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Acevedo-Barrios R, Rubiano-Labrador C, Navarro-Narvaez D, Escobar-Galarza J, González D, Mira S, Moreno D, Contreras A, Miranda-Castro W. Perchlorate-reducing bacteria from Antarctic marine sediments. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 194:654. [PMID: 35934758 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10328-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Perchlorate is a contaminant that can persist in groundwater and soil, and is frequently detected in different ecosystems at concentrations relevant to human health. This study isolated and characterised halotolerant bacteria that can potentially perform perchlorate reduction. Bacterial microorganisms were isolated from marine sediments on Deception, Horseshoe and Half Moon Islands of Antarctica. The results of the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequence analysis indicated that the isolates were phylogenetically related to Psychrobacter cryohalolentis, Psychrobacter urativorans, Idiomarina loihiensis, Psychrobacter nivimaris, Sporosarcina aquimarina and Pseudomonas lactis. The isolates grew at a sodium chloride concentration of up to 30% and a perchlorate concentration of up to 10,000 mg/L, which showed their ability to survive in saline conditions and high perchlorate concentrations. Between 21.6 and 40% of perchlorate was degraded by the isolated bacteria. P. cryohalolentis and P. urativorans degraded 30.3% and 32.6% of perchlorate, respectively. I. loihiensis degraded 40% of perchlorate, and P. nivimaris, S. aquimarina and P. lactis degraded 22%, 21.8% and 21.6% of perchlorate, respectively. I. loihiensis had the highest reduction in perchlorate, whereas P. lactis had the lowest reduction. This study is significant as it is the first finding of P. cryohalolentis and. P. lactis on the Antarctic continent. In conclusion, these bacteria isolated from marine sediments on Antarctica offer promising resources for the bioremediation of perchlorate contamination due to their ability to degrade perchlorate, showing their potential use as a biological system to reduce perchlorate in high-salinity ecosystems.
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- Rosa Acevedo-Barrios
- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia.
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Grupo de Estudios Químicos Y Biológicos, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, 130010, Cartagena, Colombia
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Kwon S, Ha HJ, Kang YJ, Sung JH, Hwang J, Lee MJ, Lee JH, Park HH. Crystal structure of a novel putative sugar isomerase from the psychrophilic bacterium Paenibacillus sp. R4. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 585:48-54. [PMID: 34784551 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sugar isomerases (SIs) catalyze the reversible conversion of aldoses to ketoses. A novel putative SI gene has been identified from the genome sequence information on the psychrophilic bacterium Paenibacillus sp. R4. Here, we report the crystal structure of the putative SI from Paenibacillus sp. R4 (PbSI) at 2.98 Å resolution. It was found that the overall structure of PbSI adopts the triose-phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel fold. PbSI was also identified to have two heterogeneous metal ions as its cofactors at the active site in the TIM barrel, one of which was confirmed as a Zn ion through X-ray anomalous scattering and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis. Structural comparison with homologous SI proteins from mesophiles, hyperthermophiles, and a psychrophile revealed that key residues in the active site are well conserved and that dimeric PbSI is devoid of the extended C-terminal region, which tetrameric SIs commonly have. Our results provide novel structural information on the cold-adaptable SI, including information on the metal composition in the active site.
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Yang Y, Fang A, Feng K, Liu B, Xie G, Li H, Xing D. Mini-metagenome analysis of psychrophilic electroactive biofilms based on single cell sorting. Sci Total Environ 2021; 762:144328. [PMID: 33360470 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Understanding the metabolic function of psychrophilic electroactive bacteria is important for the investigation of extracellular electron transfer (EET) mechanisms under low temperatures (4-15 °C). In this study, Raman activated cell ejection coupled high throughput sequencing was used to accurately generate a mini-metagenome of psychrophilic bacterial community. Hierarchical cluster analysis of the Raman spectrum could accurately select the target Geobacter cluster. The high relative abundance of the membrane transport functional genes ftsEX in the biofilm community indicated an adaptation to reduced temperature, which aided survival of the electroactive bacteria under low temperature. The basal metabolism such as citrate cycle and glycolytic pathway maintained the electron pool for the EET process. The identification of iron (III) transport system genes in high abundance indicated their presence in an active metabolic reaction for potential electron transfer process. It showed the potential involvement c-type cytochromes (coxA and cox1) activity in EET. These results indicated that psychrophilic Geobacter had effective EET mediated by c-type cytochromes at low temperatures.
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- Yang Yang
- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- HOOKE Instruments Ltd., 130033 Changchun, China
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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Holochová P, Mašlaňová I, Sedláček I, Švec P, Králová S, Kovařovic V, Busse HJ, Staňková E, Barták M, Pantůček R. Description of Massilia rubra sp. nov., Massilia aquatica sp. nov., Massilia mucilaginosa sp. nov., Massilia frigida sp. nov., and one Massilia genomospecies isolated from Antarctic streams, lakes and regoliths. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126112. [PMID: 32847787 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bacteria of the genus Massilia often colonize extreme ecosystems, however, a detailed study of the massilias from the Antarctic environment has not yet been performed. Here, sixty-four Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile rods isolated from different environmental samples on James Ross Island (Antarctica) were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The psychrophilic isolates exhibited slowly growing, moderately slimy colonies revealing bold pink-red pigmentation on R2A agar. The set of strains exhibited the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities (99.5-99.9%) to Massilia violaceinigra B2T and Massilia atriviolacea SODT and formed several phylogenetic groups based on the analysis of gyrB and lepA genes. Phenotypic characteristics allowed four of them to be distinguished from each other and from their closest relatives. Compared to the nearest phylogenetic neighbours the set of six genome-sequenced representatives exhibited considerable phylogenetic distance at the whole-genome level. Bioinformatic analysis of the genomic sequences revealed a high number of putative genes involved in oxidative stress response, heavy-metal resistance, bacteriocin production, the presence of putative genes involved in nitrogen metabolism and auxin biosynthesis. The identification of putative genes encoding aromatic dioxygenases suggests the biotechnology potential of the strains. Based on these results four novel species and one genomospecies of the genus Massilia are described and named Massilia rubra sp. nov. (P3094T=CCM 8692T=LMG 31213T), Massilia aquatica sp. nov. (P3165T=CCM 8693T=LMG 31211T), Massilia mucilaginosa sp. nov. (P5902T=CCM 8733T=LMG 31210T), and Massilia frigida sp. nov. (P5534T=CCM 8695T=LMG 31212T).
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- Pavla Holochová
- Department of Experimental Biology, Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, A-1210 Wien, Austria
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Huang WS, Wang LT, Sun JN, Chen JS, Huang SP, Lin ST, Huang L, Shieh WY. Glaciimonas soli sp. nov., a soil bacterium isolated from the forest of a high elevation mountain. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1213-1223. [PMID: 32468220 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-020-01428-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A Gram-negative, psychrophilic bacterium, designated strain GS1T, was isolated from a forest soil sample collected from the West Peak of Mt. Yushan, Yushan National Park, Taiwan. Cells grown in broth cultures were mostly non-motile and non-flagellated, whereas motile cells with monotrichous, subpolar flagella were also observed. The novel strain grew over a temperature range of 4-25 °C with optimum growth at 10-15 °C. It grew aerobically and was not capable of anaerobic growth by fermentation of D-glucose or other carbohydrates. Ubiquinone 8 was the predominant isoprenoid quinone. The major polar lipids comprised phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol and dimethylaminoethanol. Cellular fatty acids were dominated by C16:1ω7c (35.2%), C16:0 (19.5%), C18:1ω7c (18.8%) and C17:0ω7c cyclo (15.5%). The DNA G + C content was 49.2 mol% evaluated according to the genomic sequencing data. Strain GS1T shared more than 96.5% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities with type strains of four Collimonas species (97.2-97.5%), three Glaciimonas species (97.3% for each of the three) and Oxalicibacterium solurbis (96.5%). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain GS1T formed a stable genus-level clade with type strains of species in the genus Glaciimonas in the family Oxalobacteraceae and GS1T was an outgroup with respect to these Glaciimonas species. Characteristically, strain GS1T could be easily distinguished from the recognised Glaciimonas species by exhibition of swimming motility with monotrichous, subpolar flagellum in some of the cells, ability to grow in NaCl at 2% but not at 3% and the distinguishable fatty acid profiles. On the basis of the polyphasic taxonomic data from this study, strain GS1T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Glaciimonas, for which the name Glaciimonas soli sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is GS1T (= JCM 33275T = BCRC 81091T).
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- Wei-Sheng Huang
- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, PO Box 23-13, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, 331 Shih-Pin Rd., Hsinchu, 30062, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, PO Box 23-13, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- College of Health Care, China Medical University, No. 91, Shyue-Shyh Rd, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, PO Box 23-13, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, 331 Shih-Pin Rd., Hsinchu, 30062, Taiwan
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- Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, 331 Shih-Pin Rd., Hsinchu, 30062, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, PO Box 23-13, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
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Tajima T, Tomita K, Miyahara H, Watanabe K, Aki T, Okamura Y, Matsumura Y, Nakashimada Y, Kato J. Efficient conversion of mannitol derived from brown seaweed to fructose for fermentation with a thraustochytrid. J Biosci Bioeng 2017; 125:180-184. [PMID: 28970111 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2017.09.002] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Macroalgae are a promising biomass feedstock for energy and valuable chemicals. Mannitol and alginate are the major carbohydrates found in the microalga Laminaria japonica (Konbu). To convert mannitol to fructose for its utilization as a carbon source in mannitol non-assimilating bacteria, a psychrophile-based simple biocatalyst (PSCat) was constructed using a psychrophile as a host by expressing mesophilic enzymes, including mannitol 2-dehydrogenase for mannitol oxidation, and NADH oxidase and alkyl hydroxyperoxide reductase for NAD+ regeneration. PSCat was treated at 40 °C to inactivate the psychrophilic enzymes responsible for byproduct formation and to increase the membrane permeability of the substrate. PSCat efficiently converted mannitol to fructose with high conversion yield without additional input of NAD+. Konbu extract containing mannitol was converted to fructose with hydroperoxide scavenging, inhibiting the mannitol dehydrogenase activity. Auranthiochytrium sp. could grow well in the presence of fructose converted by PSCat. Thus, PSCat is a potential carbohydrate converter for mannitol non-assimilating microorganism.
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- Takahisa Tajima
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; Core Research of Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; Core Research of Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; Core Research of Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; Core Research of Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan; Core Research of Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan; Core Research of Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 7 Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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Pereira JQ, Ambrosini A, Passaglia LMP, Brandelli A. A new cold-adapted serine peptidase from Antarctic Lysobacter sp. A03: Insights about enzyme activity at low temperatures. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 103:854-862. [PMID: 28552726 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.05.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Currently, there is a great interest for customized biocatalysts that can supply the ongoing demand of industrial processes, but also deal with the growing concern about the environment. In this scenario, cold-adapted enzymes have features that make them very attractive for industrial and biotechnological purposes. Here, we describe A03Pep1, a new cold-adapted serine peptidase isolated from Lysobacter sp. A03 by screening a genomic library. The enzyme is synthesized as a large inactive prepropeptidase that, after intramolecular processing, gives rise to the active form, of 35kDa. The heterologous expression of A03Pep1 was carried out in E. coli cells harboring the vector pGEX-4T-2-a0301. Its activity was optimal at pH 9.0 and 40°C, in the presence of 25mM Ca2+, which may contribute to the thermal stability of the enzyme. The 3D structure modelling predicted a less deep and more open binding pocket in A03Pep1 than that observed in the crystal structure of its mesophilic homologous AprV2, presumably as a way to enhance the probability of substrate binding at low temperatures. These results provide possible approaches in developing new biotechnologically relevant peptidases active at low to moderate temperatures.
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- Jamile Queiroz Pereira
- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Microbiologia Aplicada, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil; Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica e Microbiologia Aplicada, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Tkach O, Sangeetha T, Maria S, Wang A. Performance of low temperature Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) catalyzed by mixed bacterial consortia. J Environ Sci (China) 2017; 52:284-292. [PMID: 28254049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 06/05/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are a promising technology for treating wastewater in a sustainable manner. In potential applications, low temperatures substantially reduce MFC performance. To better understand the effect of temperature and particularly how bioanodes respond to changes in temperature, we investigated the current generation of mixed-culture and pure-culture MFCs at two low temperatures, 10°C and 5°C. The results implied that the mixed-culture MFC sustainably performed better than the pure-culture (Shewanella) MFC at 10°C, but the electrogenic activity of anodic bacteria was substantially reduced at the lower temperature of 5°C. At 10°C, the maximum output voltage generated with the mixed-culture was 540-560mV, which was 10%-15% higher than that of Shewanella MFCs. The maximum power density reached 465.3±5.8mW/m2 for the mixed-culture at 10°C, while only 68.7±3.7mW/m2 was achieved with the pure-culture. It was shown that the anodic biofilm of the mixed-culture MFC had a lower overpotential and resistance than the pure-culture MFC. Phylogenetic analysis disclosed the prevalence of Geobacter and Pseudomonas rather than Shewanella in the mixed-culture anodic biofilm, which mitigated the increase of resistance or overpotential at low temperatures.
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- Olga Tkach
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- Krasnoyarsk State Institution of Railway Vehicles, Krasnoyarsk 660028, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Gentile G, Bonsignore M, Santisi S, Catalfamo M, Giuliano L, Genovese L, Yakimov MM, Denaro R, Genovese M, Cappello S. Biodegradation potentiality of psychrophilic bacterial strain Oleispira antarctica RB-8(T). Mar Pollut Bull 2016; 105:125-130. [PMID: 26912198 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.041] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The present study is focused on assessing the growth and hydrocarbon-degrading capability of the psychrophilic strain Oleispira antarctica RB-8(T). This study considered six hydrocarbon mixtures that were tested for 22days at two different cultivation temperatures (4 and 15°C). During the incubation period, six sub-aliquots of each culture at different times were processed for total bacterial abundance and GC-FID (gas chromatography-flame ionization detection) hydrocarbon analysis. Results from DNA extraction and DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) staining showed a linear increase during the first 18days of the experiment in almost all the substrates used; both techniques showed a good match, but the difference in values obtained was approximately one order of magnitude. GC-FID results revealed a substantial hydrocarbon degradation rate in almost all hydrocarbon sources and in particular at 15°C rather than 4°C (for commercial oil engine, oily waste, fuel jet, and crude oil). A more efficient degradation was observed in cultures grown with diesel and bilge water at 4°C.
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- G Gentile
- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy.
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy; Ph.D School in "Biology and Cellular Biotechnology" of University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC)-CNR of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Singh P, Singh SM, Roy U. Taxonomic characterization and the bio-potential of bacteria isolated from glacier ice cores in the High Arctic. J Basic Microbiol 2015; 56:275-85. [PMID: 26567474 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201500298] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Glacier ice and firn cores have ecological and biotechnological importance. The present study is aimed at characterizing bacteria in crustal ice cores from Svalbard, the Arctic. Counts of viable isolates ranged from 10 to 7000 CFU/ml (mean 803 CFU/ml) while the total bacterial numbers ranged from 7.20 × 10(4) to 2.59 × 10(7) cells ml(-1) (mean 3.12 × 10(6) cells ml(-1) ). Based on 16S rDNA sequence data, the identified species belonged to seven species, namely Bacillus barbaricus, Pseudomonas orientalis, Pseudomonas oryzihabitans, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas syncyanea, Sphingomonas dokdonensis, and Sphingomonas phyllosphaerae, with a sequence similarity ranging between 93.5 and 99.9% with taxa present in the database. The isolates exhibited unique phenotypic properties, and three isolates (MLB-2, MLB-5, and MLB-9) are novel species, yet to be described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on characterization of cultured bacterial communities from Svalbard ice cores. We conclude that high lipase, protease, cellulase, amylase, and urease activities expressed by most of the isolates provide a clue to the potential industrial applications of these organisms. These microbes, producing cold-adapted enzymes may provide an opportunity for biotechnological research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Purnima Singh
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa-403726, India
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- National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa-403804, India
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- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa-403726, India
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