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1.
Arch Microbiol ; 199(5): 757-766, 2017 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28260145

ABSTRACT

This study used an artificial microbial community with four known moderately thermophilic acidophiles (three bacteria including Acidithiobacillus caldus S1, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans ST and Leptospirillum ferriphilum YSK, and one archaea, Ferroplasma thermophilum L1) to explore the variation of microbial community structure, composition, dynamics and function (e.g., copper extraction efficiency) in chalcopyrite bioleaching (C) systems with additions of pyrite (CP) or sphalerite (CS). The community compositions and dynamics in the solution and on the ore surface were investigated by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). The results showed that the addition of pyrite or sphalerite changed the microbial community composition and dynamics dramatically during the chalcopyrite bioleaching process. For example, A. caldus (above 60%) was the dominant species at the initial stage in three groups, and at the middle stage, still dominated C group (above 70%), but it was replaced by L. ferriphilum (above 60%) in CP and CS groups; at the final stage, L. ferriphilum dominated C group, while F. thermophilum dominated CP group on the ore surface. Furthermore, the additions of pyrite or sphalerite both made the increase of redox potential (ORP) and the concentrations of Fe3+ and H+, which would affect the microbial community compositions and copper extraction efficiency. Additionally, pyrite could enhance copper extraction efficiency (e.g., improving around 13.2% on day 6) during chalcopyrite bioleaching; on the contrary, sphalerite restrained it.


Subject(s)
Acidithiobacillus/metabolism , Archaea/metabolism , Clostridiales/metabolism , Copper/chemistry , Iron/chemistry , Leptospiraceae/metabolism , Sulfides/chemistry , Zinc Compounds/chemistry , Acidithiobacillus/classification , Archaea/classification , Clostridiales/classification , Leptospiraceae/classification , Microbial Consortia/physiology
2.
Extremophiles ; 20(5): 673-85, 2016 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27338270

ABSTRACT

The Karaerik Cu mine is a worked-out deposit with large volumes of tailings and slags which were left around the mine site without any protection. Natural feeding of these material and run-off water from the mineralised zones into the Acisu effluent causes a serious environmental degradation and creation of acid mine drainage (AMD) along its entire length. This research aims at modelling the formation of AMD with a specific attempt on the characterisation of the bacterial population in association with AMD and their role on its occurrence. Based on 16SrRNA analyses of the clones obtained from a composite water sample, the bacterial community was determined to consist of Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans, Ferrovum myxofaciens, Leptospirillum ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans as iron-oxidising bacteria, Acidocella facilis, Acidocella aluminiidurans, Acidiphilium cryptum and Acidiphilium multivorum as iron-reducing bacteria, and Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and Acidiphilium cryptum as sulphur-oxidising bacteria. This association of bacteria with varying roles was interpreted as evidence of a concomitant occurrence of sulphur and iron cycles during the generation of AMD along the Acisu effluent draining the Karaerik mine.


Subject(s)
Geologic Sediments/microbiology , Groundwater/microbiology , Microbiota , Acidiphilium/classification , Acidiphilium/isolation & purification , Acidithiobacillus/classification , Acidithiobacillus/isolation & purification , Acids/analysis , Geologic Sediments/chemistry , Groundwater/chemistry , Iron/metabolism , Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospiraceae/isolation & purification , Mining , Oxidation-Reduction , Phylogeny , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Sulfur/metabolism
3.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol ; 387: 11-20, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25388130

ABSTRACT

Leptospires are spirochetes that may be free-living saprophytes found in freshwater or may cause acute or chronic infection of animals. The family Leptospiraceae comprises three genera: Leptospira Leptospira Leptonema Leptonema, and Turneriella Turneriella. Within the genus Leptospira, three clades can be distinguished, of pathogens, nonpathogens, and an intermediate group. Leptospires are further divided into serovars; antigenically related serovars are clustered into serogroups for convenience.


Subject(s)
Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospiraceae/genetics , Phylogeny
5.
Extremophiles ; 12(5): 657-64, 2008 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18512002

ABSTRACT

A combination of cultivation-based and molecular-based approaches was used to reveal the culturable and molecular diversity of the microbes inhabiting an open-dumped Pb/Zn mine tailings that was undergoing intensive acid generation (pH 1.9). Culturable bacteria found in the extremely acidic mine tailings were Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Leptospirillum ferriphilum, Sulfobacillus thermotolerans and Acidiphilium cryptum, where the number of acidophilic heterotrophs was ten times higher than that of the iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Cloning and phylogenetic analysis revealed that, in contrast to the adjacent AMD, the mine tailings possessed a low microbial diversity with archaeal sequence types dominating the 16S rRNA gene library. Of the 141 clones examined, 132 were represented by two sequence types phylogenetically affiliated with the iron-oxidizing archaea Ferroplasma acidiphilum and three belonged to two tentative groups within the Thermoplasma lineage so far represented by only a few environmental sequences. Six clones in the library were represented by the only bacterial sequence type and were closely related to the well-described iron-oxidizer L. ferriphilum. The significant differences in the prokaryotic community structures of the extremely acidic mine tailings and the AMD associated with it highlights the importance of studying the microbial communities that are more directly involved in the iron and sulfur cycles of mine tailings.


Subject(s)
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans/classification , Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans/genetics , Cloning, Molecular , DNA Primers , Genetic Variation , Geology , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Iron/metabolism , Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospiraceae/genetics , Mining , Oxidation-Reduction , Phylogeny , RNA, Archaeal/genetics , RNA, Bacterial/genetics , Sulfides/metabolism , Sulfur/metabolism , Thermoplasma/classification , Thermoplasma/genetics
6.
Biotechnol Bioeng ; 97(5): 1205-15, 2007 Aug 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17187443

ABSTRACT

An enrichment culture from a boreal sulfide mine environment containing a low-grade polymetallic ore was tested in column bioreactors for simulation of low temperature heap leaching. PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed the enrichment culture contained an Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain with high 16S rRNA gene similarity to the psychrotolerant strain SS3 and a mesophilic Leptospirillum ferrooxidans strain. As the mixed culture contained a strain that was within a clade with SS3, we used the SS3 pure culture to compare leaching rates with the At. ferrooxidans type strain in stirred tank reactors for mineral sulfide dissolution at various temperatures. The psychrotolerant strain SS3 catalyzed pyrite, pyrite/arsenopyrite, and chalcopyrite concentrate leaching. The rates were lower at 5 degrees C than at 30 degrees C, despite that all the available iron was in the oxidized form in the presence of At. ferrooxidans SS3. This suggests that although efficient At. ferrooxidans SS3 mediated biological oxidation of ferrous iron occurred, chemical oxidation of the sulfide minerals by ferric iron was rate limiting. In the column reactors, the leaching rates were much less affected by low temperatures than in the stirred tank reactors. A factor for the relatively high rates of mineral oxidation at 7 degrees C is that ferric iron remained in the soluble phase whereas, at 21 degrees C the ferric iron precipitated. Temperature gradient analysis of ferrous iron oxidation by this enrichment culture demonstrated two temperature optima for ferrous iron oxidation and that the mixed culture was capable of ferrous iron oxidation at 5 degrees C.


Subject(s)
Acidithiobacillus/metabolism , Coculture Techniques/methods , Iron/metabolism , Leptospiraceae/metabolism , Minerals/metabolism , Acidithiobacillus/classification , Leptospiraceae/classification , Metallurgy/methods , Oxidation-Reduction , Species Specificity , Temperature
7.
J Clin Microbiol ; 44(10): 3510-6, 2006 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17021075

ABSTRACT

The genus Leptospira is classified into 13 named species and 4 genomospecies based upon DNA-DNA reassociation studies. Phenotypic tests are unable to distinguish between species of Leptospira, and there is a need for a simplified molecular approach to the identification of leptospires. 16S rRNA gene sequences are potentially useful for species identification of Leptospira, but there are a large number of sequences of various lengths and quality in the public databases. 16S rRNA gene sequences of near full length and bidirectional high redundancy were determined for all type strains of the species of the Leptospiraceae. Three clades were identified within the genus Leptospira, composed of pathogenic species, nonpathogenic species, and another clade of undetermined pathogenicity with intermediate 16S rRNA gene sequence relatedness. All type strains could be identified by 16S rRNA gene sequences, but within both pathogenic and nonpathogenic clades as few as two or three base pairs separated some species. Sequences within the nonpathogenic clade were more similar, and in most cases < or =10 bp distinguished these species. These sequences provide a reference standard for identification of Leptospira species and confirm previously established relationships within the genus. 16S rRNA gene sequencing is a powerful method for identification in the clinical laboratory and offers a simplified approach to the identification of Leptospira species.


Subject(s)
Bacterial Typing Techniques/methods , Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospiraceae/genetics , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Phylogeny
8.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ; 55(Pt 4): 1497-1499, 2005 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16014471

ABSTRACT

Analysis of the G+C content, DNA-DNA relatedness to other leptospires and 16S rRNA gene sequence of Leptospira parva showed that this species was not related to other Leptospira species. On the basis of these data, it is proposed that Leptospira parva should be transferred to the genus Turneriella as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov., with strain H(T) (=NCTC 11395(T)=ATCC BAA-1111(T)) as the type strain.


Subject(s)
Leptospira/classification , Leptospiraceae/classification , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Base Composition , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , DNA, Ribosomal/analysis , Genes, rRNA , Leptospira/genetics , Leptospiraceae/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , Nucleic Acid Hybridization , Phylogeny , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S , Sequence Analysis, DNA
9.
Med Parazitol (Mosk) ; (4): 45-50, 2004.
Article in Russian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15689137

ABSTRACT

Over 45 years, anthropurgic foci of Leptospira infection have been differently active in the Republic of Mordovia; in its population, the incidence of leptospiroses being greater than the average federal rates. The peak incidence of leptospirosis was observed at 10-11-year intervals: 1962-1963, 1971-1972, 1983, 1994-1995, 2001-2002 when outbreak and group morbidity were registered. There were 2.6- and 2.4-fold seasonal rises in morbidity in June to September with its peak in July-August, respectively. Cases of infection were notified in all the districts and towns of the republic, and in all landscape-environmental areas; group and outbreak incidence was found in 6 districts and environs of the town of Saransk in 1997-2002. Males aged 20-49 years are a group of risk for Leptospira infection; its incidence rates in age groups 0-14 and above 60 years are less than the average republican ones. Children (aged 0-14 years) and adolescents (aged 15-19 years) actively participate and determine outbreak and group mortality rates. Infection occurs most frequently while bathing in open water reservoirs, while using water from other water springs, going to the forest to pick mushrooms, berries, etc., while being engaged in laying in hay, fodder, and other feeds for animals. During registration of infection in Mordovia, the etiological pattern of human leptospirosis constantly changed, in 1992-2002 there were prevalent diseases caused by Grippotyphosa (60.96%), Canicola (7.12%), Seiroe (6.73%), Australis (6.54%), and Cynopteri (5.96%), in 1997-2002, the proportion of Australis (11.2%) increased and that of Canicola (4.7%) decreased. The leptospira serogroups Icterohaemorrhagiae, Tarassovi, Seiroe were prevalent animals. There was no correlation of the etiological environment of leptospiras isolated from agricultural animals and human beings in 1997-2002, which proves the leading role of natural leptospirosis foci and rodents as a source of infection.


Subject(s)
Animals, Domestic , Disease Outbreaks , Leptospiraceae , Leptospirosis/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Agriculture , Animals , Animals, Domestic/microbiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Fresh Water , Humans , Incidence , Infant , Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospirosis/veterinary , Male , Middle Aged , Risk Factors , Rodentia , Russia/epidemiology , Seasons , Swimming
10.
Int J Syst Bacteriol ; 49 Pt 2: 839-58, 1999 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10319510

ABSTRACT

DNA relatedness was determined among 303 strains of Leptospira and Leptonema. Included in the analysis were reference strains from 228 well-characterized and recognized serovars. The study included 268 serovars from 29 named and one or more unnamed serogroups. The strains clustered into 17 DNA hybridization groups, representing 12 previously described species (292 strains) and five new genomospecies (11 strains). The largest groups included Leptospira interrogans (91 strains from 82 serovars), Leptospira santarosai (65 strains from 59 serovars), Leptospira borgpetersenii (49 strains from 43 serovars), Leptospira kirschneri (29 strains from 26 serovars) and Leptospira noguchii (20 strains from 20 serovars). The new genomospecies include Leptospira genomospecies 1 (two strains, serovars pinagchang and sichuan), Leptospira genomospecies 2 (six strains, serovars lushui, manhao 3, manzhuang, nanding, mengla and yunnan), Leptospira genomospecies 3 (one strain, serovar holland), Leptospira genomospecies 4 (one strain, serovar hualin) and Leptospira genomospecies 5 (one strain, serovar saopaulo). With the exception of Ballum, all serogroups with greater than one serovar studied were genetically heterogeneous. Phenotypic tests, including optimal growth temperature, lipase activity and growth inhibition by copper sulfate or 2,6-diaminopurine, were of little use in differentiating DNA relatedness groups. The name Leptospira alexanderi sp. nov. is proposed for Leptospira genomospecies 2 (type strain L 60T = ATCC 700520T, serovar manhao 3).


Subject(s)
DNA, Bacterial/genetics , Leptospira/classification , Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospirosis/microbiology , Animals , Base Composition , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , Humans , Leptospira/genetics , Leptospiraceae/genetics , Phenotype , Serotyping , Species Specificity
11.
Int J Syst Bacteriol ; 44(2): 362-4, 1994 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7910476

ABSTRACT

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) studies performed with leptospiral isolates led us to suspect the existence of a new serovar in the Grippotyphosa serogroup. The results obtained with reference serological techniques used in leptospiral identification, including cross-agglutination absorption and monoclonal antibody techniques, confirmed the existence of a new serovar exemplified by strain Dadas I. Four other isolates from different regions of the world were submitted for identification by PFGE and produced NotI restriction patterns similar to that of strain Dadas I. Our data demonstrate the power of PFGE for identifying leptospiral isolates. The name dadas is proposed for the new serovar.


Subject(s)
Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospiraceae/genetics , Agglutination Tests , Animals , Antibodies, Bacterial , Antibodies, Monoclonal , Cross Reactions , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , DNA, Bacterial/metabolism , Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific/metabolism , Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field , Mammals/microbiology , Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length , Serotyping
12.
J Gen Microbiol ; 139(8): 1681-9, 1993 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7691982

ABSTRACT

Chromosomal DNA from 37 Leptospiracae representing genetic species, groups and reference strains together with five leptospire isolates and Escherichia coli were digested with the restriction endonucleases BamHI, ClaI and EcoRI. The Southern blots were hybridized with a biotinylated E. coli 1.5 kb 16S rDNA probe and gave 36 reproducible and unique patterns. With the exception of the type strain (Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae RGA) and neotype strain (serovar icterohaemorrhagiae Ictero no. 1) all the species and taxa examined could be differentiated from each other on the basis of their BamHI, ClaI and EcoRI restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP). L. interrogans and L. borgpetersenii reference strains were heterogeneous, whereas Leptonema illini and L. parva incertae sedis were distinct and separate. Strains representing L. biflexa sensu lato presented divergent RFLP patterns. A porcine isolate was identified to be L. interrogans pomona Pomona.


Subject(s)
Leptospiraceae/classification , Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Base Sequence , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , DNA, Ribosomal , Deoxyribonuclease BamHI/metabolism , Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI/metabolism , Leptospiraceae/genetics , Molecular Sequence Data , RNA, Bacterial/genetics
13.
Zentralbl Bakteriol ; 279(2): 167-72, 1993 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8219489

ABSTRACT

A leptospira-like spirochete was isolated from a lymphocyte culture from a HIV-I and HTLV-I/II-positive patient. On the basis of serological, biological and morphological characteristics of the cells of the isolated strain (strain Lisboa), we conclude that it is a member of the genus Leptonema.


Subject(s)
Leptospiraceae/isolation & purification , HIV Infections/complications , HIV Infections/microbiology , Humans , Leptospiraceae/classification , Leptospiraceae/ultrastructure , Leptospirosis/complications , Leptospirosis/microbiology , Lymphocytes/microbiology
14.
J Gen Microbiol ; 137(7): 1523-8, 1991 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1720165

ABSTRACT

The genes encoding the 5S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) for Leptonema illini strain 3055 were isolated and sequenced. The 5S RNA molecule encoded was 117 nucleotides long. The genome of strain 3055 contained two genes for 5S rRNA that were located close together. The nucleotide sequences of the Leptonema illini genes exhibited less similarity to the rRNA gene of Leptospira interrogans strain Moulton and also to those of typical eubacterial genes than did the rRNA genes of other leptospires. However, the overall secondary structure of the 5S rRNA encoded exhibited a strong similarity to that of typical eubacterial 5S rRNA. Southern hybridization of the 5S rRNA gene probe with the genomic DNA of strain 965, which is currently classified as Leptospira biflexa, showed the latter to have close similarity to that of strain 3055. The physical map of strain 965 was quite similar to that of strain 3055 and was greatly different from that of any other strains of L. biflexa. In the organization of 5S rRNA genes, strain 965 is sufficiently different from other members of the genus Leptospira to be regarded as a member of the genus Leptonema.


Subject(s)
DNA, Ribosomal/genetics , Genes, Bacterial , Leptospira/genetics , Leptospiraceae/genetics , RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics , Base Sequence , Blotting, Southern , Cloning, Molecular , DNA Probes/genetics , Leptospira/classification , Leptospiraceae/classification , Molecular Sequence Data , Multigene Family/genetics , RNA, Bacterial/genetics , Restriction Mapping
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