Journal
METABOLOMICS
Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-022-01875-x
Keywords
Marine biofilms; LC-MS-based metabolomics; Phosphate depletion; Membrane remodeling; Ornithine lipids
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- French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
- University of Toulon
- Institute of Ecology and Environment (INEE) of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Total Foundation
- French Sud-PACA regional council
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This study analyzed the effects of a gradient of phosphate concentrations on the biofilm-forming capacity and metabolome of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica TC8. The results showed that lower phosphate concentrations led to decreased biomass, carbohydrate content, and three-dimensional structures of biofilms. Untargeted metabolomics revealed differences in metabolites at different phosphate concentrations, with ornithine lipids increasing and oxidized phosphatidylethanolamines decreasing as phosphate concentration decreased.
Introduction Marine biofilms are the most widely distributed mode of life on Earth and drive biogeochemical cycling processes of most elements. Phosphorus (P) is essential for many biological processes such as energy transfer mechanisms, biological information storage and membrane integrity. Objectives Our aim was to analyze the effect of a gradient of ecologically relevant phosphate concentrations on the biofilm-forming capacity and the metabolome of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica TC8. Methods In addition to the evaluation of the effect of different phosphate concentration on the biomass, structure and gross biochemical composition of biofilms of P. lipolytica TC8, untargeted metabolomics based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis was used to determine the main metabolites impacted by P-limiting conditions. Annotation of the most discriminating and statistically robust metabolites was performed through the concomitant use of molecular networking and MS/MS fragmentation pattern interpretation. Results At the lowest phosphate concentration, biomass, carbohydrate content and three-dimensional structures of biofilms tended to decrease. Furthermore, untargeted metabolomics allowed for the discrimination of the biofilm samples obtained at the five phosphate concentrations and the highlighting of a panel of metabolites mainly implied in such a discrimination. A large part of the metabolites of the resulting dataset were then putatively annotated. Ornithine lipids were found in increasing quantity when the phosphate concentration decreased, while the opposite trend was observed for oxidized phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs). Conclusion This study demonstrated the suitability of LC-MS-based untargeted metabolomics for evaluating the effect of culture conditions on marine bacterial biofilms. More precisely, these results supported the high plasticity of the membrane of P. lipolytica TC8, while the role of the oxidized PEs remains to be clarified.
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