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Title: Genomes of ubiquitous marine and hypersaline Hydrogenovibrio , Thiomicrorhabdus and Thiomicrospira spp. encode a diversity of mechanisms to sustain chemolithoautotrophy in heterogeneous environments: Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus, Thiomicrospira

Journal Article · · Environmental Microbiology
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  1. Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States). Dept. of Integrative Biology
  2. Stockton Univ., Galloway NJ (United States). Biology Program
  3. Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa FL 33620 USA
  4. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
  5. Univ. of Plymouth, Plymouth (United Kingdom). School of Biological & Marine Sciences; Univ. of Plymouth, Plymouth (United Kingdom). Sustainable Earth Inst.
  6. Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry
  7. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab.; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology
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Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria from the genera Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus and Thiomicrospira are common, sometimes dominant, isolates from sulfidic habitats including hydrothermal vents, soda and salt lakes and marine sediments. Their genome sequences confirm their membership in a deeply branching clade of the Gammaproteobacteria. Several adaptations to heterogeneous habitats are apparent. Their genomes include large numbers of genes for sensing and responding to their environment (EAL- and GGDEF-domain proteins and methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins) despite their small sizes (2.1–3.1 Mbp). An array of sulfur-oxidizing complexes are encoded, likely to facilitate these organisms' use of multiple forms of reduced sulfur as electron donors. Hydrogenase genes are present in some taxa, including group 1d and 2b hydrogenases in Hydrogenovibrio marinus and H. thermophilus MA2-6, acquired via horizontal gene transfer. In addition to high-affinity cbb3 cytochrome c oxidase, some also encode cytochrome bd-type quinol oxidase or ba3-type cytochrome c oxidase, which could facilitate growth under different oxygen tensions, or maintain redox balance. Carboxysome operons are present in most, with genes downstream encoding transporters from four evolutionarily distinct families, which may act with the carboxysomes to form CO2 concentrating mechanisms. Finally, these adaptations to habitat variability likely contribute to the cosmopolitan distribution of these organisms.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; MOE‐2008–02036; NSF‐IOS‐1257532
OSTI ID:
1529109
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1432385
Journal Information:
Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 20, Issue 8; ISSN 1462-2912
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 22 works
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