Atmospheric chemosynthesis is phylogenetically and geographically widespread and contributes significantly to carbon fixation throughout cold deserts

Cold desert soil microbiomes thrive despite severe moisture and nutrient limitations. In Eastern Antarctic soils, bacterial primary production is supported by trace gas oxidation and the light-independent RuBisCO form IE. This study aims to determine if atmospheric chemosynthesis is widespread withi...

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Veröffentlicht in:The ISME Journal 2022-11, Vol.16 (11), p.2547-2560
Hauptverfasser: Ray, Angelique E., Zaugg, Julian, Benaud, Nicole, Chelliah, Devan S., Bay, Sean, Wong, Hon Lun, Leung, Pok Man, Ji, Mukan, Terauds, Aleks, Montgomery, Kate, Greening, Chris, Cowan, Don A., Kong, Weidong, Williams, Timothy J., Hugenholtz, Philip, Ferrari, Belinda C.
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Zusammenfassung:Cold desert soil microbiomes thrive despite severe moisture and nutrient limitations. In Eastern Antarctic soils, bacterial primary production is supported by trace gas oxidation and the light-independent RuBisCO form IE. This study aims to determine if atmospheric chemosynthesis is widespread within Antarctic, Arctic and Tibetan cold deserts, to identify the breadth of trace gas chemosynthetic taxa and to further characterize the genetic determinants of this process. H 2 oxidation was ubiquitous, far exceeding rates reported to fulfill the maintenance needs of similarly structured edaphic microbiomes. Atmospheric chemosynthesis occurred globally, contributing significantly ( p  
ISSN:1751-7362
1751-7370
DOI:10.1038/s41396-022-01298-5