PMID- 33343553 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201222 IS - 1664-302X (Print) IS - 1664-302X (Electronic) IS - 1664-302X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Antimicrobial Activity of Soil Clostridium Enriched Conditioned Media Against Bacillus mycoides, Bacillus cereus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PG - 608998 LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2020.608998 [doi] LID - 608998 AB - The rise of antimicrobial resistant bacteria has fast-tracked the exploration for novel antimicrobial compounds. Reports on antimicrobial producing soil anaerobes such as Clostridium spp. are very limited. In the present study, the antimicrobial activity of soil Clostridium enriched conditioned/spent media (CMs) against Bacillus mycoides, Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was assessed by turbidimetric growth inhibition assay. Our results highlighted the antimicrobial potential of soil Clostridium enriched conditioned media against pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Farm 4 soil conditioned medium (F4SCM) demonstrated a greater growth inhibition activity against all three tested microorganisms in comparison to other soil conditioned media. Non-targeted metabolite profiling of all soil conditioned media revealed distinctive polar and intermediate-polar metabolites in F4SCM, consistent with its strong antimicrobial property. Moreover, 539 significantly abundant metabolites including some unique features were detected in F4SCM suggesting its substantial and specialized chemical diversity. This study putatively identified seven significantly high metabolites in F4SCM; 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, gamma-aminobutyric acid, creatine, tryptamine, and 2-hydroxyisocaproic acid. Tryptamine and 2-hydroxyisocaproic acid were previously reported to have antimicrobial properties. The present study shows that soil Clostridium spp. are a promising group of bacteria producing metabolites with antimicrobial activity and provides future prospects for clostridial antimicrobial discovery within their metabolic diversity. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Pahalagedara, Flint, Palmer, Subbaraj, Brightwell and Gupta. FAU - Pahalagedara, Amila Srilal Nawarathna Weligala AU - Pahalagedara ASNW AD - Food Assurance team, AgResearch Ltd., Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. AD - School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. FAU - Flint, Steve AU - Flint S AD - School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. FAU - Palmer, Jon AU - Palmer J AD - School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. FAU - Subbaraj, Arvind AU - Subbaraj A AD - Proteins and Metabolites team, AgResearch Ltd., Lincoln Research Centre, Lincoln, New Zealand. FAU - Brightwell, Gale AU - Brightwell G AD - Food Assurance team, AgResearch Ltd., Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. FAU - Gupta, Tanushree Barua AU - Gupta TB AD - Food Assurance team, AgResearch Ltd., Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201204 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Microbiol JT - Frontiers in microbiology JID - 101548977 PMC - PMC7746556 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Clostridium spp. OT - antimicrobial compounds OT - non-targeted metabolomics OT - soil OT - strict anaerobe COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/22 06:01 PMCR- 2020/12/04 CRDT- 2020/12/21 06:04 PHST- 2020/09/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/21 06:04 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2020.608998 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Microbiol. 2020 Dec 4;11:608998. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.608998. eCollection 2020.