Heterogeneous composition of key metabolic gene clusters in a vent mussel symbiont population

  • Tetsuro Ikuta
    Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Yoshihiro Takaki
    Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Yukiko Nagai
    Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Shigeru Shimamura
    Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Miwako Tsuda
    Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Shinsuke Kawagucci
    Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Yui Aoki
    Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Koji Inoue
    Department of Marine Bioscience, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
  • Morimi Teruya
    Okinawa Industrial Technology Center , 12-2 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
  • Kazuhito Satou
    Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences (OIAS) , 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
  • Kuniko Teruya
    Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences (OIAS) , 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
  • Makiko Shimoji
    Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences (OIAS) , 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
  • Hinako Tamotsu
    Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences (OIAS) , 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
  • Takashi Hirano
    Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences (OIAS) , 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
  • Tadashi Maruyama
    Research and Development Center for Marine Biosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Takao Yoshida
    Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) , 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

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公開日
2015-09-29
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journal article
権利情報
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
DOI
  • 10.1038/ismej.2015.176
公開者
Oxford University Press (OUP)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Chemosynthetic symbiosis is one of the successful systems for adapting to a wide range of habitats including extreme environments, and the metabolic capabilities of symbionts enable host organisms to expand their habitat ranges. However, our understanding of the adaptive strategies that enable symbiotic organisms to expand their habitats is still fragmentary. Here, we report that a single-ribotype endosymbiont population in an individual of the host vent mussel, Bathymodiolus septemdierum has heterogeneous genomes with regard to the composition of key metabolic gene clusters for hydrogen oxidation and nitrate reduction. The host individual harbours heterogeneous symbiont subpopulations that either possess or lack the gene clusters encoding hydrogenase or nitrate reductase. The proportions of the different symbiont subpopulations in a host appeared to vary with the environment or with the host’s development. Furthermore, the symbiont subpopulations were distributed in patches to form a mosaic pattern in the gill. Genomic heterogeneity in an endosymbiont population may enable differential utilization of diverse substrates and confer metabolic flexibility. Our findings open a new chapter in our understanding of how symbiotic organisms alter their metabolic capabilities and expand their range of habitats.</jats:p>

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  • The ISME Journal

    The ISME Journal 10 (4), 990-1001, 2015-09-29

    Oxford University Press (OUP)

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