Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system
Planetary Science Institute · University of California, Berkeley · +2 more institutions
Abstract
The subterranean world hosts up to one-fifth of all biomass, including microbial communities that drive transformations central to Earth's biogeochemical cycles. However, little is known about how complex microbial communities in such environments are structured, and how inter-organism interactions shape ecosystem function. Here we apply terabase-scale cultivation-independent metagenomics to aquifer sediments and groundwater, and reconstruct 2,540 draft-quality, near-complete and complete strain-resolved genomes that represent the majority of known bacterial phyla as well as 47 newly discovered phylum-level lineages. Metabolic analyses spanning this vast phylogenetic diversity and representing up to 36% of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 63.02
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 71
Authors
14- KAKarthik AnantharamanCorresponding
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- CTChristopher T. Brown
University of California, Berkeley
- LHLaura Hug
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- ISItai Sharon
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- CJCindy J. Castelle
Planetary Science Institute, University of California, Berkeley
Topics & keywords
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Phylum
- Metagenomics
- Organism
- Biology
- Ecosystem
- Ecology
- Phylogenetic diversity
Funding
- UDU.S. Department of EnergyAwards: -AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02-
- JGJoint Genome InstituteAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231
- OOOffice of ScienceAwards: AC02-05CH11231, -AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02
- BABiological and Environmental ResearchAwards: 05CH11231, DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231
- LBLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231