Conserved environmental adaptations of stream microbiomes in the hyporheic zone across North America
The hyporheic zone is a microbial hotspot in stream ecosystems, surpassing the activity of overlaying riverine surface waters. Metabolic activity in the form of sulfur and nitrogen cycling in hyporheic sediments is governed by multiple taxa interacting through metabolic handoffs. Despite the spatial heterogeneity of streams, the hyporheic sediment microbiome encodes and expresses conserved stress responses to anthropogenic stressors, e.g., temperature, in streams of separate continents. The high number of uncharacterized differentially expressed genes as a response to tested stressors is a call-to-action to deepen the study of stream systems. Video Abstract.
Authors
- André Soares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5013-3034)
- Tom L. Stach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-2479)
- Alexander J. Probst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9392-6544)
- Michael J. Wilkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3595-0853)
- Till L. V. Bornemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-6596)
- Amy Goldman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0490-6451)
- James Stegen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9135-7424)
- Mikayla Borton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8037-4253)
- Jörn Starke
- Feriel Bouderka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6600-7641)
Institutions
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Joint Genome Institute (US)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- Washington State University (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiome
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02236-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.86