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Journal of Basic Microbiology Aug 2015For centuries, the Acetobacteraceae is known as a family that harbors many species of organisms of biotechnological importance for industry. Nonetheless, since 1988... (Review)
Review
For centuries, the Acetobacteraceae is known as a family that harbors many species of organisms of biotechnological importance for industry. Nonetheless, since 1988 representatives of this family have also been described as nitrogen fixing bacteria able to plant growth promotion by a variety of mechanisms. Nitrogen fixation is a biological process that guarantees that the atmospheric N2 is incorporated into organic matter by several bacterial groups. Most representatives of this group, also known as diazotrophic, are generally associated with soil rhizosphere of many plants and also establishing a more specific association living inside roots, leaves, and others plants tissues as endophyte. Their roles as plant growth-promoting microorganisms are generally related to increase in plant biomass, phosphate and other mineral solubilization, and plant pathogen control. Here, we report many of these plant growth-promoting processes related to nitrogen fixing species already described in Acetobacteraceae family, especially Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and their importance to agriculture. In addition, a brief review of the state of art of the phylogenetics, main physiological and biochemical characteristics, molecular and functional genomic data of this group of Acetobacteraceae is presented.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Agriculture; Biomass; Endophytes; Gluconacetobacter; Nitrogen Fixation; Phylogeny; Plant Leaves; Plant Roots; Rhizosphere; Soil Microbiology
PubMed: 25736602
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201400898 -
Microbiology Spectrum Dec 2023Acetobacteraceae are one of the best known and most extensively studied groups of bacteria, which nowadays encompasses a variety of taxa that are very different from the...
Acetobacteraceae are one of the best known and most extensively studied groups of bacteria, which nowadays encompasses a variety of taxa that are very different from the vinegar-producing species defining the family. Our paper presents the most detailed phylogeny of all current taxa classified as , for which we propose a taxonomic revision. Several of such taxa inhabit some of the most extreme environments on the planet, from the deserts of Antarctica to the Sinai desert, as well as acidic niches in volcanic sites like the one we have been studying in Patagonia. Our work documents the progressive variation of the respiratory chain in early branching Acetobacteraceae into the different respiratory chains of acidophilic taxa such as and acetous taxa such as . Remarkably, several genomes retain remnants of ancestral photosynthetic traits and functional complexes. Thus, we propose that the common ancestor of was photosynthetic.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Acids; Antarctic Regions; DNA, Bacterial
PubMed: 37975678
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00575-23 -
Microbial Ecology Jan 2008Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus has a long-standing history of bacterial-plant interrelationship as a symbiotic endophyte capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen. In low... (Review)
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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus has a long-standing history of bacterial-plant interrelationship as a symbiotic endophyte capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen. In low nitrogen fertilized sugarcane fields it plays a significant role and its occurrence was realised in most of the sugarcane growing countries. In this mini review, the association of G. diazotrophicus with sugarcane, other crop plants and with various hosts is discussed. The factors affecting survival in the rhizosphere and the putative soil mode of transmission are emphasized. In addition, other N(2)-fixing Acetobacteraceae members, including Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans, Gluconacetobacter johannae and Swaminathania salitolerans, occurring in coffee, corn and rice plants are also covered. Lastly, the plant-growth-promoting traits identified in this group of bacteria, including N(2) fixation, phytohormone synthesis, P and Zn solubilization and biocontrol, are analysed.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Crops, Agricultural; Ecosystem; Gluconacetobacter; Nitrogen Fixation; Plant Roots; Saccharum; Soil Microbiology; Symbiosis
PubMed: 17574542
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9258-6 -
PLoS Pathogens Apr 2006
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Granulomatous Disease, Chronic; Humans; Lymph Nodes; Lymphadenitis; Mice
PubMed: 16652172
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020036 -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Jan 2022Acetobacteraceae is an economically important family of bacteria that is used for industrial fermentation in the food/feed sector and for the preparation of sorbose and...
Acetobacteraceae is an economically important family of bacteria that is used for industrial fermentation in the food/feed sector and for the preparation of sorbose and bacterial cellulose. It comprises two major groups: acetous species (acetic acid bacteria) associated with flowers, fruits and insects, and acidophilic species, a phylogenetically basal and physiologically heterogeneous group inhabiting acid or hot springs, sludge, sewage and freshwater environments. Despite the biotechnological importance of the family Acetobacteraceae, the literature does not provide any information about its ability to produce specialized metabolites. We therefore constructed a phylogenomic tree based on concatenated protein sequences from 141 type strains of the family and predicted the presence of small-molecule biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) using the antiSMASH tool. This dual approach allowed us to associate certain biosynthetic pathways with particular taxonomic groups. We found that acidophilic and acetous species contain on average ~ 6.3 and ~ 3.4 BGCs per genome, respectively. All the Acetobacteraceae strains encoded proteins involved in hopanoid biosynthesis, with many also featuring genes encoding type-1 and type-3 polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide synthases, and enzymes for aryl polyene, lactone and ribosomal peptide biosynthesis. Our in silico analysis indicated that the family Acetobacteraceae is a potential source of many undiscovered bacterial metabolites and deserves more detailed experimental exploration.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Biosynthetic Pathways; Multigene Family; Phylogeny
PubMed: 34761294
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-021-01676-7 -
Plasmid Mar 2021The bacterium Oecophyllibacter saccharovorans of family Acetobacteraceae is a symbiont of weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina. In our previous study, we published the...
The bacterium Oecophyllibacter saccharovorans of family Acetobacteraceae is a symbiont of weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina. In our previous study, we published the finding of novel O. saccharovorans strains Ha5, Ta1 and Jb2 (Chua et al. 2020) but their plasmid sequences have not been reported before. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that the sole rrn operon of their genomes was detected on a 6.6 kb circular replicon. This replicon occurred in high copy number, much smaller size and lower G + C content than the main chromosome. Based on these features, the 6.6 kb circular replicon was regarded as rrn operon-containing plasmid. Further restriction analysis on the plasmids confirmed their circular conformation. A Southern hybridization analysis also corroborated the presence of 16S rRNA gene and thus the rrn operon on a single locus in the genome of the O. saccharovorans strains. However, similar genome architecture was not observed in other closely related bacterial strains. Additional survey also detected no plasmid-borne rrn operon in available genomes of validly described taxa of family Acetobacteraceae. To date, plasmid localization of rrn operon is rarely documented. This study reports the occurrence of rrn operon on the smallest bacterial plasmid in three O. saccharovorans strains and discusses its possible importance in enhancing their competitive fitness as bacterial symbiont of O. smaragdina.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Base Composition; Operon; Plasmids; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
PubMed: 33476637
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2021.102559 -
ACS Synthetic Biology Apr 2019The availability of different host chassis will greatly expand the range of applications in synthetic biology. Members of the Acetobacteraceae family of Gram-negative...
The availability of different host chassis will greatly expand the range of applications in synthetic biology. Members of the Acetobacteraceae family of Gram-negative bacteria form an attractive class of nonmodel microorganisms that can be exploited to produce industrial chemicals, food and beverage, and biomaterials. One such biomaterial is bacterial cellulose, which is a strong and ultrapure natural polymer used in tissue engineering scaffolds, wound dressings, electronics, food additives, and other products. However, despite the potential of Acetobacteraceae in biotechnology, there has been considerably little effort to fundamentally reprogram the bacteria for enhanced performance. One limiting factor is the lack of a well-characterized, comprehensive toolkit to control expression of genes in biosynthetic pathways and regulatory networks to optimize production and cell viability. Here, we address this shortcoming by building an expanded genetic toolkit for synthetic biology applications in Acetobacteraceae. We characterized the performance of multiple natural and synthetic promoters, ribosome binding sites, terminators, and degradation tags in three different strains, namely, Gluconacetobacter xylinus ATCC 700178, Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC 53582, and Komagataeibacter rhaeticus iGEM. Our quantitative data revealed strain-specific and common design rules for the precise control of gene expression in these industrially relevant bacterial species. We further applied our tools to synthesize a biodegradable cellulose-chitin copolymer, adjust the structure of the cellulose film produced, and implement CRISPR interference for ready down-regulation of gene expression. Collectively, our genetic parts will enable the efficient engineering of Acetobacteraceae bacteria for the biomanufacturing of cellulose-based materials and other commercially valuable products.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Beverages; Biocompatible Materials; Biosynthetic Pathways; Biotechnology; Cellulose; Chitin; Food; Gene Expression; Synthetic Biology; Tissue Engineering
PubMed: 30865830
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00168 -
BMC Genomics Jun 2019Symbiotic relationships between animals and bacteria have profound impacts on the evolutionary trajectories of each partner. Animals and gut bacteria engage in a variety...
BACKGROUND
Symbiotic relationships between animals and bacteria have profound impacts on the evolutionary trajectories of each partner. Animals and gut bacteria engage in a variety of relationships, occasionally persisting over evolutionary timescales. Ants are a diverse group of animals that engage in many types of associations with taxonomically distinct groups of bacterial associates. Here, we bring into culture and characterize two closely-related strains of gut associated Acetobacteraceae (AAB) of the red carpenter ant, Camponotus chromaiodes.
RESULTS
Genome sequencing, assembly, and annotation of both strains delineate stark patterns of genomic erosion and sequence divergence in gut associated AAB. We found widespread horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in these bacterial associates and report elevated gene acquisition associated with energy production and conversion, amino acid and coenzyme transport and metabolism, defense mechanisms, and lysine export. Both strains have acquired the complete NADH-quinone oxidoreductase complex, plausibly from an Enterobacteriaceae origin, likely facilitating energy production under diverse conditions. Conservation of several lysine biosynthetic and salvage pathways and accumulation of lysine export genes via HGT implicate L-lysine supplementation by both strains as a potential functional benefit for the host. These trends are contrasted by genome-wide erosion of several amino acid biosynthetic pathways and pathways in central metabolism. We perform phylogenomic analyses on both strains as well as several free living and host associated AAB. Based on their monophyly and deep divergence from other AAB, these C. chromaiodes gut associates may represent a novel genus. Together, our results demonstrate how extensive horizontal transfer between gut associates along with genome-wide deletions leads to mosaic metabolic pathways. More broadly, these patterns demonstrate that HGT and genomic erosion shape metabolic capabilities of persistent gut associates and influence their genomic evolution.
CONCLUSIONS
Using comparative genomics, our study reveals substantial changes in genomic content in persistent associates of the insect gastrointestinal tract and provides evidence for the evolutionary pressures inherent to this environment. We describe patterns of genomic erosion and horizontal acquisition that result in mosaic metabolic pathways. Accordingly, the phylogenetic position of both strains of these associates form a divergent, monophyletic clade sister to gut associates of honey bees and more distantly to Gluconobacter.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Animals; Ants; Evolution, Molecular; Gastrointestinal Tract; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Genomics; Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Phylogeny; Symbiosis
PubMed: 31182035
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5844-5 -
Biotechnology Advances 2023Different from other aerobic microorganisms that oxidise carbon sources to water and carbon dioxide, Gluconobacter catalyses the incomplete oxidation of various... (Review)
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Different from other aerobic microorganisms that oxidise carbon sources to water and carbon dioxide, Gluconobacter catalyses the incomplete oxidation of various substrates with regio- and stereoselectivity. This ability, as well as its capacity to release the resulting products into the reaction media, place Gluconobacter as a privileged member of a non-model microorganism class that may boost industrial biotechnology. Knowledge of new technologies applied to Gluconobacter has been piling up in recent years. Advancements in its genetic modification, application of immobilisation tools and careful designs of the transformations, have improved productivities and stabilities of Gluconobacter strains or enabled new bioconversions for the production of valuable marketable chemicals. In this work, the latest advancements applied to Gluconobacter-catalysed biotransformations are summarised with a special focus on recent available tools to improve them. From genetic and metabolic engineering to bioreactor design, the most recent works on the topic are analysed in depth to provide a comprehensive resource not only for scientists and technologists working on/with Gluconobacter, but for the general biotechnologist.
Topics: Gluconobacter; Gluconobacter oxydans; Biotechnology; Catalysis; Biotransformation
PubMed: 36924811
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108127 -
Current Microbiology Aug 2011The genus Asaia (family Acetobacteraceae) was first introduced with a single species-Asaia bogorensis and later six more species were described namely A. siamensis, A....
The genus Asaia (family Acetobacteraceae) was first introduced with a single species-Asaia bogorensis and later six more species were described namely A. siamensis, A. krungthepensis, A. lannaensis, A. platycodi, A. prunellae, and A. astilbes. Acetobacteraceae family has been divided into ten genera but, only three of them include nitrogen fixing species: Gluconacetobacter, Acetobacter, and Swaminathania. This article originated from our study primarily aimed to isolate new endosymbiotic nitrogen fixer among Acetobacteraceae during which we have isolated, for the first time in India, four different strains of Asaia sp. from three different sources: Michalia champaca flower, Anopheles mosquito, and ant Tetraponera rufonigra. All the endosymbiotic strains isolated possess the ability to fix nitrogen. Evidence for both nitrogenase activity and the presence of nifH gene in isolated Asaia sp. is presented. Asaia bogorensis (MTCC 4041(T)) and A. siamensis (MTCC 4042(T)), two of the validated type strains available from the repository, were tested positive for the presence of functional nitrogenase. The nifH gene sequences from these type strains were also confirmed and compared with other nitrogen fixing members of the family Acetobacteraceae. Our result corroborate with the previous reports that Asaia sp. are indeed widely distributed in nature but this is the first time demonstration of their functional nitrogenase activity. This study shows Asaia sp. as fourth genera of nitrogen fixing bacteria in the family Acetobacteraceae.
Topics: Acetobacteraceae; Cluster Analysis; DNA, Bacterial; DNA, Ribosomal; India; Molecular Sequence Data; Nitrogen Fixation; Nitrogenase; Oxidoreductases; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Symbiosis
PubMed: 21681635
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9968-3