Temporal variation of magnetotactic bacterial communities in two freshwater sediment microcosms

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), which can mineralize nanosized magnetite or greigite crystals within cells, play important roles in biogeochemical processes, for example iron and sulfur cycling, and depositional remanent magnetization acquisitions. Despite decades of research, the knowledge of MTB distribution and ecology is still limited. In the present study, we investigated the temporal variation of MTB communities in freshwater sediment microcosms based on 16S rRNA genes and unifrac analyses. Two microcosms (MY8 and MY11) collected from two separate sites in Lake Miyun (Beijing, China) were analyzed. The majority of retrieved sequences belonged to alphaproteobacterial magnetotactic cocci in both microcosms (representing 64.29% of clones from MY8 and 100% of clones from MY11), whereas so-called ' Magnetobacterium bavaricum '-like MTB affiliated within Nitrospira phylum were exclusively found in microcosm MY8. Over a 3-month period, the temporal variation of MTB communities was evident in both microcosms. In addition, the phylogenetic discrepancy of MTB communities between two microcosms is more prominent than that of the same microcosm at different times, implying adaptation of MTB phylogenetic lineages to specific microenvironments. Among the physical–chemical parameters measured, a strong correlation was shown between nitrate and the main genetic variability of MTB communities, indicating that nitrate may influence the occurrence of MTB phylogenetic lineages in natural environments.     

Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium from a brackish desert spring able to biomineralize greigite and magnetite,that represents a novel lineage in the Desulfobacteraceae

A magnetotactic bacterium, designated strain BW-1^T, was isolated from a brackish spring in Death Valley National Park (California, USA) and cultivated in axenic culture. The Gram-negative cells of strain BW-1^T are relatively large and rod-shaped and possess a single polar flagellum (monotrichous). This strain is the first magnetotactic bacterium isolated in axenic culture capable of producing greigite and/or magnetite nanocrystals aligned in one or more chains per cell. Strain BW-1^T is an obligate anaerobe that grows chemoorganoheterotrophically while reducing sulfate as a terminal electron acceptor. Optimal growth occurred at pH 7.0 and 28 °C with fumarate as electron donor and carbon source. Based on its genome sequence, the G + C content is 40.72 mol %. Phylogenomic and phylogenetic analyses indicate that strain BW-1^T belongs to the Desulfobacteraceae family within the Deltaproteobacteria class. Based on average amino acid identity, strain BW-1^T can be considered as a novel species of a new genus, for which the name Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis is proposed. The type strain of D. magnetovallimortis is BW-1^T (JCM 18010^T–DSM 103535^T).     

Magnetosome chain arrangement and stability in magnetotactic cocci

We have studied the disposition of chains of magnetosomes inside magnetotactic cocci with light and electron microscopy. Light microscopy of isolated cocci indicated that the chains of magnetosomes are disposed on opposite sides of the cell. Electron spectroscopic imaging of whole unprocessed bacteria, showed the magnetosome chains in the cells. Freeze-etching of the cell surface allowed the observation of the close association of the chain with the cell surface. During the replication process of the freeze-etching, the magnetosome chains remained attached to the replicas, which indicates that chains were very close to the cell surface before freezing. We provide evidence that the large area of the contact faces between magnetosomes in a chain may provide an extra mechanical stability that helps keep the magnetosomes in chains even after isolation from the bacteria. Comparison with pointed magnetosomes from different cocci present in the same samples showed that the maintenance of linear chains is more difficult to be achieved because of the geometry of the crystals.     

一株生物脱硫菌株的分离、鉴定及其脱硫活性的研究

以二苯并噻吩（DBT）为模型化合物,从火力发电厂周围的土壤和污水处理厂的活性污泥中分离得到一株能高效脱除有机硫的菌株S4,并对其进行了分子鉴定及脱硫活性的研究。应用PCR技术克隆到16S rDNA片段,核苷酸序列分析结果表明,该菌的16S rDNA的全序列与醋酸钙不动杆菌存在99%的同源性。该菌的最适脱硫温度为30℃,pH值为6～8,在此条件,该菌株对DBT的去除率可达到82%。     

斑点叉尾鮰一株致病菌的分离鉴定及系统发育分析

从发生急性流行性传染病的斑点叉尾肝、肾分离到一高致病性的菌株(CCF00024),经人工感染实验证实其为该病的病原菌。对该菌的形态、生理生化及16S rDNA序列分析结果表明,其为非发酵型,严格需氧,革兰氏阴性杆菌,极生多鞭毛,对除麦芽糖和甘露糖以外的多种糖类不能利用产酸,氧化酶阴性,DNA酶、蛋白酶、脲酶、赖氨酸脱羧酶阳性,MR阴性。在以该菌16S rDNA序列(GenBank登录号AY970826)和GenBank及RDP数据库内同源性较高的细菌16S rDNA序列构建的系统发育树中,分离菌CCF00024与嗜麦芽寡养单胞菌(Stenotrophomonasmaltophilia)聚在一簇,特别是与S.maltophiliaM5-1的同源性最高,其序列相似性达99.6%,结合形态和生理生化特点将其鉴定为嗜麦芽寡养单胞菌(Stenotrophomonas maltophilia)。     

粪便中大肠埃希菌的分离鉴定

2004年4月采集大连金州湾沿岸畜禽养殖场猪、牛、鸡和某中学人粪便样品。经改良的生化鉴定方法鉴定,得大肠埃希菌(Escherichia coli)猪源75株、牛源78株、鸡源69株、人源68株,占粪大肠菌比率分别为85.23%、92.86%、80.23%、80.00%。为验证改良的生化鉴定方法准确性,从中随机选取8株E.coli,扩增16S rRNA序列并与Genebank中E.coli16S序列比对,确定这8株细菌与E.coli同源相似率达99%以上,进而验证改良的生化鉴定方法的可行性。     

Isolation and molecular characterization of thiosulfate-oxidizing bacteria from an Italian rice field soil

In rice paddy soils an active cycling of sulfur compounds takes place. To elucidate the diversity of thiosulfate-oxidizing bacteria these organisms were enriched from bulk soil and rice roots by the most probable number method in liquid medium. From the MPN enrichment cultures 21 bacterial strains were isolated on solid mineral medium, and could be further shown to produce sulfate from thiosulfate. These strains were characterized by 16S rDNA analyses. The isolates were affiliated to seven different phylogenetic groups within the alpha- and beta-subclass of Proteobacteria. Two of these phylotypes were already described as S-oxidizers in this environment (Xanthobacter sp. and Bosea sp. related strains), but five groups represented new S-oxidizers in rice field soil. These isolates were closely related to Mesorhizobium loti, to Hydrogenophaga sp., to Delftia sp., to Pandoraea sp. or showed sequence similarity to a strain of Achromobacter sp.     

Diversity and vertical distribution of magnetotactic bacteria along chemical gradients in freshwater microcosms

The vertical distribution of magnetotactic bacteria along various physico-chemical gradients in freshwater microcosms was analyzed by a combined approach of viable cell counts, 16S rRNA gene analysis, microsensor profiling and biogeochemical methods. The occurrence of magnetotactic bacteria was restricted to a narrow sediment layer overlapping or closely below the maximum oxygen and nitrate penetration depth. Different species showed different preferences within vertical gradients, but the largest proportion (63-98%) of magnetotactic bacteria was detected within the suboxic zone. In one microcosm the community of magnetotactic bacteria was dominated by one species of a coccoid Alphaproteobacterium, as detected by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis in sediment horizons from 1 to 10 mm depth. Maximum numbers of magnetotactic bacteria were up to 1.5 x 10(7) cells/cm3, which corresponded to 1% of the total cell number in the upper sediment layer. The occurrence of magnetotactic bacteria coincided with the availability of significant amounts (6-60 microM) of soluble Fe(II), and in one sample with hydrogen sulfide (up to 40 microM). Although various trends were clearly observed, a strict correlation between the distribution of magnetotactic bacteria and individual geochemical parameters was absent. This is discussed in terms of metabolic adaptation of various strains of magnetotactic bacteria to stratified sediments and diversity of the magnetotactic bacterial communities.     

Cytoplasmic ATPase involved in ferrous ion uptake from magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

A non-magnetic mutant of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 (NMA61), harboring a defective gene located in ORF4 (gene ID: amb4111) was generated by transposon mutagenesis. Biochemical characterization of the gene product of ORF4 revealed that it was localized in the cytoplasm and displayed ATPase activity. The ability of NMA61 to take up iron was severely compromised. Ferrous ion concentration in the medium decreased more with the wild-type than with NMA61, while the iron content in the cytoplasmic fraction of NMA61 was much lower than the wild-type strain. This cytoplasmic ATPase is essential for iron trafficking within M. magneticum AMB-1.     

家蚕肠道产蛋白酶细菌的分离筛选与分子鉴定

目的肠道细菌对家蚕具有重要的生理作用,探明家蚕肠道产蛋白酶细菌菌群对家蚕肠道细菌的高效开发与利用具有十分重要的意义。方法从菁松×皓月品种4龄家蚕肠液中分离与纯化肠道细菌,获得一株产高活力蛋白酶细菌,对该菌菌落进行形态学鉴定及菌体的显微镜检并结合16S rDNA方法进行了鉴定。结果该菌为革兰阴性杆菌,属于嗜麦芽寡养单胞菌(Stenotrophom onas maltophilia)。结论该产蛋白酶细菌产酶能力较高,可进一步开发研究并用作微生态制剂。     

Isolation and characterization of alachlor-degrading actinomycetes from soil

Alachlor (2-cloro-N-(methoxymethyl)-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-acetamide) is an extremely toxic and highly mobile herbicide that is widely used for pre-emergence control of grasses and weeds in many commercial crops in Brazil. In order to select soil actinomycetes able to degrade this herbicide, fifty-three actinomycete strains were isolated from soil treated with alachlor using selective conditions and subjected to in vitro degradation assays. Sixteen isolates were shown to be tolerant to high concentrations of the herbicide (up to 720 mg L^-1), and six of these were able to grow and degrade 50 alachlor (72 mg L^-1) in mineral salts medium. Morphological and phylogenetic analysis enabled the assignment of the alachlor-degrading strains to the genus Streptomyces. Strain LS151 was related to the type strains of Streptomyces capoamus/Streptomyces galbus, whereas strains LS143 and LS153 were related to Streptomyces bikiniensis. The remaining strains, LS166, LS177 and LS182, were similar in morphological features and recovered in a single cluster based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis, but shown to be distinct on the basis of genomic fingerprint data (rep-PCR). Though a definitive taxonomic assignment of alachlor-degrading strains was not possible, these data indicate that ability to degrade this pesticide was detected in different Streptomyces taxa.     

Cell organization and ultrastructure of a magnetotactic multicellular organism

Magnetotactic multicellular aggregates and many-celled magnetotactic prokaryotes have been described as spherical organisms composed of several Gram-negative bacteria capable to align themselves along magnetic fields and swim as a unit. Here we describe a similar organism collected in a large hypersaline lagoon in Brazil. Ultrathin sections and freeze fracture replicas showed that the cells are arranged side by side and face both the external environment and an internal acellular compartment in the center of the organism. This compartment contains a belt of filaments linking the cells, and numerous membrane vesicles. The shape of the cells approaches a pyramid, with the apex pointing to the internal compartment, and the basis facing the external environment. The contact region of two cells is flat and represents the pyramid faces, while the contacts of three or more cells contain cell projections and represent the edges. Freeze-fracture replicas showed a high concentration of intramembrane particles on the edges and also in the region of the outer membrane that faces the external environment. Dark field optical microscopy showed that the whole organism performs a coordinated movement with either straight or helicoidal trajectories. We conclude that the organisms described in this work are, in fact, highly organized prokaryotic multicellular organisms.     

焦化废水中4株苯酚高效降解菌的分离及鉴定

目的:从焦化废水中筛选苯酚高效降解菌并进行鉴定.方法:在100～1000 mg/L的苯酚为惟-碳源的无机盐培养基上分离出单菌落,测定各菌株的生长曲线以及对苯酚的降解效牢;利用 16S rDNA序列分析结合菌株的形态特征确定各菌株的分类地位.结果:筛选获得4株苯酚降解菌,均能够以苯酚为惟一碳源,在30℃、pH7.0、摇床转速130 r/min、2%的接种量条件下,24h内能将1 000mg/L的苯酚降解91%以上;4株菌可初步鉴定为芽孢杆菌属(ZL1)、产碱杆菌属(ZL2、ZL4)、沙雷氏菌属(ZL3).其中,从焦化废水中分离出高效降解苯酚的沙雷氏菌未见报道.结论:从焦化废水中获得4株苯酚高效降解细菌,对高浓度含酚废水的生物降解具有潜在的应用前景.     

产河豚毒素菌株的分离鉴定

从厦门同安海域的黄鳍东方豚(Fugu xanthopterus)卵巢组织中分离纯化出59株菌株,通过小鼠试验筛选出11株产毒菌株,并对其中产毒能力较强的EL10菌株的发酵产物进行高效液相色谱分析,初步认定发酵产物中含有河豚毒素。同时对EL10菌株进行16S rDNA鉴定,结果表明该菌属于希瓦氏菌属(Shewanella)。     

产酸性脲酶菌株的筛选、鉴定及其脲酶的应用初探

利用传统微生物筛选方法,从动物粪便中经过酸性平板初筛、中性平板复筛,得到一株产酸性脲酶的菌株JN_R12。通过比较形态特征、生理生化以及16S rDNA测序结果,结合系统发育分析,确定该菌为肠出血性大肠埃希氏菌Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157：H7。JN_R12所产脲酶对酒精有较好的耐受性。离心后得到的全细胞在模拟酒样中的尿素去除率接近100%;黄酒中24h孵化后的去除率在60%以上。     

一株石油烃降解菌分子鉴定及特性分析

从受污海水中分离筛选了具有石油烃降解能力的降解菌Bac1020,经PCR扩增得到1 497 bp长16S rDNA序列,通过Blast比对,与主要石油烃降解菌属16S rDNA序列构建系统发生树,鉴定其为不动杆菌(Acinetobactersp.)。降解菌(Acinetobactersp.)在72 h内生长稳定,对石油烃的降解率随时间的延长而不断增加。建立了快速筛选及鉴定石油烃降解菌的方法,应用于海洋石油烃污染的生物降解。     

一株甲烷利用菌的分离、鉴定和性能研究

目的：研究土壤中能利用甲烷的细菌类型及特性。方法：运用传统的富集、分离、纯化方法得到1株甲烷利用菌,结果：该菌株在显微镜下呈球形,在液体培养基中生长72h后OD值可达到0.8左右,其最适生长温度30℃,最佳pH值7左右。对该菌株进行了16SrDNA扩增,测序结果表明其与Pseudoxanthomonas菌属的序列相似性为93%,其生理生化特征和分子鉴定结果表明,该菌与假黄单胞菌为不同的属。甲烷消耗气相色谱分析结论显示,120h后培养瓶中的甲烷浓度降低60%左右,说明该菌株具有较好的利用甲烷的性能。     

一株中度嗜热嗜酸细菌的分离与分子鉴定

用稀释分离法,从云南某温泉分离得到一株中度嗜热嗜酸细菌YN06。该菌株短杆状,革兰氏阴性,菌体大小为(0．3-0．5)μm x(1-2．2)μm。16S rDNA和16S—23S间隔区序列分析表明,YN06与嗜酸硫杆菌属的喜温硫杆菌处于同一进化树分支中,相似性均高达99%以上,因此该菌株被鉴定为喜温硫杆菌。     

Isolation and characterization of a mercury-resistant broad-host-range plasmid from Pseudomonas cepacia

Abstract The sequence of 1383 nucleotides of the DNA encoding 16S rDNA was determined for strains of human intestinal spirochaetes, comprising an unnamed isolate and Brachyspira aalborgi NCTC 11492. A phylogenetic tree was inferred from aligned sequence comparisons between the intestinal spirochaetes, representatives of the Spirochaetales and Escherichia coli . The type strain of Brachyspira aalborgi , though related to the Serpulina spp. at approx. 96.5% sequence similarity was distinct and separated from the unnamed human intestinal isolate, HIS Oman, N26. The latter formed a separated and novel lineage that bisected the Spirochaetales.