Authors

Craig L. Moyer

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2016

Keywords

Chloroflexi, Single-cell genomics

Abstract

Chloroflexi small-subunit (SSU) rRNA gene sequences are frequently recovered from subseafloor environments, but the metabolic potential of the phylum is poorly understood. The phylum Chloroflexi is represented by isolates with diverse metabolic strategies, including anoxic phototrophy, fermentation, and reductive dehalogenation; therefore, function cannot be attributed to these organisms based solely on phylogeny. Single-cell genomics can provide metabolic insights into uncultured organisms, like the deep-subsurface Chloroflexi. Nine SSU rRNA gene sequences were identified from single-cell sorts of whole-round core material collected from the Okinawa Trough at Iheya North hydrothermal field as part of Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) expedition 331 (Deep Hot Biosphere). Previous studies of subsurface Chloroflexi single amplified genomes (SAGs) suggested heterotrophic or lithotrophic metabolisms and provided no evidence for growth by reductive dehalogenation. Our nine Chloroflexi SAGs (seven of which are from the order Anaerolineales) indicate that, in addition to genes for the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway, exogenous carbon sources can be actively transported into cells. At least one subunit for pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase was found in four of the Chloroflexi SAGs. This protein can provide a link between the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway and other carbon anabolic pathways. Finally, one of the seven Anaerolineales SAGs contains a distinct reductive dehalogenase homologous (rdhA) gene.

Publication Title

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volume

82

Issue

10

First Page

3000

Last Page

3008

Required Publisher's Statement

Published by the American Society for Microbiology

Link to publishers version: http://aem.asm.org/content/82/10/3000.full

Copyright © 2016 Fullerton and Moyer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

doi:10.1128/AEM.00624-16

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Back-arc basins--East China Sea; Microbial genomics; Hydrothermal vents; Deep-sea ecology

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

Geographic Coverage

East China Sea

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