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ISME J

Title:		Transcriptional response of Prochlorococcus to co-culture with a marine Alteromonas: differences between strains and the involvement of putative infochemicals
Author(s):		Aharonovich D; Sher D;
Address:		"Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel"
Journal Title:		ISME J
Year:		2016
Volume:		20160429
Issue:		12
Page Number:		2892 - 2906
DOI:		10.1038/ismej.2016.70
ISSN/ISBN:		1751-7370 (Electronic) 1751-7362 (Print) 1751-7362 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Interactions between marine microorganisms may determine the dynamics of microbial communities. Here, we show that two strains of the globally abundant marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus, MED4 and MIT9313, which belong to two different ecotypes, differ markedly in their response to co-culture with a marine heterotrophic bacterium, Alteromonas macleodii strain HOT1A3. HOT1A3 enhanced the growth of MIT9313 at low cell densities, yet inhibited it at a higher concentration, whereas it had no effect on MED4 growth. The early transcriptomic responses of Prochlorococcus cells after 20 h in co-culture showed no evidence of nutrient starvation, whereas the expression of genes involved in photosynthesis, protein synthesis and stress responses typically decreased in MED4 and increased in MIT313. Differential expression of genes involved in outer membrane modification, efflux transporters and, in MIT9313, lanthipeptides (prochlorosins) suggests that Prochlorococcus mount a specific response to the presence of the heterotroph in the cultures. Intriguingly, many of the differentially-expressed genes encoded short proteins, including two new families of co-culture responsive genes: CCRG-1, which is found across the Prochlorococcus lineage and CCRG-2, which contains a sequence motif involved in the export of prochlorosins and other bacteriocin-like peptides, and are indeed released from the cells into the media"
Keywords:		Alteromonas/genetics/*growth & development/isolation & purification/metabolism Bacterial Proteins/genetics/metabolism Coculture Techniques Heterotrophic Processes Prochlorococcus/*genetics/isolation & purification/metabolism Seawater/*microbiology Transcr;
Notes:		"MedlineAharonovich, Dikla Sher, Daniel eng Comparative Study England 2016/04/30 ISME J. 2016 Dec; 10(12):2892-2906. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2016.70. Epub 2016 Apr 29"