Higher Rate of Pigment Synthesis in Antarctic Plants: A Strategy of Survival Under UV Radiations

Singh, Jaiveer; Singh, Rudra Pratap; Khare, Rajni

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87078-2_15

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 74 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Besides, strains related to different environments, such as those isolated from plant microbiome or soil, are grouped apart from those of extreme environments (Figure 3B). The production of pigments has been reported in other Antarctic organisms to cope with high UV radiation (Rodrigues et al, 2021;Singh et al, 2022). Then, this carotenoid variations might play a role on the resistance to UV radiation.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 90%

Antarctic Sphingomonas sp. So64.6b showed evolutive divergence within its genus, including new biosynthetic gene clusters

Núñez-Montero

Rojas-Villalta²,

Barrientos³

2022

Front. Microbiol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

IntroductionThe antibiotic crisis is a major human health problem. Bioprospecting screenings suggest that proteobacteria and other extremophile microorganisms have biosynthetic potential for the production novel antimicrobial compounds. An Antarctic Sphingomonas strain (So64.6b) previously showed interesting antibiotic activity and elicitation response, then a relationship between environmental adaptations and its biosynthetic potential was hypothesized. We aimed to determine the genomic characteristics in So64.6b strain related to evolutive traits for the adaptation to the Antarctic environment that could lead to its diversity of potentially novel antibiotic metabolites.MethodsThe complete genome sequence of the Antarctic strain was obtained and mined for Biosynthetic Gene Clusters (BGCs) and other unique genes related to adaptation to extreme environments. Comparative genome analysis based on multi-locus phylogenomics, BGC phylogeny, and pangenomics were conducted within the closest genus, aiming to determine the taxonomic affiliation and differential characteristics of the Antarctic strain.Results and discussionThe Antarctic strain So64.6b showed a closest identity with Sphingomonas alpina, however containing a significant genomic difference of ortholog cluster related to degradation multiple pollutants. Strain So64.6b had a total of six BGC, which were predicted with low to no similarity with other reported clusters; three were associated with potential novel antibiotic compounds using ARTS tool. Phylogenetic and synteny analysis of a common BGC showed great diversity between Sphingomonas genus but grouping in clades according to similar isolation environments, suggesting an evolution of BGCs that could be linked to the specific ecosystems. Comparative genomic analysis also showed that Sphingomonas species isolated from extreme environments had the greatest number of predicted BGCs and a higher percentage of genetic content devoted to BGCs than the isolates from mesophilic environments. In addition, some extreme-exclusive clusters were found related to oxidative and thermal stress adaptations, while pangenome analysis showed unique resistance genes on the Antarctic strain included in genetic islands. Altogether, our results showed the unique genetic content on Antarctic strain Sphingomonas sp. So64.6, −a probable new species of this genetically divergent genus–, which could have potentially novel antibiotic compounds acquired to cope with Antarctic poly-extreme conditions.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 90%