Larke-Mejía, Nasmille L and Carrión, Ornella and Crombie, Andrew T and McGenity, Terry J and Murrell, J Colin (2020) Sphingopyxis sp. Strain OPL5, an Isoprene-Degrading Bacterium from the Sphingomonadaceae Family Isolated from Oil Palm Leaves. Microorganisms, 8 (10). p. 1557. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101557
Larke-Mejía, Nasmille L and Carrión, Ornella and Crombie, Andrew T and McGenity, Terry J and Murrell, J Colin (2020) Sphingopyxis sp. Strain OPL5, an Isoprene-Degrading Bacterium from the Sphingomonadaceae Family Isolated from Oil Palm Leaves. Microorganisms, 8 (10). p. 1557. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101557
Larke-Mejía, Nasmille L and Carrión, Ornella and Crombie, Andrew T and McGenity, Terry J and Murrell, J Colin (2020) Sphingopyxis sp. Strain OPL5, an Isoprene-Degrading Bacterium from the Sphingomonadaceae Family Isolated from Oil Palm Leaves. Microorganisms, 8 (10). p. 1557. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101557
Abstract
The volatile secondary metabolite, isoprene, is released by trees to the atmosphere in enormous quantities, where it has important effects on air quality and climate. Oil palm trees, one of the highest isoprene emitters, are increasingly dominating agroforestry over large areas of Asia, with associated uncertainties over their effects on climate. Microbes capable of using isoprene as a source of carbon for growth have been identified in soils and in the tree phyllosphere, and most are members of the Actinobacteria. Here, we used DNA stable isotope probing to identify the isoprene-degrading bacteria associated with oil palm leaves and inhabiting the surrounding soil. Among the most abundant isoprene degraders of the leaf-associated community were members of the Sphingomonadales, although no representatives of this order were previously known to degrade isoprene. Informed by these data, we obtained representatives of the most abundant isoprene degraders in enrichments, including Sphingopyxis strain OPL5 (Sphingomonadales), able to grow on isoprene as the sole source of carbon and energy. Sequencing of the genome of strain OPL5, as well as a novel Gordonia strain, confirmed their pathways of isoprene degradation and broadened our knowledge of the genetic and taxonomic diversity of this important bacterial trait.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | isoprene degradation; targeted isolation; DNA-SIP; isoA; isoprene monooxygenase; Sphingopyxis |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 23 Nov 2020 09:21 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 18:53 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/29146 |
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