舟山群岛不同功能区划海域细菌群落结构分析

浮游细菌在海洋生态系统中不可或缺,在海洋生物地球化学循环过程中起着关键性作用。【目的】为了解舟山群岛不同功能区划海域细菌群落结构及丰度变化,探索海洋生态因子对细菌群落结构的影响。【方法】于2016年夏季(8月)在舟山群岛不同功能区划海域共设置8个典型站位采集表层海水,基于细菌16S rRNA基因进行高通量测序;利用流式细胞术揭示各海域细菌丰度;利用典范对应分析(Canonical correspondence analysis,CCA)探讨海洋生态因子与细菌多样性之间的关系。【结果】共获取到305487条原始序列,基于97%相似性水平进行OTU(Operational Taxonomic Units)聚类分析,共得到1088个OTUs,包括29个门、62个纲、138个目、239个科、416个属。细菌群落组成在各个站位之间不尽相同,但都主要包括Flavobacteria、Alphaproteobacteria、Gammaproteobacteria三大优势菌纲。CCA结果表明细菌群落结构和多样性情况与站位分布和所在站位的环境因子息息相关,Cyanobacteria受硝酸盐影响显著,Parcubacteria受温度影响最大,而磷酸盐对本实验海域菌群影响甚微。对海洋菌群潜在功能进行预测的结果显示,各海域菌群在氨基酸代谢、碳水化合物代谢、膜运输等方面功能较为突出,为今后舟山海洋微生物研究提供了新的方向。【结论】高通量测序分析可以更精确地揭示海洋菌群的群落结构信息。该研究为细菌群落结构与环境因素的关联提供参考。本研究所取得的大量数据既可以作为对舟山市海洋功能区划施行情况的响应,又将为舟山及其邻近海域浮游细菌群落结构的进一步研究奠定基础。     

乌梁素海浮游细菌群落结构及其对富营养化因子的响应

【目的】揭示乌梁素海浮游细菌的群落结构及其对富营养化环境因子的响应,认识乌梁素海浮游细菌多样性,以丰富微生物与富营养化关系的理论。【方法】提取水体浮游细菌总DNA,利用细菌通用引物对63F/1387R进行PCR扩增,构建小口、沙尖北和红圪卜3个湖区16S rRNA基因克隆文库;以典型对应分析(CCA)方法解析浮游细菌群落结构对环境因子的响应。【结果】各湖区中富营养化程度最重的红圪卜位点细菌多样性、丰富度及均匀度最高,而富营养化程度最轻的小口位点细菌多样性、丰富度及均匀度最低。Proteobacteria、Bacteroidetes和Actinobacteria为水体中优势类群。α-、γ-、δ-Proteobacteria,Actinobacteria及Bacteroidetes等菌群丰度随着水体的富营养化程度改变而有显著的变化。各湖区皆存在许多可能具有污染物降解及驱动生源要素循环能力的细菌类群。CCA分析表明TN、NH4+、NO3-和COD等水体指标对浮游细菌群落结构组成的影响较大。此外,乌梁素海水体内未知细菌类群很多;且不同于一般淡水生态系统,乌梁素海中存在9.6%的轻度嗜盐碱性细菌。【结论】乌梁素海水体中浮游细菌多样性较高,细菌群落结构复杂、其类群组成与富营养化因子紧密相关。     

内蒙草原不同植物功能群及物种对土壤微生物组成的影响

为了分析不同植物群落组成对内蒙古典型草原土壤微生物群落组成的影响,本研究利用植物功能群剔除处理实验平台,采用荧光定量PCR(real-timePCR)和自动核糖体间隔区基因分析(automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis,ARISA)技术,对不同植物功能群组成的非根际土壤和常见物种的根际土壤中细菌和真菌的数量及群落结构进行了分析。结果表明,在非根际土壤中,不同植物功能群组成对细菌数量有显著影响,而对真菌数量及细菌和真菌的群落结构影响不明显;在根际土壤中,不同植物物种对细菌、真菌的数量都有显著影响。此外,聚类分析表明,不同物种的根际土中细菌和真菌的群落结构也有所不同,尤其以细菌的群落结构变化较为明显。研究结果表明不同植物物种可以通过根系影响土壤微生物群落组成。     

持续干旱对樱桃根际土壤细菌数量及结构多样性影响

以1年生吉塞拉实生容器苗为试材,采用绿色荧光蛋白基因标记技术,研究了干旱胁迫(连续干旱0、7、14、21、28 d和35 d)对樱桃根际促生细菌YT3的标记菌YT3-gfp数量的影响,同时结合平板计数法和末端限制性片段长度多态性分析(terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism,T-RFLP)技术,研究了干旱对樱桃土壤中的微生物数量及细菌群落结构多样性影响。结果表明:樱桃根际土壤中的YT3-gfp数量是非根际土壤中的8.75—28.77倍,随着持续干旱强度的增加,YT3-gfp的数量先增加后减小。干旱对根际土壤中YT3-gfp数量的影响大于对非根际土壤的影响,分别在持续干旱至第21天和28天时,YT3-gfp的数量达到最大值。随着持续干旱强度的增加,根际土壤中细菌和放线菌数量先增加后减小,而真菌的数量一直减少。此外,持续干旱至第21天或28天时,樱桃根际土壤具有最高的丰富度指数、多样性指数和最低的优势度指数。基于T-RFLP的主成分分析结果显示持续干旱14—35 d时,其细菌群落结构成为一个相对独立的群,群落结构趋于多样性;而持续干旱7 d和42 d构成另外两个相对独立的群,群落结构趋于简单。以上分析可知,干旱对土壤微生物影响显著,一定强度的干旱可提高细菌和放线菌数量,提高细菌群落结构多样性,适当干旱对维持根际土壤细菌群落结构多样性是有益的。     

Biolog和PCR-DGGE技术解析施肥对德惠黑土细菌群落结构和功能的影响

试验采用Biolog和PCR-DGGE技术研究了不同施肥处理对吉林省德惠市黑土细菌群落结构和功能的影响.Biolog试验结果表明,单施有机肥处理的土壤细菌群落对底物碳源利用种类最多,代谢功能多样性最高;而施用化肥处理降低了土壤细菌群落代谢功能.DGGE图谱表明,不同施肥处理的土壤细菌16S rDNA多数条带分布相同,说明这些细菌类群在黑土中较稳定,在本试验中未受到施肥的影响,但也有一些特殊条带出现或缺失,施用化肥处理降低了土壤细菌群落结构组成多样性.对Biolog和DGGE试验结果的主成分分析显示,未施肥和单施有机肥处理的土壤细菌群落结构和功能相似,表明单施有机肥处理主要是增加了土壤微生物的总量,而对黑土细菌群落结构组成影响是次要的;单施化肥和半量有机肥 化肥处理的土壤细菌群落代谢功能多样性相似,但其结构组成产生了分离.研究表明化肥处理主要是影响到土壤中快速生长和富营养的细菌类群,施用化肥降低了这些细菌类群的代谢活性.     

鱼类对海洋升温与酸化的响应

自工业革命以来,空气中人为排放CO₂量增加,引起温室效应,导致地球表面温度升高和海水升温;同时,由于海-气界面气体交换,大气中CO₂部分溶解于海洋,引起海洋酸化。海洋升温加快鱼体内生化反应和代谢速率,并通过影响生长、觅食和繁殖等生命过程中能量供给,间接影响到鱼类种群分布、群落结构及生态系统的功能。而海水酸化会干扰海洋鱼类仔稚鱼的感觉和行为,增加其被捕食率,并削弱其野外生存能力,可能威胁自然种群补给量。综述了海洋升温、海洋酸化及其两者共同作用对海洋鱼类的影响,为预测鱼类响应全球海洋环境变化的响应趋势提供相关依据。     

历史因素对土壤微生物群落与外来细菌入侵间关系的影响

群落的组成和结构如何影响其可入侵性一直是入侵生态学的研究热点。然而关于群落可入侵性和群落特征间关系的认知却很不统一。采用交叉互换的试验方法,首先将野外采集的两种长期不同施肥土壤(有机肥和化肥)进行灭菌并回接已方和对方的土壤悬液,研究土壤环境(历史非生物因素)和土壤微生物群落(历史生物因素)对重建土壤微生物群落特征的相对贡献。随后将用红色荧光蛋白标记的青枯菌作为外来种接入重建的土壤中,探究不同土壤微生物群落特征对外来细菌存活数量(前期入侵潜力)和存活时间(后期入侵潜力)的影响。结果表明,历史生物因素对重建土壤的原生动物数量、革兰氏阴性与阳性细菌比等群落特征和外来细菌的存活数量有影响;历史非生物因素对土壤微生物活性、细菌物种多样性和功能多样性等群落特征以及外来细菌入侵土壤后总的存活时间有影响;外来细菌入侵前期状况仅与原生动物数量、革兰氏阴性与阳性细菌比相关,而入侵后期的状况则仅与微生物活性、细菌物种多样性和功能多样性相关。总之,外来细菌在土壤中各时期的入侵潜力和土著微生物群落特征的相关性主要取决于二者是否由同种历史影响因素控制。本研究对于阐明生物群落结构与群落可入侵性之间关系,及指导土壤外来病原菌的防控均具有重要意义。     

鸭绿江口近岸海域水质环境对冬季浮游动物群落结构的影响

定量分析滨海湿地近岸海域水质环境与浮游动物群落结构之间的关系对揭示海水水质环境健康状态具有重要意义。2019年12月在鸭绿江口湿地国家级自然保护区近岸海域开展了浮游动物和水环境因子调查,运用冗余分析和结构方程模型等方法探讨了水质环境对冬季浮游动物群落结构的影响。研究区共鉴定出浮游动物14种以及浮游幼虫5大类,桡足类最多占比52.63%;保护区不同功能分区间浮游动物群落结构总体差异不大,多样性指数、均匀度指数和丰富度指数平均值分别为1.34、0.51和0.59;浮游动物的种群分布与海水化学需氧量、溶解性无机氮、浮游植物群落多样性指数和铜元素含量关系显著;结构方程模型模拟结果表明,海水富营养化水平对浮游动物丰富度的效应系数为-0.26,具有显著的直接影响(P=0.01),重金属污染水平通过影响浮游植物丰富度(效应系数为-0.41,P<0.001)间接对浮游动物丰富度产生作用(间接效应系数为-0.2)。研究结果将有助于深化对海水环境和浮游动物群落结构协同演变过程的认识,为滨海湿地近岸海洋生态系统科学管理提供理论支撑。     

种植模式和坡位对茶园土壤细菌群落结构及功能类群的影响

茶树（Camellia sinensis L.）种植是亚热带丘陵山区主要的土地利用类型,茶园种植模式是影响土壤细菌群落结构的主要人为因素。为揭示种植模式和坡位对土壤细菌群落结构和功能的影响,选取两种不同种植模式（常规和有机种植模式）和3个坡位（上、中、下坡位）表层土壤（0-20cm）为对象,采用野外调查、Illumina Miseq高通量测序和PICRUSt2功能预测相结合的研究方法,研究不同种植模式和坡位下土壤细菌群落结构和功能特征,阐明土壤理化性质对土壤细菌群落结构的影响,预测土壤细菌功能特征。研究结果表明：（1）与常规种植模式相比,有机种植模式茶园土壤细菌Alpha多样性有所降低,其中中坡位常规茶园土壤细菌Sobs和Simpson指数显著高于有机茶园（P<0.05）;从坡面尺度看,两种种植模式下土壤细菌Alpha多样性指标均以中坡位最高,其中常规茶园中坡位土壤细菌Ace和Simpson指数均显著高于下坡位（P<0.05）。（2）各样地茶园土壤细菌共获得29个门82个纲190个目316个科517个属929个种,主要细菌优势门为绿弯菌门（Chloroflexi）、放线菌门（Actinobacterita）、变形菌门（Proteobacteria）、酸杆菌门（Acidobacteria）。土壤细菌群落优势属以AD3、热酸菌属（Acidothermus）、norank_f__norank_o__Elsterales和norank_f__Xanthobacteraceae为主。（3）主坐标分析（PCoA）显示,不同种植模式的茶园土壤细菌群落结构存在明显差异,常规种植模式下不同坡位之间的土壤细菌群落结构有显著差异（P<0.05）,有机种植下不同坡位之间的土壤细菌群落结构无显著差异。置换多元方差分析（PERMANOVA）结果表明不同种植模式的土壤细菌群落结构差异显著（P<0.05）,而不同坡位土壤细菌群落结构无显著差异（P>0.05）,说明种植模式对茶园土壤细菌群落结构的影响更大。组间群落差异分析（LEfSe）表明,57个差异物种对种植模式非常敏感,不同种植模式富集了不同的细菌类群。（4） PICRUSt2功能预测共获得6个一级功能层和46个二级功能层,表现出功能上的丰富性,土壤细菌群落在代谢、遗传信息处理和环境信息方面功能活跃。有机种植模式提高了土壤细菌碳水化合物代谢、氨基酸代谢、膜运输、信号转导、脂质代谢及外源生物降解与代谢功能。（5）相关分析和冗余分析结果表明,土壤碱解氮、速效磷、全磷、全钾和pH是影响土壤细菌群落丰度和多样性的主要影响因子。总体而言,有机种植模式改变了茶园土壤细菌群落结构和代谢功能,增加土壤有益细菌的数量,有利于保持茶园土壤可持续的生态环境。     

氮磷营养盐添加对二甲基巯基丙酸内盐合成与降解细菌及其功能基因的影响

【目的】二甲基巯基丙酸内盐(dimethylsulfoniopropionate,DMSP)是海洋中主要的有机硫化物之一,是海洋细菌硫的主要来源,海洋细菌将其分解成"冷室气体"二甲基硫(dimethylsulfide,DMS),对调节全球气候变化和驱动地球硫循环有重要作用。本研究通过中国东海水体的现场围隔实验模拟海水富营养化对DMSP、DMS产量以及DMSP合成基因(dsyB和mmtN)和降解基因(dddP和dmdA)及相关功能细菌的影响。【方法】通过流式细胞仪计数92个围隔海水样品中微微型浮游生物的数量,采用Illumina MiSeq测序技术对海水样品中细菌的16S rRNA基因进行高通量测序,利用荧光定量PCR技术定量测定16S rRNA基因、DMSP合成及降解基因的丰度。【结果】研究发现,同时添加硝酸盐(6.00μmol/L)和磷酸盐(0.375μmol/L)能促进叶绿素a、DMSP、DMS的浓度上升。对于DMSP合成基因,只加磷酸盐能促进dsyB及Phaeobacter等相应物种的富集,虽然同时添加硝酸盐和磷酸盐使dsyB富集,但相对只加磷酸盐却不利于dsyB积累;同时添加硝酸盐和磷酸盐也抑制Alteromonas的生长,进而抑制了mmtN的富集。对于DMSP降解基因,同时加入硝酸盐和磷酸盐促进了dddP及Thalassococcus、Thalassobius、Loktanella和Shimia等物种的富集,却抑制了SAR11、Sulfitobacter等的富集,从而导致dmdA无法被富集。【结论】氮限制能更好地促进DMSP合成基因的表达,从而迫使细菌增加DMSP的合成以应对氮营养条件不足的生存环境,并进而提高DMSP脱甲基化的比例为细菌提供更多能量;而在硝酸盐和磷酸盐充足情况下,细菌相对减少DMSP的合成且更倾向于裂解DMSP产生DMS来降低硫同化的比例。本研究结果强调了海水富营养化对细菌合成与降解DMSP过程的影响。     

Distribution of capsulated bacterioplankton in the North Atlantic and North Sea

In laboratory experiments, bacterioplankton were incubated under different nutrient conditions, and the percentage of bacteria exhibiting a polysaccharidic capsule (capsulated bacteria) and that of CTC (cyanotetrazolium chloride)-positive and therefore metabolically highly active bacteria were determined. In these seawater cultures amended with nutrients more than 95% of the CTC-positive cells exhibited a capsule. During two cruises, one to the North Atlantic and one to the North Sea, we investigated the distribution of capsulated bacteria throughout the water column. Capsulated bacteria were generally more abundant in eutrophic surface waters than in deeper layers or more oligotrophic regions. In the upper 100 m of the North Atlantic, about 6–14% of the total bacterioplankton community was capsulated, while in the layers below 100 m depth, 97% of the bacteria lacked a visible capsule. The percentage of capsulated bacteria correlated with bacterial abundance and production, and chlorophyll a concentration. Also, the bioavailability of DOC (dissolved organic carbon), estimated by the ratio between bacterial production and DOC concentration, significantly correlated with the percentage of capsulated bacteria. In the North Sea, the contribution of capsulated bacteria to the total number of bacteria decreased from the surface (3 m depth) to the near-bottom (25–35 m) layers from 20% to 14% capsulated bacteria. In the nearshore area of the North Sea, about 27% of the bacteria exhibited a capsule. Overall, a pronounced decrease in the contribution of capsulated bacteria to the total bacterial abundance was detectable from the eutrophic coastal environment to the open North Atlantic. Using this epifluorescence-based technique to enumerate capsulated bacterioplankton thus allowed us to routinely assess the number of capsulated bacteria even in the oceanic water column. Based on the data obtained in this study we conclude that almost all metabolically highly active bacteria exhibit a capsule, but also some of the metabolically less active cells express a polysaccharide capsule detectable with this method.     

Seasonal changes in the abundance and composition of marine heterotrophic bacterial communities in an Antarctic coastal area

During a 1-year period, systematic observations of the Antarctic coastal marine bacterioplankton were recorded. Three field stations were sampled weekly in 1989 in Terre Adélie area. The survey included physicochemical (temperature and particulate organic matter) and bacteriological (total and heterotrophic counts, estimation of bacterial production) measurements. The bacterial community structure was investigated by carrying out 27 morphological and biochemical tests on 254 strains isolated during each season. Gram-negative non-fermentative rods were always dominant. However, an obvious difference exists between the communities inhabiting ice-free and ice-covered seawater. The potential metabolic abilities which were relatively significant in the summer community were severely reduced in the winter community. A general increase in bacterial biomass and production was observed in surface water after sea ice formation. The results suggest a close coupling between heterotrophic bacterioplankton and the input of allochthonous organic carbon, for example from the overlying sea-ice communities or from nearby penguin rookeries.     

象山港网箱养殖区与非养殖区的细菌群落分布

近海集约化养殖是导致我国近海污染的主要来源之一。浮游细菌在近海生态系统的物质循环过程中发挥重要作用,研究海洋浮游细菌群落对养殖活动的响应,对于指示和评价海水养殖生态系统健康具有重要意义。采集了象山港网箱养殖区与非养殖区3个深度,包括表层(0.5 m)、中层(2.5 m)、底层(8.0 m)的水样,利用焦磷酸测序技术测定16S rRNA基因,研究浮游细菌的群落结构和多样性。结果表明:网箱养殖活动不仅使得附近区域水体理化性质发生改变,如化学需氧量浓度显著高于非养殖区域,而且显著地(P0.05)改变了浮游细菌的群落结构,但不同深度间群落结构和多样性的差异不显著。网箱养殖区和非养殖区中主要浮游细菌类群为α-变形菌(Alphaproteobacteria)、γ-变形菌(Gammaproteobacteria)、拟杆菌(Bacteroidetes)、放线菌(Actinobacteria)、β-变形菌(Betaproteobacteria)、ε-变形菌(Epsilonproteobacteria)和其它变形菌(Unclassified Proteobacteria),占细菌总序列数的98.64%。有些细菌类群的平均相对丰度从网箱区到非养殖区差异显著,如拟杆菌(P0.01)和放线菌(P0.05)显著降低,而γ-变形菌(P0.05)显著增加。相似度分析表明γ-变形菌、α-变形菌和拟杆菌是造成网箱区和非养殖区群落差异的主要类群,对群落差异总贡献率达到45.02%。偏冗余分析表明,影响细菌群落分布的主要环境因子有化学需氧量、磷酸盐、铵盐和总有机碳,共解释38.18%的群落变异,空间距离单独解释10.66%的群落变异。实验结果表明,养殖活动导致浮游细菌群落的改变,其中拟杆菌、放线菌和γ-变形菌的丰度显著变化,可能用于评价养殖水体的水质状况。     

Differential response of high-elevation planktonic bacterial community structure and metabolism to experimental nutrient enrichment

Nutrient enrichment of high-elevation freshwater ecosystems by atmospheric deposition is increasing worldwide, and bacteria are a key conduit for the metabolism of organic matter in these oligotrophic environments. We conducted two distinct in situ microcosm experiments in a high-elevation lake (Emerald Lake, Sierra Nevada, California, USA) to evaluate responses in bacterioplankton growth, carbon utilization, and community structure to short-term enrichment by nitrate and phosphate. The first experiment, conducted just following ice-off, employed dark dilution culture to directly assess the impact of nutrients on bacterioplankton growth and consumption of terrigenous dissolved organic matter during snowmelt. The second experiment, conducted in transparent microcosms during autumn overturn, examined how bacterioplankton in unmanipulated microbial communities responded to nutrients concomitant with increasing phytoplankton-derived organic matter. In both experiments, phosphate enrichment (but not nitrate) caused significant increases in bacterioplankton growth, changed particulate organic stoichiometry, and induced shifts in bacterial community composition, including consistent declines in the relative abundance of Actinobacteria. The dark dilution culture showed a significant increase in dissolved organic carbon removal in response to phosphate enrichment. In transparent microcosms nutrient enrichment had no effect on concentrations of chlorophyll, carbon, or the fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter, suggesting that bacterioplankton responses were independent of phytoplankton responses. These results demonstrate that bacterioplankton communities in unproductive high-elevation habitats can rapidly alter their taxonomic composition and metabolism in response to short-term phosphate enrichment. Our results reinforce the key role that phosphorus plays in oligotrophic lake ecosystems, clarify the nature of bacterioplankton nutrient limitation, and emphasize that evaluation of eutrophication in these habitats should incorporate heterotrophic microbial communities and processes.     

Can Humic Water Discharge Counteract Eutrophication in Coastal Waters?

A common and established view is that increased inputs of nutrients to the sea, for example via river flooding, will cause eutrophication and phytoplankton blooms in coastal areas. We here show that this concept may be questioned in certain scenarios. Climate change has been predicted to cause increased inflow of freshwater to coastal areas in northern Europe. River waters in these areas are often brown from the presence of high concentrations of allochthonous dissolved organic carbon (humic carbon), in addition to nitrogen and phosphorus. In this study we investigated whether increased inputs of humic carbon can change the structure and production of the pelagic food web in the recipient seawater. In a mesocosm experiment unfiltered seawater from the northern Baltic Sea was fertilized with inorganic nutrients and humic carbon (CNP), and only with inorganic nutrients (NP). The system responded differently to the humic carbon addition. In NP treatments bacterial, phytoplankton and zooplankton production increased and the systems turned net autotrophic, whereas the CNP-treatment only bacterial and zooplankton production increased driving the system to net heterotrophy. The size-structure of the food web showed large variations in the different treatments. In the enriched NP treatments the phytoplankton community was dominated by filamentous >20 µm algae, while in the CNP treatments the phytoplankton was dominated by picocyanobacteria <5 µm. Our results suggest that climate change scenarios, resulting in increased humic-rich river inflow, may counteract eutrophication in coastal waters, leading to a promotion of the microbial food web and other heterotrophic organisms, driving the recipient coastal waters to net-heterotrophy.     

典型高原湖滨带底泥细菌群落结构及多样性特征

【背景】高原湖泊的富营养化日趋严重,而湖滨带作为湖泊的保护屏障对外源污染物具有拦截净化等作用,水环境变化则会对底泥细菌产生深刻影响。【目的】探究高原湖滨带底泥细菌群落结构特征及与水体富营养化之间的联系。【方法】基于16S rRNA基因高通量测序技术分析了阳宗海南岸湖滨带8个不同样点的底泥细菌群落结构及多样性,并结合样品水体环境因子,采用主成分分析(PCA)和冗余分析(redundancy analysis,RDA)探讨了水体富营养化对底泥细菌群落结构及丰富度的影响。【结果】湖滨带底泥细菌与水体富营养化程度存在响应关系,在水体富营养化程度高的区域(S3)细菌丰富度较高,操作分类单元(operationaltaxonomicunits,OTU)高达1473。反之,在富营养化程度低的区域(S1)细菌丰富度较低,OTU为730。阳宗海南岸湖滨带底泥中主要优势菌门为变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi),含有少量的放线菌门(Actinobacteria)、酸杆菌门(Acidobacteria)和厚壁菌门(Firmicutes);绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi)与水体富营养化程度具有相关性,在中度富营养化区域,绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi)的比重高达44.1%,而在轻度富营养化区域绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi)的比重仅为15.6%。通过环境因子分析发现,阳宗海湖滨底泥细菌受总磷(TP)、叶绿素a (Chla)和总氮(TN)影响较强。【结论】研究结果明确了高原湖泊湖滨带底泥细菌种群的结构、变化特征及其对于水体富营养化的响应,加深了高原湖泊底泥细菌的了解,为高原湖泊水体富营养化的防治提供理论基础。     

Sediment microbial community structure and mercury methylation in mercury-polluted Clear Lake, California

Spatial and temporal variations in sediment microbial community structure in a eutrophic lake polluted with inorganic mercury were identified using polar lipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis. Microbial community structure was strongly related to mercury methylation potential, sediment organic carbon content, and lake location. Pore water sulfate, total mercury concentrations, and organic matter C/N ratios showed no relationships with microbial community structure. Seasonal changes and changes potentially attributable to temperature regulation of bacterial membranes were detectable but were less important influences on sediment PLFA composition than were differences due to lake sampling location. Analysis of biomarker PLFAs characteristic of Desulfobacter and Desulfovibrio groups of sulfate-reducing bacteria suggests that Desulfobacter-like organisms are important mercury methylators in the sediments, especially in the Lower Arm of Clear Lake.     

Microbial diversity and dynamics in multi- and single-compartment anaerobic bioreactors processing sulfate-rich waste streams

We investigated bacterial and archaeal community structures and population dynamics in two anaerobic bioreactors processing a carbohydrate- and sulfate-rich synthetic wastewater. A five-compartment anaerobic migrating blanket reactor (AMBR) was designed to promote biomass and substrate staging, which partially separates the processes of methanogenesis and sulfidogenesis in the middle and outer compartment(s) respectively. The second reactor was a conventional, single-compartment upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. Both reactors, which were seeded with the same inoculum, performed well when the influent chemical oxygen demand (COD)/SO(4) (2-) mass ratio was 24.4. The AMBR performed worse than the UASB reactor when the influent COD/SO(4) (2-) mass ratio was decreased to 5.0 by raising the sulfate load. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of bacterial 16S rRNA genes showed that the increase in sulfate load had a greater impact on bacterial diversity and community structure for the five AMBR compartments than for the UASB reactor. Moreover, bacterial community profiles across AMBR compartments became more similar through time, indicating a converging, rather than a staged community. While similar populations were abundant in both reactors at the beginning of the experiment, fermenting bacteria (clostridia, streptococci), and sulfate-reducing bacteria became more abundant in the AMBR, after shifting to a higher sulfate load, while a novel Thermotogales-like population eventually became predominant in the UASB reactor. A similar shift in the community structure of the hydrogenotrophic methanogens in the AMBR occurred: representatives of the Methanobacteriaceae out-competed the Methanospirillaceae after increasing the sulfate load in the AMBR, while the archaeal community structure was maintained in the UASB.     

Interactions in syntrophic associations of endospore-forming, butyrate-degrading bacteria and h(2)-consuming bacteria

Butyrate is an important intermediate in the anaerobic degradation of organic matter. In sulfate-depleted environments butyrate is oxidized to acetate and hydrogen by obligate proton reducers, in syntrophic association with hydrogen-consuming methanogens. This paper describes two enrichments of endospore-forming bacteria degrading butyrate in consortia with methanogens. The isolates are readily established in coculture with H(2)-consuming, sulfate-reducing bacteria by pasteurizing the culture. The two original enrichments differed in that one grew to an optically dense culture while the second grew in clumps. Examination by scanning electron microscopy showed that clumping resulted from the production of large amounts of extracellular polymer. Several H(2)-consuming methanogens were identified in the enrichments. Some of them grew closely associated to the butyrate degraders. This attachment to the hydrogen producer may permit some methanogens to compete for the growth substrate against other bacteria having higher substrate affinity.     

Changes in microbial ecology in an anaerobic reactor

This study examined the behaviour of the microbial population in an anaerobic reactor, in terms of changes in numbers of total bacterial community, autofluorescent methanogens, non-methanogens and morphology of the autofluorescent methanogens, using epifluorescence microscopy and microbiological enumeration techniques. A laboratory-scale, continuous flow-completely mixed anaerobic reactor, coupled with a conventional gravity settling tank and a continuous recycling system, was operated at an HRT range between 24 and 12 h, using dairy wastewater as the substrate. The numbers of the total bacterial community and autofluorescent methanogens both decreased during start-up. Also, the proportion of the number of autofluorescent methanogens in the total bacterial community varied from 5% to 16% during operation. In particular, the activity of the methane-forming bacteria decreased significantly at HRTs of 16 and 12 h. A membrane module, instead of a conventional settling tank, would obviously have been a more effective method if recycling were required in the anaerobic treatment system.