期刊
ISME JOURNAL
卷 15, 期 2, 页码 520-533出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00793-x
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- Simons Foundation (SCOPE) [329108]
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation [3777]
- Postdoctoral Scholarship Program at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & U.S. Geological Survey
The study revealed that in surface waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, phytoplankton activity in photosynthesis, photoacclimation, and photoprotection displayed clear diel coordination, with pigment abundances showing a balance between synthesis and consumption. Gene expression exhibited synchronized diel patterns among all taxa, illustrating the significant impact of light on photosynthetic organisms in the ocean.
Sunlight is the most important environmental control on diel fluctuations in phytoplankton activity, and understanding diel microbial processes is essential to the study of oceanic biogeochemical cycles. Yet, little is known about the in situ temporal dynamics of phytoplankton metabolic activities and their coordination across different populations. We investigated diel orchestration of phytoplankton activity in photosynthesis, photoacclimation, and photoprotection by analyzing pigment and quinone distributions in combination with metatranscriptomes in surface waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). We found diel cycles in pigment abundances resulting from the balance of their synthesis and consumption. These dynamics suggest that night represents a metabolic recovery phase, refilling cellular pigment stores, while photosystems are remodeled towards photoprotection during daytime. Transcript levels of genes involved in photosynthesis and pigment metabolism had synchronized diel expression patterns among all taxa, reflecting the driving force light imparts upon photosynthetic organisms in the ocean, while other environmental factors drive niche differentiation. For instance, observed decoupling of diel oscillations in transcripts and related pigments indicates that pigment abundances are modulated by environmental factors extending beyond gene expression/regulation reinforcing the need to combine metatranscriptomics with proteomics and metabolomics to fully understand the timing of these critical processes in situ.
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