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Chen Y, Xu Y, Ma Y, Lin J, Ruan A. Microbial community structure and its driving mechanisms in the Hangbu estuary of Chaohu Lake under different sedimentary areas. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 238:117153. [PMID: 37726029 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
Abstract
Estuaries are known for their high ecological diversity and biological productivity. Sediment microorganisms, as crucial components of estuarine ecosystems, play a pivotal role in reflecting the intricate and dynamic ecological niches. However, our research on microbial community characteristics in estuarine ecosystems under different sedimentary types remains limited. In this study, we collected a total of 27 samples from three sampling sites at Hangbu estuary in Chaohu Lake, and three sedimentary areas were classified based on the overlying water flow conditions and sediment particle properties to elucidate their microbial community structure, environmental drivers, assembly processes, and co-occurrence network characteristics. Our results showed significant differences in microbial community composition and diversity among three sedimentary areas. Redundancy analysis indicated that the differences in microbial community composition at the OTU level among the three sedimentary areas were mainly determined by nitrate-nitrogen, temperature, and water content. Phylogenetic bin-based null model analysis revealed that temperature was a key factor influencing deterministic processes among the three sedimentary areas, while stochastic processes predominantly governed the assembly of microbial communities. In addition, co-occurrence network analysis demonstrated that the network in the hydraulically driven sedimentary area of the lake, consisting mainly of medium and fine silt, had the highest complexity, stability, and cohesion, but was missing potential keystone taxa. The remaining two sedimentary areas had 5 and 8 potential keystone taxa, respectively. Overall, our study proposes the delineation of sedimentary types and comprehensively elucidates the microbial community characteristics under different sedimentary areas, providing a new perspective for studying sediment microbial community structure and helping future scholars systematically study ecological dynamics in estuaries.
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- Yang Chen
- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China.
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Vignale FA, Bernal Rey D, Pardo AM, Almasqué FJ, Ibarra JG, Fernández Do Porto D, Turjanski AG, López NI, Helman RJM, Raiger Iustman LJ. Spatial and Seasonal Variations in the Bacterial Community of an Anthropogenic Impacted Urban Stream. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2023; 85:862-874. [PMID: 35701635 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-022-02055-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Environmental changes and human activities can alter the structure and diversity of aquatic microbial communities. In this work, we analyzed the bacterial community dynamics of an urban stream to understand how these factors affect the composition of river microbial communities. Samples were taken from a stream situated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which flows through residential, peri-urban horticultural, and industrial areas. For sampling, two stations were selected: one influenced by a series of industrial waste treatment plants and horticultural farms (PL), and the other influenced by residential areas (R). Microbial communities were analyzed by sequence analysis of 16S rRNA gene amplicons along an annual cycle. PL samples showed high nutrient content compared with R samples. The diversity and richness of the R site were more affected by seasonality than those of the PL site. At the amplicon sequence variants level, beta diversity analysis showed a differentiation between cool-season (fall and winter) and warm-season (spring and summer) samples, as well as between PL and R sites. This demonstrated that there is spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the composition of the bacterial community, which should be considered if a bioremediation strategy is applied. The taxonomic composition analysis also revealed a differential seasonal cycle of phototrophs and chemoheterotrophs between the sampling sites, as well as different taxa associated with each sampling site. This analysis, combined with a comparative analysis of global rivers, allowed us to determine the genera Arcobacter, Simplicispira, Vogesella, and Sphingomonas as potential bioindicators of anthropogenic disturbance.
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- Federico A Vignale
- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente Y Energía (INQUIMAE)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de La Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales (IQUIBICEN)-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Villeneuve K, Violette M, Lazar CS. From Recharge, to Groundwater, to Discharge Areas in Aquifer Systems in Quebec (Canada): Shaping of Microbial Diversity and Community Structure by Environmental Factors. Genes (Basel) 2022; 14:1. [PMID: 36672742 PMCID: PMC9858702 DOI: 10.3390/genes14010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Groundwater recharge and discharge rates and zones are important hydrogeological characteristics of aquifer systems, yet their impact on the formation of both subterranean and surface microbiomes remains largely unknown. In this study, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characterize and compare the microbial community of seven different aquifers, including the recharge and discharge areas of each system. The connectivity between subsurface and surface microbiomes was evaluated at each site, and the temporal succession of groundwater microbial communities was further assessed at one of the sites. Bacterial and archaeal community composition varied between the different sites, reflecting different geological characteristics, with communities from unconsolidated aquifers being distinct from those of consolidated aquifers. Our results also revealed very little to no contribution of surface recharge microbial communities to groundwater communities as well as little to no contribution of groundwater microbial communities to surface discharge communities. Temporal succession suggests seasonal shifts in composition for both bacterial and archaeal communities. This study demonstrates the highly diverse communities of prokaryotes living in aquifer systems, including zones of groundwater recharge and discharge, and highlights the need for further temporal studies with higher resolution to better understand the connectivity between surface and subsurface microbiomes.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Québec at Montréal, UQAM, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada
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de Diego GA, Penas-Steinhardt A, Ferro JP, Palacio MJ, Ossana NA, Eissa BL, Belforte F. Impact of exposure to arsenic on the bacterial microbiota associated with river biofilms in the Pampas region. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2022; 252:106319. [PMID: 36252326 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Freshwater contamination by arsenic (As) is a worldwide problem. It may be found in Pampean streams of Argentina at concentrations higher than those recommended by international organizations and stipulated by national regulations. Exposure to high As concentrations causes serious consequences to both human health and the environment. The general objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of As on the biofilm microbiota structure from Naveira stream, Luján, Province of Buenos Aires (Coordinates: 34º34'02″ S 59º03'51″ W). The biofilm collected was cultivated in glass aquaria at different As III concentrations (0, 0.2 and 20 mg / L), inside incubation chambers under controlled conditions (16 h light: 8 h dark and 24 ± 1 °C) and constant aeration for 31 d, with partial water renewal every 9 d. We amplified the hypervariable regions V3 and V4 of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene from biofilm bacterial community samples to determine the diversity and abundance of the different taxa. The taxonomic composition of each sample, the alpha diversity of each treatment and the main metabolic pathways were analyzed. Principal Component Analysis of the present phyla and a Linear Discriminant Analysis of the metabolic pathways was also performed. Significant changes were observed in relation to the taxonomic composition of the bacterial community after exposure to the metalloid. However, this effect was not observed at the low concentration used (0.2 mg / L), which is the one that corresponds to ecologically relevant levels. The significantly affected phyla were Verrucomicrobiota, Acidobacteriota, Patescibacteria, Hydrogenedentes and WPS-2. The relative abundances of the Verrucomicrobiota, WPS-2 and Patescibacteria groups were notably decreased in the treatment with high As, while the Acidobacteria group was increased in both treatments with As. The stream samples showed greater bacterial diversity than those grown in the laboratory without As. Finally, it was possible to characterize the metabolic profile of the biofilm developed under natural conditions in the leaves of the aquatic plant Elodea canadensis in the Naveira stream. In addition, results showed that biosynthesis-related pathways were more abundant at the high As concentration treatment (20 mg / L).
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- G A de Diego
- Programa de Ecofisiología Aplicada (PRODEA), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES), Universidad Nacional de Luján - CONICET, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina.
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Genómica Computacional (GEC-UNLu), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Luján, Argentina
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- Programa de Ecofisiología Aplicada (PRODEA), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES), Universidad Nacional de Luján - CONICET, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina
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- Programa de Ecofisiología Aplicada (PRODEA), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES), Universidad Nacional de Luján - CONICET, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina
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- Programa de Ecofisiología Aplicada (PRODEA), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES), Universidad Nacional de Luján - CONICET, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina
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- Programa de Ecofisiología Aplicada (PRODEA), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina; Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES), Universidad Nacional de Luján - CONICET, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES), Universidad Nacional de Luján - CONICET, P.O. Box 221, B6700ZBA Luján, Argentina; Laboratorio de Genómica Computacional (GEC-UNLu), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Luján, Argentina; Laboratorio de Inmunología, Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES) CONICET-UNLu, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas- Universidad Nacional de Luján. Av. Constitución y Ruta Nac. N° 5, B6700ZBA Luján, Buenos Aires
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Lin C, Huang FY, Zhou SYD, Li H, Zhang X, Su JQ. HiLi-chip: A high-throughput library construction chip for comprehensive profiling of environmental microbial communities. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 213:113650. [PMID: 35690091 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Investigating the contribution and associations of environmental microbes to ecological health and human well-being is in great demand with the goal of One Health proposed. To achieve the goal, there is an urgent need for accurate approaches to obtaining a large amount of high-resolution molecular information from various microbes. In this study, we developed a high-throughput library construction chip (HiLi-Chip) for profiling environmental microbial communities and evaluated its performance. The HiLi-Chip showed high conformity with the conventional Pacbio method in terms of α-diversity, community composition of abundant bacteria (>83%), as well as rare taxa (>84%) and human pathogens detection (>67%), indicating its advantages of accuracy, high-throughput, cost-efficiency, and broad practicability. It is suggested that the optimal strategy of the HiLi-Chip was a 2.4 μL PCR mixture per sample (∼2.4 ng DNA) with a 216-sample × 24-replicate format. We have successfully applied the HiLi-Chip to the Jiulongjiang River and identified 51 potential human bacterial pathogens with a total relative abundance of 0.22%. Additionally, under limited nutrients and similar upstream environments, bacteria tended to impose competitive pressures, resulting in a more connected network at the downstream river confluence (RC). Whereas narrow niche breadth of bacteria and upstream environmental heterogeneity probably promoted niche complementary and environment selection leading to fewer links at RC in the midsection of the river. Core bacteria might represent the entire bacterial community and enhance network stability through synergistic interactions with other core bacteria. Collectively, our results demonstrate that the HiLi-Chip is a robust tool for rapid comprehensive profiling of microbial communities in environmental samples and has significant implications for a profound understanding of environmental microbial interactions.
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- Chenshuo Lin
- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen, 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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Hahn MW, Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Wolf J, Whitman WB, Bodelier PLE, Neumann-Schaal M. Zwartia hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., Jezberella montanilacus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Sheuella amnicola gen. nov., comb. nov., representing the environmental GKS98 (betIII) cluster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
We present two strains affiliated with the GKS98 cluster. This phylogenetically defined cluster is representing abundant, mainly uncultured freshwater bacteria, which were observed by many cultivation-independent studies on the diversity of bacteria in various freshwater lakes and streams. Bacteria affiliated with the GKS98 cluster were detected by cultivation-independent methods in freshwater systems located in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The two strains, LF4-65T (=CCUG 56422T=DSM 107630T) and MWH-P2sevCIIIbT (=CCUG 56420T=DSM 107629T), are aerobic chemoorganotrophs, both with genome sizes of 3.2 Mbp and G+C values of 52.4 and 51.0 mol%, respectively. Phylogenomic analyses based on concatenated amino acid sequences of 120 proteins suggest an affiliation of the two strains with the family
Alcaligenaceae
and revealed
Orrella amnicola
and
Orrella marina
(=
Algicoccus marinus
) as being the closest related, previously described species. However, the calculated phylogenomic trees clearly suggest that the current genus
Orrella
represents a polyphyletic taxon. Based on the branching order in the phylogenomic trees, as well as the revealed phylogenetic distances and chemotaxonomic traits, we propose to establish the new genus Zwartia gen. nov. and the new species Z. hollandica sp. nov. to harbour strain LF4-65T and the new genus Jezberella gen. nov. and the new species J. montanilacus sp. nov. to harbour strain MWH-P2sevCIIIbT. Furthermore, we propose the reclassification of the species
Orrella amnicola
in the new genus Sheuella gen. nov. The new genera Zwartia, Jezberella and Sheuella together represent taxonomically the GKS98 cluster.
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- Martin W. Hahn
- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2605, USA
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Junior Research Group Bacterial Metabolomics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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Gronniger JL, Wang Z, Brandt GR, Ward CS, Tsementzi D, Mu H, Gu J, Johnson ZI, Konstantinidis KT, Hunt DE. Rapid changes in coastal ocean microbiomes uncoupled with shifts in environmental variables. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:4167-4177. [PMID: 35715385 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Disturbances, here defined as events that directly alter microbial community composition, are commonly studied in host-associated and engineered systems. In spite of global change both altering environmental averages and increasing extreme events, there has been relatively little research into the causes, persistence and population-level impacts of disturbance in the dynamic coastal ocean. Here, we utilize 3 years of observations from a coastal time series to identify disturbances based on the largest week-over-week changes in the microbiome (i.e. identifying disturbance as events that alter the community composition). In general, these microbiome disturbances were not clearly linked to specific environmental factors and responsive taxa largely differed, aside from SAR11, which generally declined. However, several disturbance metagenomes identified increased phage-associated genes, suggesting that unexplained community shifts might be caused by increased mortality. Furthermore, a category 1 hurricane, the only event that would likely be classified a priori as an environmental disturbance, was not an outlier in microbiome composition, but did enhance a bloom in seasonally abundant phytoplankton. Thus, as extreme environmental changes intensify, assumptions of what constitutes a disturbance should be re-examined in the context of ecological history and microbiome responses.
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- Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA
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- Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA
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- Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA
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- Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA.,Biology and Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA.,Biology and Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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LaMontagne MG, Zhang Y, Guillen GJ, Gentry TJ, Allen MS. Hurricane Harvey Impacts on Water Quality and Microbial Communities in Houston, TX Waterbodies. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:875234. [PMID: 35774461 PMCID: PMC9239555 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.875234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Extreme weather events can temporarily alter the structure of coastal systems and generate floodwaters that are contaminated with fecal indicator bacteria (FIB); however, every coastal system is unique, so identification of trends and commonalities in these episodic events is challenging. To improve our understanding of the resilience of coastal systems to the disturbance of extreme weather events, we monitored water quality, FIB at three stations within Clear Lake, an estuary between Houston and Galveston, and three stations in bayous that feed into the estuary. Water samples were collected immediately before and after Hurricane Harvey (HH) and then throughout the fall of 2017. FIB levels were monitored by culturing E. coli and Enterococci. Microbial community structure was profiled by high throughput sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene fragments. Water quality and FIB data were also compared to historical data for these water body segments. Before HH, salinity within Clear Lake ranged from 9 to 11 practical salinity units (PSU). Immediately after the storm, salinity dropped to < 1 PSU and then gradually increased to historical levels over 2 months. Dissolved inorganic nutrient levels were also relatively low immediately after HH and returned, within a couple of months, to historical levels. FIB levels were elevated immediately after the storm; however, after 1 week, E. coli levels had decreased to what would be acceptable levels for freshwater. Enterococci levels collected several weeks after the storm were within the range of historical levels. Microbial community structure shifted from a system dominated by Cyanobacteria sp. before HH to a system dominated by Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes immediately after. Several sequences observed only in floodwater showed similarity to sequences previously reported for samples collected following Hurricane Irene. These changes in beta diversity corresponded to salinity and nitrate/nitrite concentrations. Differential abundance analysis of metabolic pathways, predicted from 16S sequences, suggested that pathways associated with virulence and antibiotic resistance were elevated in floodwater. Overall, these results suggest that floodwater generated from these extreme events may have high levels of fecal contamination, antibiotic resistant bacteria and bacteria rarely observed in other systems.
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- Michael G. LaMontagne
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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Huang S, Sherman A, Chen C, Jaffé PR. Tropical cyclone effects on water and sediment chemistry and the microbial community in estuarine ecosystems. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 286:117228. [PMID: 33991740 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Frequent and intense storm disturbances can have widespread and strong effects on the nitrogen and iron cycles and their associated microbial communities in estuary systems. A three-year investigation was conducted in the Pearl River and Zhanjiang estuaries in Guangdong Province, China through repeated sampling at three timepoints, defined as pre-storm (<1 month before storm), post-storm (<1 month after storm), and non-storm (6-8 months after storm). Increased nutrient concentrations (total organic carbon, nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, and sulfate) in both the sediment and water column were observed immediately after storm. The microbial community experienced extensive and immediate changes determined by an observed composition shift in the nitrogen and iron-cycling microbiomes. Analysis of sediment samples displayed a shift from nitrogen-to sulfur-cycling microorganisms and an increase in microbial interactions that were not observed in the water column. The chemical profile and microbial community components both returned to baseline conditions 6-8 months following storm disturbance. Finally, significant correlations were found between chemical and microbial data, suggesting that niche-sharing microbes may respond similarly to stimuli that impact their ecosystem. Increases in nutrient availability can favor the abundance of specific taxa, as demonstrated by an increase in Acidimicrobium that affect both nitrogen and iron cycling.
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- Shan Huang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ecological Environment Simulation and Protection, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
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Hahn MW, Pitt A, Koll U, Schmidt J, Maresca JA, Neumann-Schaal M. Aurantimicrobium photophilum sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic bacterium adjusting its metabolism to the diurnal light cycle and reclassification of Cryobacterium mesophilum as Terrimesophilobacter mesophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71. [PMID: 34431766 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The aerobic primarily chemoorganotrophic actinobacterial strain MWH-Mo1T was isolated from a freshwater lake and is characterized by small cell lengths of less than 1 µm, small cell volumes of 0.05-0.06 µm3 (ultramicrobacterium), a small genome size of 1.75 Mbp and, at least for an actinobacterium, a low DNA G+C content of 54.6 mol%. Phylogenetic analyses based on concatenated amino acid sequences of 116 housekeeping genes suggested the type strain of Aurantimicrobium minutum affiliated with the family Microbacteriaceae as its closest described relative. Strain MWH-Mo1T shares with the type strain of that species a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 99.6 % but the genomes of the two strains share an average nucleotide identity of only 79.3 %. Strain MWH-Mo1T is in many genomic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics quite similar to the type strain of A. minutum. Previous intensive investigations revealed two unusual traits of strain MWH-Mo1T. Although the strain is not known to be phototrophic, the metabolism is adjusted to the diurnal light cycle by up- and down-regulation of genes in light and darkness. This results in faster growth in the presence of light. Additionally, a cell size-independent protection against predation by bacterivorous flagellates, most likely mediated by a proteinaceous cell surface structure, was demonstrated. For the previously intensively investigated aerobic chemoorganotrophic actinobacterial strain MWH-Mo1T (=CCUG 56426T=DSM 107758T), the establishment of the new species Aurantimicrobium photophilum sp. nov. is proposed.
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- Martin W Hahn
- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Salzburg, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Salzburg, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Salzburg, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Research Department for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Salzburg, Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Junior Research Group Bacterial Metabolomics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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Garaycochea S, Romero H, Beyhaut E, Neal AL, Altier N. Soil structure, nutrient status and water holding capacity shape Uruguayan grassland prokaryotic communities. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 96:5920615. [PMID: 33038219 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Soil microbial communities play critical roles in maintaining natural ecosystems such as the Campos biome grasslands of southern South America. These grasslands are characterized by a high diversity of soils, low available phosphorus (P) and limited water holding capacity. This work aimed to describe prokaryotic communities associated with different soil types and to examine the relationship among these soil communities, the parent material and the soil nutrient status. Five Uruguayan soils with different parent material and nutrient status, under natural grasslands, were compared. The structure and diversity of prokaryotic communities were characterized by sequencing 16S rRNA gene amplicons. Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes,Verrucomicrobia, Acidobacteria, Planctomycetes and Chloroflexi were the predominant phyla. Ordination based on several distance measures was able to discriminate clearly between communities associated with different soil types. Edge-PCA phylogeny-sensitive ordination and differential relative abundance analyses identified Archaea and the bacterial phyla Firmicutes, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria and Verrucomicrobia as those with significant differences among soil types. Canonical analysis of principal coordinates identified porosity, clay content, available P, soil organic carbon and water holding capacity as the main variables contributing to determine the characteristic prokaryotic communities of each soil type.
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- Silvia Garaycochea
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Estación Experimental INIA Las Brujas, Ruta 48 Km 10, Canelones, 90200, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Organización y Evolución del Genoma/Unidad de Genómica Evolutiva, Departamento de Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias/CURE, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Estación Experimental INIA Las Brujas, Ruta 48 Km 10, Canelones, 90200, Uruguay
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- Department of Sustainable Agricultural Sciences, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Devon EX22 2SB, UK
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Estación Experimental INIA Las Brujas, Ruta 48 Km 10, Canelones, 90200, Uruguay
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Ares Á, Brisbin MM, Sato KN, Martín JP, Iinuma Y, Mitarai S. Extreme storms cause rapid but short-lived shifts in nearshore subtropical bacterial communities. Environ Microbiol 2021; 22:4571-4588. [PMID: 33448616 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Climate change scenarios predict tropical cyclones will increase in both frequency and intensity, which will escalate the amount of terrestrial run-off and mechanical disruption affecting coastal ecosystems. Bacteria are key contributors to ecosystem functioning, but relatively little is known about how they respond to extreme storm events, particularly in nearshore subtropical regions. In this study, we combine field observations and mesocosm experiments to assess bacterial community dynamics and changes in physicochemical properties during early- and late-season tropical cyclones affecting Okinawa, Japan. Storms caused large and fast influxes of freshwater and terrestrial sediment - locally known as red soil pollution - and caused moderate increases of macronutrients, especially SiO2 and PO4 3-, with up to 25 and 0.5 μM respectively. We detected shifts in relative abundances of marine and terrestrially derived bacteria, including putative coral and human pathogens, during storm events. Soil input alone did not substantially affect marine bacterial communities in mesocosms, indicating that other components of run-off or other storm effects likely exert a larger influence on bacterial communities. The storm effects were short-lived and bacterial communities quickly recovered following both storm events. The early- and late-season storms caused different physicochemical and bacterial community changes, demonstrating the context-dependency of extreme storm responses in a subtropical coastal ecosystem.
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- Ángela Ares
- Marine Biophysics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Biophysics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Biophysics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan.,Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, WA, USA
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- Marine Biophysics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
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- Instrumental Analysis Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Biophysics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
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Bacterial Diversity in a Dynamic and Extreme Sub-Arctic Watercourse (Pasvik River, Norwegian Arctic). WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12113098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Microbial communities promptly respond to the environmental perturbations, especially in the Arctic and sub-Arctic systems that are highly impacted by climate change, and fluctuations in the diversity level of microbial assemblages could give insights on their expected response. 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was applied to describe the bacterial community composition in water and sediment through the sub-Arctic Pasvik River. Our results showed that river water and sediment harbored distinct communities in terms of diversity and composition at genus level. The distribution of the bacterial communities was mainly affected by both salinity and temperature in sediment samples, and by oxygen in water samples. Glacial meltwaters and runoff waters from melting ice probably influenced the composition of the bacterial community at upper and middle river sites. Interestingly, marine-derived bacteria consistently accounted for a small proportion of the total sequences and were also more prominent in the inner part of the river. Results evidenced that particular conditions occurring at sampling sites (such as algal blooms, heavy metal contamination and anaerobiosis) may select species at local scale from a shared bacterial pool, thus favoring certain bacterial taxa. Conversely, the few phylotypes specifically detected in some sites are probably due to localized external inputs introducing allochthonous microbial groups.
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Yadav R, Rajput V, Gohil K, Khairnar K, Dharne M. Comprehensive metagenomic insights into a unique mass gathering and bathing event reveals transient influence on a riverine ecosystem. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 202:110938. [PMID: 32800221 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The religious mass gathering and bathing can pose a multitude of significant public health challenges and lead to severe alterations in the river microbial ecology. The Pandharpur Wari is an annual pilgrimage of Maharashtra, India, where millions of devotees carry the footprints of the saint-poets and pay their obeisance to Lord Vitthal on the 11th day of moon's waxing phase (Ashadi Ekadashi). As a part of the ritual, the engrossed devotees, walk over 250 km, take a first holy dip in a sacred river Indrayani at Alandi and secondly in Bhima River at Pandharpur. The MinION-based shotgun metagenomic approach was employed to examine the impact of spiritual mass bathing on environmental changes (concerning the river microbial community structure and functions); and public health aspects (in terms of changes in the pathogenic potential and antibiotic resistance). The analysis of bathing and post-bathing samples of both the rivers revealed alterations in the alpha and beta diversity, indicating significant spatiotemporal variations in the overall microbial structure and function. Furthermore, the analysis revealed up to 80% of differences in the abundance of virulence genes between the bathing and post bathing samples. We observed parallel increase of priority skin and enteric pathogens (ranging from 11% to 80%) such as Acinetobacter baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa during the bathing event. Moreover, we observed a significant increase in the antibiotic resistance in the bathing samples of Bhima and Indrayani rivers respectively. Altogether, this is the first comprehensive metagenomic study unravelling the influence of religious mass-bathing on the riverine ecosystem.
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- Rakeshkumar Yadav
- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India.
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, India.
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India.
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- Environmental Virology Cell (EVC), CSIR- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, India.
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India. http://
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Reis MP, Suhadolnik MLS, Dias MF, Ávila MP, Motta AM, Barbosa FAR, Nascimento AMA. Characterizing a riverine microbiome impacted by extreme disturbance caused by a mining sludge tsunami. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 253:126584. [PMID: 32278186 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Studies on disturbance events in riverine systems caused by environmental disasters and their effects on microbial diversity are scarce. Here, we evaluated the impact of the collapse of an iron ore dam holding approximately 50 million cubic meters of waste on both water and sediment microbiomes by deeply sequencing the 16S rRNA gene. Samples were taken from two impacted rivers and one reference river 7, 30 and 150 days postdisturbance. The impacted community structure changed greatly over spatiotemporal scales, being less diverse and more uneven, particularly on day 7 for the do Carmo River (the closest to the dam). However, the reference community structure remained similar between sampling events. Moreover, the impacted sediments were positively correlated with metals. The taxa abundance varied greatly over spatiotemporal scales, allowing for the identification of several potential bioindicators, e.g., Comamonadaceae, Novosphingobium, Sediminibacterium and Bacteriovorax. Our results showed that the impacted communities consisted mostly of Fe(II) oxidizers and Fe(III) reducers, aromatic compound degraders and predator bacteria. Network analysis showed a highly interconnected microbiome whose interactions switched from positive to negative or vice versa between the impacted and reference communities. This work revealed potential molecular signatures associated with the rivers heavily impacted by metals that might be useful sentinels for predicting riverine health.
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- Mariana P Reis
- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil.
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Faecal pollution affects abundance and diversity of aquatic microbial community in anthropo-zoogenically influenced lotic ecosystems. Sci Rep 2019; 9:19469. [PMID: 31857659 PMCID: PMC6923421 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56058-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The aquatic microbiota is known to be an important factor in the sustainability of the natural water ecosystems. However, the microbial community also might include pathogens, which result in very serious waterborne diseases in humans and animals. Faecal pollution is the major cause of these diseases. Therefore, it is of immense importance to assess the potential impact of faecal pollution, originating from both anthropogenic and zoogenic sources, on the profile of microbial communities in natural water environments. To this end, the microbial taxonomic diversity of lotic ecosystems in different regions of Norway, representing urban and rural areas, exposed to various levels of faecal pollution, was investigated over the course of a 1-year period. The highest microbial diversity was found in rural water that was the least faecally polluted, while the lowest was found in urban water with the highest faecal contamination. The overall diversity of the aquatic microbial community was significantly reduced in severely polluted water. In addition, the community compositions diverged between waters where the dominant pollution sources were of anthropogenic or zoogenic origin. The results provide new insight into the understanding of how faecal water contamination, specifically that of different origins, influences the microbial diversity of natural waters.
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Kauser I, Ciesielski M, Poretsky RS. Ultraviolet disinfection impacts the microbial community composition and function of treated wastewater effluent and the receiving urban river. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7455. [PMID: 31403004 PMCID: PMC6688595 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background In the United States, an estimated 14,748 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) provide wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal service to more than 230 million people. The quality of treated wastewater is often assessed by the presence or absence of fecal indicator bacteria. UV disinfection of wastewater is a common final treatment step used by many wastewater treatment plants in order to reduce fecal coliform bacteria and other pathogens; however, its potential impacts on the total effluent bacterial community are seemingly varied. This is especially important given that urban WWTPs typically return treated effluent to coastal and riverine environments and thus are a major source of microorganisms, genes, and chemical compounds to these systems. Following rainfall, stormflow conditions can result in substantial increases to effluent flow into combined systems. Methods Here, we conducted a lab-scale UV disinfection on WWTP effluent using UV dosage of 100 mJ/cm2 and monitored the active microbiome in UV-treated effluent and untreated effluent over the course of 48 h post-exposure using 16S rRNA sequencing. In addition, we simulated stormflow conditions with effluent UV-treated and untreated effluent additions to river water and compared the microbial communities to those in baseflow river water. We also tracked the functional profiles of genes involved in tetracycline resistance (tetW) and nitrification (amoA) in these microcosms using RT-qPCR. Results We showed that while some organisms, such as members of the Bacteroidetes, are inhibited by UV disinfection and overall diversity of the microbial community decreases following treatment, many organisms not only survive, but remain active. These include common WWTP-derived organisms such as Comamonadaceae and Pseudomonas. When combined with river water to mimic stormflow conditions, these organisms can persist in the environment and potentially enhance microbial functions such as nitrification and antibiotic resistance.
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- Imrose Kauser
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Samson R, Shah M, Yadav R, Sarode P, Rajput V, Dastager SG, Dharne MS, Khairnar K. Metagenomic insights to understand transient influence of Yamuna River on taxonomic and functional aspects of bacterial and archaeal communities of River Ganges. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 674:288-299. [PMID: 31005831 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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River confluences are interesting ecosystems to investigate for their microbial community structure and functional potentials. River Ganges is one of the most important and holy river of India with great mythological history and religious significance. The Yamuna River meets Ganges at the Prayagraj (formerly known as Allahabad), India to form a unique confluence. The influence of Yamuna River on taxonomic and functional aspects of microbiome at this confluence and its downstream, remains unexplored. To unveil this dearth, whole metagenome sequencing of the microbial (bacterial and archaeal) community from the sediment samples of December 2017 sampling expedition was executed using high throughput MinION technology. Results revealed differences in the relative abundance of bacterial and archaeal communities across the confluence. Grouped by the confluence, a higher abundance of Proteobacteria and lower abundance of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes was observed for Yamuna River (G15Y) and at immediate downstream of confluence of Ganges (G15DS), as compared to the upstream, confluence, and farther downstream of confluence. A similar trend was observed for archaeal communities with a higher abundance of Euryarchaeota in G15Y and G15DS, indicating Yamuna River's influence. Functional gene(s) analysis revealed the influence of Yamuna River on xenobiotic degradation, resistance to toxic compounds, and antibiotic resistance interceded by the autochthonous microbes at the confluence and succeeding downstream locations. Overall, similar taxonomic and functional profiles of microbial communities before confluence (upstream of Ganges) and farther downstream of confluence, suggested a transient influence of Yamuna River. Our study is significant since it may be foundational basis to understand impact of Yamuna River and also rare event of mass bathing on the microbiome of River Ganges. Further investigation would be required to understand, the underlying cause behind the restoration of microbial profiles post-confluence farther zone, to unravel the rejuvenation aspects of this unique ecosystem.
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- Rachel Samson
- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune 411008, India
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune 411008, India
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune 411008, India; Academy of Scientific and Industrial Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India
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- Environmental Virology Cell (EVC), CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440020, India
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune 411008, India
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune 411008, India; Academy of Scientific and Industrial Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India
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- National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM), Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune 411008, India; Academy of Scientific and Industrial Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India.
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- Academy of Scientific and Industrial Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India; Environmental Virology Cell (EVC), CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440020, India.
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Ávila MP, Brandão LPM, Brighenti LS, Tonetta D, Reis MP, Stæhr PA, Asmala E, Amado AM, Barbosa FAR, Bezerra-Neto JF, Nascimento AMA. Linking shifts in bacterial community with changes in dissolved organic matter pool in a tropical lake. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 672:990-1003. [PMID: 30981171 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bacterioplankton communities have a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle. Still the interaction between microbial community and dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwater ecosystems remains poorly understood. Here, we report results from a 12-day mesocosm study performed in the epilimnion of a tropical lake, in which inorganic nutrients and allochthonous DOM were supplemented under full light and shading. Although the production of autochthonous DOM triggered by nutrient addition was the dominant driver of changes in bacterial community structure, temporal covariations between DOM optical proxies and bacterial community structure revealed a strong influence of community shifts on DOM fate. Community shifts were coupled to a successional stepwise alteration of the DOM pool, with different fractions being selectively consumed by specific taxa. Typical freshwater clades as Limnohabitans and Sporichthyaceae were associated with consumption of low molecular weight carbon, whereas Gammaproteobacteria and Flavobacteria utilized higher molecular weight carbon, indicating differences in DOM preference among clades. Importantly, Verrucomicrobiaceae were important in the turnover of freshly produced autochthonous DOM, ultimately affecting light availability and dissolved organic carbon concentrations. Our findings suggest that taxonomically defined bacterial assemblages play definite roles when influencing DOM fate, either by changing specific fractions of the DOM pool or by regulating light availability and DOC levels.
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- Marcelo P Ávila
- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark; Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, J.A. Palménin tie 260, 10900 Hanko, Finland
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- Limnology Laboratory, Department of Oceanography and Limnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
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Gonzalez E, Pitre FE, Brereton NJB. ANCHOR: a 16S rRNA gene amplicon pipeline for microbial analysis of multiple environmental samples. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:2440-2468. [PMID: 30990927 PMCID: PMC6851558 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene amplification data for microbial barcoding can be inaccurate across complex environmental samples. A method, ANCHOR, is presented and designed for improved species‐level microbial identification using paired‐end sequences directly, multiple high‐complexity samples and multiple reference databases. A standard operating procedure (SOP) is reported alongside benchmarking against artificial, single sample and replicated mock data sets. The method is then directly tested using a real‐world data set from surface swabs of the International Space Station (ISS). Simple mock community analysis identified 100% of the expected species and 99% of expected gene copy variants (100% identical). A replicated mock community revealed similar or better numbers of expected species than MetaAmp, DADA2, Mothur and QIIME1. Analysis of the ISS microbiome identified 714 putative unique species/strains and differential abundance analysis distinguished significant differences between the Destiny module (U.S. laboratory) and Harmony module (sleeping quarters). Harmony was remarkably dominated by human gastrointestinal tract bacteria, similar to enclosed environments on earth; however, Destiny module bacteria also derived from nonhuman microbiome carriers present on the ISS, the laboratory's research animals. ANCHOR can help substantially improve sequence resolution of 16S rRNA gene amplification data within biologically replicated environmental experiments and integrated multidatabase annotation enhances interpretation of complex, nonreference microbiomes.
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- Emmanuel Gonzalez
- Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics, McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montréal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada.,Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada.,Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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Bougnom BP, Zongo C, McNally A, Ricci V, Etoa FX, Thiele-Bruhn S, Piddock LJV. Wastewater used for urban agriculture in West Africa as a reservoir for antibacterial resistance dissemination. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2019; 168:14-24. [PMID: 30253312 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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State of art metagenomics were used to investigate the microbial population, antibiotic resistance genes and plasmids of medical interest in wastewater used for urban agriculture in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Wastewater samples were collected from three canals near agricultural fields in three neighbourhoods. Assessment of microbial population diversity revealed different microbial patterns among the different samples. Sequencing reads from the wastewaters revealed different functional specializations of microbial communities, with the predominance of carbohydrates and proteins metabolism functions. Eleven pathogen-specific and 56 orthologous virulence factor genes were detected in the wastewater samples. These virulence factors are usually found in human pathogens that cause gastroenteritis and/or diarrhoea. A wide range of antibiotic resistance genes was identified; 81 are transmissible by mobile genetic elements. These included seven different extended spectrum β-lactamase genes encoding synthesis of four enzyme families, including two metallo-β-lactamases (blaAIM-1 and blaGES-21). Ten different incompatibility groups of Enterobacteriaceae plasmid replicons (ColE, FIB, FIC, FII, P, Q, R, U, Y, and A/C), and 30 plasmid replicon types from Gram-positive bacteria. All are implicated in the wide distribution of antibiotic resistance genes. We conclude that wastewater used for urban agriculture in the city represents a high risk for spreading bacteria and antimicrobial resistance among humans and animals.
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- Blaise P Bougnom
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University Ouaga I Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Fiedler CJ, Schönher C, Proksch P, Kerschbaumer DJ, Mayr E, Zunabovic-Pichler M, Domig KJ, Perfler R. Assessment of Microbial Community Dynamics in River Bank Filtrate Using High-Throughput Sequencing and Flow Cytometry. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2887. [PMID: 30555435 PMCID: PMC6281747 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Surface-groundwater interactions play an important role in microbial community compositions of river bank filtrates. Surface water contaminations deriving from environmental influences are attenuated by biogeochemical processes in the hyporheic zone, which are essential for providing clean and high-quality drinking water in abstraction wells. Characterizing the flow regime of surface water into the groundwater body can provide substantial information on water quality, but complex hydraulic dynamics make predictions difficult. Thus, a bottom up approach using microbial community shifting patterns as an overall outcome of dynamic water characteristics could provide more detailed information on the influences that affect groundwater quality. The combination of high-throughput sequencing data together with flow cytometric measurements of total cell counts reveals absolute abundances among taxa, thus enhancing interpretation of bacterial dynamics. 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing of 55 samples among six wells in a well field in Austria that is influenced by river bank filtrate within a time period of 3 months has revealed both, clear differences as well as strong similarity in microbiome compositions between wells and dates. A significant community shift from April to May occurred in four of six wells, suggesting that surface water flow regimes do affect these wells stronger than others. Triplicate sampling and subsequent sequencing of wells at different dates proved the method to be reproducible. Flow cytometric measurements of total cells indicate microbial shifts due to increased cell counts and emphasize the rise of allochthonous microorganisms. Typical freshwater bacterial lineages (Verrucomicrobia, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Armatimonadetes) were identified as most increasing phyla during community shifts. The changes are most likely a result of increased water abstraction in the wells together with constant river water levels rather than rain events. The results provide important knowledge for future implementations of well utilization in dependency of the nearby Danube River water levels and can help drawing conclusions about the influence of surface water in the groundwater such that hygienically save and clean drinking water with a stable microbial community can be provided.
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- Christina J Fiedler
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control (SIG), Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control (SIG), Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control (SIG), Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control (SIG), Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control (SIG), Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control (SIG), Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Institute of Food Science, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control (SIG), Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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Mai YZ, Lai ZN, Li XH, Peng SY, Wang C. Structural and functional shifts of bacterioplanktonic communities associated with spatiotemporal gradients in river outlets of the subtropical Pearl River Estuary, South China. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 136:309-321. [PMID: 30509812 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this study, we used high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons, to investigate the spatio-temporal variation in bacterial communities in surface-waters collected from eight major outlets of the Pearl River Estuary, South China. Betaproteobacteria were the most abundant class among the communities, followed by Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Acidimicrobiia. Generally, alpha-diversity increased in winter communities and the taxonomic diversity of bacterial communities differed with seasonal and spatial differences. Temperature, conductivity, salinity, pH and nutrients were the crucial environmental factors associated with shifts in the bacterial community composition. Furthermore, inferred community functions that were associated with amino acid, carbohydrate and energy metabolisms were lower in winter, whereas the relative abundance of inferred functions associated with membrane transport, bacterial motility proteins, and xenobiotics biodegradation and metabolism, were enriched in winter. These results provide new insights into the dynamics of bacterial communities within estuarine ecosystems.
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- Yong-Zhan Mai
- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China.
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China
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Sackett JD, Huerta DC, Kruger BR, Hamilton-Brehm SD, Moser DP. A comparative study of prokaryotic diversity and physicochemical characteristics of Devils Hole and the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility, a constructed analog. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194404. [PMID: 29543879 PMCID: PMC5854365 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Devils Hole is the sole natural habitat of the critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). To establish a backup population, the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility (AMFCF), a full-scale replica of the uppermost 6.7 m of Devils Hole, was constructed by management agencies in the mid-2010s. Despite rigorous efforts to mimic the bathymetric and physical details of the Devils Hole environment, the biogeochemistry and microbiology of the AMFCF refuge tank remain largely unaddressed. We evaluated water physicochemistry and employed Illumina DNA sequencing of 16S rRNA gene libraries to evaluate planktonic and benthic bacterial and archaeal community composition within their respective physicochemical contexts in Devils Hole and AMFCF on the same day. Major ion concentrations were consistent between the two systems, but water temperature and dissolved oxygen dynamics differed. Bioavailable nitrogen (primarily nitrate) was 5x lower in AMFCF. Devils Hole and AMFCF nitrogen:phosphorus molar ratios were 107:1 and 22:1, indicative of different nutrient control mechanisms. Both sites are microbiologically diverse, with over 40 prokaryotic phyla represented at each, with 37 shared between them and nearly than half deriving from candidate divisions. The abundance and composition of predicted photosynthetic primary producers (Cyanobacteria) was markedly different between sites: Devils Hole planktonic and sediment communities were dominated by Oscillatoria spp. (13.2% mean relative abundance), which proved virtually undetectable in AMFCF. Conversely, AMFCF was dominated by a predicted heterotroph from the Verrucomicrobiaceae family (31.7%); which was comparatively rare (<2.4%) in Devils Hole. We propose that the paucity of bioavailable nitrogen in AMFCF, perhaps resulting from physical isolation from allochthonous environmental inputs, is reflected in the microbial assemblage disparity, influences biogeochemical cycling of other dissolved constituents, and may ultimately impact survivorship and recruitment of refuge populations of the Devils Hole pupfish.
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- Joshua D. Sackett
- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
- Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
- Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
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- Division of Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
- Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
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Bullock A, Ziervogel K, Ghobrial S, Smith S, McKee B, Arnosti C. A Multi-season Investigation of Microbial Extracellular Enzyme Activities in Two Temperate Coastal North Carolina Rivers: Evidence of Spatial but Not Seasonal Patterns. Front Microbiol 2018; 8:2589. [PMID: 29312262 PMCID: PMC5743733 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Riverine systems are important sites for the production, transport, and transformation of organic matter. Much of the organic matter processing is carried out by heterotrophic microbial communities, whose activities may be spatially and temporally variable. In an effort to capture and evaluate some of this variability, we sampled four sites-two upstream and two downstream-at each of two North Carolina rivers (the Neuse River and the Tar-Pamlico River) ca. twelve times over a time period of 20 months from 2010 to 2012. At all of the sites and dates, we measured the activities of extracellular enzymes used to hydrolyze polysaccharides and peptides, and thus to initiate heterotrophic carbon processing. We additionally measured bacterial abundance, bacterial production, phosphatase activities, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations. Concurrent collection of physical data (stream flow, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen) enabled us to explore possible connections between physiochemical parameters and microbial activities throughout this time period. The two rivers, both of which drain into Pamlico Sound, differed somewhat in microbial activities and characteristics: the Tar-Pamlico River showed higher β-glucosidase and phosphatase activities, and frequently had higher peptidase activities at the lower reaches, than the Neuse River. The lower reaches of the Neuse River, however, had much higher DOC concentrations than any site in the Tar River. Both rivers showed activities of a broad range of polysaccharide hydrolases through all stations and seasons, suggesting that the microbial communities are well-equipped to access enzymatically a broad range of substrates. Considerable temporal and spatial variability in microbial activities was evident, variability that was not closely related to factors such as temperature and season. However, Hurricane Irene's passage through North Carolina coincided with higher concentrations of DOC at the downstream sampling sites of both rivers. This DOC maximum persisted into the month following the hurricane, when it continued to stimulate bacterial protein production and phosphatase activity in the Neuse River, but not in the Tar-Pamlico River. Microbial community activities are related to a complex array of factors, whose interactions vary considerably with time and space.
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- Avery Bullock
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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