Microbial Diversity
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Microbial Diversity
Scott Clingenpeel
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Complete Genomes
• 2671 Prokaryotic genomes in GenBank
• 114 Eukaryotic genomes– 9 Plants– 52 Animals
Do we really need more microbial genomes?
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Microbial Diversity• Less than 0.1% of known microbes have been
grown in the lab
• The uncultured microbes were completely unknown until the relatively recent development of DNA techniques
• The vast majority of microbes known today don’t have a formal species name
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What is a Microbial Species?
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Cell Morphology
Image from Wikimedia Commons
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Cell Morphology
Images from Wikimedia CommonsEscherichia coliBacteroides fragilis
Clostridium sp.
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Colony Morphology
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Colony Morphology
NOAA Office of Exploration & Research
Brian Traw, U. Pittsburgh
Wikimedia Commons
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Biochemistry
Images from ASM MicrobeLibrary
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DNA (Finally!)
• Need a gene present in all life• Need a gene that is the right size• Need a gene with slow and fast evolving parts
• The gene that was chosen as just right is the 16S/18S ribosomal RNA gene
• Arbitrary cutoff of 97% identity was decided to be the definition of a microbial species
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TaxonomyGroup Humans DogsDomain Eukarya EukaryaKingdom Animalia AnimaliaPhylum Chordata ChordataClass Mammalia MammaliaOrder Primates CarnivoraFamily HominidaeCanidaeGenus Homo CanisSpecies sapiens lupus
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Tree of Life
Bacteria Archaea Eukarya
Modified from: Madigan et al., Brock Biology of Microorganisms 12th ed.
Thaumarchaeota Nanoarchaeota
Korarchaeota
Crenarchaeota
Euryarchaeota
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Extremes of Life
• Temperature range: -18°C – 121°C (0°F – 250°F)– Eukaryotes: 0°C – 60°C (32°F - 140°F)
• pH: 0 – 13
• Salinity: 5M NaCl = 10x sea water = 30% salt
• Radiation: 3000x the dose that kills humans
pH Scale
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Microbial PhysiologiesOxygen + Food → Carbon Dioxide + Water
Molecules that can be used in place of Oxygen
NitrateNitrite
Nitric OxideNitrous Oxide
Sulfate (sulfuric acid)Carbon Dioxide
ChlorineIron
ManganeseSeleniumArsenic
Molecules that can be used as Food
Hydrogen gasHydrogen Sulfide
SulfurAmmonia
NitriteCarbon Monoxide
PhosphiteIron
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Microbial Physiologies
• At least 10,000,000 organic molecules are made by living things
• These are grouped into ~100 classes of molecules
• Only about half of these have a known microbial pathway for making them or for breaking them down
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• 80% of current genomes come from only three bacterial kingdoms
• ~30 bacterial kingdoms have no sequenced genomes
• The number of genes shared between two species in different kingdoms are <5%
• Only two genes are shared in all sequenced prokaryotic genomes
Do We Really Need More Microbial Genomes?