Identification of a deep-branching lineage of algae using environmental plastid genomes.

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Auteurs principaux: Jamy, Mahwash, Huber, Thomas, Antoine, Thibault, Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim, Paoli, Lucas, Pelletier, Eric, O Delmont, Tom, Burki, Fabien
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author Jamy, Mahwash
Huber, Thomas
Antoine, Thibault
Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim
Paoli, Lucas
Pelletier, Eric
O Delmont, Tom
Burki, Fabien
author_facet Jamy, Mahwash
Huber, Thomas
Antoine, Thibault
Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim
Paoli, Lucas
Pelletier, Eric
O Delmont, Tom
Burki, Fabien
Jamy, Mahwash
Huber, Thomas
Antoine, Thibault
Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim
Paoli, Lucas
Pelletier, Eric
O Delmont, Tom
Burki, Fabien
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Identification of a deep-branching lineage of algae using environmental plastid genomes. Jamy, Mahwash Huber, Thomas Antoine, Thibault Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim Paoli, Lucas Pelletier, Eric O Delmont, Tom Burki, Fabien Genome, Plastid Phylogeny Plastids Genome, Mitochondrial Symbiosis Marine algae underpin entire ocean ecosystems. Yet algae in culture poorly represent their large environmental diversity, and we have a limited understanding of their convoluted evolution by endosymbiosis. Here, we perform a phylogeny-guided plastid genome-resolved metagenomic survey of Tara Oceans expeditions. We present a curated resource of 660 new non-redundant plastid genomes of environmental marine algae, vastly expanding plastid genome diversity within major algal groups, including many without closely related reference genomes. Notably, we recover four plastid genomes, including one near-complete, forming a deep-branching plastid lineage of nano-size algae that we informally name leptophytes. This group is globally distributed and generally rare, although it can reach relatively high abundance in the Arctic. A near-complete mitochondrial genome showing strong co-occurrence with leptophyte plastids is also recovered and assigned to this group. Leptophytes encompass the enigmatic plastid group DPL2, one of the very few known plastid groups not clearly belonging to major algal groups and previously known only from 16S rDNA sequences. Comparative organellar genomics and phylogenomics indicate that leptophytes are sister to haptophytes, and raise the intriguing possibility that cryptophytes acquired their plastids from haptophytes. Collectively, our study demonstrates that metagenomics can reveal hidden organellar diversity, and improve models of plastid evolution.
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spellingShingle Identification of a deep-branching lineage of algae using environmental plastid genomes.
Jamy, Mahwash
Huber, Thomas
Antoine, Thibault
Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim
Paoli, Lucas
Pelletier, Eric
O Delmont, Tom
Burki, Fabien
Genome, Plastid
Phylogeny
Plastids
Genome, Mitochondrial
Symbiosis
Identification of a deep-branching lineage of algae using environmental plastid genomes. Jamy, Mahwash Huber, Thomas Antoine, Thibault Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim Paoli, Lucas Pelletier, Eric O Delmont, Tom Burki, Fabien Genome, Plastid Phylogeny Plastids Genome, Mitochondrial Symbiosis Marine algae underpin entire ocean ecosystems. Yet algae in culture poorly represent their large environmental diversity, and we have a limited understanding of their convoluted evolution by endosymbiosis. Here, we perform a phylogeny-guided plastid genome-resolved metagenomic survey of Tara Oceans expeditions. We present a curated resource of 660 new non-redundant plastid genomes of environmental marine algae, vastly expanding plastid genome diversity within major algal groups, including many without closely related reference genomes. Notably, we recover four plastid genomes, including one near-complete, forming a deep-branching plastid lineage of nano-size algae that we informally name leptophytes. This group is globally distributed and generally rare, although it can reach relatively high abundance in the Arctic. A near-complete mitochondrial genome showing strong co-occurrence with leptophyte plastids is also recovered and assigned to this group. Leptophytes encompass the enigmatic plastid group DPL2, one of the very few known plastid groups not clearly belonging to major algal groups and previously known only from 16S rDNA sequences. Comparative organellar genomics and phylogenomics indicate that leptophytes are sister to haptophytes, and raise the intriguing possibility that cryptophytes acquired their plastids from haptophytes. Collectively, our study demonstrates that metagenomics can reveal hidden organellar diversity, and improve models of plastid evolution.
title Identification of a deep-branching lineage of algae using environmental plastid genomes.
topic Genome, Plastid
Phylogeny
Plastids
Genome, Mitochondrial
Symbiosis
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41392160/