FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Metagenome-assembled genomes of deep-sea sediments: changes in microbial functional potential lag behind redox transitions BT AF Schauberger, Clemens Thamdrup, Bo Lemonnier, Clarisse Trouche, Blandine Poulain, Julie Wincker, Patrick Arnaud-Haond, Sophie Glud, Ronnie N Maignien, Lois AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:2;5:3,4;6:3,4;7:5;8:1,6;9:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LEGPM;8:;9:; C1 Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark , 5230 Odense M, Denmark Univ Brest, CNRS, IFREMER, Microbiology of Extreme Environments Laboratory , F-29280 Plouzané, France Génomique Métabolique , Genoscope, Evry, France Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay , Genoscope, Evry, France MARBEC, Institut Français de Recherche pour L'Exploitation de la Mer, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD , Sète, France Department of Ocean and Environmental Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo, Japan C2 UNIV SOUTHERN DENMARK, DENMARK UBO, FRANCE GENOSCOPE, FRANCE UNIV PARIS SACLAY, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV TOKYO, JAPAN SI SETE SE 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 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00871/98285/107643.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00871/98285/108281.docx LA English DT Article DE ;microbial ecology;geomicrobiology;marine sediments;hadal zone;metagenomics;redox gradients;biogeochemistry;CAZymes AB Hadal sediments are hotspots of microbial activity in the deep-sea and exhibit strong biogeochemical gradients. But while these gradients are widely assumed to exert selective forces on hadal microbial communities, the actual relationship between biogeochemistry, functional traits, and microbial community structure remains poorly understood. We tested whether the biogeochemical conditions in hadal sediments select for microbes based on their genomic capacity for respiration and carbohydrate utilization via a metagenomic analysis of over 153 samples from the Atacama Trench region (max. Depth 8085 m). The obtained 1357 non-redundant microbial genomes were affiliated with about one third of all known microbial phyla, with more than half belonging to unknown genera. This indicated that the capability to withstand extreme hydrostatic pressure is a phylogenetically widespread trait and that hadal sediments are inhabited by diverse microbial lineages. While community composition changed gradually over sediment depth, these changes were not driven by selection for respiratory or carbohydrate degradation capability in the oxic and nitrogenous zones, except in the case of anammox bacteria and nitrifying archaea. However, selection based on respiration and carbohydrate degradation capacity did structure the communities of the ferruginous zone, where aerobic and nitrogen respiring microbes declined exponentially (half-life 125–419 years) and were replaced by subsurface communities. These results highlight a delayed response of microbial community composition to selective pressure imposed by redox zonation and indicated that gradual changes in microbial composition are shaped by the high-resilience and slow growth of microbes in the seafloor. PY 2024 PD JAN SO Isme Communications SN 2730-6151 PU Oxford University Press (OUP) VL 4 IS 1 UT 001150217000001 DI 10.1093/ismeco/ycad005 ID 98285 ER EF