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| PRJNA940820 | ENA
Project description:We demonstrate the feasibility of total RNA-SIP in experiments where microbes from a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer were studied in microcosms with 13C-labelled-toluene to understand their adaptation to the simultaneous availability of low levels of different electron acceptors. SIP successfully resolved the involvement of microaerobic vs. aerobic and anaerobic populations. Under microoxic, nitrate-amended conditions hydrocarbon degradation was actually stimulated, but transcripts of denitrification showed no signs of 13C-labelling. The expression of distinct oxygenase-based catabolic pathways for toluene degradation was clearly apparent in 13C-labelled mRNA. We discuss how these direct insights into the gene expression and adaptation mechanisms within complex degrader communities can guide more integrated approaches in monitoring and restoration of contaminated sites.
2019-11-08 | GSE140055 | GEO
Project description:High Arctic soils have low nutrient availability, low moisture content and very low temperatures and, as such, they pose a particular problem in terms of hydrocarbon bioremediation. An in-depth knowledge of the microbiology involved in this process is likely to be crucial to understand and optimize the factors most influencing bioremediation. Here, we compared two distinct large-scale field bioremediation experiments, located at Alert (ex situ approach) and Eureka (in situ approach), in the Canadian high Arctic. Bacterial community structure and function were assessed using microarrays targeting the 16S rRNA genes of bacteria found in cold environments and hydrocarbon degradation genes as well as reverse-transcriptase real-time PCR targeting key functional genes. Results indicated a large difference between sampling sites in terms of both soil microbiology and decontamination rates. A rapid reorganization of the bacterial community structure and functional potential as well as rapid increases in the expression of alkane monooxygenases and polyaromatic hydrocarbon ring-hydroxylating-dioxygenases were observed one month after the bioremediation treatment commenced in the Alert soils. In contrast, no clear changes in community structure were observed in Eureka soils, while key gene expression increased after a relatively long lag period (1 year). Such discrepancies are likely caused by differences in bioremediation treatments (i.e. ex situ vs. in situ), weathering of the hydrocarbons, indigenous microbial communities, and environmental factors such as soil humidity and temperature. In addition, this study demonstrates the value of molecular tools for the monitoring of polar bacteria and their associated functions during bioremediation. 38 soil samples from two high arctic locations that were contaminated-treated, contaminated or not contaminated followed for up to 4 years
2010-05-15 | E-GEOD-17517 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:High Arctic soils have low nutrient availability, low moisture content and very low temperatures and, as such, they pose a particular problem in terms of hydrocarbon bioremediation. An in-depth knowledge of the microbiology involved in this process is likely to be crucial to understand and optimize the factors most influencing bioremediation. Here, we compared two distinct large-scale field bioremediation experiments, located at Alert (ex situ approach) and Eureka (in situ approach), in the Canadian high Arctic. Bacterial community structure and function were assessed using microarrays targeting the 16S rRNA genes of bacteria found in cold environments and hydrocarbon degradation genes as well as reverse-transcriptase real-time PCR targeting key functional genes. Results indicated a large difference between sampling sites in terms of both soil microbiology and decontamination rates. A rapid reorganization of the bacterial community structure and functional potential as well as rapid increases in the expression of alkane monooxygenases and polyaromatic hydrocarbon ring-hydroxylating-dioxygenases were observed one month after the bioremediation treatment commenced in the Alert soils. In contrast, no clear changes in community structure were observed in Eureka soils, while key gene expression increased after a relatively long lag period (1 year). Such discrepancies are likely caused by differences in bioremediation treatments (i.e. ex situ vs. in situ), weathering of the hydrocarbons, indigenous microbial communities, and environmental factors such as soil humidity and temperature. In addition, this study demonstrates the value of molecular tools for the monitoring of polar bacteria and their associated functions during bioremediation. 38 soil samples from two high arctic locations that were contaminated-treated, contaminated or not contaminated followed for up to 4 years
2010-06-19 | E-GEOD-17532 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:A DNA microarray analysis detected large-scale changes of gene expression in response to Cd stress with a substantial difference between the two barley genotypes differing in Cd tolerance and accumulation. Cd stress led to higher expression of genes involved in transport, carbohydrate metabolism and signal transduction in the low-grain-Cd-accumulating genotype. Novel transporter genes such as zinc transporter genes were identified as being associated with low Cd accumulation. We used microarrays to understand the mechanism of low Cd accumulation in crops which is crucial for sustainable safe food production in Cd-contaminated soils.
2015-10-08 | GSE73817 | GEO
Project description:Four stable and robust TCE-dechlorinating microbial communities were enriched from TCE-contaminated groundwater under four different conditions exploring two parameters, high and low methanogenic activity (Meth and NoMeth), with and without vitamin B12 supplement (MethB12 and NoMethB12, Meth and NoMeth, respectively). Identical amounts of lactate (2.7 mmol) and TCE (20 μl) were supplied as electron donor and electron acceptor. All four cultures were capable of reductively dechlorinating TCE to VC and ethene. Genomic DNA of the four enrichments was applied on a quad-Dhc-genome microarray in order to characterize the gene content of Dehalococcoides species present in the four enrichments
2013-06-30 | GSE33530 | GEO
Project description:In the summer of 2012, one year after the 3.11 accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the Great Tohoku Earthquake, a project was initiated to examine the effects of low-level gamma radiation on rice plants. The site of the experiment was the highly contaminated Iitate village in Fukushima prefecture of Japan. The basic experimental strategy was to expose healthy rice seedlings to continuous low-dose gamma radiation and examine the morphological and molecular genetic changes therien. Selected gene expression profiles of internal control, DNA replication/repair, oxidative stress, photosynthesis, and defense/stress functions were examined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Results revealed that low-level gamma radiation affects the expression of numerous genes, in particular showing the early (6 h) induction in DNA repair/damage-related genes and the late (72 h) induction of a previously described marker gene for defense/stress responses. Based on these results, which confirmed our data from preliminary experiments using detached rice leaves for radiation exposure, we proceeded for DNA microarray analysis. Using the established dye-swap approach, we analyzed the differentially expressed genes at 6 and 72 h time points using a whole rice genome 4 x 44 K custom chip. Obtained results showed that exposure to low-level gamma radiation differentially regulated 4481 (induced) and 3740 (suppressed) and 2291 (induced) and 1474 (suppressed) rice leaf genes at 6 and 72 h post-exposure, respectively, by at least two-fold changes. MapMan bioinformatics tool was also used to produce diagrams of the potential pathways, based on the input gene expression data of highly changed genes, operating downstream of the gamma radiation perception by rice plant.Inventory of a large number of gamma radiation-responsive genes in leaves provide new information and increased knowledge on novel regulatory processes in rice. The highly contaminated Iitate Farm (ITF), which is located 31 Km from the damaged nuclear power plant and having a background radiation level over 100 times (~ 5 microSv/h) than normal, was the designated place for the re-examination of low-level gamma radiation experiments using rice as a model system. As our group had a decade of experience and data on the effects of gamma radiation on leaf segments, the experimental was designed in such a way so as to expose whole rice plants to gamma radiation being emitted from the contaminated ground and examine the morphological and molecular genetic changes in the leaves under a dose-dependent manner.
2013-12-07 | E-GEOD-53055 | biostudies-arrayexpress