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PubMed1998

Description of Acetobacter oboediens sp. nov. and Acetobacter pomorum sp. nov., two new species isolated from industrial vinegar fermentations.

Two strains of Acetobacter sp., LTH 2460T and LTH 2458T, have been isolated from running red wine and cider vinegar fermentations, respectively. Taxonomic characteristics of the isolates were investigated. Comparative analysis of the 165 rRNA sequences revealed > 99% similarity between strain LTH 2460T and the type strains of the related species Acetobacter europaeus and Acetobacter xylinus and between strain LTH 2458T and Acetobacter pasteurianus. On the other hand, low levels of DNA relatedness (< 34%) were determined in DNA-DNA similarity studies. This relatedness below the species level was consistent with specific physiological characteristics permitting clear identification of these strains within established species of acetic acid bacteria. Based on these results, the names Acetobacter oboediens sp. nov. and Acetobacter pomorum sp. nov. are proposed for strains LTH 2460T and LTH 2458T, respectively. The phylogenetic positions of the new species are reflected by a 16S rRNA-based tree. Furthermore, a 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe specific for A. oboediens was constructed.

Acetic Acid↗
PubMed1993

Cloning and sequencing the recA+ genes of Acetobacter polyoxogenes and Acetobacter aceti: construction of recA- mutants of by transformation-mediated gene replacement.

The recA+ gene of Acetobacter polyoxogenes was cloned as a gene that conferred methyl methanesulfonate resistance (MMSR) on the RecA- Escherichia coli HB101. The cloned recA+ gene also conferred (i) resistance to UV irradiation, (ii) enhanced intrachromosomal recombination, and (iii) permitted prophage phi 80 induction in E. coli recA- lysogens. Nucleotide sequence determination revealed that the recA product consists of 348 amino acids (aa) corresponding to 38 kDa, and shows significant similarity to RecA proteins from other Gram- bacteria. Next, a portion of recA from Acetobacter aceti was cloned by using polymerase chain reaction with oligodeoxyribonucleotide primers design based on the A. polyoxogenes recA sequence. Due to availability of efficient host-vector and transformation systems in A. aceti, recA mutants of A. aceti were obtained by transformation-mediated gene replacement with the cloned A. aceti recA gene which was inactivated by insertion of the kanamycin-resistance-encoding gene from pACYC177. The recA mutants obtained in this way showed similar phenotypes to those of E. coli recA strains, such as increased sensitivity to MMS and to UV irradiation, and decreased homologous recombination.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1994

Purification and characterization of the NAD-preferring glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Acetobacter hansenii (Acetobacter xylinum).

An NAD-preferring glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase of Acetobacter hansenii (formerly known as Acetobacter xylinum) has been purified to apparent homogeneity and kinetically characterized. The purified enzyme was stabilized by the use of glycerol, MgSO4, and 2-mercaptoethanol at pH 5.4. The molecular weight of the enzyme, determined by nondenaturing gel filtration, is 243,000. The subunit molecular weight is 60,140 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, suggesting that the native enzyme is a tetramer. At pH 5.4 the enzyme has Kms of 0.104 and 0.34 mM for NAD+ and NADP+, respectively; the Kms for glucose 6-phosphate are 0.071 and 0.089 mM, using NAD+ and NADP+, respectively; and the kcat values are 128,000 and 77,300 min-1 with NAD+ and NADP+, respectively. The Kms for NADP+ and glucose 6-phosphate are approximately 10 times higher than the corresponding Kms for the NADP-specific glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase in the same organism, but the kcat is also approximately 10-fold higher, so that the kcat/Km values for these two activities are nearly identical at pH 5.4. Both the NAD- and NADP-linked activities of the NAD-preferring enzyme are inhibited by ATP. The NADP-specific glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase is insensitive to ATP at pH 6.7 and 9.5, but at pH 5.4 ATP inhibits this enzyme. The possible roles of these two glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenases in the metabolism of A. hansenii are discussed.

Chromatography, Affinity↗
PubMed1991

Purification and properties of NADP-linked glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Acetobacter hansenii (Acetobacter xylinum).

The NADP-linked glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Acetobacter hansenii (formerly known as Acetobacter xylinum) has been purified to apparent homogeneity. The sequence of the 10 N-terminal amino acids was determined. The subunit molecular weight of the enzyme is 53,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; gel filtration studies under nondenaturing conditions revealed that the molecular weight of the enzyme is 200,000 to 220,000 at pH 6.5 and 9.5, suggesting that the native enzyme is a tetramer. Specificity studies at both pH 6.5 and 9.5 demonstrated that the enzyme is a typical NADP-preferring glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. The enzyme's catalytic activity increases with increasing pH, kcat being approximately 4 times greater at pH 9.5 than at pH 6.7 and the Km for NADP+ being 3 times lower at the higher pH; but the Km for glucose 6-phosphate is nearly 20 times higher at pH 9.5 than at pH 6.7, suggesting that the enzyme is catalytically more efficient at the lower pH. At pH 6.7, initial velocity measurements, product inhibition by NADPH, and inhibition by glucosamine 6-phosphate yielded results that were consistent with a steady-state random mechanism. At pH 9.5, steady-state kinetic analyses suggested that the mechanism is ordered, with coenzyme binding first, but nonlinear double-reciprocal plots were observed in the presence of NADPH when glucose 6-phosphate was varied and a complete kinetic analysis was not undertaken. Among several nucleotides and potential inhibitory ligands examined, only 2',5'-ADP inhibited the enzyme significantly.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1977

The structure of cellulose-producing bacteria, Acetobacter xylinum and Acetobacter acetigenus.

The structure of the pellicles and cells of the cellulose-producing bacteria, Acetobacter xylinum and Acetobacter acetigenus, was studied by transmission electron microscopy of thin sections and freeze-etch replicas of glucose-stimulated cell suspensions, quiescent cell suspensions, and discrete pellicles. These bacteria have a relatively thin cell wall in section, with several irregular features superimposed on an otherwise simple, Gram-negative morphology. There are no flagella or pili. Unfixed, unextracted cells, viewed as whole mounts, show spherical or ellipsoidal bodies of undetermined composition which disappear after extraction with water or ethanol and propylene oxide. For both species, there are several kinds of cell surface irregularities, some of which are localized protrusions of the cell envelope. A variety of irregularities is seen frequently on cells in the first minutes of glucose incubation, on cells in a discrete pellicle, on quiescent cells, and on starved cells. Immediately after the addition of glucose to cellulose-free cells in suspension culture, fine fibrils appear on and (or) near the cell envelope. The fine fibrils are frequently as small as 3 nm in diameter in both freeze-etch and thin-section preparations and are frequently associated with freshly synthesized cellulose fibrils. Starved cells in suspensions free of (classical) microfibrils sometimes reveal stubs of an extracellular structure whose morphology resembles that of a nascent cellulose fibril.

Cell Membrane↗
PubMed1981

The nitrogen requirements of Gluconobacter, Acetobacter and Frateuria.

The nitrogen requirements of 96 Gluconobacter, 55 Acetobacter and 7 Frateuria strains were examined. Only some Frateuria strains were able to grow on 0.5% yeast extract broth or 0.5% peptone broth. In the presence of D-glucose or D-mannitol as a carbon source, ammonium was used as the sole source of nitrogen by all three genera. With ethanol, only a few Acetobacter strains grew on ammonium as a sole nitrogen source. Single L-amino acids cannot serve as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen for growth of Gluconobacter, Acetobacter or Frateuria. The single L-amino acids which were used by most strains as a sole nitrogen source for growth are: asparagine, aspartic acid, glutamine, glutamic acid, proline and alanine. Some Acetobacter and Gluconobacter strains deaminated alanine, asparagine, glutamic acid, threonine, serine and proline. No Frateuria strain was able to develop on cysteine, glycine, threonine or tryptophan as a sole source of nitrogen for growth. An inhibitory effect of valine may explain the absence of growth on this amino acid. No amino acid is "essential" for Gluconobacter, Acetobacter or Frateuria.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed2000

Molecular identification of Acetobacter isolates from submerged vinegar production, sequence analysis of plasmid pJK2-1 and application in the development of a cloning vector.

Three new Acetobacter strains were isolated from vinegar. By plasmid profiling they were recognized as genotypically different from each other. Sequencing of the genes for 16S and 23S rRNA and DNA-DNA hybridization of total DNA against DNA of all type strains of Acetobacter identified Acetobacter strains JK2 and V3 as A. europaeus, and Acetobacter strain JK3 as A. intermedius. In contrast to the type strain of A. europaeus (DSM 6160), A. europaeus JK2 and V3 do not require acetic acid for growth and can be successfully transferred between media with and without acetic acid. This phenotypic characteristic enables convenient handling of both strains in genetic studies. Plasmid pJK2-1 from A. europaeus JK2 was used as the basis for shuttle plasmid construction with the aim of developing an efficient vector system for these strains. The entire nucleotide sequence of pJK2-1 was determined. High amino acid identities were found for three open reading frames: Rep (replication protein); Dinjl (DNA damage inducible enzyme); and Dinj2 proteins. A recombinant plasmid pUCJK2-1 (5.6 kb) consisting of the entire plasmid pJK2-1 and the entire plasmid pUC18 was successfully used in transformation experiments. Plasmid pJT2 (5.8 kb) was constructed from pUCJK2-1 with the aim of reactivating the lacZ' gene.

Acetic Acid↗
PubMed1997

Coffea arabica L., a new host plant for Acetobacter diazotrophicus, and isolation of other nitrogen-fixing acetobacteria.

Acetobacter diazotrophicus was isolated from coffee plant tissues and from rhizosphere soils. Isolation frequencies ranged from 15 to 40% and were dependent on soil pH. Attempts to isolate this bacterial species from coffee fruit, from inside vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spores, or from mealybugs (Planococcus citri) associated with coffee plants were not successful. Other acid-producing diazotrophic bacteria were recovered with frequencies of 20% from the coffee rhizosphere. These N2-fixing isolates had some features in common with the genus Acetobacter but should not be assigned to the species Acetobacter diazotrophicus because they differed from A. diazotrophicus in morphological and biochemical traits and were largely divergent in electrophoretic mobility patterns of metabolic enzymes at coefficients of genetic distance as high as 0.950. In addition, these N2-fixing acetobacteria differed in the small-subunit rRNA restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns obtained with EcoRI, and they exhibited very low DNA-DNA homology levels, ranging from 11 to 15% with the A. diazotrophicus reference strain PAI 5T. Thus, some of the diazotrophic acetobacteria recovered from the rhizosphere of coffee plants may be regarded as N2-fixing species of the genus Acetobacter other than A. diazotrophicus. Endophytic diazotrophic bacteria may be more prevalent than previously thought, and perhaps there are many more potentially beneficial N2-fixing bacteria which can be isolated from other agronomically important crops.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1977

[Researches to the conversion of sorbit into sorbose by Acetobacter suboxydans (author's transl)].

The production of sorbose by Acetobacter suboxydans (4) is closely related to the concentration of sorbit in the medium. An increasing concentration of sorbit gives rise to the inhibition of cell reproduction; followed by a decrease of sorbose content in the culture medium. The decrease of sorbose yield in concentrations of about 15% sorbit in medium indicates the decreasing metabolism rate of the total population of Acetobacter suboxydans (4) culture and does not refer to the ability of the individual bacterium cell to produce sorbose. Relevant research work showed, that sorbose production for each bacterium cell distinctly increased with the decrease of the number of cells in a population of Acetobacter suboxydans (4) as a consequence of the application of an increased sorbit concentration. An unrestrained reproduction of bacteria could be obtained by exluding all factors involved in the contamination of sorbit and exhibiting toxic effects. Therefore the organisms could be offered a greater concentration of sorbit for conversion into sorbose. Thus sorbose yield would be increased, respectively. The total conversion of the C-source into sorbose could not be obtained with Acetobacter ruboxydans (4).

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1993

Characterization of the replicon from plasmid pAC1 from Acetobacter pasteurianus.

A panel of recombinant plasmids pACK5 and pACT7 was prepared by introducing kanamycin and tetracycline resistance into the partially split plasmid pAC1 which contained replicon isolated from Acetobacter pasteurianus. The replicon in plasmid pAC1 is compatible with the ColE1 replicon. Compared to pBR322, the plasmid had more than 30 copies per chromosome in Escherichia coli cells. Plasmids were transformed into E. coli DH1, Acetobacter pasteurianus 3614, Acetobacter aceti 3620, Shigella, Citrobacter, and Brevibacterium flavum cells, and the stability of plasmid DNA was tested after cultivation in nonselective conditions.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1995

Transformation of microorganisms with the plasmid vector with the replicon from pAC1 from Acetobacter pasteurianus.

A number of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria species was screened for the expression of the gram-negative plasmid pACK5 and pACT72 with replicon of pAC1 plasmid from Acetobacter pasteurianus. As was described previously, both plasmids were expressed in Escherichia coli, Acetobacter pasteurianus, Acetobacter aceti, Shigella spp. and Citrobacter spp. Expressions of plasmids were successful in twelve species tested, Comamonas terrigena, Salmonella typhimurium, Serratia marcescens, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus megatericum, Bacillus subtilis, Lactobacillus helveticus, Micrococcus luteus, Sarcina lutea, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptoccocus feacalis, and the stability of plasmid DNA was tested after cultivation in non-selective conditions.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1997

Characterization of the genes encoding the three-component membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter suboxydans and their expression in Acetobacter pasteurianus.

The three-component membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) of Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO12528 was purified, and the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of each subunit was determined. On the basis of the amino acid sequences, the genes adhA, encoding the 72-kDa dehydrogenase, adhB, encoding the 44-kDa cytochrome c-553 (a CO-binding cytochrome c), and adhS, encoding a 15-kDa protein, were cloned and the amino acid sequences of their products were deduced from the nucleotide sequences. The dehydrogenase and cytochrome genes were clustered with the same transcription polarity, as is the case in species of Acetobacter, another genus of acetic acid bacteria. These AdhA and AdhB subunits showed similarity in amino acid sequence to those from Acetobacter spp., whereas AdhS showed no similarity to the corresponding subunit of the ADH complex of Acetobacter pasteurianus. Consistent with this, adhS of G. suboxydans could not complement a defect in the corresponding subunit of A. pasteurianus. When the adhA-adhB gene cluster of G. suboxydans was expressed in an ADH-deficient mutant of A. pasteurianus, the transformant showed distinct ADH activity. The ADH complex was purified to near homogeneity and consisted of two subunits, the dehydrogenase and the cytochrome c subunits derived from G. suboxydans, without any other subunit. These data suggested that AdhS, the smallest subunit of ADH, from G. suboxydans is not essential for ADH activity in A. pasteurianus, in contrast to the essential role of A. pasteurianus AdhS, which is required for correct assembly of the dehydrogenase and cytochrome c subunits on the membrane.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1990

Mutagenesis of acetobacter methanolicus MB58 with the transposon Tn5.

Transposon mutagenesis was applied to the isolation of mutants of the facultatively methylotrophic Acetobacter methanolicus MB 58. The transposon Tn5 (pSU2011) was transferred from Escherichia coli SM 10 by means of conjugation to Acetobacter methanolicus MB 58. Four out of 1850 stable Km-resistant transconjugants were identified that were formaldehyde sensitive and failed to grow on methanol.

Acetobacter↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Genetic organization of Acetobacter for acetic acid fermentation.

Plasmid vectors for the acetic acid-producing strains of Acetobacter and Gluconobacter were constructed from their cryptic plasmids and the efficient transformation conditions were established. The systems allowed to reveal the genetic background of the strains used in the acetic acid fermentation. Genes encoding indispensable components in the acetic acid fermentation, such as alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde dehydrogenase and terminal oxidase, were cloned and characterized. Spontaneous mutations at high frequencies in the acetic acid bacteria to cause the deficiency in ethanol oxidation were analyzed. A new insertion sequence element, IS1380, was identified as a major factor of the genetic instability, which causes insertional inactivation of the gene encoding cytochrome c, an essential component of the functional alcohol dehydrogenase complex. Several genes including the citrate synthase gene of A. aceti were identified to confer acetic acid resistance, and the histidinolphosphate aminotransferase gene was cloned as a multicopy suppressor of an ethanol sensitive mutant. Improvement of the acetic acid productivity of an A. aceti strain was achieved through amplification of the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene with a multicopy vector. In addition, spheroplast fusion of the Acetobacter strains was developed and applied to improve their properties.

Acetates↗
PubMed1990

Cytochrome a1 of acetobacter aceti is a cytochrome ba functioning as ubiquinol oxidase.

Cytochrome a1 is a classic cytochrome that in the 1930s had already been detected in Acetobacter strains and in the 1950s was identified as a terminal oxidase. However, recent studies did not substantiate the previous observations. We have detected a cytochrome a1-like chromophore in Acetobacter aceti, which was purified and characterized in this study. The cytochrome was solubilized from membranes of the strain with octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside and was purified by single column chromatography. The purified cytochrome exhibited a broad alpha peak around 600-610 nm, which turned to a sharp peak at 589 nm in the presence of cyanide. Carbon monoxide difference spectra of the cytochrome indicated the presence of an alpha-type cytochrome. The cytochrome contained 1 mol each of hemes b and a and probably one copper ion. These results suggest that the cytochrome purified from A. aceti is the so-called cytochrome a1, and thus the existence of the classic cytochrome has been reconfirmed. The purified enzyme consisted of four polypeptides of 55, 35, 22, and 18 kDa, and it showed a sedimentation coefficient of 6.3 S in the native form. The enzyme had a high ubiquinol oxidase activity (140-160 mumol of ubiquinol-2 oxidized per min per mg of protein). When reconstituted into proteoliposomes, the cytochrome could generate an electrochemical proton gradient during oxidation of ubiquinol. Thus, cytochrome a1 of A. aceti has been shown to be a cytochrome ba terminal oxidase capable of generating an electrochemical proton gradient concomitant with ubiquinol oxidation.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1997

A new insertion sequence IS1452 from Acetobacter pasteurianus.

A new insertion sequence element, IS1452, was found to be associated with inactivation of the alcohol dehydrogenase by insertion in the adhS gene encoding subunit III of the three-component membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase complex in Acetobacter pasteurianus. Cloning and sequencing analyses of the mutated subunit III gene locus revealed that IS1452 was inserted at or near the ribosome-binding sequence of adhS. Analysis of transcription using the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene as the reporter indicated that IS1452 abolished transcription of adhS by separating its promoter from the subunit III structural gene. IS1452 was 1411 bp in length and had a terminal inverted repeat of 21 bp. IS1452 contained one long ORF of 416 amino acids rich in basic amino acids. This protein showed homology with a putative transposes, Tra1, of IS701 isolated from the cyanobacterium Calothrix species PCC 7601. Like IS701, IS1452 was found to generate a 4 bp direct repeat at the site of insertion upon transposition. The target site specificity was rather strict, and a CTA(A or G) sequence appeared to be preferentially recognized. Transposition of IS1452 was replicative, since it was accompanied by an increase in the copy number of IS1452. Several strains belonging to the genus Acetobacter also contained IS1452 at varying copy numbers from one to more than ten. These observations suggest that IS1452 is one of the insertion sequences that are responsible for genetic instability leading to deficiencies in various physiological properties in acetic acid bacteria.

Acetobacter↗
PubMed1994

Structure elucidation and biosynthesis of 31-methylhopanoids from Acetobacter europaeus. Studies on a new series of bacterial triterpenoids.

Apart from a mixture of bacteriohopanetetrols already found in other Acetobacter species, four new 3 beta-methylhopanoids have been isolated from Acetobacter europaeus. All of them present an ether linkage between a bacteriohopanetetrol or a bacteriohopanepentol and a carbapseudopentose moiety often found in bacterial hopanoids. Three of these ethers were shown by comparison with synthetic reference hopanoids to posess a supplementary methyl group at C31. This novel series of methylhopanoids may be the precursor of yet unidentified molecular fossils found in sediments. [methyl-2H3]Methionine was efficiently incorporated into the 31-methylhopanoids with retention of all three deuterium atoms in the transferred methyl group. This labelling pattern might be consistent with a rather rarely found methylation reaction of an enol.

Acetobacter↗