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Peoples LM, Kyaw TS, Ugalde JA, Mullane KK, Chastain RA, Yayanos AA, Kusube M, Methé BA, Bartlett DH. Distinctive gene and protein characteristics of extremely piezophilic Colwellia. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:692. [PMID: 33023469 PMCID: PMC7542103 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-07102-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background The deep ocean is characterized by low temperatures, high hydrostatic pressures, and low concentrations of organic matter. While these conditions likely select for distinct genomic characteristics within prokaryotes, the attributes facilitating adaptation to the deep ocean are relatively unexplored. In this study, we compared the genomes of seven strains within the genus Colwellia, including some of the most piezophilic microbes known, to identify genomic features that enable life in the deep sea. Results Significant differences were found to exist between piezophilic and non-piezophilic strains of Colwellia. Piezophilic Colwellia have a more basic and hydrophobic proteome. The piezophilic abyssal and hadal isolates have more genes involved in replication/recombination/repair, cell wall/membrane biogenesis, and cell motility. The characteristics of respiration, pilus generation, and membrane fluidity adjustment vary between the strains, with operons for a nuo dehydrogenase and a tad pilus only present in the piezophiles. In contrast, the piezosensitive members are unique in having the capacity for dissimilatory nitrite and TMAO reduction. A number of genes exist only within deep-sea adapted species, such as those encoding d-alanine-d-alanine ligase for peptidoglycan formation, alanine dehydrogenase for NADH/NAD+ homeostasis, and a SAM methyltransferase for tRNA modification. Many of these piezophile-specific genes are in variable regions of the genome near genomic islands, transposases, and toxin-antitoxin systems. Conclusions We identified a number of adaptations that may facilitate deep-sea radiation in members of the genus Colwellia, as well as in other piezophilic bacteria. An enrichment in more basic and hydrophobic amino acids could help piezophiles stabilize and limit water intrusion into proteins as a result of high pressure. Variations in genes associated with the membrane, including those involved in unsaturated fatty acid production and respiration, indicate that membrane-based adaptations are critical for coping with high pressure. The presence of many piezophile-specific genes near genomic islands highlights that adaptation to the deep ocean may be facilitated by horizontal gene transfer through transposases or other mobile elements. Some of these genes are amenable to further study in genetically tractable piezophilic and piezotolerant deep-sea microorganisms.
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- Logan M Peoples
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0202, USA.,Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT, 59860, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0202, USA
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- Millennium Initiative for Collaborative Research on Bacterial Resistance (MICROB-R), Santiago, Chile
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0202, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0202, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0202, USA
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- Department of Material Science, National Institute of Technology, Wakayama College, 77 Noshima, Nada-cho, Gobo, Wakayama, 644-0023, Japan
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- Center for Microbiome and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0202, USA.
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Yang Y, Zhang Y, Cápiro NL, Yan J. Genomic Characteristics Distinguish Geographically Distributed Dehalococcoidia. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:546063. [PMID: 33013780 PMCID: PMC7506110 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.546063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Dehalococcoidia (Dia) class microorganisms are frequently found in various pristine and contaminated environments. Metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) and single-cell amplified genomes (SAGs) studies have substantially improved the understanding of Dia microbial ecology and evolution; however, an updated thorough investigation on the genomic and evolutionary characteristics of Dia microorganisms distributed in geographically distinct environments has not been implemented. In this study, we analyzed available genomic data to unravel Dia evolutionary and metabolic traits. Based on the phylogeny of 16S rRNA genes retrieved from sixty-seven genomes, Dia microorganisms can be categorized into three groups, the terrestrial cluster that contains all Dehalococcoides and Dehalogenimonas strains, the marine cluster I, and the marine cluster II. These results reveal that a higher ratio of horizontally transferred genetic materials was found in the Dia marine clusters compared to that of the Dia terrestrial cluster. Pangenome analysis further suggests that Dia microorganisms have evolved cluster-specific enzymes (e.g., dehalogenase in terrestrial Dia, sulfite reductase in marine Dia) and biosynthesis capabilities (e.g., siroheme biosynthesis in marine Dia). Marine Dia microorganisms are likely adapted to versatile metabolisms for energy conservation besides organohalide respiration. The genomic differences between marine and terrestrial Dia may suggest distinct functions and roles in element cycling (e.g., carbon, sulfur, chlorine), which require interdisciplinary approaches to unravel the physiology and evolution of Dia in various environments.
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- Yi Yang
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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Microbial single-cell omics: the crux of the matter. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:8209-8220. [PMID: 32845367 PMCID: PMC7471194 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10844-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Abstract Single-cell genomics and transcriptomics can provide reliable context for assembled genome fragments and gene expression activity on the level of individual prokaryotic genomes. These methods are rapidly emerging as an essential complement to cultivation-based, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and microbial community-focused research approaches by allowing direct access to information from individual microorganisms, even from deep-branching phylogenetic groups that currently lack cultured representatives. Their integration and binning with environmental ‘omics data already provides unprecedented insights into microbial diversity and metabolic potential, enabling us to provide information on individual organisms and the structure and dynamics of natural microbial populations in complex environments. This review highlights the pitfalls and recent advances in the field of single-cell omics and its importance in microbiological and biotechnological studies. Key points • Single-cell omics expands the tree of life through the discovery of novel organisms, genes, and metabolic pathways. • Disadvantages of metagenome-assembled genomes are overcome by single-cell omics. • Functional analysis of single cells explores the heterogeneity of gene expression. • Technical challenges still limit this field, thus prompting new method developments.
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Dam HT, Vollmers J, Sobol MS, Cabezas A, Kaster AK. Targeted Cell Sorting Combined With Single Cell Genomics Captures Low Abundant Microbial Dark Matter With Higher Sensitivity Than Metagenomics. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1377. [PMID: 32793124 PMCID: PMC7387413 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rare members of environmental microbial communities are often overlooked and unexplored, primarily due to the lack of techniques capable of acquiring their genomes. Chloroflexi belong to one of the most understudied phyla, even though many of its members are ubiquitous in the environment and some play important roles in biochemical cycles or biotechnological applications. We here used a targeted cell-sorting approach, which enables the selection of specific taxa by fluorescent labeling and is compatible with subsequent single-cell genomics, to enrich for rare Chloroflexi species from a wastewater-treatment plant and obtain their genomes. The combined workflow was able to retrieve a substantially higher number of novel Chloroflexi draft genomes with much greater phylogenetical diversity when compared to a metagenomics approach from the same sample. The method offers an opportunity to access genetic information from rare biosphere members which would have otherwise stayed hidden as microbial dark matter and can therefore serve as an essential complement to cultivation-based, metagenomics, and microbial community-focused research approaches.
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- Hang T Dam
- Institute for Biological Interfaces 5, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.,Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Brunswick, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 5, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.,Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Brunswick, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 5, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Instituto Tecnológico Regional Centro Sur, Universidad Tecnológica, Durazno, Uruguay
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- Institute for Biological Interfaces 5, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.,Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Brunswick, Germany
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Liu R, Wang Z, Wang L, Li Z, Fang J, Wei X, Wei W, Cao J, Wei Y, Xie Z. Bulk and Active Sediment Prokaryotic Communities in the Mariana and Mussau Trenches. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1521. [PMID: 32765444 PMCID: PMC7381213 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Surprisingly high rates of microbial respiration have recently been reported in hadal trench sediment, yet the potentially active microorganisms and specific microbe–microbe relationships in trench sediment are largely unknown. We investigated the bulk and active prokaryotic communities and co-occurrence interactions of different lineages in vertically sectioned sediment cores taken from the deepest points of the Mariana and Mussau Trenches. Analysis on species novelty revealed for the first time the high rate of novel lineages in the microbial communities of the hadal trenches. Using 95, 97, and 99% similarity as thresholds, averagely 22.29, 32.3, and 64.1% of total OTUs retrieved from sediments of the two trenches were identified as the potentially novel lineages, respectively. The compositions of the potentially active communities, revealed via ribosomal RNA (rRNA), were significantly different from those of bulk communities (rDNA) in all samples from both trenches. The dominant taxa in bulk communities generally accounted for low proportions in the rRNA libraries, signifying that the abundance was not necessarily related to community functions in the hadal sediments. The potentially active communities showed high diversity and composed primarily of heterotrophic lineages, supporting their potential contributions in organic carbon consumption. Network analysis revealed high modularity and non-random co-occurrence of phylogenetically unrelated taxa, indicating highly specified micro-niches and close microbial interactions in the hadal sediments tested. Combined analysis of activity potentials and network keystone scores revealed significance of phyla Chloroflexi and Gemmatimonadetes, as well as several potentially alkane-degrading taxa in maintaining microbial interactions and functions of the trench communities. Overall, our results demonstrate that the hadal trenches harbor diverse, closely interacting, and active microorganisms, despite the extreme environmental conditions.
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- Rulong Liu
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Department of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,Department of Natural Science, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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Quero GM, Celussi M, Relitti F, Kovačević V, Del Negro P, Luna GM. Inorganic and Organic Carbon Uptake Processes and Their Connection to Microbial Diversity in Meso- and Bathypelagic Arctic Waters (Eastern Fram Strait). MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2020; 79:823-839. [PMID: 31728602 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01451-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The deep Arctic Ocean is increasingly vulnerable to climate change effects, yet our understanding of its microbial processes is limited. We collected samples from shelf waters, mesopelagic Atlantic Waters (AW) and bathypelagic Norwegian Sea Deep Waters (NSDW) in the eastern Fram Strait, along coast-to-offshore transects off Svalbard during boreal summer. We measured community respiration, heterotrophic carbon production (HCP), and dissolved inorganic carbon utilization (DICu) together with prokaryotic abundance, diversity, and metagenomic predictions. In deep samples, HCP was significantly faster in AW than in NSDW, while we observed no differences in DICu rates. Organic carbon uptake was higher than its inorganic counterpart, suggesting a major reliance of deep microbial Arctic communities on heterotrophic metabolism. Community structure and spatial distribution followed the hydrography of water masses. Distinct from other oceans, the most abundant OTU in our deep samples was represented by the archaeal MG-II. To address the potential biogeochemical role of each water mass-specific microbial community, as well as their link with the measured rates, PICRUSt-based predicted metagenomes were built. The results showed that pathways of auto- and heterotrophic carbon utilization differed between the deep water masses, although this was not reflected in measured DICu rates. Our findings provide new insights to understand microbial processes and diversity in the dark Arctic Ocean and to progress toward a better comprehension of the biogeochemical cycles and their trends in light of climate changes.
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- Grazia Marina Quero
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Napoli, Italy
- Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (CNR-IRBIM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Ancona, Italy
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- Oceanography Division, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Trieste, Italy.
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- Oceanography Division, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- Oceanography Division, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- Oceanography Division, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (CNR-IRBIM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Ancona, Italy
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The oxidation of hydrocarbons by diverse heterotrophic and mixotrophic bacteria that inhabit deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:1994-2006. [PMID: 32355200 PMCID: PMC7368058 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0662-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hydrothermal activity can generate numerous and diverse hydrocarbon compounds. However, little is known about the influence of such hydrocarbons on deep-sea hydrothermal microbial ecology. We hypothesize that certain bacteria live on these hydrocarbons. Therefore, in this study, the distribution of hydrocarbons and their associated hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria were investigated at deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Southwest Indian Ridge, and the East Pacific Rise. A variety of hydrocarbon-degrading consortia were obtained from hydrothermal samples collected at the aforementioned sites after low-temperature enrichment under high hydrostatic pressures, and the bacteria responsible for the degradation of hydrocarbons were investigated by DNA-based stable-isotope probing with uniformly 13C-labeled hydrocarbons. Unusually, we identified several previously recognized sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophs as hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, e.g., the SAR324 group, the SUP05 clade, and Sulfurimonas, and for the first time confirmed their ability to degrade hydrocarbons. In addition, Erythrobacter, Pusillimonas, and SAR202 clade were shown to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for the first time. These results together with relatively high abundance in situ of most of the above-described bacteria highlight the potential influence of hydrocarbons in configuring the vent microbial community, and have made the importance of mixotrophs in hydrothermal vent ecosystems evident.
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Ruiz-González C, Mestre M, Estrada M, Sebastián M, Salazar G, Agustí S, Moreno-Ostos E, Reche I, Álvarez-Salgado XA, Morán XAG, Duarte CM, Sala MM, Gasol JM. Major imprint of surface plankton on deep ocean prokaryotic structure and activity. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:1820-1838. [PMID: 32323882 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Deep ocean microbial communities rely on the organic carbon produced in the sunlit ocean, yet it remains unknown whether surface processes determine the assembly and function of bathypelagic prokaryotes to a larger extent than deep-sea physicochemical conditions. Here, we explored whether variations in surface phytoplankton assemblages across Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ocean stations can explain structural changes in bathypelagic (ca. 4,000 m) free-living and particle-attached prokaryotic communities (characterized through 16S rRNA gene sequencing), as well as changes in prokaryotic activity and dissolved organic matter (DOM) quality. We show that the spatial structuring of prokaryotic communities in the bathypelagic strongly followed variations in the abundances of surface dinoflagellates and ciliates, as well as gradients in surface primary productivity, but were less influenced by bathypelagic physicochemical conditions. Amino acid-like DOM components in the bathypelagic reflected variations of those components in surface waters, and seemed to control bathypelagic prokaryotic activity. The imprint of surface conditions was more evident in bathypelagic than in shallower mesopelagic (200-1,000 m) communities, suggesting a direct connectivity through fast-sinking particles that escape mesopelagic transformations. Finally, we identified a pool of endemic deep-sea prokaryotic taxa (including potentially chemoautotrophic groups) that appear less connected to surface processes than those bathypelagic taxa with a widespread vertical distribution. Our results suggest that surface planktonic communities shape the spatial structure of the bathypelagic microbiome to a larger extent than the local physicochemical environment, likely through determining the nature of the sinking particles and the associated prokaryotes reaching bathypelagic waters.
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.,Centro FONDAP de Investigación en Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.,Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica COPAS Sur-Austral, Departamento de Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.,Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, IOCAG, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Las Palmas, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Ecology and Geology, Marine Ecology and Limnology Research Group, CEIMAR, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología and Research Unit Modeling Nature (MNat), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.,Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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Isoprenoids and their derivatives represent the largest group of organic compounds in nature and are distributed universally in the three domains of life. Isoprenoids are biosynthesized from isoprenyl diphosphate units, generated by two distinctive biosynthetic pathways: mevalonate pathway and methylerthritol 4-phosphate pathway. Archaea and eukaryotes exclusively have the former pathway, while most bacteria have the latter. Some bacteria, however, are known to possess the mevalonate pathway genes. Understanding the evolutionary history of these two isoprenoid biosynthesis pathways in each domain of life is critical since isoprenoids are so interweaved in the architecture of life that they would have had indispensable roles in the early evolution of life. Our study provides a detailed phylogenetic analysis of enzymes involved in the mevalonate pathway and sheds new light on its evolutionary history. The results suggest that a potential mevalonate pathway is present in the recently discovered superphylum Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR), and further suggest a strong evolutionary relationship exists between archaea and CPR. Interestingly, CPR harbors the characteristics of both the bacterial-type and archaeal-type mevalonate pathways and may retain signatures regarding the ancestral isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway in the last universal common ancestor. Our study supports the ancient origin of the mevalonate pathway in the three domains of life as previously inferred, but concludes that the evolution of the mevalonate pathway was more complex.
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- Yosuke Hoshino
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.,School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.,Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
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Pangenomics Analysis Reveals Diversification of Enzyme Families and Niche Specialization in Globally Abundant SAR202 Bacteria. mBio 2020; 11:mBio.02975-19. [PMID: 31911493 PMCID: PMC6946804 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02975-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The oceans contain an estimated 662 Pg C in the form of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Information about microbial interactions with this vast resource is limited, despite broad recognition that DOM turnover has a major impact on the global carbon cycle. To explain patterns in the genomes of marine bacteria, we propose hypothetical metabolic pathways for the oxidation of organic molecules that are resistant to oxidation via common pathways. The hypothetical schemes we propose suggest new metabolic pathways and classes of compounds that could be important for understanding the distribution of organic carbon throughout the biosphere. These genome-based schemes will remain hypothetical until evidence from experimental cell biology can be gathered to test them. Our findings also fundamentally change our understanding of the ecology of SAR202 bacteria, showing that metabolically diverse variants of these cells occupy niches spanning all depths and are not relegated to the dark ocean. It has been hypothesized that the abundant heterotrophic ocean bacterioplankton in the SAR202 clade of the phylum Chloroflexi evolved specialized metabolisms for the oxidation of organic compounds that are resistant to microbial degradation via common metabolic pathways. Expansions of paralogous enzymes were reported and implicated in hypothetical metabolism involving monooxygenase and dioxygenase enzymes. In the proposed metabolic schemes, the paralogs serve the purpose of diversifying the range of organic molecules that cells can utilize. To further explore SAR202 evolution and metabolism, we reconstructed single amplified genomes and metagenome-assembled genomes from locations around the world that included the deepest ocean trenches. In an analysis of 122 SAR202 genomes that included seven subclades spanning SAR202 diversity, we observed additional evidence of paralog expansions that correlated with evolutionary history, as well as further evidence of metabolic specialization. Consistent with previous reports, families of flavin-dependent monooxygenases were observed mainly in the group III SAR202 genomes, and expansions of dioxygenase enzymes were prevalent in those of group VII. We found that group I SAR202 genomes encode expansions of racemases in the enolase superfamily, which we propose evolved for the degradation of compounds that resist biological oxidation because of chiral complexity. Supporting the conclusion that the paralog expansions indicate metabolic specialization, fragment recruitment and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with phylogenetic probes showed that SAR202 subclades are indigenous to different ocean depths and geographical regions. Surprisingly, some of the subclades were abundant in surface waters and contained rhodopsin genes, altering our understanding of the ecological role of SAR202 species in stratified water columns.
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Kraemer S, Ramachandran A, Colatriano D, Lovejoy C, Walsh DA. Diversity and biogeography of SAR11 bacteria from the Arctic Ocean. THE ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:79-90. [PMID: 31501503 PMCID: PMC6908578 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0499-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Arctic Ocean is relatively isolated from other oceans and consists of strongly stratified water masses with distinct histories, nutrient, temperature, and salinity characteristics, therefore providing an optimal environment to investigate local adaptation. The globally distributed SAR11 bacterial group consists of multiple ecotypes that are associated with particular marine environments, yet relatively little is known about Arctic SAR11 diversity. Here, we examined SAR11 diversity using ITS analysis and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). Arctic SAR11 assemblages were comprised of the S1a, S1b, S2, and S3 clades, and structured by water mass and depth. The fresher surface layer was dominated by an ecotype (S3-derived P3.2) previously associated with Arctic and brackish water. In contrast, deeper waters of Pacific origin were dominated by the P2.3 ecotype of the S2 clade, within which we identified a novel subdivision (P2.3s1) that was rare outside the Arctic Ocean. Arctic S2-derived SAR11 MAGs were restricted to high latitudes and included MAGs related to the recently defined S2b subclade, a finding consistent with bi-polar ecotypes and Arctic endemism. These results place the stratified Arctic Ocean into the SAR11 global biogeography and have identified SAR11 lineages for future investigation of adaptive evolution in the Arctic Ocean.
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- Susanne Kraemer
- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS) and Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, G1K 7P4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
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Long-term stability of marine dissolved organic carbon emerges from a neutral network of compounds and microbes. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17780. [PMID: 31780725 PMCID: PMC6883037 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54290-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is the main energy source for marine heterotrophic microorganisms, but a small fraction of DOC resists microbial degradation and accumulates in the ocean. The reason behind this recalcitrance is unknown. We test whether the long-term stability of DOC requires the existence of structurally refractory molecules, using a mechanistic model comprising a diverse network of microbe-substrate interactions. Model experiments reproduce three salient observations, even when all DOC compounds are equally degradable: (i) >15% of an initial DOC pulse resists degradation, but is consumed by microbes if concentrated, (ii) the modelled deep-sea DOC reaches stable concentrations of 30–40 mmolC/m3, and (iii) the mean age of deep-sea DOC is several times the age of deep water with a wide range from <100 to >10,000 years. We conclude that while structurally-recalcitrant molecules exist, they are not required in the model to explain either the amount or longevity of DOC.
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Santoro AE, Kellom M, Laperriere SM. Contributions of single-cell genomics to our understanding of planktonic marine archaea. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2019; 374:20190096. [PMID: 31587640 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Single-cell genomics has transformed many fields of biology, marine microbiology included. Here, we consider the impact of single-cell genomics on a specific group of marine microbes-the planktonic marine archaea. Despite single-cell enabled discoveries of novel metabolic function in the marine thaumarchaea, population-level investigations are hindered by an overall lower than expected recovery of thaumarchaea in single-cell studies. Metagenome-assembled genomes have so far been a more useful method for accessing genome-resolved insights into the Marine Group II euryarchaea. Future progress in the application of single-cell genomics to archaeal biology in the ocean would benefit from more targeted sorting approaches, and a more systematic investigation of potential biases against archaea in single-cell workflows including cell lysis, genome amplification and genome screening. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Single cell ecology'.
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- A E Santoro
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620, USA
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Mende DR, Boeuf D, DeLong EF. Persistent Core Populations Shape the Microbiome Throughout the Water Column in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2273. [PMID: 31632377 PMCID: PMC6779783 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Marine microbial communities are responsible for many important ecosystem processes in the oceans. Their variability across time and depths is well recognized, but mostly at a coarse-grained taxonomic resolution. To gain a deeper perspective on ecological patterns of bacterioplankton diversity in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, we characterized bacterioplankton communities throughout the water column at a fine-grained taxonomic level with a focus on temporally persistent (core) populations. Considerable intra-clade microdiversity was evident in virtually every microbial clade examined. While some of the most abundant populations comprised only a small fraction of the intra-clade microdiversity, they formed a temporally persistent core within a more diverse array of less abundant ephemeral populations. The depth-stratified population structure within many phylogenetically disparate clades suggested that ecotypic variation was the rule among most planktonic bacterial and archaeal lineages. Our results suggested that the abundant, persistent core populations comprised the bulk of the biomass within any given clade. As such, we postulate that these core populations are largely responsible for microbially driven ecosystem processes, and so represent ideal targets for elucidating key microbial processes in the open-ocean water column.
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- Daniel R Mende
- Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography, Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography, Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography, Research and Education, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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Gao ZM, Huang JM, Cui GJ, Li WL, Li J, Wei ZF, Chen J, Xin YZ, Cai DS, Zhang AQ, Wang Y. In situ meta-omic insights into the community compositions and ecological roles of hadal microbes in the Mariana Trench. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:4092-4108. [PMID: 31344308 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The low temperature and elevated hydrostatic pressure in hadal trenches at water depths below 6000 m render sample collection difficult. Here, in situ hadal water microbial samples were collected from the Mariana Trench and analysed. The hadal microbial communities at different depths were revealed to be consistent and were dominated by heterotrophic Marinimicrobia. Thirty high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were retrieved to represent the major hadal microbes affiliated with 12 prokaryotic phyla. Most of the MAGs were newly reported and probably derived from novel hadal inhabitants as exemplified by a potentially new candidate archaeal phylum in the DPANN superphylum. Metabolic reconstruction indicated that a great number of the MAGs participated in nitrogen and sulfur cycling, in which the nitrification process was driven sequentially by Thaumarchaeota and Nitrospirae and sulfur oxidization by Rhodospirillales in the Alphaproteobacteria class. Moreover, several groups of hadal microbes were revealed to be potential carbon monoxide oxidizers. Metatranscriptomic result highlighted the contribution of Chloroflexi in degrading recalcitrant dissolved organic matter and Marinimicrobia in extracellular protein decomposition. The present work provides an in-depth view on the hadal microbial communities regarding their endemism and element cycles.
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- Zhao-Ming Gao
- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory for Experimental Study under Deep-sea Extreme Conditions, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China
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- Deep-sea Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory for Experimental Study under Deep-sea Extreme Conditions, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China.,HKUST-CAS Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hai Nan, People's Republic of China
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2-Hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase catalyzes acyloin condensation for one-carbon bioconversion. Nat Chem Biol 2019; 15:900-906. [PMID: 31383974 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-019-0328-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Despite the potential of biotechnological processes for one-carbon (C1) bioconversion, efficient biocatalysts required for their implementation are yet to be developed. To address intrinsic limitations of native C1 biocatalysts, here we report that 2-hydroxyacyl CoA lyase (HACL), an enzyme involved in mammalian α-oxidation, catalyzes the ligation of carbonyl-containing molecules of different chain lengths with formyl-coenzyme A (CoA) to produce C1-elongated 2-hydroxyacyl-CoAs. We discovered and characterized a prokaryotic variant of HACL and identified critical residues for this newfound activity, including those supporting the hypothesized thiamine pyrophosphate-dependent acyloin condensation mechanism. The use of formyl-CoA as a C1 donor provides kinetic advantages and enables C1 bioconversion to multi-carbon products, demonstrated here by engineering an Escherichia coli whole-cell biotransformation system for the synthesis of glycolate and 2-hydroxyisobutyrate from formaldehyde and formaldehyde plus acetone, respectively. Our work establishes a new approach for C1 bioconversion and the potential for HACL-based pathways to support synthetic methylotrophy.
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Vuillemin A, Wankel SD, Coskun ÖK, Magritsch T, Vargas S, Estes ER, Spivack AJ, Smith DC, Pockalny R, Murray RW, D’Hondt S, Orsi WD. Archaea dominate oxic subseafloor communities over multimillion-year time scales. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaaw4108. [PMID: 31223656 PMCID: PMC6584578 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw4108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) dominate microbial communities throughout oxic subseafloor sediment deposited over millions of years in the North Atlantic Ocean. Rates of nitrification correlated with the abundance of these dominant AOA populations, whose metabolism is characterized by ammonia oxidation, mixotrophic utilization of organic nitrogen, deamination, and the energetically efficient chemolithoautotrophic hydroxypropionate/hydroxybutyrate carbon fixation cycle. These AOA thus have the potential to couple mixotrophic and chemolithoautotrophic metabolism via mixotrophic deamination of organic nitrogen, followed by oxidation of the regenerated ammonia for additional energy to fuel carbon fixation. This metabolic feature likely reduces energy loss and improves AOA fitness under energy-starved, oxic conditions, thereby allowing them to outcompete other taxa for millions of years.
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- Aurèle Vuillemin
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
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- Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
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- Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
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- Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
- GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
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Cui G, Li J, Gao Z, Wang Y. Spatial variations of microbial communities in abyssal and hadal sediments across the Challenger Deep. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6961. [PMID: 31149407 PMCID: PMC6526897 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Microbial communities in hadal sediments are least explored in hadal zone (>6,000 m), especially in the Challenger Deep with high pressure (∼110 M pa at the bottom). In this study, we investigated the microbial communities in the sediments of the slope and trench-axis bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. Classification of the reads of the 16S rRNA gene amplicons showed vertical distribution of prokaryotic microbial inhabitants from the surface to up to 60 centimeter below surface floor (cmbsf). The most dominant phyla were Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, Planctomycetes and candidate phyla Patescibacteria and Marinimicrobia. Distinct dominant groups in the microbial communities were observed in trench-axis sediment (water depth >8,600 m), compared to the slopes of the Challenger Deep. A sampling site at the northern slope was enriched with archaea from mesophilic Euryarchaeota Marine Group II (MGII) as a biomarker of specific geochemical setting. Among archaeal community, Thaumarchaeota represented by Nitrosopumilus were dominant in the upper layers and diminished drastically in the deeper layers. “Ca. Woesearchaeota”, however, became the dominant group in the deeper layers. Overall, our study provides a better understanding on the pattern of the microbial communities in the deepest hadal sediments on Earth, and highlights the extraordinary diversity still waiting to be discovered.
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- Guojie Cui
- Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hainan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hainan, China
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- Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hainan, China
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- Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, Hainan, China
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Liu J, Xue CX, Sun H, Zheng Y, Meng Z, Zhang XH. Carbohydrate catabolic capability of a Flavobacteriia bacterium isolated from hadal water. Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:263-274. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zheng Y, Saitou A, Wang CM, Toyoda A, Minakuchi Y, Sekiguchi Y, Ueda K, Takano H, Sakai Y, Abe K, Yokota A, Yabe S. Genome Features and Secondary Metabolites Biosynthetic Potential of the Class Ktedonobacteria. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:893. [PMID: 31080444 PMCID: PMC6497799 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The prevalence of antibiotic resistance and the decrease in novel antibiotic discovery in recent years necessitates the identification of potentially novel microbial resources to produce natural products. Ktedonobacteria, a class of deeply branched bacterial lineage in the ancient phylum Chloroflexi, are ubiquitous in terrestrial environments and characterized by their large genome size and complex life cycle. These characteristics indicate Ktedonobacteria as a potential active producer of bioactive compounds. In this study, we observed the existence of a putative "megaplasmid," multiple copies of ribosomal RNA operons, and high ratio of hypothetical proteins with unknown functions in the class Ktedonobacteria. Furthermore, a total of 104 antiSMASH-predicted putative biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) for secondary metabolites with high novelty and diversity were identified in nine Ktedonobacteria genomes. Our investigation of domain composition and organization of the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase BGCs further supports the concept that class Ktedonobacteria may produce compounds structurally different from known natural products. Furthermore, screening of bioactive compounds from representative Ktedonobacteria strains resulted in the identification of broad antimicrobial activities against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative tested bacterial strains. Based on these findings, we propose the ancient, ubiquitous, and spore-forming Ktedonobacteria as a versatile and promising microbial resource for natural product discovery.
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- Yu Zheng
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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- Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Hazaka Plant Research Center, Kennan Eisei Kogyo Co., Ltd., Miyagi, Japan
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Sebastián M, Estrany M, Ruiz-González C, Forn I, Sala MM, Gasol JM, Marrasé C. High Growth Potential of Long-Term Starved Deep Ocean Opportunistic Heterotrophic Bacteria. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:760. [PMID: 31024513 PMCID: PMC6468046 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Experiments with bacteria in culture have shown that they often display "feast and famine" strategies that allow them to respond with fast growth upon pulses in resource availability, and enter a growth-arrest state when resources are limiting. Although feast responses have been observed in natural communities upon enrichment, it is unknown whether this blooming ability is maintained after long periods of starvation, particularly in systems that are energy limited like the bathypelagic ocean. Here we combined bulk and single-cell activity measurements with 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to explore the response of a bathypelagic community, that had been starved for 1.6 years, to a sudden organic carbon supply. We observed a dramatic change in activity within 30 h, with leucine incorporation rates increasing over two orders of magnitude and the number of translationally active cells (mostly Gammaproteobacteria) increasing 4-fold. The feast response was driven by a single operational taxonomic unit (OTU) affiliated with the Marinobacter genus, which had remained rare during 7 months of starvation. Our work suggests that bathypelagic communities harbor a seed bank of highly persistent and resourceful "feast and famine" strategists that might disproportionally contribute to carbon fluxes through fast responses to occasional pulses of organic matter.
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- Marta Sebastián
- Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, IOCAG, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ULPGC, Gran Canaria, Spain
- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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Peoples LM, Grammatopoulou E, Pombrol M, Xu X, Osuntokun O, Blanton J, Allen EE, Nunnally CC, Drazen JC, Mayor DJ, Bartlett DH. Microbial Community Diversity Within Sediments from Two Geographically Separated Hadal Trenches. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:347. [PMID: 30930856 PMCID: PMC6428765 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hadal ocean sediments, found at sites deeper than 6,000 m water depth, are thought to contain microbial communities distinct from those at shallower depths due to high hydrostatic pressures and higher abundances of organic matter. These communities may also differ from one other as a result of geographical isolation. Here we compare microbial community composition in surficial sediments of two hadal environments—the Mariana and Kermadec trenches—to evaluate microbial biogeography at hadal depths. Sediment microbial consortia were distinct between trenches, with higher relative sequence abundances of taxa previously correlated with organic matter degradation present in the Kermadec Trench. In contrast, the Mariana Trench, and deeper sediments in both trenches, were enriched in taxa predicted to break down recalcitrant material and contained other uncharacterized lineages. At the 97% similarity level, sequence-abundant taxa were not trench-specific and were related to those found in other hadal and abyssal habitats, indicating potential connectivity between geographically isolated sediments. Despite the diversity of microorganisms identified using culture-independent techniques, most isolates obtained under in situ pressures were related to previously identified piezophiles. Members related to these same taxa also became dominant community members when native sediments were incubated under static, long-term, unamended high-pressure conditions. Our results support the hypothesis that there is connectivity between sediment microbial populations inhabiting the Mariana and Kermadec trenches while showing that both whole communities and specific microbial lineages vary between trench of collection and sediment horizon depth. This in situ biodiversity is largely missed when incubating samples within pressure vessels and highlights the need for revised protocols for high-pressure incubations.
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- Logan M Peoples
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Oceanlab, The Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, King's College, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Chauvin, LA, United States
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- Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Ma-noa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Oceanlab, The Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, King's College, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.,National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus European Way, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Marine Sponges as Chloroflexi Hot Spots: Genomic Insights and High-Resolution Visualization of an Abundant and Diverse Symbiotic Clade. mSystems 2018; 3:mSystems00150-18. [PMID: 30637337 PMCID: PMC6306507 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00150-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Chloroflexi represent a widespread, yet enigmatic bacterial phylum with few cultivated members. We used metagenomic and single-cell genomic approaches to characterize the functional gene repertoire of Chloroflexi symbionts in marine sponges. The results of this study suggest clade-specific metabolic specialization and that Chloroflexi symbionts have the genomic potential for dissolved organic matter (DOM) degradation from seawater. Considering the abundance and dominance of sponges in many benthic environments, we predict that the role of sponge symbionts in biogeochemical cycles is larger than previously thought. Members of the widespread bacterial phylum Chloroflexi can dominate high-microbial-abundance (HMA) sponge microbiomes. In the Sponge Microbiome Project, Chloroflexi sequences amounted to 20 to 30% of the total microbiome of certain HMA sponge genera with the classes/clades SAR202, Caldilineae, and Anaerolineae being the most prominent. We performed metagenomic and single-cell genomic analyses to elucidate the functional gene repertoire of Chloroflexi symbionts of Aplysina aerophoba. Eighteen draft genomes were reconstructed and placed into phylogenetic context of which six were investigated in detail. Common genomic features of Chloroflexi sponge symbionts were related to central energy and carbon converting pathways, amino acid and fatty acid metabolism, and respiration. Clade-specific metabolic features included a massively expanded genomic repertoire for carbohydrate degradation in Anaerolineae and Caldilineae genomes, but only amino acid utilization by SAR202. While Anaerolineae and Caldilineae import cofactors and vitamins, SAR202 genomes harbor genes encoding components involved in cofactor biosynthesis. A number of features relevant to symbiosis were further identified, including CRISPR-Cas systems, eukaryote-like repeat proteins, and secondary metabolite gene clusters. Chloroflexi symbionts were visualized in the sponge extracellular matrix at ultrastructural resolution by the fluorescence in situ hybridization-correlative light and electron microscopy (FISH-CLEM) method. Carbohydrate degradation potential was reported previously for “Candidatus Poribacteria” and SAUL, typical symbionts of HMA sponges, and we propose here that HMA sponge symbionts collectively engage in degradation of dissolved organic matter, both labile and recalcitrant. Thus, sponge microbes may not only provide nutrients to the sponge host, but they may also contribute to dissolved organic matter (DOM) recycling and primary productivity in reef ecosystems via a pathway termed the sponge loop. IMPORTANCEChloroflexi represent a widespread, yet enigmatic bacterial phylum with few cultivated members. We used metagenomic and single-cell genomic approaches to characterize the functional gene repertoire of Chloroflexi symbionts in marine sponges. The results of this study suggest clade-specific metabolic specialization and that Chloroflexi symbionts have the genomic potential for dissolved organic matter (DOM) degradation from seawater. Considering the abundance and dominance of sponges in many benthic environments, we predict that the role of sponge symbionts in biogeochemical cycles is larger than previously thought.
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Mehrshad M, Salcher MM, Okazaki Y, Nakano SI, Šimek K, Andrei AS, Ghai R. Hidden in plain sight-highly abundant and diverse planktonic freshwater Chloroflexi. MICROBIOME 2018; 6:176. [PMID: 30285851 PMCID: PMC6169038 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0563-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Representatives of the phylum Chloroflexi, though reportedly highly abundant in the extensive deep water habitats of both marine (SAR202 up to 30% of total prokaryotes) and freshwater (CL500-11 up to 26% of total prokaryotes), remain uncultivated and uncharacterized. There are few metagenomic studies on marine Chloroflexi representatives, while the pelagic freshwater Chloroflexi community is largely unknown except for a single metagenome-assembled genome of CL500-11. RESULTS Here, we provide the first extensive examination of the community composition of this cosmopolitan phylum in a range of pelagic habitats (176 datasets) and highlight the impact of salinity and depth on their phylogenomic composition. Reconstructed genomes (53 in total) provide a perspective on the phylogeny, metabolism, and distribution of three novel classes and two family-level taxa within the phylum Chloroflexi. We unraveled a remarkable genomic diversity of pelagic freshwater Chloroflexi representatives that thrive not only in the hypolimnion as previously suspected, but also in the epilimnion. Our results suggest that the lake hypolimnion provides a globally stable habitat reflected in lower species diversity among hypolimnion-specific CL500-11 and TK10 clusters in distantly related lakes compared to a higher species diversity of the epilimnion-specific SL56 cluster. Cell volume analyses show that the CL500-11 are among the largest prokaryotic cells in the water column of deep lakes and with a biomass to abundance ratio of two they significantly contribute to the deep lake carbon flow. Metabolic insights indicate participation of JG30-KF-CM66 representatives in the global cobalamin production via cobinamide to cobalamin salvage pathway. CONCLUSIONS Extending phylogenomic comparisons to brackish and marine habitats suggests salinity as the major influencer of the community composition of the deep-dwelling Chloroflexi in marine (SAR202) and freshwater (CL500-11) habitats as both counterparts thrive in intermediate brackish salinity; however, freshwater habitats harbor the most phylogenetically diverse community of pelagic Chloroflexi representatives that reside both in epi- and hypolimnion.
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- Maliheh Mehrshad
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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- Limnological Station, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Seestrasse 187, CH-8802, Kilchberg, Switzerland
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- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, 2-509-3 Hirano, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2113, Japan
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- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, 2-509-3 Hirano, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2113, Japan
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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Linking Uncultivated Microbial Populations and Benthic Carbon Turnover by Using Quantitative Stable Isotope Probing. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.01083-18. [PMID: 29980553 PMCID: PMC6122004 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01083-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Little is known about the ecological role of uncultivated microbial populations in carbon turnover in benthic environments. To better understand this, we used quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP) to quantify the abundance of diverse, specific groups of uncultivated bacteria and archaea involved in autotrophy and heterotrophy in a benthic lacustrine habitat. Our results provide quantitative evidence for active heterotrophic and autotrophic metabolism of several poorly understood microbial groups, thus demonstrating their relevance for carbon turnover in benthic settings. Archaeal ammonia oxidizers were significant drivers of in situ “dark” primary production supporting the growth of heterotrophic bacteria. These findings expand our understanding of the microbial populations within benthic food webs and the role of uncultivated microbes in benthic carbon turnover. Benthic environments harbor highly diverse and complex microbial communities that control carbon fluxes, but the role of specific uncultivated microbial groups in organic matter turnover is poorly understood. In this study, quantitative DNA stable isotope probing (DNA-qSIP) was used for the first time to link uncultivated populations of bacteria and archaea to carbon turnover in lacustrine surface sediments. After 1-week incubations in the dark with [13C]bicarbonate, DNA-qSIP showed that ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) were the dominant active chemolithoautotrophs involved in the production of new organic matter. Natural 13C-labeled organic matter was then obtained by incubating sediments in the dark for 2.5 months with [13C]bicarbonate, followed by extraction and concentration of high-molecular-weight (HMW) (>50-kDa) organic matter. qSIP showed that the labeled organic matter was turned over within 1 week by 823 microbial populations (operational taxonomic units [OTUs]) affiliated primarily with heterotrophic Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Verrucomicrobia, and Bacteroidetes. However, several OTUs affiliated with the candidate microbial taxa Latescibacteria, Omnitrophica, Aminicentantes, Cloacimonates, AC1, Bathyarchaeota, and Woesearchaeota, groups known only from genomic signatures, also contributed to biomass turnover. Of these 823 labeled OTUs, 52% (primarily affiliated with Proteobacteria) also became labeled in 1-week incubations with [13C]bicarbonate, indicating that they turned over carbon faster than OTUs that were labeled only in incubations with 13C-labeled HMW organic matter. These taxa consisted primarily of uncultivated populations within the Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Verrucomicrobia, and Chloroflexi, highlighting their ecological importance. Our study helps define the role of several poorly understood, uncultivated microbial groups in the turnover of benthic carbon derived from “dark” primary production. IMPORTANCE Little is known about the ecological role of uncultivated microbial populations in carbon turnover in benthic environments. To better understand this, we used quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP) to quantify the abundance of diverse, specific groups of uncultivated bacteria and archaea involved in autotrophy and heterotrophy in a benthic lacustrine habitat. Our results provide quantitative evidence for active heterotrophic and autotrophic metabolism of several poorly understood microbial groups, thus demonstrating their relevance for carbon turnover in benthic settings. Archaeal ammonia oxidizers were significant drivers of in situ “dark” primary production supporting the growth of heterotrophic bacteria. These findings expand our understanding of the microbial populations within benthic food webs and the role of uncultivated microbes in benthic carbon turnover.
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Colatriano D, Tran PQ, Guéguen C, Williams WJ, Lovejoy C, Walsh DA. Genomic evidence for the degradation of terrestrial organic matter by pelagic Arctic Ocean Chloroflexi bacteria. Commun Biol 2018; 1:90. [PMID: 30271971 PMCID: PMC6123686 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0086-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The Arctic Ocean currently receives a large supply of global river discharge and terrestrial dissolved organic matter. Moreover, an increase in freshwater runoff and riverine transport of organic matter to the Arctic Ocean is a predicted consequence of thawing permafrost and increased precipitation. The fate of the terrestrial humic-rich organic material and its impact on the marine carbon cycle are largely unknown. Here, a metagenomic survey of the Canada Basin in the Western Arctic Ocean showed that pelagic Chloroflexi from the Arctic Ocean are replete with aromatic compound degradation genes, acquired in part by lateral transfer from terrestrial bacteria. Our results imply marine Chloroflexi have the capacity to use terrestrial organic matter and that their role in the carbon cycle may increase with the changing hydrological cycle. David Colatriano et al. analyze Chloroflexi metagenomic assemblies sampled from the Arctic Ocean to determine whether these bacteria have the ability to degrade terrestrial-derived organic matter. They identify six near-complete genomes and find that they contain genes involved in aromatic compound degradation.
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- David Colatriano
- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and School of the Environment, Trent University, 1600 West bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC, V8V 4L1, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS) and Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Laval, QC, G1K 7P4, Canada.,Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France, CNRS UMI 3376), Université Laval, Laval, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
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Driscoll CB, Meyer KA, Šulčius S, Brown NM, Dick GJ, Cao H, Gasiūnas G, Timinskas A, Yin Y, Landry ZC, Otten TG, Davis TW, Watson SB, Dreher TW. A closely-related clade of globally distributed bloom-forming cyanobacteria within the Nostocales. HARMFUL ALGAE 2018; 77:93-107. [PMID: 30005805 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In order to better understand the relationships among current Nostocales cyanobacterial blooms, eight genomes were sequenced from cultured isolates or from environmental metagenomes of recent planktonic Nostocales blooms. Phylogenomic analysis of publicly available sequences placed the new genomes among a group of 15 genomes from four continents in a distinct ADA clade (Anabaena/Dolichospermum/Aphanizomenon) within the Nostocales. This clade contains four species-level groups, two of which include members with both Anabaena-like and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae-like morphology. The genomes contain many repetitive genetic elements and a sizable pangenome, in which ABC-type transporters are highly represented. Alongside common core genes for photosynthesis, the differentiation of N2-fixing heterocysts, and the uptake and incorporation of the major nutrients P, N and S, we identified several gene pathways in the pangenome that may contribute to niche partitioning. Genes for problematic secondary metabolites-cyanotoxins and taste-and-odor compounds-were sporadically present, as were other polyketide synthase (PKS) and nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) gene clusters. By contrast, genes predicted to encode the ribosomally generated bacteriocin peptides were found in all genomes.
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- Connor B Driscoll
- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 226 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA; Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Laboratory of Algology and Microbial Ecology, Akademijos Str. 2, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 226 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, 427 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Protein-DNA Interactions, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio av. 7, LT-10257, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 7, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 226 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 226 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43402, USA
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, ON L7S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 226 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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Landry ZC, Vergin K, Mannenbach C, Block S, Yang Q, Blainey P, Carlson C, Giovannoni S. Optofluidic Single-Cell Genome Amplification of Sub-micron Bacteria in the Ocean Subsurface. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1152. [PMID: 29937754 PMCID: PMC6003095 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Optofluidic single-cell genome amplification was used to obtain genome sequences from sub-micron cells collected from the euphotic and mesopelagic zones of the northwestern Sargasso Sea. Plankton cells were visually selected and manually sorted with an optical trap, yielding 20 partial genome sequences representing seven bacterial phyla. Two organisms, E01-9C-26 (Gammaproteobacteria), represented by four single cell genomes, and Opi.OSU.00C, an uncharacterized Verrucomicrobia, were the first of their types retrieved by single cell genome sequencing and were studied in detail. Metagenomic data showed that E01-9C-26 is found throughout the dark ocean, while Opi.OSU.00C was observed to bloom transiently in the nutrient-depleted euphotic zone of the late spring and early summer. The E01-9C-26 genomes had an estimated size of 4.76-5.05 Mbps, and contained "O" and "W"-type monooxygenase genes related to methane and ammonium monooxygenases that were previously reported from ocean metagenomes. Metabolic reconstruction indicated E01-9C-26 are likely versatile methylotrophs capable of scavenging C1 compounds, methylated compounds, reduced sulfur compounds, and a wide range of amines, including D-amino acids. The genome sequences identified E01-9C-26 as a source of "O" and "W"-type monooxygenase genes related to methane and ammonium monooxygenases that were previously reported from ocean metagenomes, but are of unknown function. In contrast, Opi.OSU.00C genomes encode genes for catabolizing carbohydrate compounds normally associated with eukaryotic phytoplankton. This exploration of optofluidics showed that it was effective for retrieving diverse single-cell bacterioplankton genomes and has potential advantages in microbiology applications that require working with small sample volumes or targeting cells by their morphology.
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- Zachary C. Landry
- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
- Institut für Umweltingenieurwissenschaften, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
- East China Sea Fisheries Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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Deep mitochondrial origin outside the sampled alphaproteobacteria. Nature 2018; 557:101-105. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0059-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Metagenomes Reveal Global Distribution of Bacterial Steroid Catabolism in Natural, Engineered, and Host Environments. mBio 2018; 9:mBio.02345-17. [PMID: 29382738 PMCID: PMC5790920 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02345-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Steroids are abundant growth substrates for bacteria in natural, engineered, and host-associated environments. This study analyzed the distribution of the aerobic 9,10-seco steroid degradation pathway in 346 publically available metagenomes from diverse environments. Our results show that steroid-degrading bacteria are globally distributed and prevalent in particular environments, such as wastewater treatment plants, soil, plant rhizospheres, and the marine environment, including marine sponges. Genomic signature-based sequence binning recovered 45 metagenome-assembled genomes containing a majority of 9,10-seco pathway genes. Only Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were identified as steroid degraders, but we identified several alpha- and gammaproteobacterial lineages not previously known to degrade steroids. Actino- and proteobacterial steroid degraders coexisted in wastewater, while soil and rhizosphere samples contained mostly actinobacterial ones. Actinobacterial steroid degraders were found in deep ocean samples, while mostly alpha- and gammaproteobacterial ones were found in other marine samples, including sponges. Isolation of steroid-degrading bacteria from sponges confirmed their presence. Phylogenetic analysis of key steroid degradation proteins suggested their biochemical novelty in genomes from sponges and other environments. This study shows that the ecological significance as well as taxonomic and biochemical diversity of bacterial steroid degradation has so far been largely underestimated, especially in the marine environment. Microbial steroid degradation is a critical process for biomass decomposition in natural environments, for removal of important pollutants during wastewater treatment, and for pathogenesis of bacteria associated with tuberculosis and other bacteria. To date, microbial steroid degradation was mainly studied in a few model organisms, while the ecological significance of steroid degradation remained largely unexplored. This study provides the first analysis of aerobic steroid degradation in diverse natural, engineered, and host-associated environments via bioinformatic analysis of an extensive metagenome data set. We found that steroid-degrading bacteria are globally distributed and prevalent in wastewater treatment plants, soil, plant rhizospheres, and the marine environment, especially in marine sponges. We show that the ecological significance as well as the taxonomic and biochemical diversity of bacterial steroid degradation has been largely underestimated. This study greatly expands our ecological and evolutionary understanding of microbial steroid degradation.
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Sebastián M, Auguet JC, Restrepo-Ortiz CX, Sala MM, Marrasé C, Gasol JM. Deep ocean prokaryotic communities are remarkably malleable when facing long-term starvation. Environ Microbiol 2017; 20:713-723. [PMID: 29159926 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The bathypelagic ocean is one of the largest ecosystems on Earth and sustains half of the ocean's microbial activity. This microbial activity strongly relies on surface-derived particles, but there is growing evidence that the carbon released through solubilization of these particles may not be sufficient to meet the energy demands of deep ocean prokaryotes. To explore how bathypelagic prokaryotes respond to the absence of external inputs of carbon, we followed the long-term (1 year) dynamics of an enclosed community. Despite the lack of external energy supply, we observed a continuous succession of active prokaryotic phylotypes, which was driven by recruitment of taxa from the seed bank (i.e., initially rare operational taxonomic units [OTUs]). A single OTU belonging to Marine Group I of Thaumarchaeota, which was originally rare, dominated the microbial community for ∼ 4 months and played a fundamental role in this succession likely by introducing new organic carbon through chemolithoautotrophy. This carbon presumably produced a priming effect, because after the decline of Thaumarchaeota, the diversity and metabolic potential of the community increased back to the levels present at the start of the experiment. Our study demonstrates the profound versatility of deep microbial communities when facing organic carbon deprivation.
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- Marta Sebastián
- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, E08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.,Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Parque Científico Tecnológico Marino de Taliarte, s/n 35214, Telde, Spain
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- Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), UMR CNRS 9190, Université de Montpellier, CC093, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), UMR CNRS 9190, Université de Montpellier, CC093, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, E08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, E08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Institut de Ciències del Mar CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, E08003 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Guerrero-Feijóo E, Sintes E, Herndl GJ, Varela MM. High dark inorganic carbon fixation rates by specific microbial groups in the Atlantic off the Galician coast (NW Iberian margin). Environ Microbiol 2017; 20:602-611. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Elisa Guerrero-Feijóo
- IEO, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña, Apdo 130; 15080 A Coruña Spain
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- Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography; University of Vienna, Center of Ecology; Austria
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- Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography; University of Vienna, Center of Ecology; Austria
- Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry; NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg; The Netherlands
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- IEO, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña, Apdo 130; 15080 A Coruña Spain
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Marine regions that have seasonal to long-term low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations, sometimes called “dead zones,” are increasing in number and severity around the globe with deleterious effects on ecology and economics. One of the largest of these coastal dead zones occurs on the continental shelf of the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM), which results from eutrophication-enhanced bacterioplankton respiration and strong seasonal stratification. Previous research in this dead zone revealed the presence of multiple cosmopolitan bacterioplankton lineages that have eluded cultivation, and thus their metabolic roles in this ecosystem remain unknown. We used a coupled shotgun metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approach to determine the metabolic potential of Marine Group II Euryarchaeota, SAR406, and SAR202. We recovered multiple high-quality, nearly complete genomes from all three groups as well as candidate phyla usually associated with anoxic environments—Parcubacteria (OD1) and Peregrinibacteria. Two additional groups with putative assignments to ACD39 and PAUC34f supplement the metabolic contributions by uncultivated taxa. Our results indicate active metabolism in all groups, including prevalent aerobic respiration, with concurrent expression of genes for nitrate reduction in SAR406 and SAR202, and dissimilatory nitrite reduction to ammonia and sulfur reduction by SAR406. We also report a variety of active heterotrophic carbon processing mechanisms, including degradation of complex carbohydrate compounds by SAR406, SAR202, ACD39, and PAUC34f. Together, these data help constrain the metabolic contributions from uncultivated groups in the nGOM during periods of low DO and suggest roles for these organisms in the breakdown of complex organic matter. Dead zones receive their name primarily from the reduction of eukaryotic macrobiota (demersal fish, shrimp, etc.) that are also key coastal fisheries. Excess nutrients contributed from anthropogenic activity such as fertilizer runoff result in algal blooms and therefore ample new carbon for aerobic microbial metabolism. Combined with strong stratification, microbial respiration reduces oxygen in shelf bottom waters to levels unfit for many animals (termed hypoxia). The nGOM shelf remains one of the largest eutrophication-driven hypoxic zones in the world, yet despite its potential as a model study system, the microbial metabolisms underlying and resulting from this phenomenon—many of which occur in bacterioplankton from poorly understood lineages—have received only preliminary study. Our work details the metabolic potential and gene expression activity for uncultivated lineages across several low DO sites in the nGOM, improving our understanding of the active biogeochemical cycling mediated by these “microbial dark matter” taxa during hypoxia.
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Shih CJ, Chen YL, Wang CH, Wei STS, Lin IT, Ismail WA, Chiang YR. Biochemical Mechanisms and Microorganisms Involved in Anaerobic Testosterone Metabolism in Estuarine Sediments. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1520. [PMID: 28848528 PMCID: PMC5554518 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Current knowledge on the biochemical mechanisms underlying microbial steroid metabolism in anaerobic ecosystems is extremely limited. Sulfate, nitrate, and iron [Fe (III)] are common electron acceptors for anaerobes in estuarine sediments. Here, we investigated anaerobic testosterone metabolism in anaerobic sediments collected from the estuary of Tamsui River, Taiwan. The anaerobic sediment samples were spiked with testosterone (1 mM) and individual electron acceptors (10 mM), including nitrate, Fe3+, and sulfate. The analysis of androgen metabolites indicated that testosterone biodegradation under denitrifying conditions proceeds through the 2,3-seco pathway, whereas testosterone biodegradation under iron-reducing conditions may proceed through an unidentified alternative pathway. Metagenomic analysis and PCR-based functional assays suggested that Thauera spp. were the major testosterone degraders in estuarine sediment samples incubated with testosterone and nitrate. Thauera sp. strain GDN1, a testosterone-degrading betaproteobacterium, was isolated from the denitrifying sediment sample. This strain tolerates a broad range of salinity (0-30 ppt). Although testosterone biodegradation did not occur under sulfate-reducing conditions, we observed the anaerobic biotransformation of testosterone to estrogens in some testosterone-spiked sediment samples. This is unprecedented since biotransformation of androgens to estrogens is known to occur only under oxic conditions. Our metagenomic analysis suggested that Clostridium spp. might play a role in this anaerobic biotransformation. These results expand our understanding of microbial metabolism of steroids under strictly anoxic conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chao-Jen Shih
- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan.,Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development InstituteHsinchu, Taiwan
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan
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- Environmental Biotechnology Program, Department of Life Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf UniversityManama, Bahrain
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan
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