scholarly journals Anaerobic Carbon Monoxide Uptake by Microbial Communities in Volcanic Deposits at Different Stages of Successional Development on O-yama Volcano, Miyake-jima, Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Amber N. DePoy ◽  
Gary M. King ◽  
Hiroyuki Ohta
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Plant Colonization ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Microbial Succession ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Volcanic Deposits ◽  
Successional Development

Research on Kilauea and O-yama Volcanoes has shown that microbial communities and their activities undergo major shifts in response to plant colonization and that molybdenum-dependent CO oxidizers (Mo-COX) and their activities vary with vegetation and deposit age. Results reported here reveal that anaerobic CO oxidation attributed to nickel-dependent CO oxidizers (Ni-COX) also occurs in volcanic deposits that encompass different developmental stages. Ni-COX at three distinct sites responded rapidly to anoxia and oxidized CO from initial concentrations of about 10 ppm to sub-atmospheric levels. CO was also actively consumed at initial 25% concentrations and 25 °C, and during incubations at 60 °C; however, uptake under the latter conditions was largely confined to an 800-year-old forested site. Analyses of microbial communities based on 16S rRNA gene sequences in treatments with and without 25% CO incubated at 25 °C or 60 °C revealed distinct responses to temperature and CO among the sites and evidence for enrichment of known and potentially novel Ni-COX. The results collectively show that CO uptake by volcanic deposits occurs under a wide range of conditions; that CO oxidizers in volcanic deposits may be more diverse than previously imagined; and that Ni-dependent CO oxidizers might play previously unsuspected roles in microbial succession.

scholarly journals Safe-Site Effects on Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities in a High-Altitude Alpine Environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Ciccazzo ◽  
Alfonso Esposito ◽  
Eleonora Rolli ◽  
Stefan Zerbe ◽  
Daniele Daffonchio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Developmental Stage ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Gene Diversity ◽  
Intergenic Spacer ◽  
Intermediate Stage ◽  
Plant Colonization ◽  
Early Developmental Stage ◽  
Rrna Gene

The rhizosphere effect on bacterial communities associated with three floristic communities (RW, FI, and M sites) which differed for the developmental stages was studied in a high-altitude alpine ecosystem. RW site was an early developmental stage, FI was an intermediate stage, M was a later more matured stage. The N and C contents in the soils confirmed a different developmental stage with a kind of gradient from the unvegetated bare soil (BS) site through RW, FI up to M site. The floristic communities were composed of 21 pioneer plants belonging to 14 species. Automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis showed different bacterial genetic structures per each floristic consortium which differed also from the BS site. When plants of the same species occurred within the same site, almost all their bacterial communities clustered together exhibiting a plant species effect. Unifrac significance value (P<0.05) on 16S rRNA gene diversity revealed significant differences (P<0.05) between BS site and the vegetated sites with a weak similarity to the RW site. The intermediate plant colonization stage FI did not differ significantly from the RW and the M vegetated sites. These results pointed out the effect of different floristic communities rhizospheres on their soil bacterial communities.

scholarly journals Change in Bacterial Community Structure during In Situ Biostimulation of Subsurface Sediment Cocontaminated with Uranium and Nitrate

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 4911-4920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia N. North ◽  
Sherry L. Dollhopf ◽  
Lainie Petrie ◽  
Jonathan D. Istok ◽  
David L. Balkwill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Quantitative Pcr ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Clone Libraries ◽  
Subsurface Sediments

ABSTRACT Previous studies have demonstrated that metal-reducing microorganisms can effectively promote the precipitation and removal of uranium from contaminated groundwater. Microbial communities were stimulated in the acidic subsurface by pH neutralization and addition of an electron donor to wells. In single-well push-pull tests at a number of treated sites, nitrate, Fe(III), and uranium were extensively reduced and electron donors (glucose, ethanol) were consumed. Examination of sediment chemistry in cores sampled immediately adjacent to treated wells 3.5 months after treatment revealed that sediment pH increased substantially (by 1 to 2 pH units) while nitrate was largely depleted. A large diversity of 16S rRNA gene sequences were retrieved from subsurface sediments, including species from the α, β, δ, and γ subdivisions of the class Proteobacteria, as well as low- and high-G+C gram-positive species. Following in situ biostimulation of microbial communities within contaminated sediments, sequences related to previously cultured metal-reducing δ-Proteobacteria increased from 5% to nearly 40% of the clone libraries. Quantitative PCR revealed that Geobacter-type 16S rRNA gene sequences increased in biostimulated sediments by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude at two of the four sites tested. Evidence from the quantitative PCR analysis corroborated information obtained from 16S rRNA gene clone libraries, indicating that members of the δ-Proteobacteria subdivision, including Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans-related and Geobacter-related sequences, are important metal-reducing organisms in acidic subsurface sediments. This study provides the first cultivation-independent analysis of the change in metal-reducing microbial communities in subsurface sediments during an in situ bioremediation experiment.

scholarly journals Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Tubes Constructed by the Marine Infaunal Polychaete Diopatra cuprea

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 7053-7065 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Y. Matsui ◽  
David B. Ringelberg ◽  
Charles R. Lovell
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Phospholipid Fatty Acid ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Sandy Sediment ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Sulfate Reducing

ABSTRACT Marine infaunal burrows and tubes greatly enhance solute transport between sediments and the overlying water column and are sites of elevated microbial activity. Biotic and abiotic controls of the compositions and activities of burrow and tube microbial communities are poorly understood. The microbial communities in tubes of the marine infaunal polychaete Diopatria cuprea collected from two different sediment habitats were examined. The bacterial communities in the tubes from a sandy sediment differed from those in the tubes from a muddy sediment. The difference in community structure also extended to the sulfate-reducing bacterial (SRB) assemblage, although it was not as pronounced for this functional group of species. PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene sequences recovered from Diopatra tube SRB by clonal library construction and screening were all related to the family Desulfobacteriaceae. This finding was supported by phospholipid fatty acid analysis and by hybridization of 16S rRNA probes specific for members of the genera Desulfosarcina, Desulfobacter, Desulfobacterium, Desulfobotulus, Desulfococcus, and Desulfovibrio and some members of the genera Desulfomonas, Desulfuromonas, and Desulfomicrobium with 16S rRNA gene sequences resolved by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Two of six SRB clones from the clone library were not detected in tubes from the sandy sediment. The habitat in which the D. cuprea tubes were constructed had a strong influence on the tube bacterial community as a whole, as well as on the SRB assemblage.

scholarly journals Kribbella aluminosa sp. nov., isolated from a medieval alum slate mine

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (9) ◽  
pp. 1943-1947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc René Carlsohn ◽  
Ingrid Groth ◽  
Cathrin Spröer ◽  
Barbara Schütze ◽  
Hans-Peter Saluz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Strain ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fatty Acid Profiles ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Type Strains

Three actinomycetes (strains HKI 0478T, HKI 0479 and HKI 0480) isolated from the surfaces of rocks in the Feengrotten medieval alum slate mine (Thuringia, Germany) were examined in a polyphasic taxonomic study. The following morphological and chemotaxonomic features supported their classification as members of the genus Kribbella: the presence of ll-diaminopimelic acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan; glucose together with minor amounts of mannose and ribose as the whole-cell sugars; polar lipids comprising phosphatidylcholine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol and unknown phospho- and glycolipids; fatty acid profiles characterized by the predominance of anteiso-C15 : 0, iso-C16 : 0 and C16 : 0 9-methyl; and the presence of MK-9(H4) as the main menaquinone. The isolates had almost identical 16S rRNA gene sequences (99.9–100 %) and were most closely related to the type strains of Kribbella jejuensis (98.9 % sequence similarity), Kribbella swartbergensis and Kribbella solani (both 98.8 %). A wide range of genotypic and phenotypic markers as well as the low levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain HKI 0478T and the type strains of K. jejuensis (41.3 %), K. swartbergensis (18.6 %) and K. solani (14.2 %) distinguished the novel strains from their closest phylogenetic neighbours. On the basis of these results, strain HKI 0478T represents a novel member of the genus Kribbella, for which the name Kribbella aluminosa sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HKI 0478T (=DSM 18824T =JCM 14599T).

scholarly journals Highly Distinct Microbial Communities in Elevated Strings and Submerged Flarks in the Boreal Aapa-Type Mire

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Andrey L. Rakitin ◽  
Shahjahon Begmatov ◽  
Alexey V. Beletsky ◽  
Dmitriy A. Philippov ◽  
Vitaly V. Kadnikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Raised Bogs ◽  
European North ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Surface Peat

Large areas in the northern hemisphere are covered by extensive wetlands, which represent a complex mosaic of raised bogs, eutrophic fens, and aapa mires all in proximity to each other. Aapa mires differ from other types of wetlands by their concave surface, heavily watered by the central part, as well as by the presence of large-patterned string-flark complexes. In this paper, we characterized microbial diversity patterns in the surface peat layers of the neighboring string and flark structures located within the mire site in the Vologda region of European North Russia, using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The microbial communities in raised strings were clearly distinct from those in submerged flarks. Strings were dominated by the Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria. Other abundant groups were the Acidobacteriota, Bacteroidota, Verrucomicrobiota, Actinobacteriota, and Planctomycetota. Archaea accounted for only 0.4% of 16S rRNA gene sequences retrieved from strings. By contrast, they comprised about 22% of all sequences in submerged flarks and mostly belonged to methanogenic lineages. Methanotrophs were nearly absent. Other flark-specific microorganisms included the phyla Chloroflexi, Spirochaetota, Desulfobacterota, Beijerinckiaceae- and Rhodomicrobiaceae-affiliated Alphaproteobacteria, and uncultivated groups env.OPS_17 and vadinHA17 of the Bacteroidota. Such pattern probably reflects local anaerobic conditions in the submerged peat layers in flarks.

scholarly journals Effect of Drought Stress and Developmental Stages on Microbial Community Structure and Diversity in Peanut Rhizosphere Soil

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangxiang Dai ◽  
Guanchu Zhang ◽  
Zipeng Yu ◽  
Hong Ding ◽  
Yang Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Microbial Community ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Microbial Community Structure ◽  
Defense Mechanism ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Arachis Hypogaea L

Background: Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), an important oilseed and food legume, is widely cultivated in the semi-arid tropics. Drought is the major stress in this region which limits productivity. Microbial communities in the rhizosphere are of special importance to stress tolerance. However, relatively little is known about the relationship between drought and microbial communities in peanuts. Method: In this study, deep sequencing of the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was performed to characterize the microbial community structure of drought-treated and untreated peanuts. Results: Taxonomic analysis showed that Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Saccharibacteria, Chloroflexi, Acidobacteria and Cyanobacteria were the dominant phyla in the peanut rhizosphere. Comparisons of microbial community structure of peanuts revealed that the relative abundance of Actinobacteria and Acidobacteria dramatically increased in the seedling and podding stages in drought-treated soil, while that of Cyanobacteria and Gemmatimonadetes increased in the flowering stage in drought-treated rhizospheres. Metagenomic profiling indicated that sequences related to metabolism, signaling transduction, defense mechanism and basic vital activity were enriched in the drought-treated rhizosphere, which may have implications for plant survival and drought tolerance. Conclusion: This microbial communities study will form the foundation for future improvement of drought tolerance of peanuts via modification of the soil microbes.

scholarly journals Amycolatopsis saalfeldensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a medieval alum slate mine

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1640-1646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc René Carlsohn ◽  
Ingrid Groth ◽  
Geok Yuan Annie Tan ◽  
Barbara Schütze ◽  
Hans-Peter Saluz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Type Strain ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Amycolatopsis Mediterranei ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Phyletic Line

Three actinomycetes isolated from the surfaces of rocks in a medieval slate mine were examined in a polyphasic taxonomic study. Chemotaxonomic and morphological characteristics of the isolates were typical of strains of the genus Amycolatopsis. The isolates had identical 16S rRNA gene sequences and formed a distinct phyletic line towards the periphery of the Amycolatopsis mediterranei clade, being most closely related to Amycolatopsis rifamycinica. The organisms shared a wide range of genotypic and phenotypic markers that distinguished them from their closest phylogenetic neighbours. On the basis of these results, a novel species, Amycolatopsis saalfeldensis sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is HKI 0457T (=DSM 44993T=NRRL B-24474T).

scholarly journals “Candidatus Midichloriaceae” fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an Ecologically Widespread Clade of Intracellular Alphaproteobacteria

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
pp. 3241-3248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Montagna ◽  
Davide Sassera ◽  
Sara Epis ◽  
Chiara Bazzocchi ◽  
Claudia Vannini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
The Novel ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Evolutionary Scenario ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Midichloria Mitochondrii

ABSTRACT“CandidatusMidichloria mitochondrii” is an intramitochondrial bacterium of the orderRickettsialesassociated with the sheep tickIxodes ricinus. Bacteria phylogenetically related to “Ca. Midichloria mitochondrii” (midichloria and like organisms [MALOs]) have been shown to be associated with a wide range of hosts, from amoebae to a variety of animals, including humans. Despite numerous studies focused on specific members of the MALO group, no comprehensive phylogenetic and statistical analyses have so far been performed on the group as a whole. Here, we present a multidisciplinary investigation based on 16S rRNA gene sequences using both phylogenetic and statistical methods, thereby analyzing MALOs in the overall framework of theRickettsiales. This study revealed that (i) MALOs form a monophyletic group; (ii) the MALO group is structured into distinct subgroups, verifying current genera as significant evolutionary units and identifying several subclades that could represent novel genera; (iii) the MALO group ranks at the level of describedRickettsialesfamilies, leading to the proposal of the novel family “CandidatusMidichloriaceae.” In addition, based on the phylogenetic trees generated, we present an evolutionary scenario to interpret the distribution and life history transitions of these microorganisms associated with highly divergent eukaryotic hosts: we suggest that aquatic/environmental protista have acted as evolutionary reservoirs for members of this novel family, from which one or more lineages with the capacity of infecting metazoa have evolved.

Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a ferric iron- and nitrate-reducing bacterium of the phylum ‘ Chloroflexi ’ isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field, and description of Ardenticatenia classis nov.

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_8) ◽  
pp. 2992-3002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Kawaichi ◽  
Norihiro Ito ◽  
Ryoma Kamikawa ◽  
Tatsuya Sugawara ◽  
Takashi Yoshida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Ferric Iron ◽  
Hydrothermal Field ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Class ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Class Level ◽  
Wide Range

A novel thermophilic, chemoheterotrophic, Gram-negative-staining, multicellular filamentous bacterium, designated strain 110ST, was isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field in Japan. The isolate is facultatively aerobic and chemoheterotrophic. Phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences nested strain 110ST in a novel class-level clone cluster of the phylum ‘ Chloroflexi ’. The isolate grows by dissimilatory iron- and nitrate-reduction under anaerobic conditions, which is the first report of these abilities in the phylum ‘ Chloroflexi ’. The organism is capable of growth with oxygen, ferric iron and nitrate as a possible electron acceptor, has a wide range of growth temperatures, and tolerates higher NaCl concentrations for growth compared to the other isolates in the phylum. Using phenotypic and phylogenetic data, strain 110ST ( = JCM 17282T = NBRC 107679T = DSM 23922T = KCTC 23289T = ATCC BAA-2145T) is proposed as the type strain of a novel species in a new genus, Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov. In addition, as strain 110ST apparently constitutes a new class of the phylum ‘ Chloroflexi ’ with other related uncultivated clone sequences, we propose Ardenticatenia classis nov. and the subordinate taxa Ardenticatenales ord. nov. and Ardenticatenaceae fam. nov.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Rausch ◽  
Malte Rühlemann ◽  
Britt Hermes ◽  
Shauni Doms ◽  
Tal Dagan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Metagenomic Sequencing ◽  
Microbial Composition ◽  
Evolutionary Patterns ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
And Function

AbstractBackgroundThe interplay between hosts and their associated microbiome is now recognized as a fundamental basis of the ecology, evolution and development of both players. These interdependencies inspired a new view of multicellular organisms as “metaorganisms”. The goal of the Collaborative Research Center “Origin and Function of Metaorganisms” is to understand why and how microbial communities form long-term associations with hosts from diverse taxonomic groups, ranging from sponges to humans in addition to plants.MethodsIn order to optimize the choice of analysis procedures, which may differ according to the host organism and question at hand, we systematically compared the two main technical approaches for profiling microbial communities, 16S rRNA gene amplicon- and metagenomic shotgun sequencing across our panel of ten host taxa. This includes two commonly used 16S rRNA gene regions and two amplification procedures, thus totaling five different microbial profiles per host sample.ConclusionWhile 16S rRNA gene-based analyses are subject to much skepticism, we demonstrate that many aspects of bacterial community characterization are consistent across methods and that metagenomic shotgun results are largely dependent on the employed pipeline. The resulting insight facilitates the selection of appropriate methods across a wide range of host taxa. Finally, by contrasting taxonomic and functional profiles and performing phylogenetic analysis, we provide important and novel insight into broad evolutionary patterns among metaorganisms, whereby the transition of animals from an aquatic to a terrestrial habitat marks a major event in the evolution of host-associated microbial composition.

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