Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae) genomes improve evaluation of nutrient acquisition strategies involved in brown tide dynamics

© 2021 Phycological Society of America.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of phycology. - 1966. - 58(2022), 1 vom: 12. Feb., Seite 146-160
1. Verfasser: Gann, Eric R (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Truchon, Alexander R, Papoulis, Spiridon E, Dyhrman, Sonya T, Gobler, Christopher J, Wilhelm, Steven W
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of phycology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. HABs metatranscriptomes organic nitrogen utilization pan-genomes xanthine Nitrogen N762921K75
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Zusammenfassung:© 2021 Phycological Society of America.
The pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens causes harmful brown tide blooms in marine embayments on three continents. Aureococcus anophagefferens was the first harmful algal bloom species to have its genome sequenced, an advance that evidenced genes important for adaptation to environmental conditions that prevail during brown tides. To expand the genomic tools available for this species, genomes for four strains were assembled, including three newly sequenced strains and one assembled from publicly available data. These genomes ranged from 57.11 to 73.62 Mb, encoding 13,191-17,404 potential proteins. All strains shared ~90% of their encoded proteins as determined by homology searches and shared most functional orthologs as determined by KEGG, although each strain also possessed coding sequences with unique functions. Like the original reference genome, the genomes assembled in this study possessed genes hypothesized to be important in bloom proliferation, including genes involved in organic compound metabolism and growth at low light. Cross-strain informatics and culture experiments suggest that the utilization of purines is a potentially important source of organic nitrogen for brown tides. Analyses of metatranscriptomes from a brown tide event demonstrated that use of a single genome yielded a lower read mapping percentage (~30% of library reads) as compared to a database generated from all available genomes (~43%), suggesting novel information about bloom ecology can be gained from expanding genomic space. This work demonstrates the continued need to sequence ecologically relevant algae to understand the genomic potential and their ecology in the environment
Beschreibung:Date Completed 16.03.2022
Date Revised 16.03.2022
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1529-8817
DOI:10.1111/jpy.13221