The Microbial Regulation of Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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“…Biological rock weathering is a key process in environments where soil microbiota and vegetation roots help the release of nutrients and major ions into the soil with their metabolism and mechanical actions (Kelly et al, 1998;Borin et al, 2010;Porder, 2019). The release of nutrients and major ions represents a source of enzyme cofactors and energy for the soil microbiota, especially in nutrient-poor soils, such as the early stage glacial forefield soils (Uroz et al, 2015), giving microbes a pivotal role in soil formation (Rousk and Bengtson, 2014;Koshila Ravi et al, 2019). Furthermore, other key environmental and ecological processes, such as nitrogen fixation, take place in proglacial systems.…”

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A Taxon-Wise Insight Into Rock Weathering and Nitrogen Fixation Functional Profiles of Proglacial Systems

2021

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The Arctic environment is particularly affected by global warming, and a clear trend of the ice retreat is observed worldwide. In proglacial systems, the newly exposed terrain represents different environmental and nutrient conditions compared to later soil stages. Therefore, proglacial systems show several environmental gradients along the soil succession where microorganisms are active protagonists of the soil and carbon pool formation through nitrogen fixation and rock weathering. We studied the microbial succession of three Arctic proglacial systems located in Svalbard (Midtre Lovénbreen), Sweden (Storglaciären), and Greenland (foreland close to Kangerlussuaq). We analyzed 65 whole shotgun metagenomic soil samples for a total of more than 400 Gb of sequencing data. Microbial succession showed common trends typical of proglacial systems with increasing diversity observed along the forefield chronosequence. Microbial trends were explained by the distance from the ice edge in the Midtre Lovénbreen and Storglaciären forefields and by total nitrogen (TN) and total organic carbon (TOC) in the Greenland proglacial system. Furthermore, we focused specifically on genes associated with nitrogen fixation and biotic rock weathering processes, such as nitrogenase genes, obcA genes, and genes involved in cyanide and siderophore synthesis and transport. Whereas we confirmed the presence of these genes in known nitrogen-fixing and/or rock weathering organisms (e.g., Nostoc, Burkholderia), in this study, we also detected organisms that, even if often found in soil and proglacial systems, have never been related to nitrogen-fixing or rock weathering processes before (e.g., Fimbriiglobus, Streptomyces). The different genera showed different gene trends within and among the studied systems, indicating a community constituted by a plurality of organisms involved in nitrogen fixation and biotic rock weathering, and where the latter were driven by different organisms at different soil succession stages.

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A Taxon-Wise Insight Into Rock Weathering and Nitrogen Fixation Functional Profiles of Proglacial Systems

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“…As this thermal interval represents the stable and inert C pool including pyrogenic C, it seems that it has no relationship to microbial activity whatsoever. This may be surprising, because microbial activity is responsible for C stabilization mechanisms including formation of aggregates (Rousk and Bengtson, 2014). Nevertheless, it implies that once C is transferred to a stabilized pool, it is unavailable for microbiological activity.…”

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Microbial soil characteristics of grassland and arable soils linked to thermogravimetry data: correlations, use and limits

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Abstract. Thermogravimetry (TG) is a simple method that enables rapid analysis of soil properties such as the content of total organic C, nitrogen, clay and C fractions with different stability. However, the possible link between TG data and microbiological soil properties has not been systematically tested yet and limits TG application for soil and soil organic matter assessment. This work aimed to search and to validate relationships of thermal mass losses (TML) to total C and N contents, microbial biomass C and N, basal and substrate-induced respiration, extractable organic carbon content, anaerobic ammoniﬁcation, urease activity, short-term nitriﬁcation activity, speciﬁc growth rate, and time to reach the maximum respiration rate for two sample sets of arable and grassland soils. Analyses of the training soil set revealed signiﬁcant correlations of TML with basic soil properties such as carbon and nitrogen content with distinguishing linear regression parameters and temperatures of correlating mass losses for arable and grassland soils. In a second stage the equations of signiﬁcant correlations were used for validation with an independent second sample set. This conﬁrmed applicability of developed equations for prediction of microbiological properties mainly for arable soils. For grassland soils was the applicability lower, which was explained as the inﬂuence of rhizosphere processes. Nevertheless, the application of TG can facilitate the understanding of changes in soil caused by microorganism’s activity and the different regression equations between TG and soil parameters reﬂect changes in proportions between soil components caused by land use management.

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“…Lack of mechanistic understanding of energy and element flow through microbial communities relegates them to black boxes in predictive models of ecosystem functioning (Nazaries et al, 2013; Graham et al, 2014; Rousk and Bengtson, 2014). Understanding the variables that control resource acquisition and partitioning in dynamic microbial communities is central to our ability to predict how biogeochemical cycles will respond to environmental change (Konopka et al, 2015).…”

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Predicting Species-Resolved Macronutrient Acquisition during Succession in a Model Phototrophic Biofilm Using an Integrated ‘Omics Approach

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The principles governing acquisition and interspecies exchange of nutrients in microbial communities and how those exchanges impact community productivity are poorly understood. Here, we examine energy and macronutrient acquisition in unicyanobacterial consortia for which species-resolved genome information exists for all members, allowing us to use multi-omic approaches to predict species’ abilities to acquire resources and examine expression of resource-acquisition genes during succession. Metabolic reconstruction indicated that a majority of heterotrophic community members lacked the genes required to directly acquire the inorganic nutrients provided in culture medium, suggesting high metabolic interdependency. The sole primary producer in consortium UCC-O, cyanobacterium Phormidium sp. OSCR, displayed declining expression of energy harvest, carbon fixation, and nitrate and sulfate reduction proteins but sharply increasing phosphate transporter expression over 28 days. Most heterotrophic members likewise exhibited signs of phosphorus starvation during succession. Though similar in their responses to phosphorus limitation, heterotrophs displayed species-specific expression of nitrogen acquisition genes. These results suggest niche partitioning around nitrogen sources may structure the community when organisms directly compete for limited phosphate. Such niche complementarity around nitrogen sources may increase community diversity and productivity in phosphate-limited phototrophic communities.

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The Microbial Regulation of Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

A Taxon-Wise Insight Into Rock Weathering and Nitrogen Fixation Functional Profiles of Proglacial Systems

A Taxon-Wise Insight Into Rock Weathering and Nitrogen Fixation Functional Profiles of Proglacial Systems

Microbial soil characteristics of grassland and arable soils linked to thermogravimetry data: correlations, use and limits

Predicting Species-Resolved Macronutrient Acquisition during Succession in a Model Phototrophic Biofilm Using an Integrated ‘Omics Approach

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