ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-06-10DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf121
Intikhab Alam, Ramona Marasco, Afaque A Momin, Nojood Aalismail, Elisa Laiolo, Cecilia Martin, Isabel Sanz-Sáez, Begoña Baltá Foix, Elisabet L Sá, Allan Kamau, Francisco J Guzmán-Vega, Tahira Jamil, Silvia G Acinas, Josep M Gasol, Takashi Gojobori, Susana Agusti, Daniele Daffonchio, Stefan T Arold, Carlos M Duarte
{"title":"Widespread distribution of bacteria containing PETases with a functional motif across global oceans.","authors":"Intikhab Alam, Ramona Marasco, Afaque A Momin, Nojood Aalismail, Elisa Laiolo, Cecilia Martin, Isabel Sanz-Sáez, Begoña Baltá Foix, Elisabet L Sá, Allan Kamau, Francisco J Guzmán-Vega, Tahira Jamil, Silvia G Acinas, Josep M Gasol, Takashi Gojobori, Susana Agusti, Daniele Daffonchio, Stefan T Arold, Carlos M Duarte","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Accumulating evidence indicates that microorganisms respond to the ubiquitous plastic pollution by evolving plastic-degrading enzymes. However, the functional diversity of these enzymes and their distribution across the ocean, including the deep sea, remain poorly understood. By integrating bioinformatics and artificial intelligence-based structure prediction, we developed a structure- and function-informed algorithm to computationally distinguish functional polyethylene terephthalate-degrading enzymes (PETases) from variants lacking PETase activity (pseudo-PETase), either due to alternative substrate specificity or pseudogene origin. Through in vitro functional screening and in vivo microcosm experiments, we verified that this algorithm identified a high-confidence, searchable sequence motif for functional PETases capable of degrading PET. Metagenomic analysis of 415 ocean samples revealed 23 PETase variants, detected in nearly 80% of the samples. These PETases mainly occur between 1000 and 2000 m deep and at the surface in regions with high plastic pollution. Metatranscriptomic analysis further identified PETase variants that were actively transcribed by marine microorganisms. In contrast to their terrestrial counterparts-where PETases are taxonomically diverse-those in marine ecosystems were predominantly encoded and transcribed by members of the Pseudomonadales order. Our study underscores the widespread distribution of PETase-containing bacteria across carbon-limited marine ecosystems, identifying and distinguishing the PETase motif that underpins the functionality of these specialised cutinases.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf110
Jason Baer, Mark Little, Jenna Aquino, Anneke van der Geer, Andrés Sánchez-Quinto, Ashton Ballard, Catherine Lawrence, Jessica Carilli, Aaron Hartmann, Forest Rohwer
{"title":"Viralization as a microbial approach for enhancing coral reef restoration.","authors":"Jason Baer, Mark Little, Jenna Aquino, Anneke van der Geer, Andrés Sánchez-Quinto, Ashton Ballard, Catherine Lawrence, Jessica Carilli, Aaron Hartmann, Forest Rohwer","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coral reef ecosystems rely on microorganisms to carry out biogeochemical processes essential to the survival of corals and the reef food web. However, widespread shifts from coral to algal dominance as a result of anthropogenic pressures have promoted microbial communities that compromise reef health through deoxygenation and disease. These degraded reefs become locked in a \"microbialized\" state characterized by high microbial biomass, low oxygen, and heightened pathogenic activity that stymie efforts to outplant corals onto the reef, a common approach applied to restore these ecosystems. Over 18 months, we compared viral and microbial dynamics alongside physical and chemical parameters (\"water quality\") between two coral outplanting sites and two midwater reef mesocosms called Coral Arks. Seafloor sites exhibited microbialization, whereas Arks maintained conditions with higher viral abundances and virus-to-microbe ratios, smaller and less abundant microorganisms, and consistently higher dissolved oxygen, water flow, and light availability. These conditions, which we term \"viralized\", supported enhanced coral growth and survival, greater benthic diversity, increased coral recruitment, reduced turf and macroalgae, and higher fish abundance compared to outplanting sites. Despite these benefits, analysis of microbial carbon metabolism genes revealed an underlying trend towards microbialization at both sites, reflecting larger-scale regional decline. These findings emphasize that microbial and physicochemical conditions are drivers of reef restoration outcomes; to be successful, restoration strategies must target the underlying environmental factors that support coral survival and resilience. We identify key microbial and physical variables-such as oxygen levels, flow, and viral activity-associated with viralized reef states, which should serve as focal points for developing new interventions and technologies aimed at creating conditions conducive to reef recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144235795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf120
Hanna S Anderson, Kyle R Frischkorn, Sheean T Haley, Sonya T Dyhrman
{"title":"Trichodesmium metaproteomes reflect the differential influence of resource availability across ocean regions.","authors":"Hanna S Anderson, Kyle R Frischkorn, Sheean T Haley, Sonya T Dyhrman","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diazotroph Trichodesmium is an important contributor to marine dinitrogen fixation, supplying nitrogen to phytoplankton in typically nitrogen-limited ocean regions. Identifying how iron and phosphorus influence Trichodesmium activity and biogeography is an ongoing area of study, where predicting patterns of resource stress is complicated by the uncertain bioavailability of organically complexed iron and phosphorus. Here, a comparison of 26 metaproteomes from picked Trichodesmium colonies identified significantly different patterns between three ocean regions: the western tropical South Pacific, the western North Atlantic, and the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Trichodesmium KEGG submodule signals differed significantly across regions, and vector fitting showed that dissolved iron, dissolved inorganic phosphorus, and temperature significantly correlated with regional metaproteome patterns. Patterns of iron and phosphorus stress marker proteins previously validated in culture studies showed significant enrichment of a phosphorus stress signal in the western North Atlantic and an iron stress signal in the North Pacific. Populations in the western tropical South Pacific appeared to modulate their proteomes in response to both dissolved iron and dissolved inorganic phosphorus bioavailability, with significant enrichment of iron and phosphorus stress marker proteins, concomitant proteome restructuring, and significant decreases in the relative abundance of the dinitrogen fixation protein, NifH. These patterns recapitulate established regional patterns of resource stress on phytoplankton communities. Evaluating community stress patterns may therefore predict resource controls on diazotroph biogeography. These data highlight how Trichodesmium modulates its metabolism in the field and provide an opportunity to more accurately constrain controls on Trichodesmium biogeography and dinitrogen fixation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144235786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf108
Bridget B McGivern, Jared B Ellenbogen, David W Hoyt, John A Bouranis, Brooke P Stemple, Rebecca A Daly, Samantha H Bosman, Matthew B Sullivan, Ann E Hagerman, Jeffrey P Chanton, Malak M Tfaily, Kelly C Wrighton
{"title":"Polyphenol rewiring of the microbiome reduces methane emissions.","authors":"Bridget B McGivern, Jared B Ellenbogen, David W Hoyt, John A Bouranis, Brooke P Stemple, Rebecca A Daly, Samantha H Bosman, Matthew B Sullivan, Ann E Hagerman, Jeffrey P Chanton, Malak M Tfaily, Kelly C Wrighton","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf108","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Methane mitigation is regarded as a critical strategy to combat the scale of global warming. Currently, about 40% of methane emissions originate from microbial sources, which is causing strategies to suppress methanogens-either through direct toxic effects or by diverting their substrates and energy-to gain traction. Problematically, current microbial methane mitigation knowledge lacks detailed microbiome-centered insights, limiting translation across conditions and ecosystems. Here we utilize genome-resolved metatranscriptomes and metabolomes to assess the impact of a proposed methane inhibitor, catechin, on greenhouse gas emissions for high-methane-emitting peatlands. In microcosms, catechin drastically reduced methane emissions by 72-84% compared to controls. Longitudinal sampling allowed for reconstruction of a catechin degradation pathway involving Actinomycetota and Clostridium, which break down catechin into smaller phenolic compounds within the first 21 days, followed by degradation of phenolic compounds by Pseudomonas_E from days 21 to 35. These genomes co-expressed hydrogen-uptake genes, suggesting hydrogenases may act as a hydrogen sink during catechin degradation and consequently reduce hydrogen availability to methanogens. In support of this idea, there was decreased gene expression by hydrogenotrophic and hydrogen-dependent methylotrophic methanogens under catechin treatment. There was also reduced gene expression from genomes inferred to be functioning syntrophically with hydrogen-utilizing methanogens. We propose that catechin metabolic redirection effectively starves hydrogen-utilizing methanogens, offering a potent avenue for curbing methane emissions across diverse environments including ruminants, landfills, and constructed or managed wetlands.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf092
Hokwan Heo, Thanh Nguyen-Dinh, Man-Young Jung, Chris Greening, Sukhwan Yoon
{"title":"Hydrogen-dependent dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium enables growth of Campylobacterota isolates.","authors":"Hokwan Heo, Thanh Nguyen-Dinh, Man-Young Jung, Chris Greening, Sukhwan Yoon","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) is a key process used by diverse microorganisms in the global nitrogen cycle. For long, DNRA has been considered primarily as an organotrophic reaction, despite evidence that oxidation of inorganic electron donors also supports DNRA. Evidence of DNRA coupling with molecular hydrogen (H2) oxidation has been reported for several microbial isolates; however, the underlying physiology of the microbial process remains understudied. In this study, we report the isolation of two Campylobacterotastrains, Aliarcobacter butzlerihDNRA1 and Sulfurospirillumsp. hDNRA2, which grow using H2as the sole electron donor for DNRA, and physiological insights gained from a close examination of hydrogenotrophic DNRA in these isolates. In both batch and continuous cultures, DNRA sensu stricto(i.e. NO3-reduction that includes stoichiometric NO2--to-NH4+reduction) was strictly dependent on the presence of H2and exhibited stoichiometric coupling with H2oxidation, indicating that electrons required for NO2-reduction were unequivocally derived from H2. Successful chemostat incubation further demonstrated that hydrogenotrophic DNRA is viable under NO3-limiting, H2-excess conditions. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses identified group 1b [NiFe]-hydrogenase and cytochrome c552nitrite reductase as the key enzymes catalyzing hydrogenotrophic DNRA. Additionally, metagenomic surveys revealed that bacteria capable of hydrogenotrophic DNRA are taxonomically diverse and abundant in various ecosystems, particularly in the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. These findings, integrating physiological, genomic, and transcriptomic analyses, clarify that H2can solely serve as a growth-supporting electron donor for DNRA and suggest potential significance of this microbial process in nitrogen- and hydrogen-related environmental biogeochemical cycles.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf059
Cecilie R Gotze, Ashley M Dungan, Allison M L van de Meene, Katarina Damjanovic, Gayle K Philip, Justin Maire, Lone Høj, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine J H van Oppen
{"title":"Differential aggregation patterns of Endozoicomonas within tissues of the coral Acropora loripes.","authors":"Cecilie R Gotze, Ashley M Dungan, Allison M L van de Meene, Katarina Damjanovic, Gayle K Philip, Justin Maire, Lone Høj, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine J H van Oppen","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bacteria in the genus Endozoicomonas are well-known coral symbionts commonly found as clusters within tissues of several coral species. Mapping the spatial distribution of these microbial communities is critical to gaining a holistic understanding of the potential role they may play within the coral host. This study focuses on characterizing bacterial aggregates associated with the common reef-building coral, Acropora loripes, from the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A conventional cultivation-based method was employed to establish a pure culture collection of 11 undescribed Endozoicomonas strains isolated from A. loripes. Subsequent 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing revealed their classification into two distinct phylogenetic clades. To resolve their spatial distribution in hospite, clade-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization probes were designed. Aggregates were consistently observed in the gastrodermal tissue layers surrounding the upper and lower gastrovascular cavity and were predominantly formed by cells from the same phylogenetic clade, with a minor proportion of aggregates formed by Endozoicomonas from both targeted clades. Furthermore, a clear distinction in aggregation pattern was observed; one clade exhibited clusters with regular and contained growth patterns, whereas the other formed clusters lacking clear boundaries and having irregular shapes. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of a membrane of unknown origin associated with bacterial aggregates in two instances, suggesting potential structural or functional differences in these aggregates. These morphological differences highlight the importance of further investigations into the mechanisms governing bacterial aggregate formation in corals.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143744253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf007
Adva Shemi, Assaf Gal, Assaf Vardi
{"title":"Uncertain fate of pelagic calcifying protists: a cellular perspective on a changing ocean.","authors":"Adva Shemi, Assaf Gal, Assaf Vardi","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pelagic calcifying protists such as coccolithophores and foraminifera represent an important microbial component of the marine carbon cycle. Although their calcitic shells are preserved in oceanic sediments over millennia, their resilience in the future decades is uncertain. We review current literature describing the response of calcifying protists to ocean acidification and temperature warming. We examine these key ecological and biogeochemical processes through the cellular perspective, exploring the physiological, metabolic, and molecular responses of calcifying protists. Ocean acidification is a chemical process that takes place in the seawater outside the cell, whereas protists calcify inside a modified cellular microenvironment. The function of these calcification compartments depends on cellular response to ocean acidification, such as maintaining pH homeostasis. The response of calcifying protists to ocean acidification and temperature warming is species-specific, with no unifying trends but rather a range of sensitivity levels. Coccolithophores and foraminifera display physiological sensitivity that may hamper their ecological success in comparison to non-calcifying species. Yet, certain species may be more adaptable, especially when comparing to highly vulnerable calcifying molluscs as pteropods. As the molecular machinery mediating cellular calcification is not fully resolved, as well as the functional role of the calcitic shell, our ability to predict the fate of calcifying microorganisms in a warmer, more acidic ocean is limited. We propose the urgent need to expand the study of these model systems by advancing cell biology approaches, to better understand the impact of climate change on microbial food webs in the ocean.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf061
Ave T Bisesi, Jeremy M Chacón, Michael J Smanski, Linda Kinkel, William R Harcombe
{"title":"Selection for toxin production in spatially structured environments increases with growth rate.","authors":"Ave T Bisesi, Jeremy M Chacón, Michael J Smanski, Linda Kinkel, William R Harcombe","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf061","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microbes adopt diverse strategies to successfully compete with coexisting strains for space and resources. One common strategy is the production of toxic compounds to inhibit competitors, but the strength and direction of selection for this strategy vary depending on the environment. Existing theoretical and experimental evidence suggests that growth in spatially structured environments makes toxin production more beneficial because competitive interactions are localized. Because higher growth rates reduce the length scale of interactions in structured environments, theory predicts that toxin production should be especially beneficial under these conditions. We tested this hypothesis by developing a genome-scale metabolic modeling approach and complementing it with comparative genomics to investigate the impact of growth rate on selection for costly toxin production. Our modeling approach expands the current abilities of the dynamic flux balance analysis platform Computation Of Microbial Ecosystems in Time and Space (COMETS) to incorporate signaling and toxin production. Using this capability, we find that our modeling framework predicts that the strength of selection for toxin production increases as growth rate increases. This finding is supported by comparative genomics analyses that include diverse microbial species. Our work emphasizes that toxin production is more likely to be maintained in rapidly growing, spatially structured communities, thus improving our ability to manage microbial communities and informing natural product discovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12041421/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf048
J Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz, Alexandria Bartlett, Arthur S McMillan, Ayesha Awan, Molly Vanhoy Walsh, Alissa K Meyerhoffer, Simina Vintila, Jessie L Maier, Tanner G Richie, Casey M Theriot, Manuel Kleiner
{"title":"Dietary protein source alters gut microbiota composition and function.","authors":"J Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz, Alexandria Bartlett, Arthur S McMillan, Ayesha Awan, Molly Vanhoy Walsh, Alissa K Meyerhoffer, Simina Vintila, Jessie L Maier, Tanner G Richie, Casey M Theriot, Manuel Kleiner","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf048","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The source of protein in a person's diet affects their total life expectancy. However, the mechanisms by which dietary protein sources differentially impact human health and life expectancy are poorly understood. Dietary choices impact the composition and function of the intestinal microbiota that ultimately modulate host health. This raises the possibility that health outcomes based on dietary protein sources might be driven by interactions between dietary protein and the gut microbiota. In this study, we determined the effects of seven different sources of dietary protein on the gut microbiota of mice using an integrated metagenomics-metaproteomics approach. The protein abundances measured by metaproteomics can provide microbial species abundances, and evidence for the molecular phenotype of microbiota members because measured proteins indicate the metabolic and physiological processes used by a microbial community. We showed that dietary protein source significantly altered the species composition and overall function of the gut microbiota. Different dietary protein sources led to changes in the abundance of microbial proteins involved in the degradation of amino acids and the degradation of glycosylations conjugated to dietary protein. In particular, brown rice and egg white protein increased the abundance of amino acid degrading enzymes. Egg white protein increased the abundance of bacteria and proteins usually associated with the degradation of the intestinal mucus barrier. These results show that dietary protein sources can change the gut microbiota's metabolism, which could have major implications in the context of gut microbiota mediated diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12066410/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143674794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISME JournalPub Date : 2025-01-02DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf031
Mahara Mtawali, Elizabeth C Cooney, Jayd Adams, Joshua Jin, Corey C Holt, Patrick J Keeling
{"title":"Phylogenomic resolution of marine to freshwater dinoflagellate transitions.","authors":"Mahara Mtawali, Elizabeth C Cooney, Jayd Adams, Joshua Jin, Corey C Holt, Patrick J Keeling","doi":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ismejo/wraf031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dinoflagellates are an abundant and diverse group of protists that inhabit aquatic environments worldwide. They are characterized by numerous unique cellular and molecular traits, and have adapted to an unusually broad range of life strategies, including phototrophy, heterotrophy, parasitism, and all combinations of these. For most microbial groups, transitions from marine to freshwater environments are relatively rare, as changes in salinity are thought to lead to significant osmotic challenges that are difficult for the cell to overcome. Recent work has shown that dinoflagellates have overcome these challenges relatively often in evolutionary time, but because this is mostly based on single gene trees with low overall support, many of the relationships between freshwater and marine groups remain unresolved. Normally, phylogenomics could clarify such conclusions, but despite the recent surge in data, virtually no freshwater dinoflagellates have been characterized at the genome-wide level. Here, we generated 30 transcriptomes from cultures and single cells collected from freshwater environments to infer a robustly supported phylogenomic tree from 217 conserved genes, resolving at least seven transitions to freshwater in dinoflagellates. Mapping the distribution of ASVs from freshwater environmental samples onto this tree confirms these groups and identifies additional lineages where freshwater dinoflagellates likely remain unsampled. We also sampled two species of Durinskia, a genus of \"dinotoms\" with both marine and freshwater lineages containing Nitzschia-derived tertiary plastids. Ribosomal RNA phylogenies show that the host cells are closely related, but their endosymbionts are likely descended from two distantly-related freshwater Nitzschia species that were acquired in parallel and relatively recently.</p>","PeriodicalId":50271,"journal":{"name":"ISME Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11937819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}