期刊
ASTROBIOLOGY
卷 12, 期 7, 页码 648-658出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0694
关键词
Microbial mats; Metagenomics; Metabolism
资金
- DGAPA
- UNAM
- UC-Mexus-CONACYT
- CONACYT [196814, 057507]
- Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Biomedicas UNAM
- [CONACyT 057507]
- [SEMARNAT 2006-C01-23459]
The Cuatro Cienegas Basin (CCB) is an oasis in the desert of Mexico characterized by low phosphorus availability and by its great diversity of microbial mats. We compared the metagenomes of two aquatic microbial mats from the CCB with different nutrient limitations. We observed that the red mat was P-limited and dominated by Pseudomonas, while the green mat was N-limited and had higher species richness, with Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria as the most abundant phyla. From their gene content, we deduced that both mats were very metabolically diverse despite their use of different strategies to cope with their respective environments. The red mat was found to be mostly heterotrophic, while the green mat was more autotrophic. The red mat had a higher number of transporters in general, including transporters of cellobiose and osmoprotectants. We suggest that generalists with plastic genomes dominate the red mat, while specialists with minimal genomes dominate the green mat. Nutrient limitation was a common scenario on the early planet; despite this, biogeochemical cycles were performed, and as a result the planet changed. The metagenomes of microbial mats from the CCB show the different strategies a community can use to cope with oligotrophy and persist.
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