Abstract
AbstractThe deep sea harbours microorganisms with unique life characteristics and activities due to adaptation to particular environmental conditions, but the limited sample collection and pure culture techniques available constrain the study of deep-sea microorganisms. In this study, strain Ant34-E75 was isolated from Antarctic deep-sea sediment samples and showed the highest 16 S rRNA gene sequence similarity (97.18%) with the strain Aequorivita viscosa 8-1bT. Strain Ant34-E75 is psychrotrophic and can effectively increase the cold tolerance of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (a model organism). Subsequent transcriptome analysis revealed multiple mechanisms involved in the Ant34-E75 response to temperature stress, and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) showed that the peptidoglycan synthesis pathway was the key component. Overall, this study provides insights into the characteristics of a deep-sea microorganism and elucidates mechanisms of temperature adaptation at the molecular level.
Funder
This work was financially supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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