Polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine bacteria - A dogma rewritten

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 767-779

  Russell, Nicholas J ^a   Nichols, David S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Chemotaxonomy; Marine bacteria; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Shewanella

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMOTAXONOMY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 0032955628     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-767     Document Type: Review

References (80)

1. Bowman, J. P. (1999). Genus Shewanella. In Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Edited by N. R. Krieg & J. G. Holt. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins (in press).
2. Bowman, J. P., McCammon, S. A., Nichols, D. S., Skerratt J. H., Rea, S. M., Nichols, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1997). Shewanella gelidimarina sp. nov. and Shewanella frigidimarina sp. nov., novel Antarctic species with the ability to produce eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5ω3) and grow anaerobically by dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction. Int J Syst Bacteriol 47, 1040-1047.
3. Bowman, J. P., Gosink, J. J., McCammon, S. A., Lewis, T. E., Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D., Skerratt J. H., Staley, J. T. & McMeekin, T. A. (1998a). Colwellia demingiae sp. nov., Colwellia hornerae sp. nov., Colwellia rossensis and Colwellia psychrotropica sp. nov.: psychrophilic Antarctic species with the ability to synthesize docosahexaenoic acid (22:6ω3). Int J Syst Bacteriol 48, 1171-1180.
4. Bowman, J. P., McCammon, S. A., Lewis, T. E., Skerratt, J. H., Brown, J. L., Nichols, D. S. & McMeekin, T. A. (1998b). Psychroflexus torquis gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic species from Antarctic sea ice, and reclassification of Flavobacterium gondwanense (Dobson et al. 1993) as Psychroflexus gondwanense gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiology 144, 1601-1609.
5. Cevec, G. (1991). How membrane chain-melting phase-transition temperature is affected by lipid chain asymmetry and degree of unsaturation: an effective chain-length model. Biochemistry 30, 7186-7193.
6. Chen, H. C., Chang, C. C. & Chen, C. X. (1997). Optimization of arachidonic acid production by Mortierella alpina WUJI-H4 isolate. J Am Oil Chem Soc 74, 569-578.
7. Coyne, V. E., Pillidge, C. J., Sledjeski, D. D., Hori, H., Ortiz-Conde, B. A., Muir, D. G., Weiner, R. M. & Colwell, R. R. (1989). Reclassification of Alteromonas colwelliana to the genus Shewanella by DNA-DNA hybridisation, serology and 5S ribosomal RNA sequence data. Syst Appl Microbiol 12, 275-279.
8. DeLong, E. F. & Yayanos, A. A. (1985). Adaptation of the membrane lipids of a deep-sea bacterium to changes in hydrostatic pressure. Science 228, 1101-1102.
9. DeLong, E. F. & Yayanos, A. A. (1986). Biochemical function and ecological significance of novel bacterial lipids in deep-sea prokaryotes. Appl Environ Microbiol 51, 730-737.
10. DeLong, E. F., Franks, D. G. & Alldredge, A. L. (1993). Phylogenetic diversity of aggregate-attached vs. free-living bacterial assemblages. Limnol Oceanogr 38, 924-934.
11. Deming, J. W., Somers, L. K., Straube, W. L., Swartz, D. G. & MacDonell, M. T. (1988). Isolation of an obligately barophilic bacterium and description of a new genus, Colwellia gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 10, 152-160.
12. Dobson, S. J., James, S. R., Franzmann, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1991). A numerical taxonomic study of some pigmented bacteria isolated from Organic Lake, an Antarctic hypersaline lake. Arch Microbiol 156, 56-61.
13. Dobson, S. J., Colwell, R. R., McMeekin, T. A. & Franzmann, P. D. (1993). Direct sequencing of the polymerase chain reaction-amplified 16S rRNA gene of Flavobacterium gondwanense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium salegens sp. nov., two new species from a hypersaline Antarctic lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 43, 77-83.
14. Dowhan, W. (1997). Molecular basis for membrane phospholipid diversity. Why are there so many lipids? Annu Rev Biochem 66, 199-232.
15. Drücker, D. B. & Owen, I. (1973). Chemotaxonomic fatty acid fingerprints of bacteria grown with, and without, aeration. Can J Microbiol 19, 247-250.
16. Eroshin, V. K., Dedyukhina, E. G. & Chistyakova, T. I. (1996). Arachidonic-acid production by species of Mortierella. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 12, 91-96.
17. Erwin, J. & Bloch, K. (1964). Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids in microorganisms. Science 143, 1006-1012.
18. Facciotti, D., Valentine, R., Metz, J. & 7 other authors (1998). Cloning and characterization of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) genes from marine bacteria. Abstracts of the International Symposium on Progress and Prospectives of Marine Biotechnology, 5-10 October, Qingdao, China.
19. Fulco, A. J. (1974). Metabolic alterations of fatty acids. Annu Rev Biochem 43, 215-241.
20. Gauthier, G., Gauthier, M. & Christen, R. (1995). Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 45, 755-761.
21. Gellerman, J. L. & Schlenk, H. (1979). Methyl-directed desaturation of arachidonic to eicosapentaenoic acid in the fungus, Saprolegnia parasitica. Biochim Biophys Acta 573, 23-30.
22. Goldfine, H. (1972). Comparative aspects of bacterial lipids. Adv Microb Physiol 8, 1-58.
23. Gurr, M. I. & James, A. T. (1971). Lipid Biochemistry. London: Chapman & Hall.
24. Hamamoto, T., Takata, N., Kudo, T. & Horikoshi, K. (1994). Effect of temperature and growth phase on fatty acid composition of the psychrophilic Vibrio sp. strain no. 5710. FEMS Microbiol Lett 119, 77-82.
25. Hamamoto, T., Takata, N., Kudo, T. & Horikoshi, K. (1995). Characteristic presence of polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine psychrophilic vibrios. FEMS Microbiol Lett 129, 51-56.
26. Harwood, J. L. & Russell, N. J. (1984). Lipids in Plants and Microbes. London: George Allen and Unwin.
27. Hazel, J. R. (1995). Thermal adaptation in biological membranes: is homeoviscous adaptation the explanation? Annu Rev Physiol 57, 19-42.
28. Henderson, R. J., Millar, R. M., Sargent, J. R. & Jøstensen, J.-P. (1993). Trans-monoenoic and polyunsaturated fatty acids in phospholipids of a Vibrio species of bacterium in relation to growth conditions. Lipids 28, 389-397.
29. Huston, C. K. & Albro, P. W. (1964). Lipids of Sarcina lutea. I. Fatty acid composition of extractable lipids. J Bacteriol 88, 425-432.
30. Iwanami, H., Yamaguchi, T. & Takeuchi, M. (1995). Fatty acid metabolism in bacteria that produce eicosapentaenoic acid isolated from sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 61, 205-210.
31. Jacq, E., Prieur, D., Nichols, P., White, D. C., Porter, T. & Geesey, G. G. (1989). Microscopic examination of filamentous bacteria colonizing substrata around subtidal hydrothermal vents. Arch Microbiol 152, 64-71.
32. Johns, R. B. & Perry, G. J. (1977). Lipids of the bacterium Flexibacter polymorphus. Arch Microbiol 114, 267-271.
33. Jøstensen, J.-P. & Landfald, B. (1996). Influence of growth conditions on fatty acid composition of a polyunsaturated-fatty-acid-producing Vibrio species. Arch Microbiol 165, 306-310.
34. Jøstensen, J.-P. & Landfald, B. (1997). High prevalence of polyunsaturated-fatty-acid producing bacteria in arctic invertebrates. FEMS Microbiol Lett 151, 95-101.
35. Kaneda, T. (1991). Iso-and anteiso-fatty acids in bacteria: biosynthesis, function and taxonomic significance. Microbiol Rev 55, 288-302.
36. Kendrick, A. & Ratledge, C. (1992). Lipids of selected moulds grown for production of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Lipids 27, 15-20.
37. Keough, K. M. W. & Kariel, N. (1987). Differential scanning calorimetric studies of aqueous dispersions of phosphatidylcholines containing two polyenoic chains. Biochim Biophys Acta 902, 11-18.
38. Keough, K. M. W., Giffin, B. & Kariel, N. (1987). The influence of unsaturation on the phase transition temperatures of a series of heteroacid phosphatidylcholines containing twenty-carbon chains. Biochim Biophys Acta 902, 1-10.
39. Lees, R. S. (1990). Impact of dietary fats on human health. Food Sci Technol 37, 1-38.
40. Lewis, T., Nichols, P. D., Hart, P. R., Nichols, D. S. & McMeekin, T. A. (1998). Enrichment of rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) with eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid produced by bacteria. J World Aquacult Soc 29, 313-318.
41. Linko, Y.-Y. & Hayakawa, K. (1996). Docosahexaenoic acid: a valuable nutraceutical? Trends Food Sci Technol 7, 59-63.
42. MacDonell, M. T. & Colwell, R. R. (1985). Phylogeny of the Vibrionaceae, and recommendation for two new genera, Listonella and Shewanella. Syst Appl Microbiol 6, 171-182.
43. McGuire, A. J., Franzmann, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1987). Flectobacillus glomeratus sp. nov., a curved, nonmotile, pigmented bacterium from Antarctic marine environment. Syst Appl Microbiol 9, 265-272.
44. Matsui, Y., Suzuki, S., Suzuki, T. & Takama, K. (1991). Phospholipid and fatty acid compositions of Alteromonas putrefaciens and A. haloplanktis. Lett Appl Microbiol 12, 51-53.
45. de Mendoza, D. & Cronan, J. E., Jr (1984). Thermal regulation of membrane fluidity in bacteria. Trends Biochem Sci 8, 49-53.
46. Moule, A. L. & Wilkinson, S. G. (1987). Polar lipids, fatty acids, and isoprenoid quinones of Alteromonas putrefaciens (Shewanella putrefaciens). Syst Appl Microbiol 9, 192-198.
47. Nichols, D. S. & Russell, N. J. (1996). Fatty acid adaptation in an Antarctic bacterium - changes in primer utilization. Microbiology 142, 747-754.
48. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1992). Anaerobic production of polyunsaturated fatty acids by Shewanella putrefaciens strain ACAM 342. FEMS Microbiol Lett 98, 117-122.
49. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1993). Polyunsaturated fatty acids from Antarctic bacteria. Antarct Sci 5, 149-160.
50. Nichols, D. S., McMeekin, T. A. & Nichols, P. D. (1994). Manipulation of polyunsaturated, branched-chain and trans-fatty acid production in Shewanella putrefaciens strain ACAM 342. Microbiology 140, 577-584.
51. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1995). Ecology and physiology of psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic saline lakes and sea ice. Sci Prog 78, 311-347.
52. Nichols, D. S., Hart, P. R., Nichols, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1996). Enrichment of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis fed an Antarctic bacterium containing polyunsaturated acids. Aquaculture 147, 115-125.
53. Nichols, D. S., Brown, J. L., Nichols, P. D. & McMeekin, T. A. (1997a). Production of eicosapentaenoic and arachidonic acids by an Antarctic bacterium: response to growth temperature. FEMS Microbiol Lett 152, 349-354.
54. T: molecular species analysis of major phospholipids and bio-synthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid. Biochim Biophys Acta 1347, 164-176.
55. Nozue, H., Hayashi, T., Hashimoto, Y., Ezaki, T., Hamasaki, K., Ohwada, K. & Terawaki, Y. (1992). Isolation and characterization of Shewanella alga from human clinical specimens and emendation of the description of S. alga Simidu et al., 1990, 335. Int J Syst Bacteriol 42, 628-634.
56. Oliver, J. D. & Colwell, R. R. (1973). Extractable lipids of gram-negative marine bacteria: fatty acid composition. Int J Syst Bacteriol 23, 442-458.
57. Owen, R. J., Legros, R. M. & Lapage, S. P. (1978). Base composition, size and sequence similarities of genome deoxyribonucleic acids from clinical isolates of Pseudomonas putrefaciens. J Gen Microbiol 104, 127-138.
58. Quint, J. F. & Fulco, A. J. (1973). The biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids by bacilli. V. In vivo substrate specificities of fatty acid desaturases. J Biol Chem 248, 6885-6895.
59. Ringø, E., Sinclair, P. D., Birbeck, H. & Barbour, A. (1992). Production of eicosapentaenoic acid (20: 5n-3) by Vibrio pelagius isolated from turbot (Scophthalmus maximus (L.)) larvae. Appl Environ Microbiol 58, 3777-3778.
60. Rossello-Mora, R. A., Ludwig, W., Kampfer, P., Amann, R. & Schleifer, K. H. (1995). Ferrimonas balearica gen. nov., a marine facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 18, 196-202.
61. Russell, N. J. (1978). The positional specificity of a desaturase in the psychrophilic bacterium Micrococcus cryophilus. Biochim Biophys Acta 531, 179-186.
62. Russell, N. J. (1989). Functions of lipids: structural roles and membrane functions. In Microbial Lipids, vol. 2, pp. 279-365. Edited by C. Ratledge & S. G. Wilkinson. London: Academic Press.
63. Scheuerbrandt, G. & Bloch, K. (1962). Unsaturated fatty acids in microorganisms. J Biol Chem 237, 2064-2068.
64. Simidu, U., Kita-Tsukamoto, K., Yasumoto, T. & Yotsu, M. (1990). Taxonomy of four marine bacterial strains that produce tetrodotoxin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 40, 331-336.
65. Singh, A. & Ward, O. P. (1997). Microbial production of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6). Adv Appl Microbiol 45, 271-312.
66. Takeyama, H., Takeda, D., Yazawa, K., Yamada, A. & Matsunaga, T. (1997). Expression of the eicosapentaenoic acid synthesis gene cluster from Shewanella sp. in a transgenic marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. Microbiology 143, 2725-2731.
67. Temara, A., DeRidder, C. & Kaisin, M. (1991). Presence of an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid in intradigestive bacterial symbionts of a deposit-feeder echinoid (Echinodermata). Comp Biochem Physiol 100B, 503-505.
68. Tornabene, T. G., Bennett, E. O. & Oro, J. (1967). Fatty acid and aliphatic hydrocarbon composition of Sarcina lutea grown in three different media. J Bacteriol 94, 344-348.
69. Wada, M., Fukunaga, N. & Sasaki, S. (1991). Aerobic synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids in a psychrophilic bacterium, Pseudomonas sp. strain E-3, having two mechanisms for unsaturated fatty acid synthesis. J Gen Appl Microbiol 37, 355-362.
70. Watanabe, K., Sezaki, K., Yazawa, K. & Hino, A. (1992). Nutritive fortification of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis with eicosapentaenoic acid-producing bacteria. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 58, 271-276.
71. Watanabe, K., Ishikawa, C., Inoue, H., Cenhua, D., Yazawa, K. & Kondo, K. (1994). Incorporation of exogenous docosahexaenoic acid into various bacterial lipids. J Am Oil Chem Soc 11, 325-330.
72. Weiner, R. M., Coyne, V. E., Brayton, P., West, P. & Raiken, S. F. (1988). Alteromonas colwelliana sp. nov., an isolate from oyster habitats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 38, 240-244.
73. Wilkinson, S. G. (1988). Gram negative bacteria. In Microbial Lipids, vol. 1, pp. 289-488. Edited by C. Ratledge & S. G. Wilkinson. London: Academic Press.
74. Wilkinson, S. G. & Caudwell, P. F. (1980). Lipid composition and chemotaxonomy of Pseudomonas putrefaciens (Alteromonas putrefaciens). J Gen Microbiol 118, 329-341.
75. Wirsen, C. O., Jannasch, H. W., Wakeham, S. G. & Canuel, E. A. (1987). Membrane lipids of a psychrophilic and barophilic deep-sea bacterium. Curr Microbiol 14, 319-322.
76. Yano, Y., Nakayama, A. & Yoshida, K. (1997). Distribution of polyunsaturated fatty acids in bacteria present in intestines of deep-sea fish and shallow-sea poikilothermic animals. Appl Environ Microbiol 63, 2572-2577.
77. Yazawa, K. (1996). Production of eicosapentaenoic acid from marine bacteria. Lipids 31(Suppl.), S297-S300.
78. Yazawa, K., Araki, K., Okazaki, N. & 7 other authors (1988). Eicosapentaenoic acid productivity of the bacteria isolated from fish intestines. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 54, 1835-1838.
79. Yazawa, K., Watanabe, K., Ishikawa, C., Kondo, K. & Kimura, S. (1992). Production of eicosapentaenoic acid from marine bacteria. In Industrial Application of Single Cell Oils, pp. 29-52. Edited by D. J. Kyle & C. Ratledge. Champaign, IL: American Oil Chemists Society.
80. Ziemke, F., Hofle, M. G., Lalucat, J. & Rossello-Mora, R. (1998). Reclassification of Shewanella putrefaciens Owen's genomic group II as Shewanella baltica sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 48, 179-186.