Hidden from plain sight: Novel Simkaniaceae and Rhabdochlamydiaceae diversity emerging from screening genomic and metagenomic data.

Davison, Helen R ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2023) Hidden from plain sight: Novel Simkaniaceae and Rhabdochlamydiaceae diversity emerging from screening genomic and metagenomic data. Systematic and applied microbiology, 46 (6). 126468-.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126468

Abstract

Chlamydiota are an ancient and hyperdiverse phylum of obligate intracellular bacteria. The best characterized representatives are pathogens or parasites of mammals, but it is thought that their most common hosts are microeukaryotes like Amoebozoa. The diversity in taxonomy, evolution, and function of non-pathogenic Chlamydiota are slowly being described. Here we use data mining techniques and genomic analysis to extend our current knowledge of Chlamydiota diversity and its hosts, in particular the Order Parachlamydiales. We extract one Rhabdochlamydiaceae and three Simkaniaceae Metagenome-Assembled Genomes (MAGs) from NCBI Short Read Archive deposits of ciliate and algal genome sequencing projects. We then use these to identify a further 14 and 8 MAGs respectively amongst existing, unidentified environmental assemblies. From these data we identify two novel clades with host associated data, for which we propose the names "Sacchlamyda saccharinae" (Family Rhabdochlamydiaceae) and "Amphrikana amoebophyrae" (Family Simkaniaceae), as well as a third new clade of environmental MAGs "Acheromyda pituitae" (Family Rhabdochlamydiaceae). The extent of uncharacterized diversity within the Rhabdochlamydiaceae and Simkaniaceae is indicated by 16 of the 22 MAGs being evolutionarily distant from currently characterised genera. Within our limited data, there was great predicted diversity in Parachlamydiales metabolism and evolution, including the potential for metabolic and defensive symbioses as well as pathogenicity. These data provide an imperative to link genomic diversity in metagenomics data to their associated eukaryotic host, and to develop onward understanding of the functional significance of symbiosis with this hyperdiverse clade.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Animals, Mammals, Bacteria, Chlamydiales, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Phylogeny, Metagenome, Metagenomics
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2023 14:55
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2024 14:14
DOI:	10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126468
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126468
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173827