西藏米拉山土壤古茵16S rRNA及amoA基因多样性分析

[目的]本研究旨在了解西藏米拉山高寒草甸土壤中古菌及氨氧化古菌群落结构组成情况.[方法]采用未培养技术直接从土壤中提取微生物总DNA,分别利用通用引物构建古菌16S rRNA基因和氨氧化古菌amoA基因克隆文库.利用DOTUR软件将古菌和氨氧化古菌序列按照相似性97%的标准分成若干个可操作分类单元(OTUs).[结果]通过构建系统发育树,表明古菌16s rRNA基因克隆文库包括泉古菌门和未分类的古菌两大类,并且所有泉古菌均属于热变形菌纲.氨氧化古菌amoA基因克隆文库中序列均为泉古菌.古菌16s rRNA基因和古菌amoA基因克隆文库分别包括64个OTUs和75个OTUs.[结论]西藏米拉山高寒草甸土壤中古菌多样性比较丰富,表明古菌在高寒草甸土壤的氮循环中可能具有重要的作用.     

南美白对虾养殖底泥中氨氧化细菌与氨氧化古菌多态性分析

【目的】本研究皆在了解虾养殖底泥中氨氧化细菌与氨氧化古菌群落多态性。【方法】以功能基因为基础,构建氨氧化细菌(AOB)与氨氧化古菌(AOA)的氨单加氧酶α亚基基因(amoA)克隆文库。利用限制性片段长度多态性(Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism,RFLP)技术将克隆文库阳性克隆子进行归类分析分成若干个可操作分类单元(Operational Taxa Units,OTUs)。【结果】通过序列多态性分析,表明AOB amoA基因克隆文库中所有序列都属于变形杆菌门β亚纲(β-Proteobacteria)中的亚硝化单细胞菌属(Nitrosomonas)及Nitrosomonas-like,未发现亚硝化螺旋菌属(Nitrosospira)。AOA amoA基因克隆文库中只有一个OTU序列属于未分类的古菌(Unclassified-Archaea),其余序列都属于泉古菌门(Crenarchaeote)。AOA群落结构单一且存在一个绝对优势类群OTU3,其克隆子数目占克隆文库的57.45%。AOB和AOA amoA基因克隆文库分别包括13个OTUs和9个OTUs,其文库覆盖率分别为73.47%和90.43%。AOB amoA基因克隆文库的Shannon-Wiener指数、Evenness指数、Simpson指数、Richness指数均高于AOA。【结论】虾养殖塘底泥中存在氨氧化古菌的amoA基因,且多态性低于氨氧化细菌,表明氨氧化古菌在虾养殖塘底泥的氮循环中可能具有重要的作用。     

华北典型旱地小麦土壤amoA基因的PCR-RFLP分析

通过构建氨氧化细菌(AOB )和氨氧化古菌(AOA)的氨氧化酶基因亚基A (amoA )克隆文库,并采用限制性片段长度多态性(Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism, RFLP )技术分析了华北地区典型旱地冬小麦土壤中amoA 基因的多样性.采用MspI 和AfaI 两种限制性内切酶对amoA 基因克隆文库中阳性克隆子进行双酶切后,共得到了18 个氨氧化细菌的可操作分类单元(Operational Taxa Units, OTUs )和10 个氨氧化古菌可操作分类单元(Operational Taxa Units, OTUs ),其文库覆盖率分别达到92.9%和88.3%.氨氧化细菌的Shannon-Wiener 指数、丰富度指数、均匀度指数均高于氨氧化古菌.通过对文库中amoA细菌测序分析,所有的序列都属于Nitrosospira cluster 3 .而在氨氧化古菌中存在着一个绝对优势种群,它占到克隆文库的80 %,测序分析的结果表明,氨氧化古菌属于不可培养的泉古菌门.     

若尔盖高原湿地土壤氨氧化古菌的多样性

【目的】研究自然界中氨氧化古菌(ammonia-oxidizing archaea,AOA)对于理解全球氮循环起着至关重要的作用,但人们对高原湿地AOA种群生态还知之甚少。本研究旨在了解若尔盖高原湿地土壤AOA群落组成及多样性。【方法】从若尔盖高原阿西(A'xi)、麦西(Maixi)和分区(Fenqu)3个典型牧区采集土壤样品,提取土壤总DNA,利用AOA氨单加氧酶(ammonia monooxygenase,amoA)基因通用引物扩增amoA基因,构建amoA基因克隆文库。从每个克隆文库中随机挑选80个阳性克隆子用于后续限制性酶切片段长度多态性(restriction fragment length polymorphism,RFLP)分析,挑选不同酶切类型的克隆子进行测序、比对,利用MEGA 5.0软件构建amoA基因系统发育树。【结果】从3个克隆文库共240个AOA amoA基因阳性克隆中得到15条代表序列,通过Mothur软件进行OTUs(operational taxonomic units)分类得到7个不同的分类单元。其中OTU 6为优势类群,在3个克隆文库均有发现,约占所有特异性克隆子的27%。15条amoA基因序列分属于Zoige Wetland Clade 1(4 OTUs)、Zoige Wetland Clade 2(2 OTUs)和Zoige Wetland Clade 3(1OTU)3个系统发育分支。BLAST分析显示所有OTUs均归于泉古菌门(Crenarchaeota)。相关性分析表明,若尔盖高原湿地AOA多样性指数与土壤铵态氮和硝态氮含量存在显著的相关性(P0.05)。【结论】若尔盖高原湿地中AOA多样性较低,均属于泉古菌,且与土壤中氨态氮和硝态氮密切相关。     

利用小亚基核糖体RNA 技术分析温室黄瓜近根土壤古菌和真菌多样性

土壤古菌和真菌在温室生态系统是仅次于细菌的微生物,具有类似于细菌的重要生态功能。通过构建古菌16S rRNA和真菌18S rRNA基因克隆文库,分析温室黄瓜近根土壤古菌和真菌群落结构组成,为开发利用温室这一特殊的生态环境中丰富的微生物资源以及理解微生物与植物间的互作提供参考依据。采用研磨-冻融-溶菌酶-蛋白酶K-SDS热处理以及CTAB处理等理化方法,提取和纯化微生物总DNA,构建古菌16S rRNA和真菌18S rRNA基因克隆文库。利用DOTUR软件将古菌和真菌序列按照相似性97％的标准分成若干个可操作分类单元 (OTUs)。土壤古菌克隆文库主要包括泉古菌门和未分类的古菌两大类,并有少部分广域古菌类群,所有泉古菌均属于热变形菌纲,共45个OTUs;真菌克隆文库包括真菌门的大多数亚门真菌,共24个OTUs,未发现担子菌亚门真菌。古菌多样性比较丰富,且发现少量的广域古菌 (甲烷菌),这一情况可能与温室长期高温高湿,高有机质含量,土壤处于缺氧环境有关;土壤真菌的优势种群为子囊菌,占到土壤真菌的80％以上,这可能与绝大多数植物真菌性病害属于土传病害,通过菌丝体、菌核或子囊壳在土壤病残体中越冬有一定的关系。     

艾比湖湿地三种植物根际土壤氨氧化细菌群落的多样性

摘要:【目的】以艾比湖湿地盐节木(Halocnemum strobilaceum)、芦苇(Reed)及盐角草(Salicornia)三种植物为对象,研究其根际土壤氨氧化细菌(AOB)的群落多样性。【方法】利用PCR-RFLP的方法,构建氨氧化细菌amoA基因克隆文库,进行系统发育分析。结合三种植物根际理化因子特点,探讨三种植物根际AOB群落结构组成的特点。【结果】通过序列多态性分析表明,三种植物根际土壤AOB amoA基因克隆文库中的所有序列均属于β亚纲(β-Proteobacteria)中的亚硝化单胞菌属(Nitrosomonas)及Nitrosomonas-like,未发现亚硝化螺菌属(Nitrosospira)。三个AOB amoA基因克隆文库分别包括9个OTUs、12个OTUs和7个OTUs,其文库覆盖度均达99%以上,代表性强。三个文库的丰富度、Chao1指数、ACE指数、Shannon指数均为R＞H＞S。【结论】三种植物的AOB多样性为芦苇＞盐节木＞盐角草,并且其最优氨氧化菌群各不相同。本研究为系统认识艾比湖湿地植物根际氨氧化细菌群落多样性和结构组成提供了基础。     

基于amoA基因扩增子高通量测序的氨氧化古菌多样性分析方法

【背景】对于环境样品中氨氧化古菌(Ammonia-oxidizing archaea,AOA)多样性的研究,利用amoA功能基因作为分子标记会比16SrRNA基因有更强的特异性和更高的分辨率,能更准确地反映环境样品中氨氧化古菌的种群结构和分布特征。然而,目前对amoA基因扩增子高通量测序的分析存在两大限制因素:一是缺乏相应的amoA基因参考数据库;二是AOA amoA基因在种水平上的相似性阈值未知,分析过程中没有明确的划分种水平操作分类单元(Operational taxonomic unit,OTU)的阈值。【目的】构建基于amoA功能基因序列分析氨氧化古菌多样性的方法,为基于高通量测序的功能微生物多样性分析提供参考。【方法】基于目前已通过分离纯化或富集培养获得的34株氨氧化古菌及功能基因数据库中收录的环境样品amoA基因序列,构建氨氧化古菌amoA基因参考数据库。通过菌株间两两比对获得的amoA基因相似度与16SrRNA基因相似度的相关性分析,确定amoA基因在种水平上的相似性阈值。基于MOTHUR软件平台,利用建立的参考数据库和确定的阈值对南海一个垂直水体剖面样品的amoA基因序列进行多样性分析。【结果】构建了含有26 091条序列信息的古菌amoA基因参考数据库,确定了89%作为分析过程中古菌amoA基因划分种水平OTU的阈值,对南海水体样品氨氧化古菌的多样性分析结果很好地显示了南海不同深度水层水体中氨氧化古菌的种群结构和系统发育关系,有效揭示了南海氨氧化古菌的垂直分布差异。【结论】建立了基于amoA基因高通量测序的氨氧化古菌多样性分析方法,此方法可以有效分析环境样品中氨氧化古菌的多样性。     

浑善达克沙地夏冬季浅色型生物土壤结皮中古菌的系统发育多样性

【目的】生物土壤结皮(Biological soil crusts,BSCs)对于遏制土壤荒漠化、恢复荒漠地区生态环境起着重要作用。BSCs形成和发展的关键角色是微生物。但关于BSCs中微生物组成的认识还不够全面和系统,特别是对其中的古菌鲜有研究报道。【方法】通过构建和分析古菌16S rRNA基因克隆文库,揭示浑善达克沙地BSCs中古菌多样性和系统发育类型组成,并比较它们夏季和冬季的变化。【结果】BSCs样品颜色为褐色,厚度较薄,所含氮和磷营养养分不高;8月份和11月份的BSCs古菌16S rRNA基因文库覆盖度均达95%以上,代表性强;两个文库共得到可用的142条古菌16S rRNA基因序列,以0.03为Cutoff值、这些序列分入10个OTUs中,两个季节的最优势种群相同;8月份和11月份的古菌均属于奇古菌门,但群落结构存在很大的不同,即各自所独有的种群分别有1个和4个;BSCs中古菌多样性均不高,但11月份的明显高于8月份的。【结论】温带沙地浅色型BSCs中古菌的主要为奇古菌、多样性低,其群落结构随季节变换而有较大变化。本研究为系统认识BSCs古菌的多样性及其生态作用提供了基础。     

新疆两典型微咸水湖水体免培养古菌多样性

微咸水湖是湖泊演化过程中的一个重要中间状态,以新疆两典型微咸水湖-赛里木湖和柴窝堡湖水为研究对象,采用微孔滤膜收集菌体,SDS-酚-氯仿抽提法直接提取湖水总DNA,利用古菌16S rRNA基因通用引物进行PCR扩增,分别构建两湖古菌16S rRNA基因克隆文库。用限制性内切酶Hae Ⅲ对随机挑选的阳性克隆子进行酶切分型,分别得到7个和8个可操作分类单元(Operational Taxonomic Units, OTUs),两文库覆盖率均大于98%。BLAST比对和系统发育分析表明赛里木湖全部克隆子归属于泉古菌门(Crenarchaeota),97%的克隆子与不同环境免培养氨氧化泉古菌有较高的序列相似性(>97%)。柴窝堡湖水古菌归为3个门:Thaumarchaeota (81.2%)、广古菌门(Euryarchaeota)(13%)和泉古菌门(Crenarchaeota) (5.8%),81.2%的克隆子与具有氮代谢功能的氨氧化古菌纯培养物具有较高的序列相似性(97%-98%),13%的克隆子与已分离到的产甲烷古菌序列同源性大于97%。研究发现新疆微咸水湖可能存有大量新划分的古菌Thaumarchaeota门类群、可培养氨氧化及产甲烷古菌类群,两典型微咸水湖泊中古菌类群多样性较低且群落组成差异大。     

新疆沙湾冷泉沉积物中免培养古菌多样性初步研究

【目的】了解新疆沙湾冷泉沉积物的古菌组成及多样性。【方法】采用免培养法,液氮研磨提取冷泉沉积物总DNA,使用古菌通用引物进行16S rRNA基因扩增,构建16S rRNA基因文库。对阳性克隆进行HhaI限制性酶切分型,选出具有不同酶切图谱的序列进行测序,将所得序列与GenBank数据库中序列比对并构建16S rRNA基因系统发育树。【结果】从冷泉沉积物古菌16S rRNA基因文库中随机挑选了121个阳性克隆,共得到22个不同的可操作分类单元,BLAST结果表明全部克隆子归属于泉古菌门(Crenarchaeote)中免培养类群。系统发育分析归类为Soil-Freshwater-subsurface group和MarinegroupI,2个亚群并且各占整个文库的50%。其中40%左右的克隆子与具有无机碳和硝酸盐同化能力的泉古菌有高的相似性。此外还发现40%的克隆子与低温泉古菌类群具有很高的相似性。【结论】新疆沙湾冷泉沉积物中古菌类群多样性较低,但存有大量高度适应此低温、贫营养环境的泉古菌类群。     

云南热带户用沼气池的原核生物群落结构研究

【目的】揭示云南热带农村户用沼气池中的原核生物(细菌和古菌)的群落结构特征。【方法】采用16S r RNA基因克隆文库技术对云南(北)热带代表性气候区的户用沼气池中的原核生物(细菌和古菌)多样性进行研究。【结果】得到细菌330条有效序列,划分为108个OTUs,文库覆盖度为81.5%;古菌有效序列185条,划分为17个OTUs,文库覆盖度为97.8%。通过Gen Bank数据库进行相似性比对与系统发育分析,结果表明:大部分细菌为未知细菌(Unclassified bacteria,占24.19%),优势细菌类群归属拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes,占23.58%)、绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi,占21.46%)、厚壁菌门(Firmicutes,占13.91%)和变形菌门(Proteobacteria,占8.74%);古菌主要的优势类群为乙酸盐营养型的甲烷八叠球菌目(Methanosarcinales)的鬃毛甲烷菌属(Methanosaeta,占76.75%);此外还检测到少量未培养的泉古菌门细菌(Crenarchaeota,占9.19%)。【结论】云南(北)热带代表性气候区的农村户用沼气池中的微生物种类十分丰富,不同微生物种类的丰度存在明显差异,并存在明显优势种群,且细菌比古菌具有更丰富的多样性。     

Comparative analysis of archaeal 16S rRNA and <Emphasis Type="Italic">amoA</Emphasis> genes to estimate the abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sediments

Considering their abundance and broad distribution, non-extremophilic Crenarchaeota are likely to play important roles in global organic and inorganic matter cycles. The diversity and abundance of archaeal 16S rRNA and putative ammonia monooxygenase alpha-subunit (amoA) genes were comparatively analyzed to study genetic potential for nitrification of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in the surface layers (0-1 cm) of four marine sediments of the East Sea, Korea. After analysis of a 16S rRNA gene clone library, we found various archaeal groups that include the crenarchaeotal group (CG) I.1a (54.8%) and CG I.1b (5.8%), both of which are known to harbor ammonia oxidizers. Notably, the 16S rRNA gene of CG I.1b has only previously been observed in terrestrial environments. The 16S rRNA gene sequence data revealed a distinct difference in archaeal community among sites of marine sediments. Most of the obtained amoA sequences were not closely related to those of the clones retrieved from estuarine sediments and marine water columns. Furthermore, clades of unique amoA sequences were likely to cluster according to sampling sites. Using real-time PCR, quantitative analysis of amoA copy numbers showed that the copy numbers of archaeal amoA ranged from 1.1 x 10(7) to 4.9 x 10(7) per gram of sediment and were more numerous than those of bacterial amoA, with ratios ranging from 11 to 28. In conclusion, diverse CG I.1a and CG I.1b AOA inhabit surface layers of marine sediments and AOA, and especially, CG I.1a are more numerous than other ammonia-oxidizing bacteria.     

珠三角养殖水体中参与氮循环的微生物群落结构

【目的】为了研究珠三角地区养殖水体中各种含氮化合物循环转化的特征及其相关功能微生物的群落结构。【方法】构建人工模拟养殖系统,采用15N-稳定性同位素探测技术(stable isotope probing,15N-SIP)标记参与氮素迁移的微生物,通过氯化铯-溴化乙锭密度梯度超高速离心法分离15N标记的DNA,并以此构建含15N-DNA的细菌和古菌16S rRNA基因克隆文库。【结果】15N标记的基因组DNA经过超高速密度梯度离心后成功与14N-DNA分离;对克隆文库序列的分析表明:细菌文库得到的19个可操作分类单元(Operational TaxaUnits,OTUs)分别归为变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和浮霉菌门(Planctomycetes)。变形菌门为绝对优势类群,占整个细菌克隆文库的99.2%,其中优势菌群为丛毛胞菌属(Comamonas)(15.7%)、亚硝化单胞菌属(Nitrosomonas)(12.4%)、肠杆菌科(Enterobacteriaceae)(11.5%)和硝化杆菌属(Nitrobacter)(11.5%);古菌文库得到的9个OTUs归为奇古菌门(Thaumarchaeota)、泉古菌门(Crenarchaeota)和广古菌门(Euryarchaeota)。【结论】将15N-SIP技术应用于珠三角养殖水体氮素循环微生物群落结构的研究中,得到了丰富的氮素循环微生物群落的组成,这些信息为进一步分离纯化氮素降解微生物提供了重要的参考,为营造健康的水产养殖环境提供科学依据。     

Changes in N-transforming archaea and bacteria in soil during the establishment of bioenergy crops

Widespread adaptation of biomass production for bioenergy may influence important biogeochemical functions in the landscape, which are mainly carried out by soil microbes. Here we explore the impact of four potential bioenergy feedstock crops (maize, switchgrass, Miscanthus X giganteus, and mixed tallgrass prairie) on nitrogen cycling microorganisms in the soil by monitoring the changes in the quantity (real-time PCR) and diversity (barcoded pyrosequencing) of key functional genes (nifH, bacterial/archaeal amoA and nosZ) and 16S rRNA genes over two years after bioenergy crop establishment. The quantities of these N-cycling genes were relatively stable in all four crops, except maize (the only fertilized crop), in which the population size of AOB doubled in less than 3 months. The nitrification rate was significantly correlated with the quantity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) not bacteria (AOB), indicating that archaea were the major ammonia oxidizers. Deep sequencing revealed high diversity of nifH, archaeal amoA, bacterial amoA, nosZ and 16S rRNA genes, with 229, 309, 330, 331 and 8989 OTUs observed, respectively. Rarefaction analysis revealed the diversity of archaeal amoA in maize markedly decreased in the second year. Ordination analysis of T-RFLP and pyrosequencing results showed that the N-transforming microbial community structures in the soil under these crops gradually differentiated. Thus far, our two-year study has shown that specific N-transforming microbial communities develop in the soil in response to planting different bioenergy crops, and each functional group responded in a different way. Our results also suggest that cultivation of maize with N-fertilization increases the abundance of AOB and denitrifiers, reduces the diversity of AOA, and results in significant changes in the structure of denitrification community.     

Abundance and composition of epiphytic bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidizers of marine red and brown macroalgae

Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA) are important for nitrogen cycling in marine ecosystems. Little is known about the diversity and abundance of these organisms on the surface of marine macroalgae, despite the algae's potential importance to create surfaces and local oxygen-rich environments supporting ammonia oxidation at depths with low dissolved oxygen levels. We determined the abundance and composition of the epiphytic bacterial and archaeal ammonia-oxidizing communities on three species of macroalgae, Osmundaria volubilis, Phyllophora crispa, and Laminaria rodriguezii, from the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean Sea). Quantitative PCR of bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA and amoA genes was performed. In contrast to what has been shown for most other marine environments, the macroalgae's surfaces were dominated by bacterial amoA genes rather than those from the archaeal counterpart. On the basis of the sequences retrieved from AOB and AOA amoA gene clone libraries from each algal species, the bacterial ammonia-oxidizing communities were related to Nitrosospira spp. and to Nitrosomonas europaea and only 6 out of 15 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were specific for the host species. Conversely, the AOA diversity was higher (43 OTUs) and algal species specific, with 17 OTUs specific for L. rodriguezii, 3 for O. volubilis, and 9 for P. crispa. Altogether, the results suggest that marine macroalgae may exert an ecological niche for AOB in marine environments, potentially through specific microbe-host interactions.     

Crenarchaeota and their role in the nitrogen cycle in a subsurface radioactive thermal spring in the Austrian Central Alps

Previous results from a 16S rRNA gene library analysis showed high diversity within the prokaryotic community of a subterranean radioactive thermal spring, the "Franz-Josef-Quelle" (FJQ) in Bad Gastein, Austria, as well as evidence for ammonia oxidation by crenarchaeota. This study reports further characterization of the community by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and semiquantitative nitrification measurements. DGGE bands from three types of samples (filtered water, biofilms on glass slides, and naturally grown biofilms), including samples collected at two distinct times (January 2005 and July 2006), were analyzed. The archaeal community consisted mainly of Crenarchaeota of the soil-subsurface-freshwater group (group 1.1b) and showed a higher diversity than in the previous 16S rRNA gene library analysis, as was also found for crenarchaeal amoA genes. No bacterial amoA genes were detected. FISH analysis of biofilms indicated the presence of archaeal cells with an abundance of 5.3% (+/-4.5%) in the total 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)-stained community. Microcosm experiments of several weeks in duration showed a decline of ammonium that correlated with an increase of nitrite, the presence of crenarchaeal amoA genes, and the absence of bacterial amoA genes. The data suggested that only ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) perform the first step of nitrification in this 45 degrees C environment. The crenarchaeal amoA gene sequences grouped within a novel cluster of amoA sequences from the database, originating from geothermally influenced environments, for which we propose the designation "thermal spring" cluster and which may be older than most AOA from soils on earth.