期刊
EXTREMOPHILES
卷 25, 期 3, 页码 249-256出版社
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-021-01224-1
关键词
Anaerobes; Archaea; Hyperthermophiles; Thermophiles
资金
- Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy [DE-FG02-95ER20175]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-95ER20175] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Iron is an essential nutrient that can exist in different forms in various environments. The archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus can directly assimilate iron from dissolved iron sulfide cluster complexes, providing new insights into the utilization of iron sulfide and proposing a model for iron sulfide assimilation from an insoluble mineral.
Iron is an essential nutrient for almost all known organisms, but in aerobic, neutral pH environments, it is present primarily as precipitated oxyhydroxide minerals. In contrast, in anaerobic environments, iron can exist in its ferrous form (Fe2+) and remain soluble. In sulfide-rich, anaerobic environments, Fe2+ and sulfide react to form iron sulfide cluster complexes of the form FexSx (FeSaq), which further condense to form the mineral mackinawite, which itself is partly soluble. However, the ability of microorganisms to utilize iron sulfide as an iron source is not known. Here, we show that the anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus can directly assimilate the iron in dissolved iron sulfide cluster complexes (FeSaq) without further dissolution to Fe2+. Growth is only inhibited in the presence of a Fe2+-specific chelator. The FeSaq that is utilized can be formed either by reaction of chelated Fe2+ with sulfide or dissolved from mackinawite. Pyrococcus furiosus can utilize FeSaq larger than 3.5 kDa, or Fe40S40, and may actively aid in the dissolution of mackinawite to the assimilated FeSaq. A model for iron sulfide assimilation from an insoluble mineral is proposed.
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