Microbial Metagenomics Reveals Climate-Relevant Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes

Long, Philip E.; Williams, Kenneth H.; Hubbard, Susan S.; Banfield, Jillian F.

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2016.04.006

Title: Microbial Metagenomics Reveals Climate-Relevant Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes

Journal Article · Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Trends in Microbiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2016.04.006· OSTI ID:1471018

Long, Philip E. ^[1]; Williams, Kenneth H. ^[1]; Hubbard, Susan S. ^[1]; Banfield, Jillian F. ^[2]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Microorganisms play key roles in terrestrial system processes, including the turnover of natural organic carbon, such as leaf litter and woody debris that accumulate in soils and subsurface sediments. What has emerged from a series of recent DNA sequencing-based studies is recognition of the enormous variety of little known and previously unknown microorganisms that mediate recycling of these vast stores of buried carbon in subsoil compartments of the terrestrial system. More importantly, the genome resolution achieved in these studies has enabled association of specific members of these microbial communities with carbon compound transformations and other linked biogeochemical processes–such as the nitrogen cycle–that can impact the quality of groundwater, surface water, and atmospheric trace gas concentrations. The emerging view also emphasizes the importance of organism interactions through exchange of metabolic byproducts (e.g., within the carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycles) and via symbioses since many novel organisms exhibit restricted metabolic capabilities and an associated extremely small cell size. New, genome-resolved information reshapes our view of subsurface microbial communities and provides critical new inputs for advanced reactive transport models. Finally, these inputs are needed for accurate prediction of feedbacks in watershed biogeochemical functioning and their influence on the climate via the fluxes of greenhouse gases, CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0004918; AC06-76RLO 1830

OSTI ID:: 1471018

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1398007

Journal Information:: Trends in Microbiology, Vol. 24, Issue 8; ISSN 0966-842X

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