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. 2021 Oct;61(10):947-957.
doi: 10.1002/jobm.202100156. Epub 2021 Aug 21.

Genomic insights into Pseudoalteromonas sp. JSTW coping with petroleum-heavy metals combined pollution

Shuaijun Zan  1 , Jingping Lv  1 , Zelong Li  1 , Yingxue Cai  1 , Zongcheng Wang  1 , Jing Wang  1
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Genomic insights into Pseudoalteromonas sp. JSTW coping with petroleum-heavy metals combined pollution

Shuaijun Zan et al. J Basic Microbiol. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Worldwide marine compound contamination by petroleum products and heavy metals is a burgeoning environmental concern. Pseudoalteromonas, prevalently distributed in marine environment, has been proven to degrade petroleum and plays an essential role in the fate of oil pollution under the combined pollution. Nevertheless, the research on the reference genes is still incomplete. Therefore, this study aims to thoroughly investigate the reference genes represented by Pseudoalteromonas sp. JSTW via whole-genome sequencing. Next-generation sequencing technology unfolded a genome of 4,026,258 bp, database including Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) were utilized to annotate the genes and metabolic pathways conferring to petroleum hydrocarbon degradation. The results show that common alkane and aromatic hydrocarbon degradation genes (alkB, ligB, yqhD, and ladA), chemotaxis gene (MCP, cheA, cheB, pcaY, and pcaR), heavy-metal resistance, and biofilm genes (σ54, merC, pcoA, copB, etc.) were observed in whole-genome sequence (WGS) of JSTW, which indicated that strain JSTW could potentially cope with combined pollution. The degradation efficiency of naphthalene in 60 h by JSTW was 99% without Cu2+ and 67% with 400 mg L-1 Cu2+ . Comparative genome analysis revealed that genomes of Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica strain LEMB 39 and Pseudoalteromonas donghaensis strain HJ51 shared similarity with strain JSTW, suggesting they are also the potential degradater of petroleum hydrocarbons under combined pollution. Therefore, this study provides a WGS annotation and reveals the mechanism of response to combined pollution of Pseudoalteromonas sp. JSTW.

Keywords: Pseudoalteromonas; heavy metals; naphthalene; petroleum hydrocarbon; whole genome.

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