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Article

Integrated Genomic and Metabolomic Approach to the Discovery of Potential Anti-Quorum Sensing Natural Products from Microbes Associated with Marine Samples from Singapore

by
Ji Fa Marshall Ong
1,
Hui Chin Goh
2,
Swee Cheng Lim
3,
Li Mei Pang
4,
Joyce Seow Fong Chin
5,
Koh Siang Tan
3,
Zhao-Xun Liang
4,
Liang Yang
5,
Evgenia Glukhov
6,
William H. Gerwick
6 and
Lik Tong Tan
1,*
1
Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616, Singapore
2
p53 Laboratory, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), #06-06, Immunos, 8A Biomedical Grove, Singapore 138648, Singapore
3
St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119227, Singapore
4
School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore
5
Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore
6
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Mar. Drugs 2019, 17(1), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/md17010072
Submission received: 27 December 2018 / Revised: 18 January 2019 / Accepted: 20 January 2019 / Published: 21 January 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioprospecting of Marine Microorganisms)
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Abstract

With 70% of the Earth’s surface covered in water, the marine ecosystem offers immense opportunities for drug discovery and development. Due to the decreasing rate of novel natural product discovery from terrestrial sources in recent years, many researchers are beginning to look seaward for breakthroughs in new therapeutic agents. As part of an ongoing marine drug discovery programme in Singapore, an integrated approach of combining metabolomic and genomic techniques were initiated for uncovering novel anti-quorum sensing molecules from bacteria associated with subtidal samples collected in the Singapore Strait. Based on the culture-dependent method, a total of 102 marine bacteria strains were isolated and the identities of selected strains were established based on their 16S rRNA gene sequences. About 5% of the marine bacterial organic extracts showed quorum sensing inhibitory (QSI) activity in a dose-dependent manner based on the Pseudomonas aeruginosa QS reporter system. In addition, the extracts were subjected to mass spectrometry-based molecular networking and the genome of selected strains were analysed for known as well as new biosynthetic gene clusters. This study revealed that using integrated techniques, coupled with biological assays, can provide an effective and rapid prioritization of marine bacterial strains for downstream large-scale culturing for the purpose of isolation and structural elucidation of novel bioactive compounds.
Keywords: marine bacteria; marine sponges; anti-quorum sensing; molecular network; biosynthetic gene clusters marine bacteria; marine sponges; anti-quorum sensing; molecular network; biosynthetic gene clusters

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Ong, J.F.M.; Goh, H.C.; Lim, S.C.; Pang, L.M.; Chin, J.S.F.; Tan, K.S.; Liang, Z.-X.; Yang, L.; Glukhov, E.; Gerwick, W.H.; et al. Integrated Genomic and Metabolomic Approach to the Discovery of Potential Anti-Quorum Sensing Natural Products from Microbes Associated with Marine Samples from Singapore. Mar. Drugs 2019, 17, 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17010072

AMA Style

Ong JFM, Goh HC, Lim SC, Pang LM, Chin JSF, Tan KS, Liang Z-X, Yang L, Glukhov E, Gerwick WH, et al. Integrated Genomic and Metabolomic Approach to the Discovery of Potential Anti-Quorum Sensing Natural Products from Microbes Associated with Marine Samples from Singapore. Marine Drugs. 2019; 17(1):72. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17010072

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Ong, Ji Fa Marshall, Hui Chin Goh, Swee Cheng Lim, Li Mei Pang, Joyce Seow Fong Chin, Koh Siang Tan, Zhao-Xun Liang, Liang Yang, Evgenia Glukhov, William H. Gerwick, and et al. 2019. "Integrated Genomic and Metabolomic Approach to the Discovery of Potential Anti-Quorum Sensing Natural Products from Microbes Associated with Marine Samples from Singapore" Marine Drugs 17, no. 1: 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17010072

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Ong, J. F. M., Goh, H. C., Lim, S. C., Pang, L. M., Chin, J. S. F., Tan, K. S., Liang, Z.-X., Yang, L., Glukhov, E., Gerwick, W. H., & Tan, L. T. (2019). Integrated Genomic and Metabolomic Approach to the Discovery of Potential Anti-Quorum Sensing Natural Products from Microbes Associated with Marine Samples from Singapore. Marine Drugs, 17(1), 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17010072

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