PMID- 27090759 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161213 LR - 20181202 IS - 1574-6941 (Electronic) IS - 0168-6496 (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Jun TI - Phylogenetic diversity and ecophysiology of Candidate phylum Saccharibacteria in activated sludge. PG - fiw078 LID - fiw078 [pii] LID - 10.1093/femsec/fiw078 [doi] AB - Candidate phylum Saccharibacteria (former TM7) are abundant and widespread in nature, but little is known about their ecophysiology and detailed phylogeny. In this study phylogeny, morphology and ecophysiology of Saccharibacteria were investigated in activated sludge from nine wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) from Japan and Denmark using the full-cycle 16S rRNA approach in combination with microautoradiography (MAR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Phylogenetic analysis showed that Saccharibacteria from all WWTPs were evenly distributed within subdivision 1 and 3 and in a distinct phylogenetic clade. Three probes were designed for the distinct saccharibacterial groups, and revealed morphotypes representing thin filaments, thick filaments and rods/cocci. MAR-FISH results showed that most probe-defined Saccharibacteria utilized glucose under aerobic-, nitrate reducing- and anaerobic conditions. Some Saccharibacteria also utilized N-acetylglucosamine, oleic acid, amino acids and butyrate, which are not predicted from available genomes so far. In addition, some filamentous Saccharibacteria exhibited beta-galactosidase and lipase activities determined using a combination of enzyme-labeled fluorescence and FISH (ELF-FISH). No uptake of acetate, propionate, pyruvate, glycerol and ethanol was observed. These results indicate that Saccharibacteria is a phylogenetically diverse group and play a role in the degradation of various organic compounds as well as sugar compounds under aerobic-, nitrate reducing- and anaerobic conditions. CI - (c) FEMS 2016. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Kindaichi, Tomonori AU - Kindaichi T AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527 Japan Center for Microbial Communities, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg E, Denmark. FAU - Yamaoka, Shiro AU - Yamaoka S AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527 Japan. FAU - Uehara, Ryohei AU - Uehara R AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527 Japan. FAU - Ozaki, Noriatsu AU - Ozaki N AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527 Japan. FAU - Ohashi, Akiyoshi AU - Ohashi A AD - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527 Japan. FAU - Albertsen, Mads AU - Albertsen M AD - Center for Microbial Communities, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg E, Denmark. FAU - Nielsen, Per Halkjaer AU - Nielsen PH AD - Center for Microbial Communities, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg E, Denmark. FAU - Nielsen, Jeppe Lund AU - Nielsen JL AD - Center for Microbial Communities, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg E, Denmark jln@bio.aau.dk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160417 PL - England TA - FEMS Microbiol Ecol JT - FEMS microbiology ecology JID - 8901229 RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - 0 (Sewage) RN - EC 3.1.1.3 (Lipase) RN - EC 3.2.1.- (Galactosidases) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Autoradiography MH - *Bacteria/classification/genetics/metabolism MH - DNA, Bacterial/genetics MH - Denmark MH - Energy Metabolism/*genetics MH - Galactosidases/metabolism MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods MH - Japan MH - Lipase/metabolism MH - Phylogeny MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Sewage/*microbiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - FISH OT - Saccharibacteria OT - activated sludge OT - candidate division TM7 OT - exoenzyme activity OT - microautoradiography EDAT- 2016/04/20 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2016/04/20 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/04/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - fiw078 [pii] AID - 10.1093/femsec/fiw078 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2016 Jun;92(6):fiw078. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw078. Epub 2016 Apr 17.