PMID- 32534383 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210323 LR - 20221207 IS - 1618-0623 (Electronic) IS - 0944-5013 (Linking) VI - 238 DP - 2020 Sep TI - Whole genome shotgun sequencing of POPs degrading bacterial community dwelling tannery effluents and petrol contaminated soil. PG - 126504 LID - S0944-5013(20)30372-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126504 [doi] AB - The present study involved identification of genes which are present in the genome of native bacteria to make them effective tools for bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). During this study, forty-one POPs (naphthalene, toluene and petrol) metabolizing bacteria were isolated from tannery effluents and petrol contaminated soil samples by successive enrichment culturing. The taxonomic diversity and gene repertoire conferring POPs degradation ability to the isolated bacterial community were studied through whole genome shotgun sequencing of DNA consortium. The DNA consortium contained equimolar concentration of DNA extracted from each bacterial isolate using organic method. To add a double layer of confirmation the established DNA consortium was subjected to 16S rRNA metagenome sequencing and whole genome shotgun sequencing analysis. Biodiversity analysis revealed that the consortium was composed of phyla Firmicutes (80 %), Proteobacteria (12 %) and Actinobacteria (5%). Genera found included Bacillus (45 %), Burkholderia (25 %), Brevibacillus (9%) and Geobacillus (4%). Functional profiling of consortium helped us to identify genes associated with degradation pathways of a variety of organic compounds including toluene, naphthalene, caprolactam, benzoate, aminobenzoate, xylene, 4-hydroxyphenyl acetic acid, biphenyl, anthracene, aminobenzoate, chlorocyclohexane, chlorobenzene, n-phenylalkanoic acid, phenylpropanoid, salicylate, gentisate, central meta cleavage of aromatic compounds, cinnamic acid, catechol and procatechuate branch of beta-ketoadipate pathway, phenyl-acetyl CoA and homogentisate catabolic pathway. The information thus generated has ensured not only biodegradation potential but also revealed many possible future applications of the isolated bacteria. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Muccee, Fatima AU - Muccee F AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. FAU - Ejaz, Samina AU - Ejaz S AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Electronic address: samina.ejazsyed@iub.edu.pk. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200530 PL - Germany TA - Microbiol Res JT - Microbiological research JID - 9437794 RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (Gasoline) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - 0 (Waste Water) SB - IM MH - Bacteria/*classification/*metabolism MH - *Biodegradation, Environmental MH - DNA, Bacterial MH - Gasoline/microbiology MH - Metabolic Networks and Pathways MH - Metagenome MH - Persistent Organic Pollutants/*metabolism MH - *Petroleum Pollution MH - Soil Microbiology MH - Soil Pollutants/metabolism MH - Wastewater/microbiology MH - Whole Genome Sequencing OTO - NOTNLM OT - 16S rRNA gene sequencing OT - Bioremediation OT - Degradation OT - Illumina next generation sequencing OT - Metagenomics OT - Persistent organic pollutants OT - Whole-genome shotgun sequencing COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2020/06/14 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/24 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/14 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/05/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0944-5013(20)30372-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126504 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Microbiol Res. 2020 Sep;238:126504. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126504. Epub 2020 May 30.