Thermophilic bacteria from Peruvian hot springs with high potential application in environmental biotechnology. 2024

Luis Felipe Valdez-Nuñez, and Marco A Rivera-Jacinto
Laboratorio de Microbiología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru.

Hot springs are extreme environments in which well-adapted microorganisms with biotechnological applications can thrive naturally. These thermal environments across Peruvian territory have, until now, remained poorly investigated. In this study, two hot springs, El Tragadero and Quilcate, located in Cajamarca (Peru) were selected in order to investigate the biotechnological potential of indigenous thermophilic bacteria. Enrichment and isolation processes were carried out using microbial mats, sediments, biofilms, and plastic polymers as samples. Screening for biosurfactants and siderophores production, as well as for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) hydrolysis was done using culture-dependent techniques. After molecular identification, Bacillus was found as the most abundant genus in both hot springs. Bacillus velezensis was found producing biosurfactants under high-level temperature. Anoxybacillus species (A. salavatliensis and A. gonensis) are here reported as siderophore-producing bacteria for the first time. Additionally, Brevibacillus and the less-known bacterium Tistrella mobilis were found demonstrating PET hydrolysis activity. Our study provides the first report of thermophilic bacteria isolated from Peruvian hot springs with biotechnological potential for the bioremediation of oil-, metal- and plastic-polluted environments.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010568 Peru A country in western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, and located between Chile and Ecuador.
D010802 Phylogeny The relationships of groups of organisms as reflected by their genetic makeup. Community Phylogenetics,Molecular Phylogenetics,Phylogenetic Analyses,Phylogenetic Analysis,Phylogenetic Clustering,Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis,Phylogenetic Comparative Methods,Phylogenetic Distance,Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares,Phylogenetic Groups,Phylogenetic Incongruence,Phylogenetic Inference,Phylogenetic Networks,Phylogenetic Reconstruction,Phylogenetic Relatedness,Phylogenetic Relationships,Phylogenetic Signal,Phylogenetic Structure,Phylogenetic Tree,Phylogenetic Trees,Phylogenomics,Analyse, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic Comparative,Clustering, Phylogenetic,Community Phylogenetic,Comparative Analysis, Phylogenetic,Comparative Method, Phylogenetic,Distance, Phylogenetic,Group, Phylogenetic,Incongruence, Phylogenetic,Inference, Phylogenetic,Method, Phylogenetic Comparative,Molecular Phylogenetic,Network, Phylogenetic,Phylogenetic Analyse,Phylogenetic Clusterings,Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses,Phylogenetic Comparative Method,Phylogenetic Distances,Phylogenetic Group,Phylogenetic Incongruences,Phylogenetic Inferences,Phylogenetic Network,Phylogenetic Reconstructions,Phylogenetic Relatednesses,Phylogenetic Relationship,Phylogenetic Signals,Phylogenetic Structures,Phylogenetic, Community,Phylogenetic, Molecular,Phylogenies,Phylogenomic,Reconstruction, Phylogenetic,Relatedness, Phylogenetic,Relationship, Phylogenetic,Signal, Phylogenetic,Structure, Phylogenetic,Tree, Phylogenetic
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D001419 Bacteria One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and ARCHAEA), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls, multiply by cell division, and exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to OXYGEN: aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic; by the mode by which they obtain their energy: chemotrophy (via chemical reaction) or PHOTOTROPHY (via light reaction); for chemotrophs by their source of chemical energy: CHEMOLITHOTROPHY (from inorganic compounds) or chemoorganotrophy (from organic compounds); and by their source for CARBON; NITROGEN; etc.; HETEROTROPHY (from organic sources) or AUTOTROPHY (from CARBON DIOXIDE). They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their CELL WALLS) with CRYSTAL VIOLET dye: gram-negative or gram-positive. Eubacteria
D012336 RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Constituent of 30S subunit prokaryotic ribosomes containing 1600 nucleotides and 21 proteins. 16S rRNA is involved in initiation of polypeptide synthesis. 16S Ribosomal RNA,16S rRNA,RNA, 16S Ribosomal,Ribosomal RNA, 16S,rRNA, 16S
D045482 Hot Springs Habitat of hot water naturally heated by underlying geologic processes. Surface hot springs have been used for BALNEOLOGY. Underwater hot springs are called HYDROTHERMAL VENTS. Geothermal Springs,Warm Springs,Geothermal Spring,Hot Spring,Spring, Geothermal,Spring, Hot,Spring, Warm,Springs, Geothermal,Springs, Hot,Springs, Warm,Warm Spring

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