Project description:Anthropogenic organofluorine compounds are recalcitrant, globally distributed, and a human health concern. Although rare, natural processes synthesize fluorinated compounds, and some bacteria have evolved mechanisms to metabolize organofluorine compounds. <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. strain 273 grows with 1-fluorodecane (FD) and 1,10-difluorodecane (DFD) as carbon sources, but inorganic fluoride release was not stoichiometric. Metabolome studies revealed that this bacterium produces fluorinated anabolites and phospholipids. Mass spectrometric fatty acid profiling detected fluorinated long-chain (i.e., C<sub>12</sub>-C<sub>19</sub>) fatty acids in strain 273 cells grown with FD or DFD, and lipidomic profiling determined that 7.5 ± 0.2 and 82.0 ± 1.0% of the total phospholipids in strain 273 grown with FD or DFD, respectively, were fluorinated. The detection of the fluorinated metabolites and macromolecules represents a heretofore unrecognized sink for organofluorine, an observation with consequences for the environmental fate and transport of fluorinated aliphatic compounds.
Project description:Cysteine is an amino acid containing sulfhydryl (-SH) group which is the basis of cysteine involved in sulfur metabolism and heavy metal detoxification in microorganisms. Here, we demonstrate that adding L-cysteine significantly improves the cadmium resistance and removal ability of Pseudomonas stutzeri 273. Threonine dehydratase (TSD) connects L-cysteine metabolism and cadmium resistance through CdS nanoparticle biomineralization with the ability of catalyzing L-cysteine desulfuration and H2S generation in P. stutzeri 273. Gene knockout of TSD in P. stutzeri 273 results in the decrease of L-cysteine and cadmium resistance, decline of H2S generation, and reduction of CdS biosynthesis ability.
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: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.