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Reduced methane emissions in transgenic rice genotypes are associated with altered rhizosphere microbial hydrogen cycling

ABSTRACT: Rice paddies contribute substantially to atmospheric methane (CH4) and these emissions are expected to increase as the need to feed the human populationgrows. Here, we show that two independent rice genotypes overexpressing genes for PLANT PEPTIDES CONTAINING SULFATED TYROSINE (PSY) reduced cumulative CH4 emissions by 38% (PSY1) and 58% (PSY2) over the growth period compared with controls. Genome-resolved metatranscriptomic data from rhizosphere soils reveal lower ratios of gene activities for CH4 production versus consumption, decrease in activity of H2-producing genes, and increase in bacterial H2 oxidation pathways in the PSY genotypes. Metabolic modeling using metagenomic and metabolomic data predicts elevated levels of H2 oxidation and suppressed H2 production in the PSY rhizosphere. The H2- oxidizing bacteria have more genes for utilization of gluconeogenic acids than H2- producing counterparts, and their activities were likely stimulated by the observed enrichment of gluconeogenic acids (mostly amino acids) in PSY root exudates. Together these results suggest that decreased CH4 emission is due to the reduction of H2 available for hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. The combination of rice phenotypic characterization, microbiome multi-omic analysis, and metabolic modeling described here provides a powerful strategy to discover the mechanisms by which specific plant genotypes can alter biogeochemical cycles to reduce CH4 emissions. The work (proposal:https://doi.org/10.46936/10.25585/60008481) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https://ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Oryza Sativa Ssp. Japonica Cultivar Kitaake

SUBMITTER: Pam Ronald

PROVIDER: MSV000096316 | MassIVE | Wed Nov 06 09:29:00 GMT 2024

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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