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Title: Systems biology approaches towards predictive microbial ecology

Abstract

Summary Through complex interspecies interactions, microbial processes drive nutrient cycling and biogeochemistry. However, we still struggle to predict specifically which organisms, communities and biotic and abiotic processes are determining ecosystem function and how environmental changes will alter their roles and stability. While the tools to create such a predictive microbial ecology capability exist, cross‐disciplinary integration of high‐resolution field measurements, detailed laboratory studies and computation is essential. In this perspective, we emphasize the importance of pursuing a multiscale, systems approach to iteratively link ecological processes measured in the field to testable hypotheses that drive high‐throughput laboratory experimentation. Mechanistic understanding of microbial processes gained in controlled lab systems will lead to the development of theory that can be tested back in the field. Using N 2 O production as an example, we review the current status of field and laboratory research and layout a plausible path to the kind of integration that is needed to enable prediction of how N‐cycling microbial communities will respond to environmental changes. We advocate for the development of realistic and predictive gene regulatory network models for environmental responses that extend from single‐cell resolution to ecosystems, which is essential to understand how microbial communities involved in N 2more » O production and consumption will respond to future environmental conditions.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3]
  1. Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA (United States)
  2. Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA (United States);Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  3. Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA (United States);Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States) ; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1777943
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1478266
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Environmental Microbiology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1462-2912
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Otwell, Anne E., López García de Lomana, Adrián, Gibbons, Sean M., Orellana, Mónica V., and Baliga, Nitin S. Systems biology approaches towards predictive microbial ecology. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14378.
Otwell, Anne E., López García de Lomana, Adrián, Gibbons, Sean M., Orellana, Mónica V., & Baliga, Nitin S. Systems biology approaches towards predictive microbial ecology. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14378
Otwell, Anne E., López García de Lomana, Adrián, Gibbons, Sean M., Orellana, Mónica V., and Baliga, Nitin S. Fri . "Systems biology approaches towards predictive microbial ecology". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14378. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1777943.
@article{osti_1777943,
title = {Systems biology approaches towards predictive microbial ecology},
author = {Otwell, Anne E. and López García de Lomana, Adrián and Gibbons, Sean M. and Orellana, Mónica V. and Baliga, Nitin S.},
abstractNote = {Summary Through complex interspecies interactions, microbial processes drive nutrient cycling and biogeochemistry. However, we still struggle to predict specifically which organisms, communities and biotic and abiotic processes are determining ecosystem function and how environmental changes will alter their roles and stability. While the tools to create such a predictive microbial ecology capability exist, cross‐disciplinary integration of high‐resolution field measurements, detailed laboratory studies and computation is essential. In this perspective, we emphasize the importance of pursuing a multiscale, systems approach to iteratively link ecological processes measured in the field to testable hypotheses that drive high‐throughput laboratory experimentation. Mechanistic understanding of microbial processes gained in controlled lab systems will lead to the development of theory that can be tested back in the field. Using N 2 O production as an example, we review the current status of field and laboratory research and layout a plausible path to the kind of integration that is needed to enable prediction of how N‐cycling microbial communities will respond to environmental changes. We advocate for the development of realistic and predictive gene regulatory network models for environmental responses that extend from single‐cell resolution to ecosystems, which is essential to understand how microbial communities involved in N 2 O production and consumption will respond to future environmental conditions.},
doi = {10.1111/1462-2920.14378},
journal = {Environmental Microbiology},
number = 12,
volume = 20,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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Nitrogen footprints: Regional realities and options to reduce nitrogen loss to the environment
journal, September 2016


A meta-analysis of changes in bacterial and archaeal communities with time
journal, April 2013

  • Shade, Ashley; Gregory Caporaso, J.; Handelsman, Jo
  • The ISME Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.54

Deciphering microbial interactions and detecting keystone species with co-occurrence networks
journal, May 2014


Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics
journal, March 2016

  • Widder, Stefanie; Allen, Rosalind J.; Pfeiffer, Thomas
  • The ISME Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.45

Rapidly moving new bacteria to model-organism status
journal, June 2018


Improving Gene Regulatory Network Inference by Incorporating Rates of Transcriptional Changes
journal, December 2017


Probabilistic integrative modeling of genome-scale metabolic and regulatory networks in Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
journal, September 2010

  • Chandrasekaran, Sriram; Price, Nathan D.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 107, Issue 41
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005139107

The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
journal, July 2010


Niche Partitioning of the N Cycling Microbial Community of an Offshore Oxygen Deficient Zone
journal, December 2017

  • Fuchsman, Clara A.; Devol, Allan H.; Saunders, Jaclyn K.
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 8
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02384

Community composition of ammonia-oxidizing archaea from surface and anoxic depths of oceanic oxygen minimum zones
journal, January 2013


Year-Round Shotgun Metagenomes Reveal Stable Microbial Communities in Agricultural Soils and Novel Ammonia Oxidizers Responding to Fertilization
journal, November 2017

  • Orellana, Luis H.; Chee-Sanford, Joanne C.; Sanford, Robert A.
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 84, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01646-17

Steady-State Oxygen Isotope Effects of N2O Production in Paracoccus denitrificans
journal, March 2017


The contribution of manure and fertilizer nitrogen to atmospheric nitrous oxide since 1860
journal, August 2009

  • Davidson, Eric A.
  • Nature Geoscience, Vol. 2, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1038/ngeo608

Gene-centric approach to integrating environmental genomics and biogeochemical models
journal, January 2014

  • Reed, Daniel C.; Algar, Christopher K.; Huber, Julie A.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 111, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313713111

Ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria are the primary N 2 O producers in an ammonia‐oxidizing archaea dominated alkaline agricultural soil
journal, June 2018

  • Meinhardt, Kelley A.; Stopnisek, Nejc; Pannu, Manmeet W.
  • Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 20, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14246

Synthetic microbial ecosystems: an exciting tool to understand and apply microbial communities: Synthetic microbial ecosystems
journal, December 2013

  • De Roy, Karen; Marzorati, Massimo; Van den Abbeele, Pieter
  • Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 16, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12343

Regulation of denitrification at the cellular level: a clue to the understanding of N 2 O emissions from soils
journal, May 2012

  • Bakken, Lars R.; Bergaust, Linda; Liu, Binbin
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 367, Issue 1593
  • DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0321

Agriculture's impact on microbial diversity and associated fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane
journal, April 2011

  • Levine, Uri Y.; Teal, Tracy K.; Robertson, G. Philip
  • The ISME Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.40