Endogenous isolation of replicon probes for assessing plasmid ecology of marine sediment microbial communities

被引:24
作者
Cook, MA
Osborn, AM
Bettandorff, J
Sobecky, PA
机构
[1] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Biol, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[2] Univ Essex, Dept Sci Biol, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England
来源
MICROBIOLOGY-SGM | 2001年 / 147卷
关键词
extrachromasomal elements; marine sediment; replication origins; DNA extraction;
D O I
10.1099/00221287-147-8-2089
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Six functional replication origins (repGA14, repGA33, repGA70, repSD41, repSD164 and repSD172), obtained from endogenously isolated, broad-host-range (BHR) marine plasmids ranging in size from 5 to 60 kb, were used to determine plasmid occurrence in three coastal marine sediment sites (in California, Georgia and South Carolina, USA). The plasmid-specific replicons were isolated from plasmid-bearing marine sediment bacteria belonging to the alpha and gamma subclasses of the Proteobacteria. The plasmid sources of the endogenous replicons were considered to be cryptic due to a lack of identifiable phenotypic traits. The putative Rep proteins from a number of these replicons showed similarity to replicons of two recognized families: RCR group III (repSD164) and the FIA family of theta group A (repSD41, repSD121, repGA33 and repGA14). Plasmids isolated from marine bacteria belonging to the genera Pseudoalteromonas, Shewanella and Vibrio cultivated from geographically different coastal sites exhibited homology to two of the marine plasmid replicons, repSD41 and repGA70, obtained from a Vibrio sp. The repGA33 plasmid origin, obtained from a Shewanella sp. isolated from coastal Georgia, was detected in 7% of the Georgia marine sediment Shewanella sp. isolates. Microbial community DNA extracted from marine sediments was also screened for the presence of the plasmid replication sequences. Community DNA samples amplified by PCR yielded a positive signal for the repSD172 and repGA14 replication sequences. The replication origin of BHR plasmid RK2 (IncP) was also detected in marine Vibrio sp. and microbial community DNA extracted from the three coastal sites. These findings provide molecular evidence that marine sediment bacteria harbour an untapped population of BHR plasmids.
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页码:2089 / 2101
页数:13
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