Acidobacteria from oligotrophic soil from the Cerrado can grow in a wide range of carbon source concentrations

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 746-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virgilio Hipólito Lemos de Castro ◽  
Luis Felipe Schroeder ◽  
Betania Ferraz Quirino ◽  
Ricardo Henrique Kruger ◽  
Cristine Chaves Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Carboxymethyl Cellulose ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Solid Medium ◽  
Colloidal Chitin ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Liquid Media ◽  
Wide Range

Soils from the Brazilian Cerrado are nutrient-poor, acidic, and aluminum-rich. A previous study revealed that members of the phylum Acidobacteria were predominant in these oligotrophic soils. Five acidobacteria from Cerrado soil were isolated on VL-55 medium containing 0.05% of xylan as carbon source. All isolates belong to the Acidobacteria subdivision 1, and their 16S rRNA showed similarities of 94.2%–96% with Acidobacterium capsulatum or 98.6% with Edaphobacter aggregans. All isolates were able to sustain growth in a wide range of carbon source concentrations. Growth occurred in all concentrations of arabinose, dextrose, and xylose; only one isolate did not grow on fructose. Isolates grew poorly on N-acetyl-d-glucosamine at all concentrations tested. In general, increasing concentrations of these monosaccharides did not inhibit growth rates. Isolates exhibited growth on solid medium containing xylan, carboxymethyl cellulose, and colloidal chitin; however, growth was observed on solid medium that did not contain these polysaccharides. These isolates may be able to use the solidifying agents tested (gellan gum or agar) as carbon source. This interpretation is supported by the absence of growth in liquid media containing chitin or carboxymethyl cellulose at 0.05% as sole carbon source, whereas growth in the same conditions using xylan was confirmed.

scholarly journals Isolation and Characterization of a Novel p,p’-DDT-Degrading Bacterium: Aeromonas sp. Strain MY1 from Agricultural Soil

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
Y. Murtala ◽  
B. C. Nwanguma ◽  
L. U. S. Ezeanyika
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Agricultural Soil ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Aerobic Conditions ◽  
Degrading Bacterium ◽  
Isolation And Characterization

Background: Despite the banned on the use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and other Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) by the Stockholm Convention for their toxicity, emerging shreds of evidence have indicated that DDT is, however, still in use in developing countries. This might increase the global burden of DDT contamination and its hazardous effects. Aim: This study focused on the isolation and characterization of p,p’-DDT-degrading bacterium from a tropical agricultural soil. Methodology: Standard isolation procedure was used for the screening and isolation of the strain. The 16S rRNA and phylogenetic analyses were used to identify the isolate and established protocols were followed to characterize the strain. Results: A new strain belonging to the genus Aeromonas was isolated from agricultural soil using minimal salt-p,p’-DDT enrichment medium. The 16S rRNA sequencing was used to identify the strain and the partial sequence was deposited in the NCBI GenBank as Aeromonas sp. Strain MY1. This mesophilic isolate was capable of utilizing up to 50 mgL-1 of p,p’-DDT as the sole carbon source at an optimum pH of 7.5 and optimum temperature of 35 °C within 120 h under aerobic conditions. Fe2+ (0.2 mgL-1) demonstrated a stimulatory effect on the p,p’-DDT degradation capacity by the strain MY1. However, Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ag and Cr ions have demonstrated various patterns of inhibitory effect on the p,p’-DDT degradation capacity of the isolate at 0.2 mgL-1. The strain MY1 could be a promising candidate for the bioremediation of p,p’-DDT contaminant. Conclusion: Aeromonas sp. strain MY1 was capable of utilizing p,p’-DDT as a sole carbon source under aerobic conditions. The utilization capacity of the strain was influenced by some heavy metals. Fe was found to enhance the p,p’-DDT utilization capacity of the isolate at a lower concentration. While Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg, Ag and Cr showed various patterns of inhibitory effect.

scholarly journals Sugarcane bagasse as a source of carbon for enzyme production by filamentous fungi1

Hoehnea ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flaviane Lopes Ferreira ◽  
Cesar Barretta Dall'Antonia ◽  
Emerson Andrade Shiga ◽  
Larissa Juliani Alvim ◽  
Rosemeire Aparecida Bom Pessoni
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Enzymatic Activity ◽  
Sugarcane Bagasse ◽  
Enzyme Production ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Sole Source ◽  
Maximum Activity ◽  
Liquid Media ◽  
Biotechnological Potential ◽  
Efficient Producer

ABSTRACT The aim of the present work was to assess the enzymatic activity of six strains of filamentous fungi grown in liquid media containing 1% sugarcane bagasse as the sole carbon source. All fungal strains were able to use this agro-industrial residue, producing various types of enzymes, such as cellulases, xylanases, amylases, pectinases, and laccases. However, Aspergillus japonicus Saito was the most efficient producer, showing the highest enzymatic activity for laccase (395.73 U L-1), endo-β-1,4-xylanase (3.55 U mL-1) and β-xylosidase (9.74 U mL-1) at seven, fourteen and twenty-one days in culture, respectively. Furthermore, the endo-β-1,4-xylanases and β-xylosidases of A. japonicus showed maximum activity at 50°C, and pH 5.5 and pH 3.5-4.5, respectively. Thus, these results indicate that A. japonicus has a great biotechnological potential for the production of these enzymes using sugarcane bagasse as the sole source of carbon.

UTILIZATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY ARTHROBACTER SPP.

1967 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. L. Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Residual Soil ◽  
Bacterial Isolates ◽  
Aromatic Substrates ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Nutritional Studies ◽  
Different Soils

Bacterial isolates from a number of different soils were screened by growth observation and microscopic examination for Arthrobacter spp. Incidence of arthrobacter in the total population varied, but averaged around 15% in the soils investigated. One hundred and thirty arthrobacter isolates were tested for their ability to utilize aromatic hydrocarbons as their sole carbon source. Seventy-seven percent of these organisms were able to grow on at least two aromatic substrates and many were capable of growth on a wide range of these compounds. Nutritional studies indicated that arthrobacter with simple requirements were able to utilize the greatest number of aromatic hydrocarbons as their sole carbon source. The ability of the arthrobacter to metabolize aromatic compounds is discussed in terms of their possible role in the formation and turnover of residual soil organic matter.

scholarly journals Isolation and characterization of a novel bacterial strain from a Tris-Acetate-Phosphate agar medium plate of the green micro-alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that can utilize common environmental pollutants as a carbon source

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mautusi Mitra ◽  
Kevin Manoap-Anh-Khoa Nguyen ◽  
Taylor Wayland Box ◽  
Jesse Scott Gilpin ◽  
Seth Ryan Hamby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ◽  
Bacterial Strain ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Agar Medium ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Motor Oil

Background: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a green micro-alga can be grown at the lab heterotrophically or photo-heterotrophically in Tris-Phosphate-Acetate (TAP) medium which contains acetate as the sole carbon source. When grown in TAP medium, Chlamydomonas can utilize the exogenous acetate in the medium for gluconeogenesis using the glyoxylate cycle, which is also present in many bacteria and higher plants. A novel bacterial strain, LMJ, was isolated from a contaminated TAP medium plate of Chlamydomonas. We present our work on the isolation and physiological and biochemical characterizations of LMJ. Methods: Several microbiological tests were conducted to characterize LMJ, including its sensitivity to four antibiotics. We amplified and sequenced partially the 16S rRNA gene of LMJ. We tested if LMJ can utilize cyclic alkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, poly-hydroxyalkanoates, and fresh and combusted car motor oil as the sole carbon source on Tris-Phosphate (TP) agar medium plates for growth. Results: LMJ is a gram-negative rod, oxidase-positive, mesophilic, non-enteric, pigmented, salt-sensitive bacterium. LMJ can ferment glucose, is starch hydrolysis-negative, and is very sensitive to penicillin and chloramphenicol. Preliminary spectrophotometric analyses indicate LMJ produces pyomelanin. NCBI-BLAST analyses of the partial 16S rRNA gene sequence of LMJ showed that it matched to that of an uncultured bacterium clone LIB091_C05_1243. The nearest genus relative of LMJ is an Acidovorax sp. strain. LMJ was able to use alkane hydrocarbons, fresh and combusted car motor oil, poly-hydroxybutyrate, phenanthrene, naphthalene, benzoic acid and phenyl acetate as the sole carbon source for growth on TP-agar medium plates. Conclusions: LMJ has 99.14% sequence identity with the Acidovorax sp. strain A16OP12 whose genome has not been sequenced yet. LMJ’s ability to use chemicals that are common environmental pollutants makes it a promising candidate for further investigation for its use in bioremediation and, provides us with an incentive to sequence its genome.

scholarly journals Correlation of 16S Ribosomal DNA Signature Sequences with Temperature-Dependent Growth Rates of Mesophilic and Psychrotolerant Strains of the Bacillus cereusGroup

1999 ◽  
Vol 181 (8) ◽  
pp. 2624-2630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit M. Prüß ◽  
Kevin P. Francis ◽  
Felix von Stetten ◽  
Siegfried Scherer
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
16S Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Signature Sequences ◽  
Dependent Growth

ABSTRACT Sequences of the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) from psychrotolerant and mesophilic strains of the Bacillus cereus group revealed signatures which were specific for these two thermal groups of bacteria. Further analysis of the genomic DNA from a wide range of food and soil isolates showed that B. cereus group strains have between 6 and 10 copies of 16S rDNA. Moreover, a number of these environmental strains have both rDNA operons with psychrotolerant signatures and rDNA operons with mesophilic signatures. The ability of these isolates to grow at low temperatures correlates with the prevalence of rDNA operons with psychrotolerant signatures, indicating specific nucleotides within the 16S rRNA to play a role in psychrotolerance.

DECOMPOSITION OF 2,2-DICHLOROPROPIONIC ACID BY SOIL BACTERIA

1959 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyman A. Magee ◽  
Arthur R. Colmer
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Liquid Medium ◽  
Soil Bacteria ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Solid Medium ◽  
Chloride Ion ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Mineral Salts ◽  
Selective Media ◽  
Enrichment Techniques

Eight bacteria capable of decomposing 2,2-dichloropropionate (dalapon) were isolated from soil by means of enrichment techniques and selective media. The decomposition was demonstrated by the clearing of a solid medium containing mineral salts, dalapon, and CaCO3; by a lowering of the pH of a liquid medium containing dalapon as the carbon source; by the increase in chloride ion in the liquid medium; and by the consumption of oxygen by three of the isolates when dalapon was the sole carbon source. Six of these were tentatively classified as Agrobacterium and two were tentatively classified as Pseudomonas, although there was much overlapping of characteristics. These organisms and many unidentified actinomycetes, molds, and bacteria, including a Micrococcus species, overcame the inhibitory effect of dalapon on an agar-decomposing bacterium when grown on the same plate.

scholarly journals Production of laccases, cellulases and xylanases of Pleurotus ostreatus grown in liquid-state fermentation

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-176
Author(s):  
Edna María Hernández-Domínguez ◽  
Carmen Sánchez ◽  
Gerardo Díaz-Godínez
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Liquid State ◽  
Pleurotus Ostreatus ◽  
Carboxymethyl Cellulose ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
The Third

In this study, activities of laccases, xylanases and cellulases produced by Pleurotus ostreatus in liquid-state fermentation were evaluated. Three fermentations were done by triplicate where the carbon source was changed, one was made with glucose, in another was used carboxymethylcellulose and xylan and in the third the three carbon sources were added, in all cases, copper was added as inducer of laccases. The kinetic parameters of growth of the fungus were obtained. It was observed that this fungus produced the three enzymes evaluated; laccases showed the highest values (34,240 U/L) in the culture medium with glucose as sole carbon source. Cellulases showed their highest activity in the culture medium with xylan and carboxymethylcellulose (12,858 U/L) and xylanases in medium with glucose, carboxymethyl cellulose and xylan (27,153 U/L). Up to 4 isoform of laccases, 2 of xylanase and 2 of cellulases were observed by zymography.

Cholesterol is accumulated by mycobacteria but its degradation is limited to non-pathogenic fast-growing mycobacteria

2000 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 826-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yossef Av-Gay ◽  
Rafat Sobouti
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
Carbon Source ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Mycobacterial Infection ◽  
Growth Media ◽  
Bacillus Calmette Guerin ◽  
Liquid Media ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Solid Media ◽  
Slow Growing

In this report we show that fast-growing non-pathogenic mycobacteria degrade cholesterol from liquid media, and are able to grow on cholesterol as a sole carbon source. In contrast, slow-growing mycobacteria, including pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis and bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), do not degrade and use cholesterol as a carbon source. Nevertheless, pathogenic mycobacteria are able to uptake, modify, and accumulate cholesterol from liquid growth media, and form a zone of clearance around a colony when plated on solid media containing cholesterol. These data suggest that cholesterol may have a role in mycobacterial infection other than its use as carbon source.Key words: mycobacteria, cholesterol, biodegradation.

Peptoniphilus methioninivorax sp. nov., a Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from retail ground beef

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 1962-1967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro P. Rooney ◽  
James L. Swezey ◽  
Rüdiger Pukall ◽  
Peter Schumann ◽  
Stefan Spring
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Ground Beef ◽  
Source Analysis ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Anaerobic ◽  
Gram Positive

Strain NRRL B-23883T was isolated from retail ground beef as part of a study on the genetic diversity of Clostridium perfringens. The strain was found to be a strictly anaerobic, Gram-positive coccus that was able to utilize peptone as a sole carbon source. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the strain was closely related to species within the genera Peptoniphilus and Anaerosphaera, but it was substantially different from the closest recognized species by nearly 10 % sequence divergence. The strain was also found to be closely related (>99 % sequence similarity) to an uncultured bacterial strain that was sequenced from a 16S rRNA gene clone library constructed to characterize the bacterial community of faeces from a captive spotted hyena. Strain NRRL B-23883T shared the peptidoglycan type A4β, l-Orn–d-Glu with members of the genus Peptoniphilus. Further phenotypic analysis revealed that strain NRRL B-23883T was able to utilize glycyl l-methionine as a sole carbon source, in contrast to other species of the genus Peptoniphilus. Therefore, it is proposed that the isolate represents a novel species, Peptoniphilus methioninivorax sp. nov.; the type strain is NRRL B-23883T ( = DSM 22461T).

The developmental patterns of endo-β-1,4-glucanase and β-glucosidase of Chaetomium erraticum

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (11) ◽  
pp. 2162-2166 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. K. Sandhu ◽  
R. Puri
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Metal Ions ◽  
Carboxymethyl Cellulose ◽  
Sole Carbon Source ◽  
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid ◽  
Molecular Forms ◽  
Relative Distribution ◽  
Developmental Patterns ◽  
Multiple Molecular Forms ◽  
Response To Temperature

The present investigation deals with the production of extracellular and intracellular endoglucanase and β-glucosidase enzymes and the study of their multiple molecular forms in Chaetomium erraticum. When C. erraticum was grown on carboxymethyl cellulose as the sole carbon source, more than 90% of the endoglucanase was extracellular, while most of the β-glucosidase was intracellular. However, the relative distribution of these enzymes varied with the age of the culture. Two forms of each of endoglucanase (EG-I, EG-II) and β-glucosidase (βGlu-I, βGlu-II) were detected after 4 and 6 days of incubation, respectively. Additional intracellular forms of endoglucanase and β-glucosidase i.e., EG-III and βGlu-III, appeared at later stages, when perithecia developed, indicating that EG-III and βGlu-III are related to the development of perithecia. These multiple molecular forms were further differentiated by their response to temperature, pH, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and metal ions.

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