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Enhancing Extracellular Electron Transfer of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 through Coupling Improved Flavin Synthesis and Metal-Reducing Conduit for Pollutant Degradation Di Min, Lei Cheng, Feng Zhang, Xue-Na Huang, Dao-Bo Li, Dong-Feng Liu, Tai-Chu Lau, Yang Mu, and Han-Qing Yu Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • Publication Date (Web): 17 Apr 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on April 17, 2017
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Enhancing Extracellular Electron Transfer of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 through Coupling Improved Flavin Synthesis and Metal-Reducing Conduit for Pollutant Degradation
Di Min1,2*, Lei Cheng1,*, Feng Zhang1, Xue-Na Huang1, Dao-Bo Li1, Dong-Feng Liu1,**, Tai-Chu Lau2,3, Yang Mu1, Han-Qing Yu1,** 1
CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China 2
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USTC-CityU Joint Advanced Research Center, Suzhou, China
Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Dissimilatory metal reducing bacteria (DMRB) are capable of extracellular electron
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transfer (EET) to insoluble metal oxides, which are used as external electron acceptors
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by DMRB for their anaerobic respiration. The EET process has important contribution
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to environmental remediation mineral cycling, and bioelectrochemical systems.
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However, the low EET efficiency remains to be one of the major bottlenecks for its
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practical applications for pollutant degradation. In this work, Shewanella oneidensis
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MR-1, a model DMRB, was used to examine the feasibility of enhancing the EET and
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its biodegradation capacity through genetic engineering. A flavin biosynthesis gene
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cluster ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE and metal-reducing conduit biosynthesis gene cluster
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mtrC-mtrA-mtrB were co-expressed in S. oneidensis MR-1. Compared to the control
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strain, the engineered strain was found to exhibit an improved EET capacity in
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microbial fuel cells and potentiostat-controlled electrochemical cells, with an increase
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in maximum current density by approximate 110% and 87%, respectively. The
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electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analysis showed that the current
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increase correlated with the lower interfacial charge-transfer resistance of the
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engineered strain. Meanwhile, a three times more rapid removal rate of methyl orange
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by the engineered strain confirmed the improvement of its EET and biodegradation
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ability. Our results demonstrate that coupling of improved synthesis of mediators and
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metal-reducing conduits could be an efficient strategy to enhance EET in S.
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oneidensis MR-1, which is essential to the applications of DMRB for environmental
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remediation, wastewater treatment, and bioenergy recovery from wastes.
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INTRODUCTION
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Dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria (DMRB) can couple the oxidation of organic or
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inorganic compounds to the reduction of metal compounds as a part of their energy
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generating strategy.1-3 Close attention has been paid to DMRB for their important
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influence on the biogeochemical cycling of metals4 in sediments, submerged soils,
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and the terrestrial subsurface.5 Furthermore, microbial metal reduction has been
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utilized in various biotechnological processes,6-9 such as bioenergy recovery with
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microbial fuel cells (MFCs), biosynthesis with microbial electrosynthesis (MES) and
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pollutant degradation in environmental remediation.10-12 In recent years, many types
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of bacteria, including members of the genera Shewanella,13-15 Geobacter,16,
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Desulfuromonas,18 Aeromonas,19 and Pelobacter,20 have been identified as DMRB.
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Among DMRB, S. oneidensis MR-1 is becoming a research focus due to its
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respiration versatility,21 metabolic diversity,22 and genetic accessibility. Shewanella
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can transfer electrons extracellularly to various electron acceptors for respiration,
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including iron and manganese oxides, sulfur species, NO3−, NO2−, trimethylamine
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N-oxide (TMAO), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), fumarate, O2, even radionuclides and
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toxic metals such as Tc, U, Cr.5, 22 These characteristics make it a model organism for
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microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET) investigations. Extensive studies have
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been conducted to understand microbial EET pathways in strain MR-1. Direct EET,
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including the physical contact of outer membrane cytochromes (mainly through
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metal-reducing conduit),14 conductive nanowires,23 and flavin-mediated EET24 have 3
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been identified as main mechanism of EET in S. oneidensis MR-1.
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The kinetics and efficiency of EET in S. oneidensis MR-1 are key factors in
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determining its performance in bioelectrochemical systems and environmental
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remediation. Efforts have been made to improve the EET by optimizing the electrode
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materials,25 operation parameters26 and components of MFCs27 or addition of metal
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ions, such as Cu2+,28 Cd2+,28 and Ca2+.29 Another logical method is genetic
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modification to increase the amount of releasable electrons and improve the
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efficiency of transferring released electrons to extracellular electron acceptors. It was
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reported that a transposon mutant of S. oneidensis MR-1 deficient in the biosynthesis
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of cell surface polysaccharides showed an increased ability to adhere to a graphite
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anode and to generate 50% more current in an MFC than the control strain.30 In
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addition, an engineered S. oneidensis MR-1, heterologously over-expressed a cyclic
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diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP) biosynthesis gene ydeH, significantly
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enhanced biofilm formation and EET.31 However, the efficiency of these methods to
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enhance EET is relatively low. A feasible approach that a flavin biosynthesis
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pathway from Bacillus subtilis was heterologously expressed in S. oneidensis MR-1
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was adopted with a high efficiency.32 The synthetic flavin module enabled enhancing
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bidirectional EET rate of MR-1. Since metal-reducing conduit and electron shuttles
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have been identified to play central roles in EET, it is reasonable to assume that the
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expression level of metal-reducing conduit may become another bottleneck for
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further improvement of EET in S. oneidensis MR-1 in the presence of sufficient
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flavins. To date, there is no report about the coupling of improved synthesis of 4
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flavins and metal-reducing conduit in S. oneidensis MR-1.
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Therefore, this work aims to elevate the EET in S. oneidensis MR-1 and its
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pollutant degradation capacity by using genetic engineering approaches. For this
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purpose, a serial of engineered strains were constructed and expression of
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mtrC-mtrA-mtrB and ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE in S. oneidensis MR-1 was analyzed
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(Figure 1). Then, the EET performance of the engineered strain via coupling
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improved synthesis of metal-reducing conduit and flavins in bioelectrochemical
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systems was evaluated. Finally, the engineered strain was applied to decolorate
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methyl orange (MO), a typical organic pollutant. In this way, the feasibility of
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elevating EET in S. oneidensis MR-1 by a synergy between direct EET and mediated
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EET was explored. The engineered strains could be used for potential applications in
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environmental remediation and power generation from wastes in electrochemical
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systems.
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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
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Plasmid Construction and Transformation. All plasmid constructions were
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performed in Escherichia coli. E. coli strains were cultured in Luria-Bertani (LB)
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medium at 37 oC with 200 rpm. Whenever needed, 50 µg/mL kanamycin was added
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into the culture medium.
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The sequence coding for flavin biosynthesis gene cluster ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE
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was amplified from S. oneidensis MR-1, purified and treated with SpeI and SbfI. The 5
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fragment was cloned into pYYDT expression plasmid32 and form the resulting
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expression plasmids pYYDT-Rib. Similarly, the sequence coding for metal-reducing
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conduit biosynthesis gene cluster mtrC-mtrA-mtrB was amplified from S. oneidensis
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MR-1 and cloned into pYYDT expression plasmid to form the resulting expression
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plasmids pYYDT-Mtr. An additional promoter Ptac and metal-reducing conduit
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biosynthesis gene cluster mtrC-mtrA-mtrB were added into plasmid pYYDT-Rib to
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form the resulting expression plasmid pYYDT-RM (Figure 2a).
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Plasmids to be introduced into S. oneidensis MR-1 were first transformed into the
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plasmid donor strain E. coli WM3064 and transferred into S. oneidensis MR-1 by
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conjugation. When needed, 100 µg/mL 2,6-diaminopimelic acid was dosed for the
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growth of E. coli WM3064.
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Microbial Cultivation Conditions for Flavins Production. S. oneidensis MR-1
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from -80 oC freezer stock was inoculated into 30 mL LB broth shaking at 30 oC
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overnight aerobically. For the flavin synthesis under aerobic conditions, 1 mL S.
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oneidensis MR-1 culture suspension was inoculated into 50 mL Shewanella mineral
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medium with 20 mM lactate as elector donor. The composition of Shewanella mineral
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medium was referred to a previous report.33 For the flavin synthesis under anaerobic
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conditions, 1 mL S. oneidensis MR-1 (harboring pYYDT or recombination plasmids)
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culture suspension was inoculated into 50 mL Shewanella mineral medium (with 20
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mM lactate and 40 mM sodium fumarate) in a sealed 100 mL serum vial. S.
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oneidensis MR-1 strains were cultured at 30 oC with 200 rpm.
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analysis. Bacterial culture of 1 mL was withdrawn from each serum at given time
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intervals and immediately centrifuged at 6000 rpm (5000 g) for 90 s. The flavin
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concentration in the supernatants was determined using a high-performance liquid
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chromatography (HPLC, Agilent Co., USA) following a method reported
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previously.33
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RNA Extraction and qRT-PCR Analysis. The RNAiso Plus Kit (Takara Co.,
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China) was used for extracting total cellular RNA from Shewanella cultures. The
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absorption of light at 230, 260 and 280 nm was exploited to characterize the
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concentration and purity of the final extracted RNA. The PrimeScript II 1st Strand
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cDNA Synthesis Kit (Takara Co., China) and the SYBR Premix Ex Taq (Takara Co.,
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China) were used for the cDNA synthesis and the qRT-PCR analysis, respectively,
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according to the manufacturer’s instruction. All real-time RT-PCR reactions were
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conducted using the StepOne real-time PCR system (Applied Biosystems Inc., USA).
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The relative quantity of tested cDNA normalized to the abundance of 16s cDNA was
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automatically calculated by this system. Primers used for qRT-PCR analysis are
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listed in Table S1.
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Electrochemical Tests. Dual-chamber MFCs (Figure S1a), with the electrodes
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connected via a 1 kΩ external resistor, were used to record voltage output of
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Shewanella strains every 10 min using a data acquisition system (USB2801, ATD Co.,
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China). Carbon felt (Beijing Sanye Carbon Co., China) with a specific surface area of
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12 cm2 and a proton exchange membrane (GEFC-10N, GEFC Co., China) were used
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catholyte was 50 mM potassium ferricyanide in 50-mM phosphate buffer solution at
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pH 7.0. Prior to the experiment, an anaerobic atmosphere of the anode and cathode
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chambers was achieved by flushing with high-purity nitrogen gas. S. oneidensis MR-1
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strains were incubation into the MFC anode chamber at 30 oC. All tests were
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conducted in triplicate.
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To evaluate the performance of MFCs, linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) at 1
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mV/s voltage scan rate was used to measure the polarization curves. The power
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density output curves could be calculated by multiplying the current with its
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corresponding voltage. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used to
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evaluate the internal resistance of the MFCs over a frequency range from 0.01 Hz to
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100 kHz at an open circuit potential with a perturbation signal of 5 mV.
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In order to investigate the EET ability of S. oneidensis MR-1 in a constant
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potential, S. oneidensis MR-1 strains were cultured in anaerobic mineral salts
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medium (including 20 mM lactate and 40 mM sodium fumarate) with filter-sterilized
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casamino acids (0.05% vol/vol) until an OD600 of 0.4 was reached, then transferred
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into a conventional three-electrode microbial electrolysis cell (MEC, Figure S1b)
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under anaerobic atmosphere with a CHI1030B electro-chemical workstation
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(Chenhua Instrument Co., China) served as a potentiostat, and lactate was added (20
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mM) to ensure excess electron donor. A constant potential of 0.2 V (vs. Ag/AgCl)
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was applied to the carbon paper electrodes (1.5 × 2 cm2) and monitored the change
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To quantify the attached biomass on electrodes, the total protein concentration
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on the electrodes was determined. Carbon felt electrodes were removed from the
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electrochemical cells, washed twice in PBS buffer, and incubated in 2 mL of 1 N
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NaOH for 10 min at 95 °C to solubilize the attached cells. The supernatant was
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analyzed using a BCA protein assay kit (Beyotime Co., China) according to the
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manufacturer’s instructions.
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MO Bioreduction Tests. The control strain and the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM
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were cultured in LB medium at 30 °C. After 12 h cultivation, cells in LB medium
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were harvested, washed and inoculated in Shewanella mineral medium under aerobic
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conditions. The overnight cultures were used for the anaerobic MO decolorization
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experiments. Lactate and MO were added into Shewanella mineral medium and used
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as the sole carbon source and the electron acceptor, respectively. The medium in each
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serum vial was sparged with N2 to ensure an anaerobic atmosphere. The initial
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concentration of cells was OD600 of 0.1. The MO concentration was measured using a
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UV-Vis spectrophotometer (UV-2401PC, Shimadzu Co., Japan) at 465 nm.
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Multigene Assembly in pYYDT. The plasmid pYYDT has been used as a
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standardized molecular building block for facilitating convenient and fast assembly of
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genetic modules in S. oneidensis MR-1.32 The mtrC-mtrA-mtrB gene cluster from S.
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improved expression of metal-reducing conduit in S. oneidensis MR-1. The flavin
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biosynthesis pathway (clustered in sequential order of ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE) of S.
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oneidensis MR-1 was assembled into pYYDT, which was named as pYYDT-Rib for
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the enhanced synthesis of flavins. The plasmids containing both of mtrC-mtrA-mtrB
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genes and ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE genes were named as pYYDT-RM. One additional
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promoter Plac was placed after ribE to achieve coordinated efficient expression of all
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genes. Plasmid pYYDT served as control. All plasmids are shown in Figure 2a.
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Functional Expression of mtrC-mtrA-mtrB and ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE in S.
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oneidensis MR-1. The control strain (MR-1/pYYDT) and all recombinant S.
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oneidensis
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MR-1/pYYDT-RM) were aerobically cultured. The flavin concentration secreted by
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these strains was measured after 64-h incubation (Figure 2b). The S. oneidensis MR-1
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strain bearing the flavin biosynthesis gene cluster ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE (strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-Rib and strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM) produced 0.50 µM riboflavin/g
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protein and 0.49 µM riboflavin/g protein, respectively, which was 2 times and 1.96
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times higher than that of the control strain (0.25 µM riboflavin/g protein). The strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr excluding the flavin biosynthesis genes (0.21 µM riboflavin/g
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protein) achieved a similar riboflavin level as the control strain. This result confirms
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the functional expression of the flavin biosynthesis pathway genes in the recombinant
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S. oneidensis MR-1 strains.
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The riboflavin biosynthesized by the control strain and the recombinant S.
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relatively lower levels than those under aerobic conditions (Figure 2b). The strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-Rib produced the highest level of riboflavin (0.065 µM riboflavin/g
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protein), while the riboflavin concentration of the other strains was 0.060 µM
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riboflavin/g protein (strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM), 0.013 µM riboflavin/g protein
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(strain MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr), 0.020 µM riboflavin/g protein (strain MR-1/pYYDT),
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respectively. The extracellular flavin mononucleotide (FMN) concentration of all the
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four strains after 64-h incubation was also determined (Figure S2). Under aerobic
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conditions, the FMN concentration secreted by the strains MR-1/pYYDT,
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MR-1/pYYDT-Rib, MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr and MR-1/pYYDT-RM was 0.83, 1.29, 0.70
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and 1.61 µM FMN/g protein, respectively. Under anaerobic conditions, the value
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was 0.14, 0.31, 0.10 and 0.34 µM FMN/g protein, respectively.
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The transcription of flavin biosynthesis genes (ribD, ribC, ribBA and ribE) and
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metal-reducing conduits genes (mtrC, mtrA and mtrB) of the control strain and the
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recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 were detected using qRT-PCR (Figure S3). The
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expression of ribD, ribC, ribBA and ribE in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib was
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enhanced by about 90-fold, 74-fold, 65-fold and 57–fold, respectively, compared with
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the control strain. The expression of mtrC, mtrA and mtrB in the strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-Rib showed a similar level as the control strain. The levels of mtrC,
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mtrA and mtrB in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr were increased by about 37-fold,
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26-fold and 19-fold, respectively, compared to the levels of the control strain.
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Compared with the control strain, the expression levels of ribD, ribC, ribBA and
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ribE in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM were increased by about 46-, 34-, 23- and
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20-fold, respectively, which were lower than those of the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib.
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The expression levels of mtrC, mtrA and mtrB in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM
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exhibited a similar trend, which were lower than those of the strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr. A possible explanation for this phenomenon was that a larger
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plasmid (the size of plasmid pYYDT-RM was greater than that of pYYDT-Rib and
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pYYDT-Mtr) exhibited a lower replication and transcription efficiency. Interestingly,
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the induction of the ribD, ribC, ribBA and ribE genes was not of the same level, and
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ribD (close to the tac promoter) and ribE (distant from the tac promoter) respectively
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exhibited the highest and the lowest fold changes in expression levels (Figure 2a).
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Such a difference might be attributed to the polar expression effect, as observed with
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the operons in other bacteria.34 The expression levels of mtrC, mtrA and mtrB also
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displayed the same polar effect.
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Electricity-Generating Capacities of the MFC Cultivated with the Strains.
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The current densities of the dual-chamber MFCs cultivated with the control strain and
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the recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains were measured (Figure 3a). All the MFCs
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achieved a current density after about 20 h and remained above 40 mA/m2 for 120 h.
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The MFCs with the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib and MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr could generate
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a higher current density (126 mA/m2 and 133 mA/m2, respectively) than that of the
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MFC with the control strain (89 mA/m2). The current density of the MFC inoculated
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was 2.1 times higher than that of the control strain.
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The polarization and power output curves (Figure 3b) show that MFCs inoculated
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with the three recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains had higher power densities
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than the control strain. The MFC inoculated with the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM
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achieved a maximum power density of 0.037 W/m2, which was 3.50-fold as much as
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that of the control MFC. The values for the MFCs inoculated with other two
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recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains were 0.015 W/m2 (strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib)
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and 0.020 W/m2 (MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr), respectively, which were 1.45-fold and
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1.90-fold higher than that of the control MFC. This result indicates that both the
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improved synthesis of flavins or metal-reducing conduit could enhance the EET in S.
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oneidensis MR-1. Coupling improved synthesis of flavins and metal-reducing conduit
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in S. oneidensis MR-1 offered a far more efficient means of achieving a higher current
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density compared to the individually improved synthesis of flavins or metal-reducing
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conduit.
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The mechanism behind the enhancement of power output and density in the
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MFCs cultivated with the recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains was explored. EIS
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was used to determine the electron transfer resistance of the MFCs inoculated with the
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control strain and recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains. The measured EIS results
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showed the well-defined single semicircles over the high frequency range for the
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control strain and recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains (Figure S4). The diameter
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of the semicircle corresponds to the interfacial charge-transfer resistance (Rct), which
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smaller Rct indicates a faster electron-transfer rate. The Rct values of the MFCs with
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the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib (Rct=2169) and the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr (Rct=1888)
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were remarkably lower compared to the value of the MFC with the control strain
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(Rct=4537), implying that the individually improved synthesis of flavins or
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metal-reducing conduit accelerated the electron transfer. This might be ascribed to the
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enhanced electron transfer rate by the synthesis of more flavins or formation of more
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biomass on the electrode in MFCs. The minimum Rct value (449) was obtained for the
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MFC with the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM), which was only 10% of the value for the
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control strain. This result demonstrates that coupling improved synthesis of flavins
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and metal-reducing conduit in Shewanella substantially lowered the resistance of
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electrochemical reactions on the electrode, ultimately leading to the better
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performance of the MFC inoculated with the engineering strains.
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An MEC system was also used to compare the microbial electric current
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generation from the control strain and each recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains at
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a constant potential. The S. oneidensis MR-1 strains were inoculated into the MEC
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systems, and the anode was poised at 0.2 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). After initiation of MECs,
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oxidation current was immediately observed (Figure 4). This current reflected
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oxidation of lactate by microbes and electrons transfer from cells to electrodes. The
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anodic current increased rapidly in the subsequent 10 h and decreased slowly
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thereafter. The maximum oxidation current density of the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM
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was approximately 0.43 A/m2, while it was about 0.23 A/m2 for the MEC with the
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Cyclic voltammetry (CV) analysis could provide useful information on the
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mechanism of EET. The CV results of MECs were shown in Figure 5. For MR-1, a
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pair of anodic and cathodic peaks centered at -0.25 V vs. Ag/AgCl was identified in
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the CV under turnover conditions. This pair of peaks corresponded to the outer
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membrane c-type cytochromes, whose redox peak position often varies slightly,
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depending on microenvironments.35,
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much higher peak intensity centered at -0.25 V vs. Ag/AgCl than that of the
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MR-1/pYYDT. This result demonstrated that more outermembrane c-type
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cytochromes in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr were involved in EET, implying the
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improved MFC performance and the enhanced direct contact-based catalytic current.
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In addition, there was another pair of peaks centered at -0.43 V vs. Ag/AgCl,
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generating a flavin-mediated catalytic current as reported previously.24, 37 Specifically,
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the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib showed a much higher peak intensity centered at -0.43 V
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vs. Ag/AgCl than that of the MR-1/pYYDT, implying an enhanced electron transfer
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rate by the synthesis of more flavins in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib. The intensities
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of redox peaks at -0.25 V vs. Ag/AgCl and -0.43 V vs. Ag/AgCl in the strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-RM were much higher than those in the MR-1/pYYDT. This result
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further demonstrated that both flavin-mediated and contact-based EET pathways were
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increased in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM.
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decoloration of MO, which is reported to be extracellularly reduced by S. oneidensis
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MR-1.38 The MO removal efficiencies obtained for the control strain and the strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-RM are illustrated in Figure 6. A more rapid MO removal process was
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observed for the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM compared to the control strain. Within the
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initial 10 h, the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM completely decolorized MO, while color
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removal by the control strain was 47% (Figure 6a). Meanwhile, the first-order rate
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constants (k) were calculated to evaluate their MO removal rates (Figure 6b). Within
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the initial 12 h, the k values increased by three times from 0.0852 h-1 for the control
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strain to 0.259 h-1 for the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM. These results are consistent with
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the above electrochemical measurements. All of these demonstrate that coupling
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improved synthesis of mediators and metal-reducing conduits was an efficient
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approach to enhance EET in S. oneidensis MR-1.
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S. oneidensis MR-1 has the ability to breathe a wide variety of extracellular electron
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receptors, such as insoluble metal oxide, radionuclides and toxic metals, and even
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electrode.22 The concurrence of direct EET via outer membrane cytochromes and
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flavin-mediated EET was proven both in metal reduction and bioelectricity
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flavins or improved metal-reducing conduit in S. oneidensis MR-1 could enhance the
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current output and power density of the MFCs inoculated with the engineered strains.
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Furthermore, a synergy was achieved when the flavin biosynthesis gene cluster
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mtrC-mtrA-mtrB approaches were co-expressed. The CV tests for the biofilm in the
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MECs demonstrated a synergy between the flavin biosynthesis genes and
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metal-reducing conduit biosynthesis genes in the engineering strain (Figure 5). The
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strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib showed a much higher peak intensity centered at -0.43 V
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vs. Ag/AgCl (flavin-mediated catalytic current) than that of the MR-1/pYYDT.
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Interestingly, a much higher peak intensity centered at -0.25 V vs. Ag/AgCl (outer
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membrane c-type cytochromes-mediated catalytic current) was also found for the
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strain MR-1/pYYDT-Rib. Similarly, the improved expression of metal-reducing
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conduit in the strain MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr also showed a much higher peak intensity
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centered at -0.43 V vs. Ag/AgCl (flavin-mediated catalytic current) than that of the
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MR-1/pYYDT. In addition, the redox peaks in the strain MR-1 with the
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overexpressions of both flavin synthesis genes and metal-reducing genes
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(MR-1/pYYDT-RM) exhibited much higher peak intensities centered at -0.25 V vs.
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Ag/AgCl and -0.43 V vs. Ag/AgCl than those in the MR-1/pYYDT. A similar
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observation was reported in a previous study.31 All of these results demonstrate that
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there was synergy between the flavin-mediated and metal-reducing conduit-mediated
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EET.
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Such an enhancement could be attributed to several reasons. The elevated flavin
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cell−electrode interfaces. Since the diffusion process is a rate-limiting step of the
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shuttle-mediated EET,32 the elevated flavin concentration could finally enhance the
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electron shuttle-mediated EET. In addition, a number of studies have shown that more
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biomass attached on electrode leads to the elevated catalytic current via outer
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membrane cytochrome c.31, 32 To further investigate the impact of the engineered
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strains on the direct EET, the biomass of the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM,
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MR-1/pYYDT-Rib, MR-1/pYYDT-Mtr and the control strain on the electrodes in the
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MFCs was measured as 13.4 ± 0.3, 11.7 ± 0.2, 12.3 ± 0.2 and 10 ± 0.2 µg cm-2,
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respectively. Moreover, the smallest Rct was observed for the MFC with the strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-RM, further suggesting the fastest electron-transfer rate of
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electrochemical reactions on the electrode. These results demonstrate that the elevated
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EET ability of the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM is owing to the synergetic effect between
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the incremental shuttle-mediated EET and direct EET.
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Flavins are synthesized de novo by plants and microorganisms.40 Recently, a
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number of bacteria such as S. oneidensis, Campylobacter jejuni, Helicobacter pylori,
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and three species of methanotrophic bacteria and Geothrix fermentans, have been
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found to use secreted flavins as electron shuttles to accelerate respiration of insoluble
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minerals and electrodes.41 Eleven phylogenetically distinct Shewanella strains have
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also been reported to secrete flavins and utilize them as electron shuttles under
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anaerobic conditions.37 A survey of the recently sequenced microbial genomes shows
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that the homologues of the metal-reducing conduits pathway of S. oneidensis MR-1
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and Rhodoferax. ferrireducens and the Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria Dechloromonas.
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aromatica
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lithotrophicus ES-1.42 It is assumed that coupling the improved synthesis of flavins
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with metal-reducing conduits could enhanc EET in strains bearing two pathways
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genes. Moreover, this method might also be applicable for the DMRB capable of both
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direct and mediated EET. This warrants further investigations.
RCB,
Gallionella.
capsiferriformans
ES-2
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Sideroxydans.
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After coupling improved synthesis of flavins and metal-reducing conduit of S.
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oneidensis MR-1, we presented a novel strategy to enhance its EET significantly.
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However, it should be noticed that the efficiency of EET in the strain
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MR-1/pYYDT-RM is still low. On one hand, the low yield of flavins in the
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engineering strains under anaerobic conditions still restrict the further improvement
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of EET, which might be caused by the lower fluxes of the essential metabolic
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pathways for flavin biosynthesis under anaerobic conditions.32. On the other hand, a
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polar expression effect results in an unbalance of the flavin biosynthesis gene
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clusters or metal-reducing conduit biosynthesis gene transcriptions. In S. oneidensis
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MR-1, one guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and two ribulose-5-phosphate molecules
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are converted into one riboflavin molecule in a stepwise manner by the enzymes
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encoded by the ribA, ribB, ribD, ribH, and ribE genes.41 The unbalancing
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transcription of the flavin biosynthesis gene clusters might lead to the accumulation
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of intermediate metabolites, which finally reduce the titer of flavins secreted by the
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engineering strains. In S. oneidensis MR-1, MtrABC can be isolated as a protein
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periplasm of S. oneidensis MR-1 cells and its extracellular environments.43, 44 The
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unbalancing transcription of the mtr gene cluster might lead to the formation of
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improper protein complexes, which may affect the electron transfer from the cell
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interior to the outer membrane. Thus, efforts should be made to optimize the
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recombinant strains through metabolic engineering to further enhance EET. For
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instance, several approaches, such as the optimization of gene codons, tuning
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promoter strengths and balancing the flavin biosynthesis gene cluster and
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metal-reducing conduit biosynthesis genes transcription to avoid misregulation of
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the post-transcriptional modifications, could be used to engineer the strains.
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In summary, we demonstrate that coupling improved synthesis of mediators with
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metal-reducing conduits is an efficient strategy to enhance EET in S. oneidensis
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MR-1. In addition to Shewanella, this strategy may be used as a broad-spectrum
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approach for other DMRB because of its several advantages, such as easy
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manipulation, effectiveness and good expansibility. The engineering strains with an
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enhanced EET and higher reduction efficiency have potential applications in
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environmental remediation including bioremediation and treatment of heavy metal
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contaminated soil, groundwater and azo dyes-rich wastewaters in practice.
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* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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**Corresponding authors.
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Dr. Dong-Feng Liu, Fax: +86 551 63601592; E-mail:
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Han-Qing Yu, Fax: +86 551 63601592; E-mail:
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Notes
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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The authors wish to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China
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(21477120, 51538012,21590812 and 21607146), and the Collaborative Innovation
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Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education of
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China for the support.
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Supporting Information Available. The images of the fuel cell systems (Figure S1),
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the extracellular FMN concentration of all the four strains after 64-h incubation
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(Figure S2), qRT-PCR results (Figure S3), and nyquist plots (Figure S4) by the
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control strain and recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains, information about strains,
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plasmids and primers used in this work (Table S1). This information is available free
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Figure captions Figure 1 Schematic illustration of the flavin and metal-reducing conduit mediated EET pathway in S. oneidensis MR-1. Intracellular electrons flow through CymA and MtrA and come to outer membrane cytochrome c (OmcA and MtrC). The interfacial electron transfer between outer membrane and extracellular electron acceptors may occur by direct contact-based EET, via outer membrane cytochrome c or nanowires, or indirect EET mediated by flavin as electron shuttles. Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is synthesized from the precursors guanosine 5′-triphosphate (GTP) and D-ribulose 5′-phosphate (R5P) by flavin biosynthesis gene cluster ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE. S. oneidensis MR-1 secretes FAD into the periplasmic space, where it is hydrolysed by UshA to flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP). Moreover, FAD is also used as cofactor of fumarate reductase flavoprotein subunit (FccA). FMN diffuses through outer membrane porins and hydrolyses into riboflavin (RF). Figure 2 Multigene assembly in pYYDT and functional expression of mtrC-mtrA-mtrB and ribD-ribC-ribBA-ribE in S. oneidensis MR-1. a) Schematic plasmid maps of expression vectors; b) Riboflavin concentration secreted by the control strain and recombinant S. oneidensis MR-1 strains under anaerobic and aerobic conditions. Figure 3 Current output (a) and power density (b) of the control strain and recombinant strains in MFCs. Figure 4 Amperometric data from the MECs inoculated with the control strain and recombinant strains. Figure 5 Cyclic voltammetry (CV) characterization of the MECs with inoculations of the control strain and recombinant strains under turnover condition, respectively. The scanning rate of the CV curves was 5 mV/s. Insert: zoom in of the catholic peak in the range of -0.5 V ~ -0.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl. Figure 6 a) Anaerobic reduction of MO at 45 mg L-1 by the control strain and the strain MR-1/pYYDT-RM; b) Kinetic curves of MO reduction by Shewanella related strains.
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