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Predominance of Anaerobic, Spore-Forming Bacteria in Metabolically Active Microbial Communities from Ancient Siberian Permafrost

Author(s): Liang, Renxing; Lau, Maggie; Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana; Lloyd, Karen G; Wang, Wei; et al

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dc.contributor.authorLiang, Renxing-
dc.contributor.authorLau, Maggie-
dc.contributor.authorVishnivetskaya, Tatiana-
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, Karen G-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Wei-
dc.contributor.authorWiggins, Jessica-
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Jennifer-
dc.contributor.authorPfiffner, Susan-
dc.contributor.authorRivkina, Elizaveta M-
dc.contributor.authorOnstott, Tullis C-
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-14T17:30:20Z-
dc.date.available2023-12-14T17:30:20Z-
dc.date.issued2019-07-18en_US
dc.identifier.citationLiang, Renxing, Maggie Lau, Tatiana Vishnivetskaya, Karen G. Lloyd, Wei Wang, Jessica Wiggins, Jennifer Miller, Susan Pfiffner, Elizaveta M. Rivkina, and Tullis C. Onstott. "Predominance of anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria in metabolically active microbial communities from ancient Siberian permafrost." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85, no. 15 (2019): e00560-19. doi:10.1128/aem.00560-19.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0099-2240-
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dc.description.abstractThe prevalence of microbial life in permafrost up to several million years (Ma) old has been well documented. However, the long-term survivability, evolution, and metabolic activity of the entombed microbes over this time span remain underexplored. We integrated aspartic acid (Asp) racemization assays with metagenomic sequencing to characterize the microbial activity, phylogenetic diversity, and metabolic functions of indigenous microbial communities across a ∼0.01- to 1.1-Ma chronosequence of continuously frozen permafrost from northeastern Siberia. Although Asp in the older bulk sediments (0.8 to 1.1 Ma) underwent severe racemization relative to that in the youngest sediment (∼0.01 Ma), the much lower d-Asp/l-Asp ratio (0.05 to 0.14) in the separated cells from all samples suggested that indigenous microbial communities were viable and metabolically active in ancient permafrost up to 1.1 Ma. The microbial community in the youngest sediment was the most diverse and was dominated by the phyla Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria. In contrast, microbial diversity decreased dramatically in the older sediments, and anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria within Firmicutes became overwhelmingly dominant. In addition to the enrichment of sporulation-related genes, functional genes involved in anaerobic metabolic pathways such as fermentation, sulfate reduction, and methanogenesis were more abundant in the older sediments. Taken together, the predominance of spore-forming bacteria and associated anaerobic metabolism in the older sediments suggest that a subset of the original indigenous microbial community entrapped in the permafrost survived burial over geological time.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofApplied and Environmental Microbiologyen_US
dc.rightsAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.titlePredominance of Anaerobic, Spore-Forming Bacteria in Metabolically Active Microbial Communities from Ancient Siberian Permafrosten_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1128/aem.00560-19-
dc.identifier.eissn1098-5336-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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