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COLD-LOVING BACTERIA FROM ANTARCTIC AND ARCTIC : OCCURRENCE, SURVIVAL AND USEFULNESS Dr S Shivaji CCMB, Hyderabad March, 2012 Extremophiles Deep sea vent Sea ice Thermophiles Cold loving microbes (psychrophiles) Soda lake Alkali-loving microbes (Alkaliphiles) Acid-loving microbes Natronobacterium (Acidophiles) gregoryi Haloferax volcanii Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Salt-loving microbes (Halophiles) Salt lake THERMOPHILES Yellowstone hot spring Pyrococcus furiosis In the 1960s biologists thought life would not tolerate temperatures anywhere near 80°C. But Thomas Brock found Thermus aquaticus that could live and reproduce near 100°C the temperature of boiling water. HOW HOT IS HOT? Pyrococcus furiosis was isolated from a geothermal sediment in Vulcano Island, Italy. Grows between 100-113°C with an optimum at 100°C. It has a generation time of 35 minutes. Produces enzymes which are extremely thermostable. It is the preferred source for Pfu DNA polymerase for PCR. HOW COLD IS COLD? Psychrophilic bacteria -20°C Cryobacterium roopkundense 0-15°C Cryobacterium psychrophilum 0-18°C ANTARCTIC MICROBIOLOGY ? 1. Where do they exist? 2. How do they survive? 3. Are they useful to us? ABOUT ANTARCTICA……..… Fifth largest continent 10% of earth’s Antarctica land surface 14 million sq. km. Iciest >98% ice coverage Driest - <10 cm rainfall Highest – Average 2.5 Km Windiest – >65 Knots/h Coldest – Vostock - 89°C POLYPHASIC TAXONOMY : PHENOTYPIC, CHEMOTAXONOMIC AND PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERISTICS Soil, Sea water, Sea ice, Cell wall sugars Fast ice, Sediment Menaquinones Peptidoglycan Fatty acids Lipid profile G + C of DNA DNA-DNA hybridisation 16S rRNA gene sequence BACTERIA FROM ANTARCTICA GRAM NEGATIVE GRAM POSITIVE Psychrobacter salsus Planococcus maitriensis P. halophilus P. antarcticus Total bacteria P. adeliensis P. psychrophilus P. glaciei Kocuria polaris identified upto P. vallis Arthrobacter gangotriensis species level = P. aquaticus A. flavus P. salsus A. roseus ~ 1000 Pseudomonas antarctica A. kerguelensis P. meridiana A. antarcticus P. Proteolytica Leifsonia aurea Pseudonocardia antarctica L. rubra Sphingobacterium antarcticus Sporosarcina macmurdoensis Halomonas glaciei Exiguobacterium soli Marinomonas ushuaiensis ( 30/240) M. polaris Marinobacter maritimus UNIQUE FEATURES PSYCROPHILIC 2- 300C OLIGOTROPHIC COLD ACTIVE ENZYMES ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY INCREASED UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN HONOUR OF ….. Maitri Station Planococcus maitriensis McMurdo Pseudomonas antarctica Pseudonocardia antarctica Sphingobacterium antarcticus Arthrobacter antarcticus Sporosarcina macmurdoensis Planoccocus antarcticus Kerguelen Dakshin Gangotri Arthrobacter gangotriensis Arthrobacter kerguelensis E SAMPLE X T rRNA APPROACH R A C CELL ENRICHMENT T I O Antarctic N DNA C PCR L O N rDNA I N Soil G . Sea water . rDNA CLONES S E Sea ice SEQUENCING Q U rDNA SEQUENCES Fast ice E N C Sediment I rDNA DATABASE N G 16S rRNA GENE CLONES OF SEA WATER Phylogenetic neighbour Seawater Seawater + crude oil (120) (104) Roseobacter 28 (43%) 10 (35%) Sulfitobacter 11 (9%) 4 (4%) Staleya 1 1 Glaciecola 14 (12%) 9 (9%) Psychromonas 2 0 Colwellia 1 1 Marinomonas 2 2 Psychrobacter 0 6 Vibrio 1 0 Oleispira 0 1 Pseudomonas 1 0 Epsilonproteobactera 0 1 Arcobacter 0 1 Cytophaga – Flexibacter – Bacteriodetes 15 (13%) 20 (20%) Unidentified and Uncultured 40 (30%) 43 (43%) (Prabagaran et al., 2006, FEMS Microbial Ecol.; Shivaji et al., 2010, Res. Microbiol.) VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BACTERIA IN A LAKE SEDIMENT FROM ANTARCTICA BY T-RFLP Subsurface (18-22 cm) Lake sediment core (136 cm) Subsurface (18-22 cm) Middle (60-64 cm) Middle (60-64 cm) Bottom (100-104cm) DNA- 2.5 g Bottom (100-104cm) Amplify 16S rRNA gene Digest with RsasI GeneScan Shivaji et al. Res microbiol, 2010 PRESUMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF TRFS GENERATED FOLLOWING RSAI DIGESTION OF 16S RRNA GENES FROM A LAKE SEDIMENT FROM ANTARCTICA TRF Species match by MiCA and confirmed by TRF Species match by MiCA and confirmed by (bp) in-silico analysis using Trifle/NEB (bp) in-silico analysis using Trifle/NEB 109 Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain GH 430 Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis strain 119 Janthinobacterium lividum strain GA01 437* Not identified 142 Alkaliphilus metalliredigens strain QYMF 440- Pseudomonas sp. lip23 147 Uncultured rumen bacterium strain F24-A02 442 208 Uncultured rumen bacterium strain 4C0d-12 440- Acinetobacter septicus AK001 0106 290 Paenibacillus illinoisensis strain 14 NRRL 442 NRS-1356T 453 Streptomyces sp. sd-45 301 Uncultured bacterium clone SJA-69 453 Cellulosimicrobium sp. TUT1222 309 Flavobacteriaceae bacterium strain CNU041 453 Cryobacterium sp. DR9 309 Pedobacter sp. strain DL3 457 Streptomyces armeniacus JCM 3070T 394* Not identified 457 Eubacterium lentum JCM 9979 400* Not identified 457 Brevibacterium celere KMM3637T 419 Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2 457 Arthrobacter globiformis 168 DSM 20124T 427 Comamonas testosteroni RH 1104 467 Thermoanaerobacter sp. X514 427 Craurococcus roseus strain NS130 467 Tissierella praeacuta ATCC 25539T 427 Enterobacter pyrinus KCTC 2520T 474 Thermomonospora chromogena (Shivaji et al., 2010, Res. Microbiol.) 16S rRNA GENE CLONE LIBRARIES CONSTRUCTED USING A LAKE SEDIMENT FROM ANTARCTICA Phylum / Class 16S rRNA gene Library Subsurface Middle Bottom (18-22 cm) (60-64 cm) (100-104 cm) Number Library Number Library Number Library of (%) of (%) of (%) clones clones clones Proteobacteria Betaproteobacteria 9 6.8 0 0 0 0 Gammaproteobacteria 82 62.1 100 99.0 0 Bacteroidetes Flavobacteria 38 28.8 01 1.0 0 0 Actinobacteria Actinobacteria 2 1.5 0 0 3 4.7 Caldiserica Caldiserica 0 0 0 0 53 82.8 Firmicutes Bacilli 1 0.8 0 1 1.6 Clostridia 0 0 0 0 6 9.3 Unclassified 0 0 0 0 1 1.6 Shivaji et al. (2010) Res. Microbiol. ARE PSYCHROPHILES ENDEMIC TO ANTARCTICA ? Do similar species exist in Arctic? ARCTIC BACTERIA AS WORKHORSES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY : BIODIVERSITY OF BACTERIA AND BIOPROSPECTING FOR BIOMOLECULES LOVENBREEN GLACIER West Middle East SEDIMENT FROM KONGSFJORDEN NEW SPECIES FROM ARCTIC 1. Oceanisphaera arcticum - Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (2010) Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2. Cyclobacterium qasimii – Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (2010) Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND Kongsfjorden BIOPROSPECTING IN MIDTRE LOV’ENBREEN GLACIER, ARCTIC Bacterial abundance was greater at the convergence of the glacial melt water with the sea than at the snout. 117 bacterial strains were isolated from the sediments. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence the isolates belonged to four phyla Actinobacteria, Bacilli, Flavobacteria and Proteobacteria. Isolates varied in growth temperature range (4-30°C), in tolerance to NaCl (0.1-1 M NaCl) and in growth pH range (2-13). Only 14 of 32 representative strains exhibited amylase, lipase and (or) protease activity and only one isolate (AsdM4-6) showed all three enzyme activities at 5 and 20 C respectively. More than half of the isolates were pigmented. Short-chain, unsaturated, branched, cyclic and cis fatty acids were predominant in the psychrophilic bacteria. Midtre Lov’enbreen Glacier (Reddy et al., 2009, Res. Microbiol.) BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND BIOPROSPECTING IN KONGSFJORDEN AND NY-ALESUND, ARCTIC Bacterial abundance in marine sediments varied marginally. A total of 103 bacterial isolates based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence belonged to 4 phyla namely Actinobacteria, Bacilli, Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. The isolates varied in their growth temperature range (4–37ºC), in tolerance to NaCl (0.3–2 M NaCl) and growth pH range (2–11). 26 isolates exhibited amylase and lipase activity either at 5 or 20°C or at both the temperatures. A few of the representatives exhibited amylase and/or lipase activity only at 5ºC. None of the phylotypes exhibited protease activity. Most of the phylotypes were pigmented. Short chain, unsaturated, branched, cyclic and cis fatty acids were predominant in the Kongsfjorden and Ny-Alesund psychrophilic bacteria. (Srinivas et al., 2009, Curr. Microbiol) THE HIMALAYAN CONNECTION ROOPKUND GLACIER - 5029 m ROOPKUND LAKE Altitude : 4771 m Temperature : 2C / 6C Collection: September 2008 HAMTA GLACIER – 4270 m NEW SPECIES FROM HIMALAYAN GLACIERS 1. Paenibacillus glacialis - Kafni (2010) IJSEM. PINDARI GLACIER – 3627 m 2. Leifsonia kafniensis – Kafni (2009) IJSEM. 3. Leifsonia pindariensis - Pindari (2008) IJSEM. 4. Bacillus cecembensis – Pindari (2008) IJSEM. 5. Rhodotorula himalayensis – Roopkund (2008) Extremophiles. KAFNI GLACIER – 3853 m 6. Cryobacterium roopkundensis – Roopkund (2009) IJSEM. 7. Exiguobacterium indicum – Hamta (2007) IJSEM. 8. Planococcus stackebrandtii - Himalayas (2005) IJSEM. BACTERIA FROM HIMALAYAN GLACIERS Bacteria Roopkund Hamta Kafni Bacteria Roopkund Hamta Kafni Brevundimonas vesicularis + Bacillus subtilis + Pseudomonas mephitica + + B. arvi + B. globisporus + P. tremae + Dyadobacter fermentens + P. veronii + Pedobacter heparinus + P. borealis + + P. duraquae + P. migulae + Ewingella americana + P. cannabina + Pectobacterium carotovorum + P. trivialis + Bacillus acetylicum + P. corrugata + Variovorax paradoxus + P. jessenii + Serratia marcescens + P. mandeliii + Janthinobacter lividum + P. fluorescens + Arthrobacter boritolerans + P. frederiksbergensis + A. oxidans + + P. teessidea + A. stackebrandtii + P. poae + A. citreus + P. pavonaceae + A. psychrophenolicus + P. putida + A. polychromogenes + P. orientalis + A. sulfonivorans + P. brennerii + Brevibacterium antarcticum + P. Graminis + B. antiquum + Rhodococcus erythropolis + + Paenibacillus antarcticus
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    J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 54, 253‒258 (2008) Full Paper Schumannella luteola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae Sun-Young An*, Tian Xiao, and Akira Yokota Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113‒0032, Japan (Received February 28, 2008; Accepted June 24, 2008) An actinobacterial strain KHIAT, isolated from lichen in Tokyo, was taxonomically characterized using a polyphasic approach. The isolate is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, non-motile and rod- shaped bacterium. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolate is represented as an independent lineage distinctive from the Microbacteriaceae genera. The G+C content of DNA was 58.7 mol%. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of the isolate are cell wall peptidoglycan type (2,4-diaminobutyric acid), major cellular fatty acids (anteiso-C15:0 and iso-C16:0) and quinone type (MK-11 and MK-10). On the basis of the phenotypic and phyloge- netic distinctness, it is proposed that strain KHIAT represents a novel species in a new genus of the family Microbacteriaceae, Schumannella luteola gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is KHIAT (=JCM 23215T=TISTR 1824T). Key Words—Schumannella luteola gen. nov., sp. nov. Introduction butyric acid in the cell wall. Analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequences from strain KHIAT showed that it was The family Microbacteriaceae currently contains 24 related to genera such as Leifsonia, Rhodoglobus, and genera, which are characterized by unsaturated major Salinibacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae. menaquinones (Collins and Jones, 1981) and B-type The aim of the present study is to elucidate the taxo- peptidoglycan (Park et al., 1993; Schleifer and Kan- nomic position of the isolate, using polyphasic taxon- dler, 1972; Stackebrandt et al., 1997).
  • Microbial and Mineralogical Characterizations of Soils Collected from the Deep Biosphere of the Former Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota

    Microbial and Mineralogical Characterizations of Soils Collected from the Deep Biosphere of the Former Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota

    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln US Department of Energy Publications U.S. Department of Energy 2010 Microbial and Mineralogical Characterizations of Soils Collected from the Deep Biosphere of the Former Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota Gurdeep Rastogi South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Shariff Osman Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Ravi K. Kukkadapu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, [email protected] Mark Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Parag A. Vaishampayan California Institute of Technology See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdoepub Part of the Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering Commons Rastogi, Gurdeep; Osman, Shariff; Kukkadapu, Ravi K.; Engelhard, Mark; Vaishampayan, Parag A.; Andersen, Gary L.; and Sani, Rajesh K., "Microbial and Mineralogical Characterizations of Soils Collected from the Deep Biosphere of the Former Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota" (2010). US Department of Energy Publications. 170. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdoepub/170 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the U.S. Department of Energy at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in US Department of Energy Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Authors Gurdeep Rastogi, Shariff Osman, Ravi K. Kukkadapu, Mark Engelhard, Parag A. Vaishampayan, Gary L. Andersen, and Rajesh K. Sani This article is available at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ usdoepub/170 Microb Ecol (2010) 60:539–550 DOI 10.1007/s00248-010-9657-y SOIL MICROBIOLOGY Microbial and Mineralogical Characterizations of Soils Collected from the Deep Biosphere of the Former Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota Gurdeep Rastogi & Shariff Osman & Ravi Kukkadapu & Mark Engelhard & Parag A.
  • Chemical Control of Marine Associated Microbial Communities in Sessile Antarctic Invertebrates

    Chemical Control of Marine Associated Microbial Communities in Sessile Antarctic Invertebrates

    1 Chemical control of marine associated microbial communities 2 in sessile Antarctic invertebrates 3 4 Carlos Angulo-Preckler1,2*, Eva García-Lopez3, Blanca Figuerola4, Conxita Avila1,2, 5 Cristina Cid3 6 7 1Department of Evolutionary Biology Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of 8 Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 9 2Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 10 3Microbial Evolution Laboratory, Center of Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), 28850 Madrid. 11 Spain. 12 4 Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 13 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 14 *Corresponding author; Carlos Angulo-Preckler, [email protected] 15 (+34 639947626) 16 ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9028-274X 17 18 Short tittle: Pontential antifouling activity of Antarctic invertebrates 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Keywords: Marine benthos; Porifera; Bryozoa; bacteria; eukaryotes; antifouling; 29 antimicrobial activity. 30 31 32 1 33 Abstract 34 Organisms living in the sea are exposed to fouling by other organisms that may try to 35 settle on top of them. Many benthic marine invertebrates, including sponges and 36 bryozoans, contain natural products with antimicrobial properties, since microbes 37 usually constitute the first stages of fouling. Extracts from four Antarctic sponges 38 (Myxilla (Myxilla) mollis, Mycale tylotornota, Rossella nuda, and Anoxycalyx 39 (Scolymastra) joubini), and two bryozoan species (Cornucopina pectogemma and 40 Nematoflustra flagellata), were tested separately for antifouling properties in field 41 experiments. The different crude extracts from these invertebrates were incorporated 42 into a substratum gel at natural concentrations for an ecological approach. Treatments 43 were tested by submerging plates covered by these substratum gels under water in situ 44 during one lunar cycle (28 days) at Deception Island (South Shetland Islands, 45 Antarctica).