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  • Marine microbiology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Metatranscriptomics

Background:

  • Marine oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) are critical oceanic regions.
  • Understanding microbial metabolism and nitrogen cycling in OMZs is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize microbial community metabolism and gene expression in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific OMZ.
  • To investigate the roles of different microbial taxa in nitrogen cycling within OMZs.

Main Methods:

  • Metatranscriptomic analysis of microbial RNA from four depths across the oxycline and OMZ.
  • Shotgun pyrosequencing of cDNA to capture expressed genes.
  • BLAST-based functional and taxonomic annotation of transcript sequences.

Main Results:

  • Transcriptome data revealed discrepancies between metabolic potential (metagenome) and gene expression.
  • Genes for both oxidative (nitrification) and reductive (anammox, denitrification) nitrogen cycling were abundant.
  • Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (e.g., Nitrosopumilus maritimus) dominated transcription in upper OMZ layers, particularly for nitrification.
  • Anammox bacteria (e.g., Kuenenia stuttgartiensis) were dominant in the core OMZ.

Conclusions:

  • Archaea play a substantial role in nitrification within the upper OMZ.
  • Depth-specific gene expression patterns highlight key functional groups in OMZ microbial communities.
  • Metatranscriptomics provides insights into active microbial processes and their ecological significance in OMZs.