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Title
  • en Cell Density-dependent Anammox Activity of Candidatus Brocadia sinica Regulated by N-acyl Homoserine Lactone-mediated Quorum Sensing
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Subject
  • Other en anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox)
  • Other en Ca. Brocadia sinica
  • Other en cell density-dependent regulation
  • Other en N-acyl homoserine lactone
  • Other en quorum sensing
  • NDC 519
Description
  • Abstract en The activity of anaerobic ammonia-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria is considered to depend on cell density: however, this has not yet been confirmed due to the fastidious nature of anammox bacteria (e.g., slow growth, oxygen sensitivity, and rigid aggregate formation). In the present study, the cell density-dependent occurrence of anammox activity (N-14-15(2) gas production rate) was investigated using planktonic enrichment cultures of Candidatus Brocadia sinica. This activity was detectable when the density of cells was higher than 10(7) cells mL(-1) and became stronger with increases in cell density. At the cell densities, the transcription of the BROSI_A1042 and BROSI_A3652 genes, which are potentially involved in the biosynthesis and reception of N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL), was detectable in Brocadia sinica cells. The presence of AHL molecules in the MBR culture of B. sinica was confirmed by an AHL reporter assay and gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis. The exogenous addition of the MBR culture extract and AHL molecules (a cocktail of C-6, C-8, C-10, and C-12-homoserine lactones) increased the specific N-14-15(2) production rate of B. sinica. These results suggest that the specific anammox activity of B. sinica is regulated by AHL-mediated quorum sensing.
Publisher en Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology, Department of Bioresource Science
Date
    Issued2020-10-24
Language
  • eng
Resource Type journal article
Version Type NA
Identifier HDL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/80421
Relation
  • isIdenticalTo DOI https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME20086
Journal
    • PISSN 1342-6311
      • en Microbes and environments
      • Volume Number35 Issue Number4 Page StartME20086
Oaidate 2023-07-26