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BMC Genomics ; 18(1): 346, 2017 05 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28472930

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Among viruses, bacteriophages are a group of special interest due to their capacity of infecting bacteria that are important for biotechnology and human health. Composting is a microbial-driven process in which complex organic matter is converted into humus-like substances. In thermophilic composting, the degradation activity is carried out primarily by bacteria and little is known about the presence and role of bacteriophages in this process. RESULTS: Using Pseudomonas aeruginosa as host, we isolated three new phages from a composting operation at the Sao Paulo Zoo Park (Brazil). One of the isolated phages is similar to Pseudomonas phage Ab18 and belongs to the Siphoviridae YuA-like viral genus. The other two isolated phages are similar to each other and present genomes sharing low similarity with phage genomes in public databases; we therefore hypothesize that they belong to a new genus in the Podoviridae family. Detailed genomic descriptions and comparisons of the three phages are presented, as well as two new clusters of phage genomes in the Viral Orthologous Clusters database of large DNA viruses. We found sequences encoding homing endonucleases that disrupt a putative ribonucleotide reductase gene and an RNA polymerase subunit 2 gene in two of the phages. These findings provide insights about the evolution of two-subunits RNA polymerases and the possible role of homing endonucleases in this process. Infection tests on 30 different strains of bacteria reveal a narrow host range for the three phages, restricted to P. aeruginosa PA14 and three other P. aeruginosa clinical isolates. Biofilm dissolution assays suggest that these phages could be promising antimicrobial agents against P. aeruginosa PA14 infections. Analyses on composting metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data indicate association between abundance variations in both phage and host populations in the environment. CONCLUSION: The results about the newly discovered and described phages contribute to the understanding of tailed bacteriophage diversity, evolution, and role in the complex composting environment.


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Genome, Viral , Pseudomonas Phages/genetics , Base Sequence , Biofilms , Codon , Conserved Sequence , Endodeoxyribonucleases/genetics , Evolution, Molecular , Genetic Variation , Mutagenesis, Insertional , Phylogeny , Pseudomonas Phages/isolation & purification , Pseudomonas Phages/ultrastructure , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/growth & development , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/virology , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Soil , Soil Microbiology , Transcriptome , Viral Proteins/genetics , Viral Proteins/metabolism , Viral Tropism
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Sci Rep ; 6: 38915, 2016 12 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27941956

ABSTRACT

Composting is a promising source of new organisms and thermostable enzymes that may be helpful in environmental management and industrial processes. Here we present results of metagenomic- and metatranscriptomic-based analyses of a large composting operation in the São Paulo Zoo Park. This composting exhibits a sustained thermophilic profile (50 °C to 75 °C), which seems to preclude fungal activity. The main novelty of our study is the combination of time-series sampling with shotgun DNA, 16S rRNA gene amplicon, and metatranscriptome high-throughput sequencing, enabling an unprecedented detailed view of microbial community structure, dynamics, and function in this ecosystem. The time-series data showed that the turning procedure has a strong impact on the compost microbiota, restoring to a certain extent the population profile seen at the beginning of the process; and that lignocellulosic biomass deconstruction occurs synergistically and sequentially, with hemicellulose being degraded preferentially to cellulose and lignin. Moreover, our sequencing data allowed near-complete genome reconstruction of five bacterial species previously found in biomass-degrading environments and of a novel biodegrading bacterial species, likely a new genus in the order Bacillales. The data and analyses provided are a rich source for additional investigations of thermophilic composting microbiology.


Subject(s)
Composting , Microbial Consortia , Soil Microbiology , Bacteria/genetics , Biodegradation, Environmental , Biomass , Gene Expression Profiling , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Lignin/metabolism , Metagenomics , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
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PLoS One ; 8(4): e61928, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23637931

ABSTRACT

Composting operations are a rich source for prospection of biomass degradation enzymes. We have analyzed the microbiomes of two composting samples collected in a facility inside the São Paulo Zoo Park, in Brazil. All organic waste produced in the park is processed in this facility, at a rate of four tons/day. Total DNA was extracted and sequenced with Roche/454 technology, generating about 3 million reads per sample. To our knowledge this work is the first report of a composting whole-microbial community using high-throughput sequencing and analysis. The phylogenetic profiles of the two microbiomes analyzed are quite different, with a clear dominance of members of the Lactobacillus genus in one of them. We found a general agreement of the distribution of functional categories in the Zoo compost metagenomes compared with seven selected public metagenomes of biomass deconstruction environments, indicating the potential for different bacterial communities to provide alternative mechanisms for the same functional purposes. Our results indicate that biomass degradation in this composting process, including deconstruction of recalcitrant lignocellulose, is fully performed by bacterial enzymes, most likely by members of the Clostridiales and Actinomycetales orders.


Subject(s)
Biodiversity , Biomass , Metagenomics , Soil Microbiology , Bacteria/classification , Bacteria/genetics , Base Composition , Brazil , Cluster Analysis , Gene Order , Lactobacillus/classification , Lactobacillus/genetics , Lactobacillus/metabolism , Lignin/metabolism , Molecular Sequence Annotation , Pectins/metabolism , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S , Sequence Analysis, DNA
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