The genomic potential of photosynthesis in piconanoplankton is functionally redundant but taxonomically structured at a global scale - École polytechnique
Article Dans Une Revue Science Advances Année : 2024

The genomic potential of photosynthesis in piconanoplankton is functionally redundant but taxonomically structured at a global scale

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Carbon fixation is a key metabolic function shaping marine life, but the underlying taxonomic and functional diversity involved is only partially understood. Using metagenomic resources targeted at marine piconanoplankton, we provide a reproducible machine learning framework to derive the potential biogeography of genomic functions through the multi-output regression of gene read counts on environmental climatologies. Leveraging the Marine Atlas of Tara Oceans Unigenes, we investigate the genomic potential of primary production in the global ocean. The latter is performed by ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RUBISCO) and is often associated with carbon concentration mechanisms in piconanoplankton, major marine unicellular photosynthetic organisms. We show that the genomic potential supporting C 4 enzymes and RUBISCO exhibits strong functional redundancy and important affinity toward tropical oligotrophic waters. This redundancy is taxonomically structured by the dominance of Mamiellophyceae and Prymnesiophyceae in mid and high latitudes. These findings enhance our understanding of the relationship between functional and taxonomic diversity of microorganisms and environmental drivers of key biogeochemical cycles.

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hal-04735120 , version 1 (14-10-2024)

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Alexandre Schickele, Pavla Debeljak, Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, Lucie Bittner, Eric Pelletier, et al.. The genomic potential of photosynthesis in piconanoplankton is functionally redundant but taxonomically structured at a global scale. Science Advances , 2024, 10 (33), pp.eadl0534. ⟨10.1126/sciadv.adl0534⟩. ⟨hal-04735120⟩
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