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Main Authors: Boukhchtaber, Dina Castillo, von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan, Sahonero Canavesi, Diana X, Dorhout, Denise, Bale, Nicole J, Hopmans, Ellen C, Villanueva, Laura
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Environmental microbiology 2025
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40016913/
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author Boukhchtaber, Dina Castillo
von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan
Sahonero Canavesi, Diana X
Dorhout, Denise
Bale, Nicole J
Hopmans, Ellen C
Villanueva, Laura
author_facet Boukhchtaber, Dina Castillo
von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan
Sahonero Canavesi, Diana X
Dorhout, Denise
Bale, Nicole J
Hopmans, Ellen C
Villanueva, Laura
Boukhchtaber, Dina Castillo
von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan
Sahonero Canavesi, Diana X
Dorhout, Denise
Bale, Nicole J
Hopmans, Ellen C
Villanueva, Laura
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Discovering Hidden Archaeal and Bacterial Lipid Producers in a Euxinic Marine System. Boukhchtaber, Dina Castillo von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan Sahonero Canavesi, Diana X Dorhout, Denise Bale, Nicole J Hopmans, Ellen C Villanueva, Laura Archaea Bacteria Membrane Lipids Seawater Black Sea Metagenome Bacterial membrane lipids are typically characterised by fatty acid bilayers linked through ester bonds, whereas those of Archaea are characterised by ether-linked isoprenoids forming bilayers or monolayers of membrane-spanning lipids known as isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (isoGDGTs). However, this understanding has been reconsidered with the identification of branched GDGTs (brGDGTs), which are membrane-spanning ether-bound branched alkyl fatty acids of bacterial origin, though their producers are often unidentified. The limited availability of microbial cultures constrains the understanding of the biological sources of these membrane lipids, thus limiting their use as biomarkers. To address this issue, we identified membrane lipids in the Black Sea using high-resolution accurate mass/mass spectrometry and inferred their potential producers by targeting lipid biosynthetic pathways encoded on the metagenome, in metagenome-assembled genomes and unbinned scaffolds. We also identified brGDGTs and highly branched GDGTs in the suboxic and euxinic waters, potentially attributed to Planctomycetota, Cloacimonadota, Desulfobacterota, Chloroflexota, Actinobacteria and Myxococcota-based on their lipid biosynthetic genomic potential. These findings introduce new possibilities for using specific brGDGTs as biomarkers of anoxic conditions in marine environments and highlight the role of these membrane lipids in microbial adaptation.
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spellingShingle Discovering Hidden Archaeal and Bacterial Lipid Producers in a Euxinic Marine System.
Boukhchtaber, Dina Castillo
von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan
Sahonero Canavesi, Diana X
Dorhout, Denise
Bale, Nicole J
Hopmans, Ellen C
Villanueva, Laura
Archaea
Bacteria
Membrane Lipids
Seawater
Black Sea
Metagenome
Discovering Hidden Archaeal and Bacterial Lipid Producers in a Euxinic Marine System. Boukhchtaber, Dina Castillo von Meijenfeldt, F A Bastiaan Sahonero Canavesi, Diana X Dorhout, Denise Bale, Nicole J Hopmans, Ellen C Villanueva, Laura Archaea Bacteria Membrane Lipids Seawater Black Sea Metagenome Bacterial membrane lipids are typically characterised by fatty acid bilayers linked through ester bonds, whereas those of Archaea are characterised by ether-linked isoprenoids forming bilayers or monolayers of membrane-spanning lipids known as isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (isoGDGTs). However, this understanding has been reconsidered with the identification of branched GDGTs (brGDGTs), which are membrane-spanning ether-bound branched alkyl fatty acids of bacterial origin, though their producers are often unidentified. The limited availability of microbial cultures constrains the understanding of the biological sources of these membrane lipids, thus limiting their use as biomarkers. To address this issue, we identified membrane lipids in the Black Sea using high-resolution accurate mass/mass spectrometry and inferred their potential producers by targeting lipid biosynthetic pathways encoded on the metagenome, in metagenome-assembled genomes and unbinned scaffolds. We also identified brGDGTs and highly branched GDGTs in the suboxic and euxinic waters, potentially attributed to Planctomycetota, Cloacimonadota, Desulfobacterota, Chloroflexota, Actinobacteria and Myxococcota-based on their lipid biosynthetic genomic potential. These findings introduce new possibilities for using specific brGDGTs as biomarkers of anoxic conditions in marine environments and highlight the role of these membrane lipids in microbial adaptation.
title Discovering Hidden Archaeal and Bacterial Lipid Producers in a Euxinic Marine System.
topic Archaea
Bacteria
Membrane Lipids
Seawater
Black Sea
Metagenome
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40016913/