Microbiome composition modulates secondary metabolism in a multispecies bacterial community

Author:

Chevrette Marc G.12ORCID,Thomas Chris S.1ORCID,Hurley Amanda12ORCID,Rosario-Meléndez Natalia13ORCID,Sankaran Kris14ORCID,Tu Yixing4ORCID,Hall Austin12ORCID,Magesh Shruthi13,Handelsman Jo12

Affiliation:

1. Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Madison, WI 53715

2. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706

3. Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706

4. Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706

Abstract

Bacterial secondary metabolites are a major source of antibiotics and other bioactive compounds. In microbial communities, these molecules can mediate interspecies interactions and responses to environmental change. Despite the importance of secondary metabolites in human health and microbial ecology, little is known about their roles and regulation in the context of multispecies communities. In a simplified model of the rhizosphere composed ofBacillus cereus,Flavobacterium johnsoniae, andPseudomonas koreensis, we show that the dynamics of secondary metabolism depend on community species composition and interspecies interactions. Comparative metatranscriptomics and metametabolomics reveal that the abundance of transcripts of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) and metabolomic molecular features differ between monocultures or dual cultures and a tripartite community. In both two- and three-member cocultures,P. koreensismodified expression of BGCs for zwittermicin, petrobactin, and other secondary metabolites inB. cereusandF. johnsoniae,whereas the BGC transcriptional response to the community inP. koreensisitself was minimal. Pairwise and tripartite cocultures withP. koreensisdisplayed unique molecular features that appear to be derivatives of lokisin, suggesting metabolic handoffs between species. Deleting the BGC for koreenceine, anotherP. koreensismetabolite, altered transcript and metabolite profiles across the community, including substantial up-regulation of the petrobactin and bacillibactin BGCs inB. cereus, suggesting that koreenceine represses siderophore production. Results from this model community show that bacterial BGC expression and chemical output depend on the identity and biosynthetic capacity of coculture partners, suggesting community composition and microbiome interactions may shape the regulation of secondary metabolism in nature.

Funder

United States Army Research Laboratory & the United States Army Research Office

United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

National Institutes of Health

SciMed

Publisher

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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