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- Title
A direct examination of microbial specialized metabolites associated with ocean sediments from Baffin Bay and the Gulf of Maine.
- Authors
Shaikh, Arshad Ali; Verhoeven, Joost T. P.; Sinha, Rupesh K.; Dufour, Suzanne C.; Tahlan, Kapil
- Abstract
Specialized metabolites produced by microorganisms found in ocean sediments display a wide range of clinically relevant bioactivities, including antimicrobial, anticancer, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory. Due to limitations in our ability to culture many benthic microorganisms under laboratory conditions, their potential to produce bioactive compounds remains underexplored. However, the advent of modern mass spectrometry technologies and data analysis methods for chemical structure prediction has aided in the discovery of such metabolites from complex mixtures. In this study, ocean sediments were collected from Baffin Bay (Canadian Arctic) and the Gulf of Maine for untargeted metabolomics using mass spectrometry. A direct examination of prepared organic extracts identified 1468 spectra, of which ∼45% could be annotated using in silico analysis methods. A comparable number of spectral features were detected in sediments collected from both locations, but 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed a significantly more diverse bacterial community in samples from Baffin Bay. Based on spectral abundance, 12 specialized metabolites known to be associated with bacteria were selected for discussion. The application of metabolomics directly on marine sediments provides an avenue for culture-independent detection of metabolites produced under natural settings. The strategy can help prioritize samples for novel bioactive metabolite discovery using traditional workflows.
- Subjects
GULF of Maine; MICROBIAL metabolites; ANALYTICAL chemistry; SEDIMENTS; OCEAN; BACTERIAL communities
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2023, Vol 69, Issue 5, p199
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2022-0205