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Zhu D, Sethupathy S, Gao L, Nawaz MZ, Zhang W, Jiang J, Sun J. Microbial diversity and community structure in deep-sea sediments of South Indian Ocean. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:45793-45807. [PMID: 35152353 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19157-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Microbial communities composed of bacteria, archaea and fungi play a pivotal role in driving the biogeochemical cycles in the marine ecosystem. Despite the vastness of the South Indian Ocean, only a few studies reported the simultaneous analysis of bacterial, archaeal and fungal diversity therein, particularly archaeal and fungal communities in deep-sea environments received less attention previously. In this study, microbial diversity, community composition and dynamics in microbial community structure in eight deep-sea sediment samples collected from different sites at varying depths of the South Indian Ocean were explored using Next-Generation Sequencing. In total, 21 bacterial phyla representing 541 OTUs were identified from the eight samples, where phylum Proteobacteria was found as the most abundant bacterial phylum in five out of eight samples. Firmicutes and Chloroflexi were the dominant phyla in the rest of the three samples. In the case of archaea, uncultured species belonging to the phyla Thaumarchaeota and Euryarchaeota were the abundant taxa in all the samples. Similarly, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the most abundant fungal phyla present therein. In all the eight samples studied here, about 10-58% and 19-26% OTUs in archaeal and fungal communities were mapped to unclassified taxa respectively, suggesting the lack of representation in databases. Co-occurrence network analysis further revealed that bacterial communities tend to be more dynamic than archaeal and fungal communities. This study provides interesting insights into the microbial diversity, community composition and dynamics in microbial community structure in the deep-sea sediments of the South Indian Ocean.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daochen Zhu
- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China.
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, China
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Tong H, Chen M, Lv Y, Liu C, Zheng C, Xia Y. Changes in the microbial community during microbial microaerophilic Fe(II) oxidation at circumneutral pH enriched from paddy soil. Environ Geochem Health 2021; 43:1305-1317. [PMID: 32975698 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00725-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) are important catalysts for iron cycling in iron-rich marine, groundwater, and freshwater environments. However, few studies have reported the distribution and diversity of these bacteria in flooded paddy soils. This study investigates the microbial structure and diversity of microaerophilic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria (mFeOB) and their possible role in Fe(II) oxidation in iron-rich paddy soils. Using enrichment experiments that employed serial transfers, the changes in microaerophilic microbial community were examined via 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing. During enrichments, the Fe(II) oxidation rate decreased as transfers increased, and the maximum rate of Fe(II) oxidation was observed in the first transfer (0.197 mM day-1). Results from X-ray diffraction of minerals and scanning electron microscopy of the cell-mineral aggregates revealed that cell surfaces in all transfers were partly covered with amorphous iron oxide formed by FeOB. After four transfers, the phyla of Proteobacteria had a dominant presence that reached up to 95%. Compared with the original soil, the relative abundances of Cupriavidus, Massilia, Pseudomonas, Ralstonia, Sphingomonas, and Variovorax increased in FeS gradient tubes and became dominant genera after transfers. Cupriavidus, Pseudomonas, and Ralstonia have been identified as FeOB previously. Furthermore, the structure of the microbial community tended to be stable as transfers increased, indicating that other bacterial species might perform important roles in Fe(II) oxidation. These results suggest the potential involvement of mFeOB and these other microorganisms in the Fe(II)-oxidizing process of soils. It will be helpful for future studies to consider their role in related biogeochemical processes, such as transformation of organic matters and heavy metals.
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- Hui Tong
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science and Technology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science and Technology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science and Technology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China.
- CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an, 710061, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, China
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