Indeed, the results allowed to distinguish Actinobacteria genera and species operational taxonomic units (OTUs) able to cope with the presence of either (i) As, (ii) metals Ni, Fe, V, Cr, and Mn, or (iii) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and toxic metals (Hg, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn). Such observations highlighted the metabolic capacities of Actinobacteria and their potential that should be taken into consideration and advantage during the implementation of bioremediation processes in marine ecosystems.
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- Robert Duran
- Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie, MELODY group, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, IPREM UMR CNRS 5254, BP 1155, 64013, Pau Cedex, France.
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Bâtiment IBEAS, BP1155, 64013, Pau Cedex, France.
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Institute Ruđer Bošković, Bijenička 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Institute Ruđer Bošković, Bijenička 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie, MELODY group, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, IPREM UMR CNRS 5254, BP 1155, 64013, Pau Cedex, France
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- Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Zagrebačka 30, 52100, Pula, Croatia
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- Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie, MELODY group, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, IPREM UMR CNRS 5254, BP 1155, 64013, Pau Cedex, France
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- Center for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210, Rovinj, Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Institute Ruđer Bošković, Bijenička 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Burrell TJ, Maas EW, Hulston DA, Law CS. Bacterial abundance, processes and diversity responses to acidification at a coastal CO2 vent. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2015; 362:fnv154. [PMID: 26337149 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnv154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Shallow CO2 vents are used as natural laboratories to study biological responses to ocean acidification, and so it is important to determine whether pH is the primary driver of bacterial processes and community composition, or whether other variables associated with vent water have a significant influence. Water from a CO2 vent (46 m, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand) was compared to reference water from an upstream control site, and also to control water acidified to the same pH as the vent water. After 84 h, both vent and acidified water exhibited higher potential bulk water and cell-specific glucosidase activity relative to control water, whereas cell-specific protease activities were similar. However, bulk vent water glucosidase activity was double that of the acidified water, as was bacterial secondary production in one experiment, suggesting that pH was not the only factor affecting carbohydrate hydrolysis. In addition, there were significant differences in bacterial community composition in the vent water relative to the control and acidified water after 84 h, including the presence of extremophiles which may influence carbohydrate degradation. This highlights the importance of characterizing microbial processes and community composition in CO2 vent emissions, to confirm that they represent robust analogues for the future acidified ocean.
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- Tim J Burrell
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Greta Point, Wellington 6021, New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington, School of Biological Sciences, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Greta Point, Wellington 6021, New Zealand Now at; Ministry for Primary Industry, PO Box 12034, Ahuriri, Napier 4144, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Greta Point, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Greta Point, Wellington 6021, New Zealand Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
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Samanta AK, Jayaram C, Jayapal N, Sondhi N, Kolte AP, Senani S, Sridhar M, Dhali A. Assessment of Fecal Microflora Changes in Pigs Supplemented with Herbal Residue and Prebiotic. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0132961. [PMID: 26176779 PMCID: PMC4503616 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Antibiotic usage in animals as a growth promoter is considered as public health issue due to its negative impact on consumer health and environment. The present study aimed to evaluate effectiveness of herbal residue (ginger, Zingiber officinale, dried rhizome powder) and prebiotic (inulin) as an alternative to antibiotics by comparing fecal microflora composition using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism. The grower pigs were offered feed containing antibiotic (tetracycline), ginger and inulin separately and un-supplemented group served as control. The study revealed significant changes in the microbial abundance based on operational taxonomic units (OTUs) among the groups. Presumptive identification of organisms was established based on the fragment length of OTUs generated with three restriction enzymes (MspI, Sau3AI and BsuRI). The abundance of OTUs representing Bacteroides intestinalis, Eubacterium oxidoreducens, Selonomonas sp., Methylobacterium sp. and Denitrobacter sp. was found significantly greater in inulin supplemented pigs. Similarly, the abundance of OTUs representing Bacteroides intestinalis, Selonomonas sp., and Phascolarcobacterium faecium was found significantly greater in ginger supplemented pigs. In contrast, the abundance of OTUs representing pathogenic microorganisms Atopostipes suicloacalis and Bartonella quintana str. Toulouse was significantly reduced in ginger and inulin supplemented pigs. The OTUs were found to be clustered under two major phylotypes; ginger-inulin and control-tetracycline. Additionally, the abundance of OTUs was similar in ginger and inulin supplemented pigs. The results suggest the potential of ginger and prebioticsto replace antibiotics in the diet of grower pig.
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- Ashis Kumar Samanta
- Feed Additives and Nutraceuticals Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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- Feed Additives and Nutraceuticals Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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- Feed Additives and Nutraceuticals Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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- Feed Additives and Nutraceuticals Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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- Omics Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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- Feed Additives and Nutraceuticals Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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- Fermentation Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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- Omics Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560030, India
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Penny C, Gruffaz C, Nadalig T, Cauchie HM, Vuilleumier S, Bringel F. Tetrachloromethane-Degrading Bacterial Enrichment Cultures and Isolates from a Contaminated Aquifer. Microorganisms 2015; 3:327-43. [PMID: 27682092 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms3030327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Abstract: The prokaryotic community of a groundwater aquifer exposed to high concentrations of tetrachloromethane (CCl4) for more than three decades was followed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) during pump-and-treat remediation at the contamination source. Bacterial enrichments and isolates were obtained under selective anoxic conditions, and degraded 10 mg·L−1 CCl4, with less than 10% transient formation of chloroform. Dichloromethane and chloromethane were not detected. Several tetrachloromethane-degrading strains were isolated from these enrichments, including bacteria from the Klebsiella and Clostridium genera closely related to previously described CCl4 degrading bacteria, and strain TM1, assigned to the genus Pelosinus, for which this property was not yet described. Pelosinus sp. TM1, an oxygen-tolerant, Gram-positive bacterium with strictly anaerobic metabolism, excreted a thermostable metabolite into the culture medium that allowed extracellular CCl4 transformation. As estimated by T-RFLP, phylotypes of CCl4-degrading enrichment cultures represented less than 7%, and archaeal and Pelosinus strains less than 0.5% of the total prokaryotic groundwater community.
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Cui M, Ma A, Qi H, Zhuang X, Zhuang G, Zhao G. Warmer temperature accelerates methane emissions from the Zoige wetland on the Tibetan Plateau without changing methanogenic community composition. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11616. [PMID: 26109512 PMCID: PMC4479872 DOI: 10.1038/srep11616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Zoige wetland, locating on the Tibet Plateau, accounts for 6.2% of organic carbon storage in China. However, the fate of the organic carbon storage in the Zoige wetland remains poorly understood despite the Tibetan Plateau is very sensitive to global climate change. As methane is an important greenhouse gas and methanogenesis is the terminal step in the decomposition of organic matter, understanding how methane emissions from the Zoige wetland is fundamental to elucidate the carbon cycle in alpine wetlands responding to global warming. In this study, microcosms were performed to investigate the effects of temperature and vegetation on methane emissions and microbial processes in the Zoige wetland soil. A positive correlation was observed between temperature and methane emissions. However, temperature had no effect on the main methanogenic pathway--acetotrophic methanogenesis. Moreover, methanogenic community composition was not related to temperature, but was associated with vegetation, which was also involved in methane emissions. Taken together, these results indicate temperature increases methane emissions in alpine wetlands, while vegetation contributes significantly to methanogenic community composition and is associated with methane emissions. These findings suggest that in alpine wetlands temperature and vegetation act together to affect methane emissions, which furthers a global warming feedback loop.
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- Mengmeng Cui
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- The Georgia State University, 50 Decatur St SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
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Krishnamoorthy R, Kim CG, Subramanian P, Kim KY, Selvakumar G, Sa TM. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community structure, abundance and species richness changes in soil by different levels of heavy metal and metalloid concentration. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128784. [PMID: 26035444 PMCID: PMC4452772 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) play major roles in ecosystem functioning such as carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, and plant growth promotion. It is important to know how this ecologically important soil microbial player is affected by soil abiotic factors particularly heavy metal and metalloid (HMM). The objective of this study was to understand the impact of soil HMM concentration on AMF abundance and community structure in the contaminated sites of South Korea. Soil samples were collected from the vicinity of an abandoned smelter and the samples were subjected to three complementary methods such as spore morphology, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) for diversity analysis. Spore density was found to be significantly higher in highly contaminated soil compared to less contaminated soil. Spore morphological study revealed that Glomeraceae family was more abundant followed by Acaulosporaceae and Gigasporaceae in the vicinity of the smelter. T-RFLP and DGGE analysis confirmed the dominance of Funneliformis mosseae and Rhizophagus intraradices in all the study sites. Claroideoglomus claroideum, Funneliformis caledonium, Rhizophagus clarus and Funneliformis constrictum were found to be sensitive to high concentration of soil HMM. Richness and diversity of Glomeraceae family increased with significant increase in soil arsenic, cadmium and zinc concentrations. Our results revealed that the soil HMM has a vital impact on AMF community structure, especially with Glomeraceae family abundance, richness and diversity.
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- Ramasamy Krishnamoorthy
- Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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Paganin P, Fiscarelli EV, Tuccio V, Chiancianesi M, Bacci G, Morelli P, Dolce D, Dalmastri C, De Alessandri A, Lucidi V, Taccetti G, Mengoni A, Bevivino A. Changes in cystic fibrosis airway microbial community associated with a severe decline in lung function. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124348. [PMID: 25898134 PMCID: PMC4405530 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease resulting in chronic polymicrobial infections of the airways and progressive decline in lung function. To gain insight into the underlying causes of severe lung diseases, we aimed at comparing the airway microbiota detected in sputum of CF patients with stable lung function (S) versus those with a substantial decline in lung function (SD). Microbiota composition was investigated by using culture-based and culture-independent methods, and by performing multivariate and statistical analyses. Culture-based methods identified some microbial species associated with a worse lung function, i.e. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Rothia mucilaginosa, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Candida albicans, but only the presence of S. pneumoniae and R. mucilaginosa was found to be associated with increased severe decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1). Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis revealed a higher bacterial diversity than that detected by culture-based methods. Molecular signatures with a statistically significant odds ratio for SD status were detected, and classified as Pseudomonas, Burkholderia and Shewanella, while for other Terminal Restriction Fragments (T-RFs) no species assignation was achieved. The analysis of T-RFLP data using ecological biodiversity indices showed reduced Evenness in SD patients compared to S ones, suggesting an impaired ecology of the bacterial community in SD patients. Statistically significant differences of the ecological biodiversity indices among the three sub-groups of FEV1 (normal/mild vs moderate vs severe) were also found, suggesting that the patients with moderate lung disease experienced changes in the airway assembly of taxa. Overall, changes in CF airway microbial community associated with a severe lung function decline were detected, allowing us to define some discriminatory species as well as some discriminatory T-RFs that represent good candidates for the development of predictive biomarkers of substantial decline in lung function.
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- Patrizia Paganin
- Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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Shi Y, TaPa M, Li C, Yang H, Zhang T, Gao Y, Sun J, Zeng J, Lin Q, Cao Z, OuTi K, Li Y, Lou K. Diversity and space-time dynamics of endophytic archaea from sugar beet in the north slope of Tianshan Mountain revealed by 454 pyrosequencing and T-RFLP. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 31:1031-9. [PMID: 25862354 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-015-1853-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Plants harbor complex and variable microbial communities. Using molecular-based techniques targeting the 16S rRNA gene, we studied the developmental stages and geographical location diversity of endophytic archaea in two locations (Shihezi and Changji) and four periods (the seedling growth, rosette formation, tuber growth and sucrose accumulation sampling periods) in the north slope of Tianshan Mountain, China. Community structure of mixed sample from 60 sugar beet plants was examined using PCR-based 454 pyrosequencing and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). In total, 5290 archaea 16S rRNA sequences were obtained from all sugar beet samples. The most abundant archaea groups in all sugar beet were Methanococci, the miscellaneous Crenarchaeotic Group and Thermoplasmata. There was a marked difference in diversity of endophytic archaea in sugar beet for different growth periods. The greatest number of Operational T-RFLP Units (OTUs) was detected during sucrose accumulation (298) and rosette formation (282). Endophytic archaea diversity was reduced during seedling growth (128 OTUs) and tuber growth (55 OTUs). Nine OTUs were common to all four periods of growth. There were more OTUs in Shihezi than in Changji. Clustering analysis and principal component analysis of T-RFLP data revealed distinct shifts in endophytic archaea community profiles that corresponded to plant growth stage rather than geographical location. The dynamics of endophytic archaea communities were influenced by plant growth stage. To our knowledge, this is the first report that archaea has been identified as endophytes associated with sugar beet by the culture-independent approach. The results suggest that the diversity of endophytic archaea is abundant in sugar beet.
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- YingWu Shi
- Institute of Microbiology, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi, 830091, Xinjiang, China
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Campbell AH, Marzinelli EM, Gelber J, Steinberg PD. Spatial variability of microbial assemblages associated with a dominant habitat-forming seaweed. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:230. [PMID: 25859245 PMCID: PMC4374473 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Macroalgal surfaces support abundant and diverse microorganisms within biofilms, which are often involved in fundamental functions relating to the health and defense of their seaweed hosts, including algal development, facilitation of spore release, and chemical antifouling. Given these intimate and important interactions, environmental changes have the potential to negatively impact macroalgae by disrupting seaweed-microbe interactions. We used the disappearance of the dominant canopy-forming fucoid Phyllospora comosa from the metropolitan coast of Sydney, NSW, Australia as a model system to study these interactions. We transplanted Phyllospora individuals from nearby, extant populations back onto reefs in Sydney to test whether bacterial assemblages associated with seaweed surfaces would be influenced by (i) the host itself, independently of where it occurs, (ii) the type of habitat where the host occurs, or (iii) site-specific differences. Analyses of bacterial DNA fingerprints (terminal fragment length polymorphisms) indicated that assemblages of bacteria on Phyllospora were not habitat-specific. Rather, they were primarily influenced by local, site-specific conditions with some evidence for host-specificity in some cases. This could suggest a lottery model of host-surface colonization, by which hosts are colonized by 'suitable' bacteria available in the local species pool, resulting in high variability in assemblage structure across sites, but where some species in the community are specific to the host and possibly influenced by differences in host traits.
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- Alexandra H Campbell
- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman NSW, Australia
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Bokulich NA, Bergsveinson J, Ziola B, Mills DA. Mapping microbial ecosystems and spoilage-gene flow in breweries highlights patterns of contamination and resistance. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 25756611 PMCID: PMC4352708 DOI: 10.7554/elife.04634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Distinct microbial ecosystems have evolved to meet the challenges of indoor environments, shaping the microbial communities that interact most with modern human activities. Microbial transmission in food-processing facilities has an enormous impact on the qualities and healthfulness of foods, beneficially or detrimentally interacting with food products. To explore modes of microbial transmission and spoilage-gene frequency in a commercial food-production scenario, we profiled hop-resistance gene frequencies and bacterial and fungal communities in a brewery. We employed a Bayesian approach for predicting routes of contamination, revealing critical control points for microbial management. Physically mapping microbial populations over time illustrates patterns of dispersal and identifies potential contaminant reservoirs within this environment. Habitual exposure to beer is associated with increased abundance of spoilage genes, predicting greater contamination risk. Elucidating the genetic landscapes of indoor environments poses important practical implications for food-production systems and these concepts are translatable to other built environments. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04634.001 Many microbes—including bacteria and fungi—can affect the food and drink we consume, for better and for worse. Some spoil food, making it less tasty or even harmful to health. However, microbes can also be important ingredients: for example, yeast ferments malted barley sugars to make the alcohol and flavor of beer. Nowadays, many beers are made under carefully controlled conditions, where the only microbes in the beer should be the strain of yeast added to the barley sugars. A more traditional ‘coolship’ method can be used to make sour beers; the barley sugars cool in an open-topped vessel and are fermented by the yeast and bacteria found naturally on the raw ingredients and in the surrounding environment. Relatively little was known about how microbes spread around and adapt to living inside buildings. Now, Bokulich et al. have used a range of molecular and statistical techniques to examine how bacteria and fungi are dispersed throughout a North American brewery that produces beer using both conventional and coolship brewing techniques. Most of the microbes found in the building originated from the raw ingredients used to make the beer, with different parts of the brewery containing different species. Over the course of a year, some species spread to new parts of the building; a statistical method predicted the sources of these microbes, and revealed some key areas and features of the brewery that affect microbial transfer. Bokulich et al. also looked at the spread of genes that enable their bacterial hosts to spoil beer, including those that protect bacteria from the antimicrobial action of the hops that flavor many beers. Lactic acid bacteria are the main cause of beer spoilage and so are usually to be avoided in breweries, but are also a normal ingredient in sour beer. In the brewery Bokulich et al. investigated, beer-spoilage and hop-resistance genes were found throughout the brewery, even in areas not used to produce sour beer. However, little beer spoilage occurred. The techniques used by Bokulich et al. to track the spread of microbes and their detrimental genes could be used in the future to understand how microbes adapt to other indoor environments. Indeed, Bokulich et al. suggest that breweries could be used as models to safely understand the factors that influence microbial movement in any food-production facility as well as other building environments. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04634.002
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- Nicholas A Bokulich
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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Sura-de Jong M, Reynolds RJB, Richterova K, Musilova L, Staicu LC, Chocholata I, Cappa JJ, Taghavi S, van der Lelie D, Frantik T, Dolinova I, Strejcek M, Cochran AT, Lovecka P, Pilon-Smits EAH. Selenium hyperaccumulators harbor a diverse endophytic bacterial community characterized by high selenium resistance and plant growth promoting properties. Front Plant Sci 2015; 6:113. [PMID: 25784919 PMCID: PMC4345804 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Selenium (Se)-rich plants may be used to provide dietary Se to humans and livestock, and also to clean up Se-polluted soils or waters. This study focused on endophytic bacteria of plants that hyperaccumulate selenium (Se) to 0.5-1% of dry weight. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis was used to compare the diversity of endophytic bacteria of hyperaccumulators Stanleya pinnata (Brassicaceae) and Astragalus bisulcatus (Fabaceae) with those from related non-accumulators Physaria bellii (Brassicaceae) and Medicago sativa (Fabaceae) collected on the same, seleniferous site. Hyperaccumulators and non-accumulators showed equal T-RF diversity. Parsimony analysis showed that T-RFs from individuals of the same species were more similar to each other than to those from other species, regardless of plant Se content or spatial proximity. Cultivable endophytes from hyperaccumulators S. pinnata and A. bisulcatus were further identified and characterized. The 66 bacterial morphotypes were shown by MS MALDI-TOF Biotyper analysis and 16S rRNA gene sequencing to include strains of Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Pantoea, Staphylococcus, Paenibacillus, Advenella, Arthrobacter, and Variovorax. Most isolates were highly resistant to selenate and selenite (up to 200 mM) and all could reduce selenite to red elemental Se, reduce nitrite and produce siderophores. Seven isolates were selected for plant inoculation and found to have plant growth promoting properties, both in pure culture and when co-cultivated with crop species Brassica juncea (Brassicaceae) or M. sativa. There were no effects on plant Se accumulation. We conclude that Se hyperaccumulators harbor an endophytic bacterial community in their natural seleniferous habitat that is equally diverse to that of comparable non-accumulators. The hyperaccumulator endophytes are characterized by high Se resistance, capacity to produce elemental Se and plant growth promoting properties.
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- Martina Sura-de Jong
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology in PraguePrague, Czech Republic
- Life Sciences and Technology, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied SciencesLeeuwarden, Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology in PraguePrague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology in PraguePrague, Czech Republic
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- Biology Department, Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology in PraguePrague, Czech Republic
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- FMC Corporation, Center of Excellence for Agricultural Biosolutions, Research Triangle ParkNC, USA
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- FMC Corporation, Center of Excellence for Agricultural Biosolutions, Research Triangle ParkNC, USA
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicPruhonice, Czech Republic
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- The Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technology and Innovation, Technical University of LiberecLiberec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology in PraguePrague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology in PraguePrague, Czech Republic
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Ridwan R, Rusmana I, Widyastuti Y, Wiryawan KG, Prasetya B, Sakamoto M, Ohkuma M. Fermentation Characteristics and Microbial Diversity of Tropical Grass-legumes Silages. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2015; 28:511-8. [PMID: 25656192 PMCID: PMC4341100 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.14.0622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Revised: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Calliandra calothyrsus preserved in silage is an alternative method for improving the crude protein content of feeds for sustainable ruminant production. The aim of this research was to evaluate the quality of silage which contained different levels of C. calothyrsus by examining the fermentation characteristics and microbial diversity. Silage was made in a completely randomized design consisting of five treatments with three replications i.e.: R0, Pennisetum purpureum 100%; R1, P. purpureum 75%+C. calothyrsus 25%;, R2, P. purpureum 50%+C. calothyrsus 50%; R3, P. purpureum 25%+C. calothyrsus 75%; and R4, C. calothyrsus 100%. All silages were prepared using plastic jar silos (600 g) and incubated at room temperature for 30 days. Silages were analyzed for fermentation characteristics and microbial diversity. Increased levels of C. calothyrsus in silage had a significant effect (p<0.01) on the fermentation characteristics. The microbial diversity index decreased and activity was inhibited with increasing levels of C. calothyrsus. The microbial community indicated that there was a population of Lactobacillus plantarum, L. casei, L. brevis, Lactococcus lactis, Chryseobacterium sp., and uncultured bacteria. The result confirmed that silage with a combination of grass and C. calothyrsus had good fermentation characteristics and microbial communities were dominated by L. plantarum.
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- Roni Ridwan
- Study Program of Microbiology, Graduate School of Bogor Agricultural University, Campus IPB Darmaga Bogor, West Java 16680, Indonesia ; Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong, West Java 16911, Indonesia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Campus IPB Darmaga Bogor, West Java 16680, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong, West Java 16911, Indonesia
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, Faculty of Animal Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Campus IPB Darmaga Bogor, West Java 16680, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong, West Java 16911, Indonesia
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- Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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- Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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