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Journal Article
A widely distributed hydrogenase oxidises atmospheric H2 during bacterial growth
2020
Overview
Diverse aerobic bacteria persist by consuming atmospheric hydrogen (H
2
) using group 1h [NiFe]-hydrogenases. However, other hydrogenase classes are also distributed in aerobes, including the group 2a [NiFe]-hydrogenase. Based on studies focused on Cyanobacteria, the reported physiological role of the group 2a [NiFe]-hydrogenase is to recycle H
2
produced by nitrogenase. However, given this hydrogenase is also present in various heterotrophs and lithoautotrophs lacking nitrogenases, it may play a wider role in bacterial metabolism. Here we investigated the role of this enzyme in three species from different phylogenetic lineages and ecological niches:
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
(phylum Proteobacteria),
Chloroflexus aggregans
(phylum Chloroflexota), and
Gemmatimonas aurantiaca
(phylum Gemmatimonadota). qRT-PCR analysis revealed that the group 2a [NiFe]-hydrogenase of all three species is significantly upregulated during exponential growth compared to stationary phase, in contrast to the profile of the persistence-linked group 1h [NiFe]-hydrogenase. Whole-cell biochemical assays confirmed that all three strains aerobically respire H
2
to sub-atmospheric levels, and oxidation rates were much higher during growth. Moreover, the oxidation of H
2
supported mixotrophic growth of the carbon-fixing strains
C. aggregans
and
A. ferrooxidans
. Finally, we used phylogenomic analyses to show that this hydrogenase is widely distributed and is encoded by 13 bacterial phyla. These findings challenge the current persistence-centric model of the physiological role of atmospheric H
2
oxidation and extend this process to two more phyla, Proteobacteria and Gemmatimonadota. In turn, these findings have broader relevance for understanding how bacteria conserve energy in different environments and control the biogeochemical cycling of atmospheric trace gases.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Oxford University Press
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