The cultivation of the cellulolytic bacterium, , can have cost-effective cellulosic biomass utilizations, such as consolidated bioprocessing, simultaneous biological enzyme production and saccharification. However, these processes require a longer cultivation term of approximately 1 week. We demonstrate that constituents of the membrane vesicle fraction significantly promoted the growth rate of . Similarly, cell-free broth was able to increase growth rate, while several single-gene deletion mutants, e.g., , , , , , decreased the growth stimulation ability. Metabolome analysis revealed signal compounds for cell-cell communication in the membrane vesicle fraction (ethyl 2-decenoate, ethyl 4-decenoate, and 2-dodecenoic acid) and broth (nicotinamide, indole-3-carboxaldehyde, urocanic acid, nopaline, and 6-paradol). These findings suggest that the constituents in membrane vesicles from and could promote growth, leading to improved efficiency of cellulosic biomass utilization.
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School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Innovation Campus, Kudlu Gate, Hosur Rd, Bengaluru, 560 068, India.
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Henan University of Chinese Medicine, 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou 450046, China; The Engineering and Technology Center for Chinese Medicine Development of Henan Province, 156 Jinshui East Road, Zhengzhou 450046, China. Electronic address:
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