Nature Communications (Jun 2022)
An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea
- Steffen Buessecker,
- Marike Palmer,
- Dengxun Lai,
- Joshua Dimapilis,
- Xavier Mayali,
- Damon Mosier,
- Jian-Yu Jiao,
- Daniel R. Colman,
- Lisa M. Keller,
- Emily St. John,
- Michelle Miranda,
- Cristina Gonzalez,
- Lizett Gonzalez,
- Christian Sam,
- Christopher Villa,
- Madeline Zhuo,
- Nicholas Bodman,
- Fernando Robles,
- Eric S. Boyd,
- Alysia D. Cox,
- Brian St. Clair,
- Zheng-Shuang Hua,
- Wen-Jun Li,
- Anna-Louise Reysenbach,
- Matthew B. Stott,
- Peter K. Weber,
- Jennifer Pett-Ridge,
- Anne E. Dekas,
- Brian P. Hedlund,
- Jeremy A. Dodsworth
Affiliations
- Steffen Buessecker
- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
- Marike Palmer
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Dengxun Lai
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Joshua Dimapilis
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Xavier Mayali
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Damon Mosier
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Jian-Yu Jiao
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Daniel R. Colman
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University
- Lisa M. Keller
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University
- Emily St. John
- Department of Biology, Portland State University
- Michelle Miranda
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Cristina Gonzalez
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Lizett Gonzalez
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Christian Sam
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Christopher Villa
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Madeline Zhuo
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Nicholas Bodman
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Fernando Robles
- Department of Biology, California State University
- Eric S. Boyd
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University
- Alysia D. Cox
- Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Montana Technological University
- Brian St. Clair
- Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Montana Technological University
- Zheng-Shuang Hua
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
- Wen-Jun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University
- Anna-Louise Reysenbach
- Department of Biology, Portland State University
- Matthew B. Stott
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
- Peter K. Weber
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Jennifer Pett-Ridge
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Anne E. Dekas
- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
- Brian P. Hedlund
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Jeremy A. Dodsworth
- Department of Biology, California State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31452-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Trace metals have been an important ingredient for life throughout Earth’s history. Here, the authors show that a member of an elusive archaeal lineage (Caldarchaeales or Aigarchaeota) requires tungsten for growth, and provide evidence that tungsten-dependent metabolism played a role in the origin and evolution of this lineage.
