FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Distribution and genomic variation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in abyssal and hadal surface sediments BT AF Trouche, Blandine Schauberger, Clemens Bouderka, Feriel Auguet, Jean-Christophe Belser, Caroline Poulain, Julie Thamdrup, Bo Wincker, Patrick Arnaud-Haond, Sophie Glud, Ronnie N. Maignien, Lois AS 1:1,2,8;2:2;3:8;4:9;5:4;6:4;7:2;8:4;9:3;10:2,5,6;11:7,8; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LEGPM;10:;11:; C1 Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR6197 Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes marins Profonds, F-29280, Plouzané, France Hadal & Nordcee, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, Ifremer, IRD, CNRS, Sète, France Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, University of Évry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France Department of Ocean and Environmental Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark Marine Biological Laboratory, Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Woods Hole, MA, USA Univ Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR6197 Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes marins Profonds, F-29280, Plouzané, France MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, Ifremer, IRD, CNRS, Sète, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV SOUTHERN DENMARK, DENMARK IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV EVRY, FRANCE UNIV TOKYO, JAPAN UNIV SOUTHERN DENMARK, DENMARK MARINE BIOLOGICAL LAB, USA UBO, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE SI BREST SETE SE PDG-REM-BEEP-LMEE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LEGPM UM BEEP-LM2E MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe TC 1 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98089/107337.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98089/107338.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98089/107339.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98089/107340.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98089/107341.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98089/107342.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00869/98089/107343.xlsx LA English DT Article AB Ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota play a central role in the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in benthic sediments, at the interface between pelagic and subsurface ecosystems. However, our understanding of their niche separation and of the processes controlling their population structure in hadal and abyssal surface sediments is still limited. Here, we reconstructed 47 AOA metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from surface sediments of the Atacama and Kermadec trench systems. They formed deep-sea-specific groups within the family Nitrosopumilaceae and were assigned to six amoA gene-based clades. MAGs from different clades had distinct distribution patterns along oxygen-ammonium counter gradients in surface sediments. At the species level, MAGs thus seemed to form different ecotypes and follow deterministic niche-based distributions. In contrast, intraspecific population structure, defined by patterns of Single Nucleotide Variants (SNV), seemed to reflect more complex contributions of both deterministic and stochastic processes. Firstly, the bathymetric range had a strong effect on population structure, with distinct populations in abyssal plains and hadal trenches. Then, hadal populations were clearly separated by trench system, suggesting a strong isolation-by-topography effect, whereas abyssal populations were rather controlled by sediment depth or geographic distances, depending on the clade considered. Interestingly, genetic variability between samples was lowest in sediment layers where the mean MAG coverage was highest, highlighting the importance of selective pressure linked with each AOA clade’s ecological niche. Overall, our results show that deep-sea AOA genome distributions seem to follow both deterministic and stochastic processes, depending on the genomic variability scale considered. PY 2023 PD DEC SO Isme Communications SN 2730-6151 PU Oxford University Press (OUP) VL 3 IS 1 UT 001129007200001 DI 10.1038/s43705-023-00341-6 ID 98089 ER EF