An intracellular pH gradient in the anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis 
as evaluated by 31P NMR

van der Star, W. R. L.; Dijkema, C.; de Waard, P.; Picioreanu, C.; Strous, M.; van Loosdrecht, M. C. M.

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An intracellular pH gradient in the anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis as evaluated by 31P NMR

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Strous, M.
Microbial Fitness Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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van der Star, W. R. L., Dijkema, C., de Waard, P., Picioreanu, C., Strous, M., & van Loosdrecht, M. C. M. (2010). An intracellular pH gradient in the anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis as evaluated by 31P NMR. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 86(1), 311-317.

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Abstract

The cytoplasm of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria consists of three compartments separated by membranes. It has been suggested that a proton motive force may be generated over the membrane of the innermost compartment, the “anammoxosome”. 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was employed to investigate intracellular pH differences in the anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis. With in vivo NMR, spectra were recorded of active, highly concentrated suspensions of K. stuttgartiensis in a wide-bore NMR tube. At different external pH values, two stable and distinct phosphate peaks were apparent in the recorded spectra. These peaks were equivalent with pH values of 7.3 and 6.3 and suggested the presence of a proton motive force over an intracytoplasmic membrane in K. stuttgartiensis. This study provides for the second time—after discovery of acidocalcisome-like compartments in Agrobacterium tumefaciens—evidence for an intracytoplasmic pH gradient in a chemotrophic prokaryotic cell.