Project description:The study investigated the physiological response of a butyrate-oxidizing co-culture (comprised of Syntrophomonas wolfei and Methanospirillum hungatei) to the addition of a fermentative microorganism, Trichococcus flocculiformis.
Project description:Expression data for Desulfovibrio alaskensis strain G20 grown on lactate in sulfate-limited monoculture and syntrophic coculture with Methanococcus maripaludis or Methanospirillum hungatei in chemostats at a low growth rate of 0.027h-1. 7 samples of Desulfovibrio alaskensis strain G20 grown in syntrophic coculture on lactate with either Methanococcus maripaludis (4 replicates) or Methanospirillum hungatei (3 replicates), and 5 samples of sulfate-limited monoculture growth of strain G20 on lactate.
Project description:Primary objectives: The primary objective is to investigate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Primary endpoints: circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Project description:Methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxic substance that accumulates in aquatic food chains and poses a risk to human health, is synthesized by anaerobic microorganisms in the environment. To date, mercury (Hg) methylation has been attributed to sulfate- and iron-reducing bacteria (SRB and IRB, respectively). Here we report that a methanogen, Methanospirillum hungatei JF-1, methylated Hg in a sulfide-free medium at comparable rates, but with higher yields, than those observed for some SRB and IRB. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the concatenated orthologs of the Hg methylation proteins HgcA and HgcB from M. hungatei are closely related to those from known SRB and IRB methylators and that they cluster together with proteins from eight other methanogens, suggesting that these methanogens may also methylate Hg. Because all nine methanogens with HgcA and HgcB orthologs belong to the class Methanomicrobia, constituting the late-evolving methanogenic lineage, methanogenic Hg methylation could not be considered an ancient metabolic trait. Our results identify methanogens as a new guild of Hg-methylating microbes with a potentially important role in mineral-poor (sulfate- and iron-limited) anoxic freshwater environments.
Project description:Expression data for Desulfovibrio alaskensis strain G20 grown on lactate in sulfate-limited monoculture and syntrophic coculture with Methanococcus maripaludis or Methanospirillum hungatei in chemostats at a low growth rate of 0.027h-1.
