Biogeographic traits of dimethyl sulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate cycling in polar oceans
Posted on 2021-10-16 - 03:17
Abstract Background Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is the dominant volatile organic sulfur in global oceans. The predominant source of oceanic DMS is the cleavage of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), which can be produced by marine bacteria and phytoplankton. Polar oceans, which represent about one fifth of Earth’s surface, contribute significantly to the global oceanic DMS sea-air flux. However, a global overview of DMS and DMSP cycling in polar oceans is still lacking and the key genes and the microbial assemblages involved in DMSP/DMS transformation remain to be fully unveiled. Results Here, we systematically investigated the biogeographic traits of 16 key microbial enzymes involved in DMS/DMSP cycling in 60 metagenomic samples from polar waters, together with 174 metagenome and 151 metatranscriptomes from non-polar Tara Ocean dataset. Our analyses suggest that intense DMS/DMSP cycling occurs in the polar oceans. DMSP demethylase (DmdA), DMSP lyases (DddD, DddP, and DddK), and trimethylamine monooxygenase (Tmm, which oxidizes DMS to dimethylsulfoxide) were the most prevalent bacterial genes involved in global DMS/DMSP cycling. Alphaproteobacteria (Pelagibacterales) and Gammaproteobacteria appear to play prominent roles in DMS/DMSP cycling in polar oceans. The phenomenon that multiple DMS/DMSP cycling genes co-occurred in the same bacterial genome was also observed in metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) from polar oceans. The microbial assemblages from the polar oceans were significantly correlated with water depth rather than geographic distance, suggesting the differences of habitats between surface and deep waters rather than dispersal limitation are the key factors shaping microbial assemblages involved in DMS/DMSP cycling in polar oceans. Conclusions Overall, this study provides a global overview of the biogeographic traits of known bacterial genes involved in DMS/DMSP cycling from the Arctic and Antarctic oceans, laying a solid foundation for further studies of DMS/DMSP cycling in polar ocean microbiome at the enzymatic, metabolic, and processual levels. Video Abstract
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Teng, Zhao-Jie; Qin, Qi-Long; Zhang, Weipeng; Li, Jian; Fu, Hui-Hui; Wang, Peng; et al. (2021). Biogeographic traits of dimethyl sulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate cycling in polar oceans. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5665400.v1
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AUTHORS (15)
ZT
Zhao-Jie Teng
QQ
Qi-Long Qin
WZ
Weipeng Zhang
JL
Jian Li
HF
Hui-Hui Fu
PW
Peng Wang
ML
Musheng Lan
GL
Guangfu Lu
JH
Jianfeng He
AM
Andrew McMinn
MW
Min Wang
XC
Xiu-Lan Chen
YZ
Yu-Zhong Zhang
YC
Yin Chen
CL
Chun-Yang Li