ArticleNature communications2019
A shared core microbiome in soda lakes separated by large distances.
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Abstract
In alkaline soda lakes, concentrated dissolved carbonates establish productive phototrophic microbial mats. Here we show how microbial phototrophs and autotrophs contribute to this exceptional productivity. Amplicon and shotgun DNA sequencing data of microbial mats from four Canadian soda lakes indicate the presence of > 2,000 species of Bacteria and Eukaryotes. We recover metagenome-assembled-genomes for a core microbiome of < 100 abundant bacteria, present in all four lakes. Most of these are related to microbes previously detected in sediments of Asian alkaline lakes, showing that common selection principles drive community assembly from a globally distributed reservoir of alkaliphile biodiversity. Detection of > 7,000 proteins show how phototrophic populations allocate resources to specific processes and occupy complementary niches. Carbon fixation proceeds by the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle, in Cyanobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and, surprisingly, Gemmatimonadetes. Our study provides insight into soda lake ecology, as well as a template to guide efforts to engineer biotechnology for carbon dioxide conversion.
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