תפריט נגישות
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הדגשת קישורים
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להורדת מודול נגישות חינם תפריט נגישותניגודיות עדינהניגודיות גבוההמונוכרוםהדגשת קישוריםחסימת אנימציהפונט קריאסגוראיפוס הגדרות נגישותלהורדת מודול נגישות חינםOfaim, S. - Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel; Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Zarecki, R. - Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel; Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Porob, S. - Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Gat, D. - Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Kashi, Y. - Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ronen, Z. - Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Atrazine is an herbicide and a pollutant of great environmental concern that is naturally biodegraded by microbial communities. Paenarthrobacter aurescens TC1 is one of the most studied degraders of this herbicide. Here, we developed a genome scale metabolic model for P. aurescens TC1, iRZ1179, to study the atrazine degradation process at organism level. Constraint based flux balance analysis and time dependent simulations were used to explore the organism’s phenotypic landscape. Simulations aimed at designing media optimized for supporting growth and enhancing degradation, by passing the need in strain design via genetic modifications. Growth and degradation simulations were carried with more than 100 compounds consumed by P. aurescens TC1. In vitro validation confirmed the predicted classification of different compounds as efficient, moderate or poor stimulators of growth. Simulations successfully captured previous reports on the use of glucose and phosphate as bio-stimulators of atrazine degradation, supported by in vitro validation. Model predictions can go beyond supplementing the medium with a single compound and can predict the growth outcomes for higher complexity combinations. Hence, the analysis demonstrates that the exhaustive power of the genome scale metabolic reconstruction allows capturing complexities that are beyond common biochemical expertise and knowledge and further support the importance of computational platforms for the educated design of complex media. The model presented here can potentially serve as a predictive tool towards achieving optimal biodegradation efficiencies and for the development of ecologically friendly solutions for pollutant degradation.
Ofaim, S. - Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel; Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Zarecki, R. - Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel; Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Porob, S. - Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Gat, D. - Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Kashi, Y. - Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ronen, Z. - Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Beersheba, 8499000, Israel.
Atrazine is an herbicide and a pollutant of great environmental concern that is naturally biodegraded by microbial communities. Paenarthrobacter aurescens TC1 is one of the most studied degraders of this herbicide. Here, we developed a genome scale metabolic model for P. aurescens TC1, iRZ1179, to study the atrazine degradation process at organism level. Constraint based flux balance analysis and time dependent simulations were used to explore the organism’s phenotypic landscape. Simulations aimed at designing media optimized for supporting growth and enhancing degradation, by passing the need in strain design via genetic modifications. Growth and degradation simulations were carried with more than 100 compounds consumed by P. aurescens TC1. In vitro validation confirmed the predicted classification of different compounds as efficient, moderate or poor stimulators of growth. Simulations successfully captured previous reports on the use of glucose and phosphate as bio-stimulators of atrazine degradation, supported by in vitro validation. Model predictions can go beyond supplementing the medium with a single compound and can predict the growth outcomes for higher complexity combinations. Hence, the analysis demonstrates that the exhaustive power of the genome scale metabolic reconstruction allows capturing complexities that are beyond common biochemical expertise and knowledge and further support the importance of computational platforms for the educated design of complex media. The model presented here can potentially serve as a predictive tool towards achieving optimal biodegradation efficiencies and for the development of ecologically friendly solutions for pollutant degradation.
