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2. Soil microbiome engineering for sustainability in a changing environment.
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Jansson, Janet K., McClure, Ryan, and Egbert, Robert G.
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Recent advances in microbial ecology and synthetic biology have the potential to mitigate damage caused by anthropogenic activities that are deleteriously impacting Earth's soil ecosystems. Here, we discuss challenges and opportunities for harnessing natural and synthetic soil microbial communities, focusing on plant growth promotion under different scenarios. We explore current needs for microbial solutions in soil ecosystems, how these solutions are being developed and applied, and the potential for new biotechnology breakthroughs to tailor and target microbial products for specific applications. We highlight several scientific and technological advances in soil microbiome engineering, including characterization of microbes that impact soil ecosystems, directing how microbes assemble to interact in soil environments, and the developing suite of gene-engineering approaches. This Review underscores the need for an interdisciplinary approach to understand the composition, dynamics and deployment of beneficial soil microbiomes to drive efforts to mitigate or reverse environmental damage by restoring and protecting healthy soil ecosystems. Challenges and opportunities for engineering and studying the soil microbiome are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Hi-C metagenome sequencing reveals soil phage–host interactions.
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Wu, Ruonan, Davison, Michelle R., Nelson, William C., Smith, Montana L., Lipton, Mary S., Jansson, Janet K., McClure, Ryan S., McDermott, Jason E., and Hofmockel, Kirsten S.
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BACTERIAL communities ,SOIL drying ,SOIL dynamics ,SOILS ,RNA sequencing ,SHOTGUN sequencing ,METAGENOMICS - Abstract
Bacteriophages are abundant in soils. However, the majority are uncharacterized, and their hosts are unknown. Here, we apply high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi–C) to directly capture phage-host relationships. Some hosts have high centralities in bacterial community co-occurrence networks, suggesting phage infections have an important impact on the soil bacterial community interactions. We observe increased average viral copies per host (VPH) and decreased viral transcriptional activity following a two-week soil-drying incubation, indicating an increase in lysogenic infections. Soil drying also alters the observed phage host range. A significant negative correlation between VPH and host abundance prior to drying indicates more lytic infections result in more host death and inversely influence host abundance. This study provides empirical evidence of phage-mediated bacterial population dynamics in soil by directly capturing specific phage-host interactions. This study uses high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) to identify phage–host relationships in soil. By coupling Hi-C with DNA and RNA sequencing, the authors demonstrate the impact of soil drying on phage–host interactions and the downstream effects on abundances and interspecies interactions within bacterial communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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4. Real-Time and Rapid Respiratory Response of the Soil Microbiome to Moisture Shifts.
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Smith, Montana L., Weitz, Karl K., Thompson, Allison M., Jansson, Janet K., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., and Lipton, Mary S.
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SOIL moisture ,SOIL respiration ,STABLE isotopes ,CARBON metabolism ,CARBON sequestration ,MICROBIAL respiration - Abstract
Microbial response to changing environmental factors influences the fate of soil organic carbon, and drought has been shown to affect microbial metabolism and respiration. We hypothesized that the access of microbes to different carbon pools in response to dry–rewet events occurs sequentially at different rates. We amended desiccated soils with
13 C-labeled glucose and measured the rates of12 CO2 and13 CO2 respiration in real time after rewetting. Using these differentiated12 CO2 and13 CO2 respiration rate soils after rewetting, we were able to deduce when microbes are accessing different pools of carbon. Immediately upon rewetting, respiration of12 CO2 occurred first, with negligible13 CO2 respiration. Appreciable metabolism and respiration of the added13 C glucose did not occur until 15 min after rewetting. We conclude that, while all carbon pools are being accessed in the first 9 h after rewetting, the rate and timing at which new and existing carbon pools are being accessed varies. Within this study, using stable isotope-labeled substrates to discern which carbon pools are metabolized first uniquely illustrates how microorganisms access different carbon pools which has implications into understanding how carbon metabolism can further affect climate, carbon sequestration, and soil health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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5. Interactive effects of depth and differential irrigation on soil microbiome composition and functioning.
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Naylor, Dan, Naasko, Katherine, Smith, Montana, Couvillion, Sneha, Nicora, Carrie, Trejo, Jesse, Fransen, Steven, Danczak, Robert, McClure, Ryan, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., and Jansson, Janet K.
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SOIL composition ,IRRIGATION ,SOIL depth ,DEPTH profiling ,SOIL moisture ,BIOSPHERE - Abstract
Two factors that are well-known to influence soil microbiomes are the depth of the soil as well as the level of moisture. Previous works have demonstrated that climate change will increase the incidence of drought in soils, but it is unknown how fluctuations in moisture availability affect soil microbiome composition and functioning down the depth profile. Here, we investigated soil and wheatgrass rhizosphere microbiomes in a single common field setting under four different levels of irrigation (100%, 75%, 50%, and 25%) and three depths (0-5 cm, 5-15 cm, and 15-25 cm from the surface). We demonstrated that there is a significant interactive effect between depth and irrigation, where changes in soil moisture more strongly affect soil microbiomes at the surface layer than at deeper layers. This was true for not only microbiome community composition and diversity metrics, but also for functional profiles (transcriptomic and metabolomic datasets). Meanwhile, in rhizosphere communities the influence of irrigation was similar across the different depths. However, for the 'Alkar' wheatgrass cultivar, the rhizosphere microbial communities responded more strongly to changes in irrigation level than did the communities for the 'Jose' cultivar rhizosphere. The lessened response of deeper soil microbiomes to changes in irrigation may be due to higher incidence of slow-growing, stress-resistant microbes. These results demonstrate that the soil microbiome response to moisture content is depthdependent. As such, it will be optimal for soil microbiome studies to incorporate deeper as well as surface soils, to get a more accurate picture of the soil microbiome response to stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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6. Rapid remodeling of the soil lipidome in response to a drying-rewetting event.
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Couvillion, Sneha P., Danczak, Robert E., Naylor, Dan, Smith, Montana L., Stratton, Kelly G., Paurus, Vanessa L., Bloodsworth, Kent J., Farris, Yuliya, Schmidt, Darren J., Richardson, Rachel E., Bramer, Lisa M., Fansler, Sarah J., Nakayasu, Ernesto S., McDermott, Jason E., Metz, Thomas O., Lipton, Mary S., Jansson, Janet K., and Hofmockel, Kirsten S.
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SHORT-chain fatty acids ,MICROBIAL lipids ,UNSATURATED fatty acids ,FISH oils ,SATURATED fatty acids ,ARID soils ,GRASSLAND soils ,MEMBRANE lipids - Abstract
Background: Microbiomes contribute to multiple ecosystem services by transforming organic matter in the soil. Extreme shifts in the environment, such as drying-rewetting cycles during drought, can impact the microbial metabolism of organic matter by altering microbial physiology and function. These physiological responses are mediated in part by lipids that are responsible for regulating interactions between cells and the environment. Despite this critical role in regulating the microbial response to stress, little is known about microbial lipids and metabolites in the soil or how they influence phenotypes that are expressed under drying-rewetting cycles. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a soil incubation experiment to simulate soil drying during a summer drought of an arid grassland, then measured the response of the soil lipidome and metabolome during the first 3 h after wet-up. Results: Reduced nutrient access during soil drying incurred a replacement of membrane phospholipids, resulting in a diminished abundance of multiple phosphorus-rich membrane lipids. The hot and dry conditions increased the prevalence of sphingolipids and lipids containing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, both of which are associated with heat and osmotic stress-mitigating properties in fungi. This novel finding suggests that lipids commonly present in eukaryotes such as fungi may play a significant role in supporting community resilience displayed by arid land soil microbiomes during drought. As early as 10 min after rewetting dry soil, distinct changes were observed in several lipids that had bacterial signatures including a rapid increase in the abundance of glycerophospholipids with saturated and short fatty acid chains, prototypical of bacterial membrane lipids. Polar metabolites including disaccharides, nucleic acids, organic acids, inositols, and amino acids also increased in abundance upon rewetting. This rapid metabolic reactivation and growth after rewetting coincided with an increase in the relative abundance of firmicutes, suggesting that members of this phylum were positively impacted by rewetting. Conclusions: Our study revealed specific changes in lipids and metabolites that are indicative of stress adaptation, substrate use, and cellular recovery during soil drying and subsequent rewetting. The drought-induced nutrient limitation was reflected in the lipidome and polar metabolome, both of which rapidly shifted (within hours) upon rewet. Reduced nutrient access in dry soil caused the replacement of glycerophospholipids with phosphorus-free lipids and impeded resource-expensive osmolyte accumulation. Elevated levels of ceramides and lipids with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in dry soil suggest that lipids likely play an important role in the drought tolerance of microbial taxa capable of synthesizing these lipids. An increasing abundance of bacterial glycerophospholipids and triacylglycerols with fatty acids typical of bacteria and polar metabolites suggest a metabolic recovery in representative bacteria once the environmental conditions are conducive for growth. These results underscore the importance of the soil lipidome as a robust indicator of microbial community responses, especially at the short time scales of cell-environment reactions. A8GGwc64vbJf6mXPFnxxi9 Video Abstract [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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7. Soil viruses: Understudied agents of soil ecology.
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Jansson, Janet K.
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SOIL ecology ,SOILS ,TUNDRAS ,PRAIRIES ,GRASSLAND soils ,FOREST soils ,MICROBIAL diversity ,SOIL microbial ecology - Abstract
Direct microscopic counts of virus-like particles (VLPs) from different soil types revealed approximately 10 SP 8 sp -10 SP 10 sp VLP per gram dry weight of soil (Williamson et al., [16]), with higher numbers in forest soils when compared to agricultural soils (Williamson et al., [14]). Over the past couple decades, there has been intense exploration of the soil microbiome using modern sequencing and bioinformatics approaches. SOIL VIRUSES HAVE AUXILIARY METABOLIC GENES Studies of soil viral sequences in soil metagenomes have shown that some viral genomes contain auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) that are not required for normal viral replication and reproduction. SOIL VIRUSES PLAY A PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED ROLE IN SOIL ECOLOGY Several recent studies have shown that soil viruses are influenced by changes in their environment. [Extracted from the article]
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8. A Mineral-Doped Micromodel Platform Demonstrates Fungal Bridging of Carbon Hot Spots and Hyphal Transport of MineralDerived Nutrients.
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Bhattacharjee, Arunima, Qafoku, Odeta, Richardson, Jocelyn A., Anderson, Lindsey N., Schwarz, Kaitlyn, Bramer, Lisa M., Lomas, Gerard X., Orton, Daniel J., Zihua Zhu, Engelhard, Mark H., Bowden, Mark E., Nelson, William C., Jumpponen, Ari, Jansson, Janet K., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., and Anderton, Christopher R.
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- 2022
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9. RNA Viruses Linked to Eukaryotic Hosts in Thawed Permafrost.
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Ruonan Wu, Bottos, Eric M., Danna, Vincent G., Stegen, James C., Jansson, Janet K., and Davison, Michelle R.
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- 2022
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10. Interaction Networks Are Driven by Community-Responsive Phenotypes in a Chitin-Degrading Consortium of Soil Microbes.
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McClure, Ryan, Farris, Yuliya, Danczak, Robert, Nelson, William, Hyun-Seob Song, Kessell, Aimee, Joon-Yong Lee, Couvillion, Sneha, Henry, Christopher, Jansson, Janet K., and Hofmockel, Kirsten S.
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11. Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities across a transect from low to highly hydrocarbon‐contaminated soils in King George Island, Maritime Antarctica.
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Jurelevicius, Diogo, Pereira, Raphael da Silva, da Mota, Fabio Faria, Cury, Juliano C., de Oliveira, Ivan Cardoso, Rosado, Alexandre S., Mason, Olivia U., Jansson, Janet K., and Seldin, Lucy
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METAGENOMICS ,POLYCYCLIC aromatic hydrocarbons ,MICROBIAL communities ,SOILS ,NITROGEN fixation ,SHOTGUN sequencing - Abstract
Soil samples from a transect from low to highly hydrocarbon‐contaminated soils were collected around the Brazilian Antarctic Station Comandante Ferraz (EACF), located at King George Island, Antarctica. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA genes, 16S rRNA gene (iTag), and shotgun metagenomic sequencing were used to characterize microbial community structure and the potential for petroleum degradation by indigenous microbes. Hydrocarbon contamination did not affect bacterial abundance in EACF soils (bacterial 16S rRNA gene qPCR). However, analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed a successive change in the microbial community along the pollution gradient. Microbial richness and diversity decreased with the increase of hydrocarbon concentration in EACF soils. The abundance of Cytophaga, Methyloversatilis, Polaromonas, and Williamsia was positively correlated (p‐value = <.05) with the concentration of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and/or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Annotation of metagenomic data revealed that the most abundant hydrocarbon degradation pathway in EACF soils was related to alkyl derivative‐PAH degradation (mainly methylnaphthalenes) via the CYP450 enzyme family. The abundance of genes related to nitrogen fixation increased in EACF soils as the concentration of hydrocarbons increased. The results obtained here are valuable for the future of bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon‐contaminated soils in polar environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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12. Active virus-host interactions at sub-freezing temperatures in Arctic peat soil.
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Trubl, Gareth, Kimbrel, Jeffrey A., Liquet-Gonzalez, Jose, Nuccio, Erin E., Weber, Peter K., Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, Jansson, Janet K., Waldrop, Mark P., and Blazewicz, Steven J.
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PEAT soils ,ANOXIC zones ,BACTERIAL population ,METABOLIC regulation ,MICROORGANISM populations ,STABLE isotopes ,TUNDRAS - Abstract
Background: Winter carbon loss in northern ecosystems is estimated to be greater than the average growing season carbon uptake and is primarily driven by microbial decomposers. Viruses modulate microbial carbon cycling via induced mortality and metabolic controls, but it is unknown whether viruses are active under winter conditions (anoxic and sub-freezing temperatures). Results: We used stable isotope probing (SIP) targeted metagenomics to reveal the genomic potential of active soil microbial populations under simulated winter conditions, with an emphasis on viruses and virus-host dynamics. Arctic peat soils from the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research site in Alaska were incubated under sub-freezing anoxic conditions with H
2 18 O or natural abundance water for 184 and 370 days. We sequenced 23 SIP-metagenomes and measured carbon dioxide (CO2 ) efflux throughout the experiment. We identified 46 bacterial populations (spanning 9 phyla) and 243 viral populations that actively took up18 O in soil and respired CO2 throughout the incubation. Active bacterial populations represented only a small portion of the detected microbial community and were capable of fermentation and organic matter degradation. In contrast, active viral populations represented a large portion of the detected viral community and one third were linked to active bacterial populations. We identified 86 auxiliary metabolic genes and other environmentally relevant genes. The majority of these genes were carried by active viral populations and had diverse functions such as carbon utilization and scavenging that could provide their host with a fitness advantage for utilizing much-needed carbon sources or acquiring essential nutrients. Conclusions: Overall, there was a stark difference in the identity and function of the active bacterial and viral community compared to the unlabeled community that would have been overlooked with a non-targeted standard metagenomic analysis. Our results illustrate that substantial active virus-host interactions occur in sub-freezing anoxic conditions and highlight viruses as a major community-structuring agent that likely modulates carbon loss in peat soils during winter, which may be pivotal for understanding the future fate of arctic soils' vast carbon stocks. 7CT7oo5s6pZcfh9yAbPeef Video abstract [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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13. Moisture modulates soil reservoirs of active DNA and RNA viruses.
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Wu, Ruonan, Davison, Michelle R., Gao, Yuqian, Nicora, Carrie D., Mcdermott, Jason E., Burnum-Johnson, Kristin E., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., and Jansson, Janet K.
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RNA viruses ,SOIL moisture ,METAGENOMICS ,BACTERIOPHAGES ,DNA viruses - Abstract
Soil is known to harbor viruses, but the majority are uncharacterized and their responses to environmental changes are unknown. Here, we used a multi-omics approach (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics) to detect active DNA viruses and RNA viruses in a native prairie soil and to determine their responses to extremes in soil moisture. The majority of transcribed DNA viruses were bacteriophage, but some were assigned to eukaryotic hosts, mainly insects. We also demonstrated that higher soil moisture increased transcription of a subset of DNA viruses. Metaproteome data validated that the specific viral transcripts were translated into proteins, including chaperonins known to be essential for virion replication and assembly. The soil viral chaperonins were phylogenetically distinct from previously described marine viral chaperonins. The soil also had a high abundance of RNA viruses, with highest representation of Reoviridae. Leviviridae were the most diverse RNA viruses in the samples, with higher amounts in wet soil. This study demonstrates that extreme shifts in soil moisture have dramatic impacts on the composition, activity and potential functions of both DNA and RNA soil viruses. Wu et al. use a multi-omics approach (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and metaproteomics) to characterize soil viral responses to soil moisture. The results indicate that extreme shifts in soil moisture have dramatic impacts on the composition, activity and potential functions of both DNA and RNA soil viruses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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14. MetFish: a Metabolomics Pipeline for Studying Microbial Communities in Chemically Extreme Environments.
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Chengdong Xu, Couvillion, Sneha P., Sontag, Ryan L., Isern, Nancy G., Yukari Maezato, Lindemann, Stephen R., Chowdhury, Taniya Roy, Rui Zhao, Morton, Beau R., Chu, Rosalie K., Moore, Ronald J., Jansson, Janet K., Bailey, Vanessa L., Mouser, Paula J., Romine, Margaret F., Fredrickson, James F., and Metz, Thomas O.
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- 2021
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15. Microbiome Aggregated Traits and Assembly Are More Sensitive to Soil Management than Diversity.
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Neal, Andrew L., Hughes, David, Clark, Ian M., Jansson, Janet K., and Hirsch, Penny R.
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16. Activity‐Based Protein Profiling of Chitin Catabolism.
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Zegeye, Elias K., Sadler, Natalie C., Lomas, Gerard X., Attah, Isaac K., Jansson, Janet K., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Anderton, Christopher R., and Wright, Aaron T.
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- 2021
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17. Metabolic Interactions between Brachypodium and Pseudomonas fluorescens under Controlled Iron-Limited Conditions.
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Boiteau, Rene M., Markillie, Lye Meng, Hoyt, David W., Dehong Hu, Chu, Rosalie K., Mitchell, Hugh D., Pasa-Tolic, Ljiljana, Jansson, Janet K., and Jansson, Christer
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- 2021
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18. Soil Microbiomes Under Climate Change and Implications for Carbon Cycling.
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Naylor, Dan, Sadler, Natalie, Bhattacharjee, Arunima, Graham, Emily B., Anderton, Christopher R., McClure, Ryan, Lipton, Mary, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., and Jansson, Janet K.
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CLIMATE change ,BIOGEOCHEMICAL cycles ,SOILS ,HISTOSOLS ,CARBON in soils ,CARBON cycle - Abstract
Communities of soil microorganisms (soil microbiomes) play a major role in biogeochemical cycles and support of plant growth. Here we focus primarily on the roles that the soil microbiome plays in cycling soil organic carbon and the impact of climate change on the soil carbon cycle. We first discuss current challenges in understanding the roles carried out by highly diverse and heterogeneous soil microbiomes and review existing knowledge gaps in understanding how climate change will impact soil carbon cycling by the soil microbiome. Because soil microbiome stability is a key metric to understand as the climate changes, we discuss different aspects of stability, including resistance, resilience, and functional redundancy.We then review recent research pertaining to the impact of major climate perturbations on the soil microbiome and the functions that they carry out. Finally, we review new experimental methodologies and modeling approaches under development that should facilitate our understanding of the complex nature of the soil microbiome to better predict its future responses to climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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19. Development and Analysis of a Stable, Reduced Complexity Model Soil Microbiome.
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McClure, Ryan, Naylor, Dan, Farris, Yuliya, Davison, Michelle, Fansler, Sarah J., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., and Jansson, Janet K.
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GRASSLAND soils ,ARID soils ,SOIL microbial ecology ,SOILS ,KEYSTONE species ,SOIL testing ,MICROBIAL communities - Abstract
The soil microbiome is central to the cycling of carbon and other nutrients and to the promotion of plant growth. Despite its importance, analysis of the soil microbiome is difficult due to its sheer complexity, with thousands of interacting species. Here, we reduced this complexity by developing model soil microbial consortia that are simpler and more amenable to experimental analysis but still represent important microbial functions of the native soil ecosystem. Samples were collected from an arid grassland soil and microbial communities (consisting mainly of bacterial species) were enriched on agar plates containing chitin as the main carbon source. Chitin was chosen because it is an abundant carbon and nitrogen polymer in soil that often requires the coordinated action of several microorganisms for complete metabolic degradation. Several soil consortia were derived that had tractable richness (30–50 OTUs) with diverse phyla representative of the native soil, including Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia. The resulting consortia could be stored as glycerol or lyophilized stocks at −80°C and revived while retaining community composition, greatly increasing their use as tools for the research community at large. One of the consortia that was particularly stable was chosen as a model soil consortium (MSC-1) for further analysis. MSC-1 species interactions were studied using both pairwise co-cultivation in liquid media and during growth in soil under several perturbations. Co-abundance analyses highlighted interspecies interactions and helped to define keystone species, including Mycobacterium, Rhodococcus, and Rhizobiales taxa. These experiments demonstrate the success of an approach based on naturally enriching a community of interacting species that can be stored, revived, and shared. The knowledge gained from querying these communities and their interactions will enable better understanding of the soil microbiome and the roles these interactions play in this environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Integrated network modeling approach defines key metabolic responses of soil microbiomes to perturbations.
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McClure, Ryan S., Lee, Joon-Yong, Chowdhury, Taniya Roy, Bottos, Eric M., White III, Richard Allen, Kim, Young-Mo, Nicora, Carrie D., Metz, Thomas O., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Jansson, Janet K., and Song, Hyun-Seob
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METABOLISM ,HUMAN microbiota ,SOIL moisture ,GLYCINE ,PHENOTYPES - Abstract
The soil environment is constantly changing due to shifts in soil moisture, nutrient availability and other conditions. To contend with these changes, soil microorganisms have evolved a variety of ways to adapt to environmental perturbations, including regulation of gene expression. However, it is challenging to untangle the complex phenotypic response of the soil to environmental change, partly due to the absence of predictive modeling frameworks that can mechanistically link molecular-level changes in soil microorganisms to a community's functional phenotypes (or metaphenome). Towards filling this gap, we performed a combined analysis of metabolic and gene co-expression networks to explore how the soil microbiome responded to changes in soil moisture and nutrient conditions and to determine which genes were expressed under a given condition. Our integrated modeling approach revealed previously unknown, but critically important aspects of the soil microbiomes' response to environmental perturbations. Incorporation of metabolomic and transcriptomic data into metabolic reaction networks identified condition-specific signature genes that are uniquely associated with dry, wet, and glycine-amended conditions. A subsequent gene co-expression network analysis revealed that drought-associated genes occupied more central positions in a network model of the soil community, compared to the genes associated with wet, and glycine-amended conditions. These results indicate the occurrence of system-wide metabolic coordination when soil microbiomes cope with moisture or nutrient perturbations. Importantly, the approach that we demonstrate here to analyze large-scale multi-omics data from a natural soil environment is applicable to other microbiome systems for which multi-omics data are available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Earth microbial co-occurrence network reveals interconnection pattern across microbiomes.
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Ma, Bin, Wang, Yiling, Ye, Shudi, Liu, Shan, Stirling, Erinne, Gilbert, Jack A., Faust, Karoline, Knight, Rob, Jansson, Janet K., Cardona, Cesar, Röttjers, Lisa, and Xu, Jianming
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22. Genetic and metabolic links between the murine microbiome and memory.
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Mao, Jian-Hua, Kim, Young-Mo, Zhou, Yan-Xia, Hu, Dehong, Zhong, Chenhan, Chang, Hang, Brislawn, Colin J., Fansler, Sarah, Langley, Sasha, Wang, Yunshan, Peisl, B. Y. Loulou, Celniker, Susan E., Threadgill, David W., Wilmes, Paul, Orr, Galya, Metz, Thomas O., Jansson, Janet K., and Snijders, Antoine M.
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23. Genetic and metabolic links between the murine microbiome and memory.
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Mao, Jian-Hua, Kim, Young-Mo, Zhou, Yan-Xia, Hu, Dehong, Zhong, Chenhan, Chang, Hang, Brislawn, Colin, Langley, Sasha, Wang, Yunshan, Peisl, B. Y. Loulou, Celniker, Susan E., Threadgill, David W., Wilmes, Paul, Orr, Galya, Metz, Thomas O., Jansson, Janet K., and Snijders, Antoine M.
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- 2020
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24. Eighth Annual Conference of in VIVO Planetary Health: From Challenges to Opportunities.
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Prescott, Susan L., Hancock, Trevor, Bland, Jeffrey, van den Bosch, Matilda, Jansson, Janet K., Johnson, Christine C., Kondo, Michelle, Katz, David, Kort, Remco, Kozyrskyj, Anita, Logan, Alan C., Lowry, Christopher A., Nanan, Ralph, Poland, Blake, Robinson, Jake, Schroeck, Nicholas, Sinkkonen, Aki, Springmann, Marco, Wright, Robert O., and Wegienka, Ganesa
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- 2019
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25. Diverse tumour susceptibility in Collaborative Cross mice: identification of a new mouse model for human gastric tumourigenesis.
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Pin Wang, Yunshan Wang, Langley, Sasha A., Yan-Xia Zhou, Kuang-Yu Jen, Qi Sun, Brislawn, Colin, Rojas, Carolina M., Wahl, Kimberly L., Ting Wang, Xiangshan Fan, Jansson, Janet K., Celniker, Susan E., Xiaoping Zou, Threadgill, David W., Snijders, Antoine M., and Jian-Hua Mao
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ATROPHIC gastritis ,TUMORS ,CANCER ,GASTRIC mucosa ,BIOENGINEERING ,BLOOD cell count - Published
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26. Selection, Succession, and Stabilization of Soil Microbial Consortia.
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Zegeye, Elias K., Brislawn, Colin J., Farris, Yuliya, Fansler, Sarah J., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Jansson, Janet K., Wright, Aaron T., Graham, Emily B., Naylor, Dan, McClure, Ryan S., and Bernstein, Hans C.
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27. Metaphenomic Responses of a Native Prairie Soil Microbiome to Moisture Perturbations.
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Chowdhury, Taniya Roy, Joon-Yong Lee, Bottos, Eric M., Brislawn, Colin J., White III, Richard Allen, Bramer, Lisa M., Brown, Joseph, Zucker, Jeremy D., Young-Mo Kim, Jumpponen, Ari, Rice, Charles W., Fansler, Sarah J., Metz, Thomas O., McCue, Lee Ann, Callister, Stephen J., Hyun-Seob Song, and Jansson, Janet K.
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28. Siderophore profiling of co-habitating soil bacteria by ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry.
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Boiteau, Rene M., Fansler, Sarah J., Farris, Yuliya, Shaw, Jared B., Koppenaal, David W., Pasa-Tolic, Ljiljana, and Jansson, Janet K.
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- 2019
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29. Disentangling the complexity of permafrost soil by using high resolution profiling of microbial community composition, key functions and respiration rates.
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Müller, Oliver, Bang‐Andreasen, Toke, White, Richard Allen, Elberling, Bo, Taş, Neslihan, Kneafsey, Timothy, Jansson, Janet K., and Øvreås, Lise
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MICROBIAL diversity ,PERMAFROST ,FROZEN ground ,PROTOZOAN diversity ,BIOMASS energy ,MICROBIAL communities ,ORGANIC compounds - Abstract
Summary: Thawing permafrost can stimulate microbial activity, leading to faster decomposition of formerly preserved organic matter and CO2 release. Detailed knowledge about the vertical distribution of the responsible microbial community that is changing with increasing soil depth is limited. In this study, we determined the microbial community composition from cores sampled in a high Arctic heath at Svalbard, Norway; spanning from the active layer (AL) into the permafrost layer (PL). A special aim has been on identifying a layer of recently thawed soil, the transition zone (TZ), which might provide new insights into the fate of thawing permafrost. A unique sampling strategy allowed us to observe a diverse and gradually shifting microbial community in the AL, a Bacteroidetes dominated community in the TZ and throughout the PL, a community strongly dominated by a single Actinobacteria family (Intrasporangiaceae). The contrasting abundances of these two taxa caused a community difference of about 60%, just within 3 cm from TZ to PL. We incubated subsamples at about 5°C and measured highest CO2 production rates under aerobic incubations, yet contrasting for five different layers and correlating to the microbial community composition. This high resolution strategy provides new insights on how microbial communities are structured in permafrost and a better understanding of how they respond to thaw. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Predominance and high diversity of genes associated to denitrification in metagenomes of subantarctic coastal sediments exposed to urban pollution.
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Calderoli, Priscila A., Espínola, Fernando J., Dionisi, Hebe M., Gil, Mónica N., Jansson, Janet K., and Lozada, Mariana
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CHLOROFLEXUS aurantiacus ,NITRIFICATION ,DENITRIFICATION ,URBAN pollution ,COASTAL sediments - Abstract
The aim of this work was to characterize the microbial nitrogen cycling potential in sediments from Ushuaia Bay, a subantarctic environment that has suffered a recent explosive demographic growth. Subtidal sediment samples were retrieved in triplicate from two urban points in the Bay, and analyzed through metagenomic shotgun sequencing. Sequences assigned to genes related to nitrification, nitrate reduction and denitrification were predominant in this environment with respect to metagenomes from other environments, including other marine sediments. The nosZ gene, responsible for nitrous oxide transformation into di-nitrogen, presented a high diversity. The majority of NosZ sequences were classified as Clade II (atypical) variants affiliated to different bacterial lineages such as Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, as well as to Archaea. The analysis of a fosmid metagenomic library from the same site showed that the genomic context of atypical variants was variable, and was accompanied by distinct regulatory elements, suggesting the evolution of differential ecophysiological roles. This work increases our understanding of the microbial ecology of nitrogen transformations in cold coastal environments and provides evidence of an enhanced denitrification potential in impacted sediment microbial communities. In addition, it highlights the role of yet overlooked populations in the mitigation of environmentally harmful forms of nitrogen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Microbial Community Structure and Functional Potential in Cultivated and Native Tallgrass Prairie Soils of the Midwestern United States.
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Mackelprang, Rachel, Grube, Alyssa M., Lamendella, Regina, Jesus, Ederson da C., Copeland, Alex, Liang, Chao, Jackson, Randall D., Rice, Charles W., Kapucija, Stefanie, Parsa, Bayan, Tringe, Susannah G., Tiedje, James M., and Jansson, Janet K.
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MICROBIAL communities ,METAGENOMICS ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
The North American prairie covered about 3.6 million-km
2 of the continent prior to European contact. Only 1–2% of the original prairie remains, but the soils that developed under these prairies are some of the most productive and fertile in the world, containing over 35% of the soil carbon in the continental United States. Cultivation may alter microbial diversity and composition, influencing the metabolism of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements. Here, we explored the structure and functional potential of the soil microbiome in paired cultivated-corn (at the time of sampling) and never-cultivated native prairie soils across a three-states transect (Wisconsin, Iowa, and Kansas) using metagenomic and 16S rRNA gene sequencing and lipid analysis. At the Wisconsin site, we also sampled adjacent restored prairie and switchgrass plots. We found that agricultural practices drove differences in community composition and diversity across the transect. Microbial biomass in prairie samples was twice that of cultivated soils, but alpha diversity was higher with cultivation. Metagenome analyses revealed denitrification and starch degradation genes were abundant across all soils, as were core genes involved in response to osmotic stress, resource transport, and environmental sensing. Together, these data indicate that cultivation shifted the microbiome in consistent ways across different regions of the prairie, but also suggest that many functions are resilient to changes caused by land management practices – perhaps reflecting adaptations to conditions common to tallgrass prairie soils in the region (e.g., soil type, parent material, development under grasses, temperature and rainfall patterns, and annual freeze-thaw cycles). These findings are important for understanding the long-term consequences of land management practices to prairie soil microbial communities and their genetic potential to carry out key functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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32. Microbial Community Structure and Functional Potential Along a Hypersaline Gradient.
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Kimbrel, Jeffrey A., Ballor, Nicholas, Wu, Yu-Wei, David, Maude M., Hazen, Terry C., Simmons, Blake A., Singer, Steven W., and Jansson, Janet K.
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MICROBIAL communities ,MICROBIAL evolution ,PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of salt - Abstract
Salinity is one of the strongest environmental drivers of microbial evolution and community composition. Here we aimed to determine the impact of salt concentrations (2.5, 7.5, and 33.2%) on the microbial community structure of reclaimed saltern ponds near San Francisco, California, and to discover prospective enzymes with potential biotechnological applications. Community compositions were determined by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing revealing both higher richness and evenness in the pond sediments compared to the water columns. Co-occurrence network analysis additionally uncovered the presence of microbial seed bank communities, potentially primed to respond to rapid changes in salinity. In addition, functional annotation of shotgun metagenomic DNA showed different capabilities if the microbial communities at different salinities for methanogenesis, amino acid metabolism, and carbohydrate-active enzymes. There was an overall shift with increasing salinity in the functional potential for starch degradation, and a decrease in degradation of cellulose and other oligosaccharides. Further, many carbohydrate-active enzymes identified have acidic isoelectric points that have potential biotechnological applications, including deconstruction of biofuel feedstocks under high ionic conditions. Metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of individual halotolerant and halophilic microbes were binned revealing a variety of carbohydrate-degrading potential of individual pond inhabitants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Earth Microbiome Project and Global Systems Biology.
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Gilbert, Jack A., Jansson, Janet K., and Knight, Rob
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34. Landscape topography structures the soil microbiome in arctic polygonal tundra.
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Taş, Neslihan, Prestat, Emmanuel, Shi Wang, Yuxin Wu, Ulrich, Craig, Kneafsey, Timothy, Tringe, Susannah G., Torn, Margaret S., Hubbard, Susan S., and Jansson, Janet K.
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TUNDRAS ,SOIL topography ,SOIL structure ,SOIL degradation ,MICROBIAL metabolism ,GREENHOUSE gases - Abstract
In the Arctic, environmental factors governing microbial degradation of soil carbon (C) in active layer and permafrost are poorly understood. Here we determined the functional potential of soil microbiomes horizontally and vertically across a cryoperturbed polygonal landscape in Alaska. With comparative metagenomics, genome binning of novel microbes, and gas flux measurements we show that microbial greenhouse gas (GHG) production is strongly correlated to landscape topography. Active layer and permafrost harbor contrasting microbiomes, with increasing amounts of Actinobacteria correlating with decreasing soil C in permafrost. While microbial functions such as fermentation and methanogenesis were dominant in wetter polygons, in drier polygons genes for C mineralization and CH
4 oxidation were abundant. The active layer microbiome was poised to assimilate N and not to release N2 O, reflecting low N2 O flux measurements. These results provide mechanistic links of microbial metabolism to GHG fluxes that are needed for the refinement of model predictions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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35. Metagenomic Analysis of Subtidal Sediments from Polar and Subpolar Coastal Environments Highlights the Relevance of Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation Processes.
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Espínola, Fernando, Dionisi, Hebe M., Borglin, Sharon, Brislawn, Colin J., Jansson, Janet K., Mac Cormack, Walter P., Carroll, JoLynn, Sjöling, Sara, and Lozada, Mariana
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MICROBIAL communities ,SEDIMENT microbiology ,HYDROCARBONS ,INLETS ,BIODEGRADATION ,METAGENOMICS - Abstract
In this work, we analyzed the community structure and metabolic potential of sediment microbial communities in high-latitude coastal environments subjected to low to moderate levels of chronic pollution. Subtidal sediments from four low-energy inlets located in polar and subpolar regions from both Hemispheres were analyzed using large-scale 16S rRNA gene and metagenomic sequencing. Communities showed high diversity (Shannon's index 6.8 to 10.2), with distinct phylogenetic structures (<40% shared taxa at the Phylum level among regions) but similar metabolic potential in terms of sequences assigned to KOs. Environmental factors (mainly salinity, temperature, and in less extent organic pollution) were drivers of both phylogenetic and functional traits. Bacterial taxa correlating with hydrocarbon pollution included families of anaerobic or facultative anaerobic lifestyle, such as Desulfuromonadaceae, Geobacteraceae, and Rhodocyclaceae. In accordance, biomarker genes for anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation ( bamA, ebdA, bcrA, and bssA) were prevalent, only outnumbered by alkB, and their sequences were taxonomically binned to the same bacterial groups. BssA-assigned metagenomic sequences showed an extremely wide diversity distributed all along the phylogeny known for this gene, including bssA sensu stricto, nmsA, assA, and other clusters from poorly or not yet described variants. This work increases our understanding of microbial community patterns in cold coastal sediments, and highlights the relevance of anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation processes in subtidal environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. Prospecting Biotechnologically-Relevant Monooxygenases from Cold Sediment Metagenomes: An In Silico Approach.
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Musumeci, Matías A., Lozada, Mariana, Rial, Daniela V., Mac Cormack, Walter P., Jansson, Janet K., Sjöling, Sara, Carroll, JoLynn, and Dionisi, Hebe M.
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The goal of this work was to identify sequences encoding monooxygenase biocatalysts with novel features by in silico mining an assembled metagenomic dataset of polar and subpolar marine sediments. The targeted enzyme sequences were Baeyer-Villiger and bacterial cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP153). These enzymes have wide-ranging applications, from the synthesis of steroids, antibiotics, mycotoxins and pheromones to the synthesis of monomers for polymerization and anticancer precursors, due to their extraordinary enantio-, regio-, and chemo- selectivity that are valuable features for organic synthesis. Phylogenetic analyses were used to select the most divergent sequences affiliated to these enzyme families among the 264 putative monooxygenases recovered from the ~14 million protein-coding sequences in the assembled metagenome dataset. Three-dimensional structure modeling and docking analysis suggested features useful in biotechnological applications in five metagenomic sequences, such as wide substrate range, novel substrate specificity or regioselectivity. Further analysis revealed structural features associated with psychrophilic enzymes, such as broader substrate accessibility, larger catalytic pockets or low domain interactions, suggesting that they could be applied in biooxidations at room or low temperatures, saving costs inherent to energy consumption. This work allowed the identification of putative enzyme candidates with promising features from metagenomes, providing a suitable starting point for further developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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37. Indirect Interspecies Regulation: Transcriptional and Physiological Responses of a Cyanobacterium to Heterotrophic Partnership.
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Bernstein, Hans C., McClure, Ryan S., Thiel, Vera, Sadler, Natalie C., Young-Mo Kim, Chrisler, William B., Hill, Eric A., Bryant, Donald A., Romine, Margaret F., Jansson, Janet K., Fredrickson, Jim K., and Beliaev, Alexander S.
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38. Microbial and viral-like rhodopsins present in coastal marine sediments from four polar and subpolar regions.
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López, José L., Golemba, Marcelo, Hernández, Edgardo, Lozada, Mariana, Dionisi, Hebe, Jansson, Janet K., Carroll, Jolynn, Lundgren, Leif, Sjöling, Sara, and Mac Cormack, Walter P.
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MARINE sediments ,RHODOPSIN ,MEMBRANE potential ,CYANOBACTERIA ,BACTERIAL communities ,BACTEROIDETES - Abstract
Rhodopsins are broadly distributed. In this work, we analyzed 23 metagenomes corresponding to marine sediment samples from four regions that share cold climate conditions (Norway; Sweden; Argentina and Antarctica). In order to investigate the genes evolution of viral rhodopsins, an initial set of 6224 bacterial rhodopsin sequences according to COG5524 were retrieved from the 23 metagenomes. After selection by the presence of transmembrane domains and alignment, 123 viral (51) and non-viral (72) sequences (>50 amino acids) were finally included in further analysis. Viral rhodopsin genes were homologs of Phaeocystis globosa virus and Organic lake Phycodnavirus. Non-viral microbial rhodopsin genes were ascribed to Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria, Deinococcus-Thermus and Cryptophyta and Fungi. A rescreening using Blastp, using as queries the viral sequences previously described, retrieved 30 sequences (>100 amino acids). Phylogeographic analysis revealed a geographical clustering of the sequences affiliated to the viral group. This clustering was not observed for the microbial non-viral sequences. The phylogenetic reconstruction allowed us to propose the existence of a putative ancestor of viral rhodopsin genes related to Actinobacteria and Chloroflexi. This is the first report about the existence of a phylogeographic association of the viral rhodopsin sequences from marine sediments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Diets high in resistant starch increase plasma levels of trimethylamine-N-oxide, a gut microbiome metabolite associated with CVD risk.
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Bergeron, Nathalie, Williams, Paul T., Lamendella, Regina, Faghihnia, Nastaran, Grube, Alyssa, Li, Xinmin, Wang, Zeneng, Knight, Rob, Jansson, Janet K., Hazen, Stanley L., and Krauss, Ronald M.
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BLOOD sugar analysis ,BIOMARKERS ,CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors ,CARNITINE ,CHOLESTEROL ,CLINICAL trials ,CROSSOVER trials ,CARBOHYDRATE content of food ,GLUCANS ,INGESTION ,INSULIN ,PROBABILITY theory ,STATISTICAL sampling ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,BETAINE - Abstract
Production of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a biomarker of CVD risk, is dependent on intestinal microbiota, but little is known of dietary conditions promoting changes in gut microbial communities. Resistant starches (RS) alter the human microbiota. We sought to determine whether diets varying in RS and carbohydrate (CHO) content affect plasma TMAO levels. We also assessed postprandial glucose and insulin responses and plasma lipid changes to diets high and low in RS. In a cross-over trial, fifty-two men and women consumed a 2-week baseline diet (41 percentage of energy (%E) CHO, 40 % fat, 19 % protein), followed by 2-week high- and low-RS diets separated by 2-week washouts. RS diets were assigned at random within the context of higher (51–53 %E) v. lower CHO (39–40 %E) intake. Measurements were obtained in the fasting state and, for glucose and insulin, during a meal test matching the composition of the assigned diet. With lower CHO intake, plasma TMAO, carnitine, betaine and γ-butyrobetaine concentrations were higher after the high- v. low-RS diet (P<0·01 each). These metabolites were not differentially affected by high v. low RS when CHO intake was high. Although the high-RS meal reduced postprandial insulin and glucose responses when CHO intake was low (P<0·01 each), RS did not affect fasting lipids, lipoproteins, glucose or insulin irrespective of dietary CHO content. In conclusion, a lower-CHO diet high in RS was associated with higher plasma TMAO levels. These findings, together with the absence of change in fasting lipids, suggest that short-term high-RS diets do not improve markers of cardiometabolic health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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40. Metagenomics unveils the attributes of the alginolytic guilds of sediments from four distant cold coastal environments.
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Matos, Marina N., Lozada, Mariana, Anselmino, Luciano E., Musumeci, Matías A., Henrissat, Bernard, Jansson, Janet K., Mac Cormack, Walter P., Carroll, JoLynn, Sjöling, Sara, Lundgren, Leif, and Dionisi, Hebe M.
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MICROBIAL polysaccharides ,LAKE sediments ,METAGENOMICS ,BACTERIAL genes ,HETEROTROPHIC bacteria ,BACTERIA classification - Abstract
Alginates are abundant polysaccharides in brown algae that constitute an important energy source for marine heterotrophic bacteria. Despite the key role of alginate degradation processes in the marine carbon cycle, little information is available on the bacterial populations involved in these processes. The aim of this work was to gain a better understanding of alginate utilization capabilities in cold coastal environments. Sediment metagenomes from four high-latitude regions of both Hemispheres were interrogated for alginate lyase gene homologue sequences and their genomic context. Sediments contained highly abundant and diverse bacterial assemblages with alginolytic potential, including members of Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria, as well as several poorly characterized taxa. The microbial communities in Arctic and Antarctic sediments exhibited the most similar alginolytic profiles, whereas brackish sediments showed distinct structures with a higher proportion of novel genes. Examination of the gene neighbourhood of the alginate lyase homologues revealed distinct patterns depending on the potential lineage of the scaffolds, with evidence of evolutionary relationships among alginolytic gene clusters from Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. This information is relevant for understanding carbon fluxes in cold coastal environments and provides valuable information for the development of biotechnological applications from brown algae biomass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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41. The past, present and future of microbiome analyses.
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White, Richard Allen, Callister, Stephen J, Moore, Ronald J, Baker, Erin S, and Jansson, Janet K
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42. Toward unrestricted use of public genomic data.
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Amann, Rudolf I., Baichoo, Shakuntala, Blencowe, Benjamin J., Bork, Peer, Borodovsky, Mark, Brooksbank, Cath, Chain, Patrick S. G., Colwell, Rita R., Daffonchio, Daniele G., Danchin, Antoine, Lorenzo, Victor de, Dorrestein, Pieter C., Finn, Robert D., Fraser, Claire M., A.Gilbert, Jack, Hallam, Steven J., Hugenholtz, Philip, Ioannidis, John P. A., Jansson, Janet K., and Kim, Jihyun F.
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- 2019
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43. Microbiome-wide association studies link dynamic microbial consortia to disease.
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Gilbert, Jack A., Quinn, Robert A., Debelius, Justine, Xu, Zhenjiang Z., Morton, James, Garg, Neha, Jansson, Janet K., Dorrestein, Pieter C., and Knight, Rob
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44. Moleculo Long-Read Sequencing Facilitates Assembly and Genomic Binning from Complex Soil Metagenomes.
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White III, Richard Allen, Bottos, Eric M., Chowdhury, Taniya Roy, Zucker, Jeremy D., Brislawn, Colin J., Nicora, Carrie D., Fansler, Sarah J., Glaesemann, Kurt R., Glass, Kevin, and Jansson, Janet K.
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45. Back to the Future of Soil Metagenomics.
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Nesme, Joseph, Achouak, Wafa, Agathos, Spiros N., Bailey, Mark, Baldrian, Petr, Brunel, Dominique, Frostegård, Åsa, Heulin, Thierry, Jansson, Janet K., Jurkevitch, Edouard, Kruus, Kristiina L., Kowalchuk, George A., Lagares, Antonio, Lappin-Scott, Hilary M., Lemanceau, Philippe, Le Paslier, Denis, Mandic-Mulec, Ines, Murrell, J. Colin, Myrold, David D., and Nalin, Renaud
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METAGENOMICS ,SOIL biodiversity - Abstract
The article focuses on the metagenomic and genomic methods on the analysis of soil biodiversity.
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46. Improved Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene (V4 and V4-5) and Fungal Internal Transcribed Spacer Marker Gene Primers for Microbial Community Surveys.
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Walters, William, Hyde, Embriette R., Berg-Lyons, Donna, Ackermann, Gail, Humphrey, Greg, Parada, Alma, Gilbert, Jack A., Jansson, Janet K., Caporaso, J. Gregory, Fuhrman, Jed A., Apprill, Amy, and Knight, Rob
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47. Metabolic Model-Based Integration of Microbiome Taxonomic and Metabolomic Profiles Elucidates Mechanistic Links between Ecological and Metabolic Variation.
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Noecker, Cecilia, Eng, Alexander, Srinivasan, Sujatha, Theriot, Casey M., Young, Vincent B., Jansson, Janet K., Fredricks, David N., and Borenstein, Elhanan
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48. Permafrost Meta-Omics and Climate Change.
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Mackelprang, Rachel, Saleska, Scott R., Jacobsen, Carsten Suhr, Jansson, Janet K., and Ta, Neslihan
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PERMAFROST ,CLIMATE change ,COLD adaptation ,MICROORGANISMS ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,BEHAVIOR - Abstract
Permanently frozen soil, or permafrost, covers a large portion of the Earth's terrestrial surface and represents a unique environment for cold-adapted microorganisms. As permafrost thaws, previously protected organic matter becomes available for microbial degradation. Microbes that decompose soil carbon produce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, contributing substantially to climate change. Next-generation sequencing and other -omics technologies offer opportunities to discover the mechanisms by which microbial communities regulate the loss of carbon and the emission of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost regions. Analysis of nucleic acids and proteins taken directly from permafrost-associated soils has provided new insights into microbial communities and their functions in Arctic environments that are increasingly impacted by climate change. In this article we review current information from various molecular -omics studies on permafrost microbial ecology and explore the relevance of these insights to our current understanding of the dynamics of permafrost loss due to climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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49. Fecal microbiome of growing pigs fed a cereal based diet including chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) or ribwort (Plantago lanceolata L.) forage.
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Lindberg, Jan Erik, Dicksved, Johan, and Jansson, Janet K.
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SWINE nutrition ,MICROBIAL development ,CEREALS as food ,CHICORY ,PLANTAGO lanceolata ,FORAGE plants - Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate how inclusion of chicory forage or ribwort forage in a cereal-based diet influenced the fecal microbial community (microbiome) in newly weaned (35 days of age) piglets. The piglets were fed a cereal-based diet without (B) and with inclusion (80 and 160 g/kg air-dry forage) of vegetative shoots of chicory (C) and leaves of ribwort (R) forage in a 35-day growth trial. Fecal samples were collected at the start (D0), 17 (D17) and 35 (D35) days after weaning and profiles of the microbial consortia were generated using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). 454-FLX pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons was used to analyze the microbial composition in a subset of the samples already analyzed with T-RFLP. Results: The microbial clustering pattern was primarily dependent on age of the pigs, but diet effects could also be observed. Lactobacilli and enterobacteria were more abundant at D0, whereas the genera Streptococcus, Treponema, Clostridium, Clostridiaceae1 and Coprococcus were present in higher abundances at D35. Pigs fed ribwort had an increased abundance of sequences classified as Treponema and a reduction in lactobacilli. However, the abundance of Prevotellaceae increased with age in on both the chicory and the ribwort diet. Moreover, there were significant correlations between the abundance of Bacteroides and the digested amount of galactose, uronic acids and total non-starch polysaccharides, and between the abundance of Bacteroidales and the digested amount of xylose. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that both chicory and ribwort inclusion in the diet of newly weaned pigs influenced the composition of the fecal microbiota and that digestion of specific dietary components was correlated with species composition of the microbiota. Moreover, this study showed that the gut will be exposed to a dramatic shift in the microbial community structure several weeks after weaning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Microbial ecology of chlorinated solvent biodegradation.
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David, Maude M., Cecillon, Sebastien, Warne, Brett M., Prestat, Emmanuel, Jansson, Janet K., and Vogel, Timothy M.
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MICROBIAL ecology ,CHLORINATION ,SOLVENTS ,BACTERIAL communities ,DEHALOCOCCOIDES ,MICROARRAY technology - Abstract
This study focused on the microbial ecology of tetrachloroethene (PCE) degradation to trichloroethene, cis-1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride to evaluate the relationship between the microbial community and the potential accumulation or degradation of these toxic metabolites. Multiple soil microcosms supplied with different organic substrates were artificially contaminated with PCE. A thymidine analogue, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), was added to the microcosms and incorporated into the DNA of actively replicating cells. We compared the total and active bacterial communities during the 50-day incubations by using phylogenic microarrays and 454 pyro-sequencing to identify microorganisms and functional genes associated with PCE degradation to ethene. By use of this integrative approach, both the key community members and the ecological functions concomitant with complete PCE degradation could be determined, including the presence and activity of microbial community members responsible for producing hydrogen and acetate, which are critical for Dehalococcoides-mediated PCE degradation. In addition, by correlation of chemical data and phylogenic microarray data, we identified several bacteria that could potentially oxidize hydrogen. These results demonstrate that PCE degradation is dependent on some microbial community members for production of appropriate metabolites, while other members of the community compete for hydrogen in soil at low redox potentials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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