Project description:Microbial sulfur cycling and chemoautotrophy are focal points of research in cold seeps. However, limited culture-dependent and in-situ studies have described the biological features and ecological significance of chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. In this study, we isolated Guyparkeria hydrothermalis SP2, a thiosulfate/sulfide-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacterium, from cold-seep sediment. Electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and stoichiometry confirmed the efficient production of zero-valent sulfur (ZVS) by G. hydrothermalis SP2. Genomic, transcriptomic, and qRT-PCR analyses revealed its utilization of the Sox pathway for thiosulfate oxidation and the fccB gene for sulfide oxidation. Its chemoautotrophic capability mediated by the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle was identified through isotopic and qRT-PCR analyses. In-situ studies demonstrated its ability to produce ZVS by oxidizing sulfide in cold seeps, with a preference for different genes compared to those under laboratory conditions. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses indicated the ubiquity of its sulfur oxidation-based chemoautotrophic pathway in cold seep sediments. Therefore, this strain holds significance for investigating sulfur oxidation-based chemoautotrophic pathways in cold seeps.
Project description:Bathymodiolin mussels are a group of bivalves associated with deep-sea reducing habitats, such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. These mussels usually engage in an obligatory symbiosis with sulfur and/or methane oxidizing Gammaproteobacteria. In addition to these bacteria, Bathymodiolus heckerae that inhabit gas and oil seeps in Campeche Bay, the southern Gulf of Mexico, host bacteria phylogenetically with the Cycloclasticus genus. We recently discovered the capability for short-chain alkane degradation in draft genomes of symbiotic Cycloclasticus. With proteomics, we investigated whether the genes required for this process are expressed by the symbionts.
Project description:Bathymodiolus childressi is a species of deep-sea mussels found predominantly in the Gulf of Mexico. It colonizes cold seeps such as brine pool and oil seeps. The success of these animals in such environment is thought to be due to the symbiotic association of the mussel host with several species of bacteria. The aim of this study is to understand the role of the different partners involved in the symbiotic system using various “-omics” approaches. In addition to protein identification we used the mass spectrometry data generated and submitted with this project to derive the stable carbon isotope ratios for the different members of the symbiosis using the direct Protein-SIF method. The respective isotope pattern file and SIF computation files are included with this submission.
2020-02-27 | PXD008089 | Pride
Project description:bacterial 16S rRNA sequnencing in cold seeps sediments