通过Shewanella oneidensis结合稀土的基因组特征
Sean Medin1, Alexa M Schmitz1, Brooke Pian1
1Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Cornell University, 228 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Scientific reports
|September 25, 2023
概括
谢瓦内拉 (Shewanella oneidensis) MR-1的基因工程增强了稀土元素 (REE) 的生物吸收. 破坏特定的基因,如SO_4685,显著提高了REE捕获,为传统的分离方法提供了可持续的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 稀土元素 (REEs) 对可持续能源技术至关重要.
- 目前的REE分离方法,如溶剂提取,对环境有害.
- 使用微生物的生物吸收为REE分离提供了一个更绿色的替代方案.
研究的目的:
- 在Shewanella oneidensisMR-1中识别影响REE生物吸收的基因.
- 探索改进REE分离效率的基因工程目标.
- 了解S. oneidensis.中REE生物吸收的遗传基础.
主要方法:
- 选了3,373种S. oneidensis MR-1的全基因组淘汰突变体.
- 使用高通量屏幕测量欧 (Eu) 生物吸收变化.
- 在混合溶液中经过验证的REE (La,Eu,Yb) 生物吸收,使用诱导合等离子体质谱法 (ICP-MS).
主要成果:
- 确定了130个增加生物吸收的基因和112个减少生物吸收的基因.
- 干扰SO_4685 (囊多糖合成) 增加了高达79%的生物吸收.
- 干扰nusA降低了高达35%的生物吸收.
- 确定了影响REE生物吸收的关键基因本体和操作子,包括弧形系统和多糖生物合成基因.
结论:
- 在S.oneidensis的遗传修饰可以显著增强REE生物吸收.
- 特定的基因标,如SO_4685和nusA,提供了改善REE分离的潜力.
- 这项研究为基因工程微生物提供了基础,以实现更高效和可持续的REE回收.
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