PMID- 25041640 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150518 LR - 20140904 IS - 1574-6968 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1097 (Linking) VI - 358 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Sep TI - In situ identification of the synthrophic protein fermentative Coprothermobacter spp. involved in the thermophilic anaerobic digestion process. PG - 55-63 LID - 10.1111/1574-6968.12528 [doi] AB - Thermophilic bacteria have recently attracted great attention because of their potential application in improving different biochemical processes such as anaerobic digestion of various substrates, wastewater treatment or hydrogen production. In this study we report on the design of a specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe for detecting members of Coprothermobacter genus characterized by a strong protease activity to degrade proteins and peptides. The newly designed CTH485 probe and helper probes hCTH429 and hCTH439 were optimized for use in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on thermophilic anaerobic sludge samples. In situ probing revealed that thermo-adaptive mechanisms shaping the 16S rRNA gene may affect the identification of thermophilic microorganisms. The novel developed FISH probe extends the possibility to study the widespread thermophilic syntrophic interaction of Coprothermobacter spp. with hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea, whose establishment is a great benefit for the whole anaerobic system. CI - (c) 2014 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Gagliano, Maria Cristina AU - Gagliano MC AD - Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Monterotondo, RM, Italy. FAU - Braguglia, Camilla Maria AU - Braguglia CM FAU - Rossetti, Simona AU - Rossetti S LA - eng SI - GENBANK/KF971872 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140828 PL - England TA - FEMS Microbiol Lett JT - FEMS microbiology letters JID - 7705721 RN - 0 (DNA, Ribosomal) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotide Probes) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - 0 (Sewage) SB - IM MH - DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/genetics MH - Fermentation MH - Gram-Positive Bacteria/*classification/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - *In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Oligonucleotide Probes/genetics MH - Proteins/*metabolism MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Sewage/*microbiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Coprothermobacter OT - FISH OT - proteolytic bacteria OT - syntrophy OT - thermophilic anaerobic digestion EDAT- 2014/07/22 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/20 06:00 CRDT- 2014/07/22 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/06/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/07/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/07/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/07/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/1574-6968.12528 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2014 Sep;358(1):55-63. doi: 10.1111/1574-6968.12528. Epub 2014 Aug 28.