Altiarchaeales

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(A)Overview of the Altiarchaeales biofilm using electron micrograph. Cells are connected by tube like appendages. (B) Detailed micrograph showing a close up of the appendages connecting multiple cells.[1].

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Higher Order Taxa

Kingdom:Proteoarchaeota

• Domain: Archaea
  • Phylum: Euryarchaeota
    • Class: Unknown
      • Order: Altiarchaeales
        • Family: Altiarchaeaceae

Section 2

• Genus: Altiarchaeum

• Species: Archaea

Description and Significance

Altiarchaeles are an order of uncultured Archaea that is a recently proposed order. The Altiarchaeles’ lineage is made up of genetically diverse and globally wide spread microorganisms that can be found in anoxic subsurface environments, and are one of the few archaea that have a double membrane. The entire cell wall consists of an outer membrane separated by a periplasmic space from the cytoplasmic membrane. In depth genome analysis suggests that Altiarchaeles are autotrophic, utilizing a modified version of the archaeal reductive acetyl-CoA pathway, otherwise known as the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway for metabolism [4].

References

1.Bird, Jordan T., Brett J. Baker, Alexander J. Probst, Mircea Podar, and Karen G. Lloyd. "Culture Independent Genomic Comparisons Reveal Environmental Adaptations for Altiarchaeales." Frontiers in Microbiology 7 (2016).

2. Probst, Alexander J., Thomas Weinmaier, Kasie Raymann, Alexandra Perras, Joanne B. Emerson, Thomas Rattei, Gerhard Wanner, Andreas Klingl, Ivan A. Berg, Marcos Yoshinaga, Bernhard Viehweger, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Brian C. Thomas, Sandra Meck, Anna K. Auerbach, Matthias Heise, Arno Schintlmeister, Markus Schmid, Michael Wagner, Simonetta Gribaldo, Jillian F. Banfield, and Christine Moissl-Eichinger. "Biology of a Widespread Uncultivated Archaeon That Contributes to Carbon Fixation in the Subsurface." Nature Communications 5 (2014).

3. Moissl, Christine, Reinhard Rachel, Ariane Briegel, Harald Engelhardt, and Robert Huber. "The Unique Structure of Archaeal ‘hami’, Highly Complex Cell Appendages with Nano‐grappling Hooks." Molecular Microbiology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 07 Mar. 2005. Web. 21 Apr. 2017.

4. Probst, Alexander J., and Christine Moissl-Eichinger. "“Altiarchaeales”: Uncultivated Archaea from the Subsurface." Life. MDPI, June 2015. Web. 22 Apr. 2017

5. Borrel, Guillaume, Panagiotis S. Adam, and Simonetta Gribaldo. "Methanogenesis and the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway: An Ancient, Versatile, and Fragile Association." Genome Biology and Evolution 8.6 (2016): 1706-711.

Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2017, Kenyon College.