Origin, age, and metabolisms of dominant anammox bacteria in the global oxygen deficient zones
Zhao, R.; Zhang, I. H.; Jayakumar, A.; Ward, B. B.; Babbin, A. R.
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Anammox bacteria inhabiting oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) are a major functional group mediating fixed nitrogen loss and thus exerting a critical control on the nitrogen budget in the global ocean. However, the diversity, origin, and broad metabolisms of ODZ anammox bacteria remain unknown. Here we report two novel metagenome-assembled genomes of Scalindua, which represent most, if not all, of the anammox bacteria in the global ODZs. Beyond the core anammox metabolism, both organisms contain cyanase and the more dominant one encodes a urease, indicating ODZ anammox bacteria can utilize cyanate and urea in addition to ammonium. The first ODZ Scalindua likely derived from the benthos [~]200 million years ago. Compared to benthic strains of the same clade, ODZ Scalindua uniquely encode genes for urea utilization but lost genes related to growth arrest, flagellum synthesis, and chemotaxis, presumably for adaptation to the anoxic water column.
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