Project description:The principles governing acquisition and interspecies exchange of nutrients in microbial communities and how those exchanges impact community productivity are poorly understood. Here, we examine energy and macronutrient acquisition in unicyanobacterial consortia for which species-resolved genome information exists for all members, allowing us to use multi-omic approaches to predict species’ abilities to acquire resources and examine expression of resource-acquisition genes during succession. Metabolic reconstruction indicated that a majority of heterotrophic community members lacked the genes required to directly acquire the inorganic nutrients provided in culture medium, suggesting high metabolic interdependency. The sole primary producer in consortium UCC-O, cyanobacterium Phormidium sp. OSCR, displayed declining expression of energy harvest, carbon fixation, and nitrate and sulfate reduction proteins but sharply increasing phosphate transporter expression over 28 days. Most heterotrophic members likewise exhibited signs of phosphorus starvation during succession. Though similar in their responses to phosphorus limitation, heterotrophs displayed species-specific expression of nitrogen acquisition genes. These results suggest niche partitioning around nitrogen sources may structure the community when organisms directly compete for limited phosphate. Such niche complementarity around nitrogen sources may increase community diversity and productivity in phosphate-limited phototrophic communities.
Project description:Global warming has shifted climate zones poleward or upward. However, understanding the responses and mechanism of microbial community structure and functions relevant to natural climate zone succession is challenged by the high complexity of microbial communities. Here, we examined soil microbial community in three broadleaved forests located in the Wulu Mountain (WLM, temperate climate), Funiu Mountain (FNM, at the border of temperate and subtropical climate zones), or Shennongjia Mountain (SNJ, subtropical climate).Soils were characterized for geochemistry, Illumina sequencing was used to determine microbial taxonomic communities and GeoChips 5.0 were used to determine microbial functional genes.
Project description:Diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) significantly influence marine bacterial dy-namics, yet the underlying proteomic mechanisms remain elusive. We employed high-resolution comparative proteomics to decipher the functional reprogramming of two bacterial communi-ties—one naturally associated with a PUA-producing diatom (N-community) and another with a non-PUA producer (I-community)—under ecologically relevant PUA exposure. While growth rates and cell densities remained unaffected, indicating an absence of acute toxicity, proteomics revealed pronounced community-specific reorganization. N-communities displayed stable, regula-tion-oriented adjustments consistent with physiological accommodation, whereas I-communities exhibited dose-dependent stress responses, shifting toward protein repair and antioxidant defense. Our findings demonstrate that PUAs trigger profound proteomic reprogramming conditioned by the communities' prior ecological history. This functional divergence provides a molecular basis for understanding bacterial fitness and succession during diatom blooms, where PUA-mediated in-teractions could act as a selective filter shaping the phycosphere's microbial landscape. Polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUA) produced by diatoms have been proposed to exert a wide range of effects on marine bacteria, from inhibitory or stress-inducing responses to neutral or potentially beneficial effects. However, the bacterial proteomic responses remain elusive. Here, we employed a high-resolution comparative proteomic approach to decipher the functional reprogramming of two distinct bacterial communities under ecologically relevant PUA exposure. One community was composed by bacteria naturally associated with a PUA-producing diatom (N- communy and, a second community associated with a non-PUA-producing diatom (I-community). Bacterial growth rates and final cell densities were not significantly affected by any treatment, indicating the absence of toxic effects even at high PUA concentrations. Dissolved organic carbon consumption did not provide evidence that PUA was the relevant carbon source. Interestingly, comparative proteomic analyses revealed pronounced community-specific reorganization in response to PUA expo-sure.Our results show that PUAs trigger a profound proteomic reprogramming rather than a simple stress response. While I-community prioritized antioxidant defense and protein repair, N-community showed a metabolic shift towards energy conservation. These findings suggest that the metabolic history of bacterial assemblages determines their success in the phycosphere, providing a molecular basis for microbial succession during diatom blooms.
2026-06-04 | PXD075100 | Pride
Project description:soil microbial community succession
| PRJNA473630 | ENA
Project description:Mainstream microbial community succession
| PRJNA1155826 | ENA
Project description:Microbial Community Succession on Kelp
| PRJNA1290314 | ENA
Project description:Microbial community succession on plastics
Project description:The genomic distribution of transcriptionally engaged Pol II in control and heat shocked cells was determined by combining formaldehyde crosslinking and permanganate oxidation of transcription bubbles Cells treated in succession with formaldehyde and then permanganate, were subjected to chromatin precipitation with Rpb3 antibody, and then the pattern of permanganate modifications were mapped genome-wide