Ecology and evolution of viruses infecting uncultivated SUP05 bacteria as revealed by single-cell- and meta- genomics

  1. Simon Roux
  2. Alyse K Hawley
  3. Monica Torres Beltran
  4. Melanie Scofield
  5. Patrick Schwientek
  6. Ramunas Stepanauskas
  7. Tanja Woyke
  8. Steven J Hallam
  9. Matthew B Sullivan  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Arizona, United States
  2. University of British Columbia, Canada
  3. U.S Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, United States
  4. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States

Abstract

Viruses modulate microbial communities and alter ecosystem functions. However, due to cultivation bottlenecks specific virus-host interaction dynamics remain cryptic. Here we examined 127 single-cell amplified genomes (SAGs) from uncultivated SUP05 bacteria isolated from a marine oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) to identify 69 viral contigs representing five new genera within dsDNA Caudovirales and ssDNA Microviridae. Infection frequencies suggest that ~1/3 of SUP05 bacteria are viral-infected, with higher infection frequency where oxygen-deficiency was most severe. Observed Microviridae clonality suggests recovery of bloom-terminating viruses, while systematic co-infection between dsDNA and ssDNA viruses posits previously unrecognized cooperation modes. Analyses of 186 microbial and viral metagenomes revealed that SUP05 viruses persisted for years, but remained endemic to the OMZ. Finally, identification of virus-encoded dissimilatory sulfite reductase suggests SUP05 viruses reprogram their host's energy metabolism. Together these results demonstrate closely coupled SUP05 virus-host co-evolutionary dynamics with potential to modulate biogeochemical cycling in climate-critical and expanding OMZs.

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  1. Simon Roux

    University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
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  2. Alyse K Hawley

    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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  3. Monica Torres Beltran

    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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  4. Melanie Scofield

    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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  5. Patrick Schwientek

    U.S Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, United States
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  6. Ramunas Stepanauskas

    Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, United States
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  7. Tanja Woyke

    U.S Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, United States
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  8. Steven J Hallam

    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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  9. Matthew B Sullivan

    University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
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    mbsulli@email.arizona.edu
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  1. Nicole Dubilier

Version history

  1. Received: April 17, 2014
  2. Accepted: August 27, 2014
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: August 29, 2014 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: September 16, 2014 (version 2)

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© 2014, Roux et al.

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  1. Simon Roux
  2. Alyse K Hawley
  3. Monica Torres Beltran
  4. Melanie Scofield
  5. Patrick Schwientek
  6. Ramunas Stepanauskas
  7. Tanja Woyke
  8. Steven J Hallam
  9. Matthew B Sullivan
(2014)
Ecology and evolution of viruses infecting uncultivated SUP05 bacteria as revealed by single-cell- and meta- genomics
eLife 3:e03125.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03125

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