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ENIGMA Denitrifying SynCom

A two-member denitrifying synthetic community from the ENIGMA program, composed of Rhodanobacter thiooxydans FW510-R12 and Acidovorax sp. GW101-3H11 isolated from a heavily nitrate-contaminated superfund site. The consortium exhibits pathway-partitioned denitrification via nitrite and nitric oxide exchange, with cooperativity that can be disrupted under high nitrate conditions leading to nitrite accumulation and nitrous oxide off-gassing.

Taxonomy

Taxon Ontology ID Functional Roles Abundance
Rhodanobacter thiooxydans FW510-R12 NCBITaxon:416169
SYNTROPHIC_PARTNER CROSS_FEEDER
N/A
Acidovorax sp. GW101-3H11 NCBITaxon:1872122
SYNTROPHIC_PARTNER CROSS_FEEDER
N/A

Ecological Interactions

Ecological interaction network for ENIGMA Denitrifying SynCom Bipartite graph where circle nodes represent taxa and colored rectangles represent ecological interactions (cross-feeding, mutualism, syntrophy, competition, commensalism).
Taxon
Cross-feeding
Mutualism
Syntrophy
Competition
Commensalism

Pathway-Partitioned Denitrification Cooperation

SYNTROPHY

Source Taxon: Rhodanobacter thiooxydans FW510-R12

Target Taxon: Acidovorax sp. GW101-3H11

Biological Processes:

Evidence

  • PMID:40349173 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "We have discovered that these two bacterial isolates, from a heavily nitrate (NO3-) contaminated superfund site, complete denitrification through the exchange of nitrite (NO2-) and nitric oxide (NO)"

High-Nitrate Destabilization of Cooperation

COMPETITION

Source Taxon: Acidovorax sp. GW101-3H11

Target Taxon: Rhodanobacter thiooxydans FW510-R12

Biological Processes:

Evidence

  • PMID:40349173 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "We demonstrate that certain contexts, such as high NO3-, cause unbalanced growth of community members, due to differences in their substrate utilization kinetics"
  • PMID:40349173 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "The altered growth characteristics of community members drives accumulation of toxic NO2-, which disrupts denitrification causing N2O off gassing"

Associated Datasets

Dataset Type Repository Accession
SynCom transcriptome sequencing
Raw sequencing data for transcriptomics analysis of monoculture and SynCom contexts.
METATRANSCRIPTOME OTHER GSE272493
SynCom proteomics dataset
Mass spectrometry proteomics data deposited through PRIDE/ProteomeXchange.
METAPROTEOME OTHER PXD051979
Rhodanobacter thiooxydans FW510-R12 genome
Genome resource used for R12-specific transcript quantification and modeling.
GENOME NCBI_BIOPROJECT PRJNA255897
Acidovorax sp. GW101-3H11 genome
Genome resource used for 3H11-specific transcript quantification and modeling.
GENOME NCBI_BIOPROJECT PRJNA314893
SynCom model and analysis code
Code, summary tables, and model outputs for growth, metabolite, transcriptomics, and proteomics analyses.
OTHER OTHER github:baliga-lab/3H11_R12_SynCom

Environmental Factors

Factor Value Unit
Nitrate loading context high NO3- N/A
Nitrite toxicity and N2O off-gassing toxic NO2- accumulation with N2O release N/A