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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
卷 92, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw018
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novel microbial diversity; alpine permafrost; Illumina Miseq sequencing; ribosomal markers; bacteria; archaea; eukarya
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- internal WSL project [PSP 5233.00029.002.01]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [31003A-138321]
- Agroscope Research Program 'Microbial Biodiversity'
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_138321] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Permafrost represents a largely understudied genetic resource. Thawing of permafrost with global warming will not only promote microbial carbon turnover with direct feedback on greenhouse gases, but also unlock an unknown microbial diversity. Pioneering metagenomic efforts have shed light on the permafrost microbiome in polar regions, but temperate mountain permafrost is largely understudied. We applied a unique experimental design coupled to high-throughput sequencing of ribosomal markers to characterize the microbiota at the long-term alpine permafrost study site 'Muot-da-Barba-Peider' in eastern Switzerland with an approximate radiocarbon age of 12 000 years. Compared to the active layers, the permafrost community was more diverse and enriched with members of the superphylum Patescibacteria (OD1, TM7, GN02 and OP11). These understudied phyla with no cultured representatives proposedly feature small streamlined genomes with reduced metabolic capabilities, adaptations to anaerobic fermentative metabolisms and potential ectosymbiotic lifestyles. The permafrost microbiota was also enriched with yeasts and lichenized fungi known to harbour various structural and functional adaptation mechanisms to survive under extreme sub-zero conditions. These data yield an unprecedented view on microbial life in temperate mountain permafrost, which is increasingly important for understanding the biological dynamics of permafrost in order to anticipate potential ecological trajectories in a warming world.
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