Transcriptional Analysis of Microcystis aeruginosa Co-Cultured with Algicidal Bacteria Brevibacillus laterosporus

Yulei Zhang, Dong Chen, Ning Zhang, Feng Li, Xiaoxia Luo, Qianru Li, Changling Li and Xianghu Huang
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Yulei Zhang: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Dong Chen: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Ning Zhang: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Feng Li: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Xiaoxia Luo: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Qianru Li: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Changling Li: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Xianghu Huang: Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: Harmful algal blooms caused huge ecological damage and economic losses around the world. Controlling algal blooms by algicidal bacteria is expected to be an effective biological control method. The current study investigated the molecular mechanism of harmful cyanobacteria disrupted by algicidal bacteria. Microcystis aeruginosa was co-cultured with Brevibacillus laterosporus Bl-zj, and RNA-seq based transcriptomic analysis was performed compared to M. aeruginosa , which was cultivated separately. A total of 1706 differentially expressed genes were identified, which were mainly involved in carbohydrate metabolism, energy metabolism and amino acid metabolism. In the co-cultured group, the expression of genes mainly enriched in photosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation were significantly inhibited. However, the expression of the genes related to fatty acid synthesis increased. In addition, the expression of the antioxidant enzymes, such as 2-Cys peroxiredoxin, was increased. These results suggested that B. laterosporus could block the electron transport by attacking the PSI system and complex I of M. aeruginosa , affecting the energy acquisition and causing oxidative damage. This further led to the lipid peroxidation of the microalgal cell membrane, resulting in algal death. The transcriptional analysis of algicidal bacteria in the interaction process can be combined to explain the algicidal mechanism in the future.

Keywords: algicidal bacteria; Brevibacillus laterosporus; Microcystis aeruginosa; transcriptome; oxidative damage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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