@article{MTMT:34764951, title = {Comparative transcriptome study highlights the versatility of nitrogen metabolism in Chlamydomonas}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34764951}, author = {Rani, Vaishali and Shetty, Prateek and Maróti, Gergely}, doi = {10.1016/j.algal.2024.103458}, journal-iso = {ALGAL RES}, journal = {ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS}, volume = {79}, unique-id = {34764951}, issn = {2211-9264}, abstract = {Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient and nitrate is one of the main forms of this macronutrient available for plants and microbes. Nitrate is not only the substrate for the nitrate assimilation pathway, but also a crucial signal for the regulation of numerous metabolic, developmental, and cellular differentiation processes. In the present study, two species of the Chlamydomonas genus, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cc124 and Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216 were used to investigate the versatility of nitrate metabolism in green microalgae. Quantification of nitrate removal efficiency showed that Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216 strongly outperforms C. reinhardtii cc124. Transcriptional changes occurring under nitrate-replete and nitrate-deplete conditions were specifically investigated in the selected species of Chlamydomonas. Whole transcriptome analysis revealed that the genes playing a role in nitrate assimilation did not show differential expression in C. reinhardtii cc124 under changing nitrate conditions (only 45 genes exhibited differential regulation), while in Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216 a large set of genes (3143) showed altered expression. Furthermore, genes responsible for urea metabolism, like DUR3A gene corresponding to urea transport, were found to be upregulated in Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216 under nitrate-deplete condition, while the same gene showed elevated expression level in C. reinhardtii cc124 under nitrate-replete condition. The present study indicated the diverseness of nitrate metabolism among species within the Chlamydomonas genus.}, keywords = {Chlamydomonas; transcriptome analysis; urea metabolism; Nitrate-deplete; Nitrate-replete}, year = {2024}, eissn = {2211-9264}, pages = {1-13}, orcid-numbers = {Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461} } @article{MTMT:34730183, title = {Apis mellifera filamentous virus from a honey bee gut microbiome survey in Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34730183}, author = {Papp, Márton and Tóth, Adrienn Gréta and Békési, László and Farkas, Róbert László and Makrai, László and Maróti, Gergely and Solymosi, Norbert}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-56320-x}, journal-iso = {SCI REP}, journal = {SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, volume = {14}, unique-id = {34730183}, issn = {2045-2322}, abstract = {In Hungary, as part of a nationwide, climatically balanced survey for a next-generation sequencing-based study of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiome, repeated sampling was carried out during the honey production season (March and May 2019). Among other findings, the presence of Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV) was detected in all samples, some at very high levels. AmFV-derived reads were more abundant in the March samples than in the May samples. In March, a higher abundance of AmFV-originated reads was identified in samples collected from warmer areas compared to those collected from cooler areas. A lower proportion of AmFV-derived reads were identified in samples collected in March from the wetter areas than those collected from the drier areas. AmFV-read abundance in samples collected in May showed no significant differences between groups based on either environmental temperature or precipitation. The AmFV abundance correlated negatively with Bartonella apihabitans, Bartonella choladocola, and positively with Frischella perrara, Gilliamella apicola, Gilliamella sp. ESL0443, Lactobacillus apis, Lactobacillus kullabergensis, Lactobacillus sp. IBH004. De novo metagenome assembly of four samples resulted in almost the complete AmFV genome. According to phylogenetic analysis based on DNA polymerase, the Hungarian strains are closest to the strain CH-05 isolated in Switzerland.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {2045-2322}, pages = {1-8}, orcid-numbers = {Papp, Márton/0000-0003-4975-253X; Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461; Solymosi, Norbert/0000-0003-1783-2041} } @article{MTMT:34728404, title = {Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae előfordulása Magyarországon, mézelő méhek (Apis mellifera) bélmikrobiom-felmérése alapján}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34728404}, author = {Papp, Márton and Békési, László and Farkas, Róbert László and Makrai, László and Maróti, Gergely and Solymosi, Norbert}, doi = {10.56385/magyallorv.2024.03.149-159}, journal-iso = {MAGY ALLATORVOSOK}, journal = {MAGYAR ÁLLATORVOSOK LAPJA}, volume = {146}, unique-id = {34728404}, issn = {0025-004X}, year = {2024}, pages = {149-159}, orcid-numbers = {Papp, Márton/0000-0003-4975-253X; Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461; Solymosi, Norbert/0000-0003-1783-2041} } @article{MTMT:34558800, title = {The oral microbiome of a family including Papillon-Lefèvre-syndrome patients and clinically healthy members}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34558800}, author = {Vályi, Péter and Wirth, Roland and Minárovits, János and Strang, Orsolya and Maróti, Gergely and Kovács, Kornél Lajos}, doi = {10.1186/s12903-024-03856-z}, journal-iso = {BMC ORAL HEALTH}, journal = {BMC ORAL HEALTH}, volume = {24}, unique-id = {34558800}, issn = {1472-6831}, abstract = {The oral microbiota composition of patients diagnosed with Papillon-Lefèvre-syndrome and treated for several years were compared to those existing in the oral cavity of the clinically healthy family members and a cohort of patients having various stages of chronic periodontitis.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1472-6831}, orcid-numbers = {Vályi, Péter/0000-0002-9594-2038; Wirth, Roland/0000-0002-2383-2323; Strang, Orsolya/0000-0002-0259-9091; Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461; Kovács, Kornél Lajos/0000-0002-3926-0497} } @article{MTMT:34498476, title = {Comparison of plant biostimulating properties of Chlorella sorokiniana biomass produced in batch and semi-continuous systems supplemented with pig manure or acetate}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34498476}, author = {Stirk, Wendy A. and Bálint, Péter and Široká, Jitka and Novák, Ondřej and Rétfalvi, Tamás and Berzsenyi, Zoltán and Notterpek T., Jácint and Varga, Zoltán and Maróti, Gergely and van Staden, Johannes and Strnad, Miroslav and Ördög, Vince}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.01.002}, journal-iso = {J BIOTECHNOL}, journal = {JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY}, volume = {381}, unique-id = {34498476}, issn = {0168-1656}, abstract = {Microalgae-derived biostimulants provide an eco-friendly biotechnology for improving crop productivity. The strategy of circular economy includes reducing biomass production costs of new and robust microalgae strains grown in nutrient-rich wastewater and mixotrophic culture where media is enriched with organic carbon. In this study, Chlorella sorokiniana was grown in 100 l bioreactors under sub-optimal conditions in a greenhouse. A combination of batch and semi-continuous cultivation was used to investigate the growth, plant hormone and biostimulating effect of biomass grown in diluted pig manure and in nutrient medium supplemented with Naacetate. C. sorokiniana tolerated the low light (sum of PAR 0.99 ± 0.18 mol/photons/(m2 /day)) and temperature (3.7–23.7◦ C) conditions to maintain a positive growth rate and daily biomass productivity (up to 149 mg/l/ day and 69 mg/l/day dry matter production in pig manure and Na-acetate supplemented cultures respectively). The protein and lipid content was significantly higher in the biomass generated in batch culture and dilute pig manure (1.4x higher protein and 2x higher lipid) compared to the Na-acetate enriched culture. Auxins indole-3- acetic acid (IAA) and 2-oxindole-3-acetic acid (oxIAA) and salicylic acid (SA) were present in the biomass with significantly higher auxin content in the biomass generated using pig manure (> 350 pmol/g DW IAA and > 84 pmol/g DW oxIAA) compared to cultures enriched with Na-acetate and batch cultures (< 200 pmol/g DW IAA and < 27 pmol/g DW oxIAA). No abscisic acid and jasmonates were detected. All samples had plant biostimulating activity measured in the mungbean rooting bioassay with the Na-acetate supplemented biomass eliciting higher rooting activity (equivalent to 1–2 mg/l IBA) compared to the pig manure (equivalent to 0.5–1 mg/l IBA) and batch culture (equivalent to water control) generated biomass. Thus C. sorokiniana MACC728 is a robust new strain for biotechnology, tolerating low light and temperature conditions. The strain can adapt to alternative nutrient (pig manure) and carbon (acetate) sources with the generated biomass having a high auxin concentration and plant biostimulating activity detected with the mungbean rooting bioassay.}, keywords = {Low temperature; salicylic acid; auxin; *Proteins; Low light; Rooting activity}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1873-4863}, pages = {27-35}, orcid-numbers = {Notterpek T., Jácint/0000-0002-7097-1799; Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461} } @article{MTMT:34493118, title = {Enhancing biophotovoltaic efficiency: Study on a highly productive green algal strain Parachlorella kessleri MACC-38}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34493118}, author = {Zlatkova Petrova, Nia and Tóth, Tünde and Shetty, Prateek and Maróti, Gergely and Tóth, Szilvia Zita}, doi = {10.1016/j.biortech.2023.130206}, journal-iso = {BIORESOUR TECHNOL}, journal = {BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY}, volume = {394}, unique-id = {34493118}, issn = {0960-8524}, abstract = {Biophotovoltaic (BPV) devices are a potential decentralized and environmentally friendly energy source that harness solar energy through photosynthesis. BPV devices are self-regenerating, promising long-term usability. A practical strategy for enhancing BPV performance is to systematically screen for highly exoelectrogenic algal strains capable of generating large electric current density. In this study, a previously uncharacterized green algal strain -Parachlorella kessleri MACC-38 was found to generate over 340 mu A mg � 1 Chl cm-2. This output is approximately ten-fold higher than those of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella species. The current production of MACC-38 primarily originates from photosynthesis, and the strain maintains its physiological integrity throughout the process. MACC-38 exhibits unique traits such as low extracellular O2 and Fe(III) reduction, substantial copper (II) reduction, and significant extracellular acidification during current generation, contributing to its high productivity. The exoelectrogenic and growth characteristics of MACC-38 suggest that it could markedly boost BPV efficiency.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1873-2976}, pages = {130206}, orcid-numbers = {Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461} } @article{MTMT:34750600, title = {Composition of Mastitis Causing Microorganisms and Cytokines in Healthy Cow’s Milk: A Pilot Study}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34750600}, author = {Junga, Anna and Pilmane, Māra and Šerstņova, Ksenija and Lohova, Elizabeta and Melderis, Ivars and Gontar, Łukasz and Kochański, Maksymilian and Drutowska, Andżelika and Maróti, Gergely and Prieto-Simón, Beatriz}, doi = {10.2478/prolas-2023-0024}, journal-iso = {PROC LATVIAN ACAD SCI SECT B}, journal = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE LATVIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SECTION B: NATURAL EXACT AND APPLIED SCIENCES}, volume = {77}, unique-id = {34750600}, issn = {1407-009X}, abstract = {The aim of this study was to examine clinically healthy cow’s udder milk microbiota and presence of cytokines in different seasons. Milk samples taken from the cows were checked for the presence of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and the somatic cell count was detected. Immunohistochemistry methods were performed to detect interleukin (IL) -2, IL-4, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-17a, β-defensin-3, transforming growth factor (TGF)-ā1, interferon-ć and nuclear factor (NF)-źB presence in the milk. S. agalactiae, S. uberis, S. aureus, E. coli, and Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter spp. were found in healthy cow’s milk. In the first round, the highest prevalence was observed for S. aureus . In the second round, the highest mean levels were observed for S. uberis , then followed S. aureus . IL-4, IL-17a and TGF-ā1 demonstrated the highest expression in the milk samples. NF-źB had the lowest expression among all factors. The presence of a rich bacterial microbiome (mostly S.aureus , S.uberis ) in the milk of healthy animals, as well as changing bacterial species between in spring and autumn seasons occur as a result of both the immune state of the animal and many external factors, which consequently affects the amount of expressed cytokines.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2255-890X}, pages = {169-177}, orcid-numbers = {Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461} } @article{MTMT:34489404, title = {Enhanced specificity of Bacillus metataxonomics using a tuf-targeted amplicon sequencing approach}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34489404}, author = {Xu, Xinming and Nielsen, Lasse Johan Dyrbye and Song, Lijie and Maróti, Gergely and Strube, Mikael Lenz and Kovács, Ákos T.}, doi = {10.1038/s43705-023-00330-9}, journal-iso = {ISME COMMUN}, journal = {ISME COMMUNICATIONS}, volume = {3}, unique-id = {34489404}, abstract = {Bacillus species are ubiquitous in nature and have tremendous application potential in agriculture, medicine, and industry. However, the individual species of this genus vary widely in both ecological niches and functional phenotypes, which, hence, requires accurate classification of these bacteria when selecting them for specific purposes. Although analysis of the 16S rRNA gene has been widely used to disseminate the taxonomy of most bacterial species, this gene fails proper classification of Bacillus species. To circumvent this restriction, we designed novel primers and optimized them to allow exact species resolution of Bacillus species in both synthetic and natural communities using high-throughput amplicon sequencing. The primers designed for the tuf gene were not only specific for the Bacillus genus but also sufficiently discriminated species both in silico and in vitro in a mixture of 11 distinct Bacillus species. Investigating the primers using a natural soil sample, 13 dominant species were detected including Bacillus badius , Bacillus velezensis , and Bacillus mycoides as primary members, neither of which could be distinguished with 16S rRNA sequencing. In conclusion, a set of high-throughput primers were developed which allows unprecedented species-level identification of Bacillus species and aids the description of the ecological distribution of Bacilli in various natural environment.}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2730-6151}, orcid-numbers = {Xu, Xinming/0000-0002-3203-4526; Nielsen, Lasse Johan Dyrbye/0009-0004-5454-6284; Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461; Strube, Mikael Lenz/0000-0003-0905-5705; Kovács, Ákos T./0000-0002-4465-1636} } @misc{MTMT:34477263, title = {Investigation of singlet oxygen sensitive genes in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34477263}, author = {Patyi, Gábor and Hódi, Barbara and Mallick, Ivy and Maróti, Gergely and Kós, Péter and Vass, Imre}, unique-id = {34477263}, year = {2023}, orcid-numbers = {Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461} } @article{MTMT:34471601, title = {Ixodes ricinus tick bacteriome alterations based on a climatically representative survey in Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34471601}, author = {Tóth, Adrienn Gréta and Farkas, Róbert László and Papp, Márton and Kilim, Oz Sam and Yun, H. and Makrai, László and Maróti, Gergely and Gyurkovszky, Mónika and Krikó, Eszter and Solymosi, Norbert}, doi = {10.1128/spectrum.01243-23}, journal-iso = {MICROBIOL SPEC}, journal = {MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM}, volume = {11}, unique-id = {34471601}, issn = {2165-0497}, abstract = {The microbial communities of disease vectors may represent a key feature in several biological functions and thus deserve special attention in light of climate change and the consequent need to develop novel control strategies. Nevertheless, vector-borne microbial networks are still poorly understood. Assessing vectors’ microbial interactions and climatic dependencies may contribute to better estimating pathogen transmission characteristics and public health risks. In a climatically representative country-wide survey, Ixodes ricinus ticks were collected from 17 locations in Hungary. Using shotgun metagenomic sequencing, the bacteriome composition was analyzed by investigating the relationship between the abundance of nymphs and females in various climatic environments. Bacterial composition on the genus level revealed a significant difference between the samples from females and nymphs. Within the core bacteriome, females and nymphs showed significant variation in the following genera: Arsenophonus, Bacillus, Candidatus Midichloria, Rhodococcus, Sphingomonas, Staphylococcus, and Wolbachia. Among females, according to temperature strata, the following were found differentiating: Curtobacterium, Pseudomonas, and Sphingomonas. There was no genus with a significant difference in precipitation categories for females. Curtobacterium showed significant variation between temperature and Bacillus and Curtobacterium for various precipitation levels in the nymphs. The composition of vector-borne bacteriome members showed significant alterations at sampling points with different climatic conditions and development stages of the tick hosts. Our findings not only pave the way toward understanding tick-borne bacterial networks and interdependencies but also shed light on the high potential for the presence of a possible biological tick control species, the tick parasitoid, Ixodiphagus hookeri based on related bacteriome patterns.}, keywords = {Female; climate; Ixodes ricinus; nymph; bacteriome}, year = {2023}, eissn = {2165-0497}, pages = {1-17}, orcid-numbers = {Papp, Márton/0000-0003-4975-253X; Maróti, Gergely/0000-0002-3705-0461; Solymosi, Norbert/0000-0003-1783-2041} }