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Dawen Gao, Xiaolong Wang, Hong Liang, Qihang Wei, Yuan Dou, Longwei Li
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2018, Volume 12, Issue 3, doi: 10.1007/s11783-018-1035-x
Keywords： Anammox Metabolism Metagenome Ecological distribution Microbial interactions
ARGs-OAP v3.0: Antibiotic-Resistance Gene Database Curation and Analysis Pipeline Optimization Article
Xiaole Yin, Xiawan Zheng, Liguan Li, An-Ni Zhang, Xiao-Tao Jiang, Tong Zhang
Engineering 2023, Volume 27, Issue 8, Pages 234-241 doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2022.10.011
Antibiotic resistance, which is encoded by antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), has proliferated to become a growing threat to public health around the world. With technical advances, especially in the popularization of metagenomic sequencing, scientists have gained the ability to decipher the profiles of ARGs in diverse samples with high accuracy at an accelerated speed. To analyze thousands of ARGs in a highthroughput way, standardized and integrated pipelines are needed. The new version (v3.0) of the widely used ARGs online analysis pipeline (ARGs-OAP) has made significant improvements to both the reference database—the structured ARGs (SARG) database—and the integrated analysis pipeline. SARG has been enhanced with sequence curation to improve annotation reliability, incorporate emerging resistance genotypes, and determine rigorous mechanism classification. The database has been further organized and visualized online in the format of a tree-like structure with a dictionary. It has also been divided into sub-databases for different application scenarios. In addition, the ARGs-OAP has been improved with adjusted quantification methods, simplified tool implementation, and multiple functions with userdefined reference databases. Moreover, the online platform now provides a diverse biostatistical analysis workflow with visualization packages for the efficient interpretation of ARG profiles. The ARGs-OAP v3.0 with an improved database and analysis pipeline will benefit academia, governmental management, and consultation regarding risk assessment of the environmental prevalence of ARGs.
Keywords： SARG database ARGs-OAP Antibiotic-resistance genes Environmental metagenome Quantification
Reconstruction and Dynamics of the Human Intestinal Microbiome Observed In Situ Article
Xiaolin Liu, Min Dai, Yue Ma, Na Zhao, Ziyu Wang, Ying Yu, Yakun Xu, Huijie Zhang, Liyuan Xiang, He Tian, Guanghou Shui, Faming Zhang, Jun Wang
Engineering 2022, Volume 15, Issue 8, Pages 89-101 doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2021.03.015
The human gut microbiome has primarily been studied through the use of fecal samples, a practice that has generated vital knowledge on the composition and functional capacities of gastrointestinal microbial communities. However, this reliance on fecal materials limits the investigation of microbial dynamics in other locations along the gastrointestinal tract (in situ), and the infrequent availability of fecal samples prevents analysis at finer temporal scales (e.g., hours). In our study, we utilized colonic transendoscopic enteral tubing, a technology originally developed for fecal microbiota transplantation, to sample the ileocecal microbiome twice daily; metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses were then conducted on these samples. A total of 43 ileocecal and 28 urine and fecal samples were collected from five healthy volunteers. The ileocecal and fecal microbiomes, as profiled in the five volunteers, were found to be similar in metagenomic profiling, yet their active genes (metatranscriptome) were found to be highly distinct. Both microbiomes were perturbed after laxative exposure; over time, they exhibited reduced dissimilarity to their pre-treatment state, thereby demonstrating resilience as an innate property of the gut microbiome, although they did not fully recover within our observation time window. Sampling of the ileocecal microbiome during the day and at night revealed the existence of diurnal rhythms in a series of bacterial species and functional pathways, particularly those related to short-chain fatty acid production, such as Propionibacterium acnes and coenzyme A biosynthesis II. Autocorrelation analysis and fluctuations decomposition further indicated the significant periodicity of the diurnal oscillations. Metabolomic profiling in the fecal and urine samples mirrored the perturbance and recovery in the gut microbiome, indicating the crucial contribution of the gut microbiome to many key metabolites involved in host health. This study provides novel insights into the human gut microbiome and its inner resilience and diurnal rhythms, as well as the potential consequences of these to the host.
Keywords： Diurnal rhythm Reconstruction Metagenome Metatranscriptome Metabolome Transendoscopic enteral tubing
Jiayu Zhang, Kaiyan Zhou, Fangliang Guo, Huaxin Lei, Renxin Zhao, Lin Lin, Xiaoyan Li, Bing Li
Engineering 2023, Volume 31, Issue 12, Pages 59-69 doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2023.07.009
As a widespread emerging contaminant, chloramphenicol (CAP) adversely impacts ecological communities in the water environment. Biological treatment is widely used for aquatic pollutant removal, and the performance of functional microbes determines its outcome. Herein, a consortium with a powerful CAP-degrading capacity was domesticated from activated sludge. As the common degradation products of CAP, 4-nitrobenzoic acid (PNB) and 2,2-dichloroacetic acid (DCA) were also used as the sole substrates for long-term domestication. The successional pattern of the microbial community and critical functional genes through the 2.5-year domestication was revealed by metagenomic analysis. Sphingomonas, Caballeronia, and Cupriavidus became the most dominant populations in the CAP-, PNB-, and DCA-degrading consortia, respectively, and they were crucial degraders of PNB and DCA. Their collaboration contributed to the high mineralization rate of CAP. PNB was transformed into protocatechuic acid (PCA) and then mineralized through meta-cleavage and ortho-cleavage pathways. Crucial functional genes involved in CAP, PNB, and DCA metabolism, including CAP acetyltransferase, CAP oxidoreductase, haloacid dehalogenases, and protocatechuate dioxygenases, were significantly enriched in consortia. pH and carbon source had significant impacts on CAP biodegradation efficiency. The domesticated consortia and isolated strains are necessary microbial resources to enhance the bioremediation of CAP-, PNB-, or DCA-polluted environments.
Keywords： Antibiotic Biodegradation Metabolism Microbial community succession Metagenome
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Anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria: ecological distribution, metabolism, and microbial interactions
Dawen Gao, Xiaolong Wang, Hong Liang, Qihang Wei, Yuan Dou, Longwei Li
Journal Article
ARGs-OAP v3.0: Antibiotic-Resistance Gene Database Curation and Analysis Pipeline Optimization
Xiaole Yin, Xiawan Zheng, Liguan Li, An-Ni Zhang, Xiao-Tao Jiang, Tong Zhang
Journal Article
Reconstruction and Dynamics of the Human Intestinal Microbiome Observed In Situ
Xiaolin Liu, Min Dai, Yue Ma, Na Zhao, Ziyu Wang, Ying Yu, Yakun Xu, Huijie Zhang, Liyuan Xiang, He Tian, Guanghou Shui, Faming Zhang, Jun Wang
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