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The anaerobic pathogen Clostridioides difficile is perfectly equipped to survive and persist inside the mammalian intestine. When facing unfavorable conditions C. difficile is able to form highly resistant endospores. Likewise, biofilms are currently discussed as form of persistence. Here a comprehensive proteomics approach was applied to investigate the molecular processes of C. difficile strain 630Δerm underlying biofilm formation. The comparison of the proteome from two different forms of biofilm-like growth, namely aggregate biofilms and colonies on agar plates, revealed major differences in the formation of cell surface proteins, as well as enzymes of its energy and stress metabolism. For instance, while the obtained data suggest that aggregate biofilm cells express both flagella, type IV pili and enzymes required for biosynthesis of cell-surface polysaccharides, the S-layer protein SlpA and most cell wall proteins (CWPs) encoded adjacent to SlpA were detected in significantly lower amounts in aggregate biofilm cells than in colony biofilms. Moreover, the obtained data suggested that aggregate biofilm cells are rather actively growing cells while colony biofilm cells most likely severely suffer from a lack of reductive equivalents what requires induction of the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway and C. difficile’s V-type ATPase to maintain cell homeostasis. In agreement with this, aggregate biofilm cells, in contrast to colony biofilm cells, neither induced toxin nor spore production. Finally, the data revealed that the sigma factor SigL/RpoN and its dependent regulators are noticeably induced in aggregate biofilms suggesting an important role of SigL/RpoN in aggregate biofilm formation.
In temperate regions, climate warming alters temperature and precipitation regimes. During winter, a decline in insulating snow cover changes the soil environment, where especially frost exposure can have severe implications for soil microorganisms and subsequently for soil nutrient dynamics. Here, we investigated winter climate change responses in European beech forests soil microbiome. Nine study sites with each three treatments (snow exclusion, insolation, and ambient) were investigated. Long-term adaptation to average climate was explored by comparing across sites. Triplicated treatment plots were used to evaluate short-term (one single winter) responses. Community profiles of bacteria, archaea and fungi were created using amplicon sequencing. Correlations between the microbiome, vegetation and soil physicochemical properties were found. We identify core members of the forest-microbiome and link them to key processes, for example, mycorrhizal symbiont and specialized beech wood degraders (fungi) and nitrogen cycling (bacteria, archaea). For bacteria, the shift of the microbiome composition due to short-term soil temperature manipulations in winter was similar to the community differences observed between long-term relatively cold to warm conditions. The results suggest a strong link between the changes in the microbiomes and changes in environmental processes, for example, nitrogen dynamics, driven by variations in winter climate.
Mixotrophic and heterotrophic protists hold a key position in aquatic microbial food webs. Whereas they can account for the bulk of bacterivory in pelagic systems, the potential structuring effect of these consumers on bacterial communities is far from clear. We conducted short-term grazing experiments to test for the overall impact on bacterial community structure and possible prey preferences of phagotrophic protists. The protist taxa selected for this study include three mixotrophic flagellates, comprising two obligate- and one facultative mixotroph, and one phagoheterotrophic flagellate lacking phototrophic capacity. Bacterioplankton from seven different lakes were enriched and used to represent semi-natural prey communities. Our study demonstrated protist strain specific impacts on bacterial community composition linked to grazing. The three mixotrophs had variable impacts on bacterial communities where the two obligate mixotrophs exhibited lower grazing rates, while showing a tendency to promote higher bacterial diversity. The phagoheterotroph displayed the highest grazing rates and structured the bacterial communities via apparent selective grazing. Consistent selectivity trends were observed throughout the experiments, such as the apparent avoidance of all flagellates of Actinobacteria, and high grazing on dominant Burkholderiales taxa. However, there was no consistent “fingerprint” of mixotrophic grazing on prey communities, but the structuring impact rather seemed to depend on the trophic mode of the individual protist taxa, i.e. their dependence on phototrophy vs. phagotrophy. Our findings highlight the differential structuring impact of protist taxa on bacterial communities which may have important ecological implications, for example during periodic dominance of obligate mixotrophic bacterivores in changing lake ecosystems.
Osmotic changes are common challenges for marine microorganisms. Bacteria have developed numerous ways of dealing with this stress, including reprogramming of global cellular processes. However, specific molecular adaptation mechanisms to osmotic stress have mainly been investigated in terrestrial model bacteria. In this work, we aimed to elucidate the basis of adjustment to prolonged salinity challenges at the proteome level in marine bacteria. The objects of our studies were three representatives of bacteria inhabiting various marine environments, Shewanella baltica, Vibrio harveyi and Aliivibrio fischeri. The proteomic studies were performed with bacteria cultivated in increased and decreased salinity, followed by proteolytic digestion of samples which were then subjected to liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry analysis. We show that bacteria adjust at all levels of their biological processes, from DNA topology through gene expression regulation and proteasome assembly, to transport and cellular metabolism. The finding that many similar adaptation strategies were observed for both low- and high-salinity conditions is particularly striking. The results show that adaptation to salinity challenge involves the accumulation of DNA-binding proteins and increased polyamine uptake. We hypothesize that their function is to coat and protect the nucleoid to counteract adverse changes in DNA topology due to ionic shifts.
The impact of summer drought on peat soil microbiome structure and function-A multi-proxy-comparison
(2022)
Different proxies for changes in structure and/or function of microbiomes have been developed, allowing assessing microbiome dynamics at multiple levels. However, the lack and differences in understanding the microbiome dynamics are due to the differences in the choice of proxies in different studies and the limitations of proxies themselves. Here, using both amplicon and metatranscriptomic sequencings, we compared four different proxies (16/18S rRNA genes, 16/18S rRNA transcripts, mRNA taxonomy and mRNA function) to reveal the impact of a severe summer drought in 2018 on prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiome structures and functions in two rewetted fen peatlands in northern Germany. We found that both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiome compositions were significantly different between dry and wet months. Interestingly, mRNA proxies showed stronger and more significant impacts of drought for prokaryotes, while 18S rRNA transcript and mRNA taxonomy showed stronger drought impacts for eukaryotes. Accordingly, by comparing the accuracy of microbiome changes in predicting dry and wet months under different proxies, we found that mRNA proxies performed better for prokaryotes, while 18S rRNA transcript and mRNA taxonomy performed better for eukaryotes. In both cases, rRNA gene proxies showed much lower to the lowest accuracy, suggesting the drawback of DNA based approaches. To our knowledge, this is the first study comparing all these proxies to reveal the dynamics of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiomes in soils. This study shows that microbiomes are sensitive to (extreme) weather changes in rewetted fens, and the associated microbial changes might contribute to ecological consequences.
The spatio-temporal reduction and oxidation of protein thiols is an essential mechanism in signal transduction inall kingdoms of life. Thioredoxin (Trx) family proteins efficiently catalyze thiol-disulfide exchange reactions andthe proteins are widely recognized for their importance in the operation of thiol switches. Trx family proteinshave a broad and at the same time very distinct substrate specificity–a prerequisite for redox switching. Despiteof multiple efforts, the true nature for this specificity is still under debate. Here, we comprehensively compare theclassification/clustering of various redoxins from all domains of life based on their similarity in amino acidsequence, tertiary structure, and their electrostatic properties. We correlate these similarities to the existence ofcommon interaction partners, identified in various previous studies and suggested by proteomic screenings. Theseanalyses confirm that primary and tertiary structure similarity, and thereby all common classification systems, donot correlate to the target specificity of the proteins as thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases. Instead, a number ofexamples clearly demonstrate the importance of electrostatic similarity for their target specificity, independent oftheir belonging to the Trx or glutaredoxin subfamilies
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is gaining in importance and is linked to obesity.
Especially, the development of fibrosis and portal hypertension in NAFLD patients requires treatment.
Transgenic TGR(mREN2)27 rats overexpressing mouse renin spontaneously develop NAFLD with
portal hypertension but without obesity. This study investigated the additional role of obesity in this
model on the development of portal hypertension and fibrosis. Obesity was induced in twelve-week
old TGR(mREN2)27 rats after receiving Western diet (WD) for two or four weeks. Liver fibrosis
was assessed using standard techniques. Hepatic expression of transforming growth factor-β1
(TGF-β1), collagen type Iα1, α-smooth muscle actin, and the macrophage markers Emr1, as well as
the chemoattractant Ccl2, interleukin-1β (IL1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) were analyzed.
Assessment of portal and systemic hemodynamics was performed using the colored microsphere
technique. As expected, WD induced obesity and liver fibrosis as confirmed by Sirius Red and Oil Red
O staining. The expression of the monocyte-macrophage markers, Emr1, Ccl2, IL1β and TNFα were
increased during feeding of WD, indicating infiltration of macrophages into the liver, even though this
increase was statistically not significant for the EGF module-containing mucin-like receptor (Emr1)
mRNA expression levels. Of note, portal pressure increased with the duration of WD compared
to animals that received a normal chow. Besides obesity, WD feeding increased systemic vascular
resistance reflecting systemic endothelial and splanchnic vascular dysfunction. We conclude that
transgenic TGR(mREN2)27 rats are a suitable model to investigate NAFLD development with liver
fibrosis and portal hypertension. Tendency towards elevated expression of Emr1 is associated with
macrophage activity point to a significant role of macrophages in NAFLD pathogenesis, probably
due to a shift of the renin–angiotensin system towards a higher activation of the classical pathway.The hepatic injury induced by WD in TGR(mREN2)27 rats is suitable to evaluate different stages of
fibrosis and portal hypertension in NAFLD with obesity