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Isolation of novel quorumsensing active bacteria from microbial mats in Shark Bay Australia.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2019 March 17
Quorum sensing is a potent system of genetic control allowing phenotypes to be coordinated across localized communities. In this study, quorum sensing systems in Shark Bay microbial mats were delineated using a targeted approach analyzing whole mat extractions as well as the creation of an isolate library. A library of 165 isolates from different mat types were screened using the AHL biosensor E. coli MT102. Based on sequence identity 30 unique isolates belonging to Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes were found to activate the AHL biosensor, suggesting AHLs or analogous compounds were potentially present. Several of the isolates have not been shown previously to produce signal molecules, particularly the members of the Actinobacteria and Firmicutes phyla including Virgibacillus, Halobacillius, Microbacterium and Brevibacterium. These active isolates were further screened using thinlayer chromatography (TLC) providing putative identities of AHL molecules present within the mat communities. Nine isolates were capable of producing several spots of varying sizes after TLC separation, suggesting the presence of multiple signalling molecules. This study is the first to delineate AHLbased signalling in the microbial mats of Shark Bay, and suggests quorum sensing may play a role in the ecosphysiological coordination of complex phenotypes across microbial mat communities.
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