Structure and dispersion of the conjugative mobilome in surface ocean bacterioplankton

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dc.contributor.authorTamayo Leiva, Javier Alejandro Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorAlcorta Loyola, Jaime Andrés
dc.contributor.authorSepúlveda, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorFuentes-Alburquenque, Sebastián
dc.contributor.authorArroyo González, José Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Pastor, José Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorDiez Moreno, Beatriz Eugenia
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T14:13:06Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T14:13:06Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractMobile genetic elements (MGEs), collectively referred to as the “mobilome”, can have a significant impact on the fitness of microbial communities and therefore on ecological processes. Marine MGEs have mainly been associated with wide geographical and phylogenetic dispersal of adaptative traits. However, whether the structure of this mobilome exhibits deterministic patterns in the natural community is still an open question. The aim of this study was to characterize the structure of the conjugative mobilome in the ocean surface bacterioplankton by searching the publicly available marine metagenomes from the TARA Oceans survey, together with molecular markers, such as relaxases and type IV coupling proteins of the type IV secretion system (T4SS). The T4SS machinery was retrieved in more abundance than relaxases in the surface marine bacterioplankton. Moreover, among the identified MGEs, mobilizable elements were the most abundant, outnumbering self-conjugative sequences. Detection of a high number of incomplete T4SSs provides insight into possible strategies related to trans-acting activity between MGEs, and accessory functions of the T4SS (e.g., protein secretion), allowing the host to maintain a lower metabolic burden in the highly dynamic marine system. Additionally, the results demonstrate a wide geographical dispersion of MGEs throughout oceanic regions, while the Southern Ocean appears segregated from other regions. The marine mobilome also showed a high similarity of functions present in known plasmid databases. Moreover, cargo genes were mostly related to DNA processing, but scarcely associated with antibiotic resistance. Finally, within the MGEs, integrative and conjugative elements showed wider marine geographic dispersion than plasmids.
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dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/ismeco/ycae059
dc.identifier.eissn2730-6151
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae059
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/85429
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Tamayo Leiva, Javier Alejandro Ignacio; S/I; 1031203
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Alcorta Loyola, Jaime Andrés; 0000-0001-7662-239X; 187040
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Arroyo González, José Ignacio; S/I; 237520
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Diez Moreno, Beatriz Eugenia; 0000-0002-9371-8083; 1009001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final39
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.revistaISME Communications
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectHorizontal Gene Transfer
dc.subjectMobile Genetic Elements
dc.subjectMGEs
dc.subjectPlasmids
dc.subject.ddc550
dc.subject.deweyCiencias de la tierraes_ES
dc.titleStructure and dispersion of the conjugative mobilome in surface ocean bacterioplankton
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen4
sipa.codpersvinculados1031203
sipa.codpersvinculados187040
sipa.codpersvinculados237520
sipa.codpersvinculados1009001
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-04-29
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