Substrate Utilization and Competitive Interactions Among Soil Bacteria Vary With Life-History Strategies

TitleSubstrate Utilization and Competitive Interactions Among Soil Bacteria Vary With Life-History Strategies
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsWang Y., Wilhelm R.C, Swenson T.L, Silver A., Andeer P.F, Golini A., Kosina S.M, Bowen B.P, Buckley D.H, Northen T.R
JournalFrontiers in Microbiology
Volume13
Pagination14
Date PublishedJun
Type of ArticleArticle
Accession NumberWOS:000814953000001
Keywordsbreadth, cross-feeding, exometabolomics, genomics, life-history strategy, microbial communities, Microbiology, resource competition, rrn copy number
Abstract

Microorganisms have evolved various life-history strategies to survive fluctuating resource conditions in soils. However, it remains elusive how the life-history strategies of microorganisms influence their processing of organic carbon, which may affect microbial interactions and carbon cycling in soils. Here, we characterized the genomic traits, exometabolite profiles, and interactions of soil bacteria representing copiotrophic and oligotrophic strategists. Isolates were selected based on differences in ribosomal RNA operon (rrn) copy number, as a proxy for life-history strategies, with pairs of "high" and "low" rrn copy number isolates represented within the Micrococcales, Corynebacteriales, and Bacillales. We found that high rrn isolates consumed a greater diversity and amount of substrates than low rrn isolates in a defined growth medium containing common soil metabolites. We estimated overlap in substrate utilization profiles to predict the potential for resource competition and found that high rrn isolates tended to have a greater potential for competitive interactions. The predicted interactions positively correlated with the measured interactions that were dominated by negative interactions as determined through sequential growth experiments. This suggests that resource competition was a major force governing interactions among isolates, while cross-feeding of metabolic secretion likely contributed to the relatively rare positive interactions observed. By connecting bacterial life-history strategies, genomic features, and metabolism, our study advances the understanding of the links between bacterial community composition and the transformation of carbon in soils.

Short TitleFront. Microbiol.Front. Microbiol.
Alternate JournalFront. Microbiol.
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