Complete Genome Sequence of the Diesel-Degrading
            <i>Acinetobacter</i>
            sp. Strain DR1

Jung, Jaejoon; Baek, Jeong Hun; Park, Woojun

doi:10.1128/jb.00722-10

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“…Acinetobacter is metabolically versatile, and the ability of the members of this genus to degrade aliphatic hydrocarbons (e.g., crude petroleum and fuels, as well as aromatic hydrocarbons) has great potential for bioremediation studies (Jung et al, 2010). Jurelevicius et al (2013) showed that crude oil-and heptadecane-enriched operational taxonomic units in freshwater microcosms were represented mainly by the genus Acinetobacter.…”

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A snapshot on prokaryotic diversity of the Solimões River basin (Amazon, Brazil)

Toyama¹,

Júnior²,

Kishi³

et al. 2017

Genet. Mol. Res.

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ABSTRACT. The Amazon region has the largest hydrographic basin on the planet and is well known for its huge biodiversity of plants and animals. However, there is a lack of studies on aquatic microbial biodiversity in the Solimões River, one of its main water courses. To investigate the microbial biodiversity of this region, we performed 16S rRNA gene clone libraries from Solimões River and adjacent rivers and lakes. Our question was which microorganisms inhabit the different types of aquatic environments in this part of the basin, and how diversity varies among these environments (rivers and lakes). The microbial diversity generating 13 clone libraries of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene and 5 libraries of the archaeal 16S rRNA gene was assessed. Diversity measured by several alpha diversity indices (ACE, Chao, Shannon and Simpson) revealed significant differences in diversity indices between lake and river samples. The site with higher microbial diversity was in the Solimões River (4S), downstream the confluence with Purus River. The most common bacterial taxon was the cosmopolitan Polynucleobacter genus, widely observed in all samples. The phylum Thaumarchaeota was the prevailing archaeal taxon. Our results provide the first insight into the microbial diversity of the world's largest river basin.

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A snapshot on prokaryotic diversity of the Solimões River basin (Amazon, Brazil)

Toyama¹,

Júnior²,

Kishi³

et al. 2017

Genet. Mol. Res.

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“…CP000521; Smith et al, 2007). (Barbe et al, 2004), 'Acinetobacter oleivorans' DR1 (Jung et al, 2010), A. baumannii AB0057, AB900 and AB307-0294 (Adams et al, 2008), ACICU (Iacono et al, 2008), 17978 (Smith et al, 2007), and SDF and AYE (Vallenet et al, 2008). Table 1 provides specific strain descriptions.…”

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Diverse responses to UV light exposure in Acinetobacter include the capacity for DNA damage-induced mutagenesis in the opportunistic pathogens Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter ursingii

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Error-prone and error-free DNA damage repair responses that are induced in most bacteria after exposure to various chemicals, antibiotics or radiation sources were surveyed across the genus Acinetobacter. The error-prone SOS mutagenesis response occurs when DNA damage induces a cell's umuDC-or dinP-encoded error-prone polymerases. The model strain Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 possesses an unusual, regulatory umuD allele (umuDAb) with an extended 59 region and only incomplete fragments of umuC. Diverse Acinetobacter species were investigated for the presence of umuDC and their ability to conduct UV-induced mutagenesis. Unlike ADP1, most Acinetobacter strains possessed multiple umuDC loci containing either umuDAb or a umuD allele resembling that of Escherichia coli. The nearly omnipresent umuDAb allele was the ancestral umuD in Acinetobacter, with horizontal gene transfer accounting for over half of the umuDC operons. Despite multiple umuD(Ab)C operons in many strains, only three species conducted UV-induced mutagenesis: Acinetobacter baumannii, Acinetobacter ursingii and Acinetobacter beijerinckii. The type of umuDC locus or mutagenesis phenotype a strain possessed was not correlated with its error-free response of survival after UV exposure, but similar diversity was apparent. The survival of 30 Acinetobacter strains after UV treatment ranged over five orders of magnitude, with the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii (Acb) complex and haemolytic strains having lower survival than non-Acb or non-haemolytic strains. These observations demonstrate that a genus can possess a range of DNA damage response mechanisms, and suggest that DNA damage-induced mutation could be an important part of the evolution of the emerging pathogens A. baumannii and A. ursingii. INTRODUCTIONWhen bacteria are exposed to DNA-damaging agents, such as UV light or chemical mutagens, a wide variety of SOS response genes (genes that play critical roles in repairing damaged DNA) are specifically induced (Friedberg et al., 1995;Walker, 1996). In the model developed by experimentation in Escherichia coli, SOS genes are negatively regulated by the LexA repressor binding to the SOS box in the promoter (Mount et al., 1972). DNA damage causes the activation of RecA, which facilitates LexA self-cleavage and releases the repression of SOS genes such as umuDC (Little et al., 1980;1981). UmuD initially causes a pause in cell division while DNA repair and replication occurs (Opperman et al., 1999). However, within minutes, UmuD homodimerizes and carries out intermolecular self-cleavage, facilitated by activated RecA* interaction (Nohmi et al., 1988). Two cleaved UmuD9 molecules then associate with UmuC to form DNA polymerase V, which carries out error-prone, trans-lesion DNA replication (SOS mutagenesis) (Reuven et al., 1999;Tang et al., 1999). Another errorprone polymerase commonly involved in SOS mutagenesis as part of the DNA damage response is DinP (also called DinB), DNA polymerase IV, which can function either by itself (Kim et al., 1997) or with U...

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“…Identification of AoSoxR Target Genes-To identify SoxRregulated genes, we used the A. oleivorans genome and transcriptome data indicating possible SoxR binding sites (24,(31)(32)(33). Although five possible candidate promoters (AOLE_ 16635 encoding a putative L-PSP endoribonucleases, AOLE_ 18450 encoding a membrane protein, argT, scpA, and hisZ) were found using a putative SoxR binding site, two of them (scpA and hisZ) were not induced by RACs.…”

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Lineage-specific SoxR-mediated Regulation of an Endoribonuclease Protects Non-enteric Bacteria from Redox-active Compounds

Kim

Park

Imlay

et al. 2017

Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Edited by F. Peter GuengerichBacteria use redox-sensitive transcription factors to coordinate responses to redox stress. The [2Fe-2S] cluster-containing transcription factor SoxR is particularly tuned to protect cells against redox-active compounds (RACs). In enteric bacteria, SoxR is paired with a second transcription factor, SoxS, that activates downstream effectors. However, SoxS is absent in nonenteric bacteria, raising questions as to how SoxR functions. Here, we first show that SoxR of Acinetobacter oleivorans displayed similar activation profiles in response to RACs as did its homolog from Escherichia coli but controlled a different set of target genes, including sinE, which encodes an endoribonuclease. Expression, gel mobility shift, and mutational analyses indicated that sinE is a direct target of SoxR. Redox potentials and permeability of RACs determined optimal sinE induction. Bioinformatics suggested that only a few ␥-and ␤-proteobacteria might have SoxR-regulated sinE. Purified SinE, in the presence of Mg 2؉ ions, degrades rRNAs, thus inhibiting protein synthesis. Similarly, pretreatment of cells with RACs demonstrated a role for SinE in promoting persistence in the presence of antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis. Our data improve our understanding of the physiology of soil microorganisms by suggesting that both non-enteric SoxR and its target SinE play protective roles in the presence of RACs and antibiotics.Oxidative stress is an unavoidable consequence of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism when cells are exposed to O 2 . Bacteria have evolved to harbor defense mechanisms against various reactive oxygen species (ROS).4 Bacteria protect themselves by activating ROS-sensing transcription factors, including OxyR and PerR, that detect hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) using cysteine residues and iron, respectively, and SoxR, which responds to superoxide or redox-active compounds (RACs) using a [2Fe-2S] cluster (1-3). Bacteria can produce many natural RACs, such as pyocyanin (PYO), actinorhodin, and plumbagin (PL), that act as antibiotics, toxic compounds, and quorum signals (4). RACs can generate toxic doses of ROS inside cells by mediating electron transfer from redox enzymes to O 2 . When Escherichia coli is exposed to RACs, SoxR is activated by the oxidation of its [2Fe-2S] cluster, and it subsequently induces the transcription of soxS (5-8). SoxS then induces the transcription of numerous genes involved in the repair of oxidatively damaged enzymes and DNA and the elimination of ROS (9 -12). However, the E. coli-SoxRS paradigm does not apply to nonenteric bacteria because of the absence of SoxS and no induction of many known E. coli SoxRS regulon (13-18). Surprisingly, activated SoxR can directly induce several genes (lpxC, aroF, sodA, and mgtA) in E. coli by binding their promoters without soxS (16). SoxR can be activated directly by RACs rather than by superoxide, as evidenced by the fact that RACs can oxidize the [2Fe-2S] 1ϩ cluster of SoxR even under anaerobic conditions (1, 2, 12). Activated S...

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Diesel-Degrading Acinetobacter sp. Strain DR1

Cited by 61 publications

References 9 publications

A snapshot on prokaryotic diversity of the Solimões River basin (Amazon, Brazil)

A snapshot on prokaryotic diversity of the Solimões River basin (Amazon, Brazil)

Diverse responses to UV light exposure in Acinetobacter include the capacity for DNA damage-induced mutagenesis in the opportunistic pathogens Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter ursingii

Lineage-specific SoxR-mediated Regulation of an Endoribonuclease Protects Non-enteric Bacteria from Redox-active Compounds

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