Project description:In response to the issues of low denitrification efficiency and high N₂O emissions in the biological nitrogen removal process of low C/N municipal wastewater, studies typically address these challenges by adding carbon sources. In this study, the addition of microorganisms enhanced the carbon flow and electron transport for nitrate reduction, significantly improving the denitrification performance of low C/N wastewater and reducing N₂O production. Proteomic analysis was employed to explore the mechanisms underlying this effect. The results revealed that the metabolites produced by the added microorganisms, S. oneidensis MR-1 and B. subtilis, including biosurfactants, heme, and cytochromes, altered the intracellular carbon redistribution in P. denitrificans, leading to an increased carbon flow directed towards nitrate reduction, thus enhancing total nitrogen removal efficiency.
Project description:Nutrient availability, in particular that of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), is one of the most important factors for the regulation of plant metabolism and development. In addition to independent utilization, the ratio of C to N metabolites in the cell is also important for the regulation of plant growth including. Plants sense and respond to the balance of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) nutrients (C/N-nutrient) available to them, a process called the C/N-nutrient response. We previously demonstrated that disrupted high C/low N stress condition promotes the senescence progression in Arabidopsis plants. However, the molecular basis of C/N-nutrient responsive senescence regulation remains unclear. In this study, we carried out proteome analysis of phosphorylation dynamics in response to high C/low N nutrient stress.
Project description:Chemosynthetic symbioses occur worldwide in marine habitats, but comprehensive physiological studies of chemoautotrophic bacteria thriving on animals are scarce. Stilbonematinae are coated by monocultures of thiotrophic Gammaproteobacteria. As these nematodes migrate through the redox zone, their ectosymbionts experience varying oxygen concentrations. Here, by applying omics, Raman microspectroscopy and stable isotope labeling, we investigated the effect of oxygen on the metabolism of Candidatus Thiosymbion oneisti. Unexpectedly, sulfur oxidation genes were upregulated in anoxic relative to oxic conditions, but carbon fixation genes and incorporation of 13C-labeled bicarbonate were not. Instead, several genes involved in carbon fixation, organic carbon assimilation and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biosynthesis, as well as nitrogen fixation and urea utilization were upregulated in oxic conditions. Furthermore, in the presence of oxygen, stress-related genes were upregulated together with vitamin biosynthesis genes likely necessary to withstand its deleterious effects, and fewer symbionts were detected to divide. Based on this first global physiological study of an uncultured chemosynthetic ectosymbiont, we propose that, in anoxic sediment, its proliferation is powered by anaerobic sulfur oxidation coupled to denitrification, whereas in upper layers it makes use of aerobic respiration to facilitate assimilation of carbon and nitrogen, and to survive oxidative stress. The ectosymbiont’s versatile metabolism is thus well-adapted to exploiting a highly changeable environment.
Project description:Clipping (i.e., harvesting aboveground plant biomass) is common in agriculture and for bioenergy production. However, microbial responses to clipping in the context of climate warming are poorly understood. We investigated the interactive effects of grassland warming and clipping on soil properties, plant and microbial communities, in particular microbial functional genes. Clipping alone did not change the plant biomass production, but warming and clipping combined increased the C4 peak biomass by 47% and belowground net primary production by 110%. Clipping alone and in combination with warming decreased the soil carbon input from litter by 81% and 75%, respectively. With less carbon input, the abundances of genes involved in degrading relatively recalcitrant carbon increased by 38-137% in response to either clipping or the combined treatment, which could weaken the long-term soil carbon stability and trigger a positive feedback to warming. Clipping alone also increased the abundance of genes for nitrogen fixation, mineralization and denitrification by 32-39%. The potentially stimulated nitrogen fixation could help compensate for the 20% decline in soil ammonium caused by clipping alone, and contribute to unchanged plant biomass. Moreover, clipping tended to interact antagonistically with warming, especially on nitrogen cycling genes, demonstrating that single factor studies cannot predict multifactorial changes. These results revealed that clipping alone or in combination with warming altered soil and plant properties, as well as the abundance and structure of soil microbial functional genes. The aboveground biomass removal for biofuel production needs to be re-considered as the long-term soil carbon stability may be weakened.
Project description:RNA-seq of three different Yarrowia lipolytica strains: OKYL029 (control, W29 derived), OKYL049 (high-lipid producing strain), JFYL007 (or Q4, no-lipid producing strain). The strains were grown on DELFT media containing either ammonium sulphate or urea as nitrogen sources. DELFT media had two different carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratios: a nitrogen limiting ratio of 116 and a carbon limiting ratio of 3. The experiments were performed in chemostats, with two different dilution rates of 0,06 and 0,1. Every condition was performed in quadruplicate, and triplicates were selected for RNA-seq.
Project description:Enhanced adaptability of pyrite-based constructed wetlands for low carbon to nitrogen ratio wastewater treatments: modulation of nitrogen removal mechanisms and reduction of carbon emissions
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Project description:Communities in domestic sewage