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Parab AS, Manohar CS. Insights into the seasonal changes in the taxonomic and functional diversity of bacteria in the eastern Arabian Sea: Shotgun metagenomics approach. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 199:106616. [PMID: 38941664 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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The eastern Arabian Sea (EAS) is known for its unique oceanographic features such as the seasonal monsoonal winds, upwelling of nutrient-rich waters and a significant increase in primary productivity during the monsoon season. In this study, we utilised the shotgun metagenomics approach to determine the seasonal variations in bacterial taxonomic and functional profiles during the non-monsoon and monsoon seasons in the EAS. Significant seasonal variations in the bacterial community structure were observed at the phylum and genera levels. These findings also correspond with seasonal shifts in the functional profiles of the bacterial communities based on the variations of genes encoding enzymes associated with different metabolic pathways. Pronounced seasonal variation of bacterial taxa was evident with an increased abundance of Idiomarina, Marinobacter, Psychrobacter and Alteromonas of Proteobacteria, Bacillus and Staphylococcus of Firmicutes during the non-monsoon season. These taxa were linked to elevated nucleotide and amino acid biosynthesis, amino acid and lipid degradation. Conversely, during the monsoon, the taxa composition changed with Alteromonas, Candidatus Pelagibacter of Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria Synechococcus; contributing largely to the amino acid and lipid biosynthesis, fermentation and inorganic nutrient metabolism which was evident from functional analysis. Regression analysis confirmed that increased seasonal primary productivity significantly influenced the abundance of genes associated with carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism. These highlight the pivotal role of seasonal changes in primary productivity in shaping the bacterial communities, their functional profiles and driving the biogeochemical cycling in the EAS.
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- Ashutosh Shankar Parab
- Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, India; School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa, 403206, India
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- Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.
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Chen B, Zhang H, Lin D, Ye J, Tang K. Thermobacterium salinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a hydrothermal zone. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37965873 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped bacterial strain, designated as strain TK19130T, was isolated from the Lonqi hydrothermal zone in the Southwest Indian Ridge. Growth occurred with 1-12 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2-4 %), at 10-40 °C (optimum, 30-35 °C) and at pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0-8.0). The genome of strain TK19130T was 3.15 Mb, with a DNA G+C content of 41.35 %. Based on the results of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain TK19130T was affiliated with the family Flavobacteriaceae, in which the highest similarity was 90.54 % to Aureisphaera salina A6D-50T, under the genus demarcation boundary (94.50 %). Average nucleotide identity values between strain TK19130T and adjacent strains were 67.17-72.00 %, lower than the recommended threshold of 73.98 % for genus delineation. The predominant respiratory quinone of strain TK19130T was menaquinone 6. Major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, three aminolipids and one unidentified polar lipid. Major fatty acids were detected as iso-C15 : 1 G, iso-C15 : 0 and iso-C17 : 0 3-OH. Based on the polyphasic taxonomic evidence presented above, strain TK19130T formed an independent branch representing a new species of a novel genus within the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the name Thermobacterium salinum gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TK19130T (=CGMCC 1.18993T=JCM 35842T=MCCC M28200T).
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- Beihan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China
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Vignale FA, Bernal Rey D, Pardo AM, Almasqué FJ, Ibarra JG, Fernández Do Porto D, Turjanski AG, López NI, Helman RJM, Raiger Iustman LJ. Spatial and Seasonal Variations in the Bacterial Community of an Anthropogenic Impacted Urban Stream. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2023; 85:862-874. [PMID: 35701635 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-022-02055-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Environmental changes and human activities can alter the structure and diversity of aquatic microbial communities. In this work, we analyzed the bacterial community dynamics of an urban stream to understand how these factors affect the composition of river microbial communities. Samples were taken from a stream situated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which flows through residential, peri-urban horticultural, and industrial areas. For sampling, two stations were selected: one influenced by a series of industrial waste treatment plants and horticultural farms (PL), and the other influenced by residential areas (R). Microbial communities were analyzed by sequence analysis of 16S rRNA gene amplicons along an annual cycle. PL samples showed high nutrient content compared with R samples. The diversity and richness of the R site were more affected by seasonality than those of the PL site. At the amplicon sequence variants level, beta diversity analysis showed a differentiation between cool-season (fall and winter) and warm-season (spring and summer) samples, as well as between PL and R sites. This demonstrated that there is spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the composition of the bacterial community, which should be considered if a bioremediation strategy is applied. The taxonomic composition analysis also revealed a differential seasonal cycle of phototrophs and chemoheterotrophs between the sampling sites, as well as different taxa associated with each sampling site. This analysis, combined with a comparative analysis of global rivers, allowed us to determine the genera Arcobacter, Simplicispira, Vogesella, and Sphingomonas as potential bioindicators of anthropogenic disturbance.
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- Federico A Vignale
- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente Y Energía (INQUIMAE)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Cheng R, Li X, Jiang L, Gong L, Geslin C, Shao Z. Virus diversity and interactions with hosts in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. MICROBIOME 2022; 10:235. [PMID: 36566239 PMCID: PMC9789665 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-022-01441-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND The deep sea harbors many viruses, yet their diversity and interactions with hosts in hydrothermal ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the viral composition, distribution, host preference, and metabolic potential in different habitats of global hydrothermal vents, including vent plumes, background seawater, diffuse fluids, and sediments. RESULTS From 34 samples collected at eight vent sites, a total of 4662 viral populations (vOTUs) were recovered from the metagenome assemblies, encompassing diverse phylogenetic groups and defining many novel lineages. Apart from the abundant unclassified viruses, tailed phages are most predominant across the global hydrothermal vents, while single-stranded DNA viruses, including Microviridae and small eukaryotic viruses, also constitute a significant part of the viromes. As revealed by protein-sharing network analysis, hydrothermal vent viruses formed many novel genus-level viral clusters and are highly endemic to specific vent sites and habitat types. Only 11% of the vOTUs can be linked to hosts, which are the key microbial taxa of hydrothermal habitats, such as Gammaproteobacteria and Campylobacterota. Intriguingly, vent viromes share some common metabolic features in that they encode auxiliary genes that are extensively involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids, cofactors, and vitamins. Specifically, in plume viruses, various auxiliary genes related to methane, nitrogen, and sulfur metabolism were observed, indicating their contribution to host energy conservation. Moreover, the prevalence of sulfur-relay pathway genes indicated the significant role of vent viruses in stabilizing the tRNA structure, which promotes host adaptation to steep environmental gradients. CONCLUSIONS The deep-sea hydrothermal systems hold untapped viral diversity with novelty. They may affect both vent prokaryotic and eukaryotic communities and modulate host metabolism related to vent adaptability. More explorations are needed to depict global vent virus diversity and its roles in this unique ecosystem. Video Abstract.
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- Ruolin Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resource, Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IFREMER, IRP 1211 MicrobSea, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes LM2E, IUEM, Rue Dumont d'Urville, F-29280, Plouzané, France
- Sino-French Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology (MICROBSEA-LIA), Plouzané, France
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, China.
- Sino-French Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology (MICROBSEA-LIA), Plouzané, France.
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519000, China.
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Wang Q, Huang Q, Liu Y, Khan MA, Guo G, Lu W, Li X, Hu S, Wang J. Temporal variation of the coupling relationship between methanogens and biogeochemical process in soil-microbes-rice system. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 303:135099. [PMID: 35618072 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Microbial community were most resilient option for methane associated mitigation strategies. Biogas slurry provides plant nutrition and affects microbial community. However, little is known about the changes of the functional guilds (methanogen and methanotroph) in the geochemical context after addition biogas slurry. For this purpose, a pot experiment was conducted. Six treatment groups were included in this study, four with biogas slurry: water ratio (1:4, T02; 2:3, T04; 3:2, T06; 4:1, T08), one with a chemical fertilizer (F), and a control (CK). The effective tiller and biomass significantly increased by 1.9 times and 2.1 times in T02 relative to CK. The relative abundance of Bacteroidetes in the biogas slurry treatments was 31.5%, while that in CK was 11.4%. The dominant methanogens in CK, F and treatments were different at heading and mature stages. CK and F were hydrogenotrophs with relative abundance of 0.09% and 0.06%, and the treatment group was acetotrophs with mean value of 1.21% at heading stage. Compared with CK, the number of methanotrophs in the treatments at heading stage increased by 4.1 times, while that at mature increased by 10.3 times. The methanogenic community in the treatments may be shaped by the amount of biogas slurry applied rather than by biogeochemical processes at heading stage. Nevertheless, there may be existed synergistic interaction in the soil-microbes-rice system at mature stage. These findings may provide a better understanding of regulating soil respiration in agricultural land.
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- Qingqing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China; Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Hainan Inspection and Detection Center for Modern Agriculture, Haikou, Hainan, 570100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province/Center for Eco-Environmental Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province/College of Ecology & Environment/State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea/Key Laboratory for Environmental Toxicology of Haikou, Haikou, Hainan University, Hainan, 570228, China
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Leinberger J, Milke F, Christodoulou M, Poehlein A, Caraveo-Patiño J, Teske A, Brinkhoff T. Microbial epibiotic community of the deep-sea galatheid squat lobster Munidopsis alvisca. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2675. [PMID: 35177734 PMCID: PMC8854721 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06666-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Life at hydrothermal vent sites is based on chemosynthetic primary producers that supply heterotrophic microorganisms with substrates and generate biomass for higher trophic levels. Often, chemoautotrophs associate with the hydrothermal vent megafauna. To investigate attached bacterial and archaeal communities on deep-sea squat lobsters, we collected ten specimens from a hydrothermal vent in the Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California). All animals were identified as Munidopsis alvisca via morphological and molecular classification, and intraspecific divergence was determined. Amplicon sequencing of microbial DNA and cDNA revealed significant differences between microbial communities on the carapaces of M. alvisca and those in ambient sea water. Major epibiotic bacterial taxa were chemoautotrophic Gammaproteobacteria, such as Thiotrichaceae and Methylococcaceae, while archaea were almost exclusively represented by sequences affiliated with Ca. Nitrosopumilus. In sea water samples, Marine Group II and III archaea and organoheterotrophic Alphaproteobacteria, Flavobacteriia and Planctomycetacia were more dominant. Based on the identified taxa, we assume that main metabolic processes, carried out by M. alvisca epibiota, include ammonia, methane and sulphide oxidation. Considering that M. alvisca could benefit from sulphide detoxification by its epibiota, and that attached microbes are supplied with a stable habitat in proximity to substrate-rich hydrothermal fluids, a mutualistic host-microbe relationship appears likely.
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- Janina Leinberger
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
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Pan J, Xu W, Zhou Z, Shao Z, Dong C, Liu L, Luo Z, Li M. Genome-resolved evidence for functionally redundant communities and novel nitrogen fixers in the deyin-1 hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. MICROBIOME 2022; 10:8. [PMID: 35045876 PMCID: PMC8767757 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-021-01202-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Deep-sea hydrothermal vents represent unique ecosystems that redefine our understanding of the limits of life. They are widely distributed in deep oceans and typically form along mid-ocean ridges. To date, the hydrothermal systems in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of 14°S remain barely explored, limiting our understanding of the microbial community in this distinct ecosystem. The Deyin-1 is a newly discovered hydrothermal field in this area. By applying the metagenomic analysis, we aim at gaining much knowledge of the biodiversity and functional capability of microbial community inhabiting this field. RESULTS In the current study, 219 metagenomic assembled genomes (MAGs) were reconstructed, unveiling a diverse and variable community dominated by Bacteroidetes, Nitrospirae, Alpha-, Delta-, and Gammaproteobacteria in the active and inactive chimney samples as well as hydrothermal oxide samples. Most of these major taxa were potentially capable of using reduced sulfur and hydrogen as primary energy sources. Many members within the major taxa exhibited potentials of metabolic plasticity by possessing multiple energy metabolic pathways. Among these samples, different bacteria were found to be the major players of the same metabolic pathways, further supporting the variable and functionally redundant community in situ. In addition, a high proportion of MAGs harbored the genes of carbon fixation and extracellular carbohydrate-active enzymes, suggesting that both heterotrophic and autotrophic strategies could be essential for their survival. Notably, for the first time, the genus Candidatus Magnetobacterium was shown to potentially fix nitrogen, indicating its important role in the nitrogen cycle of inactive chimneys. Moreover, the metabolic plasticity of microbes, diverse and variable community composition, and functional redundancy of microbial communities may represent the adaptation strategies to the geochemically complex and fluctuating environmental conditions in deep-sea hydrothermal fields. CONCLUSIONS This represents the first assembled-genome-based investigation into the microbial community and metabolism of a hydrothermal field in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of 14°S. The findings revealed that a high proportion of microbes could benefit from simultaneous use of heterotrophic and autotrophic strategies in situ. It also presented novel members of potential diazotrophs and highlighted the metabolic plasticity and functional redundancy across deep-sea hydrothermal systems. Video abstract.
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- Jie Pan
- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Fujian Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong People’s Republic of China
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Fujian Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Fujian Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Fujian Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
- School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 210044 Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Archaeal Biology Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong People’s Republic of China
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Degradation of biological macromolecules supports uncultured microbial populations in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments. THE ISME JOURNAL 2021; 15:3480-3497. [PMID: 34112968 PMCID: PMC8630151 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01026-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Hydrothermal sediments contain large numbers of uncultured heterotrophic microbial lineages. Here, we amended Guaymas Basin sediments with proteins, polysaccharides, nucleic acids or lipids under different redox conditions and cultivated heterotrophic thermophiles with the genomic potential for macromolecule degradation. We reconstructed 20 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of uncultured lineages affiliating with known archaeal and bacterial phyla, including endospore-forming Bacilli and candidate phylum Marinisomatota. One Marinisomatota MAG had 35 different glycoside hydrolases often in multiple copies, seven extracellular CAZymes, six polysaccharide lyases, and multiple sugar transporters. This population has the potential to degrade a broad spectrum of polysaccharides including chitin, cellulose, pectin, alginate, chondroitin, and carrageenan. We also describe thermophiles affiliating with the genera Thermosyntropha, Thermovirga, and Kosmotoga with the capability to make a living on nucleic acids, lipids, or multiple macromolecule classes, respectively. Several populations seemed to lack extracellular enzyme machinery and thus likely scavenged oligo- or monomers (e.g., MAGs affiliating with Archaeoglobus) or metabolic products like hydrogen (e.g., MAGs affiliating with Thermodesulfobacterium or Desulforudaceae). The growth of methanogens or the production of methane was not observed in any condition, indicating that the tested macromolecules are not degraded into substrates for methanogenesis in hydrothermal sediments. We provide new insights into the niches, and genomes of microorganisms that actively degrade abundant necromass macromolecules under oxic, sulfate-reducing, and fermentative thermophilic conditions. These findings improve our understanding of the carbon flow across trophic levels and indicate how primary produced biomass sustains complex and productive ecosystems.
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Zeng X, Alain K, Shao Z. Microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 3:204-230. [PMID: 37073341 PMCID: PMC10077256 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-020-00086-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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With a rich variety of chemical energy sources and steep physical and chemical gradients, hydrothermal vent systems offer a range of habitats to support microbial life. Cultivation-dependent and independent studies have led to an emerging view that diverse microorganisms in deep-sea hydrothermal vents live their chemolithoautotrophic, heterotrophic, or mixotrophic life with versatile metabolic strategies. Biogeochemical processes are mediated by microorganisms, and notably, processes involving or coupling the carbon, sulfur, hydrogen, nitrogen, and metal cycles in these unique ecosystems. Here, we review the taxonomic and physiological diversity of microbial prokaryotic life from cosmopolitan to endemic taxa and emphasize their significant roles in the biogeochemical processes in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. According to the physiology of the targeted taxa and their needs inferred from meta-omics data, the media for selective cultivation can be designed with a wide range of physicochemical conditions such as temperature, pH, hydrostatic pressure, electron donors and acceptors, carbon sources, nitrogen sources, and growth factors. The application of novel cultivation techniques with real-time monitoring of microbial diversity and metabolic substrates and products are also recommended. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-020-00086-4.
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- Xiang Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, 361005 China
- LIA/IRP 1211 MicrobSea, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes LM2E UMR6197, Univ Brest, CNRS, IFREMER, F-29280 Plouzané, France
- LIA/IRP 1211 MicrobSea, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen, 361005 China
- LIA/IRP 1211 MicrobSea, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Plouzané, France
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Cheng JH, Wang Y, Zhang XY, Sun ML, Zhang X, Song XY, Zhang YZ, Zhang Y, Chen XL. Characterization and Diversity Analysis of the Extracellular Proteases of Thermophilic Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus 1A02591 From Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Sediment. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:643508. [PMID: 33796092 PMCID: PMC8007923 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.643508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Protease-producing bacteria play key roles in the degradation of marine organic nitrogen. Although some deep-sea bacteria are found to produce proteases, there has been no report on protease-secreting Anoxybacillus from marine hydrothermal vent regions. Here, we analyzed the diversity and functions of the proteases, especially the extracellular proteases, of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus 1A02591, a protease-secreting strain isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent sediment of the East Pacific Ocean. Strain 1A02591 is a thermophilic bacterium with a strong protease-secreting ability, which displayed the maximum growth rate (0.139 h–1) and extracellular protease production (307.99 U/mL) at 55°C. Strain 1A02591 contains 75 putative proteases, including 65 intracellular proteases and 10 extracellular proteases according to signal peptide prediction. When strain 1A02591 was cultured with casein, 12 proteases were identified in the secretome, in which metalloproteases (6/12) and serine proteases (4/12) accounted for the majority, and a thermolysin-like protease of the M4 family was the most abundant, suggesting that strain 1A02591 mainly secreted a thermophilic metalloprotease. Correspondingly, the secreted proteases of strain 1A02591 showed the highest activity at the temperature as high as 70°C, and was inhibited 70% by metalloprotease inhibitor o-phenanthroline and 50% by serine protease inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. The secreted proteases could degrade different proteins, suggesting the role of strain 1A02591 in organic nitrogen degradation in deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystem. These results provide the first insight into the proteases of an Anoxybacillus strain from deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystem, which is helpful in understanding the function of Anoxybacillus in the marine biogeochemical cycle.
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- Jun-Hui Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Qingdao Vland Biotech Inc., Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,College of Marine Life Sciences, and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Zhang C, Liu Q, Li X, Wang M, Liu X, Yang J, Xu J, Jiang Y. Spatial patterns and co-occurrence networks of microbial communities related to environmental heterogeneity in deep-sea surface sediments around Yap Trench, Western Pacific Ocean. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 759:143799. [PMID: 33333332 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Microbial communities are a large component of abyssal and hadal benthic environments, especially in deep-sea areas like Yap Trench, they provide a continuous source of nutrients and energy in their unique ecosystems. However, due to sampling difficulties, these microbial communities are relatively understudied. In the summer of 2017, sediment samples were collected from 21 stations around Yap Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean (mostly in the West Caroline Basin), at depths ranging from 3156 to 7837 m. Sediment samples from deep water depths and shallow water depths differed in organic matter content, median grain size, silt-clay content, and biodiversity. The structure of the microbial communities in the surface sediments had distinct relationships with environmental factors and their co-occurrence networks exhibited a clear spatial pattern. In addition, for both prokaryotes or eukaryotes, a combination of variables including silt-clay content, organic matter content, median grain size, and depth had the greatest impact on community structure. It was notable that fungi played important roles in the co-occurrence networks of deep water depth sediment samples while bacteria dominated those of shallow water depth samples. The differences in structure and ecological niches in the different networks were due to differences in sediment texture and organic matter content. Since clay had a positive effect on the diversity of bacteria, it had an indirect positive effect on fungi, leading to differences in biodiversity among different groups. More organic matter meant more nutrients were available for the growth and reproduction of microbes, which led to fewer niche overlaps. This study conducted an extensive and systematic sequencing survey of surface sediments around Yap Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean, providing insight into microbial responses to environmental heterogeneity in deep-sea benthic ecosystems.
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- Chenru Zhang
- College of Marine Life Sciences & Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences & Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences & Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences & Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences & Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Lab of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques, Ministry of Education, Qingdao, China; College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences & Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China; Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
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Luo JC, Long H, Zhang J, Zhao Y, Sun L. Characterization of a Deep Sea Bacillus toyonensis Isolate: Genomic and Pathogenic Features. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:629116. [PMID: 33777842 PMCID: PMC7988205 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.629116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Bacillus toyonensis is a group of Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the Bacillus cereus group and used in some cases as probiotics or biocontrol agents. To our knowledge, B. toyonensis from the deep sea (depth >1,000 m) has not been documented. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a B. toyonensis strain, P18, from a deep sea hydrothermal field. P18 is aerobic, motile, and able to grow at low temperatures (4°C) and high concentrations of NaCl (8%). P18 possesses a circular chromosome of 5,250,895 bp and a plasmid of 536,892 bp, which encode 5,380 and 523 genes, respectively. Of these genes, 2,229 encode hypothetical proteins that could not be annotated based on the COG database. Comparative genomic analysis showed that P18 is most closely related to the type strain of B. toyonensis, BCT-7112T. Compared to BCT-7112T, P18 contains 1,401 unique genes, 441 of which were classified into 20 COG functional categories, and the remaining 960 genes could not be annotated. A total of 319 putative virulence genes were identified in P18, including toxin-related genes, and 24 of these genes are absent in BCT-7112T. P18 exerted strong cytopathic effects on fish and mammalian cells that led to rapid cell death. When inoculated via injection into fish and mice, P18 rapidly disseminated in host tissues and induced acute infection and mortality. Histopathology revealed varying degrees of tissue lesions in the infected animals. Furthermore, P18 could survive in fish and mouse sera and possessed hemolytic activity. Taken together, these results provide the first evidence that virulent B. toyonensis exists in deep sea environments.
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- Jing-Chang Luo
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- School of Ocean, Yan Tai University, Yantai, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Shang L, Wan L, Zhou X, Li S, Li X. Effects of organic fertilizer on soil nutrient status, enzyme activity, and bacterial community diversity in Leymus chinensis steppe in Inner Mongolia, China. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0240559. [PMID: 33057441 PMCID: PMC7561123 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The long-term impact of human exploitation and environmental changes has led to a decline in grassland productivity and soil fertility, which eventually results in grassland degradation. The application of organic fertilizer is an effective improvement measure; however, it is still not fully understood how the addition of organic fertilizer influences grassland soil fertility and plant composition. A set of experiments were conducted in Inner Mongolia in China to reveal the tradeoff between steppe plants and soil microorganisms and the eco-physiological mechanisms involved, and how the addition of vermicompost and mushroom residues affect microbial diversity, enzyme activities, and the chemical properties of soil in degraded Leymus chinensis grassland. Organic fertilizer improved the soil nutrient status and shaped distinct bacterial communities. Compared with the control the available phosphorus (AP) and available potassium (AK) contents were highest under treatments a3 and b3, and the aboveground biomass was highest under the b3 treatment. Soil sucrase activities increased by 7.88% under the b3 treatment. Moreover, the richness index significantly increased by 7.07% and 7.23% under the a1 and b2 treatments, respectively. The most abundant Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were detected in the organic fertilizer treatment. A linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) indicated that the bacterial community was significantly increased under the b3 treatment. A canonical correspondence analysis (RDA) and spearman correlation heatmap confirmed that total P (TP) and urease were the key driving factors for shaping bacterial communities in the soil. Our results indicated that the application of large amounts of vermicompost and mushroom residues increased the availability of nutrients and also enhanced the biodiversity of soil bacterial communities in L. chinensis grasslands, which will contribute to the sustainable development of agro-ecosystems.
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- Lirong Shang
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhou Z, Liu Y, Pan J, Cron BR, Toner BM, Anantharaman K, Breier JA, Dick GJ, Li M. Gammaproteobacteria mediating utilization of methyl-, sulfur- and petroleum organic compounds in deep ocean hydrothermal plumes. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:3136-3148. [PMID: 32820229 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00745-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Deep-sea hydrothermal plumes are considered natural laboratories for understanding ecological and biogeochemical interactions. Previous studies focused on interactions between microorganisms and inorganic, reduced hydrothermal inputs including sulfur, hydrogen, iron, and manganese. However, little is known about transformations of organic compounds, especially methylated, sulfur-containing compounds, and petroleum hydrocarbons. Here, we reconstructed nine gammaproteobacterial metagenome-assembled genomes, affiliated with Methylococcales, Methylophaga, and Cycloclasticus, from three hydrothermal ecosystems. We present evidence that these three groups have high transcriptional activities of genes encoding cycling of C1-compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, and organic sulfur in hydrothermal plumes. This includes oxidation of methanethiol, the simplest thermochemically-derived organic sulfur, for energy metabolism in Methylococcales and Cycloclasticus. Together with active transcription of genes for thiosulfate and methane oxidation in Methylococcales, these results suggest an adaptive strategy of versatile and simultaneous use of multiple available electron donors. Meanwhile, the first near-complete MAG of hydrothermal Methylophaga aminisulfidivorans and its transcriptional profile point to active chemotaxis targeting small organic compounds. Petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading Cycloclasticus are abundant and active in plumes of oil spills as well as deep-sea vents, suggesting that they are indigenous and effectively respond to stimulus of hydrocarbons in the deep sea. These findings suggest that these three groups of Gammaproteobacteria transform organic carbon and sulfur compounds via versatile and opportunistic metabolism and modulate biogeochemistry in plumes of hydrothermal systems as well as oil spills, thus contributing broad ecological impact to the deep ocean globally.
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- Zhichao Zhou
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.,Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.,Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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Diversity of sediment associated Planctomycetes and its related phyla with special reference to anammox bacterial community in a high Arctic fjord. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 36:107. [PMID: 32638161 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-020-02886-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The fjords of west Spitsbergen Svalbard, Arctic Norway, are undergoing a transformation as the impact of nutrient rich warmer Atlantic water is significantly altering the primary production and subsequently the carbon pool. Members of the phylum Planctomycetes are ubiquitous in marine systems and are important in the mineralization of organic matter. Hence, the phylogenetic diversity and distribution pattern of Planctomycetes in the surface sediments of a high Arctic fjord, the Kongsfjorden were studied. Further, considering the release of ammonium as a part of mineralization, the diversity of bacterial community involved in anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) was also evaluated. The highly diverse Planctomycetes community, which consisted mainly of uncultivated and uncharacterized Planctomycetes, was observed in the study area with a total of 162 OTUs. The major genera observed were Blastopirellula (13.3%), Gimesia (13%), Rhodopirellula (10%), Planctomicrobium (2%) and Thermogutta (1.6%). Functional prediction revealed the dominance of carbohydrate metabolism genes and the presence of gene clusters for production of secondary metabolites and xenobiotic degradation. Anammox bacterial sequences were detected from all the samples with a total of 52 OTUs. Most of the OTUs belonged to the genus Candidatus Scalindua and three distinct clusters were observed in the phylogenetic tree, (a) Ca. Scalindua brodae (49%), (b) Ca. Scalindua wagneri (31%) and (c) Ca. Scalindua marina (12%) based on their phylogenic distance. Our findings suggest the existence of highly diverse Planctomycetes and anammox bacterial community with regional variants in the sediments of Kongsfjorden.
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The oxidation of hydrocarbons by diverse heterotrophic and mixotrophic bacteria that inhabit deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:1994-2006. [PMID: 32355200 PMCID: PMC7368058 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0662-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hydrothermal activity can generate numerous and diverse hydrocarbon compounds. However, little is known about the influence of such hydrocarbons on deep-sea hydrothermal microbial ecology. We hypothesize that certain bacteria live on these hydrocarbons. Therefore, in this study, the distribution of hydrocarbons and their associated hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria were investigated at deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Southwest Indian Ridge, and the East Pacific Rise. A variety of hydrocarbon-degrading consortia were obtained from hydrothermal samples collected at the aforementioned sites after low-temperature enrichment under high hydrostatic pressures, and the bacteria responsible for the degradation of hydrocarbons were investigated by DNA-based stable-isotope probing with uniformly 13C-labeled hydrocarbons. Unusually, we identified several previously recognized sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophs as hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria, e.g., the SAR324 group, the SUP05 clade, and Sulfurimonas, and for the first time confirmed their ability to degrade hydrocarbons. In addition, Erythrobacter, Pusillimonas, and SAR202 clade were shown to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for the first time. These results together with relatively high abundance in situ of most of the above-described bacteria highlight the potential influence of hydrocarbons in configuring the vent microbial community, and have made the importance of mixotrophs in hydrothermal vent ecosystems evident.
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Pan J, Zhou Z, Béjà O, Cai M, Yang Y, Liu Y, Gu JD, Li M. Genomic and transcriptomic evidence of light-sensing, porphyrin biosynthesis, Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle, and urea production in Bathyarchaeota. MICROBIOME 2020; 8:43. [PMID: 32234071 PMCID: PMC7110647 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-00820-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bathyarchaeota, a newly proposed archaeal phylum, is considered as an important driver of the global carbon cycle. However, due to the great diversity of them, there is limited genomic information that accurately encompasses the metabolic potential of the entire archaeal phylum. RESULTS In the current study, nine metagenome-assembled genomes of Bathyarchaeota from four subgroups were constructed from mangrove sediments, and metatranscriptomes were obtained for evaluating their in situ transcriptional activities. Comparative analyses with reference genomes and the transcripts of functional genes posit an expanded role for Bathyarchaeota in phototrophy, autotrophy, and nitrogen and sulfur cycles, respectively. Notably, the presence of genes for rhodopsins, cobalamin biosynthesis, and the oxygen-dependent metabolic pathways in some Bathyarchaeota subgroup 6 genomes suggest a light-sensing and microoxic lifestyle within this subgroup. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study expand our knowledge of metabolic abilities and diverse lifestyles of Bathyarchaeota, highlighting the crucial role of Bathyarchaeota in geochemical cycle. Video abstract.
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- Jie Pan
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR China
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Microbiome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Stokke R, Reeves EP, Dahle H, Fedøy AE, Viflot T, Lie Onstad S, Vulcano F, Pedersen RB, Eijsink VGH, Steen IH. Tailoring Hydrothermal Vent Biodiversity Toward Improved Biodiscovery Using a Novel in situ Enrichment Strategy. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:249. [PMID: 32153535 PMCID: PMC7046548 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are amongst the most extreme environments on Earth and represent interesting targets for marine bioprospecting and biodiscovery. The microbial communities in hydrothermal vents are often dominated by chemolithoautotrophs utilizing simple chemical compounds, though the full extent of their heterotrophic abilities is still being explored. In the bioprocessing industry, where degradation of complex organic materials often is a major challenge, new microbial solutions are heavily needed. To meet these needs, we have developed novel in situ incubators and tested if deployment of recalcitrant materials from fish farming and wood-pulping industries introduced changes in the microbial community structure in hot marine hydrothermal sediments. The incubation chambers were deployed in sediments at the Bruse vent site located within the Jan Mayen vent field for 1 year, after which the microbial populations in the chambers were profiled by 16S rRNA Ion Torrent amplicon sequencing. A total of 921 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were assigned into 74 different phyla where differences in community structure were observed depending on the incubated material, chamber depth below the sea floor and/or temperature. A high fraction of putative heterotrophic microbial lineages related to cultivated members within the Thermotogales were observed. However, considerable fractions of previously uncultivated and novel Thermotogales and Bacteroidetes were also identified. Moreover, several novel lineages (e.g., members within the DPANN superphylum, unidentified archaeal lineages, unclassified Thermoplasmatales and Candidatus division BRC-1 bacterium) of as-yet uncultivated thermophilic archaea and bacteria were identified. Overall, our data illustrate that amendment of hydrothermal vent communities by in situ incubation of biomass induces shifts in community structure toward increased fractions of heterotrophic microorganisms. The technologies utilized here could aid in subsequent metagenomics-based enzyme discovery for diverse industries.
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- Runar Stokke
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Xu H, Lin C, Shen Z, Gao L, Lin T, Tao H, Chen W, Luo J, Lu C. Molecular Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen and Its Interaction with Microbial Communities in a Prechlorinated Raw Water Distribution System. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:1484-1492. [PMID: 31927953 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) represents a unique challenge in prechlorinated raw water distribution systems (PRWDSs) because of its contribution to the formation of harmful nitrogen-disinfection byproducts, influence upon biogeochemical processes, and unclear molecular characteristics. Here, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry in combination with high-throughput sequencing was applied to elucidate the molecular changes of DON and biofilm microbial communities in a PRWDS in Yixing, China. Our study revealed that dynamic characteristics of DON are significantly correlated with the biofilm. The accumulation of refractory lignin-like compounds and CnHmOpN1 contributes to the higher recalcitrance molecular characteristics of DON in the effluent associated with Alphaproteobacteria, Planctomycetes, and Bacteroidetes. Additionally, with the help of prechlorination, the biofilm may change the DON characteristics and lead to higher oxygenation, higher m/z, and lower saturation during transportation. Despite the promotion of CnHmOpN1 and CnHmOpN3 at the early stage, we suggest that appropriate concentration of chlorine can add to the front end of raw water distribution pipes. Prechlorination may control the nitrification process and stabilize the rapid growth of diversity and concentration of low molecular weight DON, especially the refractory CnHmOpN1 in the effluent, which may help to improve treatment efficiency of drinking water treatment plants.
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- Hang Xu
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment , Hohai University , Nanjing 210098 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment , Hohai University , Nanjing 210098 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment , Hohai University , Nanjing 210098 , China
- Wanjiang University of Technology , Maanshan , China
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- Future Water Strategy Group , South East Water , P.O. Box 2268, Seaford , Victoria 3198 , Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment , Hohai University , Nanjing 210098 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment , Hohai University , Nanjing 210098 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lake of Ministry of Education, College of Environment , Hohai University , Nanjing 210098 , China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering , Hohai University , Nanjing 210098 , China
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Feng C, Jia J, Wang C, Han M, Dong C, Huo B, Li D, Liu X. Phytoplankton and Bacterial Community Structure in Two Chinese Lakes of Different Trophic Status. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7120621. [PMID: 31783682 PMCID: PMC6956004 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7120621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Phytoplankton are the primary producers at the basis of aquatic food webs, and bacteria play an important role in energy flow and biochemical cycling in aquatic ecosystems. In this study, both the bacterial and phytoplankton communities were examined in the oligotrophic Lake Basomtso and the eutrophic Lake South (China). The results of this study showed that the phytoplankton density and diversity in the eutrophic lake were higher than those in the oligotrophic lake. Furthermore, Chlorophyta (68%) and Cryptophyta (24%) were the dominant groups in the eutrophic lake, while Bacillariophyta (95%) dominated in the oligotrophic lake. The bacterial communities in the waters and sediments of the two lakes were mainly composed of Proteobacteria (mean of 32%), Actinobacteria (mean of 25%), Bacteroidetes (mean of 12%), and Chloroflexi (mean of 6%). Comparative analysis showed that the abundance of bacteria in the eutrophic lake was higher than that in the oligotrophic lake (p < 0.05), but the bacterial diversity in the oligotrophic lake was higher than that in the eutrophic lake (p < 0.05). Finally, the bacterial abundance and diversity in the sediments of the two lakes were higher than those in the water samples (p < 0.05), and the Latescibacteria and Nitrospinae groups were identified only in the sediments. These results suggest that both the phytoplankton and bacterial communities differed considerably between the oligotrophic lake and the eutrophic lake.
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Varliero G, Bienhold C, Schmid F, Boetius A, Molari M. Microbial Diversity and Connectivity in Deep-Sea Sediments of the South Atlantic Polar Front. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:665. [PMID: 31024475 PMCID: PMC6465420 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ultraslow spreading ridges account for one-third of the global mid-ocean ridges. Their impact on the diversity and connectivity of benthic deep-sea microbial assemblages is poorly understood, especially for hydrothermally inactive, magma-starved ridges. We investigated bacterial and archaeal diversity in sediments collected from an amagmatic segment (10°–17°E) of the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) and in the adjacent northern and southern abyssal zones of similar water depths within one biogeochemical province of the Indian Ocean. Microbial diversity was determined by 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing. Our results show significant differences in microbial communities between stations outside and inside the SWIR, which were mostly explained by environmental selection. Community similarity correlated significantly with differences in chlorophyll a content and with the presence of upward porewater fluxes carrying reduced compounds (e.g., ammonia and sulfide), suggesting that trophic resource availability is a main driver for changes in microbial community composition. At the stations in the SWIR axial valley (3,655–4,448 m water depth), microbial communities were enriched in bacterial and archaeal taxa common in organic matter-rich subsurface sediments (e.g., SEEP-SRB1, Dehalococcoida, Atribacteria, and Woesearchaeota) and chemosynthetic environments (mainly Helicobacteraceae). The abyssal stations outside the SWIR communities (3,760–4,869 m water depth) were dominated by OM1 clade, JTB255, Planctomycetaceae, and Rhodospirillaceae. We conclude that ultraslow spreading ridges create a unique environmental setting in sedimented segments without distinct hydrothermal activity, and play an important role in shaping microbial communities and promoting diversity, but also in connectivity among deep-sea habitats.
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- Gilda Varliero
- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.,School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.,HGF-MPG Joint Research Group on Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany.,MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.,HGF-MPG Joint Research Group on Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.,MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Pan J, Chen Y, Wang Y, Zhou Z, Li M. Vertical Distribution of Bathyarchaeotal Communities in Mangrove Wetlands Suggests Distinct Niche Preference of Bathyarchaeota Subgroup 6. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2019; 77:417-428. [PMID: 30612184 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1309-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bathyarchaeota is a diverse, abundant, and widespread archaeal phylum that may play an important role in global carbon cycling. The vertical distribution of Bathyarchaeota and environmental impact on bathyarchaeotal community in deep-sea and lake sediments are known; however, little information is available on Bathyarchaeota in eutrophic and brackish environments, such as mangrove wetlands. In the current study, we investigated the bathyarchaeotal community in the mangrove ecosystem of Futian Nature Reserve, Shenzhen. By slicing the profile into 2-cm layers from the surface to bottom, 110 sediment samples were obtained from three mangrove and three mud flat profiles. High-throughput sequencing of archaeal 16S rRNA genes, quantification of bathyarchaeotal 16S rRNA genes with optimized quantitative primers, and the ensuing statistical analyses revealed the vertical distribution of Bathyarchaeota in the mangrove ecosystem, indicating that Bathyarchaeota was the dominant archaeal phylum therein, with Bathyarchaeota subgroups 6, 8, 15, and 17 as the most abundant subgroups. The abundance of Bathyarchaeota was higher in the mangrove than in the mud flat and other oligotrophic or freshwater habitats. Total organic carbon (TOC) and nitric oxide were significantly correlated with the abundance of Bathyarchaeota, and pH was the major factor shaping the community composition. Further, the data suggested that Bathyarchaeota subgroup 6 preferentially dwelled in slightly acidic, high TOC, and subsurface environments, indicating a potentially distinct role in the global geochemical cycle. These findings expand the knowledge of the distribution and niche preference of Bathyarchaeota, emphasizing the need for continuous characterization of bathyarchaeotal subgroups.
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- Jie Pan
- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
- College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
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Cui X, Zhang Y, Gao J, Peng F, Gao P. Long-term combined application of manure and chemical fertilizer sustained higher nutrient status and rhizospheric bacterial diversity in reddish paddy soil of Central South China. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16554. [PMID: 30410029 PMCID: PMC6224536 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34685-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Bacteria, as the key component of soil ecosystems, participate in nutrient cycling and organic matter decomposition. However, how fertilization regime affects the rhizospheric bacterial community of reddish paddy soil remains unclear. Here, a long-term fertilization experiment initiated in 1982 was employed to explore the impacts of different fertilization regimes on physicochemical properties and bacterial communities of reddish paddy rhizospheric soil in Central South China by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene. The results showed that long-term fertilization improved the soil nutrient status and shaped the distinct rhizospheric bacterial communities. Particularly, chemical NPK fertilizers application significantly declined the richness of the bacterial community by 7.32%, whereas the application of manure alone or combined with chemical NPK fertilizers significantly increased the biodiversity of the bacterial community by 1.45%, 1.87% compared with no fertilization, respectively. Moreover, LEfSe indicated that application of chemical NPK fertilizers significantly enhanced the abundances of Verrucomicrobia and Nitrospiraceae, while manure significantly increased the abundances of Deltaproteobacteria and Myxococcales, but the most abundant Actinobacteria and Planctomycetes were detected in the treatment that combined application of manure and chemical NPK fertilizers. Furthermore, canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) and the Mantel test clarified that exchangeable Mg2+ (E-Mg2+), soil organic carbon (SOC) and alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen (AN) are the key driving factors for shaping bacterial communities in the rhizosphere. Our results suggested that long-term balanced using of manure and chemical fertilizers not only increased organic material pools and nutrient availability but also enhanced the biodiversity of the rhizospheric bacterial community and the abundance of Actinobacteria, which contribute to the sustainable development of agro-ecosystems.
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- Xinwei Cui
- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
- Institute of Agro-Environment and Ecology, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China.
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- Red Soil Experimental Station of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qiyang, Hunan, 426182, China.
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- Institute of Agro-Environment and Ecology, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Institute of Agro-Environment and Ecology, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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Zhang X, Xu W, Liu Y, Cai M, Luo Z, Li M. Metagenomics Reveals Microbial Diversity and Metabolic Potentials of Seawater and Surface Sediment From a Hadal Biosphere at the Yap Trench. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2402. [PMID: 30369913 PMCID: PMC6194347 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hadal biosphere represents the deepest part of the ocean with water depth >6,000 m. Accumulating evidence suggests the existence of unique microbial communities dominated by heterotrophic processes in this environment. However, investigations of the microbial diversity and their metabolic potentials are limited because of technical constraints for sample collection. Here, we provide a detailed metagenomic analysis of three seawater samples at water depths 5,000-6,000 m below sea level (mbsl) and three surface sediment samples at water depths 4,435-6,578 mbsl at the Yap Trench of the western Pacific. Distinct microbial community compositions were observed with the dominance of Gammaproteobacteria in seawater and Thaumarchaeota in surface sediment. Comparative analysis of the genes involved in carbon, nitrogen and sulfur metabolisms revealed that heterotrophic processes (i.e., degradation of carbohydrates, hydrocarbons, and aromatics) are the most common microbial metabolisms in the seawater, while chemolithoautotrophic metabolisms such as ammonia oxidation with the HP/HB cycle for CO2 fixation probably dominated the surface sediment communities of the Yap Trench. Furthermore, abundant genes involved in stress response and metal resistance were both detected in the seawater and sediments, thus the enrichment of metal resistance genes is further hypothesized to be characteristic of the hadal microbial communities. Overall, this study sheds light on the metabolic versatility of microorganisms in the Yap Trench, their roles in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur biogeochemical cycles, and how they have adapted to this unique hadal environment.
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- Xinxu Zhang
- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Cerqueira T, Barroso C, Froufe H, Egas C, Bettencourt R. Metagenomic Signatures of Microbial Communities in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Sediments of Azores Vent Fields. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2018; 76:387-403. [PMID: 29354879 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1144-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The organisms inhabiting the deep-seafloor are known to play a crucial role in global biogeochemical cycles. Chemolithoautotrophic prokaryotes, which produce biomass from single carbon molecules, constitute the primary source of nutrition for the higher organisms, being critical for the sustainability of food webs and overall life in the deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems. The present study investigates the metabolic profiles of chemolithoautotrophs inhabiting the sediments of Menez Gwen and Rainbow deep-sea vent fields, in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Differences in the microbial community structure might be reflecting the distinct depth, geology, and distance from vent of the studied sediments. A metagenomic sequencing approach was conducted to characterize the microbiome of the deep-sea hydrothermal sediments and the relevant metabolic pathways used by microbes. Both Menez Gwen and Rainbow metagenomes contained a significant number of genes involved in carbon fixation, revealing the largely autotrophic communities thriving in both sites. Carbon fixation at Menez Gwen site was predicted to occur mainly via the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle, likely reflecting the dominance of sulfur-oxidizing Epsilonproteobacteria at this site, while different autotrophic pathways were identified at Rainbow site, in particular the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. Chemolithotrophy appeared to be primarily driven by the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds, whether through the SOX-dependent pathway at Menez Gwen site or through reverse sulfate reduction at Rainbow site. Other energy-yielding processes, such as methane, nitrite, or ammonia oxidation, were also detected but presumably contributing less to chemolithoautotrophy. This work furthers our knowledge of the microbial ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal sediments and represents an important repository of novel genes with potential biotechnological interest.
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- Teresa Cerqueira
- Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Rua Prof. Dr. Frederico Machado, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal.
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal.
- OKEANOS Research Unit, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal.
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- Next Generation Sequencing Unit - UC-Biotech, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Parque Tecnológico de Cantanhede, Núcleo 04, Lote 8, 3060-197, Cantanhede, Portugal
- Biocant, Parque Tecnológico de Cantanhede, Núcleo 04, Lote 8, 3060-197, Cantanhede, Portugal
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- Biocant, Parque Tecnológico de Cantanhede, Núcleo 04, Lote 8, 3060-197, Cantanhede, Portugal
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- Next Generation Sequencing Unit - UC-Biotech, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Parque Tecnológico de Cantanhede, Núcleo 04, Lote 8, 3060-197, Cantanhede, Portugal
- Biocant, Parque Tecnológico de Cantanhede, Núcleo 04, Lote 8, 3060-197, Cantanhede, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal
- OKEANOS Research Unit, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal
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Wang YF, Zhu HW, Wang Y, Zhang XL, Tam NFY. Diversity and Dynamics of Microbial Community Structure in Different Mangrove, Marine and Freshwater Sediments During Anaerobic Debromination of PBDEs. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:952. [PMID: 29867858 PMCID: PMC5962692 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Little is known about the diversity and succession of indigenous microbial community during debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). This study examined the diversity and dynamics of microbial community structure in eight saline (mangrove and marine) and freshwater sediment microcosms exhibiting different debrominating capabilities for hexa-BDE 153, a common congener in sediments, using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and clone library analyses. The results showed that microbial community structure greatly differed between the saline and freshwater microcosms, likely leading to distinct variations in their debrominating capabilities and pathways. Higher relative abundances of Chloroflexi and Deltaproteobacteria succeed by Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria were detected in the two mangrove microcosms with the fastest debrominating capabilities mainly via para pathway, respectively; the dominance of Alphaproteobacteria resulted in less accumulation of tetra-BDEs and more complete debromination of lower brominated congeners (from di- to tetra-BDEs). Meanwhile, the shifts in both microbial community structure and PBDE profiles were relatively small in the less efficient freshwater microcosms, with relatively more ortho and meta brominated products of BDE-153 resulted. Coincidently, one of the freshwater microcosms showed sudden increases of Chloroflexi and Deltaproteobacteria by the end of incubation, which synchronized with the increase in the removal rate of BDE-153. The significant relationship between microbial community structure and PBDEs was confirmed by redundancy analysis (18.7% of total variance explained, P = 0.002). However, the relative abundance of the well-known dechlorinator Dehalococcoides showed no clear correlation with the debrominating capability across different microcosms. These findings shed light in the significance of microbial community network in different saline environments on enhancement of PBDE intrinsic debromination.
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- Ya Fen Wang
- Laboratory of Basin Hydrology and Wetland Eco-restoration, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.,Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.,State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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Li Y, Jing H, Xia X, Cheung S, Suzuki K, Liu H. Metagenomic Insights Into the Microbial Community and Nutrient Cycling in the Western Subarctic Pacific Ocean. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:623. [PMID: 29670596 PMCID: PMC5894113 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The composition and metabolic functions of prokaryotic communities in the western subarctic Pacific (WSP), where strong mixing of waters from the Sea of Okhotsk and the East Kamchatka Current result in transfer to the Oyashio Current, were investigated using a shotgun metagenome sequencing approach. Functional metabolic genes related to nutrient cycling of nitrogen, sulfur, carbohydrates, iron and amino acids were differently distributed between the surface and deep waters of the WSP. Genes related to nitrogen metabolism were mainly found in deep waters, where Thaumarchaeaota, Sphingomonadales, and Pseudomonadales were closely associated and performing important roles in ammonia oxidation, assimilatory nitrate reduction, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction processes, respectively. In addition, orders affiliated to Spingobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria were crucial for sulfate reduction and abundant at 3000 m, whereas orders affiliated to Gammaproteobacteria, which harbored the most sulfate reduction genes, were abundant at 1000 m. Additionally, when compared with the East Kamchatka Current, the prokaryotes in the Oyashio Current were likely to consume more energy for synthesizing cellular components. Also, genes encoding iron transport and siderophore biosynthesis proteins were in low abundance, indicating that the iron was not a limiting factor in the Oyashio current. In contrast, in the East Kamchatka Current, prokaryotes were more likely to directly utilize the amino acids and absorb iron from the environment. Overall, our data indicated that the transformation from the East Kamchatka Current to the Oyashio Current reshapes not only the composition of microbial community, but also the function of the metabolic processes. These results extended our knowledge of the microbial composition and potential metabolism in the WSP.
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- Yingdong Li
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Experimental Study Under Deep-Sea Extreme Conditions, Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Chiang E, Schmidt ML, Berry MA, Biddanda BA, Burtner A, Johengen TH, Palladino D, Denef VJ. Verrucomicrobia are prevalent in north-temperate freshwater lakes and display class-level preferences between lake habitats. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195112. [PMID: 29590198 PMCID: PMC5874073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia was formally described two decades ago and originally believed to be a minor member of many ecosystems; however, it is now recognized as ubiquitous and abundant in both soil and aquatic systems. Nevertheless, knowledge of the drivers of its relative abundance and within-phylum habitat preferences remains sparse, especially in lake systems. Here, we documented the distribution of Verrucomicrobia in 12 inland lakes in Southeastern Michigan, a Laurentian Great Lake (Lake Michigan), and a freshwater estuary, which span a gradient in lake sizes, depths, residence times, and trophic states. A wide range of physical and geochemical parameters was covered by sampling seasonally from the surface and bottom of each lake, and by separating samples into particle-associated and free-living fractions. On average, Verrucomicrobia was the 4th most abundant phylum (range 1.7–41.7%). Fraction, season, station, and depth explained up to 70% of the variance in Verrucomicrobia community composition and preference for these habitats was phylogenetically conserved at the class-level. When relative abundance was linearly modeled against environmental data, Verrucomicrobia and non-Verrucomicrobia bacterial community composition correlated to similar quantitative environmental parameters, although there were lake system-dependent differences and > 55% of the variance remained unexplained. A majority of the phylum exhibited preference for the particle-associated fraction and two classes (Opitutae and Verrucomicrobiae) were identified to be more abundant during the spring season. This study highlights the high relative abundance of Verrucomicrobia in north temperate lake systems and expands insights into drivers of within-phylum habitat preferences of the Verrucomicrobia.
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- Edna Chiang
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University, Muskegon, MI, United States of America
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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Badapanda C, Metha SM. Advancing our understanding of the oxygen minimum zone microbial communities by an integrated metatranscriptomics approach. Meta Gene 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mgene.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Rastelli E, Corinaldesi C, Dell'Anno A, Tangherlini M, Martorelli E, Ingrassia M, Chiocci FL, Lo Martire M, Danovaro R. High potential for temperate viruses to drive carbon cycling in chemoautotrophy-dominated shallow-water hydrothermal vents. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:4432-4446. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Eugenio Rastelli
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona 60131 Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn; Villa Comunale; Naples 80121 Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona 60131 Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona 60131 Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona 60131 Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering; Italian National Research Council; Rome Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering; Italian National Research Council; Rome Italy
- Department of Earth Science; University of Rome Sapienza; Rome Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering; Italian National Research Council; Rome Italy
- Department of Earth Science; University of Rome Sapienza; Rome Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona 60131 Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona 60131 Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn; Villa Comunale; Naples 80121 Italy
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Lemos LN, Pereira RV, Quaggio RB, Martins LF, Moura LMS, da Silva AR, Antunes LP, da Silva AM, Setubal JC. Genome-Centric Analysis of a Thermophilic and Cellulolytic Bacterial Consortium Derived from Composting. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:644. [PMID: 28469608 PMCID: PMC5395642 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Microbial consortia selected from complex lignocellulolytic microbial communities are promising alternatives to deconstruct plant waste, since synergistic action of different enzymes is required for full degradation of plant biomass in biorefining applications. Culture enrichment also facilitates the study of interactions among consortium members, and can be a good source of novel microbial species. Here, we used a sample from a plant waste composting operation in the São Paulo Zoo (Brazil) as inoculum to obtain a thermophilic aerobic consortium enriched through multiple passages at 60°C in carboxymethylcellulose as sole carbon source. The microbial community composition of this consortium was investigated by shotgun metagenomics and genome-centric analysis. Six near-complete (over 90%) genomes were reconstructed. Similarity and phylogenetic analyses show that four of these six genomes are novel, with the following hypothesized identifications: a new Thermobacillus species; the first Bacillus thermozeamaize genome (for which currently only 16S sequences are available) or else the first representative of a new family in the Bacillales order; the first representative of a new genus in the Paenibacillaceae family; and the first representative of a new deep-branching family in the Clostridia class. The reconstructed genomes from known species were identified as Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius and Caldibacillus debilis. The metabolic potential of these recovered genomes based on COG and CAZy analyses show that these genomes encode several glycoside hydrolases (GHs) as well as other genes related to lignocellulose breakdown. The new Thermobacillus species stands out for being the richest in diversity and abundance of GHs, possessing the greatest potential for biomass degradation among the six recovered genomes. We also investigated the presence and activity of the organisms corresponding to these genomes in the composting operation from which the consortium was built, using compost metagenome and metatranscriptome datasets generated in a previous study. We obtained strong evidence that five of the six recovered genomes are indeed present and active in that composting process. We have thus discovered three (perhaps four) new thermophillic bacterial species that add to the increasing repertoire of known lignocellulose degraders, whose biotechnological potential can now be investigated in further studies.
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- Leandro N Lemos
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Bioinformática, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Bioinformática, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Bioinformática, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São PauloSão Paulo, Brazil.,Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA, USA
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González C, Lazcano M, Valdés J, Holmes DS. Bioinformatic Analyses of Unique (Orphan) Core Genes of the Genus Acidithiobacillus: Functional Inferences and Use As Molecular Probes for Genomic and Metagenomic/Transcriptomic Interrogation. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2035. [PMID: 28082953 PMCID: PMC5186765 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Using phylogenomic and gene compositional analyses, five highly conserved gene families have been detected in the core genome of the phylogenetically coherent genus Acidithiobacillus of the class Acidithiobacillia. These core gene families are absent in the closest extant genus Thermithiobacillus tepidarius that subtends the Acidithiobacillus genus and roots the deepest in this class. The predicted proteins encoded by these core gene families are not detected by a BLAST search in the NCBI non-redundant database of more than 90 million proteins using a relaxed cut-off of 1.0e−5. None of the five families has a clear functional prediction. However, bioinformatic scrutiny, using pI prediction, motif/domain searches, cellular location predictions, genomic context analyses, and chromosome topology studies together with previously published transcriptomic and proteomic data, suggests that some may have functions associated with membrane remodeling during cell division perhaps in response to pH stress. Despite the high level of amino acid sequence conservation within each family, there is sufficient nucleotide variation of the respective genes to permit the use of the DNA sequences to distinguish different species of Acidithiobacillus, making them useful additions to the armamentarium of tools for phylogenetic analysis. Since the protein families are unique to the Acidithiobacillus genus, they can also be leveraged as probes to detect the genus in environmental metagenomes and metatranscriptomes, including industrial biomining operations, and acid mine drainage (AMD).
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- Carolina González
- Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology, Fundación Ciencia & VidaSantiago, Chile; Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres BelloSantiago, Chile
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology, Fundación Ciencia & VidaSantiago, Chile; Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres BelloSantiago, Chile
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- Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology, Fundación Ciencia & VidaSantiago, Chile; Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres BelloSantiago, Chile
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