Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya pp 453–470Cite as

Cellular Responses in the Halophilic Black Yeast Hortaea Werneckii to High Environmental Salinity

  • Conference paper

Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology ((COLE,volume 9))

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   259.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Almagro, A., Prista, C., Benito, B., Loureiro-Dias, M.C. and Ramos, J. (2001) Cloning and expression of two genes coding for sodium pumps in the salt-tolerant yeast Debaryomyces hansenii. J. Bacteriol. 183, 3251–3255.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Almagro, A., Prista, C., Quintas, C., Madeira Lopes, A., Ramos, J. and Loureiro-Dias, M.C. (2000) Effects of salts on Debaryomyces hansenii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae under stress conditions. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 56, 191–197.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Andre, L., Nilsson, A. and Adler, L. (1988) The role of glycerol in osmotolerance of the yeast Debaryomyces hansenii. J. Gen. Microbiol. 134, 669–677.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Andrews, S. and Pitt, J.I. (1987) Further studies on the water relations of xerophilic fungi, including some halophiles. J. Gen. Microbiol. 133, 233–238.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bansal, P.K. and Mondal, A.K. (2000) Isolation and sequence of the HOG1 homologue from Debaryomyces hansenii by complementation of the hog1Δ strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 16, 81–88.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bell, A.A. and Wheeler, M.H. (1986) Biosynthesis and functions of fungal melanins. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 24, 411–451.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Benito, B., Garciadeblas, B. and Rodriguez-Navarro, A. (2002) Potassium or sodium-efflux ATP-ase, a key enzyme in the evolution of fungi. Microbiology 148, 933–941.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Blomberg, A. (2000) Metabolic surprises in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during adaptation to saline conditios; questions,some answers and a model. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 182, 1–8.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Blomberg, A. and Adler, L. (1992) Physiology of osmotolerance in fungi. Adv. Microbiol. Physiol. 33, 145–212.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Butin, H., Pehl, L., de Hoog, G.S. and Wollenzien, U. (1996) Trimmatostroma abietis sp. nov. (Hyphomycetes) and related species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 69, 203–209.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Butinar, L., Sonjak, S., Zalar, P., Plemenitaš, A. and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2005) Population dynamics of melanized halophilic fungi in solar salterns. Botanica Marina, in press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Crespo, J.L., Daicho, T., Ushimaru, T. and Hall, M.N. (2001) The GATA transcription factors GLN3 and GAT1 link TOR to salt stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 34441–34444.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • De Hoog, G.S. (1993) Evolution of black yeasts-possible adaptation to the human host. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 63, 105–109.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • De Hoog, G.S. and Gerrits van den Ende, A.H.G. (1992) Nutritional pattern and ecophysiology of Hortaea werneckii, agent of human tinea nigra. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 62, 19–33.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • De Hoog, G.S. and Gueho, E. (1998) Agents of white piedra, black piedra and tinea nigra, In: L. Ajello and R.J. Hay (eds.), Topley and Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 9th Ed. Arnold, London, pp. 191–197.

    Google Scholar 

  • De Hoog, G.S., Zalar, P., Urzi, C., de Leo, F., Yurlova, N.A. and Sterflinger, K. (1999) Relationships of dothideaceous black yeasts and meristematic fungi based on 5.8S and ITS2 rDNA sequence comparison. Studies in Mycology 43, 31–37.

    Google Scholar 

  • Elliot, M.L. and Henson, J.M. (2001) Effect of osmotic stress on growth of Gaeumannomyces graminis strains differing in hyphal pigmentation. Mycologia 93, 617–625.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gash, A.P., Spellman, P.T., Kao, C.M., Carmel-Harel, O., Eisen, M.B., Storz, D., Botstein, D. and Brown, O.P. (2000) Genomic expression programs in the response of yeast cells to environmental changes. Mol. Biol. Cell 11, 4241–4257.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gorjan, A. and Plemenitaš, A. (2003) Identification of salt stress responsive genes, encoding glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and putative ENA-ATPase in halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii. Yeast 20(Suppl), 182.

    Google Scholar 

  • Göttlich, E., de Hoog, G.S., Yoshida, S., Takeo, K., Nishimura, K. and Miyaji, M. (1995) Cell surface hydrophobicity and lipolysis as essential factors in human tinea nigra. Mycoses 38, 489–494.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gunde-Cimerman, N., Zalar, P., de Hoog, G.S. and Plemenitaš, A. (2000) Hypersaline waters in salterns-natural ecological niches for halophilic black yeasts. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 32, 235–240.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gunde-Cimerman, N., Sonjak, S., Zalar, P., Frisvad, J.C., Diderichsen, B. and Plemenitaš, A. (2003) Extremophilic fungi in Arctic ice: a relationship between adaptation to low temperature and water activity. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 28, 1273–1278.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gunde-Cimerman, N., Frisvad, J.C., Zalar, P. and Plemenitaš, A. (2005) Halotolerant and halophilic fungi, In: S.K. Deshmukh and M.K. Rai (eds.), The Biodiversity of Fungi: Their Role in Human Life. Oxford & IBH Publishing Cp. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, pp. 69–127 (in press).

    Google Scholar 

  • Hernandez-Saavedra, N.Y., Ochoa, J.L. and Vazquez-Dulhalt, R. (1995) Osmotic adjustment in marine yeast J. Plankton Res. 17, 59–69.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hohmann, S. (2002) Osmotic stress signaling and osmoadaptation in yeasts. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 66, 300–372.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hohmann, S. and Mager, P.W.H. (eds.) (2003) Topics in Current Genetics, Vol. 1. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hölker, U., Bend, J., Pracht, R., Müller, T., Tetsch, L. and de Hoog, G.S. (2005) Hortaea acidophila, a new acidophilic black yeast from lignite. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, in press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hochachka, P.W. and Somero G.N. (2002) Biochemical Adaptation. Mechanism and Process in Physiology Evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hosono, K. (1992) Effect of salt stress on lipid composition and membrane fluidity of the salt tolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. J Gen. Microbiol. 138, 91–96.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Iwaki, T., Kurono, S., Yokose, Y., Kubota, K., Tamai, Y. and Watanabe, Y. (2001) Cloning of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase genes (ZrGPD1 and ZrGPD2) and glycerol dehydrogenase genes from the salttolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. Yeast 18, 737–744.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Iwatsu, T. and Udagawa, S.I. (1988) Hortaea werneckii isolated from sea water. Japan. J. Med. Mycol. 29, 142–145.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jacobson, E.S. (2000) Pathogenic roles for fungal melanins. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 13, 708–717.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Javor, B. (1989) Hypersaline Environments. Microbiology and Biogeochemistry. Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 163–175

    Google Scholar 

  • Khaware, R.K., Kou, A. and Prasad, R. (1995) High membrane fluidity is related to NaCl stress in Candida membranefaciens. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 35, 875–880.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kinclova, O., Potier, S. and Sychrova, H. (2001) The Zygosaccharomyces rouxii strain CBS732 contains only one copy of the HOG1 and the SOD2 genes. J. Biotechnol. 88, 151–158.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kis-Papo, T., Grishkan, I., Oren, A., Wasser, S.P. and Nevo, E. (2001) Spatiotemporal diversity of filamentous fungi in the hypersaline Dead Sea. Mycol. Res. 105, 749–756.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kogej, T., Wheeler, M.H., Lanišnik Rižner, T. and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2004a) Evidence for 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melanin in three halophilic black yeasts grown under saline and non-saline conditions. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 232, 203–209.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kogej, T., Ramos, J., Plemenitaš, A. and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2004b) Intracellular potassium and sodium concentrations in a halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii and a halotolerant black yeast Aureobasidium pullulans, In: Halophiles 2004. International Congress on Halophilic Microorganisms, Ljubljana, 4–9 September, 2004. Abstract book, p. 79.

    Google Scholar 

  • Krumbein, W.E., Gorbushina, A.A., Sterflinger, K., Haroska, U., Kunert, U., Drewello, R. and Weißmann, R. (1996) Biodeterioration of historical window panels of the former Cistercian Monastery church of Haina (Hessen, Germany). DECHEMA Monographs 133, 417–424.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lages, F. and Lucas, C. (1995) Characterization of a glycerol/H+ symport in the halotolerant yeast Pichia sorbitophila. Yeast 11, 111–119.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lages, F., Silva-Graça, M. and Lukas, C. (1999) Active glycerol uptake is a mechanism underlying halotolerance in yeasts: a study of 42 species. Microbiology 145, 2577–2585.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lahav, R., Fareleira, P., Nejidat, A. and Abeliovich, A. (2002) The identification and characterisation of osmotolerant yeast isolates from chemical wastewater evaporation ponds. Microb. Ecol. 43, 388–396.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Larsson, C., Morales, C., Gustafsson, L. and Adler, L. (1990) Osmoregulation of the salt-tolerant yeast Debaryomyces hansenii grown in a chemostat at different salinities. J. Bacteriol. 172, 1769–1774.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lucas, C., Da Costa, M. and Van Uden, N. (1990) Osmoregulatory active sodium-glycerol co-transport in the halotolerant yeast Debaryomyces hansenii. Yeast 6, 187–191.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mahdy, H.M., El-Sheikh, H.H., Ahmed, M.S. and Refaat, B.M. (1996) Physiological and biochemical changes induced by osmolality in halotolerant aspergilli. Acta Microbiologica Polonica 45, 55–65.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Méjanelle, L., Lopez, J.F., Gunde-Cimerman, N. and Grimalt, J.O. (2000) Sterols of melanized fungi from hypersaline environments. Org. Geochem. 31, 1031–1040.

    Google Scholar 

  • Méjanelle, L., Lopez, J.F., Gunde-Cimerman, N. and Grimalt, J.O. (2001) Ergosterol biosynthesis in novel melanized fungi from hypersaline environments. J. Lipid Res. 42, 352–358.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mok, W.Y., Castello, F.P. and Barreto da Silva, M.S. (1981) Occurrence of Exophiala werneckii on salted freshwater fish Osteoglossum bicirrhosum. J. Food Technol. 16, 505–512.

    Google Scholar 

  • Oren, A. (1999) Bioenergetic aspects of halophilism. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 63, 334–348.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Oren, A. (2002) Halophilic Microorganisms and their Environments. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

    Google Scholar 

  • Petrovič, U. (2001) Mechanisms of adaptation to changes in environmental salinity in halophilic yeast Hortaea werneckii. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Ljubljana.

    Google Scholar 

  • Petrovič, U., Gunde-Cimerman, N. and Plemenitaš, A. (1999) Salt stress affects sterol biosynthesis in the halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 180, 325–330.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Petrovič, U., Gunde-Cimerman, N. and Plemenitaš, A. (2002) Cellular responses to environmental salinity in the halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii. Mol. Microbiol. 45, 665–672.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Pfyffer, G.E., Pfyffer, B.U. and Rast, D.M. (1986) The polyol pattern, chemotaxonomy, and phylogeny of the fungi. Sydowia 39, 160–201.

    Google Scholar 

  • Plemenitaš, A., Gorjan, A. and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2003) HOG signaling pathway in halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii. Yeast 20(Suppl), S207.

    Google Scholar 

  • Prista, C., Almagro, A., Loureiro-Dias, M.C. and Ramos, J. (1997) Physiological basis for the high salt tolerance of Debaryomyces hansenii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63, 4005–4009.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ramos, J. (1999) Contrasting salt tolerance mechanisms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Debaryomyces hansenii, In: S.G. Pandalai (ed.), Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, Vol 3. Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India, pp. 377–390.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ravishankar, J.P., Muruganandam, V. and Suryanarayanan, T.S. (1994) Effect of salinity on fatty acid composition of Cirrenalia pygmea, an obligate marine fungus. Botanica Marina 37, 479–481.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ravishankar, J.P., Muruganandam, V. and Suryanarayanan, T.S (1995) Isolation and characterization of melanin from a marine fungus. Botanica Marina 38, 413–416.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Russell, N.J. (1989) Adaptive modifications in membranes of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 21, 93–113.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Silva-Graça, M. and Lucas, C. (2003a) Physiological studies on long-term adaptation to salt stress in the extremely halotolerant yeast Candida versatilis CBS 4019 (syn. C. halophila). FEMS Yeast Res. 3, 247–260.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Silva-Graça, M., Neves, L. and Lucas, C. (2003b) Outlines for the definition of halotolerance/halophily in yeasts: Candida versatilis (halophila CBS4019) as the archetype? FEMS Yeast Res. 3, 347–362.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Slaninova, I., Svoboda, A. and Farkas, V. (2000) Cell wall and cytoskeleton reorganization as the response to hyperosmotic shock in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Arch. Microbiol. 173, 245–252.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sterflinger, K., de Hoog, G.S. and Haase, G. (1999) Phylogeny and ecology of meristematic ascomycetes. Studies in Mycology 43, 5–22.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tamás, M.J. and Hohmann, S. (2003) The osmotic stress response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, In: S. Hohmann and P.W.H. Mager (eds.), Topics in Current Genetics, Vol. 1. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 121–200.

    Google Scholar 

  • Thome, P.E. and Trench, R.K. (1999) Osmoregulation and the genetic induction of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by NaCl in the euryhaline yeast Debaryomyces hansenii. Mar. Biotechnol. 1, 230–238.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Todaro, F., Berdar, A., Cavaliere, A., Criseo, G. and Pernice, L. (1983) Gasophtalmus in black sea bream (Spodyliosoma cantharus) caused by Sarcynomyces crustaceus Lindner. Mycopathologia 81, 95–97.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Tunblad-Johansson, I., Andre, L. and Adler. L. (1987) The sterol and phospholipid composition of salt tolerant yeast Debaryomyces hansenii grown at various concentration of NaCl. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 921, 116–123.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Turk, M. and Plemenitaš, A. (2002) The HOG pathway in the halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii: isolation of the HOG1 homologue gene and activation of HwHog1p. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 216, 193–199.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Turk, M., Méjanelle, L., Šentjurc, M., Grimalt, J.O., Gunde-Cimerman, N. and Plemenitaš, A. (2004) Saltinduced changes in lipid composition and membrane fluidity of halophilic yeast-like melanized fungi. Extremophiles 8, 53–61.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ventosa, A. (ed.) (2004) Halophilic Microorganisms. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wasser, S.P., Grishkan, I., Kis-Papo, T., Buchalo, S.A., Volz, P.A., Gunde-Cimerman, N., Zalar, P. and Nevo, E. (2003) Species diversity of the Dead Sea fungi, In: E. Nevo, A. Oren and S.P. Wasser (eds.), Fungal Life in the Dead Sea. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag, Ruggell, pp. 203–271.

    Google Scholar 

  • Watanabe, Y., Shimono, Y., Tsui, H. and Tamai, Y. (2002) Role of glutamic and aspartic residues in Na+-ATPase function in the ZrENA1 gene of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 209, 39–43.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Watanabe, Y. and Takakuwa, M. (1984) Effect of sodium chloride on lipid composition of Saccharomyces rouxii. Agric. Biol. Chem. 48, 2415–2422.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wollenzien, U., de Hoog, G.S., Krumbein, W.E. and Urzì, C. (1995) On the isolation of microcolonial fungi occurring on and in marble and other calcareous rocks, Science of the Total Environment 167, 287–294.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yagi, T. (1992) Regulation of intracellular osmotic pressure during initial stages of salt stress in a salt-tolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. Microbios 70, 93–102.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zalar, P., de Hoog, G.S and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (1999a) Ecology of halotolerant dothideaceous black yeasts. Studies in Mycology 43, 38–48.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zalar, P., de Hoog, G.S. and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (1999b) Taxonomy of the endoconidial genera Phaeotheca and Hyphospora. Studies in Mycology 43, 49–56.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zalar, P., Kocuvan, M.A., Plemenitaš, A. and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2005) Halophilic black yeast colonize wood immersed in hypersaline water. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, submitted for publication.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhdanova, N.N. and Pokhodenko, V.D. (1973) The possible participation of a melanin pigment in the protection of the fungus cell from desiccation. Microbiology 42, 753–757.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zhdanova, N.N., Borisyuk, L.G. and Artzatbanov, V.Y. (1990). Occurrence of the K type of life strategy in some melanin-containing fungi under experimental conditions. Folia Microbiol. 35, 423–430.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ana Plemenitaš

  2. Biology Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman

Authors
  1. Ana Plemenitaš
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Nina Gunde-Cimerman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman

  2. The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Aharon Oren

  3. Institute of Biochemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ana Plemenitaš

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2005 Springer

About this paper

Cite this paper

Plemenitaš, A., Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2005). Cellular Responses in the Halophilic Black Yeast Hortaea Werneckii to High Environmental Salinity. In: Gunde-Cimerman, N., Oren, A., Plemenitaš, A. (eds) Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3633-7_29

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation