Isolation and characterization of a crude oil degrading bacteria from formation water:comparative genomic analysis of environmental Ochrobactrum intermedium isolate versus clinical strains

In this study, we isolated an environmental clone of Ochrobactrum intermedium, strain 2745-2, from the formation water of Changqing oilfield in Shanxi, China, which can degrade crude oil. Strain 2745-2 is aerobic and rod-shaped with optimum growth at 42 ℃ and pH 5.5. We sequenced the genome and found a single chromosome of 4800175 bp, with a G＋C content of 57.63%. Sixty RNAs and 4737 protein-coding genes were identified： many of the genes are responsible for the degradation, emulsification, and metabolizing of crude oil. A comparative genomic analysis with related clinical strains （M86, 229E, and LMG3301T） showed that genes involved in virulence, disease, defense, phages, prophages, transposable elements, plasmids, and antibiotic resistance are also present in strain 2745-2.

Diversity and dynamics of microbial communities in brown planthopper at different developmental stages revealed by high-throughput amplicon sequencing

The microbiome associated with brown planthopper(BPH)plays an important role in mediating host health and fitness.Characterization of the microbial community and its structure is prerequisite for understanding the intricate symbiotic relationships between microbes and host insect.Here,we investigated the bacterial and fungal communities of BPH at different developmental stages using high-throughput amplicon sequencing.Our results revealed that both the bacterial and fungal communities were diverse and dynamic during BPH development.The bacterial communities were generally richer than fungi in each developmental stage.At 97%similarly,19 phyla and 278 genera of bacteria were an-notated,while five fungal phyla comprising 80 genera were assigned.The highest species richness for the bacterial communities was detected in the nymphal stage.The taxonomic diversity of the fungal communities in female adults was generally at a relatively higher level when compared to other developmental stages.The most dominant phylum of bacteria and fungi at each developmental stage all belonged to Proteobacteria and Ascomycota,re-spectively.A significantly lower abundance of bacterial genus Acinetobacter was recorded in the egg stage when compared to other developmental stages,while the dominant fun-gal genus Wallemia was more abundant in the nymph and adult stages than in the egg stage.Additionally,the microbial composition differed between male and female adults,suggesting that the microbial communties In BPH were gender-dependent.Uverall,our study enriches our knowledge on the microbial communities associated with BPH and will provide clues to develop potential biocontrol techniques against this rice pest.