{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Gios E"],"funding":["Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment","Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)"],"pagination":["13"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9938205"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["3(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Aquifers are populated by highly diverse microbial communities, including unusually small bacteria and archaea. The recently described Patescibacteria (or Candidate Phyla Radiation) and DPANN radiation are characterized by ultra-small cell and genomes sizes, resulting in limited metabolic capacities and probable dependency on other organisms to survive. We applied a multi-omics approach to characterize the ultra-small microbial communities over a wide range of aquifer groundwater chemistries. Results expand the known global range of these unusual organisms, demonstrate the wide geographical range of over 11,000 subsurface-adapted Patescibacteria, Dependentiae and DPANN archaea, and indicate that prokaryotes with ultra-small genomes and minimalistic metabolism are a characteristic feature o"],"journal":["ISME communications"],"pubmed_title":["Ultra-small bacteria and archaea exhibit genetic flexibility towards groundwater oxygen content, and adaptations for attached or planktonic lifestyles."],"pmcid":["PMC9938205"],"funding_grant_id":["UOAX1720"],"pubmed_authors":["Mosley OE","Gios E","Handley KM","Close M","Weaver L","Daughney C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ultra-small bacteria and archaea exhibit genetic flexibility towards groundwater oxygen content, and adaptations for attached or planktonic lifestyles.","description":"Aquifers are populated by highly diverse microbial communities, including unusually small bacteria and archaea. The recently described Patescibacteria (or Candidate Phyla Radiation) and DPANN radiation are characterized by ultra-small cell and genomes sizes, resulting in limited metabolic capacities and probable dependency on other organisms to survive. We applied a multi-omics approach to characterize the ultra-small microbial communities over a wide range of aquifer groundwater chemistries. Results expand the known global range of these unusual organisms, demonstrate the wide geographical range of over 11,000 subsurface-adapted Patescibacteria, Dependentiae and DPANN archaea, and indicate that prokaryotes with ultra-small genomes and minimalistic metabolism are a characteristic feature o","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Feb","modification":"2025-04-18T14:12:08.321Z","creation":"2025-04-07T00:15:11.561Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9938205","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36808147"],"doi":["10.1038/s43705-023-00223-x"]}}