Project description:RNA-seq analysis of Pseudomonas sp OST1909 exposed to various preparations of naphthenic acids samples led to the identiifcation of many NA-induced genes.
Project description:Composts are the products obtained after the aerobic degradation of different types of organic matter wastes and can be used as substrates or substrate/soil amendments. There are a small but increasing number of reports that suggest that foliar diseases may be reduced when using compost as growing medium compared to standard substrates. The purpose of this study was to unravel the gene expression alteration produced by the compost to gain knowledge about the mechanisms involved in the compost-induced systemic resistance. A compost from olive marc and olive tree leaves was able to induce resistance against Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis compared to the standard substrate perlite. Microarray analyses revealed that 178 genes were differently expressed with a fold change cut off of 1 from which 155 were upregulated and 23 were down regulated in compost-grown compared to perlite-grown plants. Functional enrichment study of up regulated genes revealed that 38 Gene Ontology terms were significantly enriched. Response to stress, biotic stimulus, other organism, bacterium, fungus, chemical and abiotic stimulus, SA and ABA stimulus, oxidative stress, water, temperature and cold were significantly enriched terms as well as immune and defense responses, systemic acquired resistance, secondary metabolic process and oxireductase activity. Interestingly, PR1 expression, which was equally enhanced by growing the plants in compost and by B. cinerea inoculation, was further boosted in compost-grown pathogen-inoculated plants. Compost triggered a plant response that shares similarities with both systemic acquired resistance and ABA dependent/independent abiotic stress responses.
Project description:Oral administration of an extract of compost fermented with thermophiles to pigs reduces the incidence of stillbirth and promotes piglet growth. However, the mechanism by which compost extract modulates the physiological conditions of the animals remains largely unknown. Here, we investigate the effects of compost extract on the gene expression in the intestine of the rat as a mammalian model. Gene expression analyses of the intestine indicated that several immune-related genes were upregulated following compost exposure. Thus, thermophile-fermented compost can contain microbes and/or substances that activate the gut mucosal immune response in the rat.
Project description:Microarray based CGH was conducted over a group of 29 strains of S. Enteritidis spanning different epidemiological periods in Uruguay, plus 6 other S. Enteritidis strains isolated from distant geographical regions. We also included 9 Salmonella enterica strains of other serovars isolated in Uruguay. A S. Enteritidis dispensable genome of 233 chromosomal genes and high extent of variation in virulence plasmid was found. Strains isolated before the epidemic show the highest genomic differences as compared with the PT4 reference strain. Comparison with the gene content of other serovars demonstrate extensive horizontal gene transfer between circulating strains beyond serovar definition. Our results show that the epidemic of S Enteritidis in Uruguay was produced by the introduction of strains closely related to PT4, and corroborate the extensive genetic homogeneity among S. Enteritidis isolates worldwide. Phage SE14 emerges as the only specific region for S. Enteritidis. Genetic differences detected in pre-epidemic strains, mainly associated with the absence of phage SE20, suggest that genetic features encoded in this phage may be related to particular epidemiological behavior.
Project description:The whole proteome analysis of the Pseudomonas sp. FIP_A4 strain in presence and absence of fipronil was conducted to evaluate the differentially expressed enzymes that can play role in fipronil degradation.
Project description:description Blastocystis sp. is a highly prevalent anaerobic eukaryotic parasite of humans and animals. The genome of several representatives has been sequenced revealing specific traits such as an intriguing 3’-end processing of primary transcripts. We have acquired a first high-throughput proteomics dataset on the difficult to cultivate ST4 isolate WR1 and detected 2,761 proteins. We evidenced for the first time by proteogenomics a functional termination codon derived from transcript polyadenylation for seven different key cellular components.