A genus in the bacterial phylum Aquificota appears to be endemic to Aotearoa-New Zealand.

Autor: Power JF; Thermophile Research Unit, Te Aka Mātuatua | School of Science, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3240, Aotearoa New Zealand., Carere CR; Te Tari Pūhanga Tukanga Matū | Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, Aotearoa New Zealand., Welford HE; Te Kura Pūtaiao Koiora | School of Biological Sciences, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, Aotearoa New Zealand., Hudson DT; Te Tari Moromoroiti me te Ārai Mate | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou | University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, Aotearoa New Zealand., Lee KC; Te Kura Pūtaiao | School of Science, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau | Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, 1010, Aotearoa New Zealand., Moreau JW; School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK., Ettema TJG; Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708, WE, Wageningen, the Netherlands., Reysenbach AL; Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97207, USA., Lee CK; Thermophile Research Unit, Te Aka Mātuatua | School of Science, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3240, Aotearoa New Zealand., Colman DR; Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA., Boyd ES; Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA., Morgan XC; Te Tari Moromoroiti me te Ārai Mate | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou | University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, Aotearoa New Zealand.; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA., McDonald IR; Thermophile Research Unit, Te Aka Mātuatua | School of Science, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3240, Aotearoa New Zealand., Craig Cary S; Thermophile Research Unit, Te Aka Mātuatua | School of Science, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato | University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3240, Aotearoa New Zealand. caryc@waikato.ac.nz., Stott MB; Te Kura Pūtaiao Koiora | School of Biological Sciences, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, Aotearoa New Zealand. matthew.stott@canterbury.ac.nz.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2024 Jan 02; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 179. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 02.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43960-2
Abstrakt: Allopatric speciation has been difficult to examine among microorganisms, with prior reports of endemism restricted to sub-genus level taxa. Previous microbial community analysis via 16S rRNA gene sequencing of 925 geothermal springs from the Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ), Aotearoa-New Zealand, revealed widespread distribution and abundance of a single bacterial genus across 686 of these ecosystems (pH 1.2-9.6 and 17.4-99.8 °C). Here, we present evidence to suggest that this genus, Venenivibrio (phylum Aquificota), is endemic to Aotearoa-New Zealand. A specific environmental niche that increases habitat isolation was identified, with maximal read abundance of Venenivibrio occurring at pH 4-6, 50-70 °C, and low oxidation-reduction potentials. This was further highlighted by genomic and culture-based analyses of the only characterised species for the genus, Venenivibrio stagnispumantis CP.B2 T , which confirmed a chemolithoautotrophic metabolism dependent on hydrogen oxidation. While similarity between Venenivibrio populations illustrated that dispersal is not limited across the TVZ, extensive amplicon, metagenomic, and phylogenomic analyses of global microbial communities from DNA sequence databases indicates Venenivibrio is geographically restricted to the Aotearoa-New Zealand archipelago. We conclude that geographic isolation, complemented by physicochemical constraints, has resulted in the establishment of an endemic bacterial genus.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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