Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZyme) from their common ancestor

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07146-w" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07146-w</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07146-w" target="_blank" >10.1038/s42003-024-07146-w</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZyme) from their common ancestor

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Termites digest dead vegetal matter at various stages of decomposition with the help of Carbohydrate Active Enzymes (CAZymes) produced by their symbiotic gut microbes. Many microbial lineages endemic to termite gut have cospeciated with termites for up to ~150 million years. Whether CAZymes were already encoded in their genomes and passed down to modern termites or, alternatively, acquired more recently from microbes not associated with termite gut, is unclear. We used 196 gut metagenomes to investigate the evolution of termite gut bacterial CAZymes and search for cophylogenetic patterns with termites. In the reconstructed CAZyme gene trees, we found 420 termite-specific clusters of CAZyme sequences belonging to 81 CAZyme gene families unique to the termite gut environment, including 392 showing strong cophylogenetic patterns with termites like those found with bacterial marker genes. Of the 420 clusters, 131 included at least one CAZyme sequence found in the gut of Cryptocercus, the sister group of termites, or Mastotermes, the termite genus sister to all other termites. These results suggest many CAZymes present in modern termites have been associated with termites since their origin. While some CAZymes may have been acquired by termite gut bacteria more recently, our results indicate that termites rely upon many unique bacterial CAZymes found in no other environments than their gut to digest wood.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Termites and subsocial roaches inherited many bacterial-borne carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZyme) from their common ancestor

Popis výsledku anglicky

Termites digest dead vegetal matter at various stages of decomposition with the help of Carbohydrate Active Enzymes (CAZymes) produced by their symbiotic gut microbes. Many microbial lineages endemic to termite gut have cospeciated with termites for up to ~150 million years. Whether CAZymes were already encoded in their genomes and passed down to modern termites or, alternatively, acquired more recently from microbes not associated with termite gut, is unclear. We used 196 gut metagenomes to investigate the evolution of termite gut bacterial CAZymes and search for cophylogenetic patterns with termites. In the reconstructed CAZyme gene trees, we found 420 termite-specific clusters of CAZyme sequences belonging to 81 CAZyme gene families unique to the termite gut environment, including 392 showing strong cophylogenetic patterns with termites like those found with bacterial marker genes. Of the 420 clusters, 131 included at least one CAZyme sequence found in the gut of Cryptocercus, the sister group of termites, or Mastotermes, the termite genus sister to all other termites. These results suggest many CAZymes present in modern termites have been associated with termites since their origin. While some CAZymes may have been acquired by termite gut bacteria more recently, our results indicate that termites rely upon many unique bacterial CAZymes found in no other environments than their gut to digest wood.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10600 - Biological sciences

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

ISSN

2399-3642

e-ISSN

2399-3642

Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

1-9

Kód UT WoS článku

001349584600002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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