Phosphate deprivation restricts bacterial degradation of the marine polysaccharide fucoidan.

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Autori principali: Xu, Yi, Gu, Bowei, Yao, Huiying, Schultz-Johansen, Mikkel, Wilkie, Isabella, Klau, Leesa Jane, Chen, Yuerong, Orellana, Luis H, Aachmann, Finn Lillelund, Farhan, Mahum, Reintjes, Greta, Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia, Qiao, Dairong, Cao, Yi, Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik
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author Xu, Yi
Gu, Bowei
Yao, Huiying
Schultz-Johansen, Mikkel
Wilkie, Isabella
Klau, Leesa Jane
Chen, Yuerong
Orellana, Luis H
Aachmann, Finn Lillelund
Farhan, Mahum
Reintjes, Greta
Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia
Qiao, Dairong
Cao, Yi
Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik
author_facet Xu, Yi
Gu, Bowei
Yao, Huiying
Schultz-Johansen, Mikkel
Wilkie, Isabella
Klau, Leesa Jane
Chen, Yuerong
Orellana, Luis H
Aachmann, Finn Lillelund
Farhan, Mahum
Reintjes, Greta
Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia
Qiao, Dairong
Cao, Yi
Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik
Xu, Yi
Gu, Bowei
Yao, Huiying
Schultz-Johansen, Mikkel
Wilkie, Isabella
Klau, Leesa Jane
Chen, Yuerong
Orellana, Luis H
Aachmann, Finn Lillelund
Farhan, Mahum
Reintjes, Greta
Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia
Qiao, Dairong
Cao, Yi
Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Phosphate deprivation restricts bacterial degradation of the marine polysaccharide fucoidan. Xu, Yi Gu, Bowei Yao, Huiying Schultz-Johansen, Mikkel Wilkie, Isabella Klau, Leesa Jane Chen, Yuerong Orellana, Luis H Aachmann, Finn Lillelund Farhan, Mahum Reintjes, Greta Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia Qiao, Dairong Cao, Yi Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik Polysaccharides Phosphates Carbon Dioxide Microalgae Bacteria Carbon Cycle Phaeophyceae Glucans Brown algae and diatoms convert carbon dioxide into the polysaccharide fucoidan, which sequesters carbon in the ocean despite the prevalence of marine bacterial fucoidanase genes. Bacteria with fucoidanase genes also have high-affinity phosphate transporters, suggesting that phosphate could impact fucoidan degradation and subsequent carbon sequestration. Here, to test this hypothesis, we assembled a system consisting of a microalga that produces and a bacterium that degrades fucoidan. The fixation of carbon dioxide into fucoidan by the microalga Glossomastix sp. PLY432 occurred independent of the phosphate concentration. In contrast, the fucoidan-degrading Verrucomicrobiaceae bacterium 227 was inhibited by a lack of phosphate. Degradation of the structurally simpler polysaccharide laminarin was less affected by the phosphate concentration. Phosphate deprivation enabled the fixation of carbon dioxide in fucoidan and disabled its degradation. These conclusions suggest that phosphate deprivation could be a potential strategy to promote the fixation and sequestration of carbon dioxide as fucoidan.
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spellingShingle Phosphate deprivation restricts bacterial degradation of the marine polysaccharide fucoidan.
Xu, Yi
Gu, Bowei
Yao, Huiying
Schultz-Johansen, Mikkel
Wilkie, Isabella
Klau, Leesa Jane
Chen, Yuerong
Orellana, Luis H
Aachmann, Finn Lillelund
Farhan, Mahum
Reintjes, Greta
Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia
Qiao, Dairong
Cao, Yi
Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik
Polysaccharides
Phosphates
Carbon Dioxide
Microalgae
Bacteria
Carbon Cycle
Phaeophyceae
Glucans
Phosphate deprivation restricts bacterial degradation of the marine polysaccharide fucoidan. Xu, Yi Gu, Bowei Yao, Huiying Schultz-Johansen, Mikkel Wilkie, Isabella Klau, Leesa Jane Chen, Yuerong Orellana, Luis H Aachmann, Finn Lillelund Farhan, Mahum Reintjes, Greta Vidal-Melgosa, Silvia Qiao, Dairong Cao, Yi Hehemann, Jan-Hendrik Polysaccharides Phosphates Carbon Dioxide Microalgae Bacteria Carbon Cycle Phaeophyceae Glucans Brown algae and diatoms convert carbon dioxide into the polysaccharide fucoidan, which sequesters carbon in the ocean despite the prevalence of marine bacterial fucoidanase genes. Bacteria with fucoidanase genes also have high-affinity phosphate transporters, suggesting that phosphate could impact fucoidan degradation and subsequent carbon sequestration. Here, to test this hypothesis, we assembled a system consisting of a microalga that produces and a bacterium that degrades fucoidan. The fixation of carbon dioxide into fucoidan by the microalga Glossomastix sp. PLY432 occurred independent of the phosphate concentration. In contrast, the fucoidan-degrading Verrucomicrobiaceae bacterium 227 was inhibited by a lack of phosphate. Degradation of the structurally simpler polysaccharide laminarin was less affected by the phosphate concentration. Phosphate deprivation enabled the fixation of carbon dioxide in fucoidan and disabled its degradation. These conclusions suggest that phosphate deprivation could be a potential strategy to promote the fixation and sequestration of carbon dioxide as fucoidan.
title Phosphate deprivation restricts bacterial degradation of the marine polysaccharide fucoidan.
topic Polysaccharides
Phosphates
Carbon Dioxide
Microalgae
Bacteria
Carbon Cycle
Phaeophyceae
Glucans
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41572000/