scholarly journals Analysis of pH dose-dependent growth of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Open Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Kushkevych ◽  
Dani Dordević ◽  
Monika Vítězová
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Alkaline Media ◽  
Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Lactate Oxidation ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

AbstractLower intraluminal colonic pH is an indication for the development of inflammatory bowel disease including active ulcerative colitis. Involvement of intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria in decreasing bowel pH by the production of H2S and acetate as well as their sensitivity has never been reported before. The study of the relative pH and survival of Desulfovibrio piger Vib-7 by monitoring sulfate reduction parameters was the aim of this work. Monitoring was done through the measurement of bacterial growth (biomass), dissimilatory sulfate reduction parameters: sulfate consumption, lactate oxidation, hydrogen sulfide and acetate production. According to our results, we observed that lower pH (<5) significantly inhibited D. piger Vib-7 growth. This inhibition was also noticed when alkaline media (>9 pH) was used, though the reduction was not at the rate as in media with pH of 4. The research indicates that the growth of D. piger Vib-7 is inhibited at pH of 4 which is not as low as the pH found in people with severely developed inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis. Certainly the interaction (synergistic effect) between both hydrogen sulfide and acetate accumulation can also play an important etiological role in the development of bowel inflammation in humans and animals.

scholarly journals Analysis of physiological parameters of Desulfovibrio strains from individuals with colitis

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Kushkevych ◽  
Dani Dordević ◽  
Peter Kollár
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Bowel Disease ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Lactate Oxidation ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Sulfide Production ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

AbstractIntestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria are often isolated from patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis, and can be involved in the development of gut inflammation. A comparison of the metabolism of intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from individuals with colitis and healthy controls using statistical analysis has never been studied and described before. The aim of our research was to evaluate the parameters of dissimilatory sulfate reduction inDesulfovibriospecies that were isolated from the feces of healthy objects and individuals with colitis. Principal component analysis indicates that the strains that were isolated from individuals with colitis grouped in the same cluster by biomass accumulation and sulfide production, same as the strains isolated from healthy individuals. Sulfate and lactate consumption measured over time showed negative correlation (Pearson correlations,p<0.01), healthy: -0.760; colitis: -0.770; healthy: -0.828; colitis: -0.847, respectively. The calculated linear regression (R2) was lower in biomass accumulation and hydrogen sulfide production, 0.531; 0.625 respectively. Thus, biomass accumulation and sulfide production, together with measured kinetic parameters play an important factor in bowel inflammation, including ulcerative colitis. Additionally, acetate production can also synergize with H2S, while sulfate consumption and lactate oxidation likely represent minor factors in bowel disease.

scholarly journals Dissimilatory sulfate reduction in bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ІМV К-6 upon influence of Uragan and Raundup herbicides

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-44
Author(s):  
G. І. Zvir ◽  
O. М. Moroz ◽  
S. O. Hnatush
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Colorimetric Method ◽  
Reduction Process ◽  
Desulfovibrio Desulfuricans ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Sulfate Ions ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Objects of the study were sulfate-reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ІМV К-6, isolated from Yavorivske lakе. This strain is kept in the collection of microorganisms at the Department of Microbiology of Ivan Franko National University. Bacteria were grown in the Kravtsov-Sorokin’s liquid medium with the following composition (g/l): Na2SO4 × 10H2O – 0.5, NaH2PO4 – 0.3, K2HPO4 – 0.5, (NH4)2SO4 – 0.2, MgSO4 × 7H2O – 0.1, C3H5O3Na – 2.0. The bacteria were grown for 10 days at 30 °C under anaerobic conditions. In order to study the sensitivity of the sulfate reducing bacteria to action of Uragan and Raundup herbicides, the cells of D. desulfuricans ІМV К-6 were grown at the concentrations of herbicides as follows: 0,28 mМ, 2,8 mМ (concentration recommended for use) and 5,6 mM. Biomass was determined by photometric method. Concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the culture medium was determined by photo-colorimetric method. Concentration of sulfate-ions in the medium was determined by turbidimetric method. Capacity of sulfate reducing bacteria D. desulfuricans ІМV K-6 to grow, reducing sulfates to hydrogen sulfide upon influence of Uragan and Raundup herbicides was studied. Accumulation of bacterial biomass in the control and upon influence of herbicides was the highest on the fourth-sixth day of cultivation, and after that the stationary growth phase began. It was shown that sulfate reducing bacteria upon influence of herbicides grew more intensively compared with the control. It was discovered that the level of biomass changed depending on the increasing concentration of Uragan or Raundup herbicides in the medium. Sulfate reducing bacteria D. desulfuricans ІМV K-6 could reduce sulfates to hydrogen sulfide in the presence of sulfates and organic compounds in the medium (dissimilatory sulfate reduction). Stimulatory influence of Uragan and Raundup on the dissimilatory sulfate reduction process of D. desulfuricans ІМВ К-6 has been discovered. The formation of hydrogen sulfide correlates with the usage of sulfatе ions. The capacity of sulfate reducing bacteria D. desulfuricans ІМV K-6 to grow, reducing sulfate ions to hydrogen sulfide upon influence of Uragan and Raundup may be caused by presence of inert components (sulfates) in these herbicides that can be used by microorganisms as electron acceptors during sulfate respiration. 

scholarly journals Evaluation of Physiological Parameters of Intestinal Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Isolated from Patients Suffering from IBD and Healthy People

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Kushkevych ◽  
Jorge Castro Sangrador ◽  
Dani Dordević ◽  
Monika Rozehnalová ◽  
Martin Černý ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Fecal Samples ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Cell Extracts ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are multifactorial illnesses of the intestine, to which microorganisms are contributing. Among the contributing microorganisms, sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are suggested to be involved in the process of bowel inflammation due to the production of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) by dissimilatory sulfate reduction. The aims of our research were to physiologically examine SRB in fecal samples of patients with IBD and a control group, their identification, the study of the process of dissimilatory sulfate reduction (sulfate consumption and H2S production) and biomass accumulation. Determination of biogenic elements of the SRB and evaluation of obtained parameters by using statistical methods were also included in the research. The material for the research consisted of 14 fecal samples, which was obtained from patients and control subjects. Methods: Microscopic techniques, microbiological, biochemical, biophysical methods and statistical analysis were included. Results: Colonies of SRB were isolated from all the fecal samples, and subsequently, 35 strains were obtained. Vibrio-shaped cells stained Gram-negative were dominant in all purified studied strains. All strains had a high percentage of similarity by the 16S rRNA gene with deposited sequences in GenBank of Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Cluster analysis of sulfate reduction parameters allowed the grouping of SRB strains. Significant (p < 0.05) differences were not observed between healthy individuals and patients with IBD with regard to sulfate reduction parameters (sulfate consumption, H2S and biomass accumulation). Moreover, we found that manganese and iron contents in the cell extracts are higher among healthy individuals in comparison to unhealthy individuals that have an intestinal bowel disease, especially ulcerative colitis. Conclusions: The observations obtained from studying SRB emphasize differences in the intestinal microbial processes of healthy and unhealthy people.

scholarly journals Metabolic activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria from rodents with colitis

Open Medicine ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 344-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Kováč ◽  
Monika Vítězová ◽  
Ivan Kushkevych
Keyword(s):  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Large Intestine ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction ◽  
Healthy Human ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Anaerobic Microorganisms ◽  
The Difference ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

AbstractSulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are anaerobic microorganisms, which use sulfate as an electron acceptor in the process of dissimilatory sulfate reduction. The final metabolic product of these anaerobic microorganisms is hydrogen sulfide, which is known as toxic and can lead to damage to epithelial cells of the large intestine at high concentrations. Different genera of SRB are detected in the large intestine of healthy human and animals, and with diseases like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. SRB isolated from rodents with ulcerative colitis have produced 1.14 (mice) and 1.03 (rats) times more sulfide ions than healthy rodents. The species ofDesulfovibriogenus are the most widespread among all SRB in the intestine. The object of our research was to observe and compare the difference of production of sulfide and reduction of sulfate in intestinal SRB isolated from healthy rodents and rodents with ulcerative colitis.

scholarly journals Molecular Cloning cysK Gene from Escherichia coli Genome, Transferring in the Intestinal Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and the Expression Analysis of O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan V Kushkevych
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Ulcerative Colitis ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ◽  
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Mutant Type ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Cysteine Synthesis ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Sulfate-reducing bacteria produce hydrogen sulfide which is toxic and carcinogenic for intestinal epithelial cells and can cause the development of the inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis in the humans and animals. Enzyme O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase, localized in Escherichia coli genome, use sulfide as substrate in the cysteine synthesis pathway. In this paper, the molecular cloning cysK gene from E. coli, its genetic transferring in the intestinal sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio piger Vib-7 and the expression analysis of the enzyme was studied. Cysteine synthesis from hydrogen sulfide as substrate in the D. piger Vib-7 strain at the first time was demonstrated and characterized. The bacterial growth, sulfate and lactate consumption, accumulation of sulfide, acetate and cysteine synthesis in both D. piger Vib-7 wild-type and mutant-type were tested. The mutant-strain consumed much faster sulfate and lactate producing cysteine in the cultivation medium. The expression of the cysK gene in the mutant-type was studied by the formation of the final reaction product (cysteine) and the activity of O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase enzyme. Cysteine level was directly proportional to consumption of sulfate in the mutant-type and accumulation of sulfide in the wild-type. The D. piger Vib-7 mutant-type completely used sulfate the 48th hour of cultivation, thereafter additional sulfite and sulfide doses from the medium were also consumed and converted to cysteine. The obtained genetically constructed mutant strain bacterium D. piger Vib-7 for therapeutic strategy could be applied as a probiotic substance for subjects with inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis. This strain can compete with other intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria, actively growth consuming sulfate and lactate much faster, and converting the toxic sulfide to untoxic cysteine in the gut.Microbes and Health, January 2015. 4(1): 19-24

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