Multiscale analysis of autotroph-heterotroph interactions in a high-temperature microbial community.
Multiscale analysis of autotroph-heterotroph interactions in a high-temperature microbial community.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006431
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发表时间:
2018-09
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Carlson RP
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作者:
Hunt KA;Jennings RM;Inskeep WP;Carlson RP
Interactions among microbial community members can lead to emergent properties, such as enhanced productivity, stability, and robustness. Iron-oxide mats in acidic (pH 2–4), high-temperature (> 65 °C) springs of Yellowstone National Park contain relatively simple microbial communities and are well-characterized geochemically. Consequently, these communities are excellent model systems for studying the metabolic activity of individual populations and key microbial interactions. The primary goals of the current study were to integrate data collected in situ with in silico calculations across process-scales encompassing enzymatic activity, cellular metabolism, community interactions, and ecosystem biogeochemistry, as well as to predict and quantify the functional limits of autotroph-heterotroph interactions. Metagenomic and transcriptomic data were used to reconstruct carbon and energy metabolisms of an important autotroph (Metallosphaera yellowstonensis) and heterotroph (Geoarchaeum sp. OSPB) from the studied Fe(III)-oxide mat communities. Standard and hybrid elementary flux mode and flux balance analyses of metabolic models predicted cellular- and community-level metabolic acclimations to simulated environmental stresses, respectively. In situ geochemical analyses, including oxygen depth-profiles, Fe(III)-oxide deposition rates, stable carbon isotopes and mat biomass concentrations, were combined with cellular models to explore autotroph-heterotroph interactions important to community structure-function. Integration of metabolic modeling with in situ measurements, including the relative population abundance of autotrophs to heterotrophs, demonstrated that Fe(III)-oxide mat communities operate at their maximum total community growth rate (i.e. sum of autotroph and heterotroph growth rates), as opposed to net community growth rate (i.e. total community growth rate subtracting autotroph consumed by heterotroph), as predicted from the maximum power principle. Integration of multiscale data with ecological theory provides a basis for predicting autotroph-heterotroph interactions and community-level cellular organization. Microbial communities often display emergent properties, such as enhanced productivity, stability, and robustness, compared to their component populations in isolation. However, determining the governing principles of these emergent properties can be elusive due to the complexities of interpreting and integrating genomic and geochemical data sets collected at largely different observational scales. Here, we use multiscale, metagenome-enabled modeling of an Fe(II)-oxidizing community to extract information regarding biomass productivity limitations, relative population abundance, total biomass concentration, and electron acceptor uptake rates. The systematic approach used herein is broadly applicable to any microbial community with modest activity and metagenomic data as well as provides a mechanism to characterize interaction motifs in communities that include uncultivated organisms.
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影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Campodonico MA;Vaisman D;Castro JF;Razmilic V;Mercado F;Andrews BA;Feist AM;Asenjo JA
通讯作者:
Asenjo JA
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Inskeep WP;Jay ZJ;Herrgard MJ;Kozubal MA;Rusch DB;Tringe SG;Macur RE;Jennings Rd;Boyd ES;Spear JR;Roberto FF
通讯作者:
Roberto FF
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Beam JP;Bernstein HC;Jay ZJ;Kozubal MA;Jennings Rd;Tringe SG;Inskeep WP
通讯作者:
Inskeep WP
影响因子:
14.9
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通讯作者:
Karp PD
影响因子:
5.1
作者:
Hunt, Kristopher A.;Jennings, Ryan deM.;Carlson, Ross P.
通讯作者:
Carlson, Ross P.