Comammox Nitrospira act as key bacteria in weakly acidic soil via potential cobalamin sharing

Abstract

The discovery of comammox Nitrospira in low pH environments has reshaped the ammonia oxidation process in acidic settings, providing a plausible explanation for the higher nitrification rates observed in weakly acidic soils. However, the response of comammox Nitrospira to varying pH levels and its ecological role in these environments remains unclear. Here, a survey across soils with varying pH values (ranging from 4.4 to 9.7) was conducted to assess how comammox Nitrospira perform under different pH conditions. Results showed that comammox Nitrospira dominate ammonia oxidation in weakly acidic soils, functioning as a K-strategy species characterized by slow growth and stress tolerance. As a key species in this environment, comammox Nitrospira may promote bacterial cooperation under low pH conditions. Genomic evidence suggested that cobalamin sharing is a potential mechanism, as comammox Nitrospira uniquely encode a metabolic pathway that compensates for cobalamin imbalance in weakly acidic soils, where 86.8% of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) encode cobalamin-dependent genes. Additionally, we used DNA stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP) to demonstrate its response to pH fluctuations to reflect how it responds to the decrease in pH. Results confirmed that comammox Nitrospira became dominant ammonia oxidizers in the soil after the decrease in pH. We suggested that comammox Nitrospira will become increasingly important in global soils, under the trend of soil acidification. Overall, our work provides insights that how comammox Nitrospira perform in weakly acidic soil and its response to pH changes.

Keywords

acidic soils / bacterial interaction / cobalamin / comammox Nitrospira

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