Genome- and Community-Level Interaction Insights into Carbon Utilization and Element Cycling Functions of <i>Hydrothermarchaeota</i> in Hydrothermal Sediment
Zhichao Zhou, Yang Liu, Wei Xu, Jie Pan, Zhu-Hua Luo, Meng Li
Abstract
This study provides comprehensive metabolic insights into the Hydrothermarchaeota from comparative genomics, evolution, and community-level perspectives. Members of the Hydrothermarchaeota synergistically participate in a wide range of carbon-utilizing and element cycling processes with other microorganisms in the community. We expand the current understanding of community interactions within the hydrothermal sediment and chimney, suggesting that microbial interactions based on sequential substrate metabolism are essential to nutrient and element cycling.
Topics & Concepts
Carbon fixationEnvironmental chemistryMetagenomicsBiogeochemical cycleChemistryMicrobial population biologyArchaeaCarbon cycleEcologyBiologyEcosystemBiochemistryPhotosynthesisBacteriaGeneticsGeneMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena