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Genomic profiling of soil nitrifying microorganisms enriched on floating membrane filter
Christiana Abiola, Joo-Han Gwak, Ui-Ju Lee, Aderonke Odunayo Adigun, Sung-Keun Rhee
J. Microbiol. 2025;63(4):e2502002.   Published online April 29, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2502002
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Recently, floating membrane filter cultivation was adopted to simulate solid surface and enrich surface-adapted soil ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) communities from agricultural soil, as opposed to the conventional liquid medium. Here, we conducted metagenomic sequencing to recover nitrifier bins from the floating membrane filter cultures and reveal their genomic properties. Phylogenomic analysis showed that AOA bins recovered from this study, designated FF_bin01 and FF_bin02, are affiliated with the Nitrososphaeraceae family, while the third bin, FF_bin03, is a nitrite-oxidizing bacterium affiliated with the Nitrospiraceae family. Based on the ANI/AAI analysis, FF_bin01 and FF_bin02 are identified as novel species within the genera “Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus” and Nitrososphaera, respectively, while FF_bin03 represents a novel species within the genus Nitrospira. The pan and core genome analysis for the 29 AOA genomes considered in this study revealed 5,784 orthologous clusters, out of which 653 were core orthologous clusters. Additionally, 90 unique orthologous clusters were conserved among the Nitrososphaeraceae family, suggesting their potential role in enhancing culturability and adaptation to diverse environmental conditions. Intriguingly, FF_bin01 and FF_bin02 harbor a gene encoding manganese catalase and FF_bin03 also possesses a heme catalase gene, which might enhance their growth on the floating membrane filter. Overall, the floating membrane filter cultivation has proven to be a promising approach for isolating distinct soil AOA, and further modifications to this technique could stimulate the growth of a broader range of uncultivated nitrifiers from diverse soil environments.


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