The Evolution Pathway of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Shaped by Major Geological Events

Yang, Yiyan1; Zhang, Chuanlun2,3,4; Lenton, Timothy M.5; Yan, Xinmiao1; Zhu, Maoyan6,7,8; Zhou, Mengdi1; Tao, Jianchang2; Phelps, Tommy J.2; Cao, Zhiwei1

2021-09-01

10.1093/molbev/msab129

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   影响因子和分区

0737-4038

1537-1719

Primordial nitrification processes have been studied extensively using geochemical approaches, but the biological origination of nitrification remains unclear. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are widely distributed nitrifiers and implement the rate-limiting step in nitrification. They are hypothesized to have been important players in the global nitrogen cycle in Earth's early history. We performed systematic phylogenomic and marker gene analyses to elucidate the diversification timeline of AOA evolution. Our results suggested that the AOA ancestor experienced terrestrial geothermal environments at similar to 1,165 Ma (1,928-880 Ma), and gradually evolved into mesophilic soil at similar to 652 Ma (767-554 Ma) before diversifying into marine settings at similar to 509 Ma (629-412 Ma) and later into shallow and deep oceans, respectively. Corroborated by geochemical evidence and modeling, the timing of key diversification nodes can be linked to the global magmatism and glaciation associated with the assembly and breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia, and the later oxygenation of the deep ocean. Results of this integrated study shed light on the geological forces that may have shaped the evolutionary pathways of the AOA, which played an important role in the ancient global nitrogen cycle.

ammonia-oxidizing archaea nitrification archaeal evolution oxygenation phylogenomic

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National Key R&D Program of China["2017YFC0908400","2019YFA0905900","2017YFC1700200","2016YFA0601101","2018YFA0605800"] ; National Nature Science Foundation of China[91851210,41530105] ; Natural Environment Research Council of the United Kingdom[NE/P013651] ; National Nature Science Foundation of China through the Biosphere Evolution, Transitions and Resilience Programme[41661134048] ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[1350219165] ; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Archaea Geo-Omics, Southern University of Science and Technology[ZDSYS201802081843490] ; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)[K19313901]

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Evolutionary Biology ; Genetics & Heredity

WOS:000693664800011

OXFORD UNIV PRESS

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS

Web of Science

1.Tongji Univ, Sch Life Sci & Technol, Dept Gastroenterol, Shanghai Peoples Hosp 10, Shanghai, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Shenzhen Key Lab Marine Archaea Geo, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
3.Southern Marine Sci & Engn Guangdong Lab Guangzho, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
4.Shanghai Sheshan Natl Geophys Observ, Dept Biogeochem, Shanghai 201602, Peoples R China
5.Univ Exeter, Global Syst Inst, Exeter, Devon, England
6.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing, Peoples R China
7.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing, Peoples R China
8.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China

Yang, Yiyan,Zhang, Chuanlun,Lenton, Timothy M.,et al. The Evolution Pathway of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Shaped by Major Geological Events[J]. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,2021,38(9).

Yang, Yiyan.,Zhang, Chuanlun.,Lenton, Timothy M..,Yan, Xinmiao.,Zhu, Maoyan.,...&Cao, Zhiwei.(2021).The Evolution Pathway of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Shaped by Major Geological Events.MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,38(9).

Yang, Yiyan,et al."The Evolution Pathway of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Shaped by Major Geological Events".MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 38.9(2021).