Project description:RNA-seq analysis was applied in two independent batches, each one in triplicate samples of HeLa cells in nutrient-rich and nutrient-deprived media
Project description:RNA-seq analysis was applied in RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) of three independent repeats (hnRNPQ), and two independent repeats (PABPN1) from HeLa cells starved in nutrient-deprived media.
Project description:Biotransformation of soil organochlorine pesticides (OCP) is often impeded by a lack of nutrients relevant for bacterial growth and/or co-metabolic OCP biotransformation. By providing space-filling mycelia, fungi promote contaminant biodegradation by facilitating bacterial dispersal and the mobilization and release of nutrients in the mycosphere. We here tested whether mycelial nutrient transfer from nutrient-rich to nutrient-deprived areas facilitates bacterial OCP degradation in a nutrient-deficient habitat. The legacy pesticide hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), a non-HCH-degrading fungus (Fusarium equiseti K3), and a co-metabolically HCH-degrading bacterium (Sphingobium sp. S8) isolated from the same HCH-contaminated soil were used in spatially structured model ecosystems. Using 13C-labelled fungal biomass and protein-based stable isotope probing (protein-SIP), we traced the incorporation of 13C fungal metabolites into bacterial proteins while simultaneously determining the biotransformation of the HCH isomers. The relative isotope abundance (RIA, 7.1 – 14.2%), labeling ratio (LR, 0.13 – 0.35), and the shape of isotopic mass distribution profiles of bacterial peptides indicated the transfer of 13C-labeled fungal metabolites into bacterial proteins. Distinct 13C incorporation into the haloalkane dehalogenase (linB) and 2,5-dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diol dehydrogenase (LinC), as key enzymes in metabolic HCH degradation, underpin the role of mycelial nutrient transport and fungal-bacterial interactions for co-metabolic bacterial HCH degradation in heterogeneous habitats. Nutrient uptake from mycelia increased HCH removal by twofold as compared to bacterial monocultures. Fungal-bacterial interactions hence may play an important role in the co-metabolic biotransformation of OCP or recalcitrant micropollutants (MPs).
Project description:We report the application of RNA sequencing with Next Generation Sequencing technology for high-throughput status of transcripts in wild-type and Sur7-deletion Beauveria bassiana grown on nutrient-sufficient media (SDAY) or nutrient-limiting media (CDA), respectively
Project description:Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 9644 (Pss9644) is a causal agent of bacterial cherry canker causing necrotic symptoms on leaves, fruits, gummosis and canker in woody tissues of sweet cherry (Prunus avium). To understand which virulent factor genes were expressed in vitro, Pss9644 was grown in rich media (King's B Broth) and minimum media (hrp-inducing minimum media). The latter mimics the in planta environment.
Project description:E. coli BW25113 growth in a nutrient-rich medium supplemented with 20 proteinogenic amino acid medium was studied and compared to growth in minimal medium. Proteome data from these experiments revealed significant differences in amino acid synthesis and transport proteins that were reduced in the nutrient-rich meidum. Changes in energy production and conversion proteins were also observed as in nutrient-rich conditions pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and acetate producing proteins increased, while the TCA cycle proteins decreased.
Project description:Oviparous animals support reproduction via the incorporation of yolk as a nutrient source into the eggs. In Caenorhabditis elegans, however, yolk proteins seem dispensable for fecundity, despite constituting the vast majority of the embryonic protein pool and acting as carriers for nutrient-rich lipids. Here, we used yolk protein-deprived C. elegans mutants to gain insight into the traits that may yet be influenced by yolk rationing. We show that massive yolk provisioning confers a temporal advantage during embryogenesis, while also increasing early juvenile body size and promoting competitive fitness. Opposite to species that reduce egg production under yolk deprivation, our results indicate that C. elegans relies on yolk as a fail-safe to secure offspring survival, rather than to maintain offspring numbers.
Project description:Ribosome profiling was performed on E. coli wild type cells. All replicates were grown to an OD of ~0.4 in MOPS rich Media with 0.2% glucose supplemented, aerobically in shake flasks. Cultures were treated with chloramphenicol 2 min prior to harvest.