Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake.

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Main Authors: Rohwer, Robin R, Kirkpatrick, Mark, Garcia, Sarahi L, Kellom, Matthew, McMahon, Katherine D, Baker, Brett J
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Published: Nature microbiology 2025
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author Rohwer, Robin R
Kirkpatrick, Mark
Garcia, Sarahi L
Kellom, Matthew
McMahon, Katherine D
Baker, Brett J
author_facet Rohwer, Robin R
Kirkpatrick, Mark
Garcia, Sarahi L
Kellom, Matthew
McMahon, Katherine D
Baker, Brett J
Rohwer, Robin R
Kirkpatrick, Mark
Garcia, Sarahi L
Kellom, Matthew
McMahon, Katherine D
Baker, Brett J
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake. Rohwer, Robin R Kirkpatrick, Mark Garcia, Sarahi L Kellom, Matthew McMahon, Katherine D Baker, Brett J Lakes Bacteria Microbiota Metagenome Genome, Bacterial Seasons Fresh Water Phylogeny Evolution, Molecular Biological Evolution Ecology and evolution are considered distinct processes that interact on contemporary time scales in microbiomes. Here, to observe these processes in a natural system, we collected a two-decade, 471-metagenome time series from Lake Mendota (Wisconsin, USA). We assembled 2,855 species-representative genomes and found that genomic change was common and frequent. By tracking strain composition via single nucleotide variants, we identified cyclical seasonal patterns in 80% and decadal shifts in 20% of species. In the dominant freshwater family Nanopelagicaceae, environmental extremes coincided with shifts in strain composition and positive selection of amino acid and nucleic acid metabolism genes. These genes identify organic nitrogen compounds as potential drivers of freshwater responses to global change. Seasonal and long-term strain dynamics could be regarded as ecological processes or, equivalently, as evolutionary change. Rather than as distinct interacting processes, we propose a conceptualization of ecology and evolution as a continuum to better describe change in microbial communities.
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spellingShingle Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake.
Rohwer, Robin R
Kirkpatrick, Mark
Garcia, Sarahi L
Kellom, Matthew
McMahon, Katherine D
Baker, Brett J
Lakes
Bacteria
Microbiota
Metagenome
Genome, Bacterial
Seasons
Fresh Water
Phylogeny
Evolution, Molecular
Biological Evolution
Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake. Rohwer, Robin R Kirkpatrick, Mark Garcia, Sarahi L Kellom, Matthew McMahon, Katherine D Baker, Brett J Lakes Bacteria Microbiota Metagenome Genome, Bacterial Seasons Fresh Water Phylogeny Evolution, Molecular Biological Evolution Ecology and evolution are considered distinct processes that interact on contemporary time scales in microbiomes. Here, to observe these processes in a natural system, we collected a two-decade, 471-metagenome time series from Lake Mendota (Wisconsin, USA). We assembled 2,855 species-representative genomes and found that genomic change was common and frequent. By tracking strain composition via single nucleotide variants, we identified cyclical seasonal patterns in 80% and decadal shifts in 20% of species. In the dominant freshwater family Nanopelagicaceae, environmental extremes coincided with shifts in strain composition and positive selection of amino acid and nucleic acid metabolism genes. These genes identify organic nitrogen compounds as potential drivers of freshwater responses to global change. Seasonal and long-term strain dynamics could be regarded as ecological processes or, equivalently, as evolutionary change. Rather than as distinct interacting processes, we propose a conceptualization of ecology and evolution as a continuum to better describe change in microbial communities.
title Two decades of bacterial ecology and evolution in a freshwater lake.
topic Lakes
Bacteria
Microbiota
Metagenome
Genome, Bacterial
Seasons
Fresh Water
Phylogeny
Evolution, Molecular
Biological Evolution
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39753668/