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Title: Lanthanide-dependent cross-feeding of methane-derived carbon is linked by microbial community interactions

Abstract

A great challenge in microbial ecology lies in determining the underlying mechanisms that drive interactions in complex natural communities. In this study we used bacterial isolates from Lake Washington sediment that are important for the utilization of the greenhouse gas methane. We show how simple cocultures can be used to identify mechanisms involved in cross-feeding in microbial communities; these mechanisms cannot be deduced from pure cultures alone. We demonstrate that the presence of one species alters gene expression and metabolism in another species such that the second species excretes a carbon and energy source to sustain the cross-fed species. This mode of cross-feeding based on partner-induced altered gene expression may have important implications for microbial interactions in the environment.

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Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1337593
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1535354
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC-0010556; SC0010556
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Krause, Sascha M. B., Johnson, Timothy, Samadhi Karunaratne, Yasodara, Fu, Yanfen, Beck, David A. C., Chistoserdova, Ludmila, and Lidstrom, Mary E. Lanthanide-dependent cross-feeding of methane-derived carbon is linked by microbial community interactions. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1619871114.
Krause, Sascha M. B., Johnson, Timothy, Samadhi Karunaratne, Yasodara, Fu, Yanfen, Beck, David A. C., Chistoserdova, Ludmila, & Lidstrom, Mary E. Lanthanide-dependent cross-feeding of methane-derived carbon is linked by microbial community interactions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619871114
Krause, Sascha M. B., Johnson, Timothy, Samadhi Karunaratne, Yasodara, Fu, Yanfen, Beck, David A. C., Chistoserdova, Ludmila, and Lidstrom, Mary E. Tue . "Lanthanide-dependent cross-feeding of methane-derived carbon is linked by microbial community interactions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1619871114.
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title = {Lanthanide-dependent cross-feeding of methane-derived carbon is linked by microbial community interactions},
author = {Krause, Sascha M. B. and Johnson, Timothy and Samadhi Karunaratne, Yasodara and Fu, Yanfen and Beck, David A. C. and Chistoserdova, Ludmila and Lidstrom, Mary E.},
abstractNote = {A great challenge in microbial ecology lies in determining the underlying mechanisms that drive interactions in complex natural communities. In this study we used bacterial isolates from Lake Washington sediment that are important for the utilization of the greenhouse gas methane. We show how simple cocultures can be used to identify mechanisms involved in cross-feeding in microbial communities; these mechanisms cannot be deduced from pure cultures alone. We demonstrate that the presence of one species alters gene expression and metabolism in another species such that the second species excretes a carbon and energy source to sustain the cross-fed species. This mode of cross-feeding based on partner-induced altered gene expression may have important implications for microbial interactions in the environment.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1619871114},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 2,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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