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Asgard archaea capable of anaerobic hydrocarbon cycling

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  • Kiley W. Seitz

    (University of Texas Austin)

  • Nina Dombrowski

    (University of Texas Austin
    NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University)

  • Laura Eme

    (Uppsala University
    CNRS, Université Paris-Sud)

  • Anja Spang

    (NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University
    Uppsala University)

  • Jonathan Lombard

    (Uppsala University)

  • Jessica R. Sieber

    (University of Minnesota Duluth)

  • Andreas P. Teske

    (Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina)

  • Thijs J. G. Ettema

    (Uppsala University
    Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University)

  • Brett J. Baker

    (University of Texas Austin)

Abstract

Large reservoirs of natural gas in the oceanic subsurface sustain complex communities of anaerobic microbes, including archaeal lineages with potential to mediate oxidation of hydrocarbons such as methane and butane. Here we describe a previously unknown archaeal phylum, Helarchaeota, belonging to the Asgard superphylum and with the potential for hydrocarbon oxidation. We reconstruct Helarchaeota genomes from metagenomic data derived from hydrothermal deep-sea sediments in the hydrocarbon-rich Guaymas Basin. The genomes encode methyl-CoM reductase-like enzymes that are similar to those found in butane-oxidizing archaea, as well as several enzymes potentially involved in alkyl-CoA oxidation and the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. We suggest that members of the Helarchaeota have the potential to activate and subsequently anaerobically oxidize hydrothermally generated short-chain hydrocarbons.

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  • Kiley W. Seitz & Nina Dombrowski & Laura Eme & Anja Spang & Jonathan Lombard & Jessica R. Sieber & Andreas P. Teske & Thijs J. G. Ettema & Brett J. Baker, 2019. "Asgard archaea capable of anaerobic hydrocarbon cycling," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-09364-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09364-x
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