A thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic bacterial consortium suggests a mutual relationship between bacteria in extreme oligotrophic environments

Yuri Pinheiro; Fabio Faria da Mota; Raquel S. Peixoto; Jan Dirk van Elsas; Ulysses Lins; Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues; Alexandre Soares Rosado

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04617-4

Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

A thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic bacterial consortium suggests a mutual relationship between bacteria in extreme oligotrophic environments

Yuri Pinheiro,
Fabio Faria da Mota,
Raquel S. Peixoto,
Jan Dirk van Elsas,
Ulysses Lins,
Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues,
Alexandre Soares Rosado

Affiliations

Yuri Pinheiro: Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Fabio Faria da Mota: Computational and Systems Biology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ
Raquel S. Peixoto: Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Jan Dirk van Elsas: Microbial Ecology, Groningen University
Ulysses Lins: Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues: Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California Davis
Alexandre Soares Rosado: Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04617-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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A carbonitroflex consortium of microbes growing in nutrient-poor media provides a flexible model to explore how tightly regulated interactive metabolism might be required for group survival and growth in extreme oligotrophic environments.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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