02265nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245008300055210006900138260000800207300001100215490000800226520139500234653002801629653001501657653002201672653002701694653003101721100001801752700001801770700001701788700002001805700001801825700001601843700001701859856011101876 2020 eng d a0269-749100aCharacterisation of hyper tolerant Bacillus firmus L-148 for arsenic oxidation0 aCharacterisation of hyper tolerant Bacillus firmus L148 for arse cJUN a1141240 v2613 a

Groundwater arsenic pollution causes millions of deaths worldwide. Long term natural and anthropogenic activities have increased arsenic levels in groundwater causing higher threats of arsenic exposure. Arsenic hyper-tolerant Firmicute Bacillus firmus L-148 was isolated from arsenic limiting Lonar lake soil, which tolerated more than 3 M arsenic and could oxidize 75 mM arsenite [As(III)] in 14 days. It oxidized As(III) in presence of heavy metals and had unusual pH optima at 9.2. B. firmus L-148 was studied at the biochemical, protein, genomic and transcript level for understanding its arsenic oxidizing machinery. The proteomic and transcript analysis exhibited the presence of ars and aio operon and supported the inducible nature of ars operon. Robust, hyper-tolerant, fast As(III) oxidizing, least nutrient requiring and multi-metal resistance qualities of the strain were used in microcosm studies for bioremediation. Artificial groundwater mimicking microcosm with 75 mM As(III) was developed. Modulation of carbon source, iron and multi metals affected growth and As(III) oxidation rate. The As(III) oxidation was recorded to be 77% in 15 days in presence of sodium acetate and Fe ions. This microcosm study can be explored for bioremediation of arsenic contaminated water and followed by precipitation using other methods. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

10aArsenic hyper-tolerance10aLonar lake10aMicrocosm studies10aMulti-metal resistance10aNext generation sequencing1 aBagade, Aditi1 aNandre, Vinod1 aPaul, Dhiraj1 aPatil, Yugendra1 aSharma, Nisha1 aGiri, Ashok1 aKodam, Kisan uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/characterisation-hyper-tolerant-bacillus-firmus-l-148-arsenic-oxidation02447nas a2200301 4500008004100000022001400041245017500055210006900230260000800299300001100307490000800318520142700326653002301753653000901776653002401785653002401809653001501833653000901848100002201857700002301879700001601902700001801918700002101936700002001957700001901977700001901996856013002015 2020 eng d a1470-160X00aMetagenome sequencing to unveil microbial community composition and prevalence of antibiotic and metal resistance genes in hypersaline and hyperalkaline Lonar Lake, India0 aMetagenome sequencing to unveil microbial community composition  cMAR a1058270 v1103 a

Lonar Lake (India) is a hyperalkaline and hypersaline soda lake encompassing unique microbial composition and functions. This ecosystem has not been explored for taxonomic diversity and functional aspects (with emphasis on antibiotic and metal resistance genes) using whole metagenome sequencing for multiple years. Bacterial diversity analysis during year 2013, 2016, and 2018 depicted differences in the dominance of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. For archaeal diversity, a similar pattern persisted with higher abundance of Euryarchaeota. Functional metagenome analyses, indicated presence of antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) and metal resistance gene (MRG) profiles in the lake. A wider continuum of resistance genes with dominant ARG types as multidrug resistance efflux pumps and beta-lactams were also observed. The lake resistome demonstrated fluoroquinolone and acriflavine resistance genes indicating sewage water contamination in the lake. The MRGs linked with resistance to toxic metals (arsenic, cobalt, cadmium, copper, and zinc) and cation efflux protein CusA and cobalt-zinc-cadmium resistance protein revealed metal contamination. This study could be a baseline for understanding prevalence of antibiotic and metal resistance mechanisms resulting from various anthropogenic activities nearby lake, and find integrated approaches for conservation of the precious Lonar Lake ecosystem.

10aArchaeal diversity10aARGs10aBacterial diversity10aIllumina sequencing10aLonar lake10aMRGs1 aChakraborty, Jaya1 aSapkale, Vibhavari1 aShah, Manan1 aRajput, Vinay1 aMehetre, Gajanan1 aAgawane, Sachin1 aKamble, Sanjay1 aDharne, Mahesh uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/metagenome-sequencing-unveil-microbial-community-composition-and-prevalence-antibiotic-and02375nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245012200055210006900177260000800246300001100254490000800265520149800273653000901771653001401780653001501794653000901809653000901818653002401827100002201851700002301873700001801896700001601914700001901930700001901949856012901968 2020 eng d a0147-651300aShotgun metagenome guided exploration of anthropogenically driven resistomic hotspots within Lonar soda lake of India0 aShotgun metagenome guided exploration of anthropogenically drive cMAY a1104430 v1943 a

Anthropogenic activities mediated antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the pristine aquatic bodies (lakes) is raising concern worldwide. Long read shotgun sequencing was used to assess taxonomic diversity, distribution of ARGs and metal resistance genes (MRGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in six sites within hypersaline Lonar soda lake (India) prone to various anthropogenic activities. Proteobacteria and Euryarchaeota were dominant phyla under domain Bacteria and Archaea respectively. Higher abundance of Bacteroidetes was pragmatic at sites 18LN5 and 18LN6. Functional analysis indicated 26 broad-spectrum ARGs types, not reported earlier in this ecosystem. Abundant ARG types identified were multidrug efflux, glycopepetide, bacitracin, tetracycline and aminogylcoside resistance. Sites 18LN1 and 18LN5 depicted 167 and 160 different ARGs subtypes respectively and rpoB2, bcrA, tetA(48), mupA, ompR, patA, vanR and multidrug ABC transporter genes were present in all samples. The rpoB2 gene was dominant in 18LN1, whereas bcrA gene in 18LN2-18LN6 sites. Around 24 MRGs types were detected with higher abundance of arsenic in 18LN1 and copper in 18LN2-18LN6, signifying metal contamination linked to MRGs. The bacterial taxa Pseudomonas, Thioalkalivibrio, Burkholderia, Clostridium, Paenibacillus, Bacillus and Streptomyces were significantly associated with ARGs. This study highlights the resistomic hotspots in the lake for deploying policies for conservation efforts.

10aARGs10adiversity10aLonar lake10aMGEs10aMRGs10aNanopore sequencing1 aChakraborty, Jaya1 aSapkale, Vibhavari1 aRajput, Vinay1 aShah, Manan1 aKamble, Sanjay1 aDharne, Mahesh uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/shotgun-metagenome-guided-exploration-anthropogenically-driven-resistomic-hotspots-within