Project description:E. coli TG1 with pBS(Kan)Synhox can produce more hydrogen than TG1/pBS(Kan). To reveal the difference of metabolic activity (gene expression) between these strains in producing hydrogen, the differential gene expression analyses were performed. All samples cultured in complex medium with fructose containg 5 mM IPTG. Keywords: hydrogen production
Project description:E. coli TG1 with pBS(Kan)Synhox can produce more hydrogen than TG1/pBS(Kan). To reveal the difference of metabolic activity (gene expression) between these strains in producing hydrogen, the differential gene expression analyses were performed. All samples cultured in complex medium with fructose containg 5 mM IPTG. Experiment Overall Design: Strains: E. coli TG1/pBS(Kan)Synhox and TG1/pBS(Kan) Experiment Overall Design: Medium: Complex with fructose Experiment Overall Design: Hydrogen producing cells Experiment Overall Design: Time: 6 hour
Project description:A genome reduced E. coli strain MDS42ΔgalK::Ptet-gfp-kan were applied for the comparative transcriptome analysis. Genome-wide transcriptional changes under high osmotic prresure, high temperature condition and starvation were evaluated.
Project description:Transcripitonal profiling of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110 comparing cells with and without hydrogen peroxide treatment, two biological replicates each
Project description:Honey has been widely used against bacterial infection for centuries. Previous studies suggested that honeys in high concentrations inhibited bacterial growth due to the presence of anti-microbial compounds, such as methylglyoxal, hydrogen peroxide, and peptides. In this study, we found that three honeys (acacia, clover, and polyfloral) in a low concentration as below as 0.5% (v/v) significantly suppress virulence and biofilm formation in enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 affecting the growth of planktonic cells while these honeys do not harm commensal E. coli K-12 biofilm formation. Transcriptome analyses show that honeys (0.5%) markedly repress quorum sensing genes (e.g., AI-2 import and indole biosynthesis), virulence genes (e.g., LEE genes), and curli genes (csgBAC). We found that glucose and fructose in honeys are key compounds to reduce the biofilm formation of E. coli O157:H7 via suppressing curli production, but not that of E. coli K-12. Additionally, we observed the temperature-dependent response of honeys and glucose on commensal E. coli K-12 biofilm formation; honey and glucose increase E. coli K-12 biofilm formation at 37°C, while they decrease E. coli K-12 biofilm formation at 26°C. These results suggest that honey can be a practical tool for reducing virulence and colonization of the pathogenic E. coli O157:H7, while honeys do not harm commensal E. coli community in the human.
Project description:Glycerol is an attractive feedstock for biofuels since it accumulates as a byproduct during biodiesel operations; hence, it is interesting to consider converting glycerol to hydrogen using the formate hydrogen lyase system of Escherichia coli which converts pyruvate to hydrogen. Starting with Escherichia coli BW25113 frdC that lacks fumarate reductase to eliminate the negative effect of accumulated hydrogen on glycerol fermentation and by using both adaptive evolution and chemical mutagenesis combined with a selection method based on increased growth on glycerol, we obtained an improved strain, HW2, that produces 20-fold more hydrogen in glycerol medium (0.68 mmol/L/h) compared to that of frdC mutant. HW2 also grows 5-fold faster (0.25 1/h) than BW25113 frdC on glycerol, so it achieves a reasonable growth rate. Corroborating the increase in hydrogen production, glycerol dehydrogenase activity in HW2 increased 4-fold compared to BW25113 frdC. In addition, a whole-transcriptome study revealed that several pathways that would decrease hydrogen yields were repressed in HW2 (fbp, focA, and gatYZ) while a beneficial pathway, eno which encodes enolase was induced.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Escherichia coli K-12 comparing luxS mutant LW12 with wild type W3110 exposure to 10mM or 30mM hydrogen peroxide.
Project description:The experiment contains ChIP-seq data for Escherichia coli strain RPB104 hns::kan. The strain was grown at 37 degrees in LB medium to stationary phase and crosslinked with 1 % (v/v) formaldehyde. After sonication, to break open cells and fragment DNA, immunoprecipitations were done using anti-FLAG antibodies. Libraries were prepared using DNA remaining after immunoprecipitation.
Project description:Transcripitonal profiling of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110 comparing cells with and without hydrogen peroxide treatment, two biological replicates each One-condition experiment, cells with or without hydrogen peroxide treatment for 10min
Project description:Escherichia coli (E. coli) amine oxidase (ECAO) encoded by tynA gene has been one of the model enzymes to study the mechanism of oxidative deamination of amines to the corresponding aldehydes by amine oxidases. The biological roles of ECAO have been less addressed. Therefore we have constructed a gene deletion Escherichia coli K-12 strain, E. coli tynA-, and used the microarray technique to address its function by comparing the total RNA gene expression to the one of the wt. Our results suggest that tynA is a reserve gene for stringent environmental conditions and its gene product ECAO a growth advantage compared to other bacteria due to H2O2 production.