Variations of both bacterial community and extracellular polymers: the inducements of increase of cell hydrophobicity from biofloc to aerobic granule sludge

To investigate the inducements of increase of cell hydrophobicity from aerobic biofloc (ABF) and granular sludge (AGS), in this study, as the first time the hydrophilic and hydrophobic bacterial communities were analyzed independently. Meanwhile, the effect of extracellular polymers (EPS) on the cell hydrophobicity is also studied. Few Bacteroidetes were detected (1.35% in ABF and 3.84% in AGS) in hydrophilic bacteria, whereas they are abundant in the hydrophobic cells (47.8% and 43% for ABF and AGS, respectively). The main species of Bacteroidetes changed from class Sphingobacteria to Flavobacteria in AGS. On the other hand, EPS is directly responsible to cell hydrophobicity. For AGS, cell hydrophobicity was sharply decreased after EPS extraction. Both quantity and property of the extracellular protein are related to hydrophobicity. Our results showed the variation of cell hydrophobicity was resulted from variations of both bacterial population and EPS.     

蔗糖输入对凡纳滨对虾养殖系统真核微生物群落的影响

利用18S rRNA基因高通量测序, 研究蔗糖输入条件下凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)养殖系统中水体与絮团的真核微生物群落组成及其相互作用关系。结果表明, 输入蔗糖能显著改变对虾养殖系统中真核微生物群落组成, 促进水体中纤毛虫和轮虫的生长, 对水体绿藻的过度生长有一定抑制作用。Mantel分析发现, 在第28天时, 蔗糖添加以及系统中的溶解氧、亚硝酸盐和磷酸盐对真核微生物群落结构变异有显著影响。利用共线性网络分析表明碳氮比的增加可以增强水体和絮团中不等鞭毛类、纤毛虫和轮虫的相互作用, 对养殖体系中藻类的过度繁殖具有一定的抑制作用。研究揭示了在蔗糖输入条件下凡纳滨对虾养殖系统中真核微生物群落的演替规律及絮团和水体微生物相互作用特征, 为生物絮团技术持续稳定的应用于对虾养殖系统提供理论支持。