Dissecting the metal resistance genes contributed by virome from mining-affected metal contaminated soils

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第一作者： Zhang, Hetian

作者： Zhang, Hetian;Huang, Jingyi;Yin, Huaqun;Zhang, Hetian;Huang, Jingyi;Yin, Huaqun;Zeng, Weiai;Xiao, Qinzhi;Zhu, Yi;Kong, Wuyuan;Zou, Junliang;Liu, Tianbo

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关键词： heavy metal resistance; virome; contaminated soil; detoxification; auxiliary metabolic gene; metagenome

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE （ 影响因子：4.6； 五年影响因子：5.3 ）

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年卷期： 2023 年 11 卷

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摘要： Virus-borne auxiliary genes have been demonstrated to influence their hosts' characteristics and flexibility, resulting in an elevated ability to withstand diverse conditions and competition. However, the research on the soil viral community and its influencing factors is not extensive. The effects of bacterium-phage co-evolution in the metal contaminated environment have yet to be fully understood. In our research, numerous viral genes with conserved functional residues/motifs working on detoxifying heavy metals were pinpointed in the virome recovered from 58 contaminated soil metagenomic samples of mineral area, including tellurite resistance genes (e.g., terC, terD), copper resistance genes (e.g., copC, copA), and arsenate resistance genes (e.g., arsC). Moreover, viral proteins involved in key processes of nutrient uptake and metabolism, cellular function, polysaccharides production and biomineralization were also detected, which may also contribute to the response of microbial community to heavy metal stress. Our research showed that viruses have helped their hosts to acquire novel metal-resistance abilities through horizontal gene transfer (HGT) during the adaptation to challenging metal-rich environments. This was also evidenced by the high Codon adaption index (CAI) values across metal-resistance-related genes. This study has advanced our understanding on virus-host interplay within heavy metal contaminated soils.

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