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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages 4326-4343Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15614
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- NSF [2016423]
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The genomic characterization of three novel classes in the phylum Desulfobacterota revealed unique growth capacities and environmental preferences, such as heterotrophic growth, low oxygen tolerance, and adaptation to hypersaline habitats. These classes are rare community members in various habitats, with a preference for anaerobic terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments.
We report on the genomic characterization of three novel classes in the phylum Desulfobacterota. One class (proposed name Candidatus 'Anaeroferrophillalia') was characterized by heterotrophic growth capacity, either fermentatively or utilizing polysulfide, tetrathionate or thiosulfate as electron acceptors. In the absence of organic carbon sources, autotrophic growth via the Wood-Ljungdahl (WL) pathway and using hydrogen or Fe(II) as an electron donor is also inferred for members of the 'Anaeroferrophillalia'. The second class (proposed name Candidatus 'Anaeropigmentia') was characterized by its capacity for growth at low oxygen concentration, and the capacity to synthesize the methyl/alkyl carrier CoM, an ability that is prevalent in the archaeal but rare in the bacterial domain. Pigmentation is inferred from the capacity for carotenoid (lycopene) production. The third class (proposed name Candidatus 'Zymogenia') was characterized by fermentative heterotrophic growth capacity, broad substrate range and the adaptation of some of its members to hypersaline habitats. Analysis of the distribution pattern of all three classes showed their occurrence as rare community members in multiple habitats, with preferences for anaerobic terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments over oxygenated (e.g. pelagic ocean and agricultural land) settings. Special preference for some members of the class Candidatus 'Zymogenia' for hypersaline environments such as hypersaline microbial mats and lagoons was observed.
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