Relationships between Soil Organic Matter, Nutrients, Bacterial Community Structure, And the Performance of Microbial Fuel Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 1914-1922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara J. Dunaj ◽  
Joseph J. Vallino ◽  
Mark E. Hines ◽  
Marcus Gay ◽  
Christine Kobyljanec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Soil Organic Matter ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure

Shaping of bacterial community structure in microbial fuel cells by different inocula

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (95) ◽  
pp. 78136-78141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxue Mei ◽  
Changhong Guo ◽  
Bingfeng Liu ◽  
Yu Tang ◽  
Defeng Xing
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure

Understanding how the community structure of anode biofilms is shaped is important for enhancing the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs).

scholarly journals Soil Organic Matter, Soil Structure, and Bacterial Community Structure in a Post-Agricultural Landscape

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph B. Yavitt ◽  
Gwendolyn T. Pipes ◽  
Emily C. Olmos ◽  
Jiangbo Zhang ◽  
James P. Shapleigh
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Soil Organic Matter ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Soil Bacterial Community ◽  
Reference Sites ◽  
Nitrogen Levels ◽  
Soil Recovery

Converting forest and wetland landscapes to agriculture has shown to result in a loss of organic matter, structure, and microbial diversity in the converted soil but recovery of post-agricultural soils remains poorly understood. Here we coupled landscape-scale surveys of soil 1) carbon and nitrogen levels, 2) aggregation, and 3) bacterial metagenomes to investigate soil recovery after 30 years in sites with soils ranging from well drained to poorly drained. Sites with no evidence of past agriculture (Reference) served as recovery endpoints. A secondary aim evaluated the role of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, here associated with alder (Alnus incana) trees, in soil restoration. Soil carbon levels in restored sites (3.5%) were comparable to levels in a present-day farm (3.4%) but much lower than in Reference sites (>7.3%). The same trend occurred with soil nitrogen levels. Sites with alder trees had more acidic soil pH values. Alder trees promoted soil structure with macroaggregates being the largest fraction of bulk soil (75%). Natural abundance of stable nitrogen isotopes suggested extensive decay of organic matter within aggregates. Comparison of total reads from the soil metagenomes indicated the bacterial community in restored sites were more comparable to the present-day farm than Reference sites, except for a well-drained soil with alder. Dissimilarity among sites in terms of gene abundances in soil bacterial community occurred in carbon metabolism, membrane transport, and genetic repair pathways. Soil recovery in post-agricultural landscapes is slow when agriculture caused a large loss of soil organic matter, as is the case in our study, and when the soil bacterial community structure changed markedly, as it did in our study. However, fairly rapid recovery of soil structure, as we noted in our study, is promising, and now we need a better understanding of plant species that improve soil structure for restoration of both well-drained and poorly drained soils.

Soil organic matter amount determines the behavior of iron and arsenic in paddy soil with microbial fuel cells

Chemosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 124459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Williamson Gustave ◽  
Zhao-Feng Yuan ◽  
Raju Sekar ◽  
Yu-Xiang Ren ◽  
Jinjing-Yuan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Soil Organic Matter ◽  
Paddy Soil ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells

Nutrient availability and organic matter quality shape bacterial community structure in a lake biofilm

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
RC Seballos ◽  
KH Wyatt ◽  
RJ Bernot ◽  
SP Brown ◽  
S Chandra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure ◽  
Heterotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Interspecific Interactions ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Microbial Composition ◽  
Organic Matter Quality

Heterotrophic bacteria play a key role in ecosystem processes, but little is known about the factors that shape bacterial community structure in aquatic biofilms, especially in lakes. We used molecular techniques (16S rRNA) to evaluate resource controls on biofilm bacterial community structure in an oligotrophic subalpine lake. We manipulated nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus; NP) and glucose (G) on inorganic (rock) and organic (wood) substrates under light and dark conditions (i.e. with and without autotrophy, respectively) in a full factorial design using nutrient diffusing substrates in situ for 20 d. Distinct patterns of separation in community structure between treatments with nutrients (NP, NP+G) and without nutrients (control, G-only) indicated that community structure was more strongly influenced by nutrients than organic matter irrespective of substrate type or light availability. Further separation in community structure between treatments with nutrients only (NP) and nutrients with glucose (NP+G) on both organic and inorganic substrates indicated that once nutrient limitation was alleviated, organic matter quality played an important role in shaping community structure. Differences in the relative abundance of 6 phyla, 3 classes, and 19 genera among treatments revealed (1) contrasting taxa-specific resource requirements, (2) the influence of interspecific interactions on composition, and (3) the potential for individual taxa to participate in the decomposition of recalcitrant organic matter. Our findings provide insight into the role that nutrients and organic matter quality play in shaping bacterial community structure, which is a critical step in bridging the knowledge gap between microbial composition and ecosystem function within aquatic environments.

scholarly journals Bacterial community structure in the Bohai Strait provides insights into organic matter niche partitioning

2018 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 46-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yibo Wang ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Lisa M. Dann ◽  
James G. Mitchell ◽  
Xiaoke Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure ◽  
Niche Partitioning ◽  
Bohai Strait
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