Dissertations / Theses: 'Metatranscriptomica'

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Martínez, Serrano Xavier. "Functional profiling of the human gut microbiome using metatranscriptomic approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669528.

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Fins ara, les aproximacions meta-òmiques utilitzen tecnologies de seqüenciació d'alt rendiment, que produeixen una quantitat enorme de dades, desafiant així els ordinadors moderns actuals. Hem desenvolupat una nova pipeline (unió de diverses eines per realitzar una determinada tasca) de codi obert, que hem anomenat MetaTrans, per analitzar l'estructura i les funcions de les comunitats microbianes actives utilitzant la potència dels ordinadors multi-fil. La pipeline està dissenyada per realitzar dos tipus d'anàlisis de seqüenciació de RNA (RNA-Seq): el taxonòmic i el d’expressió gènica. Fa un control de qualitat, elimina l’rRNA, alinea lectures de seqüenciació (anomenades reads) contra bases de dades funcionals i també dur a terme anàlisis d’expressió gènica diferencial. La seva eficàcia va ser validada per mitjà de l'anàlisi de dades de simulacions sintètiques de comunitats, dades generades en un altre estudi de la síndrome de l'intestí irritable (SII), i comparant amb un estudi, publicat recentment, sobre metagenòmica i metatranscriptòmica. En comparació amb un servidor d'aplicacions web existent, MetaTrans mostra més eficiència en termes de temps d'execució (al voltant de 2 hores per milió de transcripcions) i presenta eines adaptades per comparar nivells d'expressió gènica. S'ha provat amb una base de dades de microbioma de l'intestí humà, però també proposa una opció per utilitzar una base de dades general per tal d'analitzar altres ecosistemes. Per a la instal·lació i l'ús de la pipeline, proporcionem una guia detallada a la següent pàgina web (www.metatrans.org). A continuació, vam utilitzar aquesta pipeline per investigar els perfils taxonòmics i funcionals de la microbiota activa en pacients amb la malaltia de Crohn (MC) i colitis ulcerosa (CU), dues formes principals de la malaltia inflamatòria intestinal (MII). Per a aquest propòsit, els controls sans i els pacients amb MC i CU van proporcionar mostres fecals en dos punts de temps, en els quals es va generar el DNA complementari (cDNA) i es va seqüenciar. La nostra anàlisi de les dades seqüenciades va revelar que MC i la CU presentaven un diferent perfil actiu de microbioma tant a nivell taxonòmic com funcional. A més a més, els pacients amb MC van mostrar una major disbiosis que els pacients de amb CU. Els nostres resultats també van suggerir que la desregulació de diferents vies o rutes metabòliques relacionades amb el metabolisme dels àcids grassos de cadena curta i la supervivència cel·lular estava associada amb la gravetat de la malaltia. En conjunt, el nostre estudi proporciona una descripció molt completa de les funcions microbianes que són actives, i prepara el camí per a futures investigacions sobre la síndrome de l'intestí irritable i les malalties inflamatòries intestinals. To date, meta-omic approaches use high-throughput sequencing technologies, which produce a tremendous amount of data, thus challenging modern computers. We developed a new open-source pipeline, namely MetaTrans, to analyze the structure and functions of active microbial communities using the power of multi-threading computers. The pipeline is designed to perform two types of RNA-Seq analyses: taxonomic and gene expression. It performs quality-control assessment, rRNA removal, maps reads against functional databases and also handles differential gene expression analysis. Its efficacy was validated analyzing data from synthetic mock communities, data generated from a previous study on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and comparing with a recently published metagenomics and metatranscriptomics study. Compared to an existing web application server, MetaTrans shows more efficiency in terms of runtime (around 2 hours per million of transcripts) and presents adapted tools to compare gene expression levels. It has been tested with a human gut microbiome database but also proposes an option to use a general database in order to analyze other ecosystems. For the installation and use of the pipeline, we provide a detailed guide at the following website (www.metatrans.org). We next applied this pipeline to investigate the taxonomic and functional profilings of the active microbiota of patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For this purpose, healthy controls and patients with CD and UC provided fecal samples at two time points, from which cDNA were generated and sequenced. Our analysis of the sequence data revealed that CD and UC presented a distinct active microbiome profile at the taxonomic as well as functional level. Furthermore, CD patients showed greater dysbiosis than UC patients. Our results also suggested that dysregulations of different pathways related to the Short Chain Fatty Acids metabolism and cell survival were associated with disease severity. Altogether, our study provides a very comprehensive description of the active microbial functions and paves the way for future investigations on irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel diseases.

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Iwaloye, Opeoluwa Favour. "Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics of Lake Erie Ice." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1626157167377268.

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Kim, Hana S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Metatranscriptomic and physiological analyses of proteorhodopsin-containing marine flavobacteria." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85815.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-82). Proteorhodopsin (PR) is a seven-helix integral membrane protein that uses retinal as a chromophore. PRs transport protons from the cytoplasmic (CP) to the extracellular (EC) side of the cell membrane utilizing the energy from light. Since PR was first discovered in marine Gammaproteobacteria, similar types of rhodopsins have been found in all three domains of life (archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes). Recent studies have suggested that some flavobacteria showed a light-dependent increase in cell yield and growth rate of cultures grown in low carbon media. Although their function as proton pumps with energy-yielding potential has been suggested in some strains, the photophysiological role of proteorhodopsins remains largely unexplored. This thesis describes the functional characterization of PR-containing flavobacteria previously identified from a (Gomez- Consarnau et al. 2007; Yoshizawa et al. 2012). We describe here experiments performed to help understand how PR-containing marine flavobacteria respond to varied DOC concentrations during light-dependent growth, using growth curve observations, inhibitor experiments and transcriptomic analyses. The light-dependent growth effects demonstrated a dependence on carbon concentration, decreasing at increasing carbon concentration in all PR-harboring strains examined in this study. Interestingly however, the inverse results were observed at high carbon concentration (48.5 mM C) which resulted in higher cell yields when grown in the dark than in the light. Growth experiments using 2-(4-methylphenoxy)triethylamine (MPTA) as an inhibitor of f-carotene synthesis were performed for the representative isolates, Dokdonia sp. MED134 and Gilvibacter sp. SZ-19, at low and high concentrations of DOC. These experiments showed that inhibition of retinal biosynthesis abolished the lightstimulated growth response at low DOC concentrations. Transcriptomic experiments were designed to determine the effect of DOC concentration on gene expression of PR-containing MED134 under light and darkness. The results show the both PR and retinal biosynthetic enzymes exhibit significant upregulation in the low carbon condition when they exposed to the light. Among protein-coding transcripts of high carbon concentration, beta-oxidation-associated proteins were expressed at significantly higher levels in the dark. This work furthers our understanding of the details of light-enhanced growth rates and cell yields in diverse marine flavobacterial isolates, and demonstrate proteorhodopsinassociated light-dependent growth effects at various carbon concentrations in several different flavobacterial proteorhodopsin photosystems. by Hana Kim. S.M.

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Shtarkman, Yury M. "Metagenomic And Metatranscriptomic Analyses Of Lake Vostok Accretion Ice." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1438867879.

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Turner, Thomas. "Metatranscriptomic analysis of community structure and metabolism of the rhizosphere microbiome." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2013. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/49600/.

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Plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere, the region of soil influenced by plant roots, are integral to biogeochemical cycling, and maintenance of plant health and productivity. Interactions between model plants and microbes are well understood, but relatively little is about the plant microbiome. Here, comparative metatranscriptomics was used to determine taxonomic compositions and metabolic responses of microbes in soil and the rhizospheres of wheat, oat and pea. Additionally a wild-type oat was compared to a mutant (sad1) deficient in production of antifungal avenacins. Analyses of taxonomic compositions and functions based on rRNA and protein coding genes agreed that rhizosphere microbiomes differed from soil and between plant species. Pea had a stronger effect than wheat and oat, suggesting distinct cereal and legume microbiomes. Proportions of eukaryotic rRNA in the oat and pea rhizospheres were more than fivefold higher than in the wheat rhizosphere or soil. Nematodes and bacterivorous protozoa were enriched in all rhizospheres, while the pea rhizosphere was highly enriched for fungi. Only the eukaryotic community was distinct from wild-type oat in the sad1 mutant, suggesting avenacins have a broader role than protecting from fungal pathogens. The addition of an internal RNA standard allowed quantitative determination of global transcriptional activity in each environment. This was generally higher in the rhizospheres, particularly pea, than in soil. Taxa known to possess metabolic traits potentially important for rhizosphere colonisation, plant growth promotion and pathogenesis were selected by plants. Such traits included cellulose and other plant polymer degradation, nitrogen fixation, hydrogen oxidation, methylotrophy and antibiotic production. These functions were also more highly expressed in rhizospheres than soil. Microbes also induced functions involved in chemotaxis, motility, attachment, pathogenesis, responses to oxidative stress, cycling of nitrogen and sulphur, acquisition of phosphorous, iron and other metals, as well as metabolism of a variety of sugars, aromatics, organic and amino acids, many plant species specific. Profiling microbial communities with metatranscriptomics allowed comparison of relative and quantitative abundance of microbes and their metabolism, from multiple samples, across all domains of life, without PCR bias. This revealed profound differences in the taxonomic composition and metabolic functions of rhizosphere microbiomes between crop plants and soil.

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Oh, Seung Dae. "Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic investigation of microorganisms exposed to benzalkonium chloride disinfectants." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/52928.

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Benzalkonium chlorides (BACs) are widely used, broad-spectrum disinfectants and frequently detected in the environment, even at toxic levels for life. Since such disinfectants can induce broad resistance capabilities, BACs may fuel the emergence of antibiotic resistance in the environment. A substantial body of literature has reported that exposure to BACs causes antibiotic resistance; yet, other studies suggest that the resistance linkage is rare, unsystematic, and/or clinically insignificant. Accordingly, whether or not disinfectant exposure mediates antibiotic resistance and, if so, what molecular mechanisms underlie the resistance link remains to be clearly elucidated. Further, understanding how microbial communities degrade BACs is important not only for alleviating the possible occurrence of antibiotic resistance but also reducing the potential risks to environmental and public health. An integrated strategy that combines metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, genetics, and traditional culture-dependent approaches was employed to provide novel insights into these issues. The integrative approach showed that a microbial community exposed to BACs can acquire antibiotic resistance through two mechanisms: i) horizontal transfer of previously uncharacterized efflux pump genes conferring resistance to BACs and antibiotics, which were encoded on a conjugative plasmid and co-selected together upon BACs and ii) selective enrichment of intrinsically multi-drug resistant organisms. Further, a microbial community adapts to BAC exposure via a variety of mechanisms, including selective enrichment of BAC-degrading species and amino acid substitutions and horizontal transfer of genes related to BAC resistance and degradation. The metatranscriptomic data suggests that the BAC-adapted microbial community metabolized BACs by cooperative interactions among its members. More specifically, Pseudomonas nitroreducens cleaved (i.e., dealkylated) BACs, metabolized the alkyl chain (the dealkylated product of BACs), and released benzyldimethylamine (the other product of BACs), which was further metabolized by other community members (e.g., Pseudomonas putida). Collectively, this study demonstrates the role of BACs in promoting antibiotic resistance and advances current understanding of a microbial community degrading BACs. The results of this work have important implications for (appropriate) usage of disinfectants and for assessing, predicting, and optimizing biological engineering processes treating BAC-bearing waste streams.

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Shi, Yanmei Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Microbial metatranscriptomics : towards understanding microbial gene expression and regulation in natural habitats." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64570.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212). Metagenomic research has paved the way for a comprehensive understanding of the microbial gene parts list in nature, but a full understanding of microbial gene expression, regulation, and ecology remains a challenge. In this thesis, I present the methodological foundations and applications of deep sequencing-based metatranscriptomics, for profiling community transcriptomes on spatial and temporal scales. Several findings and relevant hypotheses have emerged from this work. I show that transcripts of house-keeping genes necessary for the maintenance of basic cellular machinery are abundant and readily detectable. Habitat-specific transcripts are also discernible when comparing community transcriptomes along distinct geochemical conditions. Normalization of detected transcripts to their corresponding gene abundance suggests that numerically less abundant microorganisms may nevertheless contribute actively to ecologically relevant processes. Along the same lines, it is a recurrent observation that many transcripts are of unknown function or phylogenetic origin, and have not been detected in genomic/metagenomic data sets. These novel sequences may be derived from less abundant species or variable genomic regions that are not represented in sequenced genomes. Furthermore, I applied metatranscriptomics in a microcosm experiment, where a deep water mixing event was simulated and community transcriptomes were monitored over the course of 27 hours. Relative to the control, the treatment sample showed signals of stimulated photosynthesis and carbon fixation by phytoplankton cells, enhanced chemotactic, motility, and growth responses of heterotrophic bacteria, as well as possibly altered phage-host interactions. Such experimental metatranscriptomic studies are well suited to reveal how microorganisms respond during the early stages of environmental perturbations. Finally, I show that metatranscriptomic data sets contain a wealth of highly expressed small RNAs (sRNAs), transcripts that are not translated to proteins but instead function as regulators. I propose a bioinformatics pipeline for identifying these sRNA elements, characterizing their structures and genomic contexts, and predicting possible regulatory targets. The extraordinary abundance of some of the identified sRNAs raises questions about their ecological function, which warrants further biochemical and genetic studies. Overall, this work has extended our knowledge of functional potentials and in situ gene expression of natural microbial communities. by Yanmei Shi. Ph.D.

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Helbig, Timothy J. (Timothy James). "Examination of the nematostella vectensis holobiont by comparative bacterial genomics and metatranscriptomics." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89988.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-71). Previous work has shown that similar microbial populations are associated with the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis over distinct temporal and geographic locations; however, the functions these bacteria may be performing within their anemone hosts and the mechanisms with which the bacteria may be using to adapt are unknown. To address these issues comparative genomic analysis of ten newly sequenced bacterial isolates from four bacterial populations (Pseudomonas oleovorans, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Limnobacter thiooxidans and Stappia stellulata) that are associated with Nematostella in the laboratory and/or its natural salt marsh habitat was performed and whole metatranscriptomes of lab-raised N. vectensis were sequenced and analyzed. Comparative genomic analysis revealed the isolates from these bacterial populations to likely be non-clonal, with no evidence that holobiont-specific orthologous groups (i.e. gene orthologs found only in N. vectensis-associated bacterial genomes and absent in closely related genomes of the same genus/family) were shared across the populations examined. Further, no evidence of lateral gene transfer or shared phage or mobile elements among the isolates was observed. Isolate genomes did, however, reveal conserved holobiont specific orthologs within members of the same bacterial population that could be reflective of the ecology of the anemone holobiont; for instance, 3 of the four P. oleovorans isolate genomes showed evidence of holobiont specific antibiotic production, the three A. tumefaciens isolates all shared common ion scavenging proteins and both L. thiooxidans had a holobiont specific antibiotic resistance protein. Whole anemone metatranscriptomic analysis based on BLASTx annotation of sequenced transcripts revealed bacterial expression of housekeeping genes such as those for replication, ribosomal structure and ATP-synthesis dominated by Proteobacteria, in particular Gammaproteobacteria. Further recruitment of the transcripts to sequenced Nematostella associates revealed an active and foraging Limnobacter population expressing genes for signaling, movement, iron scavenging and carbon storage in the form of PHA granules. The similarity of high Limnobacter and host anemone expression for iron regulators suggest iron may be a source of structuring within the anemone holobiont and a good area of further study. by Timothy J. Helbig. S.M.

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Juma, Sammy Oguti. "Metagenomic/Metatranscriptomic Study of Organisms Entrapped in Ice at Four Locations in Antarctica." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1375114237.

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Antunes, Luciana Principal. "Metagenômica e metatranscritômica da microbiota da compostagem do parque zoológico de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/46/46131/tde-30112016-112643/.

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As compostagens abrigam uma grande riqueza microbiológica, englobando populações com distintos requerimentos e tolerâncias fisiológicas que se sucedem ao longo do processo de biodegradação aeróbica da matéria orgânica e que resultam na elevação espontânea de temperatura até 80° C. Com a utilização de abordagens de metagenômica e metatranscritômica, investigamos a composição e a diversidade taxonômica, bem como as funções metabólicas de comunidades microbianas da compostagem termofílica do Parque Zoológico de São Paulo. Foram analisadas amostras em série temporal de duas composteiras (ZC3 e ZC4), as quais exibiram temperaturas entre 50ºC-75ºC ao longo de 99 dias do processo. Verificamos que a degradação de toda a biomassa foi realizada essencialmente por bactérias, e que a estrutura e composição das comunidades microbianas variam ao longo do processo, com elevada abundância relativa das Ordens Clostridiales, Bacillales e Actinomycetales, assim como observado em outros sistemas de compostagem. Entre os organismos abundantes no processo, identificamos unidades taxonômicas operacionais (OTUs) referentes a organismos não-cultiváveis e/ou com genoma ainda desconhecido. O genoma parcial de uma destas OTUs foi reconstruído, a qual provavelmente pertence a um novo gênero da ordem Bacillales. A dinâmica do processo de compostagem foi evidenciada pela variação do número de OTUs e do índice de diversidade filogenética ao longo do tempo, sendo que o início do processo e a fase após a revira apresentaram a maior diversidade. Os resultados indicam que o processo de revira (aeração da massa de composto) impacta fortemente a estrutura e a composição da microbiota e que a desconstrução da biomassa vegetal ocorre de forma sinérgica e sequencial. A variedade de microrganismos e de funções metabólicas ativas na compostagem termofílica reforça o seu potencial de ser uma promissora fonte de bactérias e enzimas termorresistentes úteis em processos industriais. Composting harbors considerable microbial richness, comprising populations with distinct physiological requirements and tolerances that succeed one another throughout the aerobic biodegradation of the organic matter, resulting in spontaneous temperature rise up to 80° C. Using metagenomic- and metatranscritomic-based approaches, we investigated the composition and taxonomic diversity as well as metabolic functions of microbial communities of a thermophilic composting operation in the São Paulo Zoo Park. We have analyzed time-series samples from two composting cells (ZC3 and ZC4) which exhibited sustained thermophilic profile (50°C-75°C) over 99 days of the process. We found that all biomass degradation was essentially performed by bacteria. The structure and composition of microbial communities vary throughout the process with a high relative abundance of Clostridiales, Bacillales and Actinomycetales, as observed in other composting systems. Among the organisms abundant in the process, we identify Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) of uncultivated organisms or with unknown genomes. The partial genome of one of these OTUs was obtained and shown to belong probably to a new genus of Bacillales. Our time-series data showed that the number of OTUs and phylogenetic diversity index changed during composting revealing the dynamics of the process, with the beginning and the stage after turning procedure presenting the highest diverse microbiota. These results indicate that the turning procedure (compost aeration) strongly impacts the microbiota structure and composition and that the deconstruction of the biomass occurs synergistically and sequentially. The huge diversity of microorganisms and metabolic functions active in thermophilic composting strengthen its potential as a promising source of new bacteria and thermostable enzymes that may be helpful in industrial processes.

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Gnanaprakasam, Edwin. "Genes and microbes impacting the geochemistry of arsenic mobilised aquifers in Bangladesh and Cambodia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/genes-and-microbes-impacting-the-geochemistry-of-arsenic-mobilised-aquifers-in-bangladesh-and-cambodia(dc6a6b76-88f4-48e1-bb33-832c484371c9).html.

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Arsenic in aquifers poisons more than 100 million people in Asia alone, as aquifers remain the primary source of water for drinking and farming. Previous studies have suggested a link between the mobilisation of arsenic in aquifers and biochemical processes. As a result of the complex interaction of microbes with arsenic bearing minerals, the relatively immobile arsenate [As(V)] is reduced to labile and more soluble arsenite [As(III)] in aquifers, resulting in elevated concentrations of the metalloid. The numerous microbial communities capable of multiple-metabolic activities colonising these arsenic impacted aquifers mean that the exact mechanism of arsenic mobilisation in aquifers remains poorly understood. To resolve this ambiguity, this study undertakes a combination of metaomic, geochemical, and statistical analyses of 75 aqueous and sediment samples (three sample sets) from 3 transects with arsenic impacted aquifers in Bangladesh and Cambodia. Key geochemical and physical properties including arsenic speciation, iron speciation, mineral and elemental compositions, pH and Eh were recorded using the state-of-the art techniques of XANES, XRF, ICP-MS and other in situ techniques. Next generation sequencing (NGS) platforms such as MiSeq, HiSeq, Nextseq and Pyrosequencing, were used to sequence and analyse DNA and RNA extracted from field samples, allowing characterisation the extent bacterial communities, including any arsenic related genes and transcripts found in these arsenic impacted aquifers. The biogeochemical findings suggest that direct As redox transformations are central to arsenic fate and transport, and that there is a residual reactive pool of both As(V) and Fe(III) in deeper sediments that could be released by microbial respiration in response to hydrologic perturbation, such as increased groundwater pumping that introduces reactive organic carbon to depth. The main findings of this molecular investigation are (i) the most abundant bacterial species belonging to the families of Comamonadaceae, Moraxellaceae, Rhodocyclaceae, Gallionellaceae etc, not known for dissimilatory arsenic reduction, might possess arrA genes and thus have the potential to mobilise arsenic through dissimilatory arsenate reduction; (ii) the bacterial community structure revealed through 16S rRNA gene based sequencing and analysis, resembles the family level community structure revealed through the WGS based community analysis; (iii) although arsenic resistant genes are found in many organisms, they are transcribed only in a few organisms; (iv) the application of O2-PLS analyses may be useful for not only identifying novel organisms associated with key biogeochemical process, but also has clear potential to predict the physical/chemical environment in situ associated with microbial samples via community profiling. In conclusion, the results obtained from this study help establish the identity of microorganisms potentially playing a role in arsenic mobilisation in aquifers, and help decipher the underpinning mechanisms. This deeper level of understanding will in turn help to better target measures that can be applied to arsenic mitigation.

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Mao, Yanping, and 毛艷萍. "Biological removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater : new insights from metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206323.

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Wang, Pan. "Transcriptomic and metatranscriptomic approaches to characterizing genes coding for fiber digestion within the rumen ecosystem." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological Sciences, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3459.

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The rumen microbiome constitutes a unique genetic resource of plant fiber degrading microbial enzymes that could be used for agricultural and industrial purposes. Anaeromyces mucronatus is a poorly characterized anaerobic lignocellulolytic fungus in the rumen. This thesis aimed at better understanding A. mucronatus YE505 and the particle associated rumen microbiota based on transcriptomic and metatranscriptomic approaches. High quality RNA was isolated from the fiber-associated rumen sample based on an improved RNA extraction method. A transcriptomic study was performed to investigate the expression of the fiber degrading system of A. mucronatus YE505, and the functional diversity of the fiber-associated eukaryotes from the rumen of muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) was explored by a metatranscriptomic study. Much carbohydrate degradation related protein modules were detected. This study established effective approaches to characterizing the functional contents of rumen eukaryotic microbiome as well as rumen fungi, and identified several candidate genes that merit further investigation. xiv leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm

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He, Shaomei, Natalia Ivanova, Edward Kirton, et al. "Comparative Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Hindgut Paunch Microbiota in Wood- and Dung-Feeding Higher Termites." Uppsala universitet, Limnologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-200063.

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Termites effectively feed on many types of lignocellulose assisted by their gut microbial symbionts. To better understand the microbial decomposition of biomass with varied chemical profiles, it is important to determine whether termites harbor different microbial symbionts with specialized functionalities geared toward different feeding regimens. In this study, we compared the microbiota in the hindgut paunch of Amitermes wheeleri collected from cow dung and Nasutitermes corniger feeding on sound wood by 16S rRNA pyrotag, comparative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses. We found that Firmicutes and Spirochaetes were the most abundant phyla in A. wheeleri, in contrast to N. corniger where Spirochaetes and Fibrobacteres dominated. Despite this community divergence, a convergence was observed for functions essential to termite biology including hydrolytic enzymes, homoacetogenesis and cell motility and chemotaxis. Overrepresented functions in A. wheeleri relative to N. corniger microbiota included hemicellulose breakdown and fixed-nitrogen utilization. By contrast, glycoside hydrolases attacking celluloses and nitrogen fixation genes were overrepresented in N. corniger microbiota. These observations are consistent with dietary differences in carbohydrate composition and nutrient contents, but may also reflect the phylogenetic difference between the hosts.

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Davenport, Emily J. "Diel regulation of metabolic functions of a western Lake Erie Microcystis bloom informed by metatranscriptomic analysis." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1479477147782031.

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Schneider, Dominik Verfasser], Rolf [Akademischer Betreuer] [Daniel, and Michael [Akademischer Betreuer] Hoppert. "Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analyses of Calcifying Biofilms / Dominik Schneider. Gutachter: Rolf Daniel ; Michael Hoppert. Betreuer: Rolf Daniel." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1047237040/34.

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da, Silva Rafael Correia. "Acesso ao microbioma de cana-de-açúcar por análise de seu transcritoma e possíveis fatores moduladores /." Jaboticabal, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/192644.

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Orientador: Daniel Guariz Pinheiro Resumo: O conjunto de microrganismos que vivem junto das plantas é chamado de microbioma ou fitomicrobioma, e exerce diversos papéis conjuntamente com seu hospedeiro inclusive para a manutenção da saúde conjunta, considerando que co-evoluíram juntos, como um holobionte e, portanto, podem ter desenvolvido mecanismos de adaptação mútua. No presente trabalho, exploramos a diversidade do microbioma de cana-de-açúcar pela mineração de dados de RNA-Seq: realizamos atribuição taxonômica às sequências daqueles organismos que foram sequenciados conjuntamente com as plantas, mas que não foram analisados em nenhum ponto. Dados de 15 acessos do SRA contendo 246 bibliotecas foram obtidos, totalizando 841 Gigabases. As leituras dessas bibliotecas foram processadas, montadas em sequências a fim de reconstruir as moléculas de RNA e passaram por processo de atribuição taxonômica com o Kraken2 usando um banco de referência expandido personalizado, gerando uma contagem de organismos por biblioteca, sendo que os \textit{taxa} microbianos foram quantificados a partir da identificação de 09 milhões de leituras correspondentes. Como prova de conceito do método, validamos diversas observações que já existiam sobre a diversidade do microbioma da cana-de-açúcar. Revelamos que em todas as plantas, há uma presença quase ubíqua de bactérias Gammaproteobacteria, especialmente Pseudomonas e Xanthomonas e de fungos Ascomycota. Além disso, que a diversidade é alterada pela natureza do estresse na planta, hídrico ou ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) Abstract: The set of microorganisms that live under the influence of its host is called microbiome or in case of plants, phytomicrobiome, and they play various roles alongside their host including in maintaining the health of the pair, considering that they co-evolved together as a holobiont and thus may developed mechanisms of mutual adaptation. In the present work, we explored the diversity of the sugarcane microbiome by mining RNA-Seq data: we performed taxonomic assignment to RNA sequences of those organisms that were sequenced together with the plants but were not analyzed at any point. As proof-of-concept, we were able to validate several known observations of the sugarcane microbiome. We revealed that in all plants there is an almost ubiquitous presence of Gammaproteobacteria, especially Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas and fungi Ascomycota. In addition, that diversity is altered the stress implied on the sugarcane plant, be it abiotic (drought) or biological (infection), and that the major modulators in the community are mostly the plant compartment and the type of stress involved. We also observed a set of original organisms negatively and positively correlated with smut disease, caused by Sporisorium scitamineum, potentially antagonistic to the disease agent. Additionally, we detected differentially abundant phytomicrobiome activity between treatments, including those in which plant-induced infection was performed. Finally, virus sequences were assembled, and we were able to retri... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) Mestre

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Mello, Bruno Luan Soares Paula de. "Identificação e caracterização da primeira exoxilanase da família 11 de hidrolase de glicosídeo a partir do estudo do metatranscriptoma de um consórcio derivado da compostagem." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76132/tde-21092017-104026/.

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O uso de resíduos agrícolas como fonte de carbono para a geração de energia renovável parece uma solução promissora para reduzir nossa dependência em combustíveis fósseis. Na natureza, como na compostagem, comunidades microbianas formam redes metabólicas complexas que degradam eficientemente a biomassa disponível através de um conjunto de enzimas sinérgicas. Entretanto, a desconstrução da lignocelulose continua uma desafio para a indústria devido a natureza recalcitrante do substrato e a baixa atividade das enzimas, aumentando o preço do biocombustível produzido. Estudos de metagenômica e metatranscriptômica de comunidades microbianas complexas tornam possível acessar as funções metabólicas empregadas por consórcios lignocelulolíticos e revelar novos biocatalisadores que podem melhorar a conversão industrial da lignocelulose. Aqui, através de uma abordagem metagenômica, foi examinada a diversidade de microrganismos obtidos em condições laboratoriais quando um meio definido ou um complexo foi usado no seu crescimento. Em seguida, a comunidade microbiana derivada de compostagem foi crescida em meio mínimo com bagaço de cana-de-açúcar como única fonte de carbono. A degradação do substrato foi monitorada e o metatranscriptoma da cultura resultante foi sequenciado, seguido pela seleção e caracterização funcional de vários alvos. Durante as cinco semanas de estudo, a comunidade microbiana crescida em meio mínimo mostrou maior diversidade e enriquecimento em microrganismos capazes de degradar a lignocelulose do que a comunidade microbiana crescida no meio complexo. A partir do metatranscriptoma foi descoberta a primeira hidrolase de glicosídeo da família 11 com atividade exoxilanase (C21). A estrutura cristalográfica da C21, refinada à 1,76 Å, revelou que a atividade exoxilanase observada se deve a presença de duas alças que não estão presentes nas demais estruturas dos membros da família 11 de hidrolase de glicosídeo depositadas até então. A adição da C21 a um coquetel comercial provocou um aumento na velocidade de hidrólise do Avicel quando na presença de xilooligômeros. As análises metagenômica e metatranscriptômica da comunidade microbiana proveniente da compostagem revelaram que o uso de um meio definido pode deslocar espécies generalistas, levando a uma fonte enriquecida para explorar enzimas com aplicação biotecnológica. Também demonstrou a diversidade de mecanismos envolvidos na degradação in situ da lignocelulose. Using of the globally abundant crop residues as carbon source for energy generation seems a promising solution to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. In nature, such as in compost habitats, microbial communities create complex metabolic networks that efficiently degrade the available plant biomass using a set of synergistic enzymes. However, deconstruction of lignocellulose remains a challenge for industry due to recalcitrant nature of the substrate and enzymes low activity, raising the price of the produced biofuel. Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics studies on complex microbial communities can assess the metabolic functions employed by the lignocellulolytic consortia and unveil novel biocatalysts that could improve industrial lignocellulose conversion. Here, using 16S rRNA amplicon metagenomic approach, we examined the diversity of microorganisms obtained in the laboratory setting when a nutrient-limited or nutrient-rich media are used. Then, a microbial community derived from compost was grown in minimal medium with sugarcane bagasse as a sole carbon source. The substrate degradation was monitored and the metatranscriptome from the resulting cultures was sequenced; several target genes were selected and functional characterized. During a five-week time course, the microbial community grown in minimal medium showed greater diversity and enrichment in lignocellulose-degrading microorganisms than the one grown in nutrient rich medium. Metatranscriptomics analysis revealed the first glycoside hydrolase from family 11 with exo-xylanase activity (C21). C21 crystal structure, refined at 1.76 Å, explained the molecular basis of exo-xylanase activity due to two extra loops previously unseen in the other reported structures from members from glycoside hydrolase family 11. A supplementation of commercial enzyme mix with C21 showed improvement in Avicel hydrolysis in the presence of inhibitory xylooligomers. The combination of metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis of compost-derived microbial community showed that nutrient-limited medium may displace bacterial generalist species, leading to an enriched source for mining novel enzymes for biotechnology applications. It also unveiled a diversity of mechanisms involved in lignocellulose degradation in situ.

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Knowlton, Caitlin N. "Analysis of microbes in Greenland ice cores from periods of high and low atmospheric carbon dioxide levels." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1362670626.

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Palma, Daniela. "Analysis of metatranscriptomes from an acidophilic electricity generating community treating acidic mining wastewaters." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75933.

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Human ́s constant need for metals requires unsustainable mining and refining of metalore. As a result, highly contaminated wastewaters are discharged in the environmentcompromising the nearby habitat together with all its life forms. Microbial fuel cells arebioelectrochemical systems (BES’s) that use microorganisms to convert organic andinorganic matter, producing electricity as the final product. This technology has shownto have great potential for application for bioremediation of wastewaters. This thesisdescribes the gene expression and the taxonomical abundance of an acidophilic,electricity generating community that was used to treat mining wastewaters in amicrobial fuel cell. A complete metatranscriptomics analysis has been performed onduplicate MFC anode acidophilic microbial community generating electricity frominorganic sulfur compounds (ISC) oxidation at extremely low pH. The analysis showsthat the most expressed genus is Ferroplasma-like, the genus Acidithiobacillus-like isfollowing along with Sulfobacillus-like and Thermoplasma-like. Some of the generaexpressed show behaviours never described before suggesting that potentially, newspecies have been selected. The reactions of the sulfur pathway are regulated mostly bytwo genera: Acidithiobacillus-like during the disproportionation of tetrathionate, andFerroplasma-like by expressing the hdr gene that catalyses the reaction from elementalsulfur to sulfite, the sulfite is then converted to sulfate. The hdr gene has not previouslybeen found in F. acidarmanus-like suggesting that the specie might have been selectedfor this trait. Acidithiobacillus-like genus has a bigger role for the energy conservationand the electron transport in the sample, however the data are not sufficient to point outwhich gene has the major role in the process. The CO2 fixation in the chamber wasconsiderably low as a result from a significant carboxysomes production, bacterialcompartiments involved in the carbon dioxide fixation. The transcripts abundanceregarding the metal resistance genes have shown low expression suggesting that thecells were not under stress. This result is indicated by the synthesis of a transcriptionalrepressor protein that had prevented a significant production of metal resistanceenzymes. Likewise, the pH homeostasis plot does not show vast transcripts abundances,indicating that the cells were thriving under conditions not far from the optimum.

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Wemheuer, Bernd Verfasser], Rolf [Akademischer Betreuer] [Daniel, and Stefanie [Akademischer Betreuer] Pöggeler. "Diversity and Ecology of the Roseobacter Clade and other Marine Microbes as revealed by Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Approaches / Bernd Wemheuer. Gutachter: Rolf Daniel ; Stefanie Pöggeler. Betreuer: Rolf Daniel." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1071991582/34.

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Thureborn, Petter. "Microbial Ecosystem Functions Along the Steep Oxygen Gradient of the Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea." Doctoral thesis, Södertörns högskola, Miljövetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30910.

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Through complex metabolic interactions aquatic microbial life is essential as a driver of ecosystem functions and hence a prerequisite for sustaining plant and animal life in the sea and on Earth. Despite its ecological importance, information on the complexity of microbial functions and how these are related to environmental conditions is limited. Due to climate change and eutrophication, marine areas facing oxygen depletion are increasing and predicted to continue to do so in the future. Vertically steep oxygen gradients are particularly pronounced in the Baltic Sea. In this thesis, therefore, the ecosystem functions of microbial communities were investigated, using metagenomics, to understand how they were distributed along the steep oxygen gradient at the Landsort Deep, the deepest point of the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, microbial communities from the Landsort Deep transect were compared to microbial communities of other marine environments to establish whether the environment at this site resulted in a characteristic community. To reveal what microbial community functions and taxa were active in the anoxic sediment a metatranscriptomic approach was used. Results showed a marked effect of the coupled environmental parameters dissolved oxygen, salinity and temperature on distribution of taxa and particularly community functions. Microbial communities showed functional capacities consistent with a copiotrophic life-style dependent on organic material sinking through the water column. The eutrophic condition with high organic load was further reflected in the metatranscriptome of the anoxic sediment community, which indicated active carbon mineralisation through anaerobic heterotrophic-autotrophic community synergism. New putative linkages between nitrogen and- sulphur metabolisms were identified at anoxic depths. Furthermore, viable Cyanobacteria in the anoxic sediment was evident from the transcript analyses as another reflection of marine snow. High abundance and expression of integron integrases were identified as a characteristic feature of the Landsort Deep communities, and may provide these communities with a mechanism for short-term-adaptation to environmental change. In summary, this thesis clearly documents what impact eutrophication and oxygen depletion have on microbial community functions. Furthermore, it specifically advances the mechanistic insight into microbial processes in anoxic deep-water sediment at both genomic and transcriptional level. Given the predicted progress of oxygen depletion in marine and brackish environments, this work advances information necessary to estimate effects on marine and in particular brackish ecosystem functions where anoxic conditions prevail. Mikroorganismer är essentiella för fungerande ekosystemfunktioner i akvatiska miljöer och därmed en förutsättning för övrigt växt- och djurliv på vår planet. Trots deras ekologiska nyckelroll är kunskapen om mikroorganismernas funktion och komplexitet samt hur dessa är relaterade till miljön begränsad. På grund av eutrofiering och klimatförändringar har marina områden som lider av syrebrist ökat och en ytterligare utbredning av marina och bräckta områden med syrebrist är predicerad i framtiden. Stora områden av Östersjön kännetecknas av vertikala syregradienter med syresatt ytvatten och anoxiskt bottenvatten. I denna avhandling undersöktes därför med metagenomik hur mikrobiella ekosystems funktioner var utbredda längs den vertikala syregradienten i Östersjöns djupaste del, Landsortsdjupet. Dessutom jämfördes de mikrobiella samhällena från Landsortsdjupet med mikrobiella samhällen från andra marina miljöer för att utröna om den karakteristiska miljön i Landsortsdjupet återspeglade de mikrobiella samhällen som lever där. För att undersöka vilka mikroorganismer samt vilka mikrobiella ekosystemfunktioner som var aktiva i det anoxiska sedimentet i Landsortsdjupet användes metatranskriptomik. Resultaten visade en stark korrelation mellan miljöparametrarna syrehalt, salinitet och temperatur och fördelningen av mikrobiell taxa och i synnerhet mikrobiell funktion längs Landsortsdjupets transekt. De mikrobiella samhällena uppvisade en funktionell kapacitet förenlig med en livsstrategi beroende av organiskt material som sjunker genom vattenkolonnen som en konsekvens av eutrofiering. Eutrofa förhållanden med hög halt av organiskt material var även återspeglad i metatranskriptomet från det anoxiska sedimentet, som indikerade aktiv mineralisering av organiskt kol genom anaerob heterotrof-autotrof synergism. Nya möjliga kopplingar mellan kväve- och svavelmetabolism identifierades i det anoxiska vattnet. Vidare visade resultat från metatranskriptom-analys att livsdugliga cyanobakterier var abundanta i det mörka och anoxiska sedimentet, vilket även detta kan vara en konsekvens av sjunkande organiskt material. Hög abundans och hög transkribering av integrongener kunde identifieras som ett karakteristiskt kännetecken hos de mikrobiella samhällena i Landsortsdjupet vilket skulle kunna förse dem med en mekanism för anpassning till miljöförändringar. Sammanfattningsvis dokumenterar denna avhandling tydligt vilken påverkan eutrofiering och syrebrist har på mikrobiella funktioner. Dessutom för den specifikt kunskapen om mikrobiella processer i anoxiska djupvattensediment framåt på både genom- och transkriptionsnivå. Mot bakgrund av en predicerad ökning av syrebristen i marina miljöer, bidrar denna avhandling med information som är viktig för att kunna förutse vilka effekter anoxiska förhållanden kan komma att få på ekosystemfunktioner i marina miljöer och i brackvattenmiljöer i synnerhet.

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Ugarte, Ari. "Combining machine learning and evolution for the annotation of metagenomics data." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066732/document.

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La métagénomique sert à étudier les communautés microbiennes en analysant de l’ADN extrait directement d’échantillons pris dans la nature, elle permet également d’établir un catalogue très étendu des gènes présents dans les communautés microbiennes. Ce catalogue doit être comparé contre les gènes déjà référencés dans les bases des données afin de retrouver des séquences similaires et ainsi déterminer la fonction des séquences qui le composent. Au cours de cette thèse, nous avons développé MetaCLADE, une nouvelle méthodologie qui améliore la détection des domaines protéiques déjà référencés pour des séquences issues des données métagénomiques et métatranscriptomiques. Pour le développement de MetaCLADE, nous avons modifié un système d’annotations de domaines protéiques qui a été développé au sein du Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle et Quantitative appelé CLADE (CLoser sequences for Annotations Directed by Evolution) [17]. En général les méthodes pour l’annotation de domaines protéiques caractérisent les domaines connus avec des modèles probabilistes. Ces modèles probabilistes, appelés Sequence Consensus Models (SCMs) sont construits à partir d’un alignement des séquences homologues appartenant à différents clades phylogénétiques et ils représentent le consensus à chaque position de l’alignement. Cependant, quand les séquences qui forment l’ensemble des homologues sont très divergentes, les signaux des SCMs deviennent trop faibles pour être identifiés et donc l’annotation échoue. Afin de résoudre ce problème d’annotation de domaines très divergents, nous avons utilisé une approche fondée sur l’observation que beaucoup de contraintes fonctionnelles et structurelles d’une protéine ne sont pas globalement conservées parmi toutes les espèces, mais elles peuvent être conservées localement dans des clades. L’approche consiste donc à élargir le catalogue de modèles probabilistes en créant de nouveaux modèles qui mettent l’accent sur les caractéristiques propres à chaque clade. MetaCLADE, un outil conçu dans l’objectif d’annoter avec précision des séquences issues des expériences métagénomiques et métatranscriptomiques utilise cette libraire afin de trouver des correspondances entre les modèles et une base de données de séquences métagénomiques ou métatranscriptomiques. En suite, il se sert d’une étape pré-calculée pour le filtrage des séquences qui permet de déterminer la probabilité qu’une prédiction soit considérée vraie. Cette étape pré-calculée est un processus d’apprentissage qui prend en compte la fragmentation de séquences métagénomiques pour les classer.Nous avons montré que l’approche multi source en combinaison avec une stratégie de méta apprentissage prenant en compte la fragmentation atteint une très haute performance Metagenomics is used to study microbial communities by the analyze of DNA extracted directly from environmental samples. It allows to establish a catalog very extended of genes present in the microbial communities. This catalog must be compared against the genes already referenced in the databases in order to find similar sequences and thus determine their function. In the course of this thesis, we have developed MetaCLADE, a new methodology that improves the detection of protein domains already referenced for metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequences. For the development of MetaCLADE, we modified an annotation system of protein domains that has been developed within the Laboratory of Computational and Quantitative Biology clade called (closer sequences for Annotations Directed by Evolution) [17]. In general, the methods for the annotation of protein domains characterize protein domains with probabilistic models. These probabilistic models, called sequence consensus models (SCMs) are built from the alignment of homolog sequences belonging to different phylogenetic clades and they represent the consensus at each position of the alignment. However, when the sequences that form the homolog set are very divergent, the signals of the SCMs become too weak to be identified and therefore the annotation fails. In order to solve this problem of annotation of very divergent domains, we used an approach based on the observation that many of the functional and structural constraints in a protein are not broadly conserved among all species, but they can be found locally in the clades. The approach is therefore to expand the catalog of probabilistic models by creating new models that focus on the specific characteristics of each clade. MetaCLADE, a tool designed with the objective of annotate with precision sequences coming from metagenomics and metatranscriptomics studies uses this library in order to find matches between the models and a database of metagenomic or metatranscriptomic sequences. Then, it uses a pre-computed step for the filtering of the sequences which determine the probability that a prediction is a true hit. This pre-calculated step is a learning process that takes into account the fragmentation of metagenomic sequences to classify them. We have shown that the approach multi source in combination with a strategy of meta-learning taking into account the fragmentation outperforms current methods

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Daniel, Scott G., Corbie L. Ball, David G. Besselsen, Tom Doetschman та Bonnie L. Hurwitz. "Functional Changes in the Gut Microbiome Contribute to Transforming Growth Factor β-Deficient Colon Cancer". AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626089.

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most treatable cancers, with a 5-year survival rate of similar to 64%, yet over 50,000 deaths occur yearly in the United States. In 15% of cases, deficiency in mismatch repair leads to null mutations in transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) type II receptor, yet genotype alone is not responsible for tumorigenesis. Previous work in mice shows that disruptions in TGF-beta signaling combined with Helicobacter hepaticus cause tumorigenesis, indicating a synergistic effect between genotype and microbial environment. Here, we examine functional shifts in the gut microbiome in CRC using integrated - omics approaches to untangle the role of host genotype, inflammation, and microbial ecology. We profile the gut microbiome of 40 mice with/without deficiency in TGF-beta signaling from a Smad3 (mothers against decapentaplegic homolog-3) knockout and with/without inoculation with H. hepaticus. Clear functional differences in the microbiome tied to specific bacterial species emerge from four pathways related to human colon cancer: lipopolysaccharide (LPS) production, polyamine synthesis, butyrate metabolism, and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Specifically, an increase in Mucispirillum schaedleri drives LPS production, which is associated with an inflammatory response. We observe a commensurate decrease in butyrate production from Lachnospiraceae bacterium A4, which could promote tumor formation. H. hepaticus causes an increase in OXPHOS that may increase DNA-damaging free radicals. Finally, multiple bacterial species increase polyamines that are associated with colon cancer, implicating not just diet but also the microbiome in polyamine levels. These insights into cross talk between the microbiome, host genotype, and inflammation could promote the development of diagnostics and therapies for CRC. IMPORTANCE Most research on the gut microbiome in colon cancer focuses on taxonomic changes at the genus level using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Here, we develop a new methodology to integrate DNA and RNA data sets to examine functional shifts at the species level that are important to tumor development. We uncover several metabolic pathways in the microbiome that, when perturbed by host genetics and H. hepaticus inoculation, contribute to colon cancer. The work presented here lays a foundation for improved bioinformatics methodologies to closely examine the cross talk between specific organisms and the host, important for the development of diagnostics and pre/probiotic treatment.

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Romagnoli, Emiliana Manesco. "Dinâmica do microbioma ruminal de ovinos (Ovis aries) e sua relação com a degradação de biomassa." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11138/tde-07062016-171940/.

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Considerando a dieta como um fator modulador do microbioma ruminal, neste trabalho objetivou-se investigar o impacto do bagaço da cana-de-açúcar sobre a composição e funcionalidade das espécies microbianas residentes no rúmen de carneiros (Ovis aries). Foram utilizados seis animais machos fistulados de O. aries, dos quais três foram alimentados com uma dieta composta por 70% de volumoso e 30% de concentrado (tratamento controle) e outros três animais alimentados com uma dieta similar a anterior, mas com 14% do volumoso substituído por bagaço de cana-de-açúcar (tratamento bagaço). O conteúdo ruminal (líquido e fibra) foram amostrados quinzenalmente durante 60 dias. A partir dessas amostras foram acessadas a estrutura e a composição da comunidade microbiana pela extração de DNA total e amplificação das regiões V3 e V6-V7 do gene 16S rRNA bacteriano e a região intergênica fúngica (ITS2). Além disso, foram feitas análises metagenômicas e metatranscriptômicas de comunidade microbianas enriquecidas em fibra ruminal para identificar enzimas lignocelulolíticas expressas. As frações líquida e fibrosa do conteúdo ruminal de O. aries revelaram uma comunidade bacteriana dominada principalmente por Bacteroidetes e Firmicutes ao longo de todo período experimental. Dois gêneros, Prevotella e Ruminococcus representaram 20% e 4% da comunidade bacteriana ruminal, respectivamente. Para a comunidade fúngica o filo Neocallimastigomycota representou 91% das sequências e os principais gêneros deste filo foram Piromyces, Neocallimastix, Orpinomyces, Anaeromyces, Caecomyces e Cyllamyces aderidos a fibra ruminal. O gênero Caecomyces, foi significativamente mais abundante na fibra ruminal de animais que se alimentaram de bagaço de cana-de açúcar. Além disso, foi observado um aumento significativo na frequência de enzimas como, por exemplo, 1,4-α-glucano, α-galactosidase, endo 1,4-β-xilanase, β- xilosidase, xilose isomerase, celobiose fosforilase e α-N-arabinofuranosidase no tratamento com bagaço de cana-de-açúcar. Considerando que a recuperação de enzimas a partir de comunidades microbianas naturalmente selecionadas para a degradação de biomassa é uma estratégia promissora para superar a atual ineficiência da ação enzimática na produção industrial de biocombustíveis, os resultados deste trabalho representam a possibilidade de aumentar a capacidade de recuperação ou descoberta de enzimas a partir de ruminantes, ou ainda, a possibilidade de manipular a estrutura do microbioma do rúmen para usá-lo como fonte de inóculo enriquecido em processos industriais de degradação de biomassa. Considering the diet as a modulator of ruminal microbiome, this work aimed to investigate the impact of sugarcane bagasse on the composition and function of microbial species residents in the sheep (Ovis aries) rumen. Six cannulated male animals were used in the experiment, where three individuals were fed on a diet consisting of 70% forage and 30% concentrate (control treatment), and three were fed on a similar diet, but with sugarcane bagasse replacing 14% of the forage portion (bagasse treatment). The ruminal content (i.e., liquid and fiber) were sampled every two weeks during 60 days. From these samples, the structure and composition of the microbial community were assessed by total DNA extraction and amplification of V3 and V6-V7 regions of 16S rRNA gene from bacteria and the fungal intergenic region (ITS2). Furthermore, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics approaches were used to evaluate the enrichment of specific members of the microbial community in the ruminal fiber and genes related to lignocellulolytic enzymes. The liquid and fiber fractions of the O. aries rumen revealed a microbial community dominated mainly by Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes throughout the experimental period. The genera Prevotella and Ruminococcus accounted for 20% and 4% of the bacterial community of rumen, respectively. In the fungal community, the phylum Neocallimastigomycota accounted for 91% of sequences and its main genera adhered on the ruminal fiber were Piromyces, Neocallimastix, Orpinomyces, Anaeromyces, Caecomyces and Cyllamyces. The genus Caecomyces was significantly more abundant in the ruminal fiber in animals fed on sugarcane bagasse. Furthermore, there was a significant increase in the frequency of enzymes, such as α-1,4-glucan, α-galactosidase, endo- 1,4-β-xylanase, β-xylosidase, xylose isomerase, cellobiose phosphorylase and α- Narabinofuranosidase in the bagasse treatment. Considering that the recovery of enzymes from ecosystems naturally evolved for degradation of biomass is a promising strategy to overcome the current inefficient enzymatic action in industrial production of biofuels, the results of this study bring great possibilities to increase the discovery and or recovery of enzymes from ruminants, as well as the possibility of the ruminal microbiome structure manipulation to be used as source of an enriched inoculum for biomass degradation in industrial processes.

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Defois, Clemence. "Etude de l'impact de contaminats chimiques alimentaires sur le microbiote intestinal humain." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne‎ (2017-2020), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017CLFAS007/document.

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L’exposition aux polluants environnementaux a été associée à de nombreux désordres métaboliques, immunitaires et reproductifs ainsi qu’à divers cancers. De plus en plus de travaux, indiquent que le microbiote intestinal, qui joue un rôle majeur dans l’immunité et le métabolisme de l’hôte, interagit avec les xénobiotiques dont les polluants organiques persistants (POPs) et les contaminants néoformés dans les aliments. Cette interaction peut avoir des conséquences toxicologiques importantes via la modification des fonctions du microbiote intestinal mais également via la métabolisation des xénobiotiques, entraînant une potentielle altération de l'homéostasie de l'hôte. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous avons démontré, en modèle in vitro, qu’une exposition aigüe du microbiote intestinal humain au benzo[a]pyrène (hydrocarbure aromatique polycyclique) a entraîné une altération des fonctions du microbiote intestinal au niveau du volatolome et du métatranscriptome microbien. Cependant, dans nos conditions expérimentales, aucun impact sur la structure microbienne n'a été observé. L’Homme étant continuellement exposé à un panel de composés chimiques environnementaux, nous avons par la suite étudié l'impact de divers POPs et produits néoformés dans les aliments sur le microbiote intestinal humain. Des familles de gènes ainsi que des composés volatiles microbiens ont été identifiés comme altérés après l’exposition, conduisant à une perturbation de l'activité microbienne. Nous avons finalement démontré que l'interaction microbiote-polluant pourrait conduire à l'établissement d'un état pro-inflammatoire modéré dans l'intestin avec une libération de cytokine IL-8 par les cellules épithéliales intestinales. Ces résultats appuient le concept émergent selon lequel les contaminants alimentaires pourraient altérer les activités du microbiote intestinal Exposure to environmental pollutants has been associated with various life-threatening disorders, including dysregulation of the immune and reproductive systems, metabolic diseases and various cancers. Growing evidences indicate that the gut microbiota, which plays major roles in host metabolic and immune functions, interacts with xenobiotics including persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and foodborne chemicals. The toxicological relevance of the gut microbiota-pollutant interplay is of great concern for the host since the chemicals may disrupt the gut microbiota functions leading to a potential impairment of the host homeostasis. During this PhD thesis, we demonstrated that in vitro acute exposure of the human gut microbiota with benzo[a]pyrene (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) led to an impairment of the gut microbiota functions with a specific shift of the microbial volatolome and metatranscriptome. However, in our experimental conditions, no impact on the microbial structure was observed. Since humans are exposed to a wide range of environmental chemicals we investigated the impact of various POPs and foodborne chemicals on the human gut microbiota. We identified microbial volatiles and gene families that shifted after this exposure leading to an imbalance of the microbial activity. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the interaction between the pollutants and the gut microbiota lead to a significant release of pro-inflammatory IL-8 cytokine by the intestinal epithelial cells which may contribute to the establishment of a low-grade inflammatory state in the gut. All together, these data support the emerging concept that food pollutants could alter the gut microbiota activities

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Patel, Jignasa. "Meta-Transcriptome Profiles of the Marine Sponge, Axinella corrugata and its Microbial Consortia: A Pyrosequencing Approach." NSUWorks, 2012. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/174.

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Marine micro-organisms are important components of various biogeochemical cycles, complex food webs and ecological niches. Metagenomic sequencing can provide rapid profile of metabolic activities within the sponge and resident microbes. However, the study of metatranscriptomes from sponges using high throughput sequencing technology has only recently begun. Through this study we isolated, characterized and compared metatranscriptome profiles of Axinella corrugata host and sponge-specific microbial communities using 454 pyrosequencing technology. Four cDNA libraries (two eukaryotic and two prokaryotic) were generated from Axinella corrugata sponge samples collected in December 2009 and May 2010, and were characterized to a) reveal which metabolic genes were actively expressed and b) reveal possible interactions between the sponge and its microbial symbionts. The techniques used for isolation of mRNA and cDNA normalization also helped in optimization of whole-transcriptome amplification. More than 130,000 ESTs were generated for the two seasonal sponge samples and the metagenomic data sets were analyzed using bioinformatics tool, MG-RAST. Several stress-related transcripts were found which can increase our understanding of sensitivity of the sponge to changes in physical parameters in nature. The involvement of the sponge and its microbial consortia is depicted through actively expressed nitrogen and sulfur metabolism genes. Novel genes involved in several functional pathways may be discovered upon further studying hypothetical genes found across all four metagenomic data sets. Metatranscriptomic data sheds light on the functional role of microbes within the sponges and the extent of their involvement in sponge metabolism. 16S rRNA analysis was also carried out using genomic DNA of the same samples, to better elucidate the bacterial taxa abundance in the sponge. This study provides a profile of active mRNA trancripts in Axinella corrugata which include eukaryotic as well as prokaryotic sequences. The data analysis of this research provides new information at the cross-disciplinary interface between molecular biology and computational science.

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Gura, Colby J. "Characterization of Organisms in Vostok (Antarctica) Glacial, Basal, and Accretion Ice." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566486484767222.

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Marynowska, Martyna. "Unravelling the termite digestion process complexity - a multi-omics approach applied to termites with different feeding regimes." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/304812.

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With its unique consortium of microorganisms from all domains of life, termite gut is considered one of the most efficient lignocellulose degrading systems in nature. Recently, host diet and taxonomy as well as gut microenvironmental conditions have emerged as main factors shaping microbial communities in termite guts. The aim of this thesis was to investigate this highly efficient lignocellulolytic system at holobiont level, with a particular focus on gut microbiome function and composition in relation to the host diet. As a starting point, we optimised a complete framework for an accurate termite gut prokaryote-oriented metatranscriptomics, which was at the basis of all subsequent sequencing assay designs and analyses performed in the course of the work. Afterwards, we characterised the compositions and functions of biomass-degrading bacterial communities in guts of plant fibre- and soil-feeding higher termites, proving the existence of functional equivalence across microbial populations from different termite hosts. We also showed that each termite is a reservoir of unique microorganisms and their accompanying genes. We further extended above approach to metagenomics and bacterial genomes reconstruction and we applied it to explore the process of biomass digestion in the different sections of the highly compartmented gut of soil feeding Labiotermes labralis. We showed that primarily cellulolytic activity of the termite host was restricted to foregut and midgut, while bacterial contribution was most pronounced in P1 and P3 hindgut compartments and included activities targeting broad range of lignocellulose components. Finally, we investigated the adaptation of a laboratory-maintained grass-feeding higher termite colony of Cortaritermes spp. to Miscanthus diet at host and symbiont levels. A natural system of a termite gut was shown to progressively change in composition to yield a consortium of microbes specialised in degradation of a specific biomass. Overall, the integrative omics approach proposed here provide a framework for a better understanding of a complex lignocellulose degradation by a higher termite gut system and pave a road towards its future bioprospecting. Doctorat en Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

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Metegnier, Gabriel. "From gene expression to genetic adaptation : insights into the spatio-temporal dynamics of Alexandrium minutum cryptic species complex." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUS200/document.

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Les populations naturelles sont confrontées à des changements environnementaux. Pour y faire face, différentes réponses ont été sélectionnées au cours de l'évolution. Parmi elles se trouvent la plasticité phénotypique et l'adaptation génétique. Etudier les liens existants entre elles est une manière de comprendre les dynamiques des populations et de prévoir leurs réponses à un environnement changeant. Dans la présente étude, je me suis attaché à étudier ces liens à plusieurs échelles (intra- et interspécifique), chez le complexe d'espèces cryptiques de la micro-algue Alexandrium minutum, et ce à la fois in vitro et in situ. En ce qui concerne la plasticité phénotypique, ces deux espèces proches montrent de profondes différences, soulignant les liens entre divergence génétique et écologique. Au niveau intraspécifique, il apparaît que face à des variations de facteurs abiotiques, les populations ajustent les niveaux d'expression de certains gènes (notamment impliqués dans des fonctions de motilité et d'interactions intercellulaires dans des environnements froids à faible salinité). D'autre part, les populations montrent de la différentiation génétique à la fois à faible échelle spatiale, au cours du temps, et lorsque la communauté change. Pour conclure, il existe une interaction directe entre divergence génétique et changements d'expression de gènes. En plus de poser de nombreuses questions quant aux capacités de réponse des populations, ces résultats soulignent comment plasticité phénotypique et changements génétique sont liés et interagissent. Ils offrent une perspective nouvelle sur les mécanismes qui sous-tendent les réponses des populations à leur environnement Natural populations face environmental changes. In this context, different responses were evolutionnary selected. Among them are phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation. Studying the links between these two types of response is a way to understand population dynamics and to predict how they may respond to a changing environment. In the present Ph.D thesis, I focused on studying these links at several scales (intra- and interspecific), in the cryptic species complex of the microalga Alexandrium minutum, both in vitro and in situ. With respect to phenotypic plasticity, these two closely related species show profound differences, highlighting the links between genetic and ecological divergence. At the intraspecific level, it appears that, when facing abiotic factors variations, populations adjust the expression levels of certain genes (notably involved in motility related functions and intercellular interactions under low-salinity and cold environments). On the other hand, populations show genetic differentiation at both small spatial scale, over time, and when the community changes. To conclude, there is a direct interaction between genetic divergence and changes in gene expression. In addition to asking many questions about the response capabilities of populations, these results highlight how phenotypic plasticity and genetic changes are linked and interact. They offer new perspectives on the mechanisms underlying population responses to their environment

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FONTANA, ALESSANDRA. "ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF DAIRY INDUSTRY WASTES: PROCESS PERFORMANCE AND MICROBIAL INSIGHTS." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/39866.

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La produzione di biogas è un tematica di forte impatto globale per due ragioni principali: il prossimo esaurimento dei combustibili fossili e l’inquinamento ambientale dovuto allo smaltimento di scarti organici. La Digestione Anaerobica (DA) è un processo biologico che permette la risoluzione di entrambi i problemi, producendo energia (in forma di biogas) e convertendo gli scarti organici in metano e anidride carbonica. Tale processo è basato su una complessa catena sintrofica tra consorzi microbici che produco il substrato per la fase finale di metanogenesi. Il siero di latte è uno scarto altamente inquinante derivante dal processo di lavorazione del formaggio e per questo è stato ampiamente investigato come substrato per la DA. Tuttavia esiste uno scarto meno noto prodotto dalle fasi di porzionatura e grattugia del formaggio a lunga stagionatura. Il presente studio analizza il microbioma di digestori anaerobici processanti scarti dell’industria lattiero-casearia, quali letame bovino, siero di latte e scarto del formaggio a pasta dura. In particolare, viene analizzato l’effetto dei parametri di processo, delle diverse configurazioni dei reattori e del tipo di scarto, su tale microbioma. L’obiettivo è raggiunto tramite tecniche biomolecolari che permettono di quantificare e identificare le principali specie presenti nei reattori, insieme alla differente espressione genica in seguito all’iniezione di idrogeno a scopo di upgrading del biogas. Biogas production is a hot topic, which has globally gained interest from many researchers over the past years. This fact is mainly due to the depletion of fossil fuels and environmental concerns regarding wastes disposal. Anaerobic Digestion (AD) represents a biological way to obtain both energy (in form of biogas) and waste discard, by converting the polluting organic matter. The overall process relies on a syntrophic chain where different microbial consortia produce the feed necessary for the final methanogenic step. Cheese whey has been largely investigated for AD treatment, since is a high polluting waste derived from the cheese-making process. However, there is a less-known waste originating from the portioning and shaving phases of long-ripened hard-cheese. This study aimed to investigate the microbiome of anaerobic digesters processing dairy industry wastes, such as cattle manure, cheese whey and hard-cheese powder wastes. In particular, the effects of process parameters, reactor configurations and type of dairy wastes, on the microbial populations, have been analyzed. The goal was achieved by means of culture-independent methods and high throughput sequencing, which allowed quantifying and identifying the main species present, as well as their differential gene expression in relation to hydrogen injection for biogas upgrading purposes.

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Ziller, Antoine. "Origine(s) et Fonction(s) de Gènes de Résistance aux Métaux Issus de Métatranscriptomes Eucaryotes de Sols." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSE1056/document.

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Le sol est essentiel à toute société humaine notamment pour la production d'aliments. Son fonctionnement repose sur des réseaux d'interactions entre les éléments qui le composent et toute perturbation modifie ces réseaux. Les microorganismes eucaryotes représentent une composante importante de l'écosystème édaphique car ils sont impliqués dans des processus essentiels comme la régulation de populations de procaryotes. Mais paradoxalement, ils restent peu étudiés comparés aux bactéries notamment lorsqu'on s'intéresse aux cycles biogéochimiques autres que celui du carbone comme par exemple ceux des métaux. Suite à une pollution par des métaux, certains de ces microorganismes eucaryotes développent des mécanismes « de résistance » cellulaires. Dans ce contexte, le laboratoire d'accueil a isolé, directement à partir d'extraits d'ARN de sol, des gènes eucaryotes impliqués dans la résistance cellulaire au Cd. Ces nouveaux gènes forment une famille codant des protéines riches en cystéines dont les positions sont conservées au sein de cette famille. Mon projet de thèse a eu pour but de caractériser l'origine taxonomique et la fonction de cette famille de gènes. Dans un premier temps, la purification de cinq de ces protéines produites dans Escherichia coli et leurs caractérisations biochimiques par des méthodes spectrométriques ont permis de montrer que cette famille génique constitue une nouvelle famille de métallothionéines capables de chélater in vitro le Zn, le Cu et le Cd. Dans un second temps, une méthode de quantification par PCR quantitative de l'expression de ces gènes, extraits à partir de sol provenant de microcosmes, a été mise au point. Dans un troisième temps, nous avons tenté d'obtenir les régions génomiques bordant ces gènes environnementaux afin d'affilier les organismes qui les portent à un groupe taxonomique et d'analyser les régions promotrices de ces gènes par capture ciblée de gènes Soil is essential to human societies, especially for food production. Its functioning relies on interaction networks sensitive to environmental alterations. Eukaryotic microorganisms are an important component of the soil ecosystem where they are involved in essential processes such as the regulation of prokaryotic populations. However, they remain poorly studied compared to bacteria, especially concerning their roles in biogeochemical cycles other than the carbon one such as metal cycles. In response to soil metal contamination, some of these eukaryotic microorganisms develop cellular "resistance" mechanisms. In this context, the host laboratory has previously isolated, directly from soils, eukaryotic genes able to confer Cd resistance. These genes form a family coding for cysteine-rich proteins whose cysteine positions are conserved within this sequences. My thesis project aimed at characterizing the function and taxonomic origin of this gene family. First, the purification of five of these proteins produced in Escherichia coli and their biochemical characterizations by spectrometric methods demonstrated that this gene family constitutes a new family of metallothioneins capable of chelating in vitro Zn, Cu and Cd. Some of these proteins are also able to confer Zn resistance when expressed in a sensitive yeast strain. In a second step, quantitative PCR methods for measuring expression levels of these genes in soil microcosms were developed. This will allow to evaluate the level of expression of these genes as a function of an increasing supply of exogenous metal. In a third step, we tried to obtain the genomic regions flanking these environmental genes in order to be able to associate the organisms from which they originate to a taxonomic group and to analyze the promoter regions of these genes using targeted capture

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Kleinjan, Hetty. "The influence of bacteria on the adaptation to changing environments in Ectocarpus : a systems biology approach." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SORUS267.

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Ectocarpus dépend de bactéries associées pour croitre en eau douce, ce qui souligne l'importance de l'holobionte lors de stress abiotique. Le but de ma thèse est d'élucider les mécanismes moléculaires qui sous-tendent ce phénomène. Les expériences de co-culture ciblées nécessitent des organismes cultivables. Par conséquent, j'ai caractérisé 388 bactéries associées à Ectocarpus, réparties en 33 genres. Aucune des bactéries cultivées testées n'a eu d'effet bénéfique sur la croissance des algues dans l'eau douce. J'ai continué à travailler avec des holobionts, traités aux antibiotiques doux, qui différaient dans leur réponse à l'eau douce. Le métatranscriptome/métabolome de ces holobionts ont été analysés pendant l'acclimatation. L'analyse approfondie est en cours, mais les premières indications indiquent un changement dans le microbiome en ce qui concerne l'assimilation de l'azote et la virulence. Concomitamment et complémentaire à ce qui précède, les interactions algues/bactéries potentiellement bénéfiques ont été prédites in silico à l'aide d'une analyse de réseau métabolique et les prédictions ont été vérifiées expérimentalement à l'aide de co-cultures. Ensemble, ces résultats contribuent à mieux comprendre comment l'holobiont d'Ectocarpus réagit au stress abiotique et surtout comment les bactéries sont impliquées dans ce processus Ectocarpus subulatus depends on its associated bacteria for growth in fresh water, which stresses the significance of the “holobiont” during abiotic stress. The aim of my thesis is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underlie this phenomenon. Targeted co-culture experiments require cultivable organisms. Therefore, I have cultivated and characterized 388 Ectocarpus-associated bacteria, which belong to 33 different genera. None of the cultivated bacteria tested had a beneficial effect on algal growth in fresh water. For functional studies, I continued to work with mild antibiotic-treated holobionts that differed in their response to fresh water. The metatranscriptome and metabolome of these holobionts were analyzed during acclimation. In-depth analysis is ongoing, but first indications point towards a change in the microbiome regarding nitrogen assimilation and virulence. In parallel and complementary to the above, potentially beneficial algal-bacterial cross-talk was predicted in silico using metabolic network analysis on a subset of cultivated bacteria, and the predictions were experimentally verified using co-culture experiments. Together, these results contribute to a better understanding of how the Ectocarpus holobiont responds during abiotic stress and especially how bacteria are involved in this process

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Ganesan, Sukirth M. "Relative Contributions Of Tobacco Associated Factors And Diabetes To Shaping The Oral Microbiome." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1529572658170786.

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Comtet-Marre, Sophie. "Evolution structurale et fonctionnelle des communautés microbiennes digestives sous l'influence de facteurs biotiques et abiotiques. Développement d'une biopuce ADN ciblant les gènes impliqués dans la dégradation des glucides complexes alimentaires." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014CLF22467/document.

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La dégradation des fibres alimentaires est une fonction essentielle des écosystèmes digestifs microbiens. Chez le ruminant, elle est assurée par des bactéries, champignons et protozoaires capables de produire de nombreuses enzymes nécessaires à l’hydrolyse des polysaccharides de paroi végétale. Parmi les facteurs susceptibles d’influencer l’efficacité de dégradation des fibres, qui est une composante importante de la productivité et de la santé animales, des additifs tels que des levures probiotiques apparaissent comme un levier intéressant. Afin d’approfondir les connaissances sur les facteurs de modulation de l’activité fibrolytique, une biopuce ADN fonctionnelle, outil moléculaire haut-débit, ciblant les gènes codant les enzymes clés de la dégradation de la cellulose et des xylanes dans les écosystèmes digestifs a été développée. Aussi, une méthode efficace dédiée à des échantillons ruminaux pour la soustraction des ARNr à partir des ARN totaux a été mise au point afin d’accroitre la sensibilité de l’outil. La biopuce fonctionnelle a été validée sur échantillons de complexité croissante et démontre d’excellents caractères de spécificité et de sensibilité tout en étant exploratoire et quantitative. Des régulations différentielles de l’arsenal des gènes de la fibrolyse de la bactérie du rumen Fibrobacter succinogenes ont pu être montrées. De même, les résultats sur échantillons de rumen suggèrent un rôle des microorganismes eucaryotes dans la fibrolyse pouvant être plus important qu’initialement envisagé. Cette approche métatranscriptomique dirigée pourra in fine continuer d’être appliquée dans l’étude de l’impact de facteurs biotiques et abiotiques sur la fonction fibrolytique microbienne chez les animaux d’élevage Dietary fibre degradation is an essential function of microbial digestive ecosystems. In ruminants, this function is ensured by bacteria, fungi and protozoa, producing a large array of enzymes able to degrade plant cell wall polysaccharides. Among factors likely to influence the efficiency of fibre degradation, which is an important component in animal productivity and health, dietary additives such as probiotic yeasts appear as an interesting tool. To provide more insight on factors modulating fibrolytic activity, we designed a functional DNA microarray targeting genes coding for key enzymes involved in cellulose and xylan degradation by digestive microbiota. Also, an efficient method dedicated to rumen samples for removing microorganisms’ rRNA from total RNA samples was developed to increase the sensitivity of the tool. The DNA microarray was validated using targets of increasing complexity and demonstrated sensitivity and specificity as well as explorative and quantitative potential. Differential expression of genes involved in fibrolysis was evidenced in the rumen bacterium Fibrobacter succinogenes. Moreover, results on rumen samples suggest a more important role of eucaryotes in fibre degradation than previously thought. This targeted metatranscriptomic approach will be further applied to the study of the impact of biotic and abiotic factors on the microbial mechanisms of fibre degradation in livestock

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Damon, Coralie. "Impact de la nature du couvert végétal sur la diversité taxonomique et fonctionnelle des champignons symbiotiques et des microorganismes eucaryotes associés." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010LYO10061.

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Au sein des sols forestiers, la richesse taxonomique et le rôle des microorganismes eucaryotes (en grande partie des champignons) restent encore largement méconnus. L’espèce d’arbre est un des facteurs qui structurent les communautés de ces microorganismes. Nous avons étudié l’impact de l’essence forestière (hêtre et épicéa) sur la diversité taxonomique et fonctionnelle de ces communautés par une approche métatranscriptomique et une approche biochimique (focalisée sur les champignons ectomycorhiziens). Nous avons montré un effet de la séquence étudiée (ADNr 18S, ADNc) sur la distribution taxonomique des communautés et développé un nouveau marqueur moléculaire mitochondrial pour l’étude des communautés de champignons métaboliquement actifs. L’identification de gènes d’intérêt écologique et industriel par séquençage systématique des banques métatranscriptomiques ainsi que l’identification fonctionnelle d’une nouvelle famille de transporteursmembranaires montrent l’intérêt de l’approche métatranscriptomique. L’approche biochimique a consisté en un dosage à haut débit, sur des extrémités racinaires ectomycorhizés, d’activités enzymatiques liées à la dégradation de la matière organique et à la mobilisation de l’azote et du phosphore du sol. L’ensemble de ces approches a permis de montrer un impact de l’essence forestière sur la nature des espèces présentes plutôt que sur la richesse taxonomique et une préférence d’hôte de certains groupes fongiques ectomycorhiziens. L’approche biochimique a montré une redondance fonctionnelle importante pour certaines activités enzymatiques tandis qu’une autre activité enzymatique était spécifique d’un groupe taxonomique fongique In forest soils, taxonomic richness and functional diversity of eukaryotic microorganisms (mainly Fungi) remain largely unknowned. Tree species is one of the main factors that structure eukaryotic microbial communities. We have studied the impact of tree species (beech and spruce) on taxonomic and functional diversity of these communities by using a metatranscriptomic approach and a biochemical one focusing on ectomycorrhizal fungi. We showed an effet of different sequences (18S rDNA, cDNA) on taxonomic composition of eukaryotic microbial communities and we developped anew mitochondrial molecular marker for the study of metabolically active fungal communities. Identification of ecologically and industrially important genes by the shotgun sequencing of metatranscriptomic libraries and also identification of a new family of transmembrane transporter demonstrate the great potential of the metatranscriptomic approach. The biochemical approachconsisted in a multiple enzymatic test carried out on ectomycorrhizal roots, of enzyme activities linked to organic matter degradation and phosphorus and nitrogen mobilization. All these approaches revealed an impact of tree species on the microbial species composition but not on taxonomic richness and also host preference for some ectomycorrhizal taxonomic groups. The biochemical approach showed a high functional redundancy for some enzyme activities while one activity was very specific of an ectomycorrhizal taxonomic group

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Marandat, Gregory. "Développement et mise en œuvre d'approches métatranscriptomiques pour le suivi microbiologique de digesteurs anaérobies." Thesis, Paris, AgroParisTech, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AGPT0005.

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La digestion anaérobie est une stratégie attractive pour traiter et valoriser les déchets organiques, par la co-production de biogaz, fertilisants, chaleur et électricité. Ces bioprocédés utilisent les capacités des microorganismes à convertir la matière organique complexe en composés plus simples. Les biomasses représentent le "moteur microbien" des réacteurs, et influencent leurs performances. Un suivi microbiologique est important, or pour des communautés complexes, les techniques classiques de biologie sont chronophages et limitées. La récente démocratisation du séquençage d’ADN de nouvelle génération et de la bioinformatique a levé de nombreux verrous.Ce doctorat concerne le développement et l’implémentation d’outils moléculaires culture-indépendants, basés sur le séquençage d’ARN de communautés complexes de microorganismes, aussi appelés métatranscriptomiques. Ces approches ont permis de caractériser les consortia procaryotiques fonctionnels de digesteurs anaérobie. Six types de réacteurs, traitant différent substrats (ordures ménagères, boues activées et effluent papetier), ont été analysés. Une méta-analyse de 33 jeux de données métatranscriptomiques a mis en évidence des taxons communs et spécifiques aux différents bioréacteurs, ainsi que de nombreuses fonctions génétiques, associées à des métabolismes d’intérêt (Carbone, Azote et Soufre).Les résultats obtenus montrent le potentiel des outils métatranscriptomiques pour l’analyse d’échantillons environnementaux complexes. Ces outils de nouvelle génération, semblent être incontournables pour l’ingénierie microbiologique. Ils permettent d’interroger le "savoir universel" (bases de données biologiques), offrant ainsi une vision holistique de la composition et de la fonction de communautés complexes de microorganismes. Les principales limites concernent l’incomplétude des bases de données, les problématiques techniques et bioinformatiques, ainsi que l’intégration globale de ce nouveau savoir Anaerobic digestion bioreactors appear nowadays environmentally attractive because they allow treating and valorizing organic waste, by production of added value biogas, fertilizers, heat and electricity. Such bioprocesses employ natural abilities of complex microbial communities to convert complex organic matter into simpler molecules. Anaerobic digestion microbiomes represent the "microbial engine" of reactors, which ultimately sustain its performance. Solving dysfunctions or start phase issues is difficult especially without a microbiological monitoring. Classical microbiological and molecular tools show limitations dealing with complex communities, but recently the arrival of next-generation DNA sequencers and bioinformatics open locks.New culture-independent molecular tools, based on RNA sequencing of complex microbial communities, also called metatranscriptomic approaches, were developed and implemented, in order to monitor the microbial consortia of anaerobic digesters. Six types of reactors were analyzed. They treated different substrates (solid waste, activated sludge and paper mill effluent), which spanned from lab to industrial scale. A meta-analysis of thirty-three metatranscriptomic datasets permitted to highlight specific and core groups of taxa present in bioreactors, as well as numerous genetic functions related to Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfur metabolisms.The results obtained from this work show the power of metatranscriptomics, to analyze complex environmental samples. Metatranscriptomics appears as an unavoidable tool for microbial community engineering, interestingly enabling an interrogation of the "universal knowledge" (biological databases), and giving a holistic picture about the structure and function of complex microbial communities. Some limits however still remain in relation to the incompleteness of databases, technical and bioinformatics issues, biological interpretations, as well as in the integration of this new knowledge in an inclusive picture

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Carlei, Hugues. "Caractérisation et optimisation d'une étape statique d'hydrolyse des ordures ménagères résiduelles en vue de leur méthanisation hors-sol." Thesis, Paris, AgroParisTech, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AGPT0045.

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Dans le cadre des législations européennes relatives au traitement des déchets et aux énergies renouvelables, la méthanisation apparaît comme une alternative prometteuse pour la stabilisation et la valorisation des Ordures Ménagères Résiduelles (OMR). D'un point de vue opérationnel l'hétérogénéité et les difficultés de mise en mouvement d'une matrice aussi complexe que les OMR sont à l'origine de pertes de rendement voire de l'arrêt d'installations de méthanisation. Les performances de méthanisation sont en particulier limitées par l'étape d'hydrolyse des fractions lignocellulosiques qui représentent la majorité du potentiel méthanogène des OMR. Dans ce contexte, l'objectif principal du travail de thèse, était l'étude d'un procédé de percolation dans lequel le déchet n'est pas mis en mouvement. Au travers de ce travail nous avions également pour ambition de produire des connaissances à caractère plus générique sur l'hydrolyse afin d'en améliorer les performances. Des expériences préliminaires ont d'abord permis la définition d'un système expérimental adéquat pour l'étude à l'échelle laboratoire de l'hydrolyse des OMR. La représentativité d'un déchet reconstitué, reproductible et d'utilisation aisée, a notamment été vérifiée en termes de potentiel méthanogène, de profil hydrolytique et de flore microbienne. Suite à la définition de ce système expérimental, son comportement hydrolytique a été comparé à celui d'un test de lixiviation de référence (NF EN 12457-4) afin de valider l'intérêt opérationnel de la percolation pour l'hydrolyse des OMR. De façon inattendue, l'extraction de 38,90% de la matière carbonée initiale du déchet a ainsi été mise en évidence lors de l'hydrolyse par percolation contre 17,84% lors de l'hydrolyse par lixiviation, renforçant l'intérêt suscité par la percolation pour l'hydrolyse des OMR. L'optimisation des performances d'hydrolyse par percolation a ensuite été réalisée par le criblage de huit paramètres opérationnels afin de déterminer leur influence sur les performances d'hydrolyse des OMR, au travers de deux plans d'expérience. L'ajout d'alcalinité (12 gHCO3-.L-1) et la recirculation du percolat pendant 6 h par jour ont ainsi permis d'augmenter significativement les performances d'hydrolyse, passant de 17 à 43% d'extraction de la matière organique (DCO) initiale du déchet (autrement dit de 26 à 69% de la matière biodégradable initiale). L'étude des communautés microbiennes et de leur activité a également été réalisée. Le séquençage des pyrotags d'ADNr 16S a ainsi permis de mettre en évidence le caractère dominant des Classes Clostridia et Bacteroidia au sein des communautés hydrolytiques. Le couplage de cette démarche qualitative à une approche quantitative par qPCR sur une série de biomarqueurs taxonomiques et fonctionnels a permis de montrer qu'il existe une corrélation positive entre l'ajout de carbonates, la neutralisation du pH, la quantité de matière hydrolysée à 14 jours et soit l'abondance de la Classe Bacteroidia soit celle des gènes de la famille hydA, impliqués dans la fermentation. Finalement, l'analyse microbiologique a été approfondie au jour 4, c'est-à-dire durant la phase d'hydrolyse intense, grâce à une approche de métatranscriptomique. L'analyse des transcrits fonctionnels indique que l'alcalinité influence l'activité des microorganismes de la Classe Clostridia dès le jour 4 des essais d'hydrolyse. Plus spécifiquement, l'ajout de carbonates semble corrélé à une modification du métabolisme des sucres chez des microorganismes non cultivables apparentés à Clostridium cellulolyticum et à l'augmentation de l'expression de l'opéron nif, impliqué dans la fixation de l'azote, chez différents groupes de microorganismes In the framework of the European green policy, anaerobic digestion appears as a promising technology for stabilization and valorization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). In practice, mechanical mixing of a complex and heterogeneous matrix such as MSW induces major operational constraints. Anaerobic digestion performances are especially limited by hydrolysis of lignocellulosic fractions which represent the main part of MSW methanogenic potential. In this context, this PhD project was aiming to characterize and optimize of a percolation process in which MSW stands still. Preliminary experiments were conducted in order to define an experimental system suitable for lab-scale study of MSW hydrolysis. Therefore, the representativeness of an easy-to-use and reproducible reconstituted waste was verified in terms of methanogenic potential, hydrolytic profiles and associated microbial communities. Following system definition, hydrolysis behavior by percolation was compared to a reference lixiviation test (NF EN 12457-4). Surprisingly, hydrolysis by percolation permitted the extraction of 39% of carbonated matter initially contained in waste whereas 18% were extracted during hydrolysis by lixiviation, thus validating operational benefit of percolation for MSW hydrolysis. Optimization of hydrolysis performance was then conducted through the screening of eight operational parameters for their influence on MSW hydrolysis performances thanks to two Designs Of Experiment (DOE). Cumulative effect of alkalinity addition (12 gHCO3-.L-1) and percolate recirculation (6 hour.day-1) significantly improved hydrolysis yield, from 17 to 43% of extracted organic matter compared to the initial content of waste (corresponding to an extraction of 26 and 69% of biodegradable matter). Structure and activity of hydrolytic microbial communities were also studied. 16S rDNA-pyrotags sequencing brought out the dominance of classes Clostridia and Bacteroidia. Additionally, a quantitative approach led by qPCR revealed a correlation between carbonates addition, pH neutralization, amounts of hydrolyzed matter at day 14 and either class Bacteroidia or genes from hydA family, involved in fermentation. Finally, metatranscriptomic approach was conducted at day 4 in order to further study microbial activity during the intense hydrolysis phase. According to functional analysis, alkalinity seems have positive influence on class Clostridia activity. More specifically, carbonates addition seems correlated to a modification of carbohydrates metabolism of organisms affiliated to Clostridium cellulolyticum and to transcriptional up-regulation of nif operon, involved in nitrogen fixation, among various types of microorganisms

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Schneider, Dominik. "Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analyses of Calcifying Biofilms." Doctoral thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0022-5E10-B.

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Biofilme sind eine der widerstandsfähigsten Formen mikrobiellen Lebens. Ihr frühzeitiges Auftreten in der Erdgeschichte konnte durch Stromatolithfunde bewiesen werden. Heutige Biofilme und mikrobielle Matten bieten somit eine Möglichkeit wichtige Einblicke und Erkenntnisse über das erste Leben auf unserem Planeten zu geben. In dieser Arbeit wurden die prokaryotischen Lebensgemeinschaften von verschiedenen Ökosystemen mittels metagenomischer und metatranskriptomischer Methoden analysiert. Mithilfe von „Next-Generation Sequencing“ wurden 16S rRNA Genanalysen, metatranskriptomische Analysen und funktionsbasierte Durchmusterungen von Fosmid-Metagenombanken durchgeführt. Die bakterielle Zusammensetzung und Diversität von kalzifizierenden Biofilmen und dem unterliegenden Kalktuff des Frischwasserbachs Westerhöfer Bach wurden analysiert. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass der Biofilm hauptsächlich von filamentösen Cyanobacteria, aeroben Vertretern aus allen Klassen der Proteobacteria und Chloroflexi bevölkert wurde. Die bakterielle Diversität nahm flussabwärts zu, was auf Änderungen der physikochemischen Parameter zurückgeführt wird. Aufgrund geringerer UV-Einstrahlung waren im Kalktuff mehr Proteobacteria als Cyanobacteria vorhanden. Des Weiteren gab es deutliche Unterschiede zwischen den relativen Abundanzen der gesamten und aktiven proteobakteriellen Klassen im Biofilm. Die aktiven Funktionen der Biofilm-Mikrobiota einer Westerhöfer Bach Probe wurden mittels metatranskriptomischer Methoden genauer analysiert. Die meisten Transkripte der mikrobiellen Biofilmgemeinschaft umfassten Gene der Photosynthese, des Proteinmetabolismus, des Kohlenstoffmetabolismus und der Zellatmung. Um das metagenomische Potential des Westerhöfer Bach Biofilms zu erschließen, wurden vier „large-insert“ Metagenombanken konstruiert. Funktionsbasierende Durchmusterungsverfahren führten zur Identifikation von fünf bisher unbekannten Genen, die für proteolytische Enzyme kodieren und einem Gen-Cluster, welches für cellulolytische Enzyme kodiert. Bei dem zweiten untersuchten Habitat handelt es sich um eine mikrobielle Matte des hypersalinen Lake 21 auf Kiritimati. Die Mikrobialith-bildende Matte besteht aus neun klar abgegrenzten, unterschiedlich gefärbten Lagen, welche separat auf ihre bakterielle und archaelle Zusammensetzung analysiert wurden. Anhand der prokaryotischen Zusammensetzung und dem Sauerstoff- und Lichtgradienten ergab sich eine Einteilung der mikrobiellen Matte in drei Zonen. Im Allgemeinen erhöhte sich die prokaryotische Diversität mit Tiefe der Matte, wohingegen das Redoxpotential und der pH-Wert sanken. Passend zu den hydrochemischen Daten änderte sich die prokaryotische Zusammensetzung von der photisch-oxischen Zone, welche aus halophilen, oxygenen und anoxygenen Phototrophen und aeroben Heterotrophen bestand, zu Sulfat-reduzierenden Bakterien (SRB), Fermentierern und potentiell Sulfat-reduzierenden Archaeen in der Übergangszone. In der anoxischen Zone konnten hauptsächlich SRB, Fermentierer, Ammonium-oxidierende Archaea und geringe Mengen methanogene Archaeen detektiert werden. Von den kenianischen Natronseen Bogoria, Sonachi, Elementeita und Magadi wurde die prokaryotische Zusammensetzung und Diversität von Boden-, Sediment-, Wasser-, und mikrobiellen Mattenproben analysiert. Hier zeigte sich, dass Boden- sowie Sedimentproben hauptsächlich von Proteobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria und Bacteroidetes bevölkert wurden, wohingegen in den Wasserproben Cyanobacteria vorherrschten. Die Archaeen wurden überwiegend von unterschiedlichen Vertretern der Halobacteria repräsentiert. In den humiden Proben wurden außerdem methanogene Archaeen und Thaumarchaeota nachgewiesen. Letztlich wurde in dieser Arbeit die bakterielle Zusammensetzung des Biofilms und des dazugehörigen Planktons von mikrobiellen Brennstoffzellen (MBZ) untersucht. Der erzeugte Datensatz demonstrierte, dass die aktive und gesamte bakterielle Lebensgemeinschaft in den einzelnen Replikaten minimal variierte. Generell zeigte sich, dass stromproduzierende MBZ eine niedrigere bakterielle Diversität aufwiesen als nicht stromproduzierende MBZ. Des Weiteren zeigte die Analyse, dass bisher unkultivierte Vertreter der Spezies Geobacter und Clostridium mit der Stromproduktion verbunden waren.

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Poretsky, Rachel Susan. "Transcriptomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of marine microbial communities." 2008. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/poretsky%5Frachel%5Fs%5F200808%5Fphd.

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Chuang, Wei-Sheng, and 莊為勝. "A new scheme to identify microbial toxicity based on Next-Generation Sequencing and metatranscriptomics." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/p6v33t.

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碩士 元智大學 資訊工程學系 104 Various microbes exist in our surroundings, including bacteria, virus and archaea. Different environments have different kinds of microbe communities. Based on this, different microbial genomes play important roles in different parts of human bodies. This study focuses on bacteria and their toxicity in the human intestines and try to find out whether different diets will have direct influences on bacteria in the intestines and the changes in toxin contents. Based on the functional genomics of the bacteria, we will have an overall understanding of the bacteria in the intestines and toxin environment. In this research, we constructed the microbial toxicity identification system. The relationship between microbial communities and the natural environment could be explored by a further investigation of microbial toxicity. The comprehensive and optimized analysis platform will be constructed and verified through this proposal and this platform can be applied to many fields such as food, environment and human health testing.

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Ye, Jin. "First assessment of viral diversity across corals from the central Red Sea suggests abundant association with Baculoviridae." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10754/630111.

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Coral reefs are among the most diverse marine ecosystems, but they are threatened by climate change. The foundation of reef ecosystems is the coral holobiont or metaorganism that consists of the coral animal host, photosynthetic microalgae, bacteria, and viruses (among other organisms). While microalgae provide the energy for corals to build the massive three-dimensional skeletons, bacteria support functions related to metabolism, immunity, and environmental adaptation. Conversely, the function of viruses is less well understood. Although viruses were previously associated with coral disease and bleaching, we are missing an overall understanding of the diversity and identity of viruses associated with corals, in particular for understudied areas such as the Red Sea. Here we characterized coral-associated viral community composition using a large metagenomic and metatransciptomic dataset covering > 1 billion sequences across > 100 coral samples collected from 14 different coral species in the central Red Sea. The viral sequence portion shows that coral species significantly differ from each other, but the most abundant viral families were consistently present. Notably, we found a pervasive abundance of Baculoviridae in metagenomes. In contrast, Polydnaviridae were the most abundant viruses in metatranscriptomes, highlighting that the combined approach of metagenomics and metatranscriptomics is informative with regard to deciphering viral diversity and activity. Our study provides a first comprehensive description of viruses associated with Red Sea corals. In line with previous studies, we confirm the presence of Baculoviridae, Polydnaviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Mimiviridae, and Herpesviridae, which may be considered viral families that are globally and commonly associated with corals. The reason for the pervasive abundance of Baculoviridae in Red Sea corals at present remains unknown, but it is tempting to speculate that the association is related to the uniquely warm and salty environment of the Red Sea.

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Shibl, Ahmed A. "Biogeography, Cultivation and Genomic Characterization of Prochlorococcus in the Red Sea." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10754/584234.

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Aquatic primary productivity mainly depends on pelagic phytoplankton. The globally abundant marine picocyanobacteria Prochlorococcus comprises a significant fraction of the photosynthetic biomass in most tropical, oligotrophic oceans. The Red Sea is an enclosed narrow body of water characterized by continuous solar irradiance, and negligible annual rainfall, in addition to elevated temperatures and salinity levels, which mimics a global warming scenario. Analysis of 16S rRNA sequences of bacterioplankton communities indicated the predominance of a high-light adapted ecotype (HL II) of Prochlorococcus at the surface of the Northern and Central Red Sea. To this end, we analyzed the distribution of Prochlorococcus at multiple depths within and below the euphotic zone in different regions of the Red Sea, using clone libraries of the 16S–23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. Results indicated a high diversity of Prochlorococcus ecotypes at the 100 m depth in the water column and an unusual dominance of HL II-related sequences in deeper waters of the Red Sea. To further investigate the microdiversity of Prochlorococcus over a wider biogeographical scope, we used a 454-pyrosequencing approach to analyze rpoC1 gene pyrotags. Samples were collected from the surface of the water column to up to 500 m at 45 stations that span the Red Sea’s main basin from 4 north to south. Phylogenetic analysis of abundant rpoC1 OTUs revealed genotypes of recently discovered strains that belong to the high-light and lowlight clades. In addition, we used a rapid community-profiling tool (GraftM) and quantitatively analyzed rpoC1 gene abundance from 45 metagenomes to assess the Prochlorococcus community structure across vertical and horizontal physicochemical gradients. Results revealed the clustering of samples according to their depth and a strong influence on ecotypic distribution by temperature and oxygen levels. In efforts to better understand how the cells survive the unusual features of the Red Sea, a Prochlorococcus strain of the HL II adapted clade from the euphotic zone was cultured, enabling morphological analyses and growth rates measurements for the strain. In addition, we successfully sequenced and annotated the genome of the strain, which was then used for genomic comparison with other ecotypes. Interestingly, the set of unique genes identified in the draft genome included genes encoding proteins involved in salt tolerance mechanisms. The expression level and pattern of these genes in the Red Sea water column was explored through metatranscriptomic mapping and revealed their occurrence throughout, independent of the diel cycle. This led to the hypothesis that Prochlorococcus populations in the highly saline Red Sea are able to biosynthesize additional compatible solutes via several pathways to counterbalance the effects of salt stress. The results presented in this dissertation provide the first glimpse on how the environmental parameters of the Red Sea can affect the evolution, diversity and distribution patterns of Prochlorococcus ecotypes.

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Wemheuer, Bernd. "Diversity and Ecology of the Roseobacter Clade and other Marine Microbes as revealed by Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Approaches." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0022-5FFD-2.

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Herzog, Sarah. "Diversity and Activity of Soil Bacterial Communities under different Management Regimes." Doctoral thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0028-8668-3.

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Ragab, Alaa I. "Investigating effects of electron donor availability on cathodic microbial community structure and functional dynamics in electromethanogenesis." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10754/661902.

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Microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) exploit the bioelectrocatalytic activity of microorganisms, with a main focus on waste-to-resource recovery. Electromethanogenesis, a type of MET, describes the process of CO2 reduction specifically to methane, catalyzed by methanogens that utilize the cathode directly as an electron donor or through H2 evolving from the cathode surface. Applications are mainly in the direction of bioelectrochemical power-to-gas, as well as biogas upgrading and carbon capture and utilization. As the cathode and its associated microbial consortia are key to the process, larger scale applications require improvements especially in terms of optimal operational parameters, cathode materials and the dynamics of the effect of electron transfer within the cathodic biofilm. The focus of this dissertation is to improve the understanding of the dynamics and function of methaneproducing biofilms grown on cathodes in electromethanogenic reactors in the presence of two different electron donors: the cathode and the H2 evolving from the cathode surface. The spatial homogeneity of the microbial communities across the area of the cathode was demonstrated, which is relevant for large scale applications where reproducibility is required for predictable engineered systems. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic methods were applied to elucidate the short-term changes in the actively transcribed methanogenesis and central carbon assimilation pathways in response to varying the availability of electrons by changing the set cathode potential in a novel Methanobacterium species enriched from electromethanogenic biocathodes. Although changes in functional performance were evident with varying potential, no significant differential expression was observed and genes from the methanogenesis and carbon assimilation pathways were highly expressed throughout. Indium tin oxide (ITO) as a potentially hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) – inert cathode material was evaluated using the mixotrophic Methanosarcina barkeri in an attempt to develop a simplified material-science driven approach to future electron transfer studies. It was found to be electrochemically unstable under the tested conditions, losing its conductivity over time. Overall, the findings from these studies provide new knowledge on the effects of electron donor availability on the functional performance and the biocathode community dynamics. The understandings derived from the study are relevant to methanogenic processes and should aid in system scaleup design.

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Lu, Hsiao-Pei, and 呂曉沛. "Using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches to study the composition and function of the gut microbiota in the leaf-eating flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus lena)." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71088706797950599541.

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博士 國立臺灣大學 動物學研究所 101 White-faced flying squirrels (Petaurista alborufus lena) inhabiting in subtropical forests of Taiwan, feed on leaves of diverse tree species. The predominant feature of their gastrointestinal tracts is an enlarged cecum that serves as an anaerobic container for microbial fermentation. Symbiotic gut microorganisms providing metabolic activities lacking in the host, are essential for energy extraction from the nutritionally poor diet. Although the importance of gut microbiota has been well demonstrated in humans and lab mice, there is a paucity of knowledge regarding gut microbial constituents and their functional capabilities in wild animals. Therefore, in this research, we applied culture-independent molecular tools and high-throughput sequencing techniques to provide the comprehensive understanding of the gut microbial communities in the wild-caught flying squirrels. Chapter 2 described the bacterial communities of various gut compartments based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Chapter 3 provided the phylogenetic and functional profiles of the cecal microbiota based on fosmid end-sequences. Chapter 4 revealed the metabolic characteristics of the cecal microbiota based on the comparison of metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequences. No matter using which approaches, Firmicutes was the predominant group of the gut microbiota. All results indicated that the microbial functions greatly contributed to nutrient cycling (including degradation of carbohydrates, metabolism of proteins, and synthesis of vitamins) in the gut environments. High gene expression for sugar degradation, detection and uptake revealed microbial adaptations for plant biomass usage in small folivorous mammals.

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Egelkamp, Richard. "Novel approach for identification of biocatalysts by reverse omics techniques." Doctoral thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0003-C186-B.

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