Diverse microbiome functions, limited temporal variation and substantial genomic conservation within sedimentary and granite rock deep underground research laboratories
Our analyses reveal microbiome stability in the sedimentary rocks and surprising microbial community compositional and genotypic overlap over sites separated by hundreds of meters of rock, potentially explained by dispersal via slow groundwater flow or during a prior hydrological regime. Overall, microbiome and geochemical stability over the study period has important implications for underground storage applications.
Authors
- Yuki Amano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-6598)
- Hiroaki Murakami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1973-2305)
- Shufei Lei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7272-3812)
- Alexander L. Jaffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6903-1687)
- Adi Lavy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7518-1913)
- Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7988-8556)
- Kazuya Miyakawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5306-5014)
- Jillian F. Banfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8203-8771)
- Eiichi Ishii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-2855)
- Hikari Beppu
- Cindy J. Castelle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0751-9804)
- Daniel A. Gittins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-1120)
- Teruki Iwatsuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6263-3418)
- Akihito Mochizuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3217-733X)
- Yohey Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-9289)
- Rohan Sachdeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9284-2245)
- Karthik Anantharaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9584-2491)
- Spencer Diamond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4131-341X)
Institutions
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JP)
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Innovative Genomics Institute (US)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00649-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.92
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Innovative Genomics Institute
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Office of Science
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- Biological and Environmental Research