Metabolic potential of uncultured bacteria and archaea associated with petroleum seepage in deep-sea sediments

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 1816
• Main Authors: Dong, Xiyang, Greening, Chris, Rattray, Jayne E., Chakraborty, Anirban, Chuvochina, Maria, Mayumi, Daisuke, Dolfing, Jan, Li, Carmen, Brooks, James M., Bernard, Bernie B., Groves, Ryan A., Lewis, Ian A., Hubert, Casey R. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.04.2019; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/855; 631/326/2565/2142; 631/326/26; 631/326/41/2535; Acetates - metabolism; Acetic acid; Aliphatic compounds; Archaea; Archaea - genetics; Archaea - isolation & purification; Archaea - metabolism; Aromatic compounds; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Bacteria - metabolism; Communities; Deep sea; Deep sea environments; Ecological monitoring; Genomes; Geochemistry; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Geologic Sediments - microbiology; Harbors; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbons - metabolism; Hydrogen - metabolism; Metabolism; Metabolomics; Metagenome; Metagenomics - methods; Mexico; Microbial activity; Microbial Interactions - physiology; Microbiota - physiology; Microorganisms; multidisciplinary; Ocean floor; Oxidation; Petroleum; Petroleum - metabolism; Phylogeny; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sediments; Seepage; Thermodynamic models; Water depth; Mexico

The lack of microbial genomes and isolates from the deep seabed means that very little is known about the ecology of this vast habitat. Here, we investigate energy and carbon acquisition strategies of microbial communities from three deep seabed petroleum seeps (3 km water depth) in the Eastern Gulf...