Metagenome-based metabolic modelling predicts unique microbial interactions in deep-sea hydrothermal plume microbiomes.

ABSTRACT: Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are abundant on the ocean floor and play important roles in ocean biogeochemistry. In vent ecosystems such as hydrothermal plumes, microorganisms rely on reduced chemicals and gases in hydrothermal fluids to fuel primary production and form diverse and complex microbial communities. However, microbial interactions that drive these complex microbiomes remain poorly understood. Here, we use microbiomes from the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal system in the Pacific Ocean to shed more light on the key species in these communities and their interactions. We built metabolic models from metagenomically assembled genomes (MAGs) and infer possible metabolic exchanges and horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events within the community. We highlight possible archaea-archaea and arch

SUBMITTER: Kuppa Baskaran DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148797 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature