scholarly journals Intracellular Bacteria in Plants: Elucidation of Abundant and Diverse Cytoplasmic Bacteria in Healthy Plant Cells Using In Vitro Cell and Callus Cultures

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 269
Author(s):  
Pious Thomas ◽  
Christopher M. M. Franco
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Live Cell Imaging ◽  
Cell Imaging ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Healthy Plant ◽  
Intracellular Bacteria ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bright Field ◽  
Grape Cell

This study was initiated to assess whether the supposedly axenic plant cell cultures harbored any cultivation-recalcitrant endophytic bacteria (CREB). Adopting live-cell imaging with bright-field, fluorescent and confocal microscopy and bacterial 16S-rRNA gene taxonomic profiling, we report the cytoplasmic association of abundant and diverse CREBs in long-term actively maintained callus and cell suspension cultures of different plant species. Preliminary bright-field live-cell imaging on grape cell cultures showed abundant intracellular motile micro-particles resembling bacteria, which proved uncultivable on enriched media. Bacterial probing employing DNA stains, transmission electron microscopy, and Eubacterial FISH indicated abundant and diverse cytoplasmic bacteria. Observations on long-term maintained/freshly established callus stocks of different plant species—grapevine, barley, tobacco, Arabidopsis, and medicinal species—indicated intracellular bacteria as a common phenomenon apparently originating from field shoot tissues.Cultivation-independent 16S rRNA gene V3/V3–V4 amplicon profiling on 40-year-old grape cell/callus tissues revealed a high bacterial diversity (>250 genera), predominantly Proteobacteria, succeeded by Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Bacteriodetes, Planctomycetes, and 20 other phyla, including several candidate phyla. PICRUSt analysis revealed diverse functional roles for the bacterial microbiome, majorly metabolic pathways. Thus, we unearth the widespread association of cultivation-recalcitrant intracellular bacteria “Cytobacts” inhabiting healthy plant cells, sharing a dynamic mutualistic association with cell hosts.

scholarly journals Lysobacter ruishenii sp. nov., a chlorothalonil-degrading bacterium isolated from a long-term chlorothalonil-contaminated soil

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 674-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guang-Li Wang ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Hong-Hong Chen ◽  
Bin Shen ◽  
Shun-Peng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Contaminated Soil ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Degrading Bacterium

An aerobic, Gram-negative bacterial strain, designated CTN-1T, capable of degrading chlorothalonil was isolated from a long-term chlorothalonil-contaminated soil in China, and was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic investigation. Strain CTN-1T grew at 15–37 °C (optimum 28–30 °C) and at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum pH 7.0–7.5). The G+C content of the total DNA was 67.1 mol%. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain CTN-1T was related most closely to Lysobacter daejeonensis DSM 17634T (97.1 % similarity), L. soli DCY21T (95.7 %), L. concretionis Ko07T (95.5 %), L. gummosus LMG 8763T (95.3 %) and L. niastensis DSM 18481T (95.2 %). The novel strain showed less than 95.0 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to the type strains of other Lysobacter species. The major cellular fatty acids of strain CNT-1T were iso-C16 : 0 (23.0 %), iso-C15 : 0 (21.4 %) and iso-C17 : 1 ω9c (15.3 %). The major isoprenoid quinone was Q-8 (99 %), and the major polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol. These chemotaxonomic data supported the affiliation of strain CTN-1T to the genus Lysobacter. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain CTN-1T and L. daejeonensis DSM 17634T were 34.6–36.1 %. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, DNA–DNA hybridization data and biochemical and physiological characteristics strongly supported the genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain CTN-1T from recognized species of the genus Lysobacter. Strain CTN-1T is therefore considered to represent a novel species of the genus Lysobacter, for which the name Lysobacter ruishenii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CTN-1T (=DSM 22393T =CGMCC 1.10136T).

Olivibacter jilunii sp. nov., isolated from DDT-contaminated soil

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_3) ◽  
pp. 1083-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Chen ◽  
Shu-Kun Tang ◽  
Guang-Li Wang ◽  
Guo-Xing Nie ◽  
Qin-Fen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Contaminated Soil ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene

Bacterial strain 14-2AT, isolated from a long-term DDT-contaminated soil in China, was characterized by using a polyphasic approach to clarify its taxonomic position. Strain 14-2AT was found to be Gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. The new isolate was able to grow at 4–42 °C, pH 6.0–9.0 and with 0–5 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that the isolate belongs to the family Sphingobacteriaceae . The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain 14-2AT showed the highest similarity with Olivibacter oleidegradans TBF2/20.2T (99.4 %), followed by Pseudosphingobacterium domesticum DC-186T (93.8 %), Olivibacter ginsengisoli Gsoil 060T (93.6 %), Olivibacter terrae Jip13T (93.1 %), Olivibacter soli Gsoil 034T (92.8 %) and Olivibacter sitiensis AW-6T (89.6 %). The DNA–DNA hybridization value between strains 14-2AT and O. oleidegradans TBF2/20.2T was 34.45±2.11 %. Strain 14-2AT contained phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, aminophospholipid and phosphatidylinositol mannoside as the major polar lipids. The DNA G+C content was 41.2 mol%. MK-7 is the major isoprenoid quinone. Summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH are the major fatty acids. The phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data confirmed the affiliation of strain 14-2AT to the genus Olivibacter . On the basis of the phylogenetic and phenotypic characteristics, and chemotaxonomic data, strain 14-2AT is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Olivibacter , for which the name Olivibacter jilunii sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is 14-2AT ( = KCTC 23098T = CCTCC AB 2010105T).

scholarly journals DNA from lake sediments reveals the long-term dynamics and diversity of <i>Synechococcus</i> assemblages

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 3817-3838 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Domaizon ◽  
O. Savichtcheva ◽  
D. Debroas ◽  
F. Arnaud ◽  
C. Villar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Trophic Status ◽  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Additive Models ◽  
Phosphorus Concentration ◽  
Rrna Gene

Abstract. While picocyanobacteria (PC) are important actors in carbon and nutrient cycles in aquatic systems, factors controlling their interannual dynamics and diversity are poorly known due to the general lack of long-term monitoring surveys. This study intended to fill this gap by applying a DNA-based paleolimnological approach to sediment records from a deep subalpine lake that has experienced dramatic changes in environmental conditions during the last century (eutrophication, re-oligotrophication and large-scale climate changes). In particular, we investigated the long-term (100 yr) diversity and dynamics of Synechococcus,, PC that have presumably been affected by both the lake trophic status changes and global warming. The lake's morphological and environmental conditions provided the ideal conditions for DNA preservation in the sediment archives. Generalised additive models applied to quantitative PCR (qPCR; quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction) results highlighted that an increase in summer temperature could have a significant positive impact on the relative abundance of Synechococcus, (fraction of Synechococcus, in total cyanobacteria). The diversity of Synechococcus, in Lake Bourget was studied by phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene and the following internally transcribed spacer (ITS). Up to 23 different OTUs (based on 16S rRNA), which fell into various cosmopolitan or endemic clusters, were identified in samples from the past 100 yr. Moreover, the study of ITS revealed a higher diversity within the major 16S rRNA-defined OTUs. Changes in PC diversity were related to the lake's trophic status. Overall, qPCR and sequencing results showed that environmental changes (in temperature and phosphorus concentration) affected Synechococcus, community dynamics and structure, translating into changes in genotype composition. These results also helped to re-evaluate the geographical distribution of some Synechococcus, clusters. Providing such novel insights into the long-term history of an important group of primary producers, this study illustrates the promising approach that consists in coupling molecular tools and paleolimnology to reconstruct a lake's biodiversity history.

pH-triggered decomposition of polymeric fluorescent vesicles to induce growth of tetraphenylethylene nanoparticles for long-term live cell imaging

Polymer ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing Wang ◽  
Yanyu Yang ◽  
Fei Yang ◽  
Hong Shen ◽  
Decheng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Live Cell Imaging ◽  
Cell Imaging ◽  
Live Cell
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