Pan-genome-scale metabolic modeling of Bacillus subtilis reveals functionally distinct groups.

Autor:	Neal M; Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California, USA., Brakewood W; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Betenbaugh M; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Zengler K; Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.; Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.; Program in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	MSystems [mSystems] 2024 Nov 19; Vol. 9 (11), pp. e0092324. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 04.
DOI:	10.1128/msystems.00923-24
Abstrakt:	Bacillus subtilis is an important industrial and environmental microorganism known to occupy many niches and produce many compounds of interest. Although it is one of the best-studied organisms, much of this focus including the reconstruction of genome-scale metabolic models has been placed on a few key laboratory strains. Here, we substantially expand these prior models to pan-genome-scale, representing 481 genomes of B. subtilis with 2,315 orthologous gene clusters, 1,874 metabolites, and 2,239 reactions. Furthermore, we incorporate data from carbon utilization experiments for eight strains to refine and validate its metabolic predictions. This comprehensive pan-genome model enables the assessment of strain-to-strain differences related to nutrient utilization, fermentation outputs, robustness, and other metabolic aspects. Using the model and phenotypic predictions, we divide B. subtilis strains into five groups with distinct patterns of behavior that correlate across these features. The pan-genome model offers deep insights into B. subtilis' metabolism as it varies across environments and provides an understanding as to how different strains have adapted to dynamic habitats. Importance: As the volume of genomic data and computational power have increased, so has the number of genome-scale metabolic models. These models encapsulate the totality of metabolic functions for a given organism. Bacillus subtilis strain 168 is one of the first bacteria for which a metabolic network was reconstructed. Since then, several updated reconstructions have been generated for this model microorganism. Here, we expand the metabolic model for a single strain into a pan-genome-scale model, which consists of individual models for 481 B. subtilis strains. By evaluating differences between these strains, we identified five distinct groups of strains, allowing for the rapid classification of any particular strain. Furthermore, this classification into five groups aids the rapid identification of suitable strains for any application. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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