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Genomics and metatranscriptomics of biogeochemical cycling and degradation of lignin-derived aromatic compounds in thermal swamp sediment.
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Abstract
Thermal swamps are unique ecosystems where geothermally warmed waters mix with decomposing woody biomass, hosting novel biogeochemical-cycling and lignin-degrading microbial consortia. Assembly of shotgun metagenome libraries resolved 351 distinct genomes from hot-spring (30-45 °C) and mesophilic (17 °C) sediments. Annotation of 39 refined draft genomes revealed metabolism consistent with oligotrophy, including pathways for degradation of aromatic compounds, such as syringate, vanillate, p-hydroxybenzoate, and phenol. Thermotolerant Burkholderiales, including Rubrivivax ssp., were implicated in diverse biogeochemical and aromatic transformations, highlighting their broad metabolic capacity. Lignin catabolism was further investigated using metatranscriptomics of sediment incubated with milled or Kraft lignin at 45 °C. Aromatic compounds were depleted from lignin-amended sediment over 148 h. The metatranscriptomic data revealed upregulation of des/lig genes predicted to specify the catabolism of syringate, vanillate, and phenolic oligomers in the sphingomonads Altererythrobacter ssp. and Novosphingobium ssp., as well as in the Burkholderiales genus, Rubrivivax. This study demonstrates how temperature structures biogeochemical cycling populations in a unique ecosystem, and combines community-level metagenomics with targeted metatranscriptomics to identify pathways with potential for bio-refinement of lignin-derived aromatic compounds. In addition, the diverse aromatic catabolic pathways of Altererythrobacter ssp. may serve as a source of thermotolerant enzymes for lignin valorization.
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