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Bacterial Diversity of Weathered Terrestrial Icelandic Volcanic Glasses
Authors:Laura C Kelly  Charles S Cockell  Yvette M Piceno  Gary L Andersen  Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson  Viggo Marteinsson
Institution:1. Geomicrobiology Research Group, Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
2. Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
3. Hydrology Division, National Energy Authority, Grensasvegi 9, IS-108, Reykjavik, Iceland
4. Matís ohf./Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D, Vínlandsleid 12, 113, Reykjavik, Iceland
Abstract:The diversity of microbial communities inhabiting two terrestrial volcanic glasses of contrasting mineralogy and age was characterised. Basaltic glass from a <0.8 Ma hyaloclastite deposit (Valafell) harboured a more diverse Bacteria community than the younger rhyolitic glass from ~150-300 AD (D?madalshraun lava flow). Actinobacteria dominated 16S rRNA gene clone libraries from both sites, however, Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria and Cyanobacteria were also numerically abundant in each. A significant proportion (15-34%) of the sequenced clones displayed <85% sequence similarities with current database sequences, thus suggesting the presence of novel microbial diversity in each volcanic glass. The majority of clone sequences shared the greatest similarity to uncultured organisms, mainly from soil environments, among these clones from Antarctic environments and Hawaiian and Andean volcanic deposits. Additionally, a large number of clones within the Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria were more similar to sequences from other lithic environments, included among these Icelandic clones from crystalline basalt and rhyolite, however, no similarities to sequences reported from marine volcanic glasses were observed. PhyloChip analysis detected substantially greater numbers of phylotypes at both sites than the corresponding clone libraries, but nonetheless also identified the basaltic glass community as the richer, containing approximately 29% unique phylotypes compared to rhyolitic glass.
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