Project description:The endosymbiont population of the hydrothermal vent tube worm Riftia pachyptila consists of a single 16S phylotype of sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria. The intracellular symbiont exhibits remarkable morphological heterogeneity, from small rod-shaped or coccoid cells to large cocci, which were suggested to be part of a common cell cycle. To assess whether these morphological differences are accompanied by distinct metabolic profiles, we physically enriched individual symbiont cells sizes by density gradient centrifugation and subjected these enrichments to metaproteomic analysis and statistical evaluation using clustering and random forests. Unlike previous molecular studies, which examined the metabolism of the symbiont population as whole, we were thus able to unravel comprehensive protein abundance patterns of individual symbiont subpopulations. Supported by microscopic analyses, our metaproteomic results show that Riftia symbiont cells of different sizes are stages of a physiological differentiation process: Small symbionts actively divide and may establish cellular symbiont-host interaction, as indicated by highest abundance of the cell division key protein FtsZ and highly abundant chaperones and porins in this initial phase. We furthermore present evidence that large symbionts, on the other hand, do not divide, but still replicate DNA, leading to DNA endoreduplication. Highest abundance of enzymes for CO2 fixation, carbon storage and biosynthesis indicates that in its late differentiation stage, the symbiont’s metabolism is efficiently geared on the production of organic material. We propose that this symbiont aging process enhances the productivity of the symbiosis as a whole.

2020-12-21 | PXD016986 | Pride

A histidine protein kinase homolog from the endosymbiont of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila.

Project description: Not available

| S-EPMC168656 | biostudies-other

Identification and characterization of a flagellin gene from the endosymbiont of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila.

Project description: Not available

| S-EPMC91466 | biostudies-literature

Candidatus Endoriftia persephone str. Guaymas

Project description:Endosymbiont of Riftia pachyptila

| PRJNA268223 | ENA

Co-expression analysis reveals distinct alliances around two carbon fixation pathways in hydrothermal vent symbionts

Project description:Biological carbon fixation is foundational to the biosphere. Most autotrophs are thought to possess one carbon fixation pathway. The hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila’s chemoautotrophic symbionts, however, possess two functional pathways: the Calvin Benson-Bassham (CBB) and the reductive tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycles. Little is known about how Riftia’s symbionts and related organisms coordinate the functioning of these two pathways. Here we investigated net carbon fixation rates, transcriptional/metabolic responses, and transcriptional co-expression patterns of Riftia pachyptila’s endosymbionts by incubating tubeworms at environmental pressures, temperature, and geochemistry. Results showed that rTCA and CBB transcriptional patterns varied in response to different geochemical regimes and that each pathway is allied to specific metabolic processes, suggesting distinctive yet complementary roles in metabolic function. Net carbon fixation rates were also exemplary, and accordingly we propose that co-activity of CBB and rTCA may be an adaptation for maintaining high carbon fixation rates, conferring a fitness advantage in dynamic vent environments.

2024-03-28 | GSE249345 | GEO

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