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Fox A, Widmer F, Lüscher A. Soil microbial community structures are shaped by agricultural systems revealing little temporal variation. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:113915. [PMID: 35940233 PMCID: PMC9492858 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Many studies in soil microbial ecology are undertaken with a single sampling event, with the influence of temporal progression rarely being considered. Under field conditions, soil samples were taken from different agricultural systems; a sown grassland to maize rotation (MC), an intensively managed permanent grassland (INT), as well as extensively managed permanent grasslands with high (EXT_HP), low to sufficient (EXT_LP) and deficient available P (EXT_DP), six times throughout the 2017 growing season. Thus, this study aimed to determine if any differences in soil microbiome structures between both sharply contrasting (MC - INT - EXT), slightly differing (EXT_HP - EXT_DP) and quite similar (EXT_HP - EXT_LP and EXT_LP - EXT_DP) agricultural systems persist through changing growth conditions within the growing season. For both fungal and bacterial community structure, the influence of agricultural system (CV = 0.256, P < 0.001 and CV = 0.145, P < 0.01, respectively) was much greater than that of temporal progression (√CV = 0.065 and 0.042, respectively, both P < 0.001). Importantly, nearly all agricultural systems persistently harbored significantly distinct fungal community structures across each of the six sampling events (all at least P < 0.05). There were not as many pairwise differences in bacterial community structure between the agricultural systems, but some did persist (MC and EXT_HP ∼ EXT_DP, all P < 0.001). Additionally, persistent indicator fungal OTUs (IndVal >0.7, P ≤ 0.05) associated to each agricultural system (except EXT_LP) were found in each of the six sampling events. These results highlight the temporal stability of pairwise differences in soil microbiome structures between established agricultural systems through changing plant growth conditions, even between those with a comparable management regime. This is a highly relevant finding in informing the sampling strategy of studies in soil microbial ecology as well as for designing efficient soil biodiversity monitoring systems.
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- A Fox
- Forage Production and Grassland Systems, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046, Zürich, Switzerland; Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Forage Production and Grassland Systems, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Gschwend F, Hartmann M, Mayerhofer J, Hug AS, Enkerli J, Gubler A, Meuli RG, Frey B, Widmer F. Site and land-use associations of soil bacteria and fungi define core and indicative taxa. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 97:fiab165. [PMID: 34940884 PMCID: PMC8752248 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Soil microbial diversity has major influences on ecosystem functions and services. However, due to its complexity and uneven distribution of abundant and rare taxa, quantification of soil microbial diversity remains challenging and thereby impeding its integration into long-term monitoring programs. Using metabarcoding, we analyzed soil bacterial and fungal communities at 30 long-term soil monitoring sites from the three land-use types arable land, permanent grassland, and forest with a yearly sampling between snowmelt and first fertilization over five years. Unlike soil microbial biomass and alpha-diversity, microbial community compositions and structures were site- and land-use-specific with CAP reclassification success rates of 100%. The temporally stable site core communities included 38.5% of bacterial and 33.1% of fungal OTUs covering 95.9% and 93.2% of relative abundances. We characterized bacterial and fungal core communities and their land-use associations at the family-level. In general, fungal families revealed stronger land-use associations as compared to bacteria. This is likely due to a stronger vegetation effect on fungal core taxa, while bacterial core taxa were stronger related to soil properties. The assessment of core communities can be used to form cultivation-independent reference lists of microbial taxa, which may facilitate the development of microbial indicators for soil quality and the use of soil microbiota for long-term soil biomonitoring.
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- Florian Gschwend
- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Soil Monitoring Network NABO, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Soil Monitoring Network NABO, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Soil Monitoring Network NABO, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Rhizosphere Processes Group, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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Fox A, Widmer F, Barreiro A, Jongen M, Musyoki M, Vieira Â, Zimmermann J, Cruz C, Dimitrova-Mårtensson LM, Rasche F, Silva L, Lüscher A. Small-scale agricultural grassland management can affect soil fungal community structure as much as continental scale geographic patterns. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:6430861. [PMID: 34792119 PMCID: PMC8684450 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A European transect was established, ranging from Sweden to the Azores, to determine the relative influence of geographic factors and agricultural small-scale management on the grassland soil microbiome. Within each of five countries (factor ‘Country’), which maximized a range of geographic factors, two differing growth condition regions (factor ‘GCR’) were selected: a favorable region with conditions allowing for high plant biomass production and a contrasting less favorable region with a markedly lower potential. Within each region, grasslands of contrasting management intensities (factor ‘MI’) were defined: intensive and extensive, from which soil samples were collected. Across the transect, ‘MI’ was a strong differentiator of fungal community structure, having a comparable effect to continental scale geographic factors (‘Country’). ‘MI’ was also a highly significant driver of bacterial community structure, but ‘Country’ was clearly the stronger driver. For both, ‘GCR’ was the weakest driver. Also at the regional level, strong effects of MI occurred on various measures of the soil microbiome (i.e. OTU richness, management-associated indicator OTUs), though the effects were largely regional-specific. Our results illustrate the decisive influence of grassland MI on soil microbial community structure, over both regional and continental scales, and, thus, highlight the importance of preserving rare extensive grasslands.
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- A Fox
- Forage Production and Grassland Systems, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zürich, Switzerland.,Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biosystems and Technology, P.O. Box 103, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
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- Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar (MARETEC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- University of Hohenheim, Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute, Garbenstr. 13, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- InBIO - Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Associate Laboratory, CIBIO-Açores, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, Campus de Ponta Delgada, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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- University of Hohenheim, Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute, Garbenstr. 13, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, (cE3c), FCUL, Campo Grande, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biosystems and Technology, P.O. Box 103, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
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- University of Hohenheim, Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute, Garbenstr. 13, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- InBIO - Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Associate Laboratory, CIBIO-Açores, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, Campus de Ponta Delgada, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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- Forage Production and Grassland Systems, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zürich, Switzerland
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Mayerhofer J, Wächter D, Calanca P, Kohli L, Roth T, Meuli RG, Widmer F. Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors Shape Major Bacterial Community Types Across the Complex Mountain Landscape of Switzerland. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:581430. [PMID: 33776948 PMCID: PMC7990788 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.581430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mountain areas harbor large climatic and geographic gradients and form numerous habitats that promote high overall biodiversity. Compared to macroorganisms, knowledge about drivers of biodiversity and distribution of soil bacteria in mountain regions is still scarce but a prerequisite for conservation of bacterial functions in soils. An important question is, whether soil bacterial communities with similar structures share environmental preferences. Using metabarcoding of the 16S rRNA gene marker, we assessed soil bacterial communities at 255 sites of a regular grid covering the mountainous landscape of Switzerland, which is characterized by close location of biogeographic regions that harbor different land-use types. Distribution of bacterial communities was mainly shaped by environmental selection, as revealed by 47.9% variance explained by environmental factors, with pH (29%) being most important. Little additional variance was explained by biogeographic regions (2.8%) and land-use types (3.3%). Cluster analysis of bacterial community structures revealed six bacterial community types (BCTs), which were associated to several biogeographic regions and land-use types but overall differed mainly in their preference for soil pH. BCT I and II occurred at neutral pH, showed distinct preferences for biogeographic regions mainly differing in elevation and nutrient availability. BCT III and IV differed only in their preferred soil pH. BCT VI occurred in most acidic soils (pH 3.6) and almost exclusively at forest sites. BCT V occurred in soils with a mean pH of 4 and differed from BCT VI in preference for lower values of organic C, total nitrogen and their ratio. Indicator species and bipartite network analyses revealed 3,998 OTUs associating to different levels of environmental factors and BCTs. Taxonomic classification revealed opposing associations of taxa deriving from the same phyla. The results revealed that pH, land-use type, biogeographic region, and nutrient availability were the main factors shaping bacterial communities across Switzerland. Indicator species and bipartite network analyses revealed environmental preferences of bacterial taxa. Combining information of environmental factors and BCTs yielded increased resolution of the factors shaping soil bacterial communities and provided an improved biodiversity framework. OTUs exclusively associated to BCTs provide a novel resource to identify unassessed environmental drivers.
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- Swiss Soil Monitoring Network, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland
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Fox A, Lüscher A, Widmer F. Plant species identity drives soil microbial community structures that persist under a following crop. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:8652-8668. [PMID: 32884648 PMCID: PMC7452769 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Compared to monocultures, multi-species swards have demonstrated numerous positive diversity effects on aboveground plant performance, such as yield, N concentration, and even legacy effects on a following crop. Whether such diversity effects are seen in the soil microbiome is currently unclear. In a field experiment, we analyzed the effect that three plant species (a grass, forb, and legume), and mixtures of these, had on soil fungal and bacterial community structures, as well as their associated legacy effects under a following crop, the grass Lolium multiflorum. We utilized six sward types, three monocultures (Lolium perenne, Cichorium intybus and Trifolium pratense), two bi-species mixtures, and a mixture of the three species. Soil samples were taken from these swards in March (at the end of a three year conditioning phase) and in June, August, and September after L. multiflorum was established, that is, the legacy samplings. When present, the differing monocultures had a significant effect on various aspects of the fungal community: structure, OTU richness, the relative abundance of the phylum Glomeromycota, and indicator OTUs. The effect on bacterial community structure was not as strong. In the multi-species swards, a blending of individual plant species monoculture effects (identity effect) was seen in (a) fungal and bacterial community structure and (b) fungal OTU richness and the relative abundance of the Glomeromycota. This would indicate that plant species identity, rather than diversity effects (i.e., the interactions among the plant species), was the stronger determinant. During the legacy samplings, structural patterns in the fungal and bacterial communities associated with the previous swards were retained, but the effect faded with time. These results highlight that plant species identity can be a strong driver of soil microbial community structures. They also suggest that their legacy effect on the soil microbiome may play a crucial role in following crop performance.
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- Aaron Fox
- Forage Production and Grassland SystemsAgroscopeZürichSwitzerland
- Molecular EcologyAgroscopeZürichSwitzerland
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- Forage Production and Grassland SystemsAgroscopeZürichSwitzerland
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Wagg C, Dudenhöffer J, Widmer F, Heijden MGA. Linking diversity, synchrony and stability in soil microbial communities. Funct Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Cameron Wagg
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Zürich Zürich Switzerland
- Institute of EcologyUniversity of Jena Jena Germany
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- Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape EcologyInstitute of Earth and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, AgroscopeInstitute for Sustainability Sciences Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Zürich Zürich Switzerland
- Plant‐Soil Interactions, AgroscopeInstitute for Sustainability Sciences Zürich Switzerland
- Plant‐Microbe InteractionsInstitute of Environmental BiologyFaculty of Science Utrecht The Netherlands
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Mayerhofer J, Eckard S, Hartmann M, Grabenweger G, Widmer F, Leuchtmann A, Enkerli J. Assessing effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum on soil microbial communities in Agriotes spp. biological pest control. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2017; 93:4111146. [PMID: 28961941 PMCID: PMC5812499 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The release of large quantities of microorganisms to soil for purposes such as pest control or plant growth promotion may affect the indigenous soil microbial communities. In our study, we investigated potential effects of Metarhizium brunneum ART2825 on soil fungi and prokaryota in bulk soil using high-throughput sequencing of ribosomal markers. Different formulations of this strain, and combinations of the fungus with garlic as efficacy-enhancing agent, were tested over 4 months in a pot and a field experiment carried out for biological control of Agriotes spp. in potatoes. A biocontrol effect was observed only in the pot experiment, i.e. the application of FCBK resulted in 77% efficacy. Colony counts combined with genotyping and marker sequence abundance confirmed the successful establishment of the applied strain. Only the formulated applied strain caused small shifts in fungal communities in the pot experiment. Treatment effects were in the same range as the effects caused by barley kernels, the carrier of the FCBK formulation and temporal effects. Garlic treatments and time affected prokaryotic communities. In the field experiment, only spatial differences affected fungal and prokaryotic communities. Our findings suggest that M. brunneum may not adversely affect soil microbial communities.
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- Ecology of Noxious and Beneficial Organisms, Agroscope, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Ecology of Noxious and Beneficial Organisms, Agroscope, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Ecological Genetics, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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Campos I, Abrantes N, Keizer JJ, Vale C, Pereira P. Major and trace elements in soils and ashes of eucalypt and pine forest plantations in Portugal following a wildfire. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 572:1363-1376. [PMID: 26875605 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Wildfires can play an important role in the environmental distribution of major and trace elements, including through their mobilization by fire-induced runoff and associated transport of soil and ash particles. In particular, fire-induced inputs of these elements into the environment are relevant due to their toxicity and environmental persistence. This study aimed to evaluate the role of wildfire and time-since-fire on the redistribution of major and trace elements, which is a topic poorly documented. To this end, levels of V, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Cd and Pb were assessed in soil and ash samples collected immediately following a wildfire in north-central Portugal as well as 4 (after the first post-fire rainfall events), 8 and 15months later. The role of forest type was determined by sampling burnt eucalypt and pine plantations. The main findings of this study were the following: (1) levels of V, Mn, Ni, Cd and Pb were consistently higher in the burnt than unburnt soils, while levels of Co and Cu revealed no differences; (2) time-since-fire affected major and trace elements in three different ways: concentrations of Mn and Cd declined abruptly after the first rainfall events while levels of V, Co and Ni increased during the first 8months and levels of Cu and Pb hardly changed during the study period; (3) all studied elements revealed peak concentrations in the ashes immediately after the fire, which then declined sharply four months later; (4) levels of Co and Ni soils and ashes were higher at the pine plantations than at the eucalypt plantations. This study highlighted the role of wildfire in enhancing levels of major and trace elements in ashes and topsoil of forest plantations and their mobilization within the first year after fire, pointing towards recently burnt forest areas as a potential source of environmental contamination.
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- Isabel Campos
- Department of Environment and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal; IPMA - Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Department of Environment and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Environment and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- IPMA - Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal; CIIMAR, Rua dos Bragas, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
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- IPMA - Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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RisaAligner software for aligning fluorescence data between Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer chips: Application to soil microbial community analysis. Biotechniques 2015; 59:347, 349-52, 354-6 passim. [PMID: 26651514 DOI: 10.2144/000114363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis (RISA) is a high-resolution and highly reproducible fingerprinting technique for discriminating between microbial communities. The community profiles can be visualized using the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer. Comparison between fingerprints relies upon precise estimation of all amplified DNA fragment lengths; however, size standard computation can vary between gel runs. For complex samples such as soil microbial communities, discrimination by fragment size is not always sufficient. In such cases, the comparison of whole fluorescence data as a function of time (electrophoregrams) is more appropriate. When electrophoregrams [fluorescence = f (time)] are used, and more than one chip is involved, electrophoregram comparisons are challenging due to experimental variations between chips and the lack of correction by the Agilent software in such situations. Here we present RisaAligner software for analyzing and comparing electrophoregrams from Agilent chips using a nonlinear ladder-alignment algorithm. We demonstrate the robustness and substantial improvement of data analysis by analyzing soil microbial profiles obtained with Agilent DNA 1000 and High Sensitivity chips.
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Brousseau JP, Talbot G, Beaudoin F, Lauzon K, Roy D, Lessard M. Effects of probiotics Pediococcus acidilactici strain MA18/5M and Saccharomyces cerevisiae subsp. boulardii strain SB-CNCM I-1079 on fecal and intestinal microbiota of nursing and weanling piglets1. J Anim Sci 2015; 93:5313-26. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2015-9190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- J.-P. Brousseau
- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
- Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
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- Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1M 0C8
- Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
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Lacey L, Grzywacz D, Shapiro-Ilan D, Frutos R, Brownbridge M, Goettel M. Insect pathogens as biological control agents: Back to the future. J Invertebr Pathol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 545] [Impact Index Per Article: 60.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bacterial diversity and abundance of a creek valley sites reflected soil pH and season. Open Life Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/biol-2015-0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AbstractThe effect of environmental factors on bacterial and actinobacterial communities was assessed to predict microbial community structure in natural gradients. Bacterial and actinobacterial communities were studied at four sites differing in vegetation and water regime: creek sediment, wet meadow, dry meadow and deciduous forest located in a shallow valley. The vegetation structure was assessed by phytocoenological releves. T-RFLP and quantitative PCR were used to determine community composition and abundances. Significant relationships between bacterial community structure and selected soil traits at sites located relatively close to each other (within 200 m) were demonstrated. Both the quantity and structure of bacterial communities were significantly influenced by organic matter content, soil moisture and pH. Bacterial diversity was higher in summer, while that of actinobacteria increased in winter. The Simpson’s evenness E was significantly correlated with soil organic matter content. Soil pH had the greatest influence on bacterial community structure showing higher within-site variability in summer than in winter.
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Mikanová O, Šimon T, Kopecký J, Ságová-Marečková M. Soil biological characteristics and microbial community structure in a field experiment. Open Life Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/biol-2015-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AbstractThe influence of different fertilization treatments on soil biological characteristics and microbial community structure was investigated. Soil samples were taken from a long-term field experiment which was conducted to explore the effect of eight treatments: control (non-fertilized), NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), FYM (farmyard manure), FYM + NPK, CSl + St (cattle slurry + straw), CSl + St + NPK, CSl, CSl + NPK. The highest values of invertase activity were found in treatment fertilized with farmyard manure combined mineral fertilizers, similarly to total N content, activity of urease, and C of microbial biomass. Dehydrogenase activity was lower in all treatments with mineral fertilization. Bacterial and actinobacterial T-RFLP profiles of 16S rRNA genes showed similar patterns in response to eight fertilization treatments. In both, the communities formed distinct groups, which were separated by organic fertilization i.e. cattle slurry and straw amendments along the x axes and by NPK amendments along the y axes using the Sammon’s method of multidimensional scaling. Significant correlations were determined in several situations related to diversity: between invertase and 1/Db (dominance, bacteria), 1/Da (dominance, actinobacteria) and between T-RFLP profiles of actinobacteria, nitrogen and organic carbon content and bacterial E (evenness).
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Wagg C, Boller B, Schneider S, Widmer F, van der Heijden MGA. Intraspecific and intergenerational differences in plant-soil feedbacks. OIKOS 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.01743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Cameron Wagg
- Inst. for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope; Reckenholzstrasse 191 CH-8046 Zürich Switzerland
- Inst. of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Univ. of Zürich; Winterthurestrasse 190 CH-8057 Zürich Switzerland
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- Inst. for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope; Reckenholzstrasse 191 CH-8046 Zürich Switzerland
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- Inst. for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope; Reckenholzstrasse 191 CH-8046 Zürich Switzerland
- Dept of Microbiology; Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences; SE-750 07 Uppsala Sweden
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- Inst. for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope; Reckenholzstrasse 191 CH-8046 Zürich Switzerland
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- Inst. for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope; Reckenholzstrasse 191 CH-8046 Zürich Switzerland
- Inst. of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Univ. of Zürich; Winterthurestrasse 190 CH-8057 Zürich Switzerland
- Inst. of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht Univ.; NL-3508 TC, Utrecht the Netherlands
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Hodel M, Schütz M, Vandegehuchte ML, Frey B, Albrecht M, Busse MD, Risch AC. Does the aboveground herbivore assemblage influence soil bacterial community composition and richness in subalpine grasslands? MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2014; 68:584-595. [PMID: 24889285 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0435-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Grassland ecosystems support large communities of aboveground herbivores that are known to directly and indirectly affect belowground properties such as the microbial community composition, richness, or biomass. Even though multiple species of functionally different herbivores coexist in grassland ecosystems, most studies have only considered the impact of a single group, i.e., large ungulates (mostly domestic livestock) on microbial communities. Thus, we investigated how the exclusion of four groups of functionally different herbivores affects bacterial community composition, richness, and biomass in two vegetation types with different grazing histories. We progressively excluded large, medium, and small mammals as well as invertebrate herbivores using exclosures at 18 subalpine grassland sites (9 per vegetation type). We assessed the bacterial community composition using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) at each site and exclosure type during three consecutive growing seasons (2009-2011) for rhizosphere and mineral soil separately. In addition, we determined microbial biomass carbon (MBC), root biomass, plant carbon:nitrogen ratio, soil temperature, and soil moisture. Even though several of these variables were affected by herbivore exclusion and vegetation type, against our expectations, bacterial community composition, richness, or MBC were not. Yet, bacterial communities strongly differed between the three growing seasons as well as to some extent between our study sites. Thus, our study indicates that the spatiotemporal variability in soil microclimate has much stronger effects on the soil bacterial communities than the grazing regime or the composition of the vegetation in this high-elevation ecosystem.
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- Melanie Hodel
- Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Wagg C, Bender SF, Widmer F, van der Heijden MGA. Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:5266-70. [PMID: 24639507 PMCID: PMC3986181 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320054111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 741] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Biodiversity loss has become a global concern as evidence accumulates that it will negatively affect ecosystem services on which society depends. So far, most studies have focused on the ecological consequences of above-ground biodiversity loss; yet a large part of Earth's biodiversity is literally hidden below ground. Whether reductions of biodiversity in soil communities below ground have consequences for the overall performance of an ecosystem remains unresolved. It is important to investigate this in view of recent observations that soil biodiversity is declining and that soil communities are changing upon land use intensification. We established soil communities differing in composition and diversity and tested their impact on eight ecosystem functions in model grassland communities. We show that soil biodiversity loss and simplification of soil community composition impair multiple ecosystem functions, including plant diversity, decomposition, nutrient retention, and nutrient cycling. The average response of all measured ecosystem functions (ecosystem multifunctionality) exhibited a strong positive linear relationship to indicators of soil biodiversity, suggesting that soil community composition is a key factor in regulating ecosystem functioning. Our results indicate that changes in soil communities and the loss of soil biodiversity threaten ecosystem multifunctionality and sustainability.
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- Cameron Wagg
- Plant Soil Interactions and
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, CH 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; and
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- Plant Soil Interactions and
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, CH 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; and
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- Molecular Ecology, Institute for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope, CH 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Plant Soil Interactions and
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, CH 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; and
- Plant–Microbe Interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Transcription profiling of interactions between Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK11 and Lactobacillus paracasei ATCC 334 during Cheddar cheese simulation. Int J Food Microbiol 2014; 178:76-86. [PMID: 24674930 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The starter cultures (Lactococcus sp.) and non-starter lactic acid bacteria (mostly Lactobacillus spp.) are essential to flavor development of Cheddar cheese. The aim of this study was to elucidate the transcriptional interaction between Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK11 and Lactobacillus paracasei ATCC 334 in mixed cultures during simulated Cheddar cheese manufacture (Pearce activity test) and ripening (slurry). Reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to quantify the expression of 34 genes common to both bacteria and for eight genes specific to either L. lactis subsp. cremoris SK11 or L. paracasei ATCC 334. The multifactorial analysis (MFA) performed on fold change results for each gene revealed that the genes linked to stress, protein and peptide degradation as well as carbohydrate metabolism of L. paracasei ATCC 334 were especially overexpressed in mixed culture with L. lactis subsp. cremoris SK11 during the ripening simulation. For L. lactis subsp. cremoris SK11, genes coding for amino acid metabolism were more expressed during the cheese manufacture simulation, especially in single culture. These results show how complementary functions of starter and NSLAB contribute to activities useful for flavor development.
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Küng D, Bigler L, Davis LR, Gratwicke B, Griffith E, Woodhams DC. Stability of microbiota facilitated by host immune regulation: informing probiotic strategies to manage amphibian disease. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87101. [PMID: 24489847 PMCID: PMC3906108 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Microbial communities can augment host immune responses and probiotic therapies are under development to prevent or treat diseases of humans, crops, livestock, and wildlife including an emerging fungal disease of amphibians, chytridiomycosis. However, little is known about the stability of host-associated microbiota, or how the microbiota is structured by innate immune factors including antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) abundant in the skin secretions of many amphibians. Thus, conservation medicine including therapies targeting the skin will benefit from investigations of amphibian microbial ecology that provide a model for vertebrate host-symbiont interactions on mucosal surfaces. Here, we tested whether the cutaneous microbiota of Panamanian rocket frogs, Colostethus panamansis, was resistant to colonization or altered by treatment. Under semi-natural outdoor mesocosm conditions in Panama, we exposed frogs to one of three treatments including: (1) probiotic - the potentially beneficial bacterium Lysinibacillus fusiformis, (2) transplant – skin washes from the chytridiomycosis-resistant glass frog Espadarana prosoblepon, and (3) control – sterile water. Microbial assemblages were analyzed by a culture-independent T-RFLP analysis. We found that skin microbiota of C. panamansis was resistant to colonization and did not differ among treatments, but shifted through time in the mesocosms. We describe regulation of host AMPs that may function to maintain microbial community stability. Colonization resistance was metabolically costly and microbe-treated frogs lost 7–12% of body mass. The discovery of strong colonization resistance of skin microbiota suggests a well-regulated, rather than dynamic, host-symbiont relationship, and suggests that probiotic therapies aiming to enhance host immunity may require an approach that circumvents host mechanisms maintaining equilibrium in microbial communities.
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- Denise Küng
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Species Survival, Conservation and Science, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United States of America
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- El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, El Valle, República de Panamá
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá, República de Panamá
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Osborne CA. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiling of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1096:57-69. [PMID: 24515360 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-712-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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T-RFLP profiling is a very effective method for comparing many samples in an environmental microbiology study, because fingerprints of microbial diversity can be generated in a sensitive, reproducible, and cost-effective manner. This protocol describes the steps required to generate T-RFLP profiles of the dominant members of a bacterial community, by PCR amplification of the bacterial 16S rRNA genes and three restriction endonuclease digests to generate three different profiles for each sample. The generation of multiple profiles per sample provides enough information to confidently differentiate rich environmental bacterial communities.
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- Catherine A Osborne
- Department of Civil Engineering, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Huws SA, Scott MB, Tweed JKS, Lee MRF. Fatty acid oxidation products ('green odour') released from perennial ryegrass following biotic and abiotic stress, potentially have antimicrobial properties against the rumen microbiota resulting in decreased biohydrogenation. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 115:1081-90. [PMID: 23889811 DOI: 10.1111/jam.12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS In this experiment, we investigated the effect of 'green odour' products typical of those released from fresh forage postabiotic and biotic stresses on the rumen microbiota and lipid metabolism. METHODS AND RESULTS Hydroperoxyoctadecatrienoic acid (HP), a combination of salicylic and jasmonic acid (T), and a combination of both (HPT) were incubated in vitro in the presence of freeze-dried ground silage and rumen fluid, under rumen-like conditions. 16S rRNA (16S cDNA) HaeIII-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism-based (T-RFLP) dendrograms, canonical analysis of principal coordinates graphs, peak number and Shanon-Weiner diversity indices show that HP, T and HPT likely had antimicrobial effects on the microbiota compared to control incubations. Following 6 h of in vitro incubation, 15.3% of 18:3n-3 and 4.4% of 18:2n-6 was biohydrogenated in control incubations, compared with 1.3, 9.4 and 8.3% of 18:3n-3 for HP, T and HPT treatments, respectively, with negligible 18:2n-6 biohydrogenation seen. T-RFLP peaks lost due to application of HP, T and HPT likely belonged to as yet uncultured bacteria within numerous genera. CONCLUSIONS Hydroperoxyoctadecatrienoic acid, T and HPT released due to plant stress potentially have an antimicrobial effect on the rumen microbiota, which may explain the decreased biohydrogenation in vitro. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY These data suggest that these volatile chemicals may be responsible for the higher summer n-3 content of bovine milk.
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- S A Huws
- Institute of Biological, Environmental, and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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Jho EH, Shin D, Turner SJ, Singhal N. Effect of Fenton reagent shock and recovery periods on anaerobic microbial community structure and degradation of chlorinated aliphatics. Biodegradation 2013; 25:253-64. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9657-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Desfossés-Foucault É, LaPointe G, Roy D. Dynamics and rRNA transcriptional activity of lactococci and lactobacilli during Cheddar cheese ripening. Int J Food Microbiol 2013; 166:117-24. [PMID: 23850855 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cheddar cheese is a complex ecosystem where both the bacterial population and the cheese making process contribute to flavor and texture development. The aim of this study was to use molecular methods to evaluate the impact of milk heat treatment and ripening temperature on starter lactococci and non-starter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) throughout ripening of Cheddar cheese. Eight Cheddar cheese batches were manufactured (four with thermized and four with pasteurized milk) and ripened at 4, 7 and 12°C to analyze the bacterial composition and rRNA transcriptional activity reflecting the ability of lactococci and lactobacilli to synthesize proteins. Abundance and rRNA transcription of lactococci and lactobacilli were quantified after DNA and RNA extraction by using quantitative PCR (qPCR) and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) targeting the 16S rRNA gene, respectively. Results showed that lactococci remained dominant throughout ripening, although 16S rRNA genome and cDNA copies/g of cheese decreased by four and two log copy numbers, respectively. Abundance and rRNA transcription of Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus buchneri/parabuchneri, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus brevis, and Lactobacillus coryniformis as well as total lactobacilli were also estimated using specific 16S rRNA primers. L. paracasei and L. buchneri/parabuchneri concomitantly grew in cheese made from thermized milk at 7 and 12°C, although L. paracasei displayed the most rRNA transcription among Lactobacillus species. This work showed that rRNA transcriptional activity of lactococci decreased throughout ripening and supports the usefulness of RNA analysis to assess which bacterial species have the ability to synthesize proteins during ripening, and could thereby contribute to cheese quality.
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- Émilie Desfossés-Foucault
- Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), Département des Sciences des Aliments et de Nutrition, Université Laval, G1V 0A6 QC, Canada
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Shabarova T, Widmer F, Pernthaler J. Mass effects meet species sorting: transformations of microbial assemblages in epiphreatic subsurface karst water pools. Environ Microbiol 2013; 15:2476-88. [PMID: 23614967 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We investigated the transformations of the microbial communities in epiphreatic karst cave pools with different flooding frequencies. Fingerprinting of 16S rRNA genes was combined with microscopic and sequence analysis to examine if source water would transport comparable microbial inocula into the pools at consecutive flood events, and to assess possible effects of residence time on the microbial assemblages during stagnant periods. Variability in the concentrations of dissolved organic carbon and conductivity indicated differences between floods and changes of pool water over time. High numbers of Betaproteobacteria affiliated with Methylophilaceae and Comamonadaceae were introduced into the pools during floodings. While the former persisted in the pools, the latter exhibited considerable microdiversification. These Betaproteobacteria might thus represent core microbial groups in karst water. A decrease in the estimated total diversity of the remaining bacterial taxa was apparent after a few weeks of residence: Some were favoured by stagnant conditions, whereas the majority was rapidly outcompeted. Thus, the microbial communities consisted of different components governed by complementary assembly mechanisms (dispersal versus environmental filtering) upon introduction into the pools. High overlap of temporary and persistent community members between samplings from two winters, moreover, reflected the seasonal recurrence of the studied microbial assemblages.
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- Tanja Shabarova
- Limnological Station, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Seestr. 187, CH-8802, Kilchberg, Switzerland
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Nishizawa T, Komatsuzaki M, Kaneko N, Ohta H. Archaeal Diversity of Upland Rice Field Soils Assessed by the Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Method Combined with Real Time Quantitative-PCR and a Clone Library Analysis. Microbes Environ 2012; 23:237-43. [PMID: 21558714 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.23.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The PCR amplification-based analysis of microbial diversity is subject to potential problems. In this study, to minimize the bias toward a 1:1 ratio in multitemplate PCR, a real-time PCR assay was carried out using a quenching fluorescence dye primer and amplification efficiency was monitored. Then terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiling was performed using the PCR product with minimized PCR bias. This method was applied to an analysis of the diversity of the archaeal community in an upland rice field under different tillage systems and winter cover cropping. Terminal restriction fragments (T-RFs) of PCR-amplified archaeal 16S rRNA genes were assigned to the gene sequences recovered from the same soil by using an archaeal 16S rRNA gene clone library. Our results indicated that soil archaeal members were not influenced but the relative abundance of archaeal species particularly those belonging to Crenarchaeota which changed between the tillage and non-tillage treatments.
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Regier N, Frey B, Converse B, Roden E, Grosse-Honebrink A, Bravo AG, Cosio C. Effect of Elodea nuttallii roots on bacterial communities and MMHg proportion in a Hg polluted sediment. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45565. [PMID: 23029102 PMCID: PMC3444453 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to assess the effect of a rooted macrophyte Elodea nuttallii on rhizosphere bacterial communities in Hg contaminated sediments. Specimens of E. nuttallii were exposed to sediments from the Hg contaminated Babeni reservoir (Olt River, Romania) in our microcosm. Plants were allowed to grow for two months until they occupied the entirety of the sediments. Total Hg and MMHg were analysed in sediments where an increased MMHg percentage of the total Hg in pore water of rhizosphere sediments was found. E. nuttallii roots also significantly changed the bacterial community structure in rhizosphere sediments compared to bulk sediments. Deltaproteobacteria dominated the rhizosphere bacterial community where members of Geobacteraceae within the Desulfuromonadales and Desulfobacteraceae were identified. Two bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) which were phylogenetically related to sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) became abundant in the rhizosphere. We suggest that these phylotypes could be potentially methylating bacteria and might be responsible for the higher MMHg percentage of the total Hg in rhizosphere sediments. However, SRB were not significantly favoured in rhizosphere sediments as shown by qPCR. Our findings support the hypothesis that rooted macrophytes created a microenvironment favorable for Hg methylation. The presence of E. nuttallii in Hg contaminated sediments should therefore not be overlooked.
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- Nicole Regier
- F.-A. Forel Institute, Geneva University, Versoix, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- F.-A. Forel Institute, Geneva University, Versoix, Switzerland
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Shang YL, Chen LL, Zhang ZH, Lu J. A comparative study on the fungal communities of wheat Qu for Qingshuang-type Chinese rice wine. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/jib.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road; Wuxi, Jiangsu; 214122; People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology; Jiangnan University; 1800 Lihu Road; Wuxi, Jiangsu; 214122; People's Republic of China
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Nithya C, Pandian SK. Evaluation of bacterial diversity in Palk Bay sediments using terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLP). Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2012; 167:1763-77. [PMID: 22528645 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-9578-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Although it is known that Palk Bay sediments harbor diverse and novel bacteria with important ecological and environmental functions, a comprehensive view of their molecular diversity is still lacking. In the present study, bacterial diversity in Palk Bay sediments was characterized using the molecular method terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLP). The bacterial assemblages detected by T-RFLP analysis revealed that the nearshore sediment harbored high number of bacterial count, whereas the 2.5-m sediment harbored diverse and distinct bacterial composition with fine heterogeneity. The major bacterial groups detected in all the three sediment samples were Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria (including alpha (α), gamma (γ), delta (δ), and epsilon (ε)-Proteobacteria), and uncultured bacteria. This is the first study that reveals the presence of Bacteroidetes, delta (δ)- and epsilon (ε)-Proteobacteria, and uncultured bacteria in Palk Bay sediments. The hitherto unexplored wide microbial diversity of Palk Bay coastal area was unraveled in the current study through culture-independent approach. These data suggest that the continued use of cultivation-independent techniques will undoubtedly lead to the discovery of additional bacterial diversity and provide a direct means to learn more about the ecophysiology and biotechnological potential of Palk Bay coastal area.
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- Chari Nithya
- Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Bryant LD, Little JC, Bürgmann H. Response of sediment microbial community structure in a freshwater reservoir to manipulations in oxygen availability. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 80:248-63. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01290.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2011] [Revised: 12/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Lee D. Bryant
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Virginia Tech; Blacksburg; VA; USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Virginia Tech; Blacksburg; VA; USA
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- Department of Surface Waters - Research and Management; Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology; Kastanienbaum; Switzerland
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Ducey TF, Miller JO, Busscher WJ, Lackland DT, Hunt PG. An analysis of the link between strokes and soils in the South Carolina coastal plains. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2012; 47:1104-1112. [PMID: 22506703 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.668064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The Stroke Belt is a geographical region of the Southeastern United States where resident individuals suffer a disproportionately higher rate of strokes than the rest of the population. While the "buckle" of this Stroke Belt coincides with the Southeastern Coastal Plain region of North and South Carolina and Georgia, there is a paucity of information pinpointing specific causes for this phenomenon. A number of studies posit that an exposure event-potentially microbial in nature-early in life, could be a risk factor. The most likely vector for such an exposure event would be the soils of the Southeastern Coastal Plain region. These soils may have chemical and physical properties which are conducive to the growth and survival of microorganisms which may predispose individuals to stroke. To this aim, we correlated SC stroke mortality data to soil characteristics found in the NRCS SSURGO database. In statewide comparisons, depth to water table (50 to 100 cm, R = 0.62) and soil drainage class (poorly drained, R = 0.59; well drained, R = -0.54) both showed statistically significant relationships with stroke rate. In a 20 county comparison, depth to water table, drainage class, hydric rating (hydric soils, R = 0.56), and pH (very strongly acid, R = 0.66) all showed statistically significant relationships with stroke rate. These data should help direct future research and epidemiology efforts to pinpoint the exact exposure events which predispose individuals to an increased stroke rate.
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- Thomas F Ducey
- Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Florence, South Carolina, USA.
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Sagova-Mareckova M, Omelka M, Cermak L, Kamenik Z, Olsovska J, Hackl E, Kopecky J, Hadacek F. Microbial communities show parallels at sites with distinct litter and soil characteristics. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:7560-7. [PMID: 21926225 PMCID: PMC3209186 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00527-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plant and microbial community composition in connection with soil chemistry determines soil nutrient cycling. The study aimed at demonstrating links between plant and microbial communities and soil chemistry occurring among and within four sites: two pine forests with contrasting soil pH and two grasslands of dissimilar soil chemistry and vegetation. Soil was characterized by C and N content, particle size, and profiles of low-molecular-weight compounds determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of soil extracts. Bacterial and actinobacterial community composition was assessed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and cloning followed by sequencing. Abundances of bacteria, fungi, and actinobacteria were determined by quantitative PCR. In addition, a pool of secondary metabolites was estimated by erm resistance genes coding for rRNA methyltransferases. The sites were characterized by a stable proportion of C/N within each site, while on a larger scale, the grasslands had a significantly lower C/N ratio than the forests. A Spearman's test showed that soil pH was correlated with bacterial community composition not only among sites but also within each site. Bacterial, actinobacterial, and fungal abundances were related to carbon sources while T-RFLP-assessed microbial community composition was correlated with the chemical environment represented by HPLC profiles. Actinobacteria community composition was the only studied microbial characteristic correlated to all measured factors. It was concluded that the microbial communities of our sites were influenced primarily not only by soil abiotic characteristics but also by dominant litter quality, particularly, by percentage of recalcitrant compounds.
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- Marketa Sagova-Mareckova
- Laboratory for Diagnostics and Epidemiology of Microorganisms, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory for Diagnostics and Epidemiology of Microorganisms, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Bioresources Unit, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Seibersdorf, Austria
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- Laboratory for Diagnostics and Epidemiology of Microorganisms, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Phage specificity of the freshwater fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:7868-72. [PMID: 21890667 DOI: 10.1128/aem.05574-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Flavobacteria and their phages were isolated from Finnish freshwaters and fish farms. Emphasis was placed on finding phages infecting the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare for use as phage therapy agents. The host ranges of the flavobacterial phages varied, phages infecting F. columnare being more host specific than the other phages.
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Quaak FC, Kuiper I. Statistical data analysis of bacterial t-RFLP profiles in forensic soil comparisons. Forensic Sci Int 2011; 210:96-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Revised: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kumar S, Dagar SS, Mohanty AK, Sirohi SK, Puniya M, Kuhad RC, Sangu KPS, Griffith GW, Puniya AK. Enumeration of methanogens with a focus on fluorescence in situ hybridization. Naturwissenschaften 2011; 98:457-72. [PMID: 21475941 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0791-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Revised: 03/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Methanogens, the members of domain Archaea are potent contributors in global warming. Being confined to the strict anaerobic environment, their direct cultivation as pure culture is quite difficult. Therefore, a range of culture-independent methods have been developed to investigate their numbers, substrate uptake patterns, and identification in complex microbial communities. Unlike other approaches, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is not only used for faster quantification and accurate identification but also to reveal the physiological properties and spatiotemporal dynamics of methanogens in their natural environment. Aside from the methodological aspects and application of FISH, this review also focuses on culture-dependent and -independent techniques employed in enumerating methanogens along with associated problems. In addition, the combination of FISH with micro-autoradiography that could also be an important tool in investigating the activities of methanogens is also discussed.
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- Sanjay Kumar
- Dairy Microbiology Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, India
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Arteau M, Labrie S, Roy D. Terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis profiling of fungal communities in Camembert cheese. Int Dairy J 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2010.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Schneider S, Hartmann M, Enkerli J, Widmer F. Fungal community structure in soils of conventional and organic farming systems. FUNGAL ECOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2009.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Doud MS, Light M, Gonzalez G, Narasimhan G, Mathee K. Combination of 16S rRNA variable regions provides a detailed analysis of bacterial community dynamics in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. Hum Genomics 2010; 4:147-69. [PMID: 20368138 PMCID: PMC3525977 DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-4-3-147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Chronic bronchopulmonary bacterial infections remain the most common cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Recent community sequencing work has now shown that the bacterial community in the CF lung is polymicrobial. Identifying bacteria in the CF lung through sequencing can be costly and is not practical for many laboratories. Molecular techniques such as terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism or amplicon length heterogeneity-polymerase chain reaction (LH-PCR) can provide many laboratories with the ability to study CF bacterial communities without costly sequencing. The aim of this study was to determine if the use of LH-PCR with multiple hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene could be used to identify organisms found in sputum DNA. This work also determined if LH-PCR could be used to observe the dynamics of lung infections over a period of time. Nineteen samples were analysed with the V1 and the V1_V2 region of the 16S rRNA gene. Based on the amplicon size present in the V1_V2 region, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was confirmed to be in all 19 samples obtained from the patients. The V1 region provided a higher power of discrimination between bacterial profiles of patients. Both regions were able to identify trends in the bacterial population over a period of time. LH profiles showed that the CF lung community is dynamic and that changes in the community may in part be driven by the patient's antibiotic treatment. LH-PCR is a tool that is well suited for studying bacterial communities and their dynamics.
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- Melissa S Doud
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Rasolofo EA, St-Gelais D, LaPointe G, Roy D. Molecular analysis of bacterial population structure and dynamics during cold storage of untreated and treated milk. Int J Food Microbiol 2010; 138:108-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Revised: 01/09/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Utilizing Microbial Community Structure and Function to Evaluate the Health of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02436-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Orcutt B, Bailey B, Staudigel H, Tebo BM, Edwards KJ. An interlaboratory comparison of 16S rRNA gene-based terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequencing methods for assessing microbial diversity of seafloor basalts. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1728-35. [PMID: 19508561 PMCID: PMC2784043 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01899.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We present an interlaboratory comparison between full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) for microbial communities hosted on seafloor basaltic lavas, with the goal of evaluating how similarly these two different DNA-based methods used in two independent labs would estimate the microbial diversity of the same basalt samples. Two samples were selected for these analyses based on differences detected in the overall levels of microbial diversity between them. Richness estimators indicate that TRFLP analysis significantly underestimates the richness of the relatively high-diversity seafloor basalt microbial community: at least 50% of species from the high-diversity site are missed by TRFLP. However, both methods reveal similar dominant species from the samples, and they predict similar levels of relative diversity between the two samples. Importantly, these results suggest that DNA-extraction or PCR-related bias between the two laboratories is minimal. We conclude that TRFLP may be useful for relative comparisons of diversity between basalt samples, for identifying dominant species, and for estimating the richness and evenness of low-diversity, skewed populations of seafloor basalt microbial communities, but that TRFLP may miss a majority of species in relatively highly diverse samples.
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- Beth Orcutt
- Geomicrobiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Marine Environmental Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Pandey J, Chauhan A, Jain RK. Integrative approaches for assessing the ecological sustainability ofin situbioremediation. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2009; 33:324-75. [PMID: 19178567 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00133.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Botton S, van Heusden M, Parsons JR, Smidt H, van Straalen N. Resilience of Microbial Systems Towards Disturbances. Crit Rev Microbiol 2008; 32:101-12. [PMID: 16850561 DOI: 10.1080/10408410600709933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In this paper we aim at summarizing the current definitions of resilience in systems ecology with particular attention towards microbial systems. The recent advances of biomolecular techniques have provided scientists with new tools to investigate these systems in greater detail and with higher resolution. Therefore existing concepts and hypotheses have been revisited and discussed with respect to their applicability for ecosystems ruled by microbial processes. This review has also led to some reflections on the suitability of the term "resilience" as a general goal in environmental policies.
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- S Botton
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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A PCR-based tool for the cultivation-independent monitoring of Pandora neoaphidis. J Invertebr Pathol 2008; 99:49-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2007] [Revised: 03/19/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Meier C, Wehrli B, van der Meer JR. Seasonal fluctuations of bacterial community diversity in agricultural soil and experimental validation by laboratory disturbance experiments. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2008; 56:210-222. [PMID: 18038213 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9337-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/25/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Natural fluctuations in soil microbial communities are poorly documented because of the inherent difficulty to perform a simultaneous analysis of the relative abundances of multiple populations over a long time period. Yet, it is important to understand the magnitudes of community composition variability as a function of natural influences (e.g., temperature, plant growth, or rainfall) because this forms the reference or baseline against which external disturbances (e.g., anthropogenic emissions) can be judged. Second, definition of baseline fluctuations in complex microbial communities may help to understand at which point the systems become unbalanced and cannot return to their original composition. In this paper, we examined the seasonal fluctuations in the bacterial community of an agricultural soil used for regular plant crop production by using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism profiling (T-RFLP) of the amplified 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene diversity. Cluster and statistical analysis of T-RFLP data showed that soil bacterial communities fluctuated very little during the seasons (similarity indices between 0.835 and 0.997) with insignificant variations in 16S rRNA gene richness and diversity indices. Despite overall insignificant fluctuations, between 8 and 30% of all terminal restriction fragments changed their relative intensity in a significant manner among consecutive time samples. To determine the magnitude of community variations induced by external factors, soil samples were subjected to either inoculation with a pure bacterial culture, addition of the herbicide mecoprop, or addition of nutrients. All treatments resulted in statistically measurable changes of T-RFLP profiles of the communities. Addition of nutrients or bacteria plus mecoprop resulted in bacteria composition, which did not return to the original profile within 14 days. We propose that at less than 70% similarity in T-RFLP, the bacterial communities risk to drift apart to inherently different states.
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- Christoph Meier
- Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Frey B, Pesaro M, Rüdt A, Widmer F. Resilience of the rhizosphere Pseudomonas and ammonia-oxidizing bacterial populations during phytoextraction of heavy metal polluted soil with poplar. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:1433-49. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01556.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Talbot G, Topp E, Palin MF, Massé DI. Evaluation of molecular methods used for establishing the interactions and functions of microorganisms in anaerobic bioreactors. WATER RESEARCH 2008; 42:513-37. [PMID: 17719078 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2006] [Revised: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 08/01/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Molecular techniques have unveiled the complexity of the microbial consortium in anaerobic bioreactors and revealed the presence of several uncultivated species. This paper presents a review of the panoply of classical and recent molecular approaches and multivariate analyses that have been, or might be used to establish the interactions and functions of these anaerobic microorganisms. Most of the molecular approaches used so far are based on the analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA but recent studies also use quantification of functional gene expressions. There are now several studies that have developed quantitative real-time PCR assays to investigate methanogens. With a view to improving the stability and performance of bioreactors, monitoring with molecular methods is also discussed. Advances in metagenomics and proteomics will lead to the development of promising lab-on chip technologies for cost-effective monitoring.
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- G Talbot
- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2000 College Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1M 0C8.
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Ruiyu L, Hong R, Junjian Z, Cuiping Y, Chenying Y, Liangsheng C, Wenxiong L. Impact of allelopathic rice seedlings on rhizospheric microbial populations and their functional diversity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2032(07)60078-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Schwarzenbach K, Widmer F, Enkerli J. Cultivation-independent analysis of fungal genotypes in soil by using simple sequence repeat markers. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:6519-25. [PMID: 17720832 PMCID: PMC2075065 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01405-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cultivation-independent analyses of fungi are used for community profiling as well as identification of specific strains in environmental samples. The objective of the present study was to adapt genotyping based on simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker detection for use in cultivation-independent monitoring of fungal species or strains in bulk soil DNA. As a model system, a fungal biocontrol agent (BCA) based on Beauveria brongniartii, for which six SSR markers have been developed, was used. Species specificity of SSR detection was verified with 15 fungal species. Real-time PCR was used to adjust for different detection sensitivities of the six SSR markers as well as for different template quantities. The limit for reliable detection per PCR assay was below 2 pg target DNA, corresponding to an estimated 45 genome copies of B. brongniartii. The cultivation-independent approach was compared to cultivation-dependent SSR analysis with soil samples from a B. brongniartii BCA-treated field plot. Results of the cultivation-independent method were consistent with cultivation-dependent genotyping and allowed for unambiguous identification and differentiation of the applied as well as indigenous strains in the samples. Due to the larger quantities of soil used for cultivation-dependent analysis, its sensitivity was higher, but cultivation-independent SSR genotyping was much faster. Therefore, cultivation-independent monitoring of B. brongniartii based on multiple SSR markers represents a rapid and strain-specific approach. This strategy may also be applicable to other fungal species or strains for which SSR markers have been developed.
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- Kaspar Schwarzenbach
- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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Collins RE, Rocap G. REPK: an analytical web server to select restriction endonucleases for terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:W58-62. [PMID: 17631616 PMCID: PMC1933217 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis is a widespread technique for rapidly fingerprinting microbial communities. Users of T-RFLP frequently overlook the resolving power of well-chosen restriction endonucleases and often fail to report how they chose their enzymes. REPK (Restriction Endonuclease Picker) assists in the rational choice of restriction endonucleases for T-RFLP by finding sets of four restriction endonucleases that together uniquely differentiate user-designated sequence groups. With REPK, users can provide their own sequences (of any gene, not just 16S rRNA), specify the taxonomic rank of interest and choose from a number of filtering options to further narrow down the enzyme selection. Bug tracking is provided, and the source code is open and accessible under the GNU Public License v.2, at http://code.google.com/p/repk. The web server is available without access restrictions at http://rocaplab.ocean.washington.edu/tools/repk.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. 206 685 9994206 685 6651
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Muckian L, Grant R, Doyle E, Clipson N. Bacterial community structure in soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. CHEMOSPHERE 2007; 68:1535-41. [PMID: 17482237 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2006] [Revised: 02/28/2007] [Accepted: 03/04/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Bacterial community structure was examined in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil taken from a timber treatment facility in southern Ireland. Profiles of soil bacterial communities were generated using a molecular fingerprinting technique, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP), and results were interpreted using sophisticated multivariate statistical analysis. Findings suggested that there was a correlation between PAH structure and bacterial community composition. Initial characterisation of soil from the timber treatment facility indicated that PAH contamination was unevenly distributed across the site. Bacterial community composition was correlated with the type of PAH present, with microbial community structure associated with soil contaminated with two-ringed PAHs only being distinctly different to communities in soils contaminated with multi-component PAH mixtures. Typically the number of bacterial ribotypes detected in samples did not appear to be adversely affected by the level of contamination.
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- Lorraine Muckian
- Microbial Ecology and Biodegradation Group, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Ardmore House, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Sepehri S, Kotlowski R, Bernstein CN, Krause DO. Microbial diversity of inflamed and noninflamed gut biopsy tissues in inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2007; 13:675-83. [PMID: 17262808 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal condition without any known cause or cure. An imbalance in normal gut biota has been identified as an important factor in the inflammatory process. METHODS Fifty-eight biopsies from Crohn's disease (CD, n = 10), ulcerative colitis (UC, n = 15), and healthy controls (n = 16) were taken from a population-based case-control study. Automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA) and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLP) were used as molecular tools to investigate the intestinal microbiota in these biopsies. RESULTS ARISA and T-RFLP data did not allow a high level of clustering based on disease designation. However, if clustering was done based on the inflammation criteria, the majority of biopsies grouped either into inflamed or noninflamed groups. We conducted statistical analyses using incidence-based species richness and diversity as well as the similarity measures. These indices suggested that the noninflamed tissues form an intermediate population between controls and inflamed tissue for both CD and UC. Of particular interest was that species richness increased from control to noninflamed tissue, and then declined in fully inflamed tissue. CONCLUSIONS We hypothesize that there is a recruitment phase in which potentially pathogenic bacteria colonize tissue, and once the inflammation sets in, a decline in diversity occurs that may be a byproduct of the inflammatory process. Furthermore, we suspect that a better knowledge of the microbial species in the noninflamed tissue, thus before inflammation sets in, holds the clues to the microbial pathogenesis of IBD.
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- Shadi Sepehri
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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