An abyssal mobilome: viruses, plasmids and vesicles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) such as viruses, plasmids, vesicles, gene transfer agents (GTAs), transposons and transpovirions, which collectively represent the mobilome, interact with cellular organisms from all three domains of life, including those thriving in the most extreme environments. While efforts have been made to better understand deep-sea vent microbial ecology, our knowledge of the mobilome associated with prokaryotes inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents remains limited. Here we focus on the abyssal mobilome by reviewing accumulating data on viruses, plasmids and vesicles associated with thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Bacteria and Archaea present in deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
Laboratory of Microbiology of Extreme Environments (LMEE), UMR 6197/UBO/Ifremer/CNRS, IUEM, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280, Plouzané, France. Electronic address: julienlossouarn@yahoo.fr.
Julien
J
Lossouarn
Laboratory of Microbiology of Extreme Environments (LMEE), UMR 6197/UBO/Ifremer/CNRS, IUEM, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280, Plouzané, France. Electronic address: samueldupont92@gmail.com.
Samuel
S
Dupont
Institute of Integrative Cellular Biology, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris sud, 91405 Orsay, France. Electronic address: aurore.gorlas@gmail.com.
Aurore
A
Gorlas
Laboratory of Microbiology of Extreme Environments (LMEE), UMR 6197/UBO/Ifremer/CNRS, IUEM, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280, Plouzané, France. Electronic address: coraline.mercier@univ-brest.fr.
Coraline
C
Mercier
Laboratory of Microbiology of Extreme Environments (LMEE), UMR 6197/UBO/Ifremer/CNRS, IUEM, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280, Plouzané, France. Electronic address: nadege.bienvenu@univ-brest.fr.
Nadege
N
Bienvenu
Institute of Integrative Cellular Biology, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris sud, 91405 Orsay, France. Electronic address: evelyne.marguet@igmors.u-psud.fr.
Evelyne
E
Marguet
Institut Pasteur, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrémophiles, 25 Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris Cedex 15, France. Electronic address: patrick.forterre@pasteur.fr.
Patrick
P
Forterre
Laboratory of Microbiology of Extreme Environments (LMEE), UMR 6197/UBO/Ifremer/CNRS, IUEM, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280, Plouzané, France. Electronic address: claire.geslin@univ-brest.fr.
Claire
C
Geslin
D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D060086:Hydrothermal Vents / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology*; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
(Hyper-)thermophiles; Archaea; Bacteria; Deep-sea hydrothermal vent; Mobilome