Project description:The response of soil microbial community to climate warming through both function shift and composition reorganization may profoundly influence global nutrient cycles, leading to potential significant carbon release from the terrain to the atmosphere. Despite the observed carbon flux change in northern permafrost, it remains unclear how soil microbial community contributes to this ecosystem alteration. Here, we applied microarray-based GeoChip 4.0 to investigate the functional and compositional response of subsurface (15~25cm) soil microbial community under about one year’s artificial heating (+2°C) in the Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research site on Alaska’s moist acidic tundra. Statistical analyses of GeoChip signal intensities showed significant microbial function shift in AK samples. Detrended correspondence analysis and dissimilarity tests (MRPP and ANOSIM) indicated significant functional structure difference between the warmed and the control communities. ANOVA revealed that 60% of the 70 detected individual genes in carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous and sulfur cyclings were substantially increased (p<0.05) by heating. 18 out of 33 detected carbon degradation genes were more abundant in warming samples in AK site, regardless of the discrepancy of labile or recalcitrant C, indicating a high temperature sensitivity of carbon degradation genes in rich carbon pool environment. These results demonstrated a rapid response of northern permafrost soil microbial community to warming. Considering the large carbon storage in northern permafrost region, microbial activity in this region may cause dramatic positive feedback to climate change, which is important and necessary to be integrated into climate change models.
Project description:Purpose: We explore gene expression changes when Neurospora crassa wild type responds to different carbon sources in Vogel's medium. Method: We obtained mRNA samples of Neurospora crassa WT in Vogel's minimal medium (VMM) with different carbon source and used RNA-seq technique to measure the trancriptome changes. Results: We identified many genes of transcription factors and enzymes that were up regulated or down regulated in response to the different carbon stimulation. Conclusion: Our data represents a systematic transcriptome profiling of filamentous fungi on different carbon source and identify COL-26 as a critical regulator in degradation of starch components.
Project description:The goals of this study are to compare different gene expressions for Penicillium oxalicum wild type strain (WT), and Podot1 knockout strain (ΔPodot1) in different carbon sources. The deletion of Podot1 downregulated genes involved in the septin complex, extracellular region, and interspecies interaction between organisms when strains were cultivated with 2% glucose as carbon sources, and downregulated genes involved in cellulase activity, cellulose binding, glucosidase activity, and polysaccharide catabolic process when strains were cultivated with 1% microcrystalline cellulose and 1% wheat bran as carbon sources. We find the extracellular region was downregulated under both different carbon sources in ΔPodot1. This study provides the information that PoDot1 function are required in mycelial development and hydrolase activity of P. oxalicum.
Project description:Bacillus licheniformis (B. licheniformis) is a microorganism with a wide range of probiotic properties and applications. Isolation and identification of novel strains is a major aspect of microbial research. Besides, the role of different carbon sources affects B. licheniformis in regulating micro-environment and the mechanisms need to be further investigated. In this study, we first isolated and identified a new strain of B. licheniformis from bovine rumen fluid. Microcrystalline cellulose (MC) and cellobiose (CB) as the certain carbon sources to treat strain. Further, a combination of transcriptome and proteome analyses was used to different carbon sources effects. The results showed that B. licheniformis ABC transporter proteins, antibiotic synthesis, flagellar assembly, cellulase-related pathways and proteins were significantly up-regulated in the MC treatment compared to the CB treatment, and lactate metabolism was inhibited. In addition, MC was used as a certain carbon source to improve bacterial inhibition of B. licheniformis, its own disease resistance and to regulate the rumen micro-environment. In conclusion, our research provides a potential new probiotic for feed research and a theoretical basis for investigating the mechanisms by which bacteria respond to different carbon sources.
Project description:The goals of this study are to compare different gene expressions for Penicillium oxalicum wild type strain (WT), and set2 knockout strain (Δset2) in different carbon sources. The deletion of set2 upregulated genes involved in oxidation- reduction process, extracellular region, and plasma membrane ATP synthesis coupled proton transport both with 2% glucose or 1% cellulose and 1% wheat bran as carbon sources. We find the expression levels of 20 secondary metabolism gene clusters were upregulated or downregulated under different carbon sources in Δset2. This study provides the information that SET2 function are required in conidiation and hydrolase activity of P. oxalicum.
Project description:Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus PH-06 can degrade 1,4-dioxane (dioxane), which is a groundwater contaminant of emerging concern. In order to find the genes involved in dioxane degradation. RNA sequencing was first used to investigate gene expression levels of PH-06 during growth on two different carbon sources (dioxane and glucose). The sequencing shows that a monooxygenase gene cluster was upregulated when treated with dioxane relative to glucose.
Project description:The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae is an important microbial cell factory for industrial production of useful enzymes, such as α-amylase. In order to optimize the industrial enzyme production process, there is a need to understand fundamental processes underlying protein production, here under how protein production links to metabolism through global regulatory structures. In this study, two α-amylase-producing strains of A. oryzae, a wild type strain and a transformant strain containing additional copies of the α-amylase gene, were characterized at a systematic level. Based on integrated analysis of ome-data together with genome-scale metabolic network and flux calculation, we identified key genes, key enzymes, key proteins, and key metabolites involved in the processes of protein synthesis and secretion, nucleotide metabolism, and amino acid metabolism that can be the potential targets for improving industrial protein production. Keywords: Two Aspergillus oryzae strains and two different carbon sources Two carbon sources (glucose, maltose) with three biological replicates for A. oryzae strain A1560 and strain CF1.1