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McGlynn SE, Chadwick GL, Kempes CP, Orphan VJ. Single cell activity reveals direct electron transfer in methanotrophic consortia. Nature 2015; 526:531-5. [PMID: 26375009 DOI: 10.1038/nature15512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Multicellular assemblages of microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature, and the proximity afforded by aggregation is thought to permit intercellular metabolic coupling that can accommodate otherwise unfavourable reactions. Consortia of methane-oxidizing archaea and sulphate-reducing bacteria are a well-known environmental example of microbial co-aggregation; however, the coupling mechanisms between these paired organisms is not well understood, despite the attention given them because of the global significance of anaerobic methane oxidation. Here we examined the influence of interspecies spatial positioning as it relates to biosynthetic activity within structurally diverse uncultured methane-oxidizing consortia by measuring stable isotope incorporation for individual archaeal and bacterial cells to constrain their potential metabolic interactions. In contrast to conventional models of syntrophy based on the passage of molecular intermediates, cellular activities were found to be independent of both species intermixing and distance between syntrophic partners within consortia. A generalized model of electric conductivity between co-associated archaea and bacteria best fit the empirical data. Combined with the detection of large multi-haem cytochromes in the genomes of methanotrophic archaea and the demonstration of redox-dependent staining of the matrix between cells in consortia, these results provide evidence for syntrophic coupling through direct electron transfer.
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- Shawn E McGlynn
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Exobiology Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, USA.,Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.,SETI Institute, Mountain View, California 94034, USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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A Post-Genomic View of the Ecophysiology, Catabolism and Biotechnological Relevance of Sulphate-Reducing Prokaryotes. Adv Microb Physiol 2015. [PMID: 26210106 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Dissimilatory sulphate reduction is the unifying and defining trait of sulphate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP). In their predominant habitats, sulphate-rich marine sediments, SRP have long been recognized to be major players in the carbon and sulphur cycles. Other, more recently appreciated, ecophysiological roles include activity in the deep biosphere, symbiotic relations, syntrophic associations, human microbiome/health and long-distance electron transfer. SRP include a high diversity of organisms, with large nutritional versatility and broad metabolic capacities, including anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds and hydrocarbons. Elucidation of novel catabolic capacities as well as progress in the understanding of metabolic and regulatory networks, energy metabolism, evolutionary processes and adaptation to changing environmental conditions has greatly benefited from genomics, functional OMICS approaches and advances in genetic accessibility and biochemical studies. Important biotechnological roles of SRP range from (i) wastewater and off gas treatment, (ii) bioremediation of metals and hydrocarbons and (iii) bioelectrochemistry, to undesired impacts such as (iv) souring in oil reservoirs and other environments, and (v) corrosion of iron and concrete. Here we review recent advances in our understanding of SRPs focusing mainly on works published after 2000. The wealth of publications in this period, covering many diverse areas, is a testimony to the large environmental, biogeochemical and technological relevance of these organisms and how much the field has progressed in these years, although many important questions and applications remain to be explored.
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Ravin NV, Mardanov AV, Skryabin KG. Metagenomics as a tool for the investigation of uncultured microorganisms. RUSS J GENET+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795415050063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is a type of microbial respiration that enables electron transfer between microbial cells and extracellular solid materials, including naturally-occurring metal compounds and artificial electrodes. Microorganisms harboring EET abilities have received considerable attention for their various biotechnological applications, in addition to their contribution to global energy and material cycles. In this review, current knowledge on microbial EET and its application to diverse biotechnologies, including the bioremediation of toxic metals, recovery of useful metals, biocorrosion, and microbial electrochemical systems (microbial fuel cells and microbial electrosynthesis), were introduced. Two potential biotechnologies based on microbial EET, namely the electrochemical control of microbial metabolism and electrochemical stimulation of microbial symbiotic reactions (electric syntrophy), were also discussed.
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- Souichiro Kato
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Parks DH, Imelfort M, Skennerton CT, Hugenholtz P, Tyson GW. CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes. Genome Res 2015; 25:1043-55. [PMID: 25977477 PMCID: PMC4484387 DOI: 10.1101/gr.186072.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6109] [Impact Index Per Article: 678.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Large-scale recovery of genomes from isolates, single cells, and metagenomic data has been made possible by advances in computational methods and substantial reductions in sequencing costs. Although this increasing breadth of draft genomes is providing key information regarding the evolutionary and functional diversity of microbial life, it has become impractical to finish all available reference genomes. Making robust biological inferences from draft genomes requires accurate estimates of their completeness and contamination. Current methods for assessing genome quality are ad hoc and generally make use of a limited number of “marker” genes conserved across all bacterial or archaeal genomes. Here we introduce CheckM, an automated method for assessing the quality of a genome using a broader set of marker genes specific to the position of a genome within a reference genome tree and information about the collocation of these genes. We demonstrate the effectiveness of CheckM using synthetic data and a wide range of isolate-, single-cell-, and metagenome-derived genomes. CheckM is shown to provide accurate estimates of genome completeness and contamination and to outperform existing approaches. Using CheckM, we identify a diverse range of errors currently impacting publicly available isolate genomes and demonstrate that genomes obtained from single cells and metagenomic data vary substantially in quality. In order to facilitate the use of draft genomes, we propose an objective measure of genome quality that can be used to select genomes suitable for specific gene- and genome-centric analyses of microbial communities.
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- Donovan H Parks
- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia; Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Queensland, Australia
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Kletzin A, Heimerl T, Flechsler J, van Niftrik L, Rachel R, Klingl A. Cytochromes c in Archaea: distribution, maturation, cell architecture, and the special case of Ignicoccus hospitalis. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:439. [PMID: 26029183 PMCID: PMC4429474 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Cytochromes c (Cytc) are widespread electron transfer proteins and important enzymes in the global nitrogen and sulfur cycles. The distribution of Cytc in more than 300 archaeal proteomes deduced from sequence was analyzed with computational methods including pattern and similarity searches, secondary and tertiary structure prediction. Two hundred and fifty-eight predicted Cytc (with single, double, or multiple heme c attachment sites) were found in some but not all species of the Desulfurococcales, Thermoproteales, Archaeoglobales, Methanosarcinales, Halobacteriales, and in two single-cell genome sequences of the Thermoplasmatales, all of them Cren- or Euryarchaeota. Other archaeal phyla including the Thaumarchaeota are so far free of these proteins. The archaeal Cytc sequences were bundled into 54 clusters of mutual similarity, some of which were specific for Archaea while others had homologs in the Bacteria. The cytochrome c maturation system I (CCM) was the only one found. The highest number and variability of Cytc were present in those species with known or predicted metal oxidation and/or reduction capabilities. Paradoxical findings were made in the haloarchaea: several Cytc had been purified biochemically but corresponding proteins were not found in the proteomes. The results are discussed with emphasis on cell morphologies and envelopes and especially for double-membraned Archaea-like Ignicoccus hospitalis. A comparison is made with compartmentalized bacteria such as the Planctomycetes of the Anammox group with a focus on the putative localization and roles of the Cytc and other electron transport proteins.
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- Arnulf Kletzin
- Department of Biology, Sulfur Biochemistry and Microbial Bioenergetics, Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany
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- Fakultät für Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin, Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin, Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Fakultät für Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin, Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology I, Plant Development, Biocenter LMU Munich Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Mueller TJ, Grisewood MJ, Nazem-Bokaee H, Gopalakrishnan S, Ferry JG, Wood TK, Maranas CD. Methane oxidation by anaerobic archaea for conversion to liquid fuels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 42:391-401. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1548-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Given the recent increases in natural gas reserves and associated drawbacks of current gas-to-liquids technologies, the development of a bioconversion process to directly convert methane to liquid fuels would generate considerable industrial interest. Several clades of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) are capable of performing anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). AOM carried out by ANME offers carbon efficiency advantages over aerobic oxidation by conserving the entire carbon flux without losing one out of three carbon atoms to carbon dioxide. This review highlights the recent advances in understanding the key enzymes involved in AOM (i.e., methyl-coenzyme M reductase), the ecological niches of a number of ANME, the putative metabolic pathways for AOM, and the syntrophic consortia that they typically form.
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- Thomas J Mueller
- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Chemical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
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- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Chemical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
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- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Chemical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
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- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Chemical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
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- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
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- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Chemical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
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- grid.29857.31 0000000120974281 Department of Chemical Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA
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Cui M, Ma A, Qi H, Zhuang X, Zhuang G. Anaerobic oxidation of methane: an "active" microbial process. Microbiologyopen 2015; 4:1-11. [PMID: 25530008 PMCID: PMC4335971 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is an important sink of methane that plays a significant role in global warming. AOM was first found to be coupled with sulfate reduction and mediated by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). ANME, often forming consortia with SRB, are phylogenetically related to methanogenic archaea. ANME-1 is even able to produce methane. Subsequently, it has been found that AOM can also be coupled with denitrification. The known microbes responsible for this process are Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera (M. oxyfera) and Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens (M. nitroreducens). Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera belongs to the NC10 bacteria, can catalyze nitrite reduction through an "intra-aerobic" pathway, and may catalyze AOM through an aerobic methane oxidation pathway. However, M. nitroreducens, which is affiliated with ANME-2d archaea, may be able to catalyze AOM through the reverse methanogenesis pathway. Moreover, manganese (Mn(4+) ) and iron (Fe(3+) ) can also be used as electron acceptors of AOM. This review summarizes the mechanisms and associated microbes of AOM. It also discusses recent progress in some unclear key issues about AOM, including ANME-1 in hypersaline environments, the effect of oxygen on M. oxyfera, and the relationship of M. nitroreducens with ANME.
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- Mengmeng Cui
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, 100085, China
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Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5497. [PMID: 25425419 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Subsurface microbial life contributes significantly to biogeochemical cycling, yet it remains largely uncharacterized, especially its archaeal members. This 'microbial dark matter' has been explored by recent studies that were, however, mostly based on DNA sequence information only. Here, we use diverse techniques including ultrastuctural analyses to link genomics to biology for the SM1 Euryarchaeon lineage, an uncultivated group of subsurface archaea. Phylogenomic analyses reveal this lineage to belong to a widespread group of archaea that we propose to classify as a new euryarchaeal order ('Candidatus Altiarchaeales'). The representative, double-membraned species 'Candidatus Altiarchaeum hamiconexum' has an autotrophic metabolism that uses a not-yet-reported Factor420-free reductive acetyl-CoA pathway, confirmed by stable carbon isotopic measurements of archaeal lipids. Our results indicate that this lineage has evolved specific metabolic and structural features like nano-grappling hooks empowering this widely distributed archaeon to predominate anaerobic groundwater, where it may represent an important carbon dioxide sink.
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Costa KC, Leigh JA. Metabolic versatility in methanogens. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2014; 29:70-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Aoki M, Ehara M, Saito Y, Yoshioka H, Miyazaki M, Saito Y, Miyashita A, Kawakami S, Yamaguchi T, Ohashi A, Nunoura T, Takai K, Imachi H. A long-term cultivation of an anaerobic methane-oxidizing microbial community from deep-sea methane-seep sediment using a continuous-flow bioreactor. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105356. [PMID: 25141130 PMCID: PMC4139340 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in marine sediments is an important global methane sink, but the physiological characteristics of AOM-associated microorganisms remain poorly understood. Here we report the cultivation of an AOM microbial community from deep-sea methane-seep sediment using a continuous-flow bioreactor with polyurethane sponges, called the down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) bioreactor. We anaerobically incubated deep-sea methane-seep sediment collected from the Nankai Trough, Japan, for 2,013 days in the bioreactor at 10°C. Following incubation, an active AOM activity was confirmed by a tracer experiment using 13C-labeled methane. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that phylogenetically diverse Archaea and Bacteria grew in the bioreactor. After 2,013 days of incubation, the predominant archaeal components were anaerobic methanotroph (ANME)-2a, Deep-Sea Archaeal Group, and Marine Benthic Group-D, and Gammaproteobacteria was the dominant bacterial lineage. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis showed that ANME-1 and -2a, and most ANME-2c cells occurred without close physical interaction with potential bacterial partners. Our data demonstrate that the DHS bioreactor system is a useful system for cultivating fastidious methane-seep-associated sedimentary microorganisms.
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- Masataka Aoki
- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Geo-resources and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
- Department of Construction Systems Engineering, Anan National College of Technology, Anan, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Social and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Research and Development Center for Marine Biosciences, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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Vigneron A, Cruaud P, Roussel EG, Pignet P, Caprais JC, Callac N, Ciobanu MC, Godfroy A, Cragg BA, Parkes JR, Van Nostrand JD, He Z, Zhou J, Toffin L. Phylogenetic and functional diversity of microbial communities associated with subsurface sediments of the Sonora Margin, Guaymas Basin. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104427. [PMID: 25099369 PMCID: PMC4123917 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Subsurface sediments of the Sonora Margin (Guaymas Basin), located in proximity of active cold seep sites were explored. The taxonomic and functional diversity of bacterial and archaeal communities were investigated from 1 to 10 meters below the seafloor. Microbial community structure and abundance and distribution of dominant populations were assessed using complementary molecular approaches (Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis, 16S rRNA libraries and quantitative PCR with an extensive primers set) and correlated to comprehensive geochemical data. Moreover the metabolic potentials and functional traits of the microbial community were also identified using the GeoChip functional gene microarray and metabolic rates. The active microbial community structure in the Sonora Margin sediments was related to deep subsurface ecosystems (Marine Benthic Groups B and D, Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotal Group, Chloroflexi and Candidate divisions) and remained relatively similar throughout the sediment section, despite defined biogeochemical gradients. However, relative abundances of bacterial and archaeal dominant lineages were significantly correlated with organic carbon quantity and origin. Consistently, metabolic pathways for the degradation and assimilation of this organic carbon as well as genetic potentials for the transformation of detrital organic matters, hydrocarbons and recalcitrant substrates were detected, suggesting that chemoorganotrophic microorganisms may dominate the microbial community of the Sonora Margin subsurface sediments.
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- Adrien Vigneron
- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
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- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire Etude des Environnements Profonds, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- Université de Brest, Domaines Océaniques IUEM, UMR6538, Place Nicolas Copernic, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Géosciences Marines, Laboratoire des Environnements Sédimentaires, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
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- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Earth Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, UMR6197, ZI de la pointe du Diable, Plouzané, France
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-Biao Guo F, Lin Y, -Ling Chen L. Recognition of Protein-coding Genes Based on Z-curve Algorithms. Curr Genomics 2014; 15:95-103. [PMID: 24822027 PMCID: PMC4009845 DOI: 10.2174/1389202915999140328162724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Recognition of protein-coding genes, a classical bioinformatics issue, is an absolutely needed step for annotating newly sequenced genomes. The Z-curve algorithm, as one of the most effective methods on this issue, has been successfully applied in annotating or re-annotating many genomes, including those of bacteria, archaea and viruses. Two Z-curve based ab initio gene-finding programs have been developed: ZCURVE (for bacteria and archaea) and ZCURVE_V (for viruses and phages). ZCURVE_C (for 57 bacteria) and Zfisher (for any bacterium) are web servers for re-annotation of bacterial and archaeal genomes. The above four tools can be used for genome annotation or re-annotation, either independently or combined with the other gene-finding programs. In addition to recognizing protein-coding genes and exons, Z-curve algorithms are also effective in recognizing promoters and translation start sites. Here, we summarize the applications of Z-curve algorithms in gene finding and genome annotation.
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- Feng -Biao Guo
- Center of Bioinformatics and Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of the Ministry of Education, University of Elec-tronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Department of Physics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- cCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Borrel G, O'Toole PW, Harris HMB, Peyret P, Brugère JF, Gribaldo S. Phylogenomic data support a seventh order of Methylotrophic methanogens and provide insights into the evolution of Methanogenesis. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 5:1769-80. [PMID: 23985970 PMCID: PMC3814188 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Increasing evidence from sequence data from various environments, including the human gut, suggests the existence of a previously unknown putative seventh order of methanogens. The first genomic data from members of this lineage, Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis and “Candidatus Methanomethylophilus alvus,” provide insights into its evolutionary history and metabolic features. Phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal proteins robustly indicates a monophyletic group independent of any previously known methanogenic order, which shares ancestry with the Marine Benthic Group D, the Marine Group II, the DHVE2 group, and the Thermoplasmatales. This phylogenetic position, along with the analysis of enzymes involved in core methanogenesis, strengthens a single ancient origin of methanogenesis in the Euryarchaeota and indicates further multiple independent losses of this metabolism in nonmethanogenic lineages than previously suggested. Genomic analysis revealed an unprecedented loss of the genes coding for the first six steps of methanogenesis from H2/CO2 and the oxidative part of methylotrophic methanogenesis, consistent with the fact that M. luminyensis and “Ca. M. alvus” are obligate H2-dependent methylotrophic methanogens. Genomic data also suggest that these methanogens may use a large panel of methylated compounds. Phylogenetic analysis including homologs retrieved from environmental samples indicates that methylotrophic methanogenesis (regardless of dependency on H2) is not restricted to gut representatives but may be an ancestral characteristic of the whole order, and possibly also of ancient origin in the Euryarchaeota. 16S rRNA and McrA trees show that this new order of methanogens is very diverse and occupies environments highly relevant for methane production, therefore representing a key lineage to fully understand the diversity and evolution of methanogenesis.
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- Guillaume Borrel
- EA-4678 CIDAM, Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Kojima H, Moll J, Kahnt J, Fukui M, Shima S. A reversed genetic approach reveals the coenzyme specificity and other catalytic properties of three enzymes putatively involved in anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate. Environ Microbiol 2014; 16:3431-42. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hisaya Kojima
- The Institute of Low Temperature Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry; Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology; Marburg Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry; Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology; Marburg Germany
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- The Institute of Low Temperature Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
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- The Institute of Low Temperature Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
- Department of Biochemistry; Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology; Marburg Germany
- PRESTO; Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); Saitama Japan
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Williams TJ, Cavicchioli R. Marine metaproteomics: deciphering the microbial metabolic food web. Trends Microbiol 2014; 22:248-60. [PMID: 24731505 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Revised: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Metaproteomics can be applied to marine systems to discover metabolic processes in the ocean. This review describes current breakthroughs regarding marine microbes in the areas of microbial procurement of nutrients, important and previously unrecognized metabolic processes, functional roles for proteins with previously unknown functions, and intricate networks of metabolic interactions between symbiotic microbes and their hosts. By recognizing that metaproteomics empowers our understanding of the roles that marine microbes play in global biogeochemical cycles, the achievements to date from this advancing field highlight the enormous potential that the future holds.
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- Timothy J Williams
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
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Naß B, Pöll U, Langer JD, Kreuter L, Küper U, Flechsler J, Heimerl T, Rachel R, Huber H, Kletzin A. Three multihaem cytochromes c from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Ignicoccus hospitalis: purification, properties and localization. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:1278-1289. [PMID: 24705227 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.077792-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Three different multihaem cytochromes c were purified from cell extracts of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Ignicoccus hospitalis. One tetrahaem cytochrome, locus tag designation Igni_0530, was purified from membrane fractions together with the iron-sulfur protein Igni_0529. Two octahaem cytochromes, Igni_0955 and Igni_1359, were purified from soluble fractions but were also present in the membrane fraction. N-terminal sequencing showed that three of the four proteins had their signal peptides cleaved off, while results were ambiguous for Igni_0955. In contrast, mass spectrometry of Igni_0955 and Igni_1359 resulted in single mass peaks including the signal sequences and eight haems per subunit and so both forms might be present in the cell. Igni_0955 and Igni_1359 belong to the hydroxylamine dehydrogenase (HAO) family (29 % mutual identity). HAO or reductase activities with inorganic sulfur compounds were not detected. Igni_0955 was reduced by enriched I. hospitalis hydrogenase at a specific activity of 243 nmol min(-1) (mg hydrogenase)(-1) while activity was non-existent for Igni_0530 and low for Igni_1359. Immuno-electron microscopy of ultra-thin sections showed that Igni_0955 and Igni_1359 are located in both I. hospitalis membranes and also in the intermembrane compartment. We concluded that these cytochromes might function as electron shuttles between the hydrogenase in the outer cellular membrane and cellular reductases, whereas Igni_0530 might be part of the sulfur-reducing mechanism.
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- Bastian Naß
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microbiology - Sulfur Biochemistry and Microbial Bioenergetics, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microbiology - Sulfur Biochemistry and Microbial Bioenergetics, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Zentrum für Elektronenmikroskopie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Microbiology - Sulfur Biochemistry and Microbial Bioenergetics, Darmstadt, Germany
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Zhang R, Zhang CT. A Brief Review: The Z-curve Theory and its Application in Genome Analysis. Curr Genomics 2014; 15:78-94. [PMID: 24822026 PMCID: PMC4009844 DOI: 10.2174/1389202915999140328162433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2013] [Revised: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In theoretical physics, there exist two basic mathematical approaches, algebraic and geometrical methods, which, in most cases, are complementary. In the area of genome sequence analysis, however, algebraic approaches have been widely used, while geometrical approaches have been less explored for a long time. The Z-curve theory is a geometrical approach to genome analysis. The Z-curve is a three-dimensional curve that represents a given DNA sequence in the sense that each can be uniquely reconstructed given the other. The Z-curve, therefore, contains all the information that the corresponding DNA sequence carries. The analysis of a DNA sequence can then be performed through studying the corresponding Z-curve. The Z-curve method has found applications in a wide range of areas in the past two decades, including the identifications of protein-coding genes, replication origins, horizontally-transferred genomic islands, promoters, translational start sides and isochores, as well as studies on phylogenetics, genome visualization and comparative genomics. Here, we review the progress of Z-curve studies from aspects of both theory and applications in genome analysis.
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- Ren Zhang
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Vigneron A, Cruaud P, Pignet P, Caprais JC, Gayet N, Cambon-Bonavita MA, Godfroy A, Toffin L. Bacterial communities and syntrophic associations involved in anaerobic oxidation of methane process of the Sonora Margin cold seeps, Guaymas Basin. Environ Microbiol 2013; 16:2777-90. [PMID: 24238139 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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SUMMARY The Sonora Margin cold seeps present on the seafloor a patchiness pattern of white microbial mats surrounded by polychaete and gastropod beds. These surface assemblages are fuelled by abundant organic inputs sedimenting from the water column and upward-flowing seep fluids. Elevated microbial density was observed in the underlying sediments. A previous study on the same samples identified anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) as the potential dominant archaeal process in these Sonora Margin sediments, probably catalysed by three clades of archaeal anaerobic methanotrophs (ANME-1, ANME-2 and ANME-3) associated with bacterial syntrophs. In this study, molecular surveys and microscopic observations investigating the diversity of Bacteria involved in AOM process, as well as the environmental parameters affecting the composition and the morphologies of AOM consortia in the Sonora Margin sediments were carried out. Two groups of Bacteria were identified within the AOM consortia, the Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus SEEP SRB-1a group and a Desulfobulbus-related group. These bacteria showed different niche distributions, association specificities and consortia architectures, depending on sediment surface communities, geochemical parameters and ANME-associated phylogeny. Therefore, the syntrophic AOM process appears to depend on sulphate-reducing bacteria with different ecological niches and/or metabolisms, in a biofilm-like organic matrix.
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- Adrien Vigneron
- Ifremer, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Technopôle Brest Iroise, Plouzané, France; Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Technopôle Brest Iroise, Plouzané, France; CNRS, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Technopôle Brest Iroise, Plouzané, France
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Methanotrophic archaea possessing diverging methane-oxidizing and electron-transporting pathways. ISME JOURNAL 2013; 8:1069-78. [PMID: 24335827 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is a crucial process limiting the flux of methane from marine environments to the atmosphere. The process is thought to be mediated by three groups of uncultivated methane-oxidizing archaea (ANME-1, 2 and 3). Although the responsible microbes have been intensively studied for more than a decade, central mechanistic details remain unresolved. On the basis of an integrated analysis of both environmental metatranscriptome and single-aggregate genome of a highly active AOM enrichment dominated by ANME-2a, we provide evidence for a complete and functioning AOM pathway in ANME-2a. All genes required for performing the seven steps of methanogenesis from CO2 were found present and actively expressed. Meanwhile, genes for energy conservation and electron transportation including those encoding F420H2 dehydrogenase (Fpo), the cytoplasmic and membrane-associated Coenzyme B-Coenzyme M heterodisulfide (CoB-S-SCoM) reductase (HdrABC, HdrDE), cytochrome C and the Rhodobacter nitrogen fixation (Rnf) complex were identified and expressed, whereas genes encoding for hydrogenases were absent. Thus, ANME-2a is likely performing AOM through a complete reversal of methanogenesis from CO2 reduction without involvement of canonical hydrogenase. ANME-2a is demonstrated to possess versatile electron transfer pathways that would provide the organism with more flexibility in substrate utilization and capacity for rapid adjustment to fluctuating environments. This work lays the foundation for understanding the environmental niche differentiation, physiology and evolution of different ANME subgroups.
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Glass JB, Yu H, Steele JA, Dawson KS, Sun S, Chourey K, Pan C, Hettich RL, Orphan VJ. Geochemical, metagenomic and metaproteomic insights into trace metal utilization by methane-oxidizing microbial consortia in sulphidic marine sediments. Environ Microbiol 2013; 16:1592-611. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Jennifer B. Glass
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- The CAMERA Project; University of California San Diego; San Diego CA 92093 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. The impact of genomics on research in diversity and evolution of archaea. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 77:799-812. [PMID: 22860902 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912080019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Since the definition of archaea as a separate domain of life along with bacteria and eukaryotes, they have become one of the most interesting objects of modern microbiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Sequencing and analysis of archaeal genomes were especially important for studies on archaea because of a limited availability of genetic tools for the majority of these microorganisms and problems associated with their cultivation. Fifteen years since the publication of the first genome of an archaeon, more than one hundred complete genome sequences of representatives of different phylogenetic groups have been determined. Analysis of these genomes has expanded our knowledge of biology of archaea, their diversity and evolution, and allowed identification and characterization of new deep phylogenetic lineages of archaea. The development of genome technologies has allowed sequencing the genomes of uncultivated archaea directly from enrichment cultures, metagenomic samples, and even from single cells. Insights have been gained into the evolution of key biochemical processes in archaea, such as cell division and DNA replication, the role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of archaea, and new relationships between archaea and eukaryotes have been revealed.
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- A V Mardanov
- Laboratory of Molecular Cloning, Centre Bioengineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-let Oktyabrya 7-1, 117312 Moscow, Russia
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Haroon MF, Hu S, Shi Y, Imelfort M, Keller J, Hugenholtz P, Yuan Z, Tyson GW. Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to nitrate reduction in a novel archaeal lineage. Nature 2013; 500:567-70. [DOI: 10.1038/nature12375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 814] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Siegert M, Taubert M, Seifert J, von Bergen-Tomm M, Basen M, Bastida F, Gehre M, Richnow HH, Krüger M. The nitrogen cycle in anaerobic methanotrophic mats of the Black Sea is linked to sulfate reduction and biomass decomposition. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2013; 86:231-45. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Michael Siegert
- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Hannover; Hannover; Germany
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- School of Environmental Sciences; University of East Anglia; Norwich; UK
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition; University of Hohenheim; Stuttgart; Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie; Bremen; Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Leipzig; Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Leipzig; Germany
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- Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Leipzig; Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Hannover; Hannover; Germany
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Callaghan AV. Enzymes involved in the anaerobic oxidation of n-alkanes: from methane to long-chain paraffins. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:89. [PMID: 23717304 PMCID: PMC3653055 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 03/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Anaerobic microorganisms play key roles in the biogeochemical cycling of methane and non-methane alkanes. To date, there appear to be at least three proposed mechanisms of anaerobic methane oxidation (AOM). The first pathway is mediated by consortia of archaeal anaerobic methane oxidizers and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) via “reverse methanogenesis” and is catalyzed by a homolog of methyl-coenzyme M reductase. The second pathway is also mediated by anaerobic methane oxidizers and SRB, wherein the archaeal members catalyze both methane oxidation and sulfate reduction and zero-valent sulfur is a key intermediate. The third AOM mechanism is a nitrite-dependent, “intra-aerobic” pathway described for the denitrifying bacterium, ‘Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera.’ It is hypothesized that AOM proceeds via reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide, followed by the conversion of two nitric oxide molecules to dinitrogen and molecular oxygen. The latter can be used to functionalize the methane via a particulate methane monooxygenase. With respect to non-methane alkanes, there also appear to be novel mechanisms of activation. The most well-described pathway is the addition of non-methane alkanes across the double bond of fumarate to form alkyl-substituted succinates via the putative glycyl radical enzyme, alkylsuccinate synthase (also known as methylalkylsuccinate synthase). Other proposed mechanisms include anaerobic hydroxylation via ethylbenzene dehydrogenase-like enzymes and an “intra-aerobic” denitrification pathway similar to that described for ‘Methylomirabilis oxyfera.’
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- Amy V Callaghan
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, USA
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Defining the functional potential and active community members of a sediment microbial community in a high-arctic hypersaline subzero spring. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:3637-48. [PMID: 23563939 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00153-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Lost Hammer (LH) Spring is the coldest and saltiest terrestrial spring discovered to date and is characterized by perennial discharges at subzero temperatures (-5°C), hypersalinity (salinity, 24%), and reducing (≈-165 mV), microoxic, and oligotrophic conditions. It is rich in sulfates (10.0%, wt/wt), dissolved H2S/sulfides (up to 25 ppm), ammonia (≈381 μM), and methane (11.1 g day(-1)). To determine its total functional and genetic potential and to identify its active microbial components, we performed metagenomic analyses of the LH Spring outlet microbial community and pyrosequencing analyses of the cDNA of its 16S rRNA genes. Reads related to Cyanobacteria (19.7%), Bacteroidetes (13.3%), and Proteobacteria (6.6%) represented the dominant phyla identified among the classified sequences. Reconstruction of the enzyme pathways responsible for bacterial nitrification/denitrification/ammonification and sulfate reduction appeared nearly complete in the metagenomic data set. In the cDNA profile of the LH Spring active community, ammonia oxidizers (Thaumarchaeota), denitrifiers (Pseudomonas spp.), sulfate reducers (Desulfobulbus spp.), and other sulfur oxidizers (Thermoprotei) were present, highlighting their involvement in nitrogen and sulfur cycling. Stress response genes for adapting to cold, osmotic stress, and oxidative stress were also abundant in the metagenome. Comparison of the composition of the functional community of the LH Spring to metagenomes from other saline/subzero environments revealed a close association between the LH Spring and another Canadian high-Arctic permafrost environment, particularly in genes related to sulfur metabolism and dormancy. Overall, this study provides insights into the metabolic potential and the active microbial populations that exist in this hypersaline cryoenvironment and contributes to our understanding of microbial ecology in extreme environments.
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Bertram S, Blumenberg M, Michaelis W, Siegert M, Krüger M, Seifert R. Methanogenic capabilities of ANME-archaea deduced from13C-labelling approaches. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2384-93. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Revised: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Sebastian Bertram
- Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry; University of Hamburg; Bundesstr. 55; 20146; Hamburg; Germany
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- Geobiology Group, Geoscience Centre; Georg-August-University Göttingen; Goldschmidtstr. 3; 37077; Göttingen; Germany
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- Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry; University of Hamburg; Bundesstr. 55; 20146; Hamburg; Germany
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- Pennsylvania State University; 127 Sackett Building; University Park; PA; 16802; USA
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- Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources; Section Geomicrobiology; Stilleweg 2; 30655; Hannover; Germany
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- Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry; University of Hamburg; Bundesstr. 55; 20146; Hamburg; Germany
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Archaeal and anaerobic methane oxidizer communities in the Sonora Margin cold seeps, Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California). ISME JOURNAL 2013; 7:1595-608. [PMID: 23446836 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cold seeps, located along the Sonora Margin transform fault in the Guaymas Basin, were extensively explored during the 'BIG' cruise in June 2010. They present a seafloor mosaic pattern consisting of different faunal assemblages and microbial mats. To investigate this mostly unknown cold and hydrocarbon-rich environment, geochemical and microbiological surveys of the sediments underlying two microbial mats and a surrounding macrofaunal habitat were analyzed in detail. The geochemical measurements suggest biogenic methane production and local advective sulfate-rich fluxes in the sediments. The distributions of archaeal communities, particularly those involved in the methane cycle, were investigated at different depths (surface to 18 cm below the sea floor (cmbsf)) using complementary molecular approaches, such as Automated method of Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis (ARISA), 16S rRNA libraries, fluorescence in situ hybridization and quantitative polymerase chain reaction with new specific primer sets targeting methanogenic and anaerobic methanotrophic lineages. Molecular results indicate that metabolically active archaeal communities were dominated by known clades of anaerobic methane oxidizers (archaeal anaerobic methanotroph (ANME)-1, -2 and -3), including a novel 'ANME-2c Sonora' lineage. ANME-2c were found to be dominant, metabolically active and physically associated with syntrophic Bacteria in sulfate-rich shallow sediment layers. In contrast, ANME-1 were more prevalent in the deepest sediment samples and presented a versatile behavior in terms of syntrophic association, depending on the sulfate concentration. ANME-3 were concentrated in small aggregates without bacterial partners in a restricted sediment horizon below the first centimetres. These niche specificities and syntrophic behaviors, depending on biological surface assemblages and environmental availability of electron donors, acceptors and carbon substrates, suggest that ANME could support alternative metabolic pathways than syntrophic anaerobic oxidation of methane.
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Wrede C, Walbaum U, Ducki A, Heieren I, Hoppert M. Localization of Methyl-Coenzyme M reductase as metabolic marker for diverse methanogenic Archaea. ARCHAEA (VANCOUVER, B.C.) 2013; 2013:920241. [PMID: 23533332 PMCID: PMC3596918 DOI: 10.1155/2013/920241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Methyl-Coenzyme M reductase (MCR) as key enzyme for methanogenesis as well as for anaerobic oxidation of methane represents an important metabolic marker for both processes in microbial biofilms. Here, the potential of MCR-specific polyclonal antibodies as metabolic marker in various methanogenic Archaea is shown. For standard growth conditions in laboratory culture, the cytoplasmic localization of the enzyme in Methanothermobacter marburgensis, Methanothermobacter wolfei, Methanococcus maripaludis, Methanosarcina mazei, and in anaerobically methane-oxidizing biofilms is demonstrated. Under growth limiting conditions on nickel-depleted media, at low linear growth of cultures, a fraction of 50-70% of the enzyme was localized close to the cytoplasmic membrane, which implies "facultative" membrane association of the enzyme. This feature may be also useful for assessment of growth-limiting conditions in microbial biofilms.
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- Christoph Wrede
- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Courant Centre Geobiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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McGlynn SE, Boyd ES, Peters JW, Orphan VJ. Classifying the metal dependence of uncharacterized nitrogenases. Front Microbiol 2013; 3:419. [PMID: 23440025 PMCID: PMC3578447 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nitrogenase enzymes have evolved complex iron–sulfur (Fe–S) containing cofactors that most commonly contain molybdenum (MoFe, Nif) as a heterometal but also exist as vanadium (VFe, Vnf) and heterometal-independent (Fe-only, Anf) forms. All three varieties are capable of the reduction of dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) but exhibit differences in catalytic rates and substrate specificity unique to metal type. Recently, N2 reduction activity was observed in archaeal methanotrophs and methanogens that encode for nitrogenase homologs which do not cluster phylogenetically with previously characterized nitrogenases. To gain insight into the metal cofactors of these uncharacterized nitrogenase homologs, predicted three-dimensional structures of the nitrogenase active site metal-cofactor binding subunits NifD, VnfD, and AnfD were generated and compared. Dendrograms based on structural similarity indicate nitrogenase homologs cluster based on heterometal content and that uncharacterized nitrogenase D homologs cluster with NifD, providing evidence that the structure of the enzyme has evolved in response to metal utilization. Characterization of the structural environment of the nitrogenase active site revealed amino acid variations that are unique to each class of nitrogenase as defined by heterometal cofactor content; uncharacterized nitrogenases contain amino acids near the active site most similar to NifD. Together, these results suggest that uncharacterized nitrogenase homologs present in numerous anaerobic methanogens, archaeal methanotrophs, and firmicutes bind FeMo-co in their active site, and add to growing evidence that diversification of metal utilization likely occurred in an anoxic habitat.
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- Shawn E McGlynn
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, USA
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Starting Up Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2013; 142:1-94. [DOI: 10.1007/10_2013_256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Tiago I, Veríssimo A. Microbial and functional diversity of a subterrestrial high pH groundwater associated to serpentinization. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:1687-706. [PMID: 23731249 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Microbial and functional diversity were assessed, from a serpentinization-driven subterrestrial alkaline aquifer - Cabeço de Vide Aquifer (CVA) in Portugal. DGGE analyses revealed the presence of a stable microbial community. By 16S rRNA gene libraries and pyrosequencing analyses, a diverse bacterial composition was determined, contrasting with low archaeal diversity. Within Bacteria the majority of the populations were related to organisms or sequences affiliated to class Clostridia, but members of classes Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Deinococci, Gammaproteobacteria and of the phyla Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi and Nitrospira were also detected. Domain Archaea encompassed mainly sequences affiliated to Euryarchaeota. Only form I RuBisCO - cbbL was detected. Autotrophic carbon fixation via the rTCA, 3-HP and 3-HP/4H-B cycles could not be confirmed. The detected APS reductase alpha subunit - aprA sequences were phylogenetically related to sequences of sulfate-reducing bacteria belonging to Clostridia, and also to sequences of chemolithoautothrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria belonging to Betaproteobacteria. Sequences of methyl coenzyme M reductase - mcrA were phylogenetically affiliated to sequences belonging to Anaerobic Methanotroph group 1 (ANME-1). The populations found and the functional key markers detected in CVA suggest that metabolisms related to H2 , methane and/or sulfur may be the major driving forces in this environment.
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- Igor Tiago
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Apartado 3046, 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal
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Detection of putatively thermophilic anaerobic methanotrophs in diffuse hydrothermal vent fluids. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012. [PMID: 23183981 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03034-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is carried out by a globally distributed group of uncultivated Euryarchaeota, the anaerobic methanotrophic arachaea (ANME). In this work, we used G+C analysis of 16S rRNA genes to identify a putatively thermophilic ANME group and applied newly designed primers to study its distribution in low-temperature diffuse vent fluids from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. We found that the G+C content of the 16S rRNA genes (P(GC)) is significantly higher in the ANME-1GBa group than in other ANME groups. Based on the positive correlation between the P(GC) and optimal growth temperatures (T(opt)) of archaea, we hypothesize that the ANME-1GBa group is adapted to thrive at high temperatures. We designed specific 16S rRNA gene-targeted primers for the ANME-1 cluster to detect all phylogenetic groups within this cluster, including the deeply branching ANME-1GBa group. The primers were successfully tested both in silico and in experiments with sediment samples where ANME-1 phylotypes had previously been detected. The primers were further used to screen for the ANME-1 microorganisms in diffuse vent fluid samples from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean, and sequences belonging to the ANME-1 cluster were detected in four individual vents. Phylotypes belonging to the ANME-1GBa group dominated in clone libraries from three of these vents. Our findings provide evidence of existence of a putatively extremely thermophilic group of methanotrophic archaea that occur in geographically and geologically distinct marine hydrothermal habitats.
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Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation. Nature 2012; 491:541-6. [DOI: 10.1038/nature11656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 410] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Teeling H, Glöckner FO. Current opportunities and challenges in microbial metagenome analysis--a bioinformatic perspective. Brief Bioinform 2012; 13:728-42. [PMID: 22966151 PMCID: PMC3504927 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbs039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Metagenomics has become an indispensable tool for studying the diversity and metabolic potential of environmental microbes, whose bulk is as yet non-cultivable. Continual progress in next-generation sequencing allows for generating increasingly large metagenomes and studying multiple metagenomes over time or space. Recently, a new type of holistic ecosystem study has emerged that seeks to combine metagenomics with biodiversity, meta-expression and contextual data. Such 'ecosystems biology' approaches bear the potential to not only advance our understanding of environmental microbes to a new level but also impose challenges due to increasing data complexities, in particular with respect to bioinformatic post-processing. This mini review aims to address selected opportunities and challenges of modern metagenomics from a bioinformatics perspective and hopefully will serve as a useful resource for microbial ecologists and bioinformaticians alike.
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Milucka J, Widdel F, Shima S. Immunological detection of enzymes for sulfate reduction in anaerobic methane-oxidizing consortia. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:1561-71. [PMID: 23095164 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2012] [Revised: 09/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled to sulfate reduction (SR) at marine gas seeps is performed by archaeal-bacterial consortia that have so far not been cultivated in axenic binary or pure cultures. Knowledge about possible biochemical reactions in AOM consortia is based on metagenomic retrieval of genes related to those in archaeal methanogenesis and bacterial sulfate reduction, and identification of a few catabolic enzymes in protein extracts. Whereas the possible enzyme for methane activation (a variant of methyl-coenzyme M reductase, Mcr) was shown to be harboured by the archaea, enzymes for sulfate activation and reduction have not been localized so far. We adopted a novel approach of fluorescent immunolabelling on semi-thin (0.3-0.5 μm) cryosections to localize two enzymes of the SR pathway, adenylyl : sulfate transferase (Sat; ATP sulfurylase) and dissimilatory sulfite reductase (Dsr) in microbial consortia from Black Sea methane seeps. Both Sat and Dsr were exclusively found in an abundant microbial morphotype (c. 50% of all cells), which was tentatively identified as Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus-related bacteria. These results show that ANME-2 archaea in the Black Sea AOM consortia did not express bacterial enzymes of the canonical sulfate reduction pathway and thus, in contrast to previous suggestions, most likely cannot perform canonical sulfate reduction. Moreover, our results show that fluorescent immunolabelling on semi-thin cryosections which to our knowledge has been so far only applied on cell tissues, is a powerful tool for intracellular protein detection in natural microbial associations.
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- Jana Milucka
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359, Bremen, Germany.
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Maignien L, Parkes RJ, Cragg B, Niemann H, Knittel K, Coulon S, Akhmetzhanov A, Boon N. Anaerobic oxidation of methane in hypersaline cold seep sediments. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 83:214-31. [PMID: 22882187 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Revised: 07/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Life in hypersaline environments is typically limited by bioenergetic constraints. Microbial activity at the thermodynamic edge, such as the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled to sulphate reduction (SR), is thus unlikely to thrive in these environments. In this study, carbon and sulphur cycling was investigated in the extremely hypersaline cold seep sediments of Mercator mud volcano. AOM activity was partially inhibited but still present at salinity levels of 292 g L(-1) (c. eightfold sea water concentration) with rates of 2.3 nmol cm(-3) day(-1) and was even detectable under saturated conditions. Methane and evaporite-derived sulphate comigrated in the ascending geofluids, which, in combination with a partial activity inhibition, resulted in AOM activity being spread over unusually wide depth intervals. Up to 79% of total cells in the AOM zone were identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as anaerobic methanotrophs of the ANME-1. Most ANME-1 cells formed monospecific chains without any attached partner. At all sites, AOM activity co-occurred with SR activity and sometimes significantly exceeded it. Possible causes of these unexpected results are discussed. This study demonstrates that in spite of a very low energy yield of AOM, microorganisms carrying this reaction can thrive in salinity up to halite saturation.
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- Loïs Maignien
- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Håvelsrud OE, Haverkamp THA, Kristensen T, Jakobsen KS, Rike AG. Metagenomic and geochemical characterization of pockmarked sediments overlaying the Troll petroleum reservoir in the North Sea. BMC Microbiol 2012; 12:203. [PMID: 22966776 PMCID: PMC3478177 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pockmarks (depressions in the seabed) have been discovered throughout the world's oceans and are often related to hydrocarbon seepage. Although high concentrations of pockmarks are present in the seabed overlaying the Troll oil and gas reservoir in the northern North Sea, geological surveys have not detected hydrocarbon seepage in this area at the present time. In this study we have used metagenomics to characterize the prokaryotic communities inhabiting the surface sediments in the Troll area in relation to geochemical parameters, particularly related to hydrocarbon presence. We also investigated the possibility of increased potential for methane oxidation related to the pockmarks. Five metagenomes from pockmarks and plain seabed sediments were sequenced by pyrosequencing (Roche/454) technology. In addition, two metagenomes from seabed sediments geologically unlikely to be influenced by hydrocarbon seepage (the Oslofjord) were included. The taxonomic distribution and metabolic potential of the metagenomes were analyzed by multivariate analysis and statistical comparisons to reveal variation within and between the two sampling areas. RESULTS The main difference identified between the two sampling areas was an overabundance of predominantly autotrophic nitrifiers, especially Nitrosopumilus, and oligotrophic marine Gammaproteobacteria in the Troll metagenomes compared to the Oslofjord. Increased potential for degradation of hydrocarbons, especially aromatic hydrocarbons, was detected in two of the Troll samples: one pockmark sample and one from the plain seabed. Although presence of methanotrophic organisms was indicated in all samples, no overabundance in pockmark samples compared to the Oslofjord samples supports no, or only low level, methane seepage in the Troll pockmarks at the present time. CONCLUSIONS Given the relatively low content of total organic carbon and great depths of hydrocarbon containing sediments in the Troll area, it is possible that at least part of the carbon source available for the predominantly autotrophic nitrifiers thriving in this area originates from sequential prokaryotic degradation and oxidation of hydrocarbons to CO2. By turning CO2 back into organic carbon this subcommunity could play an important environmental role in these dark oligotrophic sediments. The oxidation of ammonia to nitrite and nitrate in this process could further increase the supply of terminal electron acceptors for hydrocarbon degradation.
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- Othilde Elise Håvelsrud
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Sognsveien 72, P.O. Box 3930, Ullevål Stadion N-0806, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
- Microbial Evolution Research Group, MERG, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1066, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
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- Microbial Evolution Research Group, MERG, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1066, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
- Centre for Evolutionary and Ecological Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1066, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
- Microbial Evolution Research Group, MERG, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1066, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
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- Microbial Evolution Research Group, MERG, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1066, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
- Centre for Evolutionary and Ecological Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, P.O. Box 1066, Blindern N-0316, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Sognsveien 72, P.O. Box 3930, Ullevål Stadion N-0806, Oslo, Norway
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Temperton B, Giovannoni SJ. Metagenomics: microbial diversity through a scratched lens. Curr Opin Microbiol 2012; 15:605-12. [PMID: 22831844 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Since nucleic acids were first extracted directly from the environment and sequenced, metagenomics has grown to one of the most data-rich and pervasive techniques for understanding the taxonomic and functional diversity of microbial communities. In the last decade, cheaper sequencing has democratized the application of metagenomics and generated billions of reads, revealing staggering microbial diversity and functional complexity. However, cheaper sequencing has come at the cost of reduced sequence length, resulting in poor gene annotation and overestimates of bacterial richness and abundance. Recent improvements in sequencing technology are beginning to provide reads of sufficient length for accurate annotation and assembly of whole operons and beyond, that will once again enable experimental testing of gene function and re-capture the early successes of metagenomic investigations.
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- Ben Temperton
- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
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Sieber JR, McInerney MJ, Gunsalus RP. Genomic insights into syntrophy: the paradigm for anaerobic metabolic cooperation. Annu Rev Microbiol 2012; 66:429-52. [PMID: 22803797 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-090110-102844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Syntrophy is a tightly coupled mutualistic interaction between hydrogen-/formate-producing and hydrogen-/formate-using microorganisms that occurs throughout the microbial world. Syntrophy is essential for global carbon cycling, waste decomposition, and biofuel production. Reverse electron transfer, e.g., the input of energy to drive critical redox reactions, is a defining feature of syntrophy. Genomic analyses indicate multiple systems for reverse electron transfer, including ion-translocating ferredoxin:NAD(+) oxidoreductase and hydrogenases, two types of electron transfer flavoprotein:quinone oxidoreductases, and other quinone reactive complexes. Confurcating hydrogenases that couple the favorable production of hydrogen from reduced ferredoxin with the unfavorable production of hydrogen from NADH are present in almost all syntrophic metabolizers, implicating their critical role in syntrophy. Transcriptomic analysis shows upregulation of many genes without assigned functions in the syntrophic lifestyle. High-throughput technologies provide insight into the mechanisms used to establish and maintain syntrophic consortia and conserve energy from reactions that operate close to thermodynamic equilibrium.
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- Jessica R Sieber
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 73019, USA.
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Stokke R, Roalkvam I, Lanzen A, Haflidason H, Steen IH. Integrated metagenomic and metaproteomic analyses of an ANME-1-dominated community in marine cold seep sediments. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:1333-46. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02716.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Jagersma CG, Meulepas RJ, Timmers PH, Szperl A, Lens PN, Stams AJ. Enrichment of ANME-1 from Eckernförde Bay sediment on thiosulfate, methane and short-chain fatty acids. J Biotechnol 2012; 157:482-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2011] [Revised: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shima S, Krueger M, Weinert T, Demmer U, Kahnt J, Thauer RK, Ermler U. Structure of a methyl-coenzyme M reductase from Black Sea mats that oxidize methane anaerobically. Nature 2011; 481:98-101. [DOI: 10.1038/nature10663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Håvelsrud OE, Haverkamp THA, Kristensen T, Jakobsen KS, Rike AG. A metagenomic study of methanotrophic microorganisms in Coal Oil Point seep sediments. BMC Microbiol 2011; 11:221. [PMID: 21970369 PMCID: PMC3197505 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Methane oxidizing prokaryotes in marine sediments are believed to function as a methane filter reducing the oceanic contribution to the global methane emission. In the anoxic parts of the sediments, oxidation of methane is accomplished by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) living in syntrophy with sulphate reducing bacteria. This anaerobic oxidation of methane is assumed to be a coupling of reversed methanogenesis and dissimilatory sulphate reduction. Where oxygen is available aerobic methanotrophs take part in methane oxidation. In this study, we used metagenomics to characterize the taxonomic and metabolic potential for methane oxidation at the Tonya seep in the Coal Oil Point area, California. Two metagenomes from different sediment depth horizons (0-4 cm and 10-15 cm below sea floor) were sequenced by 454 technology. The metagenomes were analysed to characterize the distribution of aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophic taxa at the two sediment depths. To gain insight into the metabolic potential the metagenomes were searched for marker genes associated with methane oxidation. RESULTS Blast searches followed by taxonomic binning in MEGAN revealed aerobic methanotrophs of the genus Methylococcus to be overrepresented in the 0-4 cm metagenome compared to the 10-15 cm metagenome. In the 10-15 cm metagenome, ANME of the ANME-1 clade, were identified as the most abundant methanotrophic taxon with 8.6% of the reads. Searches for particulate methane monooxygenase (pmoA) and methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrA), marker genes for aerobic and anaerobic oxidation of methane respectively, identified pmoA in the 0-4 cm metagenome as Methylococcaceae related. The mcrA reads from the 10-15 cm horizon were all classified as originating from the ANME-1 clade. CONCLUSIONS Most of the taxa detected were present in both metagenomes and differences in community structure and corresponding metabolic potential between the two samples were mainly due to abundance differences. The results suggests that the Tonya Seep sediment is a robust methane filter, where taxa presently dominating this process could be replaced by less abundant methanotrophic taxa in case of changed environmental conditions.
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- Othilde Elise Håvelsrud
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Sognsveien 72, P,O, Box 3930 Ullevål Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway
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Morita M, Malvankar NS, Franks AE, Summers ZM, Giloteaux L, Rotaru AE, Rotaru C, Lovley DR. Potential for direct interspecies electron transfer in methanogenic wastewater digester aggregates. mBio 2011; 2:e00159-11. [PMID: 21862629 PMCID: PMC3157894 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00159-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Mechanisms for electron transfer within microbial aggregates derived from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor converting brewery waste to methane were investigated in order to better understand the function of methanogenic consortia. The aggregates were electrically conductive, with conductivities 3-fold higher than the conductivities previously reported for dual-species aggregates of Geobacter species in which the two species appeared to exchange electrons via interspecies electron transfer. The temperature dependence response of the aggregate conductance was characteristic of the organic metallic-like conductance previously described for the conductive pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens and was inconsistent with electron conduction through minerals. Studies in which aggregates were incubated with high concentrations of potential electron donors demonstrated that the aggregates had no significant capacity for conversion of hydrogen to methane. The aggregates converted formate to methane but at rates too low to account for the rates at which that the aggregates syntrophically metabolized ethanol, an important component of the reactor influent. Geobacter species comprised 25% of 16S rRNA gene sequences recovered from the aggregates, suggesting that Geobacter species may have contributed to some but probably not all of the aggregate conductivity. Microorganisms most closely related to the acetate-utilizing Methanosaeta concilii accounted for more than 90% of the sequences that could be assigned to methane producers, consistent with the poor capacity for hydrogen and formate utilization. These results demonstrate for the first time that methanogenic wastewater aggregates can be electrically conductive and suggest that direct interspecies electron transfer could be an important mechanism for electron exchange in some methanogenic systems.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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Lloyd KG, Alperin MJ, Teske A. Environmental evidence for net methane production and oxidation in putative ANaerobic MEthanotrophic (ANME) archaea. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:2548-64. [PMID: 21806748 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02526.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Uncultured ANaerobic MEthanotrophic (ANME) archaea are often assumed to be obligate methanotrophs that are incapable of net methanogenesis, and are therefore used as proxies for anaerobic methane oxidation in many environments in spite of uncertainty regarding their metabolic capabilities. Anaerobic methane oxidation regulates methane emissions in marine sediments and appears to occur through a reversal of a methane-producing metabolism. We tested the assumption that ANME are obligate methanotrophs by detecting and quantifying gene transcription of ANME-1 across zones of methane oxidation versus methane production in sediments from the White Oak River estuary, North Carolina. ANME-1 consistently transcribe 16S rRNA and mRNA of methyl coenzyme M reductase (mcrA), the key gene for methanogenesis, up to 45 cm into methanogenic sediments. CARD-FISH shows that ANME-1 exist as single rod-shaped cells or pairs of cells. Integrating normalized depth distributions of 16S rDNA and rRNA (measured with qPCR and RT-qPCR respectively) shows that 26-77% of the rDNA (a proxy for ANME-1 cell numbers), and 18-76% of the rRNA (a proxy for ANME-1 activity) occurs within methane-producing sediments. These results, along with a re-assessment of the published Iiterature, change the perspective to ANME-1 as methanogens that are also capable of methane oxidation.
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- Karen G Lloyd
- Center for Geomicrobiology, Ny Munkegade 114, Bldg 1540, Aarhus University, 8000-Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Takeuchi M, Yoshioka H, Seo Y, Tanabe S, Tamaki H, Kamagata Y, Takahashi HA, Igari S, Mayumi D, Sakata S. A distinct freshwater-adapted subgroup of ANME-1 dominates active archaeal communities in terrestrial subsurfaces in Japan. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:3206-18. [PMID: 21651687 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea (ANME) are known to play an important role in methane flux, especially in marine sediments. The 16S rRNA genes of ANME have been detected in terrestrial freshwater subsurfaces. However, it is unclear whether ANME are actively involved in methane oxidation in these environments. To address this issue, Holocene sediments in the subsurface of the Kanto Plain in Japan were collected for biogeochemical and molecular analysis. The potential activity of the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) (0.38-3.54 nmol cm⁻³ day⁻¹) was detected in sediment slurry incubation experiments with a (13) CH(4) tracer. Higher AOM activity was observed in low-salinity treatment compared with high-salinity condition (20‰), which supports the adaptation of ANME in freshwater habitats. The 16S rRNA sequence analysis clearly revealed the presence of a distinct subgroup of ANME-1, designated ANME-1a-FW. Phylogenetic analysis of the mcrA genes also implied the presence of the distinct subgroup in ANME-1. ANME-1a-FW was found to be the most dominant active group in the archaeal communities on the basis of 16S rRNA analysis (75.0-93.8% of total archaeal 16S rRNA clones). Sulfate-reducing bacteria previously known as the syntrophic bacterial partners of ANME-1 was not detected. Our results showed that ANME-1a-FW is adapted to freshwater habitats and is responsible for AOM in terrestrial freshwater subsurface environments.
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- Mio Takeuchi
- Institute for Geo-resources and Environments, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
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Thauer RK. Anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate: on the reversibility of the reactions that are catalyzed by enzymes also involved in methanogenesis from CO2. Curr Opin Microbiol 2011; 14:292-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Revised: 03/13/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Phylogeny and evolution of the Archaea: one hundred genomes later. Curr Opin Microbiol 2011; 14:274-81. [PMID: 21632276 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Revised: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Webster G, Sass H, Cragg BA, Gorra R, Knab NJ, Green CJ, Mathes F, Fry JC, Weightman AJ, Parkes RJ. Enrichment and cultivation of prokaryotes associated with the sulphate-methane transition zone of diffusion-controlled sediments of Aarhus Bay, Denmark, under heterotrophic conditions. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011; 77:248-63. [PMID: 21477007 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01109.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The prokaryotic activity, diversity and culturability of diffusion-controlled Aarhus Bay sediments, including the sulphate-methane transition zone (SMTZ), were determined using a combination of geochemical, molecular (16S rRNA and mcrA genes) and cultivation techniques. The SMTZ had elevated sulphate reduction and anaerobic oxidation of methane, and enhanced cell numbers, but no active methanogenesis. The prokaryotic population was similar to that in other SMTZs, with Deltaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, JS1, Planctomycetes, Chloroflexi, ANME-1, MBG-D and MCG. Many of these groups were maintained in a heterotrophic (10 mM glucose, acetate), sediment slurry with periodic low sulphate and acetate additions (~2 mM). Other prokaryotes were also enriched including methanogens, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Synergistetes and TM6. This slurry was then inoculated into a matrix of substrate and sulphate concentrations for further selective enrichment. The results demonstrated that important SMTZ bacteria can be maintained in a long-term, anaerobic culture under specific conditions. For example, JS1 grew in a mixed culture with acetate or acetate/glucose plus sulphate. Chloroflexi occurred in a mixed culture, including in the presence of acetate, which had previously not been shown to be a Chloroflexi subphylum I substrate, and was more dominant in a medium with seawater salt concentrations. In contrast, archaeal diversity was reduced and limited to the orders Methanosarcinales and Methanomicrobiales. These results provide information about the physiology of a range of SMTZ prokaryotes and shows that many can be maintained and enriched under heterotrophic conditions, including those with few or no cultivated representatives.
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- Gordon Webster
- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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