{"title":"Unveiling the Efficient Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Degradation Potential of Pseudomonas nitritireducens Using Central Composite Design","authors":"Sheetal Pardeshi, Niranjan Patil, Prafulla Shede","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70094","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jobm.70094","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Sodium dodecyl sulfate, an anionic detergent, has extensive usage in several pharmaceuticals and household products. SDS contaminates the environment due to failure of conventional treatment methods to remove it completely from wastewater. Due to the eco-toxicity and health hazards of SDS, there is need of new and efficient methods of SDS removal. The present study is the first description on highly efficient SDS biodegradation and chemotaxis by <i>Pseudomonas nitritireducens</i> isolated from river sediments. SDS degradation kinetics using 50−1000 mg/L SDS concentration showed the highest degradation rate of 30.88 mg/L/h at 600 mg/L. The central composite design-face centered was used for optimization of SDS degradation resulting in 1.25-fold increase in degradation. 99.6% ± 0.018% SDS was degraded within 8 h of incubation in M9 minimal medium containing 200 mg/L SDS as the sole carbon source. The time of degradation reduced to 6 h when inoculum was induced for SDS degradation. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first description on SDS chemotaxis of <i>P. nitritireducens</i> showing the lowest period for degradation of environmentally relevant SDS concentration. Furthermore, the article provides the earliest report on use of response surface methodology for optimization of SDS degradation. The reported bacterium may provide competent alternative for SDS removal in wastewater treatment as well as new insights of SDS metabolism in bacteria on further exploration.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":"65 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144862264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GalE's Role in Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Synthesis and Environmental Stress Resistance in STEC O5.","authors":"Yining Deng, Yunke Zhang, Tong Wu, Chen Peng, Wenxue Wu","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.70081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) is known to cause severe diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders in animals and humans. The galE gene encodes the galE protein, which acts as an essential catalyst required to convert UDP-galactose into UDP-glucose, and vital for exopolysaccharide synthesis. In this study, a knockout mutant of the STEC galE gene (ΔgalE) was constructed and the biological functions of galE were analyzed. Relative to the wild-type strain, O-antigen synthesis within the ΔgalE mutant changed and displayed distinct profiles via SDS-PAGE coupled with silver staining and Western blot analysis. Furthermore, this mutant showed a reduction in swimming motility, diminished biofilm formation, and reduced replication within macrophages. In the complement-killing assay, the membrane attack complex (MAC) was deposited in greater amounts on the ΔgalE-deficient strain relative to the wild-type strain, indicating a higher susceptibility of the ΔgalE strain toward complement-dependent lysis. However, the mutant manifested a more pronounced tolerance to extreme environments despite exhibiting comparable replication in a growth medium. These results indicate that galE plays a significant roles in O-antigen biosynthesis and contributes to STEC pathogenicity.</p>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"e70081"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144812049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis From Bacillus subtilis and Its ROS-Mediated Staphylocidal Activity Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.","authors":"Minakshi Sinha, Hemlata Kumari, Shaurya Prakash, Neetu Kumari, Mulaka Maruthi, Kavita Arora, Antresh Kumar","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.70091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rapidly emerging antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Staphylococcus aureus is a global health issue that causes life-threatening infections in nosocomial and community-acquired settings. The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) infections is higher in clinical practices, which causes a major hurdle in the treatment. The epidemiology of such systemic and invasive infections results in higher morbidity and mortality, especially in middle-income countries where hospitalization rates and improper drug use escalate the threat. Nanotechnology has gained more attention for preventing acute and chronic microbial infections. The present study aimed to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using the cell-free extract of B. subtilis and to examine their antimicrobial effect against MRSA. The synthesized AgNPs were characterized by spectroscopy (UV-VIS, FT-IR) and imaging spectroscopy (SEM, TEM), zeta potential, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis. The efficacy of AgNPs was examined with different Gram-negative and Gram-positive strains, including MRSA with 0.4 mg/mL MIC, and was significantly potent against other pathogens. The AgNPs also displayed bactericidal effects assessed by ROS production, macromolecule leakage, and biofilm formation inhibition, which was inhibited up to 82% at 1.6 mg/mL AgNPs concentration. Our findings suggest that green-synthesized AgNPs show a potent antimicrobial activity against a diverse range of bacterial pathogens by greatly reducing cell susceptibility via elevating ROS production, DNA, and protein leakage. AgNPs equally hamper biofilm inhibition, suggesting the emergence of drug-resistant infections in S. aureus. Further research is warranted to explore their potential in clinical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"e70091"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144799101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bacteriophage Therapy to Combat Microbial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance.","authors":"Divakar Sharma, Indu Singh, Juhi Sharma, Indira Kumari Verma, Arun Ratn","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.70090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global issue; however, in lower resource settings, uncontrolled measures and uncontrolled use of antibiotics in human, animal, and agricultural practices have increased their prevalence in developing countries. Various mechanisms have been implicated to explain the AMR, like the circulation of the plasmid carrying antibiotic resistance genes (ARG), mutation in target genes (intrinsic and plasmid), overexpression of efflux pumps, underexpression of porins, etc. Various therapeutic strategies used to combat AMR exist, such as nonantibiotic approaches (vaccinations or immunotherapy, nano-derived treatments, and bacteriophage therapy), Anti-plasmid and plasmid curing approaches, combinatorial approaches (combination of antibiotics as well as a combination of two different approaches), and plant-based therapeutics. In this focused review, we have discussed the potential use of bacteriophage-based therapy to combat AMR and biofilm formation through multifaceted ways, including lysis of the drug-resistant bacteria, targeting the pili of AMR plasmids conjugation systems, and use of phage-derived lytic proteins. Phages can also be used to decontaminate surfaces in healthcare settings, prevent bacterial contamination in food (meat and dairy), and control bacterial populations in environmental settings, such as water and soil. Therefore, the bacteriophages-based approach served as a dual sword and could not only prevent the spread of infectious diseases but also manage the AMR.</p>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"e70090"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144775435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cover: Journal of Basic Microbiology. 8/2025","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.70086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Cover illustration:</b></p><p>Virus overlay and protein docking assays identified the host TER94 protein as a key binding partner of the IIV6 envelope protein 118L, suggesting its role in viral entry into <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i> cells. The figure shows the predicted 3D structure of the cellular TEF2 protein, one of the receptor candidates for the viral 118L protein on the host.</p><p>(Design: Zihni Demirbag and Cihan Inan, Faculty of Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye)\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":"65 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jobm.70086","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Macarena C Echeverria, Stefanie B Costa-Gutierrez, Enzo E Raimondo, Marta A Polti, Claudia S Benimeli
{"title":"Efficient Furfural Removal Using Actinobacteria From Polluted Sites: Microbial Consortium Design and Application.","authors":"Macarena C Echeverria, Stefanie B Costa-Gutierrez, Enzo E Raimondo, Marta A Polti, Claudia S Benimeli","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.70089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wastewater from a furfural plant in Argentina contains 791 mg L<sup>-1</sup> of furfural, posing toxicity risks if untreated. This study aimed to isolate actinobacteria from these furfural-contaminated sites, select tolerant strains, and assess their removal efficiency individually and in consortium. Six microorganisms with macroscopic characteristics corresponding to the phylum Actinomycetota were isolated. These microorganisms and Streptomyces sp. A5, A12 and M7, isolated from pesticide and heavy metal contaminated environments, showed tolerance to furfural 800 mg L<sup>-1</sup>. The isolate L9 (identified as Nocardiopsis sp. L9) and Streptomyces sp. A12 and M7 were selected because they were the most efficient with respect to their growth capacity and furfural removal in MM supplemented with furfural 400 mg L<sup>-1</sup>. The consortium formulated with the three actinobacteria (L9-A12-M7) exhibited significantly higher growth (123%) and furfural removal efficiency (58%) compared to individual cultures, when exposed to a pollutant concentration similar to that of the actual effluent (800 mg L⁻¹). Ecotoxicity tests using Raphanus sativus seeds showed that the toxic effects caused by furfural were reversed by the treatment, confirming the effectiveness of the bioremediation process. These results suggest that the actinobacterial consortium is a promising bioremediation tool for the treatment of industrial effluents contaminated with furfural.</p>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"e70089"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144775436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metabolic Engineering of Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 for L-Leucine Production.","authors":"Wen Yu, Dong Yu, Min Xiong, Yong-Jun Liu, Feng-Qing Wang, Liang-Bin Xiong","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.70075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 has garnered attention as a promising synthetic biology chassis due to its compact genome, rapid growth, innate competence for horizontal gene transfer, and ease of genetic manipulation. To assess its potential for natural product biosynthesis, we engineered ADP1 for the production of l-leucine. First, feedback inhibition was relieved by overexpressing the endogenous leuA and ilvBN genes, alongside the replacement of transcriptional attenuation regions within the leuBCD operon. These interventions derepressed the native biosynthetic pathway, resulting in a substantial increase in l-leucine titers from 0.10 to 0.82 g/L. Next, we augmented the eda gene in the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, while disrupting poxB, which diverts carbon toward acetate, further promoting l-leucine biosynthesis. To resolve carbon competition between the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and l-leucine synthesis, an inducible sRNA-based system was developed to dynamically repress TCA cycle-associated genes. This balanced the cell growth with l-leucine anabolism, ultimately achieving a titer of 1.16 g/L with a yield of 0.08 g/g glucose. Interestingly, the l-leucine feedback regulation diverges markedly from classical prokaryotic chassis like Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum, in which feedback-resistant variants of leuA and ilvBN are typically required to overcome repression. In contrast, in ADP1, overexpression of the native, wild-type genes was sufficient to drive efficient product synthesis. Moreover, the unique glucose catabolism network in ADP1 limits its pyruvate availability, supplementing pyruvate and minimizing carbon loss proved critical for optimizing l-leucine production. Collectively, our findings offer mechanistic insights into chassis-specific metabolic regulation and optimizing precursor supply in nonmodel organisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"e70075"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144760121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhaoxin Peng, Can Chen, Runge Xu, Ruobing Wang, Ruixue Wang, Jinshuo Liu, Ting Zou, Meiru Si, Tao Su
{"title":"Function and Regulatory Mechanism of a Two-Component Signal Transduction System cgtRS5 in Corynebacterium glutamicum","authors":"Zhaoxin Peng, Can Chen, Runge Xu, Ruobing Wang, Ruixue Wang, Jinshuo Liu, Ting Zou, Meiru Si, Tao Su","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70085","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jobm.70085","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The putative two-component system (TCS) CgtRS5, encoded by the <i>ncgl2572</i>–<i>ncgl2573</i> gene cluster, plays a critical role in environmental adaptation in <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i>. Comparative transcriptomic analysis between the wild-type strain and a Δ<i>cgtRS5</i> mutant revealed three upregulated and 107 downregulated genes in the mutant. Among these, genes involved in iron metabolism (<i>ncgl1959</i>), aromatic compound degradation (<i>ncgl2320</i>), and drug resistance (<i>cssR</i>) were significantly downregulated. Phenotypic assays demonstrated that the Δ<i>cgtRS5</i> mutant exhibited impaired growth in media supplemented with the divalent form of iron (Fe²⁺) or the alkylating agent iodoacetamide (IAM), but showed no significant differences under benzoate, resorcinol, or antibiotic stress. These results suggest that CgtRS5 specifically regulates the stress response to iron and IAM in <i>C. glutamicum</i>, providing new insights into TCS-mediated regulatory mechanisms in this organism.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":"65 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144731121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Understanding Bacterial Resistance to Heavy Metals and Nanoparticles: Mechanisms, Implications, and Challenges”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jobm.70088","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jobm.70088","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Chaitra Prabhu<sup>1</sup>, Akshath Uchangi Satyaprasad<sup>2</sup>, Vijaya Kumar Deekshit<sup>1</sup></p><p><i>Journal of Basic Microbiology</i> 65 (2025):e2400596</p><p>https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.202400596</p><p>Affiliation 1: Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbial Genomics, NITTE (Deemed to be University), NITTE University Centre for Science Education and Research, Paneer Campus, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, India</p><p>should be corrected to:</p><p>Nitte (Deemed to be University), Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER), Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbial Genomics, Paneer Campus, Deralakatte, Mangaluru India</p><p>and</p><p>Affiliation 2: Department of Bio and Nano Technology, NITTE (Deemed to be University), NITTE University Centre for Science Education and Research, Paneer Campus, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, India</p><p>should be corrected to</p><p>Nitte (Deemed to be University), Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER), Department of Bio and Nanotechnology, Paneer Campus, Deralakatte, Mangaluru, India</p>","PeriodicalId":15101,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Basic Microbiology","volume":"65 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jobm.70088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144698609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}