Physicochemical characteristics of microbial content in a modified anaerobic inclining-baffled reactor (MAI-BR) treating recycled paper mill effluent (RPME)

Abstract

Microbial content formed in bioreactors plays a significant role in the anaerobic process. Therefore, the physicochemical characteristics of microbial content in a modified anaerobic inclining-baffled reactor (MAI-BR) treating recycled paper mill effluent (RPME) were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermogravimetric (TG), and derivative thermogravimetric (DTG) analyses, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and surface area analyzer. FTIR spectra revealed that the microbial content had stronger characteristic peaks corresponding to alcohols, water, lipids carbohydrates, proteins, and mineral compounds. Calcite, muscovite, and lepidolite were the prevalent mineral phases found by XRD analysis. The elemental of these minerals like C, Ca, N, O, and Si was confirmed by XPS results. The microbial content samples from each compartment showed similar thermal behavior. SEM images showed that straight rod-shaped and Methanosaeta-like microorganisms were predominant, whereas C, O, and Ca were noticed by EDS on the surface of granules. The BET surface areas and pores of granules are found to decline throughout the reactor’s compartment, where Compartment 1 had the largest values. Thus, the findings of this study establish further understanding of the physicochemical properties of microbial content formed in MAI-BR during the RPME treatment.     

Metagenomic Investigation of Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity of Hammam Essalihine Hot Spring from Khenchela,Algeria

Abstract

Hot springs are natural environments where hot groundwater comes out from the earth. Exploring the microbial diversity present in hot springs is important first to determine the microorganisms able to proliferate there and to understand their role in biogeochemical cycles. In Algeria, research concerning microbial populations in those ecosystems is limited. This study describes bacterial and archaeal diversity of the ‘Hammam Essalihine’ hot spring in Khenchela province in north-east Algeria using a culture-independent approach. This is the first microbial diversity investigation in the ‘Hammam Essalihine’ hot spring using next-generation sequencing techniques to assess the species classification of thermophilic microorganisms. Genomic DNA was extracted from water samples and the V4–V5 region of 16S rRNA gene were amplified, sequenced, and analyzed. The average temperature of water varies from 68 to 70?°C. High-throughput sequencing analysis revealed the presence of 21 bacterial phyla, including an unknown phylum and distributed across 42 families and 39 genera. The majority of the sequences were observed to belong to the kingdom Bacteria. The bacterial community from this hot spring is dominated by Proteobacteria (41.52%), Chloroflexi (7.62%), and Bacteroidetes (7.62%), whereas the community of Archaea is scarcely present in the study site and the two identified operational taxonomic units (OTUs) are far from what is known in the GenBank database. The study shows several uncharacterized sequences, indicating that the water of ‘Hammam Essalihine’ hot spring contains undescribed microorganisms. This study is thought to add to the understanding of thermophile diversity and ecology of ‘Hammam Essalihine’ hot spring.     

Sustainable bio-bricks prepared with synthetic urine enabled by biomineralization reactions

In this study, mineralization during brick preparation was performed with ureolytic bacterium, Lysinibacillus fusiformis that use urine as a substrate, omitting the heat that is normally required. Artificial urine for reasons of standardization was used to grow the bacterium for bio-bricks made of clay and cement, but their mineralization was enabled by biological activity instead of by heat. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersion X-ray spectroscopy were conducted to analyse the microstructures formed by L. fusiformis that precipitated various minerals in synthetic urine. The brick specimens were tested for compressive strength that was 59% more than control ones, whereas porosity of bio-bricks was 13% compared to 22% of control specimens. The minerals formed in the bio-bricks confirmed as struvite, apatite and calcite by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction spectra, were responsible for improved strength and reduced porosity. The research provided evidence in utilizing ureolytic bacteria as a mode to mineralize clay in brick production with the use of (artificial) urine as a substrate.     

花生根际微生物的分离及高效功能菌株筛选

【背景】花生根际分布着丰富的微生物类群,分离筛选多种功能的高效微生物是研发高效复合菌肥的基础。【目的】从花生根际土壤及根表分离微生物,分析可培养微生物的多样性,筛选高效解有机磷和无机磷、产吲哚乙酸(indole-3-acetic acid, IAA)和铁载体功能的菌株,为研发花生微生物菌肥打下基础。【方法】利用稀释涂布法,从采自山东省栖霞市、平度市、烟台市莱山区 3个样点的花生根际土、根表样品中分离微生物,基于16S rRNA基因序列对其进行系统发育分析,并通过初筛和复筛筛选高效解磷、产IAA和铁载体的菌株。【结果】共分离、纯化、保藏147株菌,其中75株分离自根际土壤,72株分离自根表样品。系统发育分析表明所有的菌分布于放线菌门(Actinomycetota)、芽孢杆菌门(Bacillota)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidota)和假单胞菌门(Pseudomonadota)这4个门的40个属,优势属为链霉菌属(Streptomyces, 21.77%)、芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus, 16.33%);根表样品微生物的多样性高于根际样品;共筛选到解有机磷菌株62株,短波单胞菌(Brevundimonas) YTU21021解有机磷能力最强为1.12 mg/L;解无机磷菌株31株,不动杆菌(Acinetobacter) YTU21009解无机磷能力最强为7.04 mg/L;产IAA的菌株63株,肠杆菌(Enterobacter) YTU21054产IAA量最高,达184.19 mg/L;产铁载体细菌7株,伯克氏菌(Burkholderia) YTU21051产铁载体能力最强,A_s/A_r为0.90。【结论】花生根际和根表样品中可培养微生物多样性较为丰富,本研究筛选到的高效功能菌丰富了花生根际功能微生物资源,为后续与高效根瘤菌联合研发花生复合微生物菌肥奠定了基础。     

一种自下而上的合成微生物组理性构建策略，用于郫县豆瓣发酵剂设计

【目的】提出一种合成微生物组的理性构建策略,用于构建郫县豆瓣蚕豆醅初始发酵的微生物组合菌剂。【方法】采取自下而上的合成微生物组理性构建策略,以相对丰度、频率和特征向量中心度作为核心微生物属的选择指标,分析确定蚕豆醅发酵核心微生物;设计模拟原位体系的全合成培养基,并利用该培养基快速、稳定地检测核心微生物包括产香性能在内的发酵特征。基于核心微生物的产香互补性能进行双菌组合发酵实验,结合核心微生物之间的生长相互作用,设计三菌组合发酵菌剂并验证其发酵性能。【结果】本研究确定并分离了郫县豆瓣蚕豆醅发酵过程中的 9种核心微生物。检测核心微生物产生的挥发性风味化合物,发现酵母菌类、乳酸菌类和其他类微生物之间存在产香互补关系。然后,结合微生物间的生长抑制关系设计了由乳酸片球菌、肉葡萄球菌及异变假丝酵母组成的三菌组合菌剂。与企业原位发酵样品相比,三菌组合菌剂产生的挥发性化合物数量达到原位样品的63.1%,化合物种类结构较为相似。与原位样品相比,组合菌剂样品氨基酸态氮浓度提升了21.8%。【结论】本研究提出了一种自下而上的合成微生物组理性构建策略,基于此策略设计了郫县豆瓣蚕豆醅发酵组合菌剂。使用该组合菌剂作为起始发酵剂发酵的郫县豆瓣蚕豆醅具有良好的风味谱和优异的氨基酸态氮水平。本研究在合成微生物组构建与发酵食品工艺改造方面具有较大的科学与应用价值。     

定陶汉墓出土汉砖表面及其储存环境真菌病害的分析与防治

【背景】定陶王墓地M2汉墓出土了一批处于防护层的重要汉砖,目前部分汉砖表面出现了真菌病害问题。【目的】根据现场文物保护状况,选取了5块汉砖表面的微生物病害样本,检测并分析了汉砖表面的真菌病害,将分离得到的7株真菌进行抑菌试验。【方法】使用扫描电镜观察、高通量测序、纯培养和抑菌试验等方法对样本中的真菌进行分析。【结果】发现未经抑菌处理的汉砖表面真菌病害问题严重,经75%乙醇和0.5%硝酸咪康唑处理过的汉砖表面真菌病害问题减弱。汉砖上的主要真菌不同,汉砖9表面含量最多的真菌为Boeremia,汉砖13表面含量最多的为虫草科(Cordycipitaceae)。然而硝酸咪康唑和硼酸硼砂并无抑菌效果,抑菌产品K100(2-甲基-4-异噻唑啉-3-酮)具有较好的抑菌效果。【结论】本研究对分析和防治汉砖表面的真菌病害及对汉砖进行科技保护具有重要意义。     

微生物流式分选的单细胞样品制备及存活率提高的方法优化

【背景】以流式细胞技术为代表的高通量筛选技术能够高效筛选具有目标性状的微生物工程菌株。在流式分选中微生物的粘连会造成分析数据不准确,分选纯度降低,因此快速简便的单细胞样品制备是流式检测的关键。优势菌大多是通过筛选偶联荧光蛋白的随机突变库获得,阳性率低,杂质和死细胞的自发荧光较强,容易混入分选门内造成存活率降低,亟须提高分选存活率的方法。【目的】建立一种简便的微生物流式分选的单细胞样品制备方法,并通过碘化丙啶(propidium iodide, PI)染色提高分选样品存活率。【方法】分别在大肠杆菌、枯草芽孢杆菌、谷氨酸棒状杆菌和酵母菌4种底盘细胞中探索超声波、消化酶、表面活性剂及超声-表面活性剂联合作用4种方式对单细胞制备效率的影响。提高微生物流式分选存活率,用常压室温等离子诱变(atmospheric and room temperature plasma, ARTP)技术处理含有绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)的酿酒酵母HZ848 (简称HZ848-GFP),形成不同强度GFP文库后,按照GFP强度分选全细胞和PI染色阴性细胞的前0.5%,统计单细胞存活率。【结果】酵母细胞分散条件为：0.01% Tween-80联合超声1 min,单细胞率达到88%以上,PI染色细胞破损率＜1.4%。谷氨酸棒状杆菌单细胞分散条件为：0.01% Tween-80联合超声5 min,单细胞率达到97%以上,PI染色细胞破损率＜1%。分选存活率结果表明,未用PI染色的酿酒酵母分选后单细胞存活率是4.3%,用PI染色去除死细胞后再分选单细胞存活率是18.3%,后者是前者的4.3倍,且具有显著性差异。【结论】本研究为微生物流式分选建立了一套简单快捷的单细胞样品制备方法,证实了PI染色法能够显著提高分选样品存活率。     

基于流式细胞仪高通量分选的深海微生物单细胞培养

[目的]建立适用于海洋微生物的流式细胞分选与高通量单细胞培养的方法,通过该方法从印度洋深海样品中分离微生物纯培养菌株.[方法]利用流式细胞仪单细胞分选功能,以前向角(FSC)和侧向角(SSC)散射光信号代替荧光信号作为分选逻辑,对深海水体和沉积物样品中微生物进行单细胞高通量分选和培养.[结果]确定了流式细胞分选的区域和...     

Effect of Blood Volume in Standard Anaerobic Blood Culture Bottles of the BacT/ALERT 3D System Used for the Detection of Pathogens and Time to Detection

BackgroundBlood volume may profoundly affect the isolation of microorganisms in blood cultures. The effect of blood volume in standard anaerobic bottles of the BacT/ALERT 3D system was investigated.MethodsAdult patients who visited the emergency department and referred for blood culture (n = 824) were enrolled from June to September 2013. Two sets of blood cultures were obtained from each patient. One set consisted of 5 mL that was collected in a standard aerobic bottle (SA5), 5 mL that was collected in a standard anaerobic bottle (SN5), and 10 mL that was collected in a standard anaerobic bottle (SN10). The growth of clinically significant pathogens and the time to detection (TTD) were compared between the SN5 and SN10 samples.ResultsIncreasing the volume of blood collected from 5 to 10 mL yielded a 14.7% improvement in the isolation of microorganisms. There was a statistically significant difference in the isolation of pathogens (14 vs. 30, P = 0.023) between the SN5 and SN10 samples. Gram-positive microorganisms were detected earlier in the SN10 samples than the SN5 samples (P = 0.052). The mean TTD of all pathogens was 13.5 h for the SN5 samples and 12.9 h for the SN10 samples (P = 0.099).ConclusionIncreased blood volume in the SN bottle yielded a significantly higher pathogen detection rate. However, there was no difference in the frequency of earlier detection or TTD between the SN5 and SN10 samples.     

南极乔治王岛冰锥洞微生物培养探索

【目的】南极洲具备独特的环境和相对的生物地理隔离,南极洲各类生境中蕴藏了大量尚未培养和难培养的微生物,也是新颖微生物物种的重要来源之一。本研究以南极冰锥洞这类特殊生境为研究对象,通过培养条件的多样化提升南极微生物的培养率和多样性,揭示南极冰锥洞可培养微生物类群多样性,为该环境可培养微生物功能研究奠定基础,也为南极极端环境未培养微生物的培养方法提供借鉴。【方法】通过采用不同培养基添加复苏促进因子(resuscitation promoting factor, Rpf)的方式,提高南极柯林斯冰盖冰锥洞生境中微生物的可培养率,探究该生境中微生物的多样性。采用4种不同营养水平的培养基,平行添加Rpf进行菌株培养,经分离纯化与16S rRNA基因鉴定,分析冰锥洞可培养微生物的多样性及培养条件对多样性的影响。【结果】本研究共分离培养细菌407株,涵盖5个门、18个科、29个属,其中：放线菌门(Actinomycetota)为优势门,占72.73%;微杆菌科(Microbacteriaceae)为优势科,占69.78%;Lacisediminihabitans属为优势属,占45.70%。从培养基效果...     

Local diagnostic reference levels for intraoral dental radiography in the public hospitals of Cyprus

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine local DRLs for children and adults undergoing intraoral dental examinations at the intraoral radiology units of the public hospitals in Cyprus.MethodsMeasurements were made on all the twenty intraoral X-ray units of the public hospitals in Cyprus with the intention to establish the local DRLs for all the possible intraoral X-ray examinations for children and adults. All units are film based. The measurements were made by a Dose Area Product (DAP) meter (GAMMEX RMI 841-RD) placed at the surface of the dental unit’s X-ray shaping cone (FSD 20 cm). A diagnostic radiology dosimeter (Dosimax Plus A) was also placed at an FSD of 100 cm to compare the dose reading between the two dosimeters.ResultsDRLs were established at the 3rd quartile for 7 exposure settings corresponding to 12 types of teeth (Adult and children mandibular and maxillary incisor, premolar and molar) with values of 197, 163, 128, 102, 81, 65 and 49 mGycm⁻² and 7.23, 5.94, 4.75, 3.68, 3.10, 2.41 and 1.88 mGy for benchmark nominal exposure times of 1000, 800, 640, 500, 400, 320 and 250 ms respectively, at a nominal exposure voltage of 70 kVp.ConclusionsThe local DRLs of the present study compare well with other similar published DRLs.     

海州湾近岸海域的微生物群落结构和抗生素抗性基因时空变化

【背景】近岸海域抗生素抗性基因(antibiotic resistance genes, ARGs)的污染和累积将直接影响海产品质量和安全,海州湾作为江苏省的四大渔场之一,是江苏渔业发展的主要载体,有多条大小河流注入,沿岸为重要农业区,对公众健康产生重大影响。【目的】对海州湾夏秋季的水样及沉积物展开微生物及ARGs检测。【方法】基于宏基因组测序技术开展海州湾夏秋两季近岸6个站点中水体和沉积物中ARGs种类和相对丰度以及微生物群落的组成研究。【结果】变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和放线菌门(Actinobacteria)是夏秋季度两种介质中最优势的门类,水样中优势的科级细菌为红细菌科(Rhodobacteraceae),沉积物样品中为脱硫杆菌科(Desulfobacteraceae);夏季水样中的ARGs相对丰度要明显高于秋季,但沉积物中不同季节的ARGs相对丰度未表现出明显的变化趋势;在水样中主要门级微生物群落的抗性机制主要是抗生素靶位替换和抗生素靶位保护,沉积物样品则以抗生素灭活机制为主,而主要科级微生物群落的抗性机制更加多样;冗余分析(redundancyanalysis...     

白酒可培养微生物数据库构建

【目的】白酒可培养微生物的分离筛选是白酒行业重要的研究内容,本文旨在构建中国白酒生产环境中可培养微生物信息数据库。【方法】数据库信息主要来源于通过人工查阅和整理目前已发表的白酒微生物的相关的文献报道和菌种保藏中心相关的筛选自白酒生态系统的微生物信息。数据库主要设计3个功能:(1)白酒可培养微生物信息检索:通过菌株名称、分离位置、培养基、代谢产物等为条件检索相关的白酒可培养微生物信息,从而获取该白酒微生物详细的生理生化与分类学信息;(2)培养基信息检索:通过特定培养基成分,培养基编号和名称检索相关的培养基信息,包括培养的组成和配制方法。(3)数据更新:在线上传新的可培养微生物和培养基信息。【结果】目前数据库共收1221种白酒可培养微生物和295种培养基信息,网址为:http://cmbaijiu.i-sanger.com/。【结论】本数据库是我国白酒领域首个可培养微生物信息的数据库,将有助于白酒微生物培养的相关研究工作开展。     

云南两个花魔芋主产区软腐病害植株腐烂球茎中的菌群组成及特征

【目的】软腐病是侵染魔芋的主要病害,其危害性严重,广泛传播会导致花魔芋绝产,尚无有效防控措施。魔芋软腐病的发生及暴发性传播与病原菌及其菌群有较大相关性。本研究旨在明确云南2个主产区的软腐病害花魔芋球茎及其根际土壤中的主要致病菌和优势微生物种类,分析其菌群结构特征,从而为花魔芋软腐病害的防控提供支撑。【方法】研究采集云南富源和永平2个产区的花魔芋软腐病样品,应用Illumina NovaSeq 6000测序平台进行微生物宏基因组测序和分析。同时采用选择性培养基、多级纯化培养技术以及电镜超微形态解析,分别对病害腐烂球茎中的致病菌及优势菌类进行分离鉴定和观察验证。【结果】两个花魔芋主产区软腐病害植株球茎及土壤中的微生物都非常丰富,共检出107门2 502属15 721种微生物。这2个产区的花魔芋软腐病害主要致病菌均为胡萝卜软腐坚固杆菌(Pectobacterium carotovorum),此病原菌与嗜麦芽寡养单胞菌(Stenotrophomonas maltophilia)的优势生长是2个产区软腐病害植株腐烂球茎中菌群的主要特征。此外,同产区的病害组织与土壤样品之间的菌群组成差异较大,但这2类样品中的优势菌群组成的区域性差异较小。【结论】两个花魔芋主产区软腐病害球茎组织中菌群与该区土壤菌群的相关性较低,土壤菌群区域性差异比相应的病害组织菌群区域性差异要大。因此,主要病原菌和共生菌的优势生长突破了产地差异影响,成为了病害组织菌群的主要特征,使得2个主产区软腐病害花魔芋球茎中的微生物生态系统具有高度相似性。     

不同时期艾比湖湿地盐角草群落土壤固氮微生物的多样性分析

【目的】研究新疆艾比湖湿地不同季节盐角草根际和非根际土壤固氮微生物的多样性和丰富度与环境因子的相关性,以期探究在荒漠化和盐渍化不断严重的艾比湖湿地中随着季节变化的固氮微生物群落对恢复生态功能起到的潜在作用,为后续的湿地保护和退化恢复工作提供理论支持和数据基础。【方法】应用Illumina HiSeq PE250测序技术,分析6个土壤样本固氮微生物的多样性,结合相关的理化因子并利用RDA分析法探究土壤理化性质和固氮微生物菌落结构及丰富度的相关性。【结果】艾比湖湿地盐角草植物根际土壤的固氮微生物多样性高于非根际土壤,7月的土壤固氮微生物多样性高于10月和4月的土壤。土杆菌属(Geobacter)、假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、固氮菌属(Azotobacter)和慢生根瘤菌属(Bradyrhizobium)等为盐角草根际和非根际土壤中的共同优势菌属。这些固氮微生物优势菌属隶属于变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和蓝藻门(Cyanobacteria),且相对丰富度占比为85%和10%,其余各菌门共占比较少,仅为5%。土壤中固氮微生物的优势菌群与碱解氮(AN)、全氮(TN)、速效钾(AK)和有效磷(TP)呈显著相关。【结论】随着时间的推移土壤样本中固氮微生物的多样性和群落结构也发了改变,同一时期植物根际与非根际土壤中固氮微生物的群落结构并不相同。土壤的环境因子与固氮细菌的群落结构和丰富度的相关性研究可以为艾比湖湿地的退化恢复提供数据基础和理论支持。     

Notes On Bison In Val Verde County,Texas: Additions To Dillehay

Abstract

Bison remains from deeply stratified deposits at the Castle Canyon Site, an area of southwestern Texas where bison remains are outstandingly rare, date about 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1000. The last bison known in the area died about 1885. It is suggested that environmental conditions in the area may not have changed, and that presence-absence periods might rather reflect changing conditions on the Central or Northern Plains. These data do not alter Dillehay’s conclusions, but present information not available to him.     

X-ray crystallography of chemical compounds

AimsAccurate knowledge of molecular structure is a prerequisite for rational drug design. This review examines the role of X-ray crystallography in providing the required structural information and advances in the field of X-ray crystallography that enhance or expand its role.Main methodsX-ray crystallography of new drugs candidates and intermediates can provide valuable information of new syntheses and parameters for quantitative structure activity relationships (QSAR).Key findingsCrystallographic studies play a vital role in many disciplines including materials science, chemistry, pharmacology, and molecular biology. X-ray crystallography is the most comprehensive technique available to determine molecular structure. A requirement for the high accuracy of crystallographic structures is that a ‘good crystal’ must be found, and this is often the rate-limiting step. In the past three decades developments in detectors, increases in computer power, and powerful graphics capabilities have contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of materials characterized by X-ray crystallography. More recently the advent of high-throughput crystallization techniques has enhanced our ability to produce that one good crystal required for crystallographic analysis.SignificanceContinuing advances in all phases of a crystallographic study have expanded the ranges of samples which can be analyzes by X-ray crystallography to include larger molecules, smaller or weakly diffracting crystals, and twinned crystals.     

奶牛粪酸臭成分降解过程中的微生物群落变化

【目的】研究可降解成年泌乳奶牛粪中主要酸臭物的微生物群落的组成及动态变化。【方法】利用牛粪堆肥环境中的微生物进行了发酵优化、菌种驯化以及酸臭有机物降解规律的研究,结合r DNA高通量测序技术对有益微生物的组成及相对生物量进行了分析。【结果】实验发现,奶牛排泄物中的臭味来源主要为短链有机酸,堆肥自然环境中的微生物可以有效地对有机酸等污染物进行去除,经从低到高浓度的有机酸臭物(W/V,0.1%–0.2%)驯化发酵后,培养物中原核微生物以芽孢杆菌居多,而真核微生物主要由红曲霉及粉状毕赤酵母组成。【结论】进一步推测这几种微生物是耐受并降解有机酸臭物的优势微生物,可以应用于奶牛养殖过程中酸臭排泄物的生物控制。     

Metal-directed and ligand-distorted assembly of chiral/achiral one-dimensional coordination polymers: Syntheses, structures and physical properties

The hydrothermal reactions of 5-bromoisophthalic acid (H₂BIPA) and metal salts in the presence of pyridine (py) result in three new coordination polymers, namely, M(BIPA)(py)₃ [M = Co(II) (1), Ni(II) (2)] and Zn(BIPA)(py)₂·H₂O (3), all of which have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray, elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 are isostructural and contain 2₁ helical chains made up of metal ions and BIPA²⁻ ligand, the chains are further formed to the supramolecular structures by the π?π interactions between the adjacent parallel py rings. Compound 3 has a 1D chiral left-handed helical chain structure. It is notable that 3 is obtained by second order spontaneous resolution using achiral starting materials. Moreover, the solid-state CD spectrum of single crystals and powder samples of 3 is investigated. The nonlinear optical measurement shows that 3 displayed a second-harmonic-generation (SHG) response of 0.7 times that for urea.     

X射线对我国两种典型土壤中微生物活性及群落结构的影响

【目的】X射线断层扫描技术(X-ray micro-Computed Tomography,micro-CT)能够原位、无损伤的解析土壤物理结构,有望与土壤微生物研究结合,以有助于更好的了解土壤生态系统。由于土壤的高度异质性,X射线扫描和土壤微生物分析应为同一样品,但是关于X射线扫描后的土壤样品是否兼容土壤微生物分析却鲜有报道,即X射线扫描是否影响土壤微生物的活性及群落尚未明确。【方法】本研究采集我国华北地区潮土和亚热带红壤,利用平板计数、微量热技术和高通量测序技术研究了X射线扫描对可培养微生物数量、土壤微生物的代谢热和群落结构的影响。【结果】X射线辐射显著降低了2种土壤中活体细菌的数量,同时微生物的代谢活性也发生改变;在分子水平上,基于细菌16S r RNA基因的高通量数据显示2种土壤的细菌多样性指数发生了变化,而其群落结构均无改变。【结论】X射线断层扫描技术并不兼容土壤微生物功能的研究;但可兼容基于分子生物学的微生物群落结构分析。