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Morán XAG, Arandia‐Gorostidi N, Huete‐Stauffer TM, Alonso‐Sáez L. Temperature enhances the functional diversity of dissolved organic matter utilization by coastal marine bacteria. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2023; 15:31-37. [PMID: 36102203 PMCID: PMC10103754 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Although bulk bacterial metabolism in response to temperature has been determined for different oceanic regions, the impact of temperature on the functional diversity of dissolved organic matter (DOM) utilization has been largely unexplored. Here, we hypothesized that besides modifying the rates of carbon utilization, temperature can also alter the diversity of substrates utilized. The patterns of utilization of 31 model DOM compounds (as represented in Biolog EcoPlate™) by bacterioplankton were assessed using inocula from surface waters of the southern Bay of Biscay continental shelf over 1 year. Bacteria utilized more polymers and carbohydrates in late spring and summer than in winter, likely reflecting changes in substrate availability linked to the release and accumulation of DOM in phytoplankton post-bloom conditions. Seawater temperature correlated positively with the number of substrates utilized (i.e. functional richness) and this relationship was maintained in monthly experimental incubations spanning 3°C below and above in situ values. The enhancement of functional richness with experimental warming displayed a unimodal response to ambient temperature, peaking at 16°C. This temperature acted as a threshold separating nutrient-sufficient from nutrient-deficient conditions at the study site, suggesting that trophic conditions will be critical in the response of microbial DOM utilization to future warming.
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón/XixónIEO‐CSICGijón/XixónSpain
- Department of Marine Biology and OceanographyInstitute of Marine Sciences, CSICBarcelonaSpain
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- Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón/XixónIEO‐CSICGijón/XixónSpain
- AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)SukarrietaSpain
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Obieze CC, Wani GA, Shah MA, Reshi ZA, Comeau AM, Khasa DP. Anthropogenic activities and geographic locations regulate microbial diversity, community assembly and species sorting in Canadian and Indian freshwater lakes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 826:154292. [PMID: 35248630 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Freshwater lakes are important reservoirs and sources of drinking water globally. However, the microbiota, which supports the functionality of these ecosystems is threatened by the influx of nutrients, heavy metals and other toxic chemical substances from anthropogenic activities. The influence of these factors on the diversity, assembly mechanisms and co-occurrence patterns of bacterial communities in freshwater lakes is not clearly understood. Hence, samples were collected from six different impacted lakes in Canada and India and examined by 454-pyrosequencing technology. The trophic status of these lakes was determined using specific chemical parameters. Our results revealed that bacterial diversity and community composition was altered by both the lake water chemistry and geographic distance. Anthropogenic activities pervasively influenced species distribution. Dispersal limitation (32.3%), homogenous selection (31.8%) and drift (20%) accounted for the largest proportions of the bacterial community assembly mechanisms. Homogenous selection increased in lakes with higher nutrient concentration, while stochasticity reduced. Community functional profiles revealed that deterministic processes dominated the assembly mechanisms of phylotypes with higher potential for biodegradation, while stochasticity dominated the assembly of phylotypes with potential for antimicrobial resistance. Bacteroidota (44%) and Proteobacteria (34%) were the most abundant phyla. Co-occurrence network analysis revealed that complexity increased in more impacted lakes, while competition and the nature of anthropogenic activity contributed to species sorting. Overall, this study demonstrates that bacterial community changes in freshwater lakes are linked to anthropogenic activities, with corresponding consequences on the distribution of phylotypes of environmental and human health interest.
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- Chinedu C Obieze
- Centre for Forest Research, Institute of Integrative Biology and Systems, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada.
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- Centre for Forest Research, Institute of Integrative Biology and Systems, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada; Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Integrated Microbiome Resource, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Centre for Forest Research, Institute of Integrative Biology and Systems and Canada Research Chair in Forest Genomics, Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V0A6, Canada
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Taubenheim J, Miklós M, Tökölyi J, Fraune S. Population Differences and Host Species Predict Variation in the Diversity of Host-Associated Microbes in Hydra. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:799333. [PMID: 35308397 PMCID: PMC8927533 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.799333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Most animals co-exist with diverse host-associated microbial organisms that often form complex communities varying between individuals, habitats, species and higher taxonomic levels. Factors driving variation in the diversity of host-associated microbes are complex and still poorly understood. Here, we describe the bacterial composition of field-collected Hydra, a freshwater cnidarian that forms stable associations with microbial species in the laboratory and displays complex interactions with components of the microbiota. We sampled Hydra polyps from 21 Central European water bodies and identified bacterial taxa through 16S rRNA sequencing. We asked whether diversity and taxonomic composition of host-associated bacteria depends on sampling location, habitat type, host species or host reproductive mode (sexual vs. asexual). Bacterial diversity was most strongly explained by sampling location, suggesting that the source environment plays an important role in the assembly of bacterial communities associated with Hydra polyps. We also found significant differences between host species in their bacterial composition that partly mirrored variations observed in lab strains. Furthermore, we detected a minor effect of host reproductive mode on bacterial diversity. Overall, our results suggest that extrinsic (habitat identity) factors predict the diversity of host-associated bacterial communities more strongly than intrinsic (species identity) factors, however, only a combination of both factors determines microbiota composition in Hydra.
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- Jan Taubenheim
- Research Group Medical Systems Biology, Institute for Experimental Medicine, Medical Systems Biology, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Institut für Zoologie und Organismische Interaktionen, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- MTA-DE “Momentum” Ecology, Evolution and Developmental Biology Research Group, Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
- Juhász-Nagy Pál Doctoral School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- MTA-DE “Momentum” Ecology, Evolution and Developmental Biology Research Group, Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institut für Zoologie und Organismische Interaktionen, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Lu Q, Song Y, Mao G, Lin B, Wang Y, Gao G. Spatial variation in bacterial biomass, community composition and driving factors across a eutrophic river. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 205:111113. [PMID: 32836153 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Eutrophication is a global problem, and bacterial diversity and community composition are usually affected by eutrophication. However, limited information on the ecological significance of bacterial community during algae blooms of rivers has been given, more studies should be focused on the bacterial diversity and distribution characteristics in eutrophic rivers. In this study, we explored the spatial variations of bacterial biomass, community structure, and their relationship with environmental factors in the eutrophic Xiangxi River. The content of Chlorophyll (Chl) was about 16 mg/L in the midstream (S2, S3), which was in the range of light eutrophication. Significant spatial variation of bacterial community structure was found at different sites and depths (p < 0.05), and the driving environmental factor was found to be nitrogen, mainly detected as total nitrogen (TN), Kjeldahl nitrogen (KN), and ammonia nitrogen (NH4+) (p < 0.05). The midstream sites had some significantly different bacteria, including algicidal bacteria and dominant lineages during algal blooms. This result was consistent with the functional prediction, where significant higher abundance of Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways was associated with algicidal substances in the midstream. At different water depths, some populations adapted to the surface layer, such as the class Flavobacteriia, and others preferred to inhabit in the bottom layer, such as Betaproteobacteria and Acidobacteria. The bacterial biomass was higher in the bottom layer than that in the surface and middle layer, and temperature and pH were found to be the major driving factors. The bacterial diversity increased with the increasing of depths in most sampling sites according to operational taxonomic units (OTUs), Chao1 and ACE indexes, and PO43- was demonstrated to be the most significant factor. In summary, this study offered the evidence for microbial distribution characteristics across different sites and depths in summer, and its relationship with environmental variables in a eutrophic river.
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- Qianqian Lu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300371, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300371, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300371, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300371, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300371, China; State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China.
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Szuróczki S, Szabó A, Korponai K, Felföldi T, Somogyi B, Márialigeti K, Tóth E. Prokaryotic community composition in a great shallow soda lake covered by large reed stands (Neusiedler See/Lake Fertő) as revealed by cultivation- and DNA-based analyses. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2020; 96:5895321. [PMID: 32821929 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Little is known about the detailed community composition of heterotrophic bacterioplankton in macrophyte-dominated littoral systems, where a considerable amount of dissolved organic carbon originates from aquatic macrophytes instead of phytoplankton. The aim of the present study was to reveal the effect of macrophytes on the microbial community and to elucidate their role in a macrophyte-dominated shallow soda lake, which can be characterised by a mosaic of open waters and reed marsh. Therefore, 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, the most probable number method, cultivation of bacterial strains, EcoPlate and cultivation-based substrate utilisation techniques were applied. Differences in the structures of microbial communities were detected between the water and the sediment samples and between vegetated and unvegetated water samples. Planktonic bacterial communities of an inner pond and a reed-covered area showed significant similarities to each other. Woesearchaeia was the dominant archaeal taxon in the water samples, while Bathyarchaeia, 'Marine Benthic Group D' and 'DHVEG-1' were abundant in the sediment samples. The most probable number of heterotrophic bacteria was lower in the open water than in the reed-associated areas. The vast majority (83%) of the isolated bacterial strains from the water samples of the reed-covered area were able to grow on a medium containing reed extract as the sole source of carbon.
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- Sára Szuróczki
- Department of Microbiology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Ecological Research, Balaton Limnological Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Klebelsberg Kuno u. 3., 8237 Tihany, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Chen SN, Shang PL, Kang PL, Du MM. Metabolic Functional Community Diversity of Associated Bacteria during the Degradation of Phytoplankton from a Drinking Water Reservoir. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17051687. [PMID: 32150960 PMCID: PMC7084786 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the drinking water reservoir ecosystem, phytoplankton and bacteria play important roles in shaping freshwater health and function. In this work, the associated bacterial community functional diversity during degradation of phytoplankton was determined using the substrate utilization profiling (BIOLOG) technique, meanwhile, the composition and concentration of phytoplankton were examined using a microscope. The results indicated that Euglena decreased 58.33% from 0 to 38 d, while the smallest degradation of Bacillariophyta was 20.19%. Average well color development (AWCD590nm) increased during the static periods from 0 to 38 d; however, the AWCD590nm of 18 and 38 d had no significant difference (p < 0.05). The Simpson’s index (D) was in accordance with Shannon’s diversity (H) and species richness(S); it was measured to be18 > 38 > 5 > 0 d. There were significant differences in the pattern and level of carbon sources used by the phytoplankton-associated bacteria. In addition, the principle component analyses (PCA) suggested that the first principle component (PC1) and the second principle component (PC2) explained 46.76% and 21.49% of the total variation for bacterial community, respectively. Redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that cell abundance of phytoplankton was negatively correlated with the AWCD590nm, amino acids and other functional indexes. Therefore, the data suggest that there are differences in the phytoplankton-associated bacterial community functional diversity during different static stages of water samples collected from the drinking water reservoir.
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- Sheng-Nan Chen
- Correspondence: ; Fax: +86-29-82202729; Tel.: +86-29-82202854
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Kiersztyn B, Chróst R, Kaliński T, Siuda W, Bukowska A, Kowalczyk G, Grabowska K. Structural and functional microbial diversity along a eutrophication gradient of interconnected lakes undergoing anthropopressure. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11144. [PMID: 31366993 PMCID: PMC6668414 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47577-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We present the results of an analysis of the 16S rRNA-based taxonomical structure of bacteria together with an analysis of carbon source utilization ability using EcoPlate (Biolog, USA) metabolic fingerprinting assessment against the backdrop of physicochemical parameters in fifteen interconnected lakes. The lakes exhibit a wide spectrum of trophic gradients and undergo different intensities of anthropopressure. Sequences of V3–V4 16S rRNA genes binned by taxonomic assignment to family indicated that bacterial communities in the highly eutrophicated lakes were distinctly different from the bacterial communities in the meso-eutrophic lakes (ANOSIM r = 0.99, p = 0.0002) and were characterized by higher richness and more diverse taxonomical structure. Representatives of the Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Bacteroides phyla predominated. In most cases their relative abundance was significantly correlated with lake trophic state. We found no similar clear relationship of community-level physiological profiling with lake trophic state. However, we found some significant links between the taxonomic and metabolic structure of the microbes in the studied lakes (Mantel’s correlation r = 0.22, p = 0.006). The carbon source utilization ability of the studied microorganisms was affected not only by the taxonomic groups present in the lakes but also by various characteristics like a high PO43− concentration inhibiting the utilization of phosphorylated carbon.
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- Bartosz Kiersztyn
- Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology Department, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw; Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland.
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- Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology Department, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw; Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology Department, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw; Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology Department, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw; Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology Department, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw; Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology Department, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw; Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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- Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology Department, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw; Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland
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Abundant and Rare Bacterioplankton in Freshwater Lakes Subjected to Different Levels of Tourism Disturbances. WATER 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/w10081075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Anthropogenic disturbances have a negative impact on lake ecosystems, such as water environmental degradation. Bacterioplankton communities are essential components in lakes and consist of a few abundant species and several rare taxa. However, little is known about the community diversity and composition of abundant and rare bacterioplankton subjected to different levels of anthropogenic disturbances. In this study, water samples were collected from twelve freshwater lakes located around the city of Nanjing, China. Both Illumina MiSeq sequencing and multivariate statistical analysis were employed to determine the bacterioplankton community composition and its relation to environmental variables. The results indicated that tourism disturbances (mostly sewage discharge and tourist activities) altered the community structure of both abundant and rare bacterioplankton by changing water physicochemical characteristics. Alpha diversity of both abundant and rare taxa did not differ among different anthropogenic disturbance lakes (p > 0.05). Rare bacterial taxa possessed higher alpha diversity than abundant taxa, though rare taxa occupied a tiny portion of abundance (4.5%). Redundancy analysis demonstrated that dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was the most significant correlation variable for constraining the variation of abundant taxa, whereas total phosphorus (TP), ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N), and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) were the most dominant environmental factors constraining the rare taxa, indicating abundant and rare taxa may have different ecological niches.
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Su X, Steinman AD, Tang X, Xue Q, Zhao Y, Xie L. Response of bacterial communities to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in Lake Taihu, China. HARMFUL ALGAE 2017; 68:168-177. [PMID: 28962977 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms are prevalent around the world, influencing aquatic organisms and altering the physico-chemical properties in freshwater systems. However, the response of bacterial communities to toxic cyanobacterial blooms and associated microcystins (MC) remain poorly understood even though global concentrations of MC have increased dramatically in the past few decades. To address this issue, the dynamics of bacterial community composition (BCC) in the water column and how BCC is influenced by both harmful cyanobacterial blooms and environmental factors were investigated on a monthly basis from August 2013 to July 2014 in Lake Taihu, China. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) revealed that seasonal variation in BCC was significant, and that the succession of BCC greatly depends on changes in environmental conditions. Redundancy analysis (RDA) results showed that the overall variation of BCC was explained mainly by dissolved oxygen (DO), nitrate nitrogen (NO3--N), and Microcystis. The alpha biodiversity of the bacterial community was different among months with the highest diversity in February and the lowest diversity in October. Furthermore, significant negative relationships were found between alpha biodiversity indices and Microcystis abundance as well as with intracellular MC concentrations, indicating that Microcystis and associated MC may influence the bacterial community structure by reducing its biodiversity. This study shows that potential associations exist between toxic cyanobacterial blooms and bacterial communities but more investigations are needed to obtain a mechanistic understanding of their complex relationships.
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- Xiaomei Su
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University, Muskegon, MI 49441, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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Stabili L, Rizzo L, Pizzolante G, Alifano P, Fraschetti S. Spatial distribution of the culturable bacterial community associated with the invasive alga Caulerpa cylindracea in the Mediterranean Sea. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2017; 125:90-98. [PMID: 28189875 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Understanding the mechanisms underlying the complex seaweed-bacteria associations in nature may provide information on the fitness of an invasive host. This may require the use of different approaches. In this study, we employed, for the first time, the Biolog system-Ecoplates™ to analyze the functional diversity of the culturable fraction of the bacterial assemblages associated with the surface of Caulerpa cylindracea, the invasive seaweed of the Mediterranean Sea. Seaweed samples were collected at five sites across the basin. A high similarity in the bacterial activity, expressed as Average Well Color Development (AWCD), among the study sites was observed. Culturable heterotrophic bacteria at 22 °C showed mean values ranging from 1.4 × 105 CFU g-1 at Porto Cesareo (Ionian Sea, Italy) to 5.8 × 106 CFU g-1 at Othonoi, Diapontine Island (Ionian Sea, Greece). The analysis of the DNA sequences on isolated bacteria demonstrated that the genera Shewanella, Marinobacter, Vibrio, Granulosicoccus and the family Rhodobacteraceae are consistently present on C. cylindracea, irrespective of its geographical origin. The present study provided new insights into the complex association between bacteria and this algal species, suggesting a specific composition and function of the associated culturable bacteria across the basin.
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- Loredana Stabili
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Prov.le Lecce Monteroni, Lecce, Italy; Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, U.O.S. di Taranto, CNR, Via Roma 3, Taranto, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Prov.le Lecce Monteroni, Lecce, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy; CoNISMa - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Piazzale Flaminio 9, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Prov.le Lecce Monteroni, Lecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Prov.le Lecce Monteroni, Lecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Prov.le Lecce Monteroni, Lecce, Italy; CoNISMa - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Piazzale Flaminio 9, Rome, Italy
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Analysis of the bacteriorhodopsin-producing haloarchaea reveals a core community that is stable over time in the salt crystallizers of Eilat, Israel. Extremophiles 2016; 20:747-57. [PMID: 27444744 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-016-0864-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Stability of microbial communities can impact the ability of dispersed cells to colonize a new habitat. Saturated brines and their halophile communities are presumed to be steady state systems due to limited environmental perturbations. In this study, the bacteriorhodopsin-containing fraction of the haloarchaeal community from Eilat salt crystallizer ponds was sampled five times over 3 years. Analyses revealed the existence of a constant core as several OTUs were found repeatedly over the length of the study: OTUs comprising 52 % of the total cloned and sequenced PCR amplicons were found in every sample, and OTUs comprising 89 % of the total sequences were found in more than one, and often more than two samples. LIBSHUFF and UNIFRAC analyses showed statistical similarity between samples and Spearman's coefficient denoted significant correlations between OTU pairs, indicating non-random patterns in abundance and co-occurrence of detected OTUs. Further, changes in the detected OTUs were statistically linked to deviations in salinity. We interpret these results as indicating the existence of an ever-present core bacteriorhodopsin-containing Eilat crystallizer community that fluctuates in population densities, which are controlled by salinity rather than the extinction of some OTUs and their replacement through immigration and colonization.
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Bastidas Navarro M, Balseiro E, Modenutti B. Bacterial community structure in patagonian Andean Lakes above and below timberline: from community composition to community function. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2014; 68:528-541. [PMID: 24863131 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0439-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Lakes located above the timberline are remote systems with a number of extreme environmental conditions, becoming physically harsh ecosystems, and sensors of global change. We analyze bacterial community composition and community-level physiological profiles in mountain lakes located in an altitude gradient in North Patagonian Andes below and above the timberline, together with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) characterization and consumption. Our results indicated a decrease in 71 % of DOC and 65 % in total dissolved phosphorus (TDP) concentration as well as in bacteria abundances along the altitude range (1,380 to 1,950 m a.s.l.). Dissolved organic matter (DOM) fluorescence analysis revealed a low global variability composed by two humic-like components (allochthonous substances) and a single protein-like component (autochthonous substances). Lakes below the timberline showed the presence of all the three components, while lakes above the timberline the protein-like compound constituted the main DOC component. Furthermore, bacterial community composition similarity and ordination analysis showed that altitude and resource concentration (DOC and TDP) were the main variables determining the ordination of groups. Community-level physiological profiles showed a mismatch with bacteria community composition (BCC), indicating the absence of a relationship between genetic and functional diversity in the altitude gradient. However, carbon utilization efficiencies varied according to the presence of different compounds in DOM bulk. The obtained results suggest that the different bacterial communities in these mountain lakes seem to have similar metabolic pathways in order to be able to exploit the available DOC molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcela Bastidas Navarro
- Laboratorio de Limnología, INIBIOMA, UNComahue-CONICET, Quintral 1250, 8400, Bariloche, Argentina,
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Liu L, Yang J, Lv H, Yu Z. Synchronous dynamics and correlations between bacteria and phytoplankton in a subtropical drinking water reservoir. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2014; 90:126-38. [DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Lemian Liu
- Aquatic EcoHealth Group; Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health; Institute of Urban Environment; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiamen China
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- Aquatic EcoHealth Group; Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health; Institute of Urban Environment; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiamen China
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- Aquatic EcoHealth Group; Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health; Institute of Urban Environment; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiamen China
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- Aquatic EcoHealth Group; Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health; Institute of Urban Environment; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xiamen China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing China
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