Candidatus Thorarchaeota

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"CandidatusThorarchaeota"
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Domain: Archaea
Clade: "Proteoarchaeota"
Kingdom: Promethearchaeati
Phylum: "Candidatus Thorarchaeota"
corrig. Seitz et al., 2016

" Candidatus Thorarchaeota" is a phylum within the kingdom Promethearchaeati. The kingdom Promethearchaeati represents the closest prokaryotic relatives of eukaryotes. Since there is such a close relation between the two different domains, it provides further evidence to the two-domain tree of life theory which states that eukaryotes branched from the archaeal domain. Kingdom Promethearchaeati are single cell marine microbes that contain branch-like appendages and have genes that are similar to Eukarya. [1] [2] The kingdom Promethearchaeati is composed of "Candidatus Thorarchaeota", Promethearchaeota, "Candidatus Odinarchaeota", and "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeota". [3] [2] "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" were first identified from the sulfate-methane transition zone in tidewater sediments. Thorarcheota are widely distributed in marine and freshwater sediments.

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Discovery

"Candidatus Thorarchaeota" were discovered by analyzing estuary sediments obtained from the White Oak River in North Carolina. Estuaries are brackish bodies of water where fresh and marine water meet, providing a rich and unique area of nutrients. [4] A PhD student at the University of Texas discovered new characteristics of "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" that live under sediment and with anoxic properties. The graduate students further proved that the archaea aided in the degradation of organic matter, carbon fixation, and sulfur reduction. [5] "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" genomes that were obtained from the marine appeared to have diversity in metabolic pathways with the potential of degrading and uptaking proteins and carbohydrates. [6]

Description

"Candidatus Thorarchaeota" have not been cultured in a laboratory. What is known about "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" has come from analyzing partial and near complete genomes. 3,029 proteins have been sequenced from the partial genomes. [7] These genomes contain genes that suggest that "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" may have the ability to degrade organic matter, suggesting a role in the carbon cycle and an intermediate role in the sulfur cycle. Genes have been found for a near complete Wood-Ljungdahl pathway but lacked the genes for formate dehydrogenase. This could be due to having incomplete genomes. Thorachaeota may use the tetrahydromethanopterin Wood-Ljungdahl pathway to reduce carbon dioxide. [8] "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" have genes for protein degradation and assimilation which include the genes clostripain and gingipain. They also have genes for extracellular peptidases. These genes may suggest that the main carbon source for "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" is proteins and peptides. [6] "Candidatus Thorarchaeota" sequenced partial genomes also have the genes for glycolysis present. They are missing the genes for hexokinases; however, they have the genes for pyruvate kinases and phosphoenolpyruvate synthase. The presence of the genes for these enzymes may play a role in the ability to adapt to different environmental conditions. Genes have been found for nitrogen fixation in most samples containing the partial genomes; however, no genes for the nitrite reduction catalyzing enzymes have been found. [8] Some of the sequenced partial genomes have near complete Calvin-Benson-Bassham pathways and have been found to use type IV RuBisCO. While other phyla within the Promethearchaeati kingdom use type III and type IV RuBisCO, none have the Calvin-Benson-Bassham pathway. [8] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Elusive Asgard Archaea Finally Cultured in Lab". The Scientist Magazine®. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. 1 2 3 Imachi, Hiroyuki; Nobu, Masaru K.; Kato, Shingo; Takaki, Yoshihiro; Miyazaki, Masayuki; Miyata, Makoto; Ogawara, Miyuki; Saito, Yumi; Sakai, Sanae; Tahara, Yuhei O.; Takano, Yoshinori; Tasumi, Eiji; Uematsu, Katsuyuki; Yoshimura, Toshihiro; Itoh, Takashi (2024). "Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, obligately syntrophic archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Asgard' archaea, and proposal of the new archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota phyl. nov. and kingdom Promethearchaeati regn. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 74 (7): 006435. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006435. ISSN   1466-5034. PMC   11316595 .
  3. ↑ Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, Katarzyna; Caceres, Eva F.; Saw, Jimmy H.; Bäckström, Disa; Juzokaite, Lina; Vancaester, Emmelien; Seitz, Kiley W.; Anantharaman, Karthik; Starnawski, Piotr; Kjeldsen, Kasper U.; Stott, Matthew B. (January 2017). "Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity". Nature. 541 (7637): 353–358. Bibcode:2017Natur.541..353Z. doi:10.1038/nature21031. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   28077874. S2CID   4458094.
  4. ↑ Adam, Panagiotis S; Borrel, Guillaume; Brochier-Armanet, Céline; Gribaldo, Simonetta (November 2017). "The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology". The ISME Journal. 11 (11): 2407–2425. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.122. ISSN   1751-7362. PMC   5649171 . PMID   28777382.
  5. ↑ "New Phyla of Microbes Identified". utmsi.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. 1 2 Seitz, Kiley W; Lazar, Cassandre S; Hinrichs, Kai-Uwe; Teske, Andreas P; Baker, Brett J (July 2016). "Genomic reconstruction of a novel, deeply branched sediment archaeal phylum with pathways for acetogenesis and sulfur reduction". The ISME Journal. 10 (7): 1696–1705. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.233. ISSN   1751-7362. PMC   4918440 . PMID   26824177.
  7. ↑ "Candidatus Thorarchaeota archaeon SMTZ1-83". www.uniprot.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  8. 1 2 3 Liu, Yang; Zhou, Zhichao; Pan, Jie; Baker, Brett J.; Gu, Ji-Dong; Li, Meng (April 2018). "Comparative genomic inference suggests mixotrophic lifestyle for Thorarchaeota". The ISME Journal. 12 (4): 1021–1031. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0060-x. ISSN   1751-7370. PMC   5864231 . PMID   29445130.
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