scholarly journals Aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis bacteria (AAPB) associated with aquatic ecosystems

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1585-1598
Author(s):  
ZHANG Haihan ◽  
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WANG Yan ◽  
LIU Kaiwei ◽  
HUANG Tinglin ◽  
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Microbiology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 159 (Pt_10) ◽  
pp. 2180-2190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thore Rohwerder ◽  
Roland H. Müller ◽  
M. Teresa Weichler ◽  
Judith Schuster ◽  
Thomas Hübschmann ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 5051-5059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Allgaier ◽  
Heike Uphoff ◽  
Andreas Felske ◽  
Irene Wagner-Döbler

ABSTRACT The marine Roseobacter clade comprises several genera of marine bacteria related to the uncultured SAR83 cluster, the second most abundant marine picoplankton lineage. Cultivated representatives of this clade are physiologically heterogeneous, and only some have the capability for aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis, a process of potentially great ecological importance in the world's oceans. In an attempt to correlate phylogeny with ecology, we investigated the diversity of Roseobacter clade strains from various marine habitats (water samples, biofilms, laminariae, diatoms, and dinoflagellate cultures) by using the 16S rRNA gene as a phylogenetic marker gene. The potential for aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis was determined on the genetic level by PCR amplification and sequencing of the pufLM genes of the bacterial photosynthesis reaction center and on the physiological level by detection of bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) a. A collection of ca. 1,000 marine isolates was screened for members of the marine Roseobacter clade by 16S rRNA gene-directed multiplex PCR and sequencing. The 42 Roseobacter clade isolates found tended to form habitat-specific subclusters. The pufLM genes were detected in two groups of strains from dinoflagellate cultures but in none of the other Roseobacter clade isolates. Strains within the first group (the DFL-12 cluster) also synthesized Bchl a. Strains within the second group (the DFL-35 cluster) formed a new species of Roseovarius and did not produce Bchl a under the conditions investigated here, thus demonstrating the importance of genetic methods for screening of cultivation-dependent metabolic traits. The pufL genes of the dinoflagellate isolates were phylogenetically closely related to pufL genes from Betaproteobacteria, confirming similar previous observations which have been interpreted as indications of gene transfer events.


2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helge-Ansgar Giebel ◽  
Mathias Wolterink ◽  
Thorsten Brinkhoff ◽  
Meinhard Simon

ABSTRACT In marine pelagic ecosystems energy is often the limiting factor for growth of heterotrophic bacteria. Aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis (AAP) and oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) are modes to acquire complementary energy, but their significance in abundant and characteristic pelagic marine bacteria has not been well studied. In long-term batch culture experiments we found that Planktomarina temperata RCA23, representing the largest and most prominent subcluster of the Roseobacter group, maintains 2–3-fold higher cell numbers in the stationary and declining phase when grown in a light-dark cycle relative to dark conditions. Light enables P. temperata to continue to replicate its DNA during the stationary phase relative to a dark control such that when reinoculated into fresh medium growth resumed two days earlier than in control cultures. In cultures grown in the dark and supplemented with CO, cell numbers in the stationary phase remained significantly higher than in an unsupplemented control. Furthermore, repeated spiking with CO until day 372 resulted in significant CO consumption relative to an unsupplemented control. P. temperata represents a prominent marine pelagic bacterium for which AAP and CO consumption, to acquire complementary energy, have been documented.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matilde Marques ◽  
Nuno Borges ◽  
Sandra Godinho Silva ◽  
Ulisses Nunes da Rocha ◽  
Asunción Lago-Lestón ◽  
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We report three metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of Planktomarina strains from coastal seawater (Portugal) to help illuminate the functions of understudied Rhodobacteraceae bacteria in marine environments. The MAGs encode proteins involved in aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis and a versatile carbohydrate metabolism, strengthening the role of Planktomarina species in oceanic carbon cycling.


2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vojtěch Kasalický ◽  
Yonghui Zeng ◽  
Kasia Piwosz ◽  
Karel Šimek ◽  
Hana Kratochvilová ◽  
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ABSTRACTThe genusLimnohabitans(Comamonadaceae,Betaproteobacteria) is a common and a highly active component of freshwater bacterioplanktonic communities. To date, the genus has been considered to contain only heterotrophic species. In this study, we detected the photosynthesis genespufLMandbchYin 28 of 46 strains from threeLimnohabitanslineages. ThepufMsequences obtained are very closely related to environmentalpufMsequences detected in various freshwater habitats, indicating the ubiquity and potential importance of photoheterotrophicLimnohabitansin nature. Additionally, we sequenced and analyzed the genomes of 5 potentially photoheterotrophicLimnohabitansstrains, to gain further insights into their phototrophic capacity. The structure of the photosynthesis gene cluster turned out to be highly conserved within the genusLimnohabitansand also among all potentially photosyntheticBetaproteobacteriastrains. The expression of photosynthetic complexes was detected in a culture ofLimnohabitans planktonicusII-D5Tusing spectroscopic and pigment analyses. This was further verified by a novel combination of infrared microscopy and fluorescentin situhybridization.IMPORTANCEThe data presented document that the capacity to perform anoxygenic photosynthesis is common among the members of the genusLimnohabitans, indicating that they may have a novel role in freshwater habitats.


2007 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 2891-2896 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Fuchs ◽  
S. Spring ◽  
H. Teeling ◽  
C. Quast ◽  
J. Wulf ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirill K. Miroshnikov ◽  
Alena Didriksen ◽  
Daniil G. Naumoff ◽  
Marcel Huntemann ◽  
Alicia Clum ◽  
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ABSTRACT Methylocapsa palsarum NE2T is an aerobic, mildly acidophilic, obligate methanotroph. Similar to other Methylocapsa species, it possesses only a particulate methane monooxygenase and is capable of atmospheric nitrogen fixation. The genome sequence of this typical inhabitant of subarctic wetlands and soils also contains genes indicative of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis.


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