title: Genome-wide transcriptional responses of Alteromonas naphthalenivorans SN2 to contaminated seawater and marine tidal flat sediment.
abstract: A genome-wide transcriptional analysis of Alteromonas naphthalenivorans SN2 was performed to investigate its ecophysiological behavior in contaminated tidal flats and seawater. The experimental design mimicked these habitats that either added naphthalene or pyruvate; tidal flat-naphthalene (TF-N), tidal flat-pyruvate (TF-P), seawater-naphthalene (SW-N), and seawater-pyruvate (SW-P). The transcriptional profiles clustered by habitat (TF-N/TF-P and SW-N/SW-P), rather than carbon source, suggesting that the former may exert a greater influence on genome-wide expression in strain SN2 than the latter. Metabolic mapping of cDNA reads from strain SN2 based on KEGG pathway showed that metabolic and regulatory genes associated with energy metabolism, translation, and cell motility were highly expressed in all four test conditions, probably highlighting the copiotrophic properties of strain SN2 as an opportunistic marine r-strategist. Differential gene expression analysis revealed that strain SN2 displayed specific cellular responses to environmental variables (tidal flat, seawater, naphthalene, and pyruvate) and exhibited certain ecological fitness traits -- its notable PAH degradation capability in seasonally cold tidal flat might be reflected in elevated expression of stress response and chaperone proteins, while fast growth in nitrogen-deficient and aerobic seawater probably correlated with high expression of glutamine synthetase, enzymes utilizing nitrite/nitrate, and those involved in the removal of reactive oxygen species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.|Freshwater Bioresources Utilization Division, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Gyeongsangbuk-do 37242, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Mi
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Im
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yoonsoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA.
authors.forename: Eugene L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Che Ok
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Jeon
mesh_terms: D020591:Alteromonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D059467:Transcriptome; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009281:Naphthalenes; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C031721:naphthalene; D019289:Pyruvic Acid