Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico

Laso-Perez R, Hahn C, van Vliet DM, Tegetmeyer H, Schubotz F, Smit NT, Pape T, Sahling H, Bohrmann G, Boetius A, Knittel K, et al. (2019)
mBio 10(4): e01814-19.

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Laso-Perez, Rafael; Hahn, Cedric; van Vliet, Daan M; Tegetmeyer, HalinaUniBi ; Schubotz, Florence; Smit, Nadine T; Pape, Thomas; Sahling, Heiko; Bohrmann, Gerhard; Boetius, Antje; Knittel, Katrin; Wegener, Gunter
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Crude oil and gases in the seabed provide an important energy source for subsurface microorganisms. We investigated the role of archaea in the anaerobic degradation of non-methane alkanes in deep-sea oil seeps from the Gulf of Mexico. We identified microscopically the ethane and short-chain alkane oxidizers "Candidatus Argoarchaeum" and "Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum" forming consortia with bacteria. Moreover, we found that the sediments contain large numbers of cells from the archaeal clade "Candidatus Methanoliparia," which was previously proposed to perform methanogenic alkane degradation. "Ca. Methanoliparia" occurred abundantly as single cells attached to oil droplets in sediments without apparent bacterial or archaeal partners. Metagenome-assembled genomes of "Ca. Methanoliparia" encode a complete methanogenesis pathway including a canonical methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) but also a highly divergent MCR related to those of alkane-degrading archaea and pathways for the oxidation of long-chain alkyl units. Its metabolic genomic potential and its global detection in hydrocarbon reservoirs suggest that "Ca. Methanoliparia" is an important methanogenic alkane degrader in subsurface environments, producing methane by alkane disproportionation as a single organism.IMPORTANCE Oil-rich sediments from the Gulf of Mexico were found to contain diverse alkane-degrading groups of archaea. The symbiotic, consortium-forming "Candidatus Argoarchaeum" and "Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum" are likely responsible for the degradation of ethane and short-chain alkanes, with the help of sulfate-reducing bacteria. "Ca. Methanoliparia" occurs as single cells associated with oil droplets. These archaea encode two phylogenetically different methyl-coenzyme M reductases that may allow this organism to thrive as a methanogen on a substrate of long-chain alkanes. Based on a library survey, we show that "Ca. Methanoliparia" is frequently detected in oil reservoirs and may be a key agent in the transformation of long-chain alkanes to methane. Our findings provide evidence for the important and diverse roles of archaea in alkane-rich marine habitats and support the notion of a significant functional versatility of the methyl coenzyme M reductase. Copyright © 2019 Laso-Perez et al.
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
Zeitschriftentitel
mBio
Band
10
Ausgabe
4
Art.-Nr.
e01814-19
ISSN
2150-7511
eISSN
2150-7511
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https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2937247

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Laso-Perez R, Hahn C, van Vliet DM, et al. Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio. 2019;10(4): e01814-19.
Laso-Perez, R., Hahn, C., van Vliet, D. M., Tegetmeyer, H., Schubotz, F., Smit, N. T., Pape, T., et al. (2019). Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio, 10(4), e01814-19. doi:10.1128/mBio.01814-19
Laso-Perez, Rafael, Hahn, Cedric, van Vliet, Daan M, Tegetmeyer, Halina, Schubotz, Florence, Smit, Nadine T, Pape, Thomas, et al. 2019. “Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico”. mBio 10 (4): e01814-19.
Laso-Perez, R., Hahn, C., van Vliet, D. M., Tegetmeyer, H., Schubotz, F., Smit, N. T., Pape, T., Sahling, H., Bohrmann, G., Boetius, A., et al. (2019). Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio 10:e01814-19.
Laso-Perez, R., et al., 2019. Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio, 10(4): e01814-19.
R. Laso-Perez, et al., “Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico”, mBio, vol. 10, 2019, : e01814-19.
Laso-Perez, R., Hahn, C., van Vliet, D.M., Tegetmeyer, H., Schubotz, F., Smit, N.T., Pape, T., Sahling, H., Bohrmann, G., Boetius, A., Knittel, K., Wegener, G.: Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico. mBio. 10, : e01814-19 (2019).
Laso-Perez, Rafael, Hahn, Cedric, van Vliet, Daan M, Tegetmeyer, Halina, Schubotz, Florence, Smit, Nadine T, Pape, Thomas, Sahling, Heiko, Bohrmann, Gerhard, Boetius, Antje, Knittel, Katrin, and Wegener, Gunter. “Anaerobic Degradation of Non-Methane Alkanes by "Candidatus Methanoliparia" in Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Gulf of Mexico”. mBio 10.4 (2019): e01814-19.
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