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Scientific Reports, volume 7, issue 1, publication number 8373

Actinobacterial Rare Biospheres and Dark Matter Revealed in Habitats of the Chilean Atacama Desert

Idris Hamidah ¹

Goodfellow Michael ¹

Sanderson Roy ¹

Asenjo Juan A. ²

Bull Alan T. ³

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School of Biology, Ridley Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |

Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (CeBiB), Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chile, Beauchef 851, Santiago, Chile |

School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2017-08-21

Springer Nature

Journal: Scientific Reports

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ISSN: 20452322

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08937-4

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PubMed ID: 28827739

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Abstract

The Atacama Desert is the most extreme non-polar biome on Earth, the core region of which is considered to represent the dry limit for life and to be an analogue for Martian soils. This study focused on actinobacteria because they are keystone species in terrestrial ecosystems and are acknowledged as an unrivalled source of bioactive compounds. Metagenomic analyses of hyper-arid and extreme hyper-arid soils in this desert revealed a remarkable degree of actinobacterial ‘dark matter’, evidenced by a detected increase of 34% in families against those that are validly published. Rank-abundance analyses indicated that these soils were high-diversity habitats and that the great majority of designated ‘rare’ genera (up to 60% of all phylotypes) were always rare. These studies have enabled a core actinobacterial microbiome common to both habitats to be defined. The great majority of detected taxa have not been recovered by culture dependent methods, neither, with very few exceptions, has their functional ecology been explored. A microbial seed bank of this magnitude has significance not just for Atacama soil ecosystem resilience but represents an enormous untapped resource for biotechnology discovery programmes in an era where resistance to existing antibiotics is rapidly becoming a major threat to global health.

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Systematic and Applied Microbiology	Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 2, 3.64% Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2 publications, 3.64%
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 1, 1.82% Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 1 publication, 1.82%
Biogeosciences	Biogeosciences, 1, 1.82% Biogeosciences 1 publication, 1.82%
Microbiology	Microbiology, 1, 1.82% Microbiology 1 publication, 1.82%
Diversity	Diversity, 1, 1.82% Diversity 1 publication, 1.82%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology	Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 1, 1.82% Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 1 publication, 1.82%
Extremophiles	Extremophiles, 1, 1.82% Extremophiles 1 publication, 1.82%
Scientific Reports	Scientific Reports, 1, 1.82% Scientific Reports 1 publication, 1.82%
BMC Microbiology	BMC Microbiology, 1, 1.82% BMC Microbiology 1 publication, 1.82%
Journal of Antibiotics	Journal of Antibiotics, 1, 1.82% Journal of Antibiotics 1 publication, 1.82%
Current Research in Microbial Sciences	Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 1, 1.82% Current Research in Microbial Sciences 1 publication, 1.82%
New Microbes and New Infections	New Microbes and New Infections, 1, 1.82% New Microbes and New Infections 1 publication, 1.82%
Water Research	Water Research, 1, 1.82% Water Research 1 publication, 1.82%
Journal of Applied Microbiology	Journal of Applied Microbiology, 1, 1.82% Journal of Applied Microbiology 1 publication, 1.82%
Land Degradation and Development	Land Degradation and Development, 1, 1.82% Land Degradation and Development 1 publication, 1.82%
Environmental Microbiology	Environmental Microbiology, 1, 1.82% Environmental Microbiology 1 publication, 1.82%
Molecular Omics	Molecular Omics, 1, 1.82% Molecular Omics 1 publication, 1.82%
Geomicrobiology Journal	Geomicrobiology Journal, 1, 1.82% Geomicrobiology Journal 1 publication, 1.82%
International Journal of Astrobiology	International Journal of Astrobiology, 1, 1.82% International Journal of Astrobiology 1 publication, 1.82%
Microbiology spectrum	Microbiology spectrum, 1, 1.82% Microbiology spectrum 1 publication, 1.82%
Studies in Natural Products Chemistry	Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, 1, 1.82% Studies in Natural Products Chemistry 1 publication, 1.82%
Applied Soil Ecology	Applied Soil Ecology, 1, 1.82% Applied Soil Ecology 1 publication, 1.82%
Frontiers in Environmental Science	Frontiers in Environmental Science, 1, 1.82% Frontiers in Environmental Science 1 publication, 1.82%
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Springer Nature	Springer Nature, 11, 20% Springer Nature 11 publications, 20%
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Elsevier	Elsevier, 7, 12.73% Elsevier 7 publications, 12.73%
Microbiology Society	Microbiology Society, 5, 9.09% Microbiology Society 5 publications, 9.09%
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 5, 9.09% Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 5 publications, 9.09%
Wiley	Wiley, 3, 5.45% Wiley 3 publications, 5.45%
Xi'an Jiaotong University	Xi'an Jiaotong University, 1, 1.82% Xi'an Jiaotong University 1 publication, 1.82%
Copernicus	Copernicus, 1, 1.82% Copernicus 1 publication, 1.82%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 1, 1.82% Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 1 publication, 1.82%
Taylor & Francis	Taylor & Francis, 1, 1.82% Taylor & Francis 1 publication, 1.82%
Cambridge University Press	Cambridge University Press, 1, 1.82% Cambridge University Press 1 publication, 1.82%
American Society for Microbiology	American Society for Microbiology, 1, 1.82% American Society for Microbiology 1 publication, 1.82%
Research Square Platform LLC	Research Square Platform LLC, 1, 1.82% Research Square Platform LLC 1 publication, 1.82%
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DO - 10.1038/s41598-017-08937-4

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TI - Actinobacterial Rare Biospheres and Dark Matter Revealed in Habitats of the Chilean Atacama Desert

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AU - Idris, Hamidah

AU - Goodfellow, Michael

AU - Sanderson, Roy

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@article{2017_Idris,

author = {Hamidah Idris and Michael Goodfellow and Roy Sanderson and Juan A. Asenjo and Alan T. Bull},

title = {Actinobacterial Rare Biospheres and Dark Matter Revealed in Habitats of the Chilean Atacama Desert},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

year = {2017},

volume = {7},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {aug},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-08937-4},

number = {1},

doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-08937-4}

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