Mutations That Alter the Bacterial Cell Envelope Increase Lipid Production
Abstract
ABSTRACT Lipids from microbes offer a promising source of renewable alternatives to petroleum-derived compounds. In particular, oleaginous microbes are of interest because they accumulate a large fraction of their biomass as lipids. In this study, we analyzed genetic changes that alter lipid accumulation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides . By screening an R. sphaeroides Tn 5 mutant library for insertions that increased fatty acid content, we identified 10 high-lipid (HL) mutants for further characterization. These HL mutants exhibited increased sensitivity to drugs that target the bacterial cell envelope and changes in shape, and some had the ability to secrete lipids, with two HL mutants accumulating ~60% of their total lipids extracellularly. When one of the highest-lipid-secreting strains was grown in a fed-batch bioreactor, its lipid content was comparable to that of oleaginous microbes, with the majority of the lipids secreted into the medium. Based on the properties of these HL mutants, we conclude that alterations of the cell envelope are a previously unreported approach to increase microbial lipid production. We also propose that this approach may be combined with knowledge about biosynthetic pathways, in this or other microbes, to increase production of lipids and other chemicals. IMPORTANCE This paper reports on experiments tomore »
- Authors:
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1786911
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1372975
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-125854
Journal ID: ISSN 2161-2129; e00513-17
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- mBio
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: mBio Journal Volume: 8 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2161-2129
- Publisher:
- American Society for Microbiology
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Citation Formats
Lemmer, Kimberly C., Zhang, Weiping, Langer, Samantha J., Dohnalkova, Alice C., Hu, Dehong, Lemke, Rachelle A., Piotrowski, Jeff S., Orr, Galya, Noguera, Daniel R., Donohue, Timothy J., Ruby, ed., Edward G., Harwood, Caroline, and McEwan, Alastair. Mutations That Alter the Bacterial Cell Envelope Increase Lipid Production. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1128/mBio.00513-17.
Lemmer, Kimberly C., Zhang, Weiping, Langer, Samantha J., Dohnalkova, Alice C., Hu, Dehong, Lemke, Rachelle A., Piotrowski, Jeff S., Orr, Galya, Noguera, Daniel R., Donohue, Timothy J., Ruby, ed., Edward G., Harwood, Caroline, & McEwan, Alastair. Mutations That Alter the Bacterial Cell Envelope Increase Lipid Production. United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00513-17
Lemmer, Kimberly C., Zhang, Weiping, Langer, Samantha J., Dohnalkova, Alice C., Hu, Dehong, Lemke, Rachelle A., Piotrowski, Jeff S., Orr, Galya, Noguera, Daniel R., Donohue, Timothy J., Ruby, ed., Edward G., Harwood, Caroline, and McEwan, Alastair. Wed .
"Mutations That Alter the Bacterial Cell Envelope Increase Lipid Production". United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00513-17.
@article{osti_1786911,
title = {Mutations That Alter the Bacterial Cell Envelope Increase Lipid Production},
author = {Lemmer, Kimberly C. and Zhang, Weiping and Langer, Samantha J. and Dohnalkova, Alice C. and Hu, Dehong and Lemke, Rachelle A. and Piotrowski, Jeff S. and Orr, Galya and Noguera, Daniel R. and Donohue, Timothy J. and Ruby, ed., Edward G. and Harwood, Caroline and McEwan, Alastair},
abstractNote = {ABSTRACT Lipids from microbes offer a promising source of renewable alternatives to petroleum-derived compounds. In particular, oleaginous microbes are of interest because they accumulate a large fraction of their biomass as lipids. In this study, we analyzed genetic changes that alter lipid accumulation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides . By screening an R. sphaeroides Tn 5 mutant library for insertions that increased fatty acid content, we identified 10 high-lipid (HL) mutants for further characterization. These HL mutants exhibited increased sensitivity to drugs that target the bacterial cell envelope and changes in shape, and some had the ability to secrete lipids, with two HL mutants accumulating ~60% of their total lipids extracellularly. When one of the highest-lipid-secreting strains was grown in a fed-batch bioreactor, its lipid content was comparable to that of oleaginous microbes, with the majority of the lipids secreted into the medium. Based on the properties of these HL mutants, we conclude that alterations of the cell envelope are a previously unreported approach to increase microbial lipid production. We also propose that this approach may be combined with knowledge about biosynthetic pathways, in this or other microbes, to increase production of lipids and other chemicals. IMPORTANCE This paper reports on experiments to understand how to increase microbial lipid production. Microbial lipids are often cited as one renewable replacement for petroleum-based fuels and chemicals, but strategies to increase the yield of these compounds are needed to achieve this goal. While lipid biosynthesis is often well understood, increasing yields of these compounds to industrially relevant levels is a challenge, especially since genetic, synthetic biology, or engineering approaches are not feasible in many microbes. We show that altering the bacterial cell envelope can be used to increase microbial lipid production. We also find that the utility of some of these alterations can be enhanced by growing cells in bioreactor configurations that can be used industrially. We propose that our findings can inform current and future efforts to increase production of microbial lipids, other fuels, or chemicals that are currently derived from petroleum.},
doi = {10.1128/mBio.00513-17},
journal = {mBio},
number = 3,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00513-17
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