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Discerning autotrophy, mixotrophy and heterotrophyin marine TACK archaea from the North Atlantic
Seyler, L M McGuinness, L. R. Gilbert, J. A. Biddle, J. F. Gong, Donglai Kerkhof, L. J.
Seyler, L M
McGuinness, L. R.
Gilbert, J. A.
Biddle, J. F.
Gong, Donglai
Kerkhof, L. J.
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DNA stable isotope probing (SIP) was used to track the uptake of organic and inorganic carbon sources for TACK archaea(Thaumarchaeota/Aigarchaeota/Crenarchaeota/Korarchaeota) on a cruise of opportunity in the North Atlantic. Due to water limitations, duplicate samples from the deep photic (60–115 m), the mesopelagic zones (local oxygen minimum; 215–835 m)and the bathypelagic zone (2085–2835 m) were amended with various combinations of12C- or13C-acetate/urea/bicarbonate to assess cellular carbon acquisition. The SIP results indicated the majority of TACK archaeal operational taxonomic units(OTUs) incorporated13C from acetate and/or urea into newly synthesized DNA within 48 h. A small fraction (16%) of the OTUs, often representing the most dominant members of the archaeal community, were able to incorporate bicarbonate in addition to organic substrates. Only two TACK archaeal OTUs were found to incorporate bicarbonate but not urea or acetate.These results further demonstrate the utility of SIP to elucidate the metabolic capability of mesothermal archaea in distinct oceanic settings and suggest that TACK archaea play a role in organic carbon recycling in the mid-depth to deep ocean
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2018-01-01
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Physical Sciences Peer-Reviewed Articles, TACK archaea; SIP; heterotrophy; mixotrophy; mesopelagic; North Atlantic
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https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy014