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Genomic Analysis Unravels Reduced Inorganic Sulfur Compound Oxidation of Heterotrophic Acidophilic Acidicaldus sp. Strain DX-1
Joint Authors
Liu, Xueduan
Xiao, Yunhua
Guo, Xue
Liu, Yuanyuan
Yang, Hongying
Zhang, Xian
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-04-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Although reduced inorganic sulfur compound (RISC) oxidation in many chemolithoautotrophic sulfur oxidizers has been investigated in recent years, there is little information about RISC oxidation in heterotrophic acidophiles.
In this study, Acidicaldus sp.
strain DX-1, a heterotrophic sulfur-oxidizing acidophile, was isolated.
Its genome was sequenced and then used for comparative genomics.
Furthermore, real-time quantitative PCR was performed to identify the expression of genes involved in the RISC oxidation.
Gene encoding thiosulfate: quinone oxidoreductase was present in Acidicaldus sp.
strain DX-1, while no candidate genes with significant similarity to tetrathionate hydrolase were found.
Additionally, there were genes encoding heterodisulfide reductase complex, which was proposed to play a crucial role in oxidizing cytoplasmic sulfur.
Like many heterotrophic sulfur oxidizers, Acidicaldus sp.
strain DX-1 had no genes encoding enzymes essential for the direct oxidation of sulfite.
An indirect oxidation of sulfite via adenosine-5′-phosphosulfate was proposed in Acidicaldus strain DX-1.
However, compared to other closely related bacteria Acidiphilium cryptum and Acidiphilium multivorum, which harbored the genes encoding Sox system, almost all of these genes were not detected in Acidicaldus sp.
strain DX-1.
This study might provide some references for the future study of RISC oxidation in heterotrophic sulfur-oxidizing acidophiles.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Yuanyuan& Yang, Hongying& Zhang, Xian& Xiao, Yunhua& Guo, Xue& Liu, Xueduan. 2016. Genomic Analysis Unravels Reduced Inorganic Sulfur Compound Oxidation of Heterotrophic Acidophilic Acidicaldus sp. Strain DX-1. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098983
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Yuanyuan…[et al.]. Genomic Analysis Unravels Reduced Inorganic Sulfur Compound Oxidation of Heterotrophic Acidophilic Acidicaldus sp. Strain DX-1. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098983
American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Yuanyuan& Yang, Hongying& Zhang, Xian& Xiao, Yunhua& Guo, Xue& Liu, Xueduan. Genomic Analysis Unravels Reduced Inorganic Sulfur Compound Oxidation of Heterotrophic Acidophilic Acidicaldus sp. Strain DX-1. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098983
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098983