NDLI: Folate Cross-Feeding Supports Symbiotic Homoacetogenic Spirochetes

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Author	Graber, Joseph R. Breznak, John A.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Treponema primitia, an H2-consuming CO2-reducing homoacetogenic spirochete in termite hindguts, requires an exogenous source of folate for growth. Tetrahydrofolate (THF) acts as a C1 carrier in CO2-reductive acetogenesis, a microbially mediated process important to the carbon and energy requirements of termites. To examine the hypothesis that other termite gut microbes probably supply some form of folate to T. primitia in situ, we used a bioassay to screen for and isolate folate-secreting bacteria from hindguts of Zootermopsis angusticollis, which is the host of T. primitia. Based on morphology, physiology, and 16S rRNA gene sequences, the major folate secretors were identified as strains of Lactococcus lactis and Serratia grimesii. During growth, these isolates secreted 5-formyl-THF at levels up to 146 ng/ml, and their cell-free culture fluids satisfied the folate requirement of T. primitia strains in vitro. Analysis of Z. angusticollis hindgut fluid revealed that 5-formyl-THF was the only detectable folate compound and occurred at an in situ concentration (1.3 μg/ml) which was more than sufficient to support the growth of T. primitia. These results imply that cross-feeding of 5-formyl-THF by other community members is important for growth of symbiotic hindgut spirochetes and thus termite nutrition and survival.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.71.4.1883-1889.2005
Ending Page	1889
Page Count	7
Starting Page	1883
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00992240
e-ISSN	10985336
Journal	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	71
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2005-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Biotechnology Food Science Ecology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Food Science Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biotechnology

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