Osmoregulation in freshwater anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea under salt stress
Climate change–driven sea level rise threatens freshwater ecosystems and elicits salinity stress in microbiomes. Methane emissions in these systems are largely mitigated by methane-oxidizing microorganisms. Here, we characterized the physiological and metabolic response of freshwater methanotrophic archaea to salt stress. In our microcosm experiments, inhibition of methanotrophic archaea started at 1%. However, during gradual increase of salt up to 3% in a reactor over 12 weeks, the culture continued to oxidize methane. Using gene expression profiles and metabolomics, we identified a pathway for salt-stress response that produces the osmolyte of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea: N(ε)-acetyl-β-L-lysine. An extensive phylogenomic analysis on N(ε)-acetyl-β-L-lysine-producing enzymes revealed that they are widespread across both bacteria and archaea, indicating a potential horizontal gene transfer and a link to BORG extrachromosomal elements. Physicochemical analysis of bioreactor biomass further indicated the presence of sialic acids and the consumption of intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoates in anaerobic methanotrophs during salt stress.
Main Authors: | Echeveste Medrano, Maider J., Leu, Andy O., Pabst, Martin, Lin, Yuemei, McIlroy, Simon J., Tyson, Gene W., van Ede, Jitske, Sánchez-Andrea, Irene, Jetten, Mike S.M., Jansen, Robert, Welte, Cornelia U. |
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Format: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | ANME, compatible solutes, metabolomics, methanotroph, salinity adaptation, “Ca. Methanoperedens”, |
Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/osmoregulation-in-freshwater-anaerobic-methane-oxidizing-archaea- |
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