Diversity and Dynamics of the DNA and Cdna-Derived Bacterial Compost Communities Throughout the Agaricus Bisporus Mushroom Cropping Process

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Diversity and Dynamics of the DNA and Cdna-Derived Bacterial Compost Communities Throughout the Agaricus Bisporus Mushroom Cropping Process Ann Microbiol (2017) 67:751–761 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13213-017-1303-1 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Diversity and dynamics of the DNA and cDNA-derived bacterial compost communities throughout the Agaricus bisporus mushroom cropping process Conor Francis Mcgee1 & Helen Byrne1 & Aisling Irvine1 & Jude Wilson1 Received: 2 August 2017 /Accepted: 29 September 2017 /Published online: 11 October 2017 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany and the University of Milan 2017 Abstract The cultivation of Agaricus bisporus involves the bacterial community is present throughout the mushroom conversion of agricultural materials via fermentation into cropping process. utilisable simple sugars as a nutrient source for the fungal crop during mushroom cropping. However, little is currently Keywords Mushroom cropping . Microbial ecology . known about the role of the bacterial community contributing Fermentation . Nitrification . cDNA . DNA to the fermentation process. In this investigation we characterised the composition and dynamics of the DNA and cDNA-derived bacterial populations throughout a com- Introduction mercial mushroom cropping process using MiSeq sequencing. Both methods indicated substantial changes in the bacterial Agaricus bisporus has become one of the most widely culti- community structure after the first flush of the mushroom vated mushroom species, with an estimated worldwide annual crop. However, differences were observed between the com- farm gate worth of $4.7 billion (Sonnenberg et al. 2011). position of the bacterial community determined by each of the Commercial cultivation of A. bisporus is undertaken using two methods. The cDNA-derived community indicated that mushroom compost, a partially composted organic substrate, thermotolerant genera with known sulphur-reducing charac- which fulfils a dual functional role as both a growing medium teristics were highly active up to the first flush. Activity of the and a nutrient source (van Griensven and van Roestel 2004). phyla Actinobacteria and Firmicutes was observed to increase Mushroom compost is a specially prepared semi-pasteurised as fermentation progressed, indicating that the members of composted organic material in which wheat straw acts as the these phyla played prominent roles in the conversion of wheat main carbohydrate source for the mushroom crop (Straatsma straw into utilisable sugars. The cDNA-derived community et al. 1994). Nutrition for the A. bisporus mycelium is released comprised genera with roles in the nitrification process that by the continual microbial fermentation of complex lignocel- became highly active at post flush 1. Subsequent chemical lulosic carbohydrates (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) analysis of extractable nitrate indicated that substantial nitrifi- present in the wheat straw of the mushroom compost through- cation occurred up until the termination of the cropping pro- out the cropping process (Zhang et al. 2014). Elucidation of cess. This study has demonstrated that a highly dynamic the breakdown of these complex carbohydrate polymers is of particular interest not only to the mushroom industry, but also Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article to a range of other sectors, such as the biofuel and paper and (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13213-017-1303-1) contains supplementary pulp industries (Perez et al. 2002). Currently, little knowledge material, which is available to authorized users. is available regarding the composition and dynamics of the microbial communities involved in compost fermentation * Conor Francis Mcgee throughout the mushroom cropping process. [email protected] Agaricus bisporus mushroom compost undergoes three distinct phases during its production and preparation prior to 1 Monaghan Mushrooms R&D Department, Group Headquarters, being suitable for use in the mushroom cropping process Tyholland, County Monaghan, Ireland (Kabel et al. 2017). Phase 1 consists of a short partial 752 Ann Microbiol (2017) 67:751–761 composting process, the main components of which are wheat result, these authors also found that the fermentation of hemi- straw, gypsum and horse/chicken manure (Straatsma et al. cellulose and cellulose via β-xylanase and β-glucanase en- 1994). Phase 2 involves semi-pasteurisation of the composted zyme activities was more associated with the uninoculated Phase 1 product by heat treatment prior to inoculation with a Phase 3 compost, indicating that the wider mushroom com- spawn of A. bisporus (Iiyama et al. 1994). The inoculated post microbial community was affiliated with these activities Phase 2 material then undergoes a period termed the Bspawn (Savoie 1998). run/Phase 3^ wherein the mycelium colonises the semi- The current literature suggests that little diversity is present pasteurised Phase 2 material (van Griensven and van Roestel in the active portion of the compost fungal community despite 2004). By Phase 3, the dominant sources of carbohydrates the bacterial community being highly diverse (Zhang et al. present in the compost are the complex fibres of lignin, hemi- 2014; Székely et al. 2009; Siyoum et al. 2016; McGee et al. cellulose and cellulose in the wheat straw (Patyshakuliyeva 2017). To date, few studies have been conducted that follow et al. 2015). Traditionally, the mushroom cropping process the changes in microbial communities in mushroom compost consists of transferring the Phase 3 material to a commercial throughout the entire cropping process using advanced molec- cropping house and applying a peat-based layer, referred to as ular techniques. The advent of next-generation sequencing Bcasing soil^, on top of the Phase 3 compost substrate to technologies has resulted in powerful techniques for determin- induce mushroom fruiting (Berendsen et al. 2012). The initial ing the depth and composition of microbial communities. mushroom crop, termed a Bflush^, is induced by controlling Most studies following microbial communities in mushroom environmental conditions such as temperature, CO2 and mois- compost have focused on Phase 1 material and included rela- ture inside the cropping house (Sharma et al. 2005). Typically, tively few samples from cropping (Zhang et al. 2014;Siyoum a series of two to three flushes are harvested from the compost et al. 2016). This has resulted in a knowledge gap regarding bed over the mushroom cropping process before the substrate the dynamics and composition of microbial communities dur- is considered spent (Royse et al. 2008). However, successive ing the mushroom cropping cycle. mushroom flushes produce diminishing mushroom crop The aim of this study was to perform an in-depth investi- yields despite the substantial levels of nutrition remaining in gation of the bacterial community present in mushroom com- the compost (Beyer and Muthersbaugh 1996; Kabel et al. post throughout the cropping cycle targeting both DNA and 2017). Pecchia et al. (2014) highlighted several theories that cDNA-derived communities. The purpose of using both DNA have been proposed over the years to explain why diminishing and cDNA targets was to distinguish between the dormant and crop yields may occur, such as changes in the composition of active microbial communities during the cropping process. microbial communities present in the compost, accumulation DNA-based studies of microbial communities are sometimes of metabolites on the surface of the mycelium and depletion of compromised due to legacy DNA and the influence of dor- available nutrients present in the compost. mant species. Characterisation of the active portion of the Carbohydrate levels in spent compost have been previously bacterial community throughout the cropping process may reported to consist of between 11 and 16% of the total com- shed better understanding on those bacterial groups that may post weight (Iiyama et al. 1994; Jurak et al. 2015). Microbial play important functional roles in the fermentation of the com- fermentation in the later stages of the mushroom cropping plex organic material present and reveal the composition of process has attracted much interest as it represents potentially bacterial communities throughout mushroom cropping for the unreleased nutrition for the mycelium (Jurak et al. 2015; first time. Kabel et al. 2017) as well as being an interesting study for investigating the bioconversion of organic biomass (Zhang et al. 2014). Materials and methods Fermentation of the complex carbohydrates in compost is undertaken by the release of exo-enzymes by the total micro- Compost and sampling bial community present in the compost environment (Zhang et al. 2014). To date, several studies have examined the activ- Compost samples were obtained from a commercial mush- ity of carbohydrate-degrading exo-enzymes present in the room production house based on a farm in County mushroom compost throughout the cropping process to un- Monaghan, Ireland, which operated under normal commercial derstand nutrient release (Bonnen et al. 1994; Savoie 1998; cultivation conditions. The compost used in this trial was pro- Jurak et al. 2015). The study of Bonnen et al. (1994)compared duced by an Irish commercial compost production company, enzyme activity at the community level in Phase 3 compost and the peat casing layer applied on top of the compost was either inoculated and uninoculated with produced by an Irish casing supplier. The compost used in the A. bisporus throughout a cropping process and found that growing house was composed of a combination of straw, gyp- the lignin-degrading enzymes laccase and manganese
Recommended publications
  • Genomics 98 (2011) 370–375
    Genomics 98 (2011) 370–375 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Genomics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ygeno Whole-genome comparison clarifies close phylogenetic relationships between the phyla Dictyoglomi and Thermotogae Hiromi Nishida a,⁎, Teruhiko Beppu b, Kenji Ueda b a Agricultural Bioinformatics Research Unit, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan b Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan article info abstract Article history: The anaerobic thermophilic bacterial genus Dictyoglomus is characterized by the ability to produce useful Received 2 June 2011 enzymes such as amylase, mannanase, and xylanase. Despite the significance, the phylogenetic position of Accepted 1 August 2011 Dictyoglomus has not yet been clarified, since it exhibits ambiguous phylogenetic positions in a single gene Available online 7 August 2011 sequence comparison-based analysis. The number of substitutions at the diverging point of Dictyoglomus is insufficient to show the relationships in a single gene comparison-based analysis. Hence, we studied its Keywords: evolutionary trait based on whole-genome comparison. Both gene content and orthologous protein sequence Whole-genome comparison Dictyoglomus comparisons indicated that Dictyoglomus is most closely related to the phylum Thermotogae and it forms a Bacterial systematics monophyletic group with Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (a constituent of the phylum Firmicutes) and Coprothermobacter proteolyticus Thermotogae. Our findings indicate that C. proteolyticus does not belong to the phylum Firmicutes and that the Thermotogae phylum Dictyoglomi is not closely related to either the phylum Firmicutes or Synergistetes but to the phylum Thermotogae. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
    [Show full text]
  • Detection of a Bacterial Group Within the Phylum Chloroflexi And
    Microbes Environ. Vol. 21, No. 3, 154–162, 2006 http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsme2/ Detection of a Bacterial Group within the Phylum Chloroflexi and Reductive-Dehalogenase-Homologous Genes in Pentachlorobenzene- Dechlorinating Estuarine Sediment from the Arakawa River, Japan KYOSUKE SANTOH1, ATSUSHI KOUZUMA1, RYOKO ISHIZEKI2, KENICHI IWATA1, MINORU SHIMURA3, TOSHIO HAYAKAWA3, TOSHIHIRO HOAKI4, HIDEAKI NOJIRI1, TOSHIO OMORI2, HISAKAZU YAMANE1 and HIROSHI HABE1*† 1 Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan 2 Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108–8548, Japan 3 Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Railway Technical Research Institute, 2–8–38 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185–8540, Japan 4 Technology Research Center, Taisei Corporation, 344–1 Nase, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 245–0051, Japan (Received April 21, 2006—Accepted June 12, 2006) We enriched a pentachlorobenzene (pentaCB)-dechlorinating microbial consortium from an estuarine-sedi- ment sample obtained from the mouth of the Arakawa River. The sediment was incubated together with a mix- ture of four electron donors and pentaCB, and after five months of incubation, the microbial community structure was analyzed. Both DGGE and clone library analyses showed that the most expansive phylogenetic group within the consortium was affiliated with the phylum Chloroflexi, which includes Dehalococcoides-like bacteria. PCR using a degenerate primer set targeting conserved regions in reductive-dehalogenase-homologous (rdh) genes from Dehalococcoides species revealed that DNA fragments (approximately 1.5–1.7 kb) of rdh genes were am- plified from genomic DNA of the consortium. The deduced amino acid sequences of the rdh genes shared sever- al characteristics of reductive dehalogenases.
    [Show full text]
  • Cone-Forming Chloroflexi Mats As Analogs of Conical
    268 Appendix 2 CONE-FORMING CHLOROFLEXI MATS AS ANALOGS OF CONICAL STROMATOLITE FORMATION WITHOUT CYANOBACTERIA Lewis M. Ward, Woodward W. Fischer, Katsumi Matsuura, and Shawn E. McGlynn. In preparation. Abstract Modern microbial mats provide useful process analogs for understanding the mechanics behind the production of ancient stromatolites. However, studies to date have focused on mats composed predominantly of oxygenic Cyanobacteria (Oxyphotobacteria) and algae, which makes it difficult to assess a unique role of oxygenic photosynthesis in stromatolite morphogenesis, versus different mechanics such as phototaxis and filamentous growth. Here, we characterize Chloroflexi-rich hot spring microbial mats from Nakabusa Onsen, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. This spring supports cone-forming microbial mats in both upstream high-temperature, sulfidic regions dominated by filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic Chloroflexi, as well as downstream Cyanobacteria-dominated mats. These mats produce similar morphologies analogous to conical stromatolites despite metabolically and taxonomically divergent microbial communities as revealed by 16S and shotgun metagenomic sequencing and microscopy. These data illustrate that anoxygenic filamentous microorganisms appear to be capable of producing similar mat morphologies as those seen in Oxyphotobacteria-dominated systems and commonly associated with 269 conical Precambrian stromatolites, and that the processes leading to the development of these features is more closely related with characteristics such as hydrology and cell morphology and motility. Introduction Stromatolites are “attached, lithified sedimentary growth structures, accretionary away from a point or limited surface of initiation” (Grotzinger and Knoll 1999). Behind this description lies a wealth of sedimentary structures with a record dating back over 3.7 billion years that may be one of the earliest indicators of life on Earth (Awramik 1992, Nutman et al.
    [Show full text]
  • Global Metagenomic Survey Reveals a New Bacterial Candidate Phylum in Geothermal Springs
    ARTICLE Received 13 Aug 2015 | Accepted 7 Dec 2015 | Published 27 Jan 2016 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10476 OPEN Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh1, David Paez-Espino1, Jessica Jarett1, Peter F. Dunfield2, Brian P. Hedlund3, Anne E. Dekas4, Stephen E. Grasby5, Allyson L. Brady6, Hailiang Dong7, Brandon R. Briggs8, Wen-Jun Li9, Danielle Goudeau1, Rex Malmstrom1, Amrita Pati1, Jennifer Pett-Ridge4, Edward M. Rubin1,10, Tanja Woyke1, Nikos C. Kyrpides1 & Natalia N. Ivanova1 Analysis of the increasing wealth of metagenomic data collected from diverse environments can lead to the discovery of novel branches on the tree of life. Here we analyse 5.2 Tb of metagenomic data collected globally to discover a novel bacterial phylum (‘Candidatus Kryptonia’) found exclusively in high-temperature pH-neutral geothermal springs. This lineage had remained hidden as a taxonomic ‘blind spot’ because of mismatches in the primers commonly used for ribosomal gene surveys. Genome reconstruction from metagenomic data combined with single-cell genomics results in several high-quality genomes representing four genera from the new phylum. Metabolic reconstruction indicates a heterotrophic lifestyle with conspicuous nutritional deficiencies, suggesting the need for metabolic complementarity with other microbes. Co-occurrence patterns identifies a number of putative partners, including an uncultured Armatimonadetes lineage. The discovery of Kryptonia within previously studied geothermal springs underscores the importance of globally sampled metagenomic data in detection of microbial novelty, and highlights the extraordinary diversity of microbial life still awaiting discovery. 1 Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA. 2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada.
    [Show full text]
  • Evolution of the 3-Hydroxypropionate Bicycle and Recent Transfer of Anoxygenic Photosynthesis Into the Chloroflexi
    Evolution of the 3-hydroxypropionate bicycle and recent transfer of anoxygenic photosynthesis into the Chloroflexi Patrick M. Shiha,b,1, Lewis M. Wardc, and Woodward W. Fischerc,1 aFeedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608; bEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720; and cDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 Edited by Bob B. Buchanan, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved August 21, 2017 (received for review June 14, 2017) Various lines of evidence from both comparative biology and the provide a hard geological constraint on these analyses, the timing geologic record make it clear that the biochemical machinery for of these evolutionary events remains relative, thus highlighting anoxygenic photosynthesis was present on early Earth and provided the uncertainty in our understanding of when and how anoxy- the evolutionary stock from which oxygenic photosynthesis evolved genic photosynthesis may have originated. ca. 2.3 billion years ago. However, the taxonomic identity of these A less recognized alternative is that anoxygenic photosynthesis early anoxygenic phototrophs is uncertain, including whether or not might have been acquired in modern bacterial clades relatively they remain extant. Several phototrophic bacterial clades are thought recently. This possibility is supported by the observation that to have evolved before oxygenic photosynthesis emerged, including anoxygenic photosynthesis often sits within a derived position in the Chloroflexi, a phylum common across a wide range of modern the phyla in which it is found (3). Moreover, it is increasingly environments. Although Chloroflexi have traditionally been thought being recognized that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has likely to be an ancient phototrophic lineage, genomics has revealed a much played a major role in the distribution of phototrophy (8–10).
    [Show full text]
  • Yu-Chen Ling and John W. Moreau
    Microbial Distribution and Activity in a Coastal Acid Sulfate Soil System Introduction: Bioremediation in Yu-Chen Ling and John W. Moreau coastal acid sulfate soil systems Method A Coastal acid sulfate soil (CASS) systems were School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia formed when people drained the coastal area Microbial distribution controlled by environmental parameters Microbial activity showed two patterns exposing the soil to the air. Drainage makes iron Microbial structures can be grouped into three zones based on the highest similarity between samples (Fig. 4). Abundant populations, such as Deltaproteobacteria, kept constant activity across tidal cycling, whereas rare sulfides oxidize and release acidity to the These three zones were consistent with their geological background (Fig. 5). Zone 1: Organic horizon, had the populations changed activity response to environmental variations. Activity = cDNA/DNA environment, low pH pore water further dissolved lowest pH value. Zone 2: surface tidal zone, was influenced the most by tidal activity. Zone 3: Sulfuric zone, Abundant populations: the heavy metals. The acidity and toxic metals then Method A Deltaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria this area got neutralized the most. contaminate coastal and nearby ecosystems and Method B 1.5 cause environmental problems, such as fish kills, 1.5 decreased rice yields, release of greenhouse gases, Chloroflexi and construction damage. In Australia, there is Gammaproteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria about a $10 billion “legacy” from acid sulfate soils, Chloroflexi even though Australia is only occupied by around 1.0 1.0 Cyanobacteria,@ Acidobacteria Acidobacteria Alphaproteobacteria 18% of the global acid sulfate soils. Chloroplast Zetaproteobacteria Rare populations: Alphaproteobacteria Method A log(RNA(%)+1) Zetaproteobacteria log(RNA(%)+1) Method C Method B 0.5 0.5 Cyanobacteria,@ Bacteroidetes Chloroplast Firmicutes Firmicutes Bacteroidetes Planctomycetes Planctomycetes Ac8nobacteria Fig.
    [Show full text]
  • Novel Molecular Signatures in the PIP4K/PIP5K Family of Proteins Specific for Different Isozymes and Subfamilies Provide Importa
    G C A T T A C G G C A T genes Article Novel Molecular Signatures in the PIP4K/PIP5K Family of Proteins Specific for Different Isozymes and Subfamilies Provide Important Insights into the Evolutionary Divergence of this Protein Family Bijendra Khadka and Radhey S. Gupta * Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +1-905-525-9140 Received: 22 February 2019; Accepted: 15 April 2019; Published: 21 April 2019 Abstract: Members of the PIP4K/PIP5K family of proteins, which generate the highly important secondary messenger phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate, play central roles in regulating diverse signaling pathways. In eukaryotic organisms, multiple isozymes and subfamilies of PIP4K/PIP5K proteins are found and it is of much interest to understand their evolution and species distribution and what unique molecular and biochemical characteristics distinguish specific isozymes and subfamilies of proteins. We report here the species distribution of different PIP4K/PIP5K family of proteins in eukaryotic organisms and phylogenetic analysis based on their protein sequences. Our results indicate that the distinct homologs of both PIP4K and PIP5K are found in different organisms belonging to the Holozoa clade of eukaryotes, which comprises of various metazoan phyla as well as their close unicellular relatives Choanoflagellates and Filasterea. In contrast, the deeper-branching eukaryotic lineages, as well as plants and fungi, contain only a single homolog of the PIP4K/PIP5K proteins. In parallel, our comparative analyses of PIP4K/PIP5K protein sequences have identified six highly-specific molecular markers consisting of conserved signature indels (CSIs) that are uniquely shared by either the PIP4K or PIP5K proteins, or both, or specific subfamilies of these proteins.
    [Show full text]
  • Microbial Community Structure in Rice, Crops, and Pastures Rotation Systems with Different Intensification Levels in the Temperate Region of Uruguay
    Supplementary Material Microbial community structure in rice, crops, and pastures rotation systems with different intensification levels in the temperate region of Uruguay Sebastián Martínez Table S1. Relative abundance of the 20 most abundant bacterial taxa of classified sequences. Relative Taxa Phylum abundance 4,90 _Bacillus Firmicutes 3,21 _Bacillus aryabhattai Firmicutes 2,76 _uncultured Prosthecobacter sp. Verrucomicrobia 2,75 _uncultured Conexibacteraceae bacterium Actinobacteria 2,64 _uncultured Conexibacter sp. Actinobacteria 2,14 _Nocardioides sp. Actinobacteria 2,13 _Acidothermus Actinobacteria 1,50 _Bradyrhizobium Proteobacteria 1,23 _Bacillus Firmicutes 1,10 _Pseudolabrys_uncultured bacterium Proteobacteria 1,03 _Bacillus Firmicutes 1,02 _Nocardioidaceae Actinobacteria 0,99 _Candidatus Solibacter Acidobacteria 0,97 _uncultured Sphingomonadaceae bacterium Proteobacteria 0,94 _Streptomyces Actinobacteria 0,91 _Terrabacter_uncultured bacterium Actinobacteria 0,81 _Mycobacterium Actinobacteria 0,81 _uncultured Rubrobacteria Actinobacteria 0,77 _Xanthobacteraceae_uncultured forest soil bacterium Proteobacteria 0,76 _Streptomyces Actinobacteria Table S2. Relative abundance of the 20 most abundant fungal taxa of classified sequences. Relative Taxa Orden abundance. 20,99 _Fusarium oxysporum Ascomycota 11,97 _Aspergillaceae Ascomycota 11,14 _Chaetomium globosum Ascomycota 10,03 _Fungi 5,40 _Cucurbitariaceae; uncultured fungus Ascomycota 5,29 _Talaromyces purpureogenus Ascomycota 3,87 _Neophaeosphaeria; uncultured fungus Ascomycota
    [Show full text]
  • Draft Genome Sequences Of
    Grouzdev et al. Standards in Genomic Sciences (2018) 13:24 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-018-0329-8 EXTENDED GENOME REPORT Open Access Draft genome sequences of ‘Candidatus Chloroploca asiatica’ and ‘Candidatus Viridilinea mediisalina’, candidate representatives of the Chloroflexales order: phylogenetic and taxonomic implications Denis S. Grouzdev1, Maria S. Rysina1,3, Irina A. Bryantseva2, Vladimir M. Gorlenko2 and Vasil A. Gaisin1* Abstract ‘Candidatus Chloroploca asiatica’ B7–9 and ‘Candidatus Viridilinea mediisalina’ Kir15-3F are mesophilic filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria from alkaline aquatic environments. Both bacteria became available in the last few years and only in stable enrichment culture. In this study, we report the draft genomic sequences of ‘Ca. Chloroploca asiatica’ B7–9 and ‘Ca. Viridilinea mediisalina’ Kir15-3F, which were assembled from metagenomes of their cultures with a fold coverage 86.3× and 163.8×, respectively. The B7–9 (5.8 Mb) and the Kir15-3F (5.6 Mb) draft genome harbors 4818 and 4595 predicted protein-coding genes, respectively. In this article, we analyzed the phylogeny of representatives of the Chloroflexineae suborder in view of the appearance of new genomic data. These data were used for the revision of earlier published group-specific conserved signature indels and for searching for novel signatures for taxons in the Chloroflexineae suborder. Keywords: Chloroflexi, Chloroflexales, Chloroploca asiatica, Viridilinea mediisalina, Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria Introduction stable highly enriched cultures [5]. Here, we report the It is difficult to study the mesophilic representatives of results of a genomic study of ‘Candidatus Chloroploca filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic (FAP) bacteria asiatica’ B7–9 and a new bacterium, ‘Candidatus Viridili- (bacteriochlorophyll-based phototrophic Chloroflexota), nea mediisalina’ Kir15-3F.
    [Show full text]
  • Concerted Gene Recruitment in Early Plant Evolution Jinling Huang* and J Peter Gogarten†
    Open Access Research2008HuangVolume and 9, Issue Gogarten 7, Article R109 Concerted gene recruitment in early plant evolution Jinling Huang* and J Peter Gogarten† Addresses: *Department of Biology, Howell Science Complex, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. †Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. Correspondence: Jinling Huang. Email: [email protected] Published: 8 July 2008 Received: 30 April 2008 Revised: 24 June 2008 Genome Biology 2008, 9:R109 (doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-7-r109) Accepted: 8 July 2008 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http://genomebiology.com/2008/9/7/R109 © 2008 Huang and Gogarten; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Eukaryotic<p>Analysesto the split ofhorizontal ofred the algae red gene andalgal transfergreen <it>Cyanidioschyzon</it> plants.</p> genome identified 37 genes that were acquired from non-organellar sources prior Abstract Background: Horizontal gene transfer occurs frequently in prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes. Anciently acquired genes, if retained among descendants, might significantly affect the long-term evolution of the recipient lineage. However, no systematic studies on the scope of anciently acquired genes and their impact on macroevolution are currently available in eukaryotes. Results: Analyses of the genome of the red alga Cyanidioschyzon identified 37 genes that were acquired from non-organellar sources prior to the split of red algae and green plants.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Genomic Analysis of the Mesophilic Thermotogae Genus Mesotoga Reveals
    bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/322537; this version posted October 19, 2018. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Genomic analysis of the mesophilic Thermotogae genus Mesotoga reveals 2 phylogeographic structure and genomic determinants of its distinct metabolism 3 Camilla L. Nesbø1,2,3* , Rhianna Charchuk1, Stephen M. J. Pollo1, Karen Budwill4, Ilya V. 4 Kublanov5, Thomas H.A. Haverkamp3,6 and Julia Foght1 5 1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada 6 2 BioZone, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Wallberg 7 Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 8 3 Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, 9 University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway. 10 4 InnoTech Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6N 1E4 11 5 Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Federal Research Center of Biotechnology, 12 Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 13 6 Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway. 14 15 *Corresponding Authors: [email protected] 16 Department of Biological Sciences, CW 405 Biological Sciences Bldg., 11455 17 Saskatchewan Drive , University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9 18 19 Running title: Comparative genomic analysis of Mesotoga. 20 Key words: Thermotogae, subsurface, gene recombination, oil reservoir, phylogeny, 21 sulfur metabolism, hydrogenase, anaerobe. 22 23 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/322537; this version posted October 19, 2018. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
    [Show full text]
  • Transition from Unclassified Ktedonobacterales to Actinobacteria During Amorphous Silica Precipitation in a Quartzite Cave Envir
    www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Transition from unclassifed Ktedonobacterales to Actinobacteria during amorphous silica precipitation in a quartzite cave environment D. Ghezzi1,2, F. Sauro3,4,5, A. Columbu3, C. Carbone6, P.‑Y. Hong7, F. Vergara4,5, J. De Waele3 & M. Cappelletti1* The orthoquartzite Imawarì Yeuta cave hosts exceptional silica speleothems and represents a unique model system to study the geomicrobiology associated to silica amorphization processes under aphotic and stable physical–chemical conditions. In this study, three consecutive evolution steps in the formation of a peculiar blackish coralloid silica speleothem were studied using a combination of morphological, mineralogical/elemental and microbiological analyses. Microbial communities were characterized using Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA gene and clone library analysis of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (coxL) and hydrogenase (hypD) genes involved in atmospheric trace gases utilization. The frst stage of the silica amorphization process was dominated by members of a still undescribed microbial lineage belonging to the Ktedonobacterales order, probably involved in the pioneering colonization of quartzitic environments. Actinobacteria of the Pseudonocardiaceae and Acidothermaceae families dominated the intermediate amorphous silica speleothem and the fnal coralloid silica speleothem, respectively. The atmospheric trace gases oxidizers mostly corresponded to the main bacterial taxa present in each speleothem stage. These results provide novel understanding of the microbial community structure accompanying amorphization processes and of coxL and hypD gene expression possibly driving atmospheric trace gases metabolism in dark oligotrophic caves. Silicon is one of the most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust and can be broadly found in the form of silicates, aluminosilicates and silicon dioxide (e.g., quartz, amorphous silica).
    [Show full text]