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    Host-Endosymbiont Relationship Impacts the Retention of Bacteria-Containing Amoeba Spores in Porous Media

    Year: 2022

    Journal: Environ. Sci. Technol., Volume 56, SEP 6, page 12347–12357

    Authors: Jin, Chao; Mo, Yijun; Zhao, Lingan; Xiao, Zihan; Zhu, Shishu; He, Zhenzhen; Chen, Zijian; Zhang, Miaoyue; Shu, Longfei; Qiu, Rongliang

    Organizations: National Key Research and Development Program of China [2019YFC1805300]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [42007334, 42077342]

    Keywords: amoeba; spores; transport; bacteria-containing amoeba; porous media; exosporium

    Amoebae are protists that are commonly found in water, soil, and other habitats around the world and have complex interactions with other microorganisms. In this work, we investigated how host-endosymbiont interactions between amoebae and bacteria impacted the retention behavior of amoeba spores in porous media. A model amoeba species, Dictyostelium discoideum, and a representative bacterium, Burkholderia agricolaris B1qs70, were used to prepare amoeba spores that carried bacteria. After interacting with B. agricolaris, the retention of D. discoideum spores was enhanced compared to noninfected spores. Diverse proteins, especially proteins contributing to the looser exosporium structure and cell adhesion functionality, are secreted in higher quantities on the exosporium surface of infected spores compared to that of noninfected ones. Comprehensive examinations using a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D), a parallel plate chamber, and a single-cell force microscope present coherent evidence that changes in the exosporium of D. discoideum spores due to infection by B. agricolaris enhance the connections between spores in the suspension and the spores that were previously deposited on the collector surface, thus resulting in more retention compared to the uninfected ones in porous media. This work provides novel insight into the retention of amoeba spores after bacterial infection in porous media and suggests that the host-endosymbiont relationship regulates the fate of biocolloids in drinking water systems, groundwater, and other porous environments.
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