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- Soil water content as a critical factor for stable bacterial community structure and degradative activity in maritime Antarctic soil
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Dockyu Kim , Namyi Chae , Mincheol Kim , Sungjin Nam , Eungbin Kim , Hyoungseok Lee
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J. Microbiol. 2020;58(12):1010-1017. Published online December 2, 2020
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Recent increases in air temperature across the Antarctic Peninsula
may prolong the thawing period and directly affect
the soil temperature (Ts) and volumetric soil water content
(SWC) in maritime tundra. Under an 8°C soil warming scenario,
two customized microcosm systems with maritime
Antarctic soils were incubated to investigate the differential
influence of SWC on the bacterial community and degradation
activity of humic substances (HS), the largest constituent
of soil organic carbon and a key component of the terrestrial
ecosystem. When the microcosm soil (KS1-4Feb) was
incubated for 90 days (T = 90) at a constant SWC of ~32%,
the initial HS content (167.0 mg/g of dried soil) decreased to
156.0 mg (approximately 6.6% loss, p < 0.05). However, when
another microcosm soil (KS1-4Apr) was incubated with
SWCs that gradually decreased from 37% to 9% for T = 90,
HS degradation was undetected. The low HS degradative
activity persisted, even after the SWC was restored to 30%
with water supply for an additional T = 30. Overall bacterial
community structure remained relatively stable at a constant
SWC setting (KS1-4Feb). In contrast, we saw marked
shifts in the bacterial community structure with the changing
SWC regimen (KS1-4Apr), suggesting that the soil bacterial
communities are vulnerable to drying and re-wetting
conditions. These microcosm experiments provide new information
regarding the effects of constant SWC and higher
Ts on bacterial communities for HS degradation in maritime
Antarctic tundra soil.
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- Microbial metabolic responses and CO2 emissions differentiated by soil water content variation in subarctic tundra soils
Dockyu Kim, Namyi Chae, Mincheol Kim, Sungjin Nam, Tai Kyoung Kim, Ki-Tea Park, Bang Yong Lee, Eungbin Kim, Hyoungseok Lee
Journal of Microbiology.2022; 60(12): 1130. CrossRef - Temperature sensitivity of Antarctic soil‐humic substance degradation by cold‐adapted bacteria
Dockyu Kim, Ha Ju Park, Mincheol Kim, Seulah Lee, Soon Gyu Hong, Eungbin Kim, Hyoungseok Lee
Environmental Microbiology.2022; 24(1): 265. CrossRef - Seasonal patterns of rhizosphere microorganisms suggest carbohydrate-degrading and nitrogen-fixing microbes contribute to the attribute of full-year shooting in woody bamboo Cephalostachyum pingbianense
Lushuang Li, Tize Xia, Hanqi Yang
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- Inhibitory effects of piceatannol on human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) in vitro
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San-Ying Wang , Jing Zhang , Xiao-Gang Xu , Hui-Li Su , Wen-Min Xing , Zhong-Shan Zhang , Wei-Hua Jin , Ji-Huan Dai , Ya-Zhen Wang , Xin-Yue He , Chuan Sun , Jing Yan , Gen-Xiang Mao
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J. Microbiol. 2020;58(8):716-723. Published online June 10, 2020
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-9528-2
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Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus,
which results in the establishment of a latent infection that
persists throughout the life of the host and can be reactivated
when the immunity is low. Currently, there is no vaccine for
hCMV infection, and the licensed antiviral drugs mainly target
the viral enzymes and have obvious adverse reactions.
Thus, it is important to search for compounds with antihCMV
properties. The present study aimed to investigate the
suppressive effects of piceatannol on hCMV Towne strain
infection and the putative underlying mechanisms using human
diploid fibroblast WI-38 cells. Piceatannol supplementation
prevented the lytic changes induced by hCMV infection
in WI-38 cells. Furthermore, piceatannol suppressed the
expression of hCMV immediate-early (IE) and early (E) proteins
as well as the replication of hCMV DNA in a dose-dependent
manner. Moreover, hCMV-induced cellular senescence
was suppressed by piceatannol, as shown by a decline
in the senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-Gal) activity
and decreased production of intracellular reactive oxygen
species (ROS). p16INK4a, a major senescence-associated
molecule, was dramatically elevated by current hCMV infection
that was attenuated by pre-incubation with piceatannol
in a dose-dependent manner. These results demonstrated
that piceatannol suppressed the hCMV infection via
inhibition of the activation of p16INK4a and cellular senescence
induced by hCMV. Together, these findings indicate piceatannol
as a novel and potent anti-hCMV agent with the potential
to be developed as an effective treatment for chronic
hCMV infection.
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- The functional study of human proteins using humanized yeast
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Seho Kim , Juhee Park , Taekyung Kim , Jung-Shin Lee
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J. Microbiol. 2020;58(5):343-349. Published online April 27, 2020
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The functional and optimal expression of genes is crucial
for survival of all living organisms. Numerous experiments
and efforts have been performed to reveal the mechanisms
required for the functional and optimal expression of human
genes. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has evolved
independently of humans for billions of years. Nevertheless,
S. cerevisiae has many conserved genes and expression mechanisms
that are similar to those in humans. Yeast is the most
commonly used model organism for studying the function
and expression mechanisms of human genes because it has
a relatively simple genome structure, which is easy to manipulate.
Many previous studies have focused on understanding
the functions and mechanisms of human proteins using
orthologous genes and biological systems of yeast. In this
review, we mainly introduce two recent studies that replaced
human genes and nucleosomes with those of yeast. Here, we
suggest that, although yeast is a relatively small eukaryotic
cell, its humanization is useful for the direct study of human
proteins. In addition, yeast can be used as a model organism
in a broader range of studies, including drug screening.
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- Astragaloside IV reversed the autophagy and oxidative stress induced by the intestinal microbiota of AIS in mice
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Nan Xu , Pengcheng Kan , Xiuhua Yao , Ping Yang , Jiwei Wang , Lei Xiang , Yu Zhu
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J. Microbiol. 2018;56(11):838-846. Published online October 24, 2018
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Acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) seriously affects patient quality
of life. We explored the role of the intestinal microbiota on
oxidative stress and autophagy in stroke, and Astragaloside
IV (AS-IV) reversed the changes induced by intestinal microbiota.
We determined the characteristics of the intestinal
microbiota of AIS and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) patients
by 16S sequencing and found that the structure and diversity
of the intestinal microbiota in patients with AIS and
TIA were significantly different from those in healthy subjects.
Specifically, the abundance of genus Bifidobacterium,
Megamonas, Blautia, Holdemanella, and Clostridium, content
of homocysteine and triglyceride was increased significantly,
thus it may be as a potential mechanism of AIS and
TIA. Furthermore, germ-free mice were infused intracolonically
with fecal supernatants of TIA and AIS with/without
feed AS-IV for 12 weeks, and we found that the feces of AIS
up-regulated the autophagy markers Beclin-1, light chain 3
(LC3)-II and autophagy-related gene (Atg)12, and the expression
of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and NADPH oxidase
2/4 (NOX2/4), malondialdehyde (MDA), however, the
expression of total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) and activity
of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione (GSH)
was down-regulated in brain tissue, the content of homocysteine
and free fatty acids (FFA) in serum of the mice. Meanwhile,
AS-IV could reverse the above phenomenon, however,
it does not affect the motor function of mice. AS-IV reversed
these changes and it may be a potential drug for AIS therapeutics.
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Giancarlo A. Cuadra , Ashley J. Frantellizzi , Kimberly M. Gaesser , Steven P. Tammariello , Anika Ahmed
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Autoinducer-2, considered a universal signaling molecule, is
produced by many species of bacteria; including oral strains.
Structurally, autoinducer-2 can exist bound to boron (borated
autoinducer-2). Functionally, autoinducer-2 has been linked
to important bacterial processes such as virulence and biofilm
formation. In order to test production of autoinducer-2 by a
given bacterial strain, a bioassay using marine bioluminescent
bacteria Vibrio harveyi as a reporter for autoinducer-2
has been designed. We hypothesize that pH adjustment and
addition of boron are required for optimal bioluminescence
and accurate autoinducer-2 detection. Using this reporter
strain we tested autoinducer-2 activity from two oral commensal
species, Streptococcus gordonii DL1 and Streptococcus
oralis 34. Spent broth was collected and adjusted to pH 7.5
and supplemented with boric acid prior to measuring autoinducer-
2 activity. Results show that low pH inhibits bioluminescence
of the reporter strain, but pH 7.5 allows for bioluminescence
induction and proper readings of autoinducer-2
activity. Addition of boric acid also has a positive effect on
bioluminescence allowing for a more sensitive detection of
autoinducer-2 activity. Our data suggests that although autoinducer-
2 is present in spent broth, low pH and/or low levels
of boric acid become an obstacle for proper autoinducer-2
detection. For proper autoinducer-2 detection, we propose a
protocol using this bioassay to include pH adjustment and
boric acid addition to spent broth. Studies on autoinducer-2
activity in several bacteria species represent an important area
of study as this universal signaling molecule is involved in
critical bacterial phenotypes such as virulence and biofilm
formation.
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The discovery of abundant viruses in the oceans and on land
has ushered in a quarter century of groundbreaking advancements
in our understanding of viruses within ecosystems.
Two types of observations from environmental samples -
direct counts of viral particles and viral metagenomic sequences
- have been critical to these discoveries. Accurate
direct counts have established ecosystem-scale trends in the
impacts of viral infection on microbial host populations and
have shown that viral communities within aquatic and soil
environments respond to both short term and seasonal environmental
change. Direct counts have been critical for estimating
viral production rate, a measurement essential to
quantifying the implications of viral infection for the biogeochemical
cycling of nutrients within ecosystems. While
direct counts have defined the magnitude of viral processes;
shotgun sequences of environmental viral DNA - virome
sequences - have enabled researchers to estimate the diversity
and composition of natural viral communities. Virome-enabled
studies have found the virioplankton to contain thousands
of viral genotypes in communities where the most
dominant viral population accounts for a small fraction of
total abundance followed by a long tail of diverse populations.
Detailed examination of long virome sequences has
led to new understanding of genotype-to-phenotype connections
within marine viruses and revealed that viruses carry
metabolic genes that are important to maintaining cellular
energy during viral replication. Increased access to long virome
sequences will undoubtedly reveal more genetic secrets
of viruses and enable us to build a genomics rulebook for
predicting key biological and ecological features of unknown
viruses.
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While numerous studies have characterized the distribution and/or ecology of various pathogenic Vibrio spp., here we have simultaneously examined several estuarine sites for Vibrio vulnificus, V. cholerae, and V. parahaemolyticus. For a one year period, waters and sediment were monitored for the presence of these
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The objective of this study was to analyze the phylogenetic composition of bacterial community in the soil of an earth-cave (Niu Cave) using a culture-independent molecular approach. 16S rRNA genes were amplified directly from soil DNA with universally conserved and Bacteria-specific rRNA gene primers and cloned. The clone library was screened by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), and representative rRNA gene sequences were determined. A total of 115 bacterial sequence types were found in 190 analyzed clones. Phylogenetic sequence analyses revealed novel 16S rRNA gene sequence types and a high diversity of putative bacterial community. Members of these bacteria included Proteobacteria (42.6%), Acidobacteria (18.6%), Planctomycetes (9.0%), Chloroflexi (Green nonsulfur bacteria, 7.5%), Bacteroidetes (2.1%), Gemmatimonadetes (2.7%), Nitrospirae (8.0%), Actinobacteria (High G+C Gram-positive bacteria, 6.4%) and candidate divisions (including the OP3, GN08, and SBR1093, 3.2%). Thirty-five clones were affiliated with bacteria that were related to nitrogen, sulfur, iron or manganese cycles. The comparison of the present data with the data obtained previously from caves based on 16S rRNA gene analysis revealed similarities in the bacterial community components, especially in the high abundance of Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria. Furthermore, this study provided the novel evidence for presence of Gemmatimonadetes, Nitrosomonadales, Oceanospirillales, and Rubrobacterales in a karstic hypogean environment.