Zhisong Cui

Publications (10)14.47 Total impact

• Article: Genome Sequence of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium Strain Marinobacter nanhaiticus D15-8WT.

  Zhisong Cui, Wei Gao, Qian Li, Guangsu Xu, Li Zheng
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  ABSTRACT: Marinobacter nanhaiticus strain D15-8W(T) was isolated from a phenanthrene-degrading consortium, enriched from sediment of the South China Sea. Here, we present the draft genome of strain D15-8W(T), which contains 5,358,309 bp with a G+C content of 58.53% and contains 4,829 protein-coding genes and 47 tRNA genes.
  Genome announcements. 01/2013; 1(3).
• Article: Marinobacter nanhaiticus sp. nov., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from the sediment of the South China Sea.

  Wei Gao, Zhisong Cui, Qian Li, Guangsu Xu, Xingjun Jia, Li Zheng
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  ABSTRACT: A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, slightly halophilic and facultatively anaerobic bacterium, designated strain D15-8W(T), was isolated from the sediment of the South China Sea. Growth was found to occur optimally at 25 °C, between pH 7.0 and 8.0 and with 1-5 % (w/v) NaCl. The strain was observed to utilize a variety of organic substrates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as sole carbon sources. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was determined to be 58.7 %. The predominant respiratory quinone was found to be Q-9. The significant fatty acids were determined to be C(16:0), C(16:1) ω9c, C(18:1) ω9c, C(12:0) and C(14:0) 3OH. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain D15-8W(T) fits within the phylogenetic cluster of the genus Marinobacter and is most closely related to Marinobacter segnicrescens CGMCC 1.6489(T), Marinobacter bryozoorum DSM 15401(T), Marinobacter lacisalsi CECT 7297(T) and Marinobacter daqiaonensis CGMCC1.9167(T). The DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain D15-8W(T) and the type strains of the most closely related species were 42.3 % (CGMCC 1.6489(T)), 39.8 % (DSM 15401(T)), 37.3 % (CECT 7297(T)) and 35.2 % (CGMCC1.9167(T)). The results of this polyphasic study indicate that strain D15-8W(T) represents a novel species of the genus Marinobacter, for which the name Marinobacter nanhaiticus sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is D15-8W(T) (=CGMCC 1.11019(T)=KCTC 23749(T)).
  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 11/2012; · 2.09 Impact Factor
• Article: A case study on chemical defense based on quorum sensing: antibacterial activity of sponge-associated bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. NJ6-3-1 induced by quorum sensing mechanisms

  Xiuchun Guo, Li Zheng, Wenhui Zhou, Zhisong Cui, Ping Han, Li Tian, Xiaoru Wang
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  ABSTRACT: A case study to investigate the relationship between antibacterial activity and quorum sensing mechanisms was carried out on a sponge-associated bacterium with remarkable biological activities: Pseudoalteromonas sp. NJ6-3-1. The dependence of active substance production on cell density was studied under various growth conditions. Bacteria NJ6-3-1 was found to start producing antibacterial compounds only when cell density reached the threshold value of OD630 = 0.4. To simulate the competitive real marine environment, NJ6-3-1 at low cell density (OD630 value below the required threshold value) was co-cultured with the terrestrial bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. Antibacterial activity assays indicated the existence of some signal molecules in the metabolites of S. aureus that could induce NJ6-3-1 to produce antibacterial substances even at low cell density. Three diketopiperazines (DKPs) as metabolites and potential autoinducers of NJ6-3-1 were synthesized and co-cultured with low density NJ6-3-1. The antibacterial activity assay showed that one of these DKPs—cyclo-(l-Phe-l-Val)—was the autoinducer and could indeed induce NJ6-3-1 to produce antibacterial substances under low cell density. Our results thus provide preliminary support to the hypothesis that the antibacterial activity of NJ6-3-1 is controlled by the quorum sensing system in both an intra-species and an inter-species manner. KeywordsQuorum sensing–Sponge-associated bacterium–Antibacterial activity–Diketoperazines
  Annals of Microbiology 04/2012; 61(2):247-255. · 0.69 Impact Factor
• Article: [Identification and characterization of a novel hydrocarbon-degrading Marinobacter sp. PY97S].

  Qian Li, Zhisong Cui, Aifen Zhao, Wei Gao, Li Zheng
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  ABSTRACT: To identify and characterize a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from the sediment of the Yellow Sea. We used 16S rRNA gene sequences based phylogenetic analysis, physiological and biochemical characterization, DNA G + C content assaying, determination of cellular fatty acids, testing of carbon sources and respiratory lipoquinone and experiment of DNA-DNA relatedness. Its capability of degrading aliphatic hydrocarbons in ONR7a media supplemented with nine n-alkanes, separately, as sole source of carbon and energy was further determined. The Gram-negative isolate PY97S was a member of the genus Marinobacter, catalase-and oxidase-positive, and with Q-9 as its predominant respiratory lipoquinone. The similarity between its 16S rRNA gene and that of its most closely related type strain in GenBank Marinobacter koreensis DD-M3(T) was 96.93%, and their level of DNA relatedness was 46.7%. The appropriate temperature for its growth ranged from 15 degrees C to 35 degrees C with the optimum of 30 degrees C, the appropriate initial acidity from pH 6.0 to 9.5 with the optimum of pH 7.0, and the appropriate salinity (NaCl) from 0% to 10% with the optimum of 0%. It metabolized many carbohydrates and organic acids and was sensitive to diverse antibiotics including ampicillin and piperacillin. The G + C content of its genomic DNA was 48.2 mol%. The major fatty acids were 2-methyl C15:0 (29.97%), C16: 1omega7c (27.22%), C12:0 (22.22%) and C16: 1omega9c (5.73%). The isolate PY97S was identified as a petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading novel species of genus Marinobacter, holding the potential of being applied in the bioremediation of oil spill.
  ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA SINICA 05/2011; 51(5):648-55.
• Article: [Synergic effect of marine obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria in oil biodegradation].

  Zhisong Cui, Li Zheng, Baijuan Yang, Qian Liu, Wei Gao, Ping Han, Shaoliang Wang, Wenjun Zhou, Minggang Zheng, Li Tian
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  ABSTRACT: In order to study the synergic effect of two marine obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria in the oil biodegradation process. We combined the PAHs degrader Marinobacter sp. PY97S with the oil degrader Alcanivorax sp. 22CO-6 and Alcanivorax sp. JZ9B respectively to construct oil-degrading consortia. Multiple methods including weighting method, gas chromatography-flame ionization detection, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and thin layer chromatography-flame ionization detection were used to analyze and compare the oil degradation rates as well as the chromatographic figures of degraded oil between the pure cultures of obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria and defined consortia. The two consortia, 22CO-6 + PY97S and JZ9B + PY97S, exhibited synergic effects in the oil biodegradation process. The degradation rates of oil by the consortia were increased from 27.81% and 83.52% to 64.03% and 86.89% compared to the pure culture of oil degrader 22CO-6 and JZ9B, respectively. The consortia could degrade aliphatic and aromatic fraction at the same time, including high molecular weight PAHs chrysene and its alkyl derivatives. There are obvious synergic effect of Alcanivorax and Marinobacter strains in the oil biodegradation process, which accelerated the oil biodegradation and decomposed thoroughly the more ecotoxic high molecular weight compounds in crude oil.
  ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA SINICA 03/2010; 50(3):350-9.
• Article: [Antifungal mechanism of Bacillus marinus B-9987].

  Wei Gao, Li Tian, Junying Zhou, Zhenping Shi, Li Zheng, Zhisong Cui, Yuanguang Li
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  ABSTRACT: We studied the antifungal effect of the metabolite BMME-1 from Bacillus marinus B-9987, to reveal its antifungal mechanism. The permeability of the Alternaria solani was tested by spectrophotometer after the treating the crude extracts of B-9987. The composition of cell wall and the sterol components of the fungal plasmalemma of Alternaria solani were analyzed with Infrared Spectrum and GC-MS, respectively. We found that the metabolites of B-9987 had strong antifungal activity with MIC50 and MFC value being 6.2mg/L and 50mg/L. The absorbance in extracellular fluid detection showed that the tegument of the fungi was impaired. The detection of glucan and chitin indicated the change in the structure of the cell wall. The absorption peak of the carbon-hydrogen bond, beta-glucosidic bond, carbon--oxygen bond was attenuated but the hydroxyl, carbonyl absorption was enhanced on the contrary. There were only one peak change in chitin chromatogram on the absorption of amide linkage comparing to the control. These changes on the structure may affect the stability of the fungal cell wall. Ergosterol was the predominant component of sterol with the proportion of 62.52 +/- 3.31% in control cells, but showed a decline during treatment with BMME-1 at a concentration of 56.36 +/- 2.52%. Accumulation of coprostanol, the precursor of ergosterol, was found in the test. From the result we can conclude that the antifungal mechanism of the crude extracts was interfering of ergosterol synthesis resulting in the change on permeability, and also mainly changed the structure of the cell wall, mainly acting on the glucan synthesis.
  ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA SINICA 11/2009; 49(11):1494-501.
• Article: [Predominant strains of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading consortia from deep sea of the Middle Atlantic Ridge].

  Zhisong Cui, Zongze Shao
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  ABSTRACT: In order to identify the predominant strains of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading consortia harboring in sea water and surface sediment collected from deep sea of the Middle Atlantic Ridge. We employed enrichment method and spread-plate method to isolate cultivable bacteria and PAHs degraders from deep sea samples. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of the bacteria. Then we analyzed the dominant bacteria in the PAHs-degrading consortia by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) combined with DNA sequencing. Altogether 16 cultivable bacteria were obtained, including one PAHs degrader Novosphingobium sp. 4D. Phylogenetic analysis showed that strains closely related to Alcanivorax dieselolei NO1A (5/16) and Tistrella mobilis TISTR 1108T (5/16) constituted two biggest groups among the cultivable bacteria. DGGE analysis showed that strain 4L (also 4M and 4N, Alcanivorax dieselolei NO1A, 99.21%), 4D (Novosphingobium pentaromativorans US6-1(T), 97.07%) and 4B (also 4E, 4H and 4K, Tistrella mobilis TISTR 1108T, > 99%) dominated the consortium MC2D. While in consortium MC3CO, the predominant strains were strain 5C (also 5H, Alcanivorax dieselolei NO1A, > 99%), uncultivable strain represented by band 5-8 (Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM 12444T, 99.41%), 5J (Tistrella mobilis TISTR 1108T, 99.52%) and 5F (also 5G, Thalassospira lucentensis DSM 14000T, < 97%). We found that strains of genus Alcanivorax, Novosphingobium, Tistrella and Thalassospira were predominant bacteria of PAHs-degrading consortia in sea water and surface sediment of Middle Atlantic Ridge deep sea, with Novosphingobium spp. as their main PAHs degraders.
  ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA SINICA 07/2009; 49(7):902-9.
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  Article: Biodiversity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from deep sea sediments of the Middle Atlantic Ridge.

  Zhisong Cui, Qiliang Lai, Chunming Dong, Zongze Shao
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  ABSTRACT: The bacteria involved in the biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in deep sea subsurface environments are largely unknown. In order to reveal their biodiversity, sediments from 2.2 m under the bottom surface at a water depth of 3542 m were sampled on the Middle Atlantic Ridge with a gravity column sampler. The sediments were promptly enriched with either crude oil or a mixture of PAHs (naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene) as the sole carbon source, and further enriched with the PAH mixture mentioned above in the lab. The resulting consortia were named C2CO and C2PPN respectively. Their bacterial composition was analysed with plate cultivation, PCR-DGGE and 16S rDNA library analysis. On plates, isolates belonging to Pseudoalteromonas, Halomonas, Marinobacter, Thalassospira and Tistrella dominated the culturable populations. With PCR-DGGE, five major bands closely related to Cycloclasticus, Alteromonas, Thalassospira, Alcanivorax and Rhodospirillaceae were detected in consortium C2CO, while only one major band of Cycloclasticus was detected in consortium C2PPN. In addition, the dynamics of community structure in response to aromatic substrate alterations were examined. As a result, three ribotypes of Cycloclasticus were detected by 16S rDNA library analysis, one which played a key role in phenanthrene degradation; two Alteromonas bacteria dominated the naphthalene reselected consortium. Although bacteria of the two genera grew as the main members of the communities, none of them were isolated, probably owing to their poor cultivability. These results confirm that bacteria of Cycloclasticus are important obligate PAH degraders in marine environments, and coexist with other degrading bacteria that inhabit the deep subsurface sediment of the Atlantic. This supports the view that PAH accumulation and bioattenuation occur in remote areas consistently and continuously.
  Environmental Microbiology 05/2008; 10(8):2138-49. · 5.84 Impact Factor
• Article: A pyrene-degrading consortium from deep-sea sediment of the West Pacific and its key member Cycloclasticus sp. P1.

  Baojiang Wang, Qiliang Lai, Zhisong Cui, Tianfeng Tan, Zongze Shao
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  ABSTRACT: A pyrene-degrading bacterial consortium was obtained from deep-sea sediments of the Pacific Ocean. The consortium degraded many kinds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, acenaphthene, fluorene, anthracene, fluoranthene, 2-methylnaphthalene and 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene, but it did not grow with chrysene and benzo[alpha]pyrene. With methods of plate cultivation and polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE), 72 bacteria belonging to 22 genera were detected from this consortium. Among the detected bacteria, the following genera frequently occurred: Flavobacterium, Cycloclasticus, Novosphingobium, Halomonas, Achromobacter, Roseovarius and Alcanivorax. The first two genera showed the strongest bands in denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles and appeared in all PAH treatments. By now, only one isolate designated P1 was confirmed to be a pyrene degrader. It was identified to be Cycloclasticus spirillensus (100%). Although P1 can degrade pyrene independently, other bacteria, such as Novosphingobium sp. (Band 14), Halomonas sp. (Band 16) and an unidentified bacterium (Band 35), were involved in pyrene degradation in some way; they persist in the consortium in the test of dilution to extinction if only the consortium was motivated with pyrene. However, the secondary most important member Flavobacterium sp. evaded from the community at high dilutions. As a key member of the consortium, P1 distinguished itself by both cell morphology and carbon source range among the isolates of this genus. Based on intermediate analyses of pyrene degradation, P1 was supposed to take an upper pathway different from that previously reported. Together with the results of obtained genes from P1 homology with those responsible for naphthalene degradation, its degradation to pyrene is supposed to adopt another set of genes unique to presently detected. Summarily, an efficient pyrene-degrading consortium was obtained from the Pacific Ocean sediment, in which Cycloclasticus bacterium played a key role. This is the first report to exploit the diversity of pyrene-degrading bacteria in oceanic environments.
  Environmental Microbiology 05/2008; 10(8):1948-63. · 5.84 Impact Factor
• Article: [Antibacterial activity of sponge associated marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. NJ6-3-1 regulated by quorum sensing].

  Xiuchun Guo, Li Zheng, Zhisong Cui, Ping Han, Li Tian, Xiaoru Wang
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  ABSTRACT: We chose a sponge-associated marine-bacterium Pseudoalteromonas piscicida NJ6-3-1 to study whether its antibacterial activity were regulated by quorum sensing. We studied the relationship between the antibacterial activity and bacterial density under various growth conditions. To simulate the natural competitive environment, we monitored the antibacterial activity at low cell density when the species were co-cultured with Staphylococcus aureus. Antibacterial activity correlated closely with cell density. Marine bacterium NJ6-3-1 started producing antibacterial compounds when cell density reached the threshold value of OD(630) = 0.4. Some signal molecules existing in the metabolites of S. aureus could induce the production of antibacterial substance by marine-bacteria NJ6-3-1 even cell density below the required threshold. The results provide preliminary evidence to support the hypothesis that the antibacterial activity of NJ6-3-1 was regulated by the quorum sensing system of intraspecies and interspecies.
  ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA SINICA 05/2008; 48(4):545-50.