{"title":"High-throughput sequencing reveals microbial community dynamics in two treatment systems for oil field-produced water.","authors":"Yi Li, Shuo Han, Xiangwei He","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0202","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Petroleum-associated water harbors diverse microbial communities, including hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, sulfate-reducing bacteria, and methanogenic archaea. The growth and metabolism of these organisms, as well as their community composition, can affect various aspects of oil field development and oil produced water treatment. In this study, Illumina-based 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to analyze the microbial community structures of oilfield produced water processed at two treatment stations and subjected to different treatment protocols. Significant differences in microbial community α-diversity and richness resulted from the different treatment protocols. The treatment of oil produced water effectively reduced the oil content, accompanied by the a reduction in Desulfobacterota. Proteobacteria was the dominant phylum in oil produced water; its core presence, along with Patescibacteria and Desulfobacterota, was identified in a co-occurrence network analysis of the microbial community. Redundancy analysis showed significant positive correlations between microbial community diversity and the oil and suspended solids contents of the oil produced water, highlighting the role of treatment protocols in shaping both microbial composition and water characteristics. Thus, this study provides potential insights into the processes of souring in oil fields and contributes to the theoretical understanding of oil-produced water treatment, which may inform future optimization of treatment protocols.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974872","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":"Exploring the multifaceted roles of <i>Trichoderma</i> secondary metabolites.","authors":"Kavita Yadav, Prashant Khare","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2025-0045","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2025-0045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The genus <i>Trichoderma</i> comprises many common fungi species that are distributed across the ecosystems. <i>Trichoderma</i> species have been successfully used as biofungicides due to their ability to protect plants and produce secondary metabolites (SMs) such as peptaibols, butenolides, pyridines, koninginins, and polyketide compounds. These SMs possess antimicrobial properties that allow the microbe to suppress or eliminate other pathogens, enabling it to secure a competitive nutritional niche. These SMs function as key agents in biocontrol strategies, contributing to crop protection and plant growth promotion, and are increasingly utilized in the development of bio-fertilizers. <i>Trichoderma</i> functions through multiple mechanisms that support plant health by inducing systemic resistance and by activating plant defense pathways. This article aims to review the bioactivity of selected <i>Trichoderma</i>-derived SMs with an emphasis on their beneficial effects, growth promoting attributes, and their effects on fungal prey. Additionally, the article provides a comprehensive overview of SMs in promoting sustainable agriculture and biological control.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144641879","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":"Note of appreciation.","authors":"","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2024-0228","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":"71 ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143000717","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}
Alexander Stephen Byrne, Nathalie Bissonnette, Kapil Tahlan
{"title":"Mechanisms and implications of phenotypic switching in bacterial pathogens.","authors":"Alexander Stephen Byrne, Nathalie Bissonnette, Kapil Tahlan","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0116","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0116","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bacteria encounter various stressful conditions within a variety of dynamic environments, which they must overcome for survival. One way they achieve this is by developing phenotypic heterogeneity to introduce diversity within their population. Such distinct subpopulations can arise through endogenous fluctuations in regulatory components, wherein bacteria can express diverse phenotypes and switch between them, sometimes in a heritable and reversible manner. This switching may also lead to antigenic variation, enabling pathogenic bacteria to evade the host immune response. Therefore, phenotypic heterogeneity plays a significant role in microbial pathogenesis, immune evasion, antibiotic resistance, host niche tissue establishment, and environmental persistence. This heterogeneity can result from stochastic and responsive switches, as well as various genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. The development of phenotypic heterogeneity may create clonal populations that differ in their level of virulence, contribute to the formation of biofilms, and allow for antibiotic persistence within select morphological variants. This review delves into the current understanding of the molecular switching mechanisms underlying phenotypic heterogeneity, highlighting their roles in establishing infections caused by select bacterial pathogens.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370976","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}
Paula E Pidsadny, Tim Du, Romeo Hizon, Sean Ahmed, Derek Tan, George G Zhanel, Denice C Bay, Richard J Reid-Smith, Audrey Charlebois, George R Golding
{"title":"Surveillance of <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> in Canadian retail meat and genomic linkages to community-associated human clinical infections in Canada.","authors":"Paula E Pidsadny, Tim Du, Romeo Hizon, Sean Ahmed, Derek Tan, George G Zhanel, Denice C Bay, Richard J Reid-Smith, Audrey Charlebois, George R Golding","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0193","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Community-associated <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infections (CA-CDI) remain a concern in Canada, comprising a quarter of cases previously reported through the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Previous Canadian studies have reported toxigenic <i>C. difficile</i> isolated from Canadian retail meat, suggesting that it may be a source of exposure for CA-CDI in Canada. In this study, 3/219 (1.4%) of retail pork and 0/99 (0%) of retail beef samples tested positive for toxigenic <i>C. difficile</i>, which were molecularly characterized by PCR ribotyping and whole-genome sequencing. All three isolates were obtained from pork and belonged to sequence types (STs)/ribotypes (RTs) that have previously been isolated from human clinical CA-CDI cases in Canada: ST1/RT027, ST8/RT002, and ST10/RT015. Retail meat isolates were susceptible to the antimicrobials tested, save one isolate with intermediate resistance to clindamycin. Genomic comparison to Canadian human clinical CA-CDI isolates with the same corresponding ST/RT types showed two of the three pork isolates clustered with CA-CDI isolates via core-genome multilocus sequencing typing, with single nucleotide variant (SNV) analysis showing further genomic relatedness of 2-11 SNVs. Retail meat may therefore be a low source of CA-CDI exposure in Canada, with the potential for foodborne transmission of select clones.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143498621","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":"<i>Streptococcus suis</i> serovar 9 responses to elevated temperature and co-culture with <i>Glaesserella parasuis</i>.","authors":"B S Spoja, A R Bujold, J I MacInnes, N Ricker","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0180","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0180","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Streptococcus suis</i> and <i>Glaesserella parasuis</i> are commensal organisms that can shift from a benign to pathogenic state and cause severe disease in swine. We hypothesized that a change in host temperature and/or interactions with <i>G. parasuis</i> could impact <i>S. suis</i> growth dynamics. We compared phenotypic properties of a clinical <i>S. suis</i> serovar 9 strain (SS9C) with clinical serovar 2 and healthy serovar 9 isolates grown at 37 and 41 °C. We further investigated how co-culturing with <i>G. parasuis</i> affected biofilm formation of SS9C. Crystal violet staining indicated that SS9C produced significantly more biofilm than the other strains when grown at 37 °C; this difference was amplified at 41 °C. However, cell counts did not increase at the higher temperature. Biofilms of SS9C at 37 and 41 °C were unaffected by DNase I digestion, while other strains were both susceptible at 41 °C. All biofilms were susceptible to proteinase K and α-amylase digestion at both temperatures. We showed that growth at 41 °C increased biofilm formation and shifted the phenotype of SS9C; however, neither increased temperature nor co-culture with <i>G. parasuis</i> increased planktonic or sessile cell counts. Our study suggests that increased temperature in the host may be an important factor in understanding <i>S. suis</i> disease development.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143972444","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}
Manuel Pérez Maldonado, Daniel Ofori-Darko, Vanessa Nichols, Jessica French, Kelsey Spence, Richard J Reid-Smith, E Jane Parmley
{"title":"Investigating the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in the environment in Canada: a scoping review.","authors":"Manuel Pérez Maldonado, Daniel Ofori-Darko, Vanessa Nichols, Jessica French, Kelsey Spence, Richard J Reid-Smith, E Jane Parmley","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0189","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antimicrobial resistance is an environmental, agricultural, and public health problem that is impacting the health of humans and animals. The role of the environment as a source of and transmission pathway for antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes is a topic of increasing interest that, to date, has received limited attention. This study aimed to describe the sources and possible pathways contributing to antimicrobial resistance dissemination through bioaerosols, water, and soil in Canada using a scoping review methodology and systems thinking approach. A systems map was created to describe the occurrence and relationships between sources and pathways for antimicrobial resistance dissemination through water, soil, and bioaerosols. The map guided the development of the scoping review protocol, specifically the keywords searched and what data were extracted from the included studies. In total, 103 studies of antimicrobial resistance in water, 67 in soil, and 12 in air were identified. Studies to detect the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes have mainly been conducted at wastewater treatment plants and commercial animal livestock facilities. We also identified elements in the systems map with little or no data available (e.g., retail) that need to be investigated further to have a better understanding of antimicrobial resistance dissemination through different Canadian environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143966425","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}
B Van der Merwe, J Williams, E Le Roux, A Van Staden, G Lawrence, K Jacobs
{"title":"<i>Morchella capensis</i> sp. nov., the Fynbos morel-the first description of an endemic <i>Morchella</i> species from Africa.","authors":"B Van der Merwe, J Williams, E Le Roux, A Van Staden, G Lawrence, K Jacobs","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2023-0224","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2023-0224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A species of <i>Morchella</i> was observed growing in spring, under a vulnerable member of the <i>Proteaceae</i>, in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. These fungi shared many of the cryptic characteristics common in the genus <i>Morchella</i> and displayed a wide range of phenotypic expression. The unique ecology of these fungi and the fact that no endemic <i>Morchella</i> species have been described from Africa lead to suspicions that this could be a novel species. Sequencing of key genetic regions, phylogenetics, and morphological studies confirmed that this was indeed a previously unknown species of <i>Morchella</i>. Roots collected underneath the fruiting bodies displayed a range of root-associated activities, alluding to a possible relationship. Further, this <i>Morchella</i> species has a history of traditional use on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. The traditional use of fungi is rarely recorded in Africa. In this study, we introduce <b><i>Morchella capensis</i> sp. nov.</b>, the first endemic African morel.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":"71 ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143514805","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}
Barney A Geddes, Riley Williamson, Jake Schumacher, Ahmad Ardi, Garrett Levin, Emily Červenka, Rui Huang, George C diCenzo
{"title":"BEVA2.0: modular assembly of golden gate-compatible vectors with expanded utility for genetic engineering.","authors":"Barney A Geddes, Riley Williamson, Jake Schumacher, Ahmad Ardi, Garrett Levin, Emily Červenka, Rui Huang, George C diCenzo","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0246","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This expansion for the modular vector assembly platform BEVA (Bacterial Expression Vector Archive) introduces 11 new BEVA parts including two new cloning site variants, two new antibiotic resistance modules, three new origins of replication, and four new accessary modules. As a result, the modular system is now doubled in size and expanded in its capacity to produce diverse replicating plasmids. Furthermore, it is now amenable to genetic engineering methods involving genome-manipulation of target strains through deletions or integrations. In addition to introducing the new modules, we provide several BEVA-derived Golden Gate cloning plasmids that are used to validate parts and that may be useful for genetic engineering of proteobacteria and other bacteria. We also introduce new parts to allow compatibility with the CIDAR MoClo parts libraries.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143370450","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}
Adelumola Oladeinde, Kimberly Cook, Attiq Rehman, Catherine D Carrillo, Reed Woyda, Crystal Wiersma, Zaid Abdo, Jasmine Johnson, Anna Marie Bosch, Michael Rothrock, Moussa S Diarra
{"title":"Survival of antimicrobial resistant <i>Salmonella</i> Heidelberg inoculated into microcosms of fresh pine wood shavings for broiler litter.","authors":"Adelumola Oladeinde, Kimberly Cook, Attiq Rehman, Catherine D Carrillo, Reed Woyda, Crystal Wiersma, Zaid Abdo, Jasmine Johnson, Anna Marie Bosch, Michael Rothrock, Moussa S Diarra","doi":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0088","DOIUrl":"10.1139/cjm-2024-0088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Highlights: </strong><i>S</i>. Heidelberg survived up to 21 days in PWS which is often used as broiler bedding. <i>S</i>. Heidelberg abundance and survival was correlated with the water activity of PWS. <i>S</i>. Heidelberg strains that carried higher copy numbers of small Col plasmids were the dominant strains isolated from PWS at later time points. <i>S</i>. Heidelberg strains harboring transmissible plasmid carrying AmpC-like beta-lactamase gene persisted longer in PWS without antibiotic pressures for AMR.</p>","PeriodicalId":9381,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of microbiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142495599","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}