Metagenomic Analysis of Five Phylogenetically Distant Anammox Bacterial Enrichment Cultures

Abstract

Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria are slow-growing and fastidious bacteria, and limited numbers of enrichment cultures have been established. A metagenomic ana­lysis of our 5 established anammox bacterial enrichment cultures was performed in the present study. Fourteen high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were obtained, including those of 5 anammox Planctomycetota (Candidatus Brocadia, Ca. Kuenenia, Ca. Jettenia, and Ca. Scalindua), 4 Bacteroidota, and 3 Chloroflexota. Based on the gene sets of metabolic pathways involved in the degradation of polymeric substances found in Chloroflexota and Bacteroidota MAGs, they are expected to be scavengers of extracellular polymeric substances and cell debris.