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ArticleThe ISME journal2024

Soil microbial community response to corrinoids is shaped by a natural reservoir of vitamin B12.

Zachary F Hallberg, Alexa M Nicolas, Zoila I Alvarez-Aponte, Kenny C Mok, Ella T Sieradzki, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Jillian F Banfield, Hans K Carlson, Mary K Firestone, Michiko E Taga

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Article in The ISME journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Quenching corrinoid-based interactions in a model bacterial coculture.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Zachary F HallbergDepartment of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Alexa M NicolasDepartment of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Zoila I Alvarez-AponteDepartment of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Kenny C MokDepartment of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Ella T SieradzkiDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Jennifer Pett-RidgePhysical & Life Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, United States.
Jillian F BanfieldDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Hans K CarlsonDivision of Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Mary K FirestoneDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.
Michiko E TagaDepartment of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States.

Funding

Bacterial Metabolic Exchanges in Gut Enrichment CultureK99GM143653 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HALLBERG, ZACHARY · 2022 to 2023
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DOEGenomic Science Program DE-SC0020155Genomic Science Program LLNL "Microbes Persist" Scientific Focus Area SCW1632NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM143653NIH HHS 5K99GM143653-02Office of Biological and Environmental ResearchOffice of ScienceU.S. Department of Energy
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil microbial communities perform critical ecosystem services through the collective metabolic activities of numerous individual organisms. Most microbes use corrinoids, a structurally diverse family of cofactors related to vitamin B12. Corrinoid structure influences the growth of individual microbes, yet how these growth responses scale to the community level remains unknown. Analysis of metagenome-assembled genomes suggests that corrinoids are supplied to the community by members of the archaeal and bacterial phyla Thermoproteota, Actinobacteria, and Proteobacteria. Corrinoids were found largely adhered to the soil matrix in a grassland soil, at levels exceeding those required by cultured bacteria. Enrichment cultures and soil microcosms seeded with different corrinoids showed distinct shifts in bacterial community composition, supporting the hypothesis that corrinoid structure can shape communities. Environmental context influenced both community- and taxon-specific responses to specific corrinoids. These results implicate corrinoids as key determinants of soil microbiome structure and suggest that environmental micronutrient reservoirs promote community stability.

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ArchaeaBacteriaCorrinoidsMicrobiotaSoil MicrobiologyVitamin B 12GrasslandMetagenomeSoilCorrinoidsSoilVitamin B 12archaeabacteriacobalamincofactorcorrinoidsenrichmentsmicrobiomesoilvitamin B12

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PMID38832716
PMCPMC11287211

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