“Sifarchaeota,” a Novel Asgard Phylum from Costa Rican Sediment Capable of Polysaccharide Degradation and Anaerobic Methylotrophy

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Author(s)Farag, Ibrahim F.
Author(s)Zhao, Rui
Author(s)Biddle, Jennifer F.
Date Accessioned2021-12-22T20:16:12Z
Date Available2021-12-22T20:16:12Z
Publication Date2021-02-19
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02584-20en_US
AbstractThe Asgard superphylum is a deeply branching monophyletic group of Archaea, recently described as some of the closest relatives of the eukaryotic ancestor. The wide application of genomic analyses from metagenome sequencing has established six distinct phyla, whose genomes encode diverse metabolic capacities and which play important biogeochemical and ecological roles in marine sediments. Here, we describe two metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) recovered from deep marine sediments off the Costa Rica margin, defining a novel lineage phylogenetically married to “Candidatus Thorarchaeota”; as such, we propose the name “Sifarchaeota” for this phylum. The two Sifarchaeota MAGs encode an anaerobic pathway for methylotrophy enabling the utilization of C1 to C3 compounds (methanol and methylamines) to synthesize acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA). The MAGs showed a remarkable saccharolytic capabilities compared to other Asgard lineages and encoded diverse classes of carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) targeting different mono-, di-, and oligosaccharides. Comparative genomic analysis based on the full metabolic profiles of different Asgard lineages revealed the close relation between Sifarchaeota and “Candidatus Odinarchaeota” MAGs, which suggested similar metabolic potentials and ecological roles. Furthermore, we identified multiple HGT events from different bacterial donors within Sifarchaeota MAGs, which hypothetically expanded Sifarchaeota capacities for substrate utilization, energy production, and niche adaptation.en_US
SponsorThis work was supported by a W. M. Keck Foundation award to J.F.B.en_US
CitationFarag IF, Zhao R, Biddle JF. 2021. “Sifarchaeota,” a novel Asgard phylum from Costa Rican sediment capable of polysaccharide degradation and anaerobic methylotrophy. Appl Environ Microbiol 87:e02584-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02584-20.en_US
ISSN1098-5336
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/29913
Languageen_USen_US
PublisherApplied and Environmental Microbiologyen_US
KeywordsAsgarden_US
Keywordssubsurfaceen_US
Keywordsmetagenomicsen_US
Title“Sifarchaeota,” a Novel Asgard Phylum from Costa Rican Sediment Capable of Polysaccharide Degradation and Anaerobic Methylotrophyen_US
TypeArticleen_US
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