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Li J, He L, Wang J, Zhao X, Chen J, Ren C, Wang J, Guo Y, Zhao F. Responses of particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon to temperature changes and their mineral protection mechanisms: A soil translocation experiment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 948:174689. [PMID: 38992385 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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Mineral protection mechanisms are important in determining the response of particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) to temperature changes. However, the underlying mechanisms for how POC and MAOC respond to temperature changes are remain unclear. By translocating soils across 1304 m, 1425 m and 2202 m elevation gradient in a temperate forest, simulate nine months of warming (with soil temperature change of +1.41 °C and +3.91 °C) and cooling (with soil temperature change of -1.86 °C and -4.20 °C), we found that warming translocation significantly decreased POC by an average of 10.84 %, but increased MAOC by an average of 4.25 %. Conversely, cooling translocation led to an average increase of 8.64 % in POC and 13.48 % in MAOC. Exchangeable calcium (Caexe) had a significant positive correlation with POC and MAOC during temperature changes, and Fe/Al-(hydr)oxides had no significant correlation or a significant negative correlation with POC and MAOC. Our results showed that POC was more sensitive than MAOC to temperature changes. Caexe mediated the stability of POC and MAOC under temperature changes, and Fe/Al-(hydr)oxides had no obvious protective effect on POC and MAOC. Our results support the role of mineral protection in the stabilization mechanism of POC and MAOC in response to climate change and are critical for understanding the consequences of global change on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics.
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- Jingjing Li
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Carbon Neutral Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- The College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710072, Shaanxi, China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Carbon Neutral Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China.
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Flinkstrom Z, Bryson S, Candry P, Winkler MKH. Metagenomic clustering links specific metabolic functions to globally relevant ecosystems. mSystems 2024; 9:e0057324. [PMID: 38980052 PMCID: PMC11334424 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00573-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
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Metagenomic sequencing has advanced our understanding of biogeochemical processes by providing an unprecedented view into the microbial composition of different ecosystems. While the amount of metagenomic data has grown rapidly, simple-to-use methods to analyze and compare across studies have lagged behind. Thus, tools expressing the metabolic traits of a community are needed to broaden the utility of existing data. Gene abundance profiles are a relatively low-dimensional embedding of a metagenome's functional potential and are, thus, tractable for comparison across many samples. Here, we compare the abundance of KEGG Ortholog Groups (KOs) from 6,539 metagenomes from the Joint Genome Institute's Integrated Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes (JGI IMG/M) database. We find that samples cluster into terrestrial, aquatic, and anaerobic ecosystems with marker KOs reflecting adaptations to these environments. For instance, functional clusters were differentiated by the metabolism of antibiotics, photosynthesis, methanogenesis, and surprisingly GC content. Using this functional gene approach, we reveal the broad-scale patterns shaping microbial communities and demonstrate the utility of ortholog abundance profiles for representing a rapidly expanding body of metagenomic data. IMPORTANCE Metagenomics, or the sequencing of DNA from complex microbiomes, provides a view into the microbial composition of different environments. Metagenome databases were created to compile sequencing data across studies, but it remains challenging to compare and gain insight from these large data sets. Consequently, there is a need to develop accessible approaches to extract knowledge across metagenomes. The abundance of different orthologs (i.e., genes that perform a similar function across species) provides a simplified representation of a metagenome's metabolic potential that can easily be compared with others. In this study, we cluster the ortholog abundance profiles of thousands of metagenomes from diverse environments and uncover the traits that distinguish them. This work provides a simple to use framework for functional comparison and advances our understanding of how the environment shapes microbial communities.
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- Zachary Flinkstrom
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Laboratory of Systems & Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Voggenreiter E, Schmitt-Kopplin P, ThomasArrigo L, Bryce C, Kappler A, Joshi P. Emerging investigator series: preferential adsorption and coprecipitation of permafrost organic matter with poorly crystalline iron minerals. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2024; 26:1322-1335. [PMID: 39007288 DOI: 10.1039/d4em00241e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Future permafrost thaw will likely lead to substantial release of greenhouse gases due to thawing of previously unavailable organic carbon (OC). Accurate predictions of this release are limited by poor knowledge of the bioavailability of mobilized OC during thaw. Organic carbon bioavailability decreases due to adsorption to, or coprecipitation with, poorly crystalline ferric iron (Fe(III)) (oxyhydr)oxide minerals but the maximum binding extent and binding selectivity of permafrost OC to these minerals is unknown. We therefore utilized water-extractable organic matter (WEOM) from soils across a permafrost thaw gradient to quantify adsorption and coprecipitation processes with poorly crystalline Fe(III) (oxyhydr)oxides. We found that the maximum adsorption capacity of WEOM from intact and partly thawed permafrost soils was similar (204 and 226 mg C g-1 ferrihydrite, respectively) but decreased to 81 mg C g-1 ferrihydrite for WEOM from the fully thawed site. In comparison, coprecipitation of WEOM from intact and partly thawed soils with Fe immobilized up to 925 and 1532 mg C g-1 Fe respectively due to formation of precipitated Fe(III)-OC phases. Analysis of the OC composition before and after adsorption/coprecipitation revealed that high molecular weight, oxygen-rich, carboxylic- and aromatic-rich OC was preferentially bound to Fe(III) minerals relative to low molecular weight, aliphatic-rich compounds which may be more bioavailable. This selective binding effect was stronger after adsorption than coprecipitation. Our results suggest that OC binding by Fe(III) (oxyhydr)oxides sharply decreases under fully thawed conditions and that small, aliphatic OC molecules that may be readily bioavailable are less protected across all thaw stages.
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- Eva Voggenreiter
- Geomicrobiology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstrasse 94-96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Center Munich, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Environmental Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, Neuchâtel, CH-2000, Switzerland
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
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- Geomicrobiology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstrasse 94-96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence: EXC 2124: Controlling Microbes to Fight Infection, Schnarrenbergstrasse 94-96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Geomicrobiology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstrasse 94-96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Gao SM, Wang P, Li Q, Shu WS, Tang LY, Lin ZL, Li JT, Huang LN. Deciphering microbial metabolic interactions and their implications for community dynamics in acid mine drainage sediments. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 478:135478. [PMID: 39137550 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 07/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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The microbially-mediated reduction processes have potential for the bioremediation of acid mine drainage (AMD), which represents a worldwide environment problem. However, we know little about the microbial interactions in anaerobic AMD sediments. Here we utilized genome-resolved metagenomics to uncover the nature of cooperative and competitive metabolic interactions in 90 AMD sediments across Southern China. Our analyses recovered well-represented prokaryotic communities through the reconstruction of 2625 population genomes. Functional analyses of these genomes revealed extensive metabolic handoffs which occurred more frequently in nitrogen metabolism than in sulfur metabolism, as well as stable functional redundancy across sediments resulting from populations with low genomic relatedness. Genome-scale metabolic modeling showed that metabolic competition promoted microbial co-occurrence relationships, suggesting that community assembly was dominated by habitat filtering in sediments. Notably, communities colonizing more extreme conditions tended to be highly competitive, which was typically accompanied with increased network complexity but decreased stability of the microbiome. Finally, our results demonstrated that heterotrophic Thermoplasmatota associated with ferric iron and sulfate reduction contributed most to the elevated levels of competition. Our study shed light on the cooperative and competitive metabolisms of microbiome in the hazardous AMD sediments, which may provide preliminary clues for the AMD bioremediation in the future.
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- Shao-Ming Gao
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, PR China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
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Shi Z, Zhang C, Sun M, Usman M, Cui Y, Zhang S, Ni B, Luo G. Syntrophic propionate degradation in anaerobic digestion facilitated by hydrochar: Microbial insights as revealed by genome-centric metatranscriptomics. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 261:119717. [PMID: 39094895 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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Propionate is a model substrate for studying energy-limited syntrophic communities in anaerobic digestion, and syntrophic bacteria usually catalyze its degradation in syntrophy with methanogens. In the present study, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics were used to study the effect of the supportive material (e.g., hydrochar) on the key members of propionate degradation and their cooperation mechanism. The results showed that hydrochar increased the methane production rate (up to 57.1%) from propionate. The general transcriptional behavior of the microbiome showed that both interspecies H2 transfer (IHT) and direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) played essential roles in the hydrochar-mediated methanation of propionate. Five highly active syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria were identified by genome-centric metatranscriptomics. H85pel, a member of the family Pelotomaculaceae, was specifically enriched by hydrochar. Hydrochar enhanced the expression of the flagellum subunit, which interacted with methanogens and hydrogenases in H85pel, indicating that IHT was one of the essential factors promoting propionate degradation. Hydrochar also enriched H162tha belonging to the genus of Thauera. Hydrochar induced the expression of genes related to the complete propionate oxidation pathway, which did not produce acetate. Hydrochar and e-pili-mediated DIET were enhanced, which was another factor promoting propionate degradation. These findings improved the understanding of metabolic traits and cooperation between syntrophic propionate oxidizing bacteria (SPOB) and co-metabolizing partners and provided comprehensive transcriptional insights on function in propionate methanogenic systems.
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- Zhijian Shi
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Shanghai Wujiaochang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China; Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai, 200438, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China; Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai, 200438, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Jagadesh M, Dash M, Kumari A, Singh SK, Verma KK, Kumar P, Bhatt R, Sharma SK. Revealing the hidden world of soil microbes: Metagenomic insights into plant, bacteria, and fungi interactions for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem restoration. Microbiol Res 2024; 285:127764. [PMID: 38805978 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2024.127764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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The future of agriculture is questionable under the current climate change scenario. Climate change and climate-related calamities directly influence biotic and abiotic factors that control agroecosystems, endangering the safety of the world's food supply. The intricate interactions between soil microorganisms, including plants, bacteria, and fungi, play a pivotal role in promoting sustainable agriculture and ecosystem restoration. Soil microbes play a major part in nutrient cycling, including soil organic carbon (SOC), and play a pivotal function in the emission and depletion of greenhouse gases, including CH4, CO2, and N2O, which can impact the climate. At this juncture, developing a triumphant metagenomics approach has greatly increased our knowledge of the makeup, functionality, and dynamics of the soil microbiome. Currently, the involvement of plants in climate change indicates that they can interact with the microbial communities in their environment to relieve various stresses through the innate microbiome assortment of focused strains, a phenomenon dubbed "Cry for Help." The metagenomics method has lately appeared as a new platform to adjust and encourage beneficial communications between plants and microbes and improve plant fitness. The metagenomics of soil microbes can provide a powerful tool for designing and evaluating ecosystem restoration strategies that promote sustainable agriculture under a changing climate. By identifying the specific functions and activities of soil microbes, we can develop restoration programs that support these critical components of healthy ecosystems while providing economic benefits through ecosystem services. In the current review, we highlight the innate functions of microbiomes to maintain the sustainability of agriculture and ecosystem restoration. Through this insight study of soil microbe metagenomics, we pave the way for innovative strategies to address the pressing challenges of food security and environmental conservation. The present article elucidates the mechanisms through which plants and microbes communicate to enhance plant resilience and ecosystem restoration and to leverage metagenomics to identify and promote beneficial plant-microbe interactions. Key findings reveal that soil microbes are pivotal in nutrient cycling, greenhouse gas modulation, and overall ecosystem health, offering novel insights into designing ecosystem restoration strategies that bolster sustainable agriculture. As this is a topic many are grappling with, hope these musings will provide people alike with some food for thought.
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- M Jagadesh
- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Ganj Basoda, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
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- Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Biotechnology and Genetic Improvement (Guangxi), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China.
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- Department of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab 144411, India
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- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amritsar, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab 144601, India
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- College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Ganj Basoda, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Yan W, Bai R, Zhang Q, Jiang Y, Chen G, Zhang Y, Wu Y, Guo X, Xiao Y, Zhao F. Metagenomic insights into ecological risk of antibiotic resistome and mobilome in riverine plastisphere under impact of urbanization. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 190:108946. [PMID: 39151267 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Revised: 08/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
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Microplastics (MPs) are of increasing concern due to their role as reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and pathogens. To date, few studies have explored the influence of anthropogenic activities on ARGs and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) within various riverine MPs, in comparison to their natural counterparts. Here an in-situ incubation was conducted along heavily anthropogenically-impacted Houxi River to characterize the geographical pattern of antibiotic resistome, mobilome and pathogens inhabiting MPs- and leaf-biofilms. The metagenomics result showed a clear urbanization-driven profile in the distribution of ARGs, MGEs and pathogens, with their abundances sharply increasing 4.77 to 19.90 times from sparsely to densely populated regions. The significant correlation between human fecal marker crAssphage and ARG (R2 = 0.67, P=0.003) indicated the influence of anthropogenic activity on ARG proliferation in plastisphere and natural leaf surfaces. And mantel tests and random forest analysis revealed the impact of 17 socio-environmental factors, e.g., population density, antibiotic concentrations, and pore volume of materials, on the dissemination of ARGs. Partial least squares-path modeling further unveiled that intensifying human activities not only directly boosted ARGs abundance but also exerted a comparable indirect impact on ARGs propagation. Furthermore, the polyvinylchloride plastisphere created a pathogen-friendly habitat, harboring higher abundances of ARGs and MGEs, while polylactic acid are not likely to serve as vectors for pathogens in river, with a lower resistome risk score than that in leaf-biofilms. This study highlights the diverse ecological risks associated with the dissemination of ARGs and pathogens in varied MPs, offering insights for the policymaking of usage and control of plastics within urbanization.
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- Weifu Yan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Academy of Forest Inventory and Planning, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing 100714, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Fujian Engineering and Research Center of Rural Sewage Treatment and Water Safety, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China.
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Li Y, Xue Y, Roy Chowdhury T, Graham DE, Tringe SG, Jansson JK, Taş N. Genomic insights into redox-driven microbial processes for carbon decomposition in thawing Arctic soils and permafrost. mSphere 2024; 9:e0025924. [PMID: 38860762 PMCID: PMC11288003 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00259-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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Climate change is rapidly transforming Arctic landscapes where increasing soil temperatures speed up permafrost thaw. This exposes large carbon stocks to microbial decomposition, possibly worsening climate change by releasing more greenhouse gases. Understanding how microbes break down soil carbon, especially under the anaerobic conditions of thawing permafrost, is important to determine future changes. Here, we studied the microbial community dynamics and soil carbon decomposition potential in permafrost and active layer soils under anaerobic laboratory conditions that simulated an Arctic summer thaw. The microbial and viral compositions in the samples were analyzed based on metagenomes, metagenome-assembled genomes, and metagenomic viral contigs (mVCs). Following the thawing of permafrost, there was a notable shift in microbial community structure, with fermentative Firmicutes and Bacteroidota taking over from Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria over the 60-day incubation period. The increase in iron and sulfate-reducing microbes had a significant role in limiting methane production from thawed permafrost, underscoring the competition within microbial communities. We explored the growth strategies of microbial communities and found that slow growth was the major strategy in both the active layer and permafrost. Our findings challenge the assumption that fast-growing microbes mainly respond to environmental changes like permafrost thaw. Instead, they indicate a common strategy of slow growth among microbial communities, likely due to the thermodynamic constraints of soil substrates and electron acceptors, and the need for microbes to adjust to post-thaw conditions. The mVCs harbored a wide range of auxiliary metabolic genes that may support cell protection from ice formation in virus-infected cells. IMPORTANCE As the Arctic warms, thawing permafrost unlocks carbon, potentially accelerating climate change by releasing greenhouse gases. Our research delves into the underlying biogeochemical processes likely mediated by the soil microbial community in response to the wet and anaerobic conditions, akin to an Arctic summer thaw. We observed a significant shift in the microbial community post-thaw, with fermentative bacteria like Firmicutes and Bacteroidota taking over and switching to different fermentation pathways. The dominance of iron and sulfate-reducing bacteria likely constrained methane production in the thawing permafrost. Slow-growing microbes outweighed fast-growing ones, even after thaw, upending the expectation that rapid microbial responses to dominate after permafrost thaws. This research highlights the nuanced and complex interactions within Arctic soil microbial communities and underscores the challenges in predicting microbial response to environmental change.
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- Yaoming Li
- College of Grassland Science, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Data Sciences and Quantitative Biology, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Johnston J, Vilardi K, Cotto I, Sudarshan A, Bian K, Klaus S, Bachmann M, Parsons M, Wilson C, Bott C, Pinto A. Metatranscriptomic Analysis Reveals Synergistic Activities of Comammox and Anammox Bacteria in Full-Scale Attached Growth Nitrogen Removal System. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:13023-13034. [PMID: 39001848 PMCID: PMC11271001 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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Leveraging comammox Nitrospira and anammox bacteria for shortcut nitrogen removal can drastically lower the carbon footprint of wastewater treatment facilities by decreasing aeration energy, carbon, alkalinity, and tank volume requirements while also potentially reducing nitrous oxide emissions. However, their co-occurrence as dominant nitrifying bacteria is rarely reported in full-scale wastewater treatment. As a result, there is a poor understanding of how operational parameters, in particular, dissolved oxygen, impact their activity and synergistic behavior. Here, we report the impact of dissolved oxygen concentration (DO = 2, 4, 6 mg/L) on the microbial community's transcriptomic expression in a full-scale integrated fixed film activated sludge (IFAS) municipal wastewater treatment facility where nitrogen removal is predominantly performed by comammox Nitrospira and anammox bacterial populations. 16S rRNA transcript compositions revealed anammox bacteria and Nitrospira were significantly more active in IFAS biofilms compared to suspended sludge biomass. In IFAS biofilms, anammox bacteria significantly increased hzo expression at lower dissolved oxygen concentrations and this increase was highly correlated with the amoA expression levels of comammox bacteria. Interestingly, the genes involved in nitrite oxidation by comammox bacteria were significantly more upregulated, relative to the genes involved in ammonia oxidation with decreasing dissolved oxygen concentrations. Ultimately, our findings suggest that comammox Nitrospira supplies anammox bacteria with nitrite via ammonia oxidation and that this synergistic behavior is dependent on dissolved oxygen concentrations.
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- Juliet Johnston
- School
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- School
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Hampton
Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455, United States
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- Hampton
Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455, United States
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of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Hampton
Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455, United States
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- Hampton
Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455, United States
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- Hampton
Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455, United States
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of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Shi Z, Long X, Zhang C, Chen Z, Usman M, Zhang Y, Zhang S, Luo G. Viral and Bacterial Community Dynamics in Food Waste and Digestate from Full-Scale Biogas Plants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:13010-13022. [PMID: 38989650 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) is commonly used in food waste treatment. Prokaryotic microbial communities in AD of food waste have been comprehensively studied. The role of viruses, known to affect microbial dynamics and metabolism, remains largely unexplored. This study employed metagenomic analysis and recovered 967 high-quality viral bins within food waste and digestate derived from 8 full-scale biogas plants. The diversity of viral communities was higher in digestate. In silico predictions linked 20.8% of viruses to microbial host populations, highlighting possible virus predators of key functional microbes. Lineage-specific virus-host ratio varied, indicating that viral infection dynamics might differentially affect microbial responses to the varying process parameters. Evidence for virus-mediated gene transfer was identified, emphasizing the potential role of viruses in controlling the microbiome. AD altered the specific process parameters, potentially promoting a shift in viral lifestyle from lysogenic to lytic. Viruses encoding auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) were involved in microbial carbon and nutrient cycling, and most AMGs were transcriptionally expressed in digestate, meaning that viruses with active functional states were likely actively involved in AD. These findings provided a comprehensive profile of viral and bacterial communities and expanded knowledge of the interactions between viruses and hosts in food waste and digestate.
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- Zhijian Shi
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
- Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
- Shanghai Technical Service Platform for Pollution Control and Resource Utilization of Organic Wastes, Shanghai 200438, China
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Kang L, Song Y, Mackelprang R, Zhang D, Qin S, Chen L, Wu L, Peng Y, Yang Y. Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5920. [PMID: 39004662 PMCID: PMC11247091 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50276-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024] Open
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Permafrost, characterized by its frozen soil, serves as a unique habitat for diverse microorganisms. Understanding these microbial communities is crucial for predicting the response of permafrost ecosystems to climate change. However, large-scale evidence regarding stratigraphic variations in microbial profiles remains limited. Here, we analyze microbial community structure and functional potential based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and metagenomic data obtained from an ∼1000 km permafrost transect on the Tibetan Plateau. We find that microbial alpha diversity declines but beta diversity increases down the soil profile. Microbial assemblages are primarily governed by dispersal limitation and drift, with the importance of drift decreasing but that of dispersal limitation increasing with soil depth. Moreover, genes related to reduction reactions (e.g., ferric iron reduction, dissimilatory nitrate reduction, and denitrification) are enriched in the subsurface and permafrost layers. In addition, microbial groups involved in alternative electron accepting processes are more diverse and contribute highly to community-level metabolic profiles in the subsurface and permafrost layers, likely reflecting the lower redox potential and more complicated trophic strategies for microorganisms in deeper soils. Overall, these findings provide comprehensive insights into large-scale stratigraphic profiles of microbial community structure and functional potentials in permafrost regions.
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- Luyao Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Ecology, Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Yan W, Wang D, Wang Y, Wang C, Chen X, Liu L, Wang Y, Li YY, Kamagata Y, Nobu MK, Zhang T. Metatranscriptomics-guided genome-scale metabolic reconstruction reveals the carbon flux and trophic interaction in methanogenic communities. MICROBIOME 2024; 12:121. [PMID: 38970122 PMCID: PMC11225162 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01830-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND Despite rapid advances in genomic-resolved metagenomics and remarkable explosion of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), the function of uncultivated anaerobic lineages and their interactions in carbon mineralization remain largely uncertain, which has profound implications in biotechnology and biogeochemistry. RESULTS In this study, we combined long-read sequencing and metatranscriptomics-guided metabolic reconstruction to provide a genome-wide perspective of carbon mineralization flow from polymers to methane in an anaerobic bioreactor. Our results showed that incorporating long reads resulted in a substantial improvement in the quality of metagenomic assemblies, enabling the effective recovery of 132 high-quality genomes meeting stringent criteria of minimum information about a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG). In addition, hybrid assembly obtained 51% more prokaryotic genes in comparison to the short-read-only assembly. Metatranscriptomics-guided metabolic reconstruction unveiled the remarkable metabolic flexibility of several novel Bacteroidales-affiliated bacteria and populations from Mesotoga sp. in scavenging amino acids and sugars. In addition to recovering two circular genomes of previously known but fragmented syntrophic bacteria, two newly identified bacteria within Syntrophales were found to be highly engaged in fatty acid oxidation through syntrophic relationships with dominant methanogens Methanoregulaceae bin.74 and Methanothrix sp. bin.206. The activity of bin.206 preferring acetate as substrate exceeded that of bin.74 with increasing loading, reinforcing the substrate determinantal role. CONCLUSION Overall, our study uncovered some key active anaerobic lineages and their metabolic functions in this complex anaerobic ecosystem, offering a framework for understanding carbon transformations in anaerobic digestion. These findings advance the understanding of metabolic activities and trophic interactions between anaerobic guilds, providing foundational insights into carbon flux within both engineered and natural ecosystems. Video Abstract.
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- Weifu Yan
- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Protection Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-06 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Institute for Extra-Cutting-Edge Science and Technology Avant-Garde Research (X-star), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan
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- Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Center for Environmental Engineering Research, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao SAR, China.
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Sun CL, Pratama AA, Gazitúa MC, Cronin D, McGivern BB, Wainaina JM, Vik DR, Zayed AA, Bolduc B, Wrighton KC, Rich VI, Sullivan MB. Virus ecology and 7-year temporal dynamics across a permafrost thaw gradient. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16665. [PMID: 39101434 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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Soil microorganisms are pivotal in the global carbon cycle, but the viruses that affect them and their impact on ecosystems are less understood. In this study, we explored the diversity, dynamics, and ecology of soil viruses through 379 metagenomes collected annually from 2010 to 2017. These samples spanned the seasonally thawed active layer of a permafrost thaw gradient, which included palsa, bog, and fen habitats. We identified 5051 virus operational taxonomic units (vOTUs), doubling the known viruses for this site. These vOTUs were largely ephemeral within habitats, suggesting a turnover at the vOTU level from year to year. While the diversity varied by thaw stage and depth-related patterns were specific to each habitat, the virus communities did not significantly change over time. The abundance ratios of virus to host at the phylum level did not show consistent trends across the thaw gradient, depth, or time. To assess potential ecosystem impacts, we predicted hosts in silico and found viruses linked to microbial lineages involved in the carbon cycle, such as methanotrophy and methanogenesis. This included the identification of viruses of Candidatus Methanoflorens, a significant global methane contributor. We also detected a variety of potential auxiliary metabolic genes, including 24 carbon-degrading glycoside hydrolases, six of which are uniquely terrestrial. In conclusion, these long-term observations enhance our understanding of soil viruses in the context of climate-relevant processes and provide opportunities to explore their role in terrestrial carbon cycling.
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- Christine L Sun
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
- Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
- Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
- Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- National Science Foundation EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
- Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Wen Q, Yin X, Moming A, Liu G, Jiang B, Wang J, Fan Z, Sajjad W, Ge Y, Kang S, Shen S, Deng F. Viral communities locked in high elevation permafrost up to 100 m in depth on the Tibetan Plateau. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 932:172829. [PMID: 38692332 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Permafrost serves as a natural cold reservoir for viral communities. However, little is known about the viromes in deep permafrost soil, as most studies of permafrost were restricted to shallow areas. Here, permafrost soil samples of up to 100 m in depth were collected from two sites in the Tuotuo River permafrost area on the Tibetan Plateau. We investigated the viral composition in these permafrost soil samples and analyzed the relationship of viral composition and diversity along with depths. Our study revealed that greater permafrost thickness corresponds to higher diversity within the viral community. Bacteriophages were found to be the dominant viral communities, with "kill the winner" dynamics observed within the Siphoviridae and Myoviridae. The abundance and diversity of viral communities may follow a potential pattern along soil layers and depths, influenced by pH, trace elements, and permafrost thickness. Notably, strong correlations were discovered between the content of inorganic elements, including B, Mg, Cr, Bi, Ti, Na, Ni, and Cu, and the viral composition. Moreover, we discovered highly conserved sequences of giant viruses at depth of 10, 20, and 50 m in permafrost, which play a crucial role in evolutionary processes. These findings provide valuable insights into the viral community patterns from shallow to 100-m-depth in high-elevation permafrost, offering crucial data support for the formulation of strategies for permafrost thaw caused by climate change and anthropogenic activities.
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- Qian Wen
- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000 Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000 Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000 Lanzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000 Lanzhou, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China; Hubei Jiangxia Laboratory, 430200 Wuhan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Virology and Biosafety and National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China.
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Yu Y, Guo Q, Zhang S, Guan Y, Jiang N, Zhang Y, Mao R, Bai K, Buriyev S, Samatov N, Zhang X, Yang W. Maize residue retention shapes soil microbial communities and co-occurrence networks upon freeze-thawing cycles. PeerJ 2024; 12:e17543. [PMID: 38887621 PMCID: PMC11182024 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Maize residue retention is an effective agricultural practice for improving soil fertility in black soil region, where suffered from long freezing-thawing periods and intense freeze-thawing (FT) cycles. However, very few studies have examined the influence of maize residue retention on soil microbial communities under FT cycles. We investigated the response of soil microbial communities and co-occurrence networks to maize residue retention at different FT intensities over 12 cycles using a microcosm experiment conditioned in a temperature incubator. Our results indicated that maize residue retention induced dramatic shifts in soil archaeal, bacterial and fungal communities towards copiotroph-dominated communities. Maize residue retention consistently reduced soil fungal richness across all cycles, but this effect was weaker for archaea and bacteria. Normalized stochastic ratio analysis revealed that maize residue retention significantly enhanced the deterministic process of archaeal, bacterial and fungal communities. Although FT intensity significantly impacted soil respiration, it did not induce profound changes in soil microbial diversity and community composition. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed that maize residue retention simplified prokaryotic network, while did not impact fungal network complexity. The network robustness index suggested that maize residue retention enhanced the fungal network stability, but reduced prokaryotic network stability. Moreover, the fungal network in severe FT treatment harbored the most abundant keystone taxa, mainly being cold-adapted fungi. By identifying modules in networks, we observed that prokaryotic Module #1 and fungal Module #3 were enhanced by maize residue retention and contributed greatly to soil quality. Together, our results showed that maize residue retention exerted stronger influence on soil microbial communities and co-occurrence network patterns than FT intensity and highlighted the potential of microbial interactions in improving soil functionality.
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- Yang Yu
- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Environment and Nature Conservation Technologies of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Institute of Environment and Nature Conservation Technologies of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Nakai R, Kusada H, Sassa F, Makino A, Morigasaki S, Hayashi H, Takaya N, Tamaki H. Roseiterribacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel filterable alphaproteobacterium isolated from soil using a gel-filled microwell array device. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0304366. [PMID: 38857291 PMCID: PMC11164329 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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Our previous studies indicate the abundant and diverse presence of yet-to-be-cultured microorganisms in the micropore-filtered fractions of various environmental samples. Here, we isolated a novel bacterium (designated as strain TMPK1T) from a 0.45-μm-filtered soil suspension by using a gel-filled microwell array device comprising 900 microwells and characterized its phylogenetic and physiological features. This strain showed low 16S rRNA gene sequence identities (<91%) and low average nucleotide identity values (<70%) to the closest validly described species, and belonged to a novel-family-level lineage within the order Rhodospirillales of Alphaproteobacteria. Strain TMPK1T exhibited small cell sizes (0.08-0.23 μm3) and had a high cyclopropane fatty acid content (>13%), and these characteristics were differentiated from other Rhodospirillales bacteria. A comprehensive habitability search using amplicon datasets suggested that TMPK1T and its close relatives are mainly distributed in soil and plant-associated environments. Based on these results, we propose that strain TMPK1T represents a novel genus and species named Roseiterribacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. (JCM 34627T = KCTC 82790T). We also propose Roseiterribacteraceae fam. nov. to accommodate the genus Roseiterribacter.
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- Ryosuke Nakai
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Electronics, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Bouranis JA, Tfaily MM. Inside the microbial black box: a redox-centric framework for deciphering microbial metabolism. Trends Microbiol 2024:S0966-842X(24)00134-3. [PMID: 38825550 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2024.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Microbial metabolism influences the global climate and human health and is governed by the balance between NADH and NAD+ through redox reactions. Historically, oxidative (i.e., catabolism) and reductive (i.e., fermentation) pathways have been studied in isolation, obscuring the complete metabolic picture. However, new omics technologies and biotechnological tools now allow an integrated system-level understanding of the drivers of microbial metabolism through observation and manipulation of redox reactions. Here we present perspectives on the importance of viewing microbial metabolism as the dynamic interplay between oxidative and reductive processes and apply this framework to diverse microbial systems. Additionally, we highlight novel biotechnologies to monitor and manipulate microbial redox status to control metabolism in unprecedented ways. This redox-focused systems biology framework enables a more mechanistic understanding of microbial metabolism.
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- John A Bouranis
- Department of Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85719, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85719, USA.
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Pessi IS, Delmont TO, Zehr JP, Hultman J. Discovery of Eremiobacterota with nifH homologues in tundra soil. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2024; 16:e13277. [PMID: 38881156 PMCID: PMC11180709 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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We describe the genome of an Eremiobacterota population from tundra soil that contains the minimal set of nif genes needed to fix atmospheric N2. This putative diazotroph population, which we name Candidatus Lamibacter sapmiensis, links for the first time Eremiobacterota and N2 fixation. The integrity of the genome and its nif genes are well supported by both environmental and taxonomic signals. Ca. Lamibacter sapmiensis contains three nifH homologues and the complementary set of nifDKENB genes that are needed to assemble a functional nitrogenase. The putative diazotrophic role of Ca. Lamibacter sapmiensis is supported by the presence of genes that regulate N2 fixation and other genes involved in downstream processes such as ammonia assimilation. Similar to other Eremiobacterota, Ca. Lamibacter sapmiensis encodes the potential for atmospheric chemosynthesis via CO2 fixation coupled with H2 and CO oxidation. Interestingly, the presence of a N2O reductase indicates that this population could play a role as a N2O sink in tundra soils. Due to the lack of activity data, it remains uncertain if Ca. Lamibacter sapmiensis is able to assemble a functional nitrogenase and participate in N2 fixation. Confirmation of this ability would be a testament to the great metabolic versatility of Eremiobacterota, which appears to underlie their ecological success in cold and oligotrophic environments.
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- Igor S. Pessi
- Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Marine and Freshwater SolutionsFinnish Environment Institute (Syke)HelsinkiFinland
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- Ocean Sciences DepartmentUniversity of California Santa CruzSanta CruzCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Natural Resources UnitNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)HelsinkiFinland
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McGivern BB, Cronin DR, Ellenbogen JB, Borton MA, Knutson EL, Freire-Zapata V, Bouranis JA, Bernhardt L, Hernandez AI, Flynn RM, Woyda R, Cory AB, Wilson RM, Chanton JP, Woodcroft BJ, Ernakovich JG, Tfaily MM, Sullivan MB, Tyson GW, Rich VI, Hagerman AE, Wrighton KC. Microbial polyphenol metabolism is part of the thawing permafrost carbon cycle. Nat Microbiol 2024; 9:1454-1466. [PMID: 38806673 PMCID: PMC11153144 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01691-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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With rising global temperatures, permafrost carbon stores are vulnerable to microbial degradation. The enzyme latch theory states that polyphenols should accumulate in saturated peatlands due to diminished phenol oxidase activity, inhibiting resident microbes and promoting carbon stabilization. Pairing microbiome and geochemical measurements along a permafrost thaw-induced saturation gradient in Stordalen Mire, a model Arctic peatland, we confirmed a negative relationship between phenol oxidase expression and saturation but failed to support other trends predicted by the enzyme latch. To inventory alternative polyphenol removal strategies, we built CAMPER, a gene annotation tool leveraging polyphenol enzyme knowledge gleaned across microbial ecosystems. Applying CAMPER to genome-resolved metatranscriptomes, we identified genes for diverse polyphenol-active enzymes expressed by various microbial lineages under a range of redox conditions. This shifts the paradigm that polyphenols stabilize carbon in saturated soils and highlights the need to consider both oxic and anoxic polyphenol metabolisms to understand carbon cycling in changing ecosystems.
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- Bridget B McGivern
- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
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Masuda Y, Mise K, Xu Z, Zhang Z, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H. Global soil metagenomics reveals distribution and predominance of Deltaproteobacteria in nitrogen-fixing microbiome. MICROBIOME 2024; 12:95. [PMID: 38790049 PMCID: PMC11127431 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01812-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND Biological nitrogen fixation is a fundamental process sustaining all life on earth. While distribution and diversity of N2-fixing soil microbes have been investigated by numerous PCR amplicon sequencing of nitrogenase genes, their comprehensive understanding has been hindered by lack of de facto standard protocols for amplicon surveys and possible PCR biases. Here, by fully leveraging the planetary collections of soil shotgun metagenomes along with recently expanded culture collections, we evaluated the global distribution and diversity of terrestrial diazotrophic microbiome. RESULTS After the extensive analysis of 1,451 soil metagenomic samples, we revealed that the Anaeromyxobacteraceae and Geobacteraceae within Deltaproteobacteria are ubiquitous groups of diazotrophic microbiome in the soils with different geographic origins and land usage types, with particular predominance in anaerobic soils (paddy soils and sediments). CONCLUSION Our results indicate that Deltaproteobacteria is a core bacterial taxon in the potential soil nitrogen fixation population, especially in anaerobic environments, which encourages a careful consideration on deltaproteobacterial diazotrophs in understanding terrestrial nitrogen cycling. Video Abstract.
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- Yoko Masuda
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Hokkaido, 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-higashi, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-8517, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, 857 Nagakura-machi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-0826, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Hokkaido, 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-higashi, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-8517, Japan.
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Demin KA, Prazdnova EV, Minkina TM, Gorovtsov AV. Sulfate-reducing bacteria unearthed: ecological functions of the diverse prokaryotic group in terrestrial environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0139023. [PMID: 38551370 PMCID: PMC11022543 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01390-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
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Sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (SRPs) are essential microorganisms that play crucial roles in various ecological processes. Even though SRPs have been studied for over a century, there are still gaps in our understanding of their biology. In the past two decades, a significant amount of data on SRP ecology has been accumulated. This review aims to consolidate that information, focusing on SRPs in soils, their relation to the rare biosphere, uncultured sulfate reducers, and their interactions with other organisms in terrestrial ecosystems. SRPs in soils form part of the rare biosphere and contribute to various processes as a low-density population. The data reveal a diverse range of sulfate-reducing taxa intricately involved in terrestrial carbon and sulfur cycles. While some taxa like Desulfitobacterium and Desulfosporosinus are well studied, others are more enigmatic. For example, members of the Acidobacteriota phylum appear to hold significant importance for the terrestrial sulfur cycle. Many aspects of SRP ecology remain mysterious, including sulfate reduction in different bacterial phyla, interactions with bacteria and fungi in soils, and the existence of soil sulfate-reducing archaea. Utilizing metagenomic, metatranscriptomic, and culture-dependent approaches will help uncover the diversity, functional potential, and adaptations of SRPs in the global environment.
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Han P, Tang X, Koch H, Dong X, Hou L, Wang D, Zhao Q, Li Z, Liu M, Lücker S, Shi G. Unveiling unique microbial nitrogen cycling and nitrification driver in coastal Antarctica. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3143. [PMID: 38609359 PMCID: PMC11014942 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47392-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Largely removed from anthropogenic delivery of nitrogen (N), Antarctica has notably low levels of nitrogen. Though our understanding of biological sources of ammonia have been elucidated, the microbial drivers of nitrate (NO3-) cycling in coastal Antarctica remains poorly understood. Here, we explore microbial N cycling in coastal Antarctica, unraveling the biological origin of NO3- via oxygen isotopes in soil and lake sediment, and through the reconstruction of 1968 metagenome-assembled genomes from 29 microbial phyla. Our analysis reveals the metabolic potential for microbial N2 fixation, nitrification, and denitrification, but not for anaerobic ammonium oxidation, signifying a unique microbial N-cycling dynamic. We identify the predominance of complete ammonia oxidizing (comammox) Nitrospira, capable of performing the entire nitrification process. Their adaptive strategies to the Antarctic environment likely include synthesis of trehalose for cold stress, high substrate affinity for resource utilization, and alternate metabolic pathways for nutrient-scarce conditions. We confirm the significant role of comammox Nitrospira in the autotrophic, nitrification process via 13C-DNA-based stable isotope probing. This research highlights the crucial contribution of nitrification to the N budget in coastal Antarctica, identifying comammox Nitrospira clade B as a nitrification driver.
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- Ping Han
- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Department of Microbiology, RIBES, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Center for Health & Bioresources, Bioresources Unit, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, A-3430, Tulln, Austria
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, 361005, China
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, 361005, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China.
- Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China.
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- Department of Microbiology, RIBES, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of Education), School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China.
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Zheng Y, Gao Z, Wu S, Ruan A. Community Structure, Drivers, and Potential Functions of Different Lifestyle Viruses in Chaohu Lake. Viruses 2024; 16:590. [PMID: 38675931 PMCID: PMC11053968 DOI: 10.3390/v16040590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Viruses, as the most prolific entities on Earth, constitute significant ecological groups within freshwater lakes, exerting pivotal ecological roles. In this study, we selected Chaohu Lake, a representative eutrophic freshwater lake in China, as our research site to explore the community distribution, driving mechanisms, and potential ecological functions of diverse viral communities, the intricate virus-host interaction systems, and the overarching influence of viruses on global biogeochemical cycling.
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- Yu Zheng
- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Geography and Remote Sensing, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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Messer LF, Bourne DG, Robbins SJ, Clay M, Bell SC, McIlroy SJ, Tyson GW. A genome-centric view of the role of the Acropora kenti microbiome in coral health and resilience. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2902. [PMID: 38575584 PMCID: PMC10995205 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46905-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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Microbial diversity has been extensively explored in reef-building corals. However, the functional roles of coral-associated microorganisms remain poorly elucidated. Here, we recover 191 bacterial and 10 archaeal metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from the coral Acropora kenti (formerly A. tenuis) and adjacent seawater, to identify microbial functions and metabolic interactions within the holobiont. We show that 82 MAGs were specific to the A. kenti holobiont, including members of the Pseudomonadota, Bacteroidota, and Desulfobacterota. A. kenti-specific MAGs displayed significant differences in their genomic features and functional potential relative to seawater-specific MAGs, with a higher prevalence of genes involved in host immune system evasion, nitrogen and carbon fixation, and synthesis of five essential B-vitamins. We find a diversity of A. kenti-specific MAGs encode the biosynthesis of essential amino acids, such as tryptophan, histidine, and lysine, which cannot be de novo synthesised by the host or Symbiodiniaceae. Across a water quality gradient spanning 2° of latitude, A. kenti microbial community composition is correlated to increased temperature and dissolved inorganic nitrogen, with corresponding enrichment in molecular chaperones, nitrate reductases, and a heat-shock protein. We reveal mechanisms of A. kenti-microbiome-symbiosis on the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the interactions underpinning the health of this keystone holobiont.
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- Lauren F Messer
- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, 4810, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, 4810, Australia
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
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Edwin NR, Fitzpatrick AH, Brennan F, Abram F, O'Sullivan O. An in-depth evaluation of metagenomic classifiers for soil microbiomes. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2024; 19:19. [PMID: 38549112 PMCID: PMC10979606 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-024-00561-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Recent endeavours in metagenomics, exemplified by projects such as the human microbiome project and TARA Oceans, have illuminated the complexities of microbial biomes. A robust bioinformatic pipeline and meticulous evaluation of their methodology have contributed to the success of these projects. The soil environment, however, with its unique challenges, requires a specialized methodological exploration to maximize microbial insights. A notable limitation in soil microbiome studies is the dearth of soil-specific reference databases available to classifiers that emulate the complexity of soil communities. There is also a lack of in-vitro mock communities derived from soil strains that can be assessed for taxonomic classification accuracy. RESULTS In this study, we generated a custom in-silico mock community containing microbial genomes commonly observed in the soil microbiome. Using this mock community, we simulated shotgun sequencing data to evaluate the performance of three leading metagenomic classifiers: Kraken2 (supplemented with Bracken, using a custom database derived from GTDB-TK genomes along with its own default database), Kaiju, and MetaPhlAn, utilizing their respective default databases for a robust analysis. Our results highlight the importance of optimizing taxonomic classification parameters, database selection, as well as analysing trimmed reads and contigs. Our study showed that classifiers tailored to the specific taxa present in our samples led to fewer errors compared to broader databases including microbial eukaryotes, protozoa, or human genomes, highlighting the effectiveness of targeted taxonomic classification. Notably, an optimal classifier performance was achieved when applying a relative abundance threshold of 0.001% or 0.005%. The Kraken2 supplemented with bracken, with a custom database demonstrated superior precision, sensitivity, F1 score, and overall sequence classification. Using a custom database, this classifier classified 99% of in-silico reads and 58% of real-world soil shotgun reads, with the latter identifying previously overlooked phyla using a custom database. CONCLUSION This study underscores the potential advantages of in-silico methodological optimization in metagenomic analyses, especially when deciphering the complexities of soil microbiomes. We demonstrate that the choice of classifier and database significantly impacts microbial taxonomic profiling. Our findings suggest that employing Kraken2 with Bracken, coupled with a custom database of GTDB-TK genomes and fungal genomes at a relative abundance threshold of 0.001% provides optimal accuracy in soil shotgun metagenome analysis.
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- Niranjana Rose Edwin
- Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
- Functional Environmental Microbiology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Ryan Institute, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
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- Teagasc, Soils, Environment and Landuse Department, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland
- VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, Cork, Ireland
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- Functional Environmental Microbiology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Ryan Institute, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland.
- VistaMilk SFI Research Centre, Cork, Ireland.
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Voutsinos MY, West-Roberts JA, Sachdeva R, Moreau JW, Banfield JF. Weathered granites and soils harbour microbes with lanthanide-dependent methylotrophic enzymes. BMC Biol 2024; 22:41. [PMID: 38369453 PMCID: PMC10875860 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01841-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Prior to soil formation, phosphate liberated by rock weathering is often sequestered into highly insoluble lanthanide phosphate minerals. Dissolution of these minerals releases phosphate and lanthanides to the biosphere. Currently, the microorganisms involved in phosphate mineral dissolution and the role of lanthanides in microbial metabolism are poorly understood. RESULTS Although there have been many studies of soil microbiology, very little research has investigated microbiomes of weathered rock. Here, we sampled weathered granite and associated soil to identify the zones of lanthanide phosphate mineral solubilisation and genomically define the organisms implicated in lanthanide utilisation. We reconstructed 136 genomes from 11 bacterial phyla and found that gene clusters implicated in lanthanide-based metabolism of methanol (primarily xoxF3 and xoxF5) are surprisingly common in microbial communities in moderately weathered granite. Notably, xoxF3 systems were found in Verrucomicrobia for the first time, and in Acidobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes and Alphaproteobacteria. The xoxF-containing gene clusters are shared by diverse Acidobacteria and Gemmatimonadetes, and include conserved hypothetical proteins and transporters not associated with the few well studied xoxF systems. Given that siderophore-like molecules that strongly bind lanthanides may be required to solubilise lanthanide phosphates, it is notable that candidate metallophore biosynthesis systems were most prevalent in bacteria in moderately weathered rock, especially in Acidobacteria with lanthanide-based systems. CONCLUSIONS Phosphate mineral dissolution, putative metallophore production and lanthanide utilisation by enzymes involved in methanol oxidation linked to carbonic acid production co-occur in the zone of moderate granite weathering. In combination, these microbial processes likely accelerate the conversion of granitic rock to soil.
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- Marcos Y Voutsinos
- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Páez-Watson T, van Loosdrecht MCM, Wahl SA. From metagenomes to metabolism: Systematically assessing the metabolic flux feasibilities for "Candidatus Accumulibacter" species during anaerobic substrate uptake. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 250:121028. [PMID: 38128304 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.121028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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With the rapid growing availability of metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) and associated metabolic models, the identification of metabolic potential in individual community members has become possible. However, the field still lacks an unbiassed systematic evaluation of the generated metagenomic information to uncover not only metabolic potential, but also feasibilities of these models under specific environmental conditions. In this study, we present a systematic analysis of the metabolic potential in species of "Candidatus Accumulibacter", a group of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs). We constructed a metabolic model of the central carbon metabolism and compared the metabolic potential among available MAGs for "Ca. Accumulibacter" species. By combining Elementary Flux Modes Analysis (EFMA) with max-min driving force (MDF) optimization, we obtained all possible flux distributions of the metabolic network and calculated their individual thermodynamic feasibility. Our findings reveal significant variations in the metabolic potential among "Ca. Accumulibacter" MAGs, particularly in the presence of anaplerotic reactions. EFMA revealed 700 unique flux distributions in the complete metabolic model that enable the anaerobic uptake of acetate and its conversion into polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a well-known phenotype of "Ca. Accumulibacter". However, thermodynamic constraints narrowed down this solution space to 146 models that were stoichiometrically and thermodynamically feasible (MDF > 0 kJ/mol), of which only 8 were strongly feasible (MDF > 7 kJ/mol). Notably, several novel flux distributions for the metabolic model were identified, suggesting putative, yet unreported, functions within the PAO communities. Overall, this work provides valuable insights into the metabolic variability among "Ca. Accumulibacter" species and redefines the anaerobic metabolic potential in the context of phosphate removal. More generally, the integrated workflow presented in this paper can be applied to any metabolic model obtained from a MAG generated from microbial communities to objectively narrow the expected phenotypes from community members.
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- Timothy Páez-Watson
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Ellenbogen JB, Borton MA, McGivern BB, Cronin DR, Hoyt DW, Freire-Zapata V, McCalley CK, Varner RK, Crill PM, Wehr RA, Chanton JP, Woodcroft BJ, Tfaily MM, Tyson GW, Rich VI, Wrighton KC. Methylotrophy in the Mire: direct and indirect routes for methane production in thawing permafrost. mSystems 2024; 9:e0069823. [PMID: 38063415 PMCID: PMC10805028 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00698-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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While wetlands are major sources of biogenic methane (CH4), our understanding of resident microbial metabolism is incomplete, which compromises the prediction of CH4 emissions under ongoing climate change. Here, we employed genome-resolved multi-omics to expand our understanding of methanogenesis in the thawing permafrost peatland of Stordalen Mire in Arctic Sweden. In quadrupling the genomic representation of the site's methanogens and examining their encoded metabolism, we revealed that nearly 20% of the metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) encoded the potential for methylotrophic methanogenesis. Further, 27% of the transcriptionally active methanogens expressed methylotrophic genes; for Methanosarcinales and Methanobacteriales MAGs, these data indicated the use of methylated oxygen compounds (e.g., methanol), while for Methanomassiliicoccales, they primarily implicated methyl sulfides and methylamines. In addition to methanogenic methylotrophy, >1,700 bacterial MAGs across 19 phyla encoded anaerobic methylotrophic potential, with expression across 12 phyla. Metabolomic analyses revealed the presence of diverse methylated compounds in the Mire, including some known methylotrophic substrates. Active methylotrophy was observed across all stages of a permafrost thaw gradient in Stordalen, with the most frozen non-methanogenic palsa found to host bacterial methylotrophy and the partially thawed bog and fully thawed fen seen to house both methanogenic and bacterial methylotrophic activities. Methanogenesis across increasing permafrost thaw is thus revised from the sole dominance of hydrogenotrophic production and the appearance of acetoclastic at full thaw to consider the co-occurrence of methylotrophy throughout. Collectively, these findings indicate that methanogenic and bacterial methylotrophy may be an important and previously underappreciated component of carbon cycling and emissions in these rapidly changing wetland habitats.IMPORTANCEWetlands are the biggest natural source of atmospheric methane (CH4) emissions, yet we have an incomplete understanding of the suite of microbial metabolism that results in CH4 formation. Specifically, methanogenesis from methylated compounds is excluded from all ecosystem models used to predict wetland contributions to the global CH4 budget. Though recent studies have shown methylotrophic methanogenesis to be active across wetlands, the broad climatic importance of the metabolism remains critically understudied. Further, some methylotrophic bacteria are known to produce methanogenic by-products like acetate, increasing the complexity of the microbial methylotrophic metabolic network. Prior studies of Stordalen Mire have suggested that methylotrophic methanogenesis is irrelevant in situ and have not emphasized the bacterial capacity for metabolism, both of which we countered in this study. The importance of our findings lies in the significant advancement toward unraveling the broader impact of methylotrophs in wetland methanogenesis and, consequently, their contribution to the terrestrial global carbon cycle.
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- Jared B. Ellenbogen
- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences and Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Geological Sciences, Bolin Center for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Pessi IS, Rutanen A, Hultman J. Metagenome-assembled genomes from mineral tundra soils in Rásttigáisá, northern Norway. Access Microbiol 2024; 6:000655.v3. [PMID: 38361648 PMCID: PMC10866031 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000655.v3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Microbial communities in tundra soils remain largely unknown despite their important roles in the cycling of greenhouse gases. Here, we report 59 non-redundant metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) recovered from mineral tundra soils in Rásttigáisá, northern Norway. The MAGs were obtained by clustering contigs according to tetranucleotide frequency and differential coverage and were manually curated to remove contigs with outlying GC content and/or mean coverage. Most MAGs were assigned to the bacterial phyla Candidatus Dormibacterota (n=12), Verrucomicrobiota (n=10), and Acidobacteriota (n=9). All archaeal MAGs (n=4) belong to the genus Candidatus Nitrosopolaris (phylum Thermoproteota). The 59 Rásttigáisá MAGs expand our knowledge of the diversity and ecological roles of tundra microbiomes.
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- Igor S. Pessi
- University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Helsinki, Finland
- Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Helsinki, Finland
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
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Zheng J, Huang L, Yi H, Yan Y, Zhang X, Akresi J, Yin Y. Carbohydrate-active enzyme annotation in microbiomes using dbCAN. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.10.575125. [PMID: 38260309 PMCID: PMC10802576 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.10.575125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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CAZymes or carbohydrate-active enzymes are critically important for human gut health, lignocellulose degradation, global carbon recycling, soil health, and plant disease. We developed dbCAN as a web server in 2012 and actively maintain it for automated CAZyme annotation. Considering data privacy and scalability, we provide run_dbcan as a standalone software package since 2018 to allow users perform more secure and scalable CAZyme annotation on their local servers. Here, we offer a comprehensive computational protocol on automated CAZyme annotation of microbiome sequencing data, covering everything from short read pre-processing to data visualization of CAZyme and glycan substrate occurrence and abundance in multiple samples. Using a real-world metagenomic sequencing dataset, this protocol describes commands for dataset and software preparation, metagenome assembly, gene prediction, CAZyme prediction, CAZyme gene cluster (CGC) prediction, glycan substrate prediction, and data visualization. The expected results include publication-quality plots for the abundance of CAZymes, CGCs, and substrates from multiple CAZyme annotation routes (individual sample assembly, co-assembly, and assembly-free). For the individual sample assembly route, this protocol takes ∼33h on a Linux computer with 40 CPUs, while other routes will be faster. This protocol does not require programming experience from users, but it does assume a familiarity with the Linux command-line interface and the ability to run Python scripts in the terminal. The target audience includes the tens of thousands of microbiome researchers who routinely use our web server. This protocol will encourage them to perform more secure, rapid, and scalable CAZyme annotation on their local computer servers.
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Wang J, Xu X, Liu Y, Wang W, Ren C, Guo Y, Wang J, Wang N, He L, Zhao F. Unknown bacterial species lead to soil CO 2 emission reduction by promoting lactic fermentation in alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 906:167610. [PMID: 37804990 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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Highly variable soil microbial respiration among grasslands has been identified as a major cause of uncertainty in regional carbon (C) budget estimation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; microbial metabolism mechanisms might explain this variation, but remain elusive. Therefore, we investigated soil CO2 production in incubated soils and detected the associated functional genes at four sampling sites from two major alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The results showed that the cumulative CO2 emissions from alpine meadow soils were 71 %-83 % lower than those from alpine steppe soils. Both the enriched genes abundance encoding fermentation and glycolysis (Embden-Meyerhof pathway (EMP)) and the diminished genes encoding tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) and phosphate pentose pathway (PPP) explained the CO2 emission reduction in the alpine meadow soils. The EMP: PPP and fermentation: TCA cycle ratios in alpine meadow soils were 1.45- and 1.50-fold higher than those in alpine steppe soils, respectively. Such shifts in metabolic pathways were primarily caused by the increasing dominance of an unknown species of Desulfobacteraceae with high glycolytic potential, carrying a higher abundance of ldh genes during fermentation. These unknown species were promoted by warmer temperatures and higher precipitation in the alpine meadows. Further studies on the unknown species would enhance our understanding and predictability of C cycling in alpine grasslands.
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- Jieying Wang
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego 92182, USA
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- Center of Physics and Chemistry, Department of Science and Technology, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China
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- Center of Physics and Chemistry, Department of Science and Technology, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- The College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710072, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China; Carbon Neutrality College (Yulin), Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego 92182, USA.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China; Carbon Neutrality College (Yulin), Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China.
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Heinrichs ME, Piedade GJ, Popa O, Sommers P, Trubl G, Weissenbach J, Rahlff J. Breaking the Ice: A Review of Phages in Polar Ecosystems. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2738:31-71. [PMID: 37966591 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3549-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that infect and replicate within bacterial hosts, playing a significant role in regulating microbial populations and ecosystem dynamics. However, phages from extreme environments such as polar regions remain relatively understudied due to challenges such as restricted ecosystem access and low biomass. Understanding the diversity, structure, and functions of polar phages is crucial for advancing our knowledge of the microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of these environments. In this review, we will explore the current state of knowledge on phages from the Arctic and Antarctic, focusing on insights gained from -omic studies, phage isolation, and virus-like particle abundance data. Metagenomic studies of polar environments have revealed a high diversity of phages with unique genetic characteristics, providing insights into their evolutionary and ecological roles. Phage isolation studies have identified novel phage-host interactions and contributed to the discovery of new phage species. Virus-like particle abundance and lysis rate data, on the other hand, have highlighted the importance of phages in regulating bacterial populations and nutrient cycling in polar environments. Overall, this review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge about polar phages, and by synthesizing these different sources of information, we can better understand the diversity, dynamics, and functions of polar phages in the context of ongoing climate change, which will help to predict how polar ecosystems and residing phages may respond to future environmental perturbations.
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- Mara Elena Heinrichs
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 't Horntje, The Netherlands
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Quantitative and Theoretical Biology Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems (EEMiS), Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems (EEMiS), Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.
- Aero-Aquatic Virus Research Group, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
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Liu XJA, Han S, Frey SD, Melillo JM, Zhou J, DeAngelis KM. Microbial responses to long-term warming differ across soil microenvironments. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2024; 4:ycae051. [PMID: 38699060 PMCID: PMC11065356 DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycae051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Soil carbon loss is likely to increase due to climate warming, but microbiomes and microenvironments may dampen this effect. In a 30-year warming experiment, physical protection within soil aggregates affected the thermal responses of soil microbiomes and carbon dynamics. In this study, we combined metagenomic analysis with physical characterization of soil aggregates to explore mechanisms by which microbial communities respond to climate warming across different soil microenvironments. Long-term warming decreased the relative abundances of genes involved in degrading labile compounds (e.g. cellulose), but increased those genes involved in degrading recalcitrant compounds (e.g. lignin) across aggregate sizes. These changes were observed in most phyla of bacteria, especially for Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, and Planctomycetes. Microbial community composition was considerably altered by warming, leading to declined diversity for bacteria and fungi but not for archaea. Microbial functional genes, diversity, and community composition differed between macroaggregates and microaggregates, indicating the essential role of physical protection in controlling microbial community dynamics. Our findings suggest that microbes have the capacity to employ various strategies to acclimate or adapt to climate change (e.g. warming, heat stress) by shifting functional gene abundances and community structures in varying microenvironments, as regulated by soil physical protection.
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- Xiao Jun A Liu
- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
- Institute for Environmental Genomics and School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma , Norman, OK 73019, United States
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma , Norman, OK 73019, United States
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, United States
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- The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, United States
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma , Norman, OK 73019, United States
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
- School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences and School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Mungall CJ, Miller MA, Smith M, Patil SS, Kelliher JM, Johnson LYD, Rodriguez FE, Chain PSG, Hu B, Thornton MB, McCue LA, McHardy AC, Harris NL, Reddy TBK, Mukherjee S, Hunter CI, Walls R, Schriml LM. A Practical Approach to Using the Genomic Standards Consortium MIxS Reporting Standard for Comparative Genomics and Metagenomics. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2802:587-609. [PMID: 38819573 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3838-5_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Comparative analysis of (meta)genomes necessitates aggregation, integration, and synthesis of well-annotated data using standards. The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) collaborates with the research community to develop and maintain the Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence (MIxS) reporting standard for genomic data. To facilitate the use of the GSC's MIxS reporting standard, we provide a description of the structure and terminology, how to navigate ontologies for required terms in MIxS, and demonstrate practical usage through a soil metagenome example.
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- Emiley A Eloe-Fadrosh
- Environmental Genomics and System Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Environmental Genomics and System Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and System Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and System Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and System Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Computational Biology of Infection Research, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Environmental Genomics and System Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- GigaScience Press, Hong Kong Science Park, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute for Genome Sciences, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Hoover RL, Keffer JL, Polson SW, Chan CS. Gallionellaceae pangenomic analysis reveals insight into phylogeny, metabolic flexibility, and iron oxidation mechanisms. mSystems 2023; 8:e0003823. [PMID: 37882557 PMCID: PMC10734462 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00038-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) produce copious iron (oxyhydr)oxides that can profoundly influence biogeochemical cycles, notably the fate of carbon and many metals. To fully understand environmental microbial iron oxidation, we need a thorough accounting of iron oxidation mechanisms. In this study, we show the Gallionellaceae FeOB genomes encode both characterized iron oxidases as well as uncharacterized multiheme cytochromes (MHCs). MHCs are predicted to transfer electrons from extracellular substrates and likely confer metabolic capabilities that help Gallionellaceae occupy a range of different iron- and mineral-rich niches. Gallionellaceae appear to specialize in iron oxidation, so it would be advantageous for them to have multiple mechanisms to oxidize various forms of iron, given the many iron minerals on Earth, as well as the physiological and kinetic challenges faced by FeOB. The multiple iron/mineral oxidation mechanisms may help drive the widespread ecological success of Gallionellaceae.
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- Rene L. Hoover
- Microbiology Graduate Program, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Microbiology Graduate Program, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
- School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
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Huang Y, Hu H, Yue E, Ying W, Niu T, Yan J, Lu Q, Ruan S. Role of plant metabolites in the formation of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1292896. [PMID: 38163074 PMCID: PMC10754964 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1292896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Diels et Gilg, commonly known as Sanyeqing (SYQ), is an important traditional Chinese medicine. The content of bioactive constituents varies in different cultivars of SYQ. In the plant growth related researches, rhizosphere microbiome has gained significant attention. However, the role of bacterial communities in the accumulation of metabolites in plants have not been investigated. Herein, the composition of bacterial communities in the rhizosphere soils and the metabolites profile of different SYQ cultivars' roots were analyzed. It was found that the composition of microbial communities varied in the rhizosphere soils of different SYQ cultivars. The high abundance of Actinomadura, Streptomyces and other bacteria was found to be associated with the metabolites profile of SYQ roots. The findings suggest that the upregulation of rutin and hesperetin may contribute to the high bioactive constituent in SYQ roots. These results provide better understanding of the metabolite accumulation pattern in SYQ, and also provide a solution for enhancing the quality of SYQ by application of suitable microbial consortia.
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- Yuqing Huang
- Institute of Crop Science, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Agricultural and Rural Affairs Guarantee Center, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Romanowicz KJ, Crump BC, Kling GW. Genomic evidence that microbial carbon degradation is dominated by iron redox metabolism in thawing permafrost. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 3:124. [PMID: 37996661 PMCID: PMC10667234 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00326-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Microorganisms drive many aspects of organic carbon cycling in thawing permafrost soils, but the compositional trajectory of the post-thaw microbiome and its metabolic activity remain uncertain, which limits our ability to predict permafrost-climate feedbacks in a warming world. Using quantitative metabarcoding and metagenomic sequencing, we determined relative and absolute changes in microbiome composition and functional gene abundance during thaw incubations of wet sedge tundra collected from northern Alaska, USA. Organic soils from the tundra active-layer (0-50 cm), transition-zone (50-70 cm), and permafrost (70+ cm) depths were incubated under reducing conditions at 4 °C for 30 days to mimic an extended thaw duration. Following extended thaw, we found that iron (Fe)-cycling Gammaproteobacteria, specifically the heterotrophic Fe(III)-reducing Rhodoferax sp. and chemoautotrophic Fe(II)-oxidizing Gallionella sp., increased by 3-5 orders of magnitude in absolute abundance within the transition-zone and permafrost microbiomes, accounting for 65% of community abundance. We also found that the abundance of genes for Fe(III) reduction (e.g., MtrE) and Fe(II) oxidation (e.g., Cyc1) increased concurrently with genes for benzoate degradation and pyruvate metabolism, in which pyruvate is used to generate acetate that can be oxidized, along with benzoate, to CO2 when coupled with Fe(III) reduction. Gene abundance for CH4 metabolism decreased following extended thaw, suggesting dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction suppresses acetoclastic methanogenesis under reducing conditions. Our genomic evidence indicates that microbial carbon degradation is dominated by iron redox metabolism via an increase in gene abundance associated with Fe(III) reduction and Fe(II) oxidation during initial permafrost thaw, likely increasing microbial respiration while suppressing methanogenesis in wet sedge tundra.
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- Karl J Romanowicz
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Kong L, Feng Y, Du W, Zheng R, Sun J, Rong K, Sun W, Liu S. Cross-Feeding between Filamentous Cyanobacteria and Symbiotic Bacteria Favors Rapid Photogranulation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:16953-16963. [PMID: 37886803 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c04867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Photogranules are dense algal-bacterial aggregates used in aeration-free and carbon-negative wastewater treatment, wherein filamentous cyanobacteria (FC) are essential components. However, little is known about the functional role of symbiotic bacteria in photogranulation. Herein, we combined cyanobacterial isolation, reactor operation, and multiomics analysis to investigate the cyanobacterial-bacterial interaction during photogranulation. The addition of FC to the inoculated sludge achieved a 1.4-fold higher granule size than the control, and the aggregation capacity of FC-dominant photogranules was closely related to the extracellular polysaccharide (PS) concentration (R = 0.86). Importantly, we found that cross-feeding between FC and symbiotic bacteria for macromolecular PS synthesis is at the heart of photogranulation and substantially enhanced the granular stability. Chloroflexi-affiliated bacteria intertwined with FC throughout the photogranules and promoted PS biosynthesis using the partial nucleotide sugars produced by FC. Proteobacteria-affiliated bacteria were spatially close to FC, and highly expressed genes for vitamin B1 and B12 synthesis, contributing the necessary cofactors to promote FC proliferation. In addition, Bacteroidetes-affiliated bacteria degraded FC-derived carbohydrates and influenced granules development. Our metabolic characterization identified the functional role of symbiotic bacteria of FC during photogranulation and shed light on the critical cyanobacterial-bacterial interactions in photogranules from the viewpoint of cross-feeding.
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- Lingrui Kong
- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Ter Horst AM, Fudyma JD, Sones JL, Emerson JB. Dispersal, habitat filtering, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of local and global wetland viral biogeography. THE ISME JOURNAL 2023; 17:2079-2089. [PMID: 37735616 PMCID: PMC10579374 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01516-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Wetlands store 20-30% of the world's soil carbon, and identifying the microbial controls on these carbon reserves is essential to predicting feedbacks to climate change. Although viral infections likely play important roles in wetland ecosystem dynamics, we lack a basic understanding of wetland viral ecology. Here 63 viral size-fraction metagenomes (viromes) and paired total metagenomes were generated from three time points in 2021 at seven fresh- and saltwater wetlands in the California Bodega Marine Reserve. We recovered 12,826 viral population genomic sequences (vOTUs), only 4.4% of which were detected at the same field site two years prior, indicating a small degree of population stability or recurrence. Viral communities differed most significantly among the seven wetland sites and were also structured by habitat (plant community composition and salinity). Read mapping to a new version of our reference database, PIGEONv2.0 (515,763 vOTUs), revealed 196 vOTUs present over large geographic distances, often reflecting shared habitat characteristics. Wetland vOTU microdiversity was significantly lower locally than globally and lower within than between time points, indicating greater divergence with increasing spatiotemporal distance. Viruses tended to have broad predicted host ranges via CRISPR spacer linkages to metagenome-assembled genomes, and increased SNP frequencies in CRISPR-targeted major tail protein genes suggest potential viral eco-evolutionary dynamics in response to both immune targeting and changes in host cell receptors involved in viral attachment. Together, these results highlight the importance of dispersal, environmental selection, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of local and global wetland viral biogeography.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Bodega Marine Reserve, University of California, Davis, Bodega Bay, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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Pavia MJ, Finn D, Macedo-Tafur F, Tello-Espinoza R, Penaccio C, Bouskill N, Cadillo-Quiroz H. Genes and genome-resolved metagenomics reveal the microbial functional make up of Amazon peatlands under geochemical gradients. Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2388-2403. [PMID: 37501535 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The Pastaza-Marañón Foreland Basin (PMFB) holds the most extensive tropical peatland area in South America. PMFB peatlands store ~7.07 Gt of organic carbon interacting with multiple microbial heterotrophic, methanogenic, and other aerobic/anaerobic respirations. Little is understood about the contribution of distinct microbial community members inhabiting tropical peatlands. Here, we studied the metagenomes of three geochemically distinct peatlands spanning minerotrophic, mixed, and ombrotrophic conditions. Using gene- and genome-centric approaches, we evaluate the functional potential of the underlying microbial communities. Abundance analyses show significant differences in C, N, P, and S acquisition genes. Furthermore, community interactions mediated by toxin-antitoxin and CRISPR-Cas systems were enriched in oligotrophic soils, suggesting that non-metabolic interactions may exert additional controls in low-nutrient environments. Additionally, we reconstructed 519 metagenome-assembled genomes spanning 28 phyla. Our analyses detail key differences across the geochemical gradient in the predicted microbial populations involved in degradation of organic matter, and the cycling of N and S. Notably, we observed differences in the nitric oxide (NO) reduction strategies between sites with high and low N2 O fluxes and found phyla putatively capable of both NO and sulfate reduction. Our findings detail how gene abundances and microbial populations are influenced by geochemical differences in tropical peatlands.
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- Michael J Pavia
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Laboratory of Soil Research, Research Institute of Amazonia's Natural Resources, National University of the Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
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- Laboratory of Soil Research, Research Institute of Amazonia's Natural Resources, National University of the Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
- School of Forestry, National University of the Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
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- Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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Medvedeva S, Borrel G, Krupovic M, Gribaldo S. A compendium of viruses from methanogenic archaea reveals their diversity and adaptations to the gut environment. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:2170-2182. [PMID: 37749252 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01485-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Methanogenic archaea are major producers of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and biofuel, and are widespread in diverse environments, including the animal gut. The ecophysiology of methanogens is likely impacted by viruses, which remain, however, largely uncharacterized. Here we carried out a global investigation of viruses associated with all current diversity of methanogens by assembling an extensive CRISPR database consisting of 156,000 spacers. We report 282 high-quality (pro)viral and 205 virus-like/plasmid sequences assigned to hosts belonging to ten main orders of methanogenic archaea. Viruses of methanogens can be classified into 87 families, underscoring a still largely undiscovered genetic diversity. Viruses infecting gut-associated archaea provide evidence of convergence in adaptation with viruses infecting gut-associated bacteria. These viruses contain a large repertoire of lysin proteins that cleave archaeal pseudomurein and are enriched in glycan-binding domains (Ig-like/Flg_new) and diversity-generating retroelements. The characterization of this vast repertoire of viruses paves the way towards a better understanding of their role in regulating methanogen communities globally, as well as the development of much-needed genetic tools.
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- Sofia Medvedeva
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Unit Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Unit Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell, Paris, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Unit Archaeal Virology, Paris, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Unit Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell, Paris, France.
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Hay MC, Mitchell AC, Soares AR, Debbonaire AR, Mogrovejo DC, Els N, Edwards A. Metagenome-assembled genomes from High Arctic glaciers highlight the vulnerability of glacier-associated microbiota and their activities to habitat loss. Microb Genom 2023; 9. [PMID: 37937832 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
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The rapid warming of the Arctic is threatening the demise of its glaciers and their associated ecosystems. Therefore, there is an urgent need to explore and understand the diversity of genomes resident within glacial ecosystems endangered by human-induced climate change. In this study we use genome-resolved metagenomics to explore the taxonomic and functional diversity of different habitats within glacier-occupied catchments. Comparing different habitats within such catchments offers a natural experiment for understanding the effects of changing habitat extent or even loss upon Arctic microbiota. Through binning and annotation of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) we describe the spatial differences in taxon distribution and their implications for glacier-associated biogeochemical cycling. Multiple taxa associated with carbon cycling included organisms with the potential for carbon monoxide oxidation. Meanwhile, nitrogen fixation was mediated by a single taxon, although diverse taxa contribute to other nitrogen conversions. Genes for sulphur oxidation were prevalent within MAGs implying the potential capacity for sulphur cycling. Finally, we focused on cyanobacterial MAGs, and those within cryoconite, a biodiverse microbe-mineral granular aggregate responsible for darkening glacier surfaces. Although the metagenome-assembled genome of Phormidesmis priestleyi, the cyanobacterium responsible for forming Arctic cryoconite was represented with high coverage, evidence for the biosynthesis of multiple vitamins and co-factors was absent from its MAG. Our results indicate the potential for cross-feeding to sustain P. priestleyi within granular cryoconite. Taken together, genome-resolved metagenomics reveals the vulnerability of glacier-associated microbiota to the deletion of glacial habitats through the rapid warming of the Arctic.
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- Melanie C Hay
- Department of Life Sciences (DLS), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology (iCEM), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Present address: Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology (iCEM), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences (DLS), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology (iCEM), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Present address: Environmental Metagenomics, Research Center One Health Ruhr of the University Alliance Ruhr, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences (DLS), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology (iCEM), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
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- Dr. Brill + Partner GmbH Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Lake and Glacier Research, Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Life Sciences (DLS), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology (iCEM), Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
- Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Tang X, Zhang M, Fang Z, Yang Q, Zhang W, Zhou J, Zhao B, Fan T, Wang C, Zhang C, Xia Y, Zheng Y. Changing microbiome community structure and functional potential during permafrost thawing on the Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2023; 99:fiad117. [PMID: 37766397 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Large amounts of carbon sequestered in permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) are becoming vulnerable to microbial decomposition in a warming world. However, knowledge about how the responsible microbial community responds to warming-induced permafrost thaw on the TP is still limited. This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive comparison of the microbial communities and their functional potential in the active layer of thawing permafrost on the TP. We found that the microbial communities were diverse and varied across soil profiles. The microbial diversity declined and the relative abundance of Chloroflexi, Bacteroidetes, Euryarchaeota, and Bathyarchaeota significantly increased with permafrost thawing. Moreover, warming reduced the similarity and stability of active layer microbial communities. The high-throughput qPCR results showed that the abundance of functional genes involved in liable carbon degradation and methanogenesis increased with permafrost thawing. Notably, the significantly increased mcrA gene abundance and the higher methanogens to methanotrophs ratio implied enhanced methanogenic activities during permafrost thawing. Overall, the composition and functional potentials of the active layer microbial community in the Tibetan permafrost region are susceptible to warming. These changes in the responsible microbial community may accelerate carbon degradation, particularly in the methane releases from alpine permafrost ecosystems on the TP.
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- Xiaotong Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Archaea Geo-Omics, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Archaea Geo-Omics, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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Dyksma S, Pester M. Oxygen respiration and polysaccharide degradation by a sulfate-reducing acidobacterium. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6337. [PMID: 37816749 PMCID: PMC10564751 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42074-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Sulfate-reducing microorganisms represent a globally important link between the sulfur and carbon cycles. Recent metagenomic surveys expanded the diversity of microorganisms putatively involved in sulfate reduction underscoring our incomplete understanding of this functional guild. Here, we use genome-centric metatranscriptomics to study the energy metabolism of Acidobacteriota that carry genes for dissimilation of sulfur compounds in a long-term continuous culture running under alternating anoxic and oxic conditions. Differential gene expression analysis reveals the unique metabolic flexibility of a pectin-degrading acidobacterium to switch from sulfate to oxygen reduction when shifting from anoxic to oxic conditions. The combination of facultative anaerobiosis and polysaccharide degradation expands the metabolic versatility among sulfate-reducing microorganisms. Our results highlight that sulfate reduction and aerobic respiration are not mutually exclusive in the same organism, sulfate reducers can mineralize organic polymers, and anaerobic mineralization of complex organic matter is not necessarily a multi-step process involving different microbial guilds but can be bypassed by a single microbial species.
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- Stefan Dyksma
- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Department of Microorganisms, Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Department of Microorganisms, Braunschweig, Germany.
- Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute of Microbiology, Braunschweig, Germany.
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Bei Q, Reitz T, Schnabel B, Eisenhauer N, Schädler M, Buscot F, Heintz-Buschart A. Extreme summers impact cropland and grassland soil microbiomes. THE ISME JOURNAL 2023; 17:1589-1600. [PMID: 37419993 PMCID: PMC10504347 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01470-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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The increasing frequency of extreme weather events highlights the need to understand how soil microbiomes respond to such disturbances. Here, metagenomics was used to investigate the effects of future climate scenarios (+0.6 °C warming and altered precipitation) on soil microbiomes during the summers of 2014-2019. Unexpectedly, Central Europe experienced extreme heatwaves and droughts during 2018-2019, causing significant impacts on the structure, assembly, and function of soil microbiomes. Specifically, the relative abundance of Actinobacteria (bacteria), Eurotiales (fungi), and Vilmaviridae (viruses) was significantly increased in both cropland and grassland. The contribution of homogeneous selection to bacterial community assembly increased significantly from 40.0% in normal summers to 51.9% in extreme summers. Moreover, genes associated with microbial antioxidant (Ni-SOD), cell wall biosynthesis (glmSMU, murABCDEF), heat shock proteins (GroES/GroEL, Hsp40), and sporulation (spoIID, spoVK) were identified as potential contributors to drought-enriched taxa, and their expressions were confirmed by metatranscriptomics in 2022. The impact of extreme summers was further evident in the taxonomic profiles of 721 recovered metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). Annotation of contigs and MAGs suggested that Actinobacteria may have a competitive advantage in extreme summers due to the biosynthesis of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol. Future climate scenarios caused a similar pattern of changes in microbial communities as extreme summers, but to a much lesser extent. Soil microbiomes in grassland showed greater resilience to climate change than those in cropland. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the response of soil microbiomes to extreme summers.
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- Qicheng Bei
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Diao M, Dyksma S, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Anantharaman K, Loy A, Pester M. Global diversity and inferred ecophysiology of microorganisms with the potential for dissimilatory sulfate/sulfite reduction. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2023; 47:fuad058. [PMID: 37796897 PMCID: PMC10591310 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuad058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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Sulfate/sulfite-reducing microorganisms (SRM) are ubiquitous in nature, driving the global sulfur cycle. A hallmark of SRM is the dissimilatory sulfite reductase encoded by the genes dsrAB. Based on analysis of 950 mainly metagenome-derived dsrAB-carrying genomes, we redefine the global diversity of microorganisms with the potential for dissimilatory sulfate/sulfite reduction and uncover genetic repertoires that challenge earlier generalizations regarding their mode of energy metabolism. We show: (i) 19 out of 23 bacterial and 2 out of 4 archaeal phyla harbor uncharacterized SRM, (ii) four phyla including the Desulfobacterota harbor microorganisms with the genetic potential to switch between sulfate/sulfite reduction and sulfur oxidation, and (iii) the combination as well as presence/absence of different dsrAB-types, dsrL-types and dsrD provides guidance on the inferred direction of dissimilatory sulfur metabolism. We further provide an updated dsrAB database including > 60% taxonomically resolved, uncultured family-level lineages and recommendations on existing dsrAB-targeted primers for environmental surveys. Our work summarizes insights into the inferred ecophysiology of newly discovered SRM, puts SRM diversity into context of the major recent changes in bacterial and archaeal taxonomy, and provides an up-to-date framework to study SRM in a global context.
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- Muhe Diao
- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Division of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1030, Austria
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig D-38124, Germany
- Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute of Microbiology, Braunschweig D-38106, Germany
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Zhang ZF, Liu LR, Pan YP, Pan J, Li M. Long-read assembled metagenomic approaches improve our understanding on metabolic potentials of microbial community in mangrove sediments. MICROBIOME 2023; 11:188. [PMID: 37612768 PMCID: PMC10464287 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01630-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mangrove wetlands are coastal ecosystems with important ecological features and provide habitats for diverse microorganisms with key roles in nutrient and biogeochemical cycling. However, the overall metabolic potentials and ecological roles of microbial community in mangrove sediment are remained unanswered. In current study, the microbial and metabolic profiles of prokaryotic and fungal communities in mangrove sediments were investigated using metagenomic analysis based on PacBio single-molecule real time (SMRT) and Illumina sequencing techniques. RESULTS Comparing to Illumina short reads, the incorporation of PacBio long reads significantly contributed to more contiguous assemblies, yielded more than doubled high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), and improved the novelty of the MAGs. Further metabolic reconstruction for recovered MAGs showed that prokaryotes potentially played an essential role in carbon cycling in mangrove sediment, displaying versatile metabolic potential for degrading organic carbons, fermentation, autotrophy, and carbon fixation. Mangrove fungi also functioned as a player in carbon cycling, potentially involved in the degradation of various carbohydrate and peptide substrates. Notably, a new candidate bacterial phylum named as Candidatus Cosmopoliota with a ubiquitous distribution is proposed. Genomic analysis revealed that this new phylum is capable of utilizing various types of organic substrates, anaerobic fermentation, and carbon fixation with the Wood-Ljungdahl (WL) pathway and the reverse tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle. CONCLUSIONS The study not only highlights the advantages of HiSeq-PacBio Hybrid assembly for a more complete profiling of environmental microbiomes but also expands our understanding of the microbial diversity and potential roles of distinct microbial groups in biogeochemical cycling in mangrove sediment. Video Abstract.
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- Zhi-Feng Zhang
- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Present Address: Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, 511458, China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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Pavia MJ, Chede A, Wu Z, Cadillo-Quiroz H, Zhu Q. BinaRena: a dedicated interactive platform for human-guided exploration and binning of metagenomes. MICROBIOME 2023; 11:186. [PMID: 37596696 PMCID: PMC10439608 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01625-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exploring metagenomic contigs and "binning" them into metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) are essential for the delineation of functional and evolutionary guilds within microbial communities. Despite the advances in automated binning algorithms, their capabilities in recovering MAGs with accuracy and biological relevance are so far limited. Researchers often find that human involvement is necessary to achieve representative binning results. This manual process however is expertise demanding and labor intensive, and it deserves to be supported by software infrastructure. RESULTS We present BinaRena, a comprehensive and versatile graphic interface dedicated to aiding human operators to explore metagenome assemblies via customizable visualization and to associate contigs with bins. Contigs are rendered as an interactive scatter plot based on various data types, including sequence metrics, coverage profiles, taxonomic assignments, and functional annotations. Various contig-level operations are permitted, such as selection, masking, highlighting, focusing, and searching. Binning plans can be conveniently edited, inspected, and compared visually or using metrics including silhouette coefficient and adjusted Rand index. Completeness and contamination of user-selected contigs can be calculated in real time. In demonstration of BinaRena's usability, we show that it facilitated biological pattern discovery, hypothesis generation, and bin refinement in a complex tropical peatland metagenome. It enabled isolation of pathogenic genomes within closely related populations from the gut microbiota of diarrheal human subjects. It significantly improved overall binning quality after curating results of automated binners using a simulated marine dataset. CONCLUSIONS BinaRena is an installation-free, dependency-free, client-end web application that operates directly in any modern web browser, facilitating ease of deployment and accessibility for researchers of all skill levels. The program is hosted at https://github.com/qiyunlab/binarena , together with documentation, tutorials, example data, and a live demo. It effectively supports human researchers in intuitive interpretation and fine tuning of metagenomic data. Video Abstract.
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- Michael J Pavia
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
- Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
- Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
- Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
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Michoud G, Kohler TJ, Ezzat L, Peter H, Nattabi JK, Nalwanga R, Pramateftaki P, Styllas M, Tolosano M, De Staercke V, Schön M, Marasco R, Daffonchio D, Bourquin M, Busi SB, Battin TJ. The dark side of the moon: first insights into the microbiome structure and function of one of the last glacier-fed streams in Africa. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 10:230329. [PMID: 37564072 PMCID: PMC10410210 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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The glaciers on Africa's 'Mountains of the Moon' (Rwenzori National Park, Uganda) are predicted to disappear within the next decades owing to climate change. Consequently, the glacier-fed streams (GFSs) that drain them will vanish, along with their resident microbial communities. Despite the relevance of microbial communities for performing ecosystem processes in equatorial GFSs, their ecology remains understudied. Here, we show that the benthic microbiome from the Mt. Stanley GFS is distinct at several levels from other GFSs. Specifically, several novel taxa were present, and usually common groups such as Chrysophytes and Polaromonas exhibited lower relative abundances compared to higher-latitude GFSs, while cyanobacteria and diatoms were more abundant. The rich primary producer community in this GFS likely results from the greater environmental stability of the Afrotropics, and accordingly, heterotrophic processes dominated in the bacterial community. Metagenomics revealed that almost all prokaryotes in the Mt. Stanley GFS are capable of organic carbon oxidation, while greater than 80% have the potential for fermentation and acetate oxidation. Our findings suggest a close coupling between photoautotrophs and other microbes in this GFS, and provide a glimpse into the future for high-latitude GFSs globally where primary production is projected to increase with ongoing glacier shrinkage.
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- Grégoire Michoud
- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences (ZEFs), College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences (ZEFs), College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Systems Ecology Group, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- River Ecosystems Laboratory, Alpine and Polar Environmental Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Chklovski A, Parks DH, Woodcroft BJ, Tyson GW. CheckM2: a rapid, scalable and accurate tool for assessing microbial genome quality using machine learning. Nat Methods 2023; 20:1203-1212. [PMID: 37500759 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-01940-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 105.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics tools have dramatically increased the recovery rate of microbial genomes from metagenomic data. Assessing the quality of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) is a critical step before downstream analysis. Here, we present CheckM2, an improved method of predicting genome quality of MAGs using machine learning. Using synthetic and experimental data, we demonstrate that CheckM2 outperforms existing tools in both accuracy and computational speed. In addition, CheckM2's database can be rapidly updated with new high-quality reference genomes, including taxa represented only by a single genome. We also show that CheckM2 accurately predicts genome quality for MAGs from novel lineages, even for those with reduced genome size (for example, Patescibacteria and the DPANN superphylum). CheckM2 provides accurate genome quality predictions across bacterial and archaeal lineages, giving increased confidence when inferring biological conclusions from MAGs.
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- Alex Chklovski
- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- Donovan Parks, Bioinformatic Consultant, Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Microbiome Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
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