克隆文库方法分析厌氧氨氧化反应器中细菌群落结构

为了认识低基质浓度污水厌氧氨氧化(ANAMMOX)脱氮过程的生物学机制,为ANAMMOX脱氮工艺的优化提供理论依据,通过构建细菌16S rDNA(约1 500 bp)克隆文库和浮霉菌特有16S rDNA(约830 bp)克隆文库对ANAMMOX脱氮反应器中活性污泥的细菌群落结构进行分析。从细菌16S rDNA克隆文库中随机挑选到160个克隆子,共31个分类单元(OTU),与GenBank数据库比对结果表明,厌氧颗粒污泥中的细菌群落具有丰富的多样性,包括:变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidete)、硝化螺旋菌门(Nitrospira)、酸杆菌门(Acidobacteria)、绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi)、Candidate division OP10、浮霉菌门(Planctomycetes)和未知菌,其中,变形菌门和拟杆菌门为优势菌群,分别占41.9%和34.2%。在浮霉菌特有16S rDNA克隆文库的40个克隆子中,34个克隆子属于CandidatusKuenenia属的厌氧氨氧化细菌,它们是ANAMMOX脱氮过程的主要功能菌。     

铜尾矿白羊草叶际和根际细菌群落特征

植物叶际、根际微生物及其生存环境共同形成复杂的生态系统,其中,根际微生物也是土壤物质循环的主要动力,可以为植物的生长发育提供基础.叶际和根际微生物也可作为生态学指标,在矿区生态稳定与生态恢复中具有显著作用.本研究选择铜尾矿优势禾草白羊草为研究对象,采用高通量测序的方法,研究白羊草叶际和根际细菌群落特征,探究影响白羊草叶际和根际微生物群落结构与多样性的关键生态因子.结果表明,白羊草叶际和根际细菌群落结构具有显著差异.其中,白羊草叶际细菌优势属包括假单胞菌属、肠杆菌属和鞘脂单胞菌属,根际细菌优势属为Solrubrobacter和酸杆菌属.白羊草根际细菌群落的香农指数、ACE指数和Chao1指数均显著高于叶际细菌.土壤水分含量、pH、土壤砷和锌含量,白羊草总氮和总硫,及叶片和根内的镉和铬是影响白羊草叶际和根际优势细菌属的主要生态因子.此外,根际细菌群落香农指数与根内铜含量显著负相关,辛普森指数与根的总氮含量显著正相关,叶际细菌群落ACE指数与叶片总硫含量显著正相关.本研究结果可为铜尾矿生态恢复中发掘和利用叶际或根际细菌资源及提高矿区生态修复效率提供科学依据.     

Production of a newly isolated Paenibacillus polymyxa biocontrol agent using monosodium glutamate wastewater and potato wastewater

A phyllosphere bacterial strain EBL-06 was isolated from wheat leaves. The morphology, cultural characteristics, phospholipid fatty acids, physiological and antagonistic fungus activities of this strain were investigated. A phylogenetic tree was constructed by comparing with the published 16S rDNA sequences of the relevant bacteria. The results showed that the isolate EBL-06 was a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa; this strain performed a high level of antagonistic fungus activity toward a broad spectrum of phytopathogens, such as Botrytis cinerea, Cladosporium cucumerinum, Fusarium spp. The isolate EBL-06 can grow well using monosodium glutamate wastewater (MGW) and potato wastewater (PW) as culture medium. The maximum yield of 6.5 × 10 9 CFU/mL of the isolate EBL-06 anti-fungus biocontrol agent was reached in 15 hr cultivation at 28°C, pH 6.0–7.5 using the mixture of MGW and PW (1:9).     

序批式接触氧化反应器中细菌多样性及其功能

采用分子生物学手段,通过构建16S rDNA基因文库,对新型剩余污泥减量化处理系统——序批式生物砾间接触氧化反应器中细菌多样性进行了系统发育分析,并讨论了多种细菌共存对剩余污泥减量化的贡献.共有72个克隆子用于细菌系统发育分析. 结果表明:填料表面附着细菌与孔隙内细菌由变型菌属、噬纤维菌-屈挠杆菌-拟杆菌组(CFB)、硝化杆菌科、低G+C革兰氏阳性细菌、高G+C革兰氏阳性细菌、疣微菌科和绿菌科等七大类细菌组成. 其中,优势菌群分别是以兼具呼吸/发酵代谢方式的β变形菌纲(分别占生物膜和内泥中克隆子总量的18%和35%)和δ变形菌纲,以及以呼吸/发酵为主要代谢方式的CFB(分别占克隆子总量的24%和23%). 多种细菌对剩余污泥减量化的主要功能可归纳为能量解偶联、共代谢作用、生物溶胞作用和慢性生长种群的影响.      

镉胁迫下稻田土壤微生物基因多样性的DGGE分子指纹分析

采用现代分子生物学技术,避开传统的分离培养过程,探讨重金属镉污染条件下稻田土壤微生物种群的基因多样性.经过直接从土壤中抽提总DNA,并对总DNA中16S rDNA及其中 V3可变区序列作PCR扩增、变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)分析等,对镉胁迫下稻田土壤总DNA、微生物种类分布进行了初步的研究,发现不同浓度镉胁迫下稻田土壤间的菌种有明显差异,DGGE技术可以用于污染环境下微生物多样性研究.同时对DGGE分子指纹图谱的生物信息学分析作了初步尝试,为污染环境下土壤微生物多样性研究提供了新的实验方法与依据.     

Profile of the culturable microbiome capable of producing acyl-homoserine lactone in the tobacco phyllosphere

Bacterial populations coexisting in the phyllosphere niche have important effects on plant health. Quorum sensing (QS) allows bacteria to communicate via diffusible signal molecules, but QS-dependent behaviors in phyllosphere bacterial populations are poorly understood. We investigate the dense and diverse N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL)-producing phyllosphere bacteria living on tobacco leaf surfaces via a culture-dependent method and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Our results indicated that approximately 7.9%-11.7% of the culturable leaf-associated bacteria have the ability to produce AHL based on the assays using whole-cell biosensors. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene assigned the AHL-producing strains to two phylogenetic groups, with Gammaproteobacteria (93%) as the predominant group, followed by Alphaproteobacteria. All of the AHL-producing Alphaproteobacteria were affiliated with the genus Rhizobium, whereas the AHL-producing bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria mainly fell within the genera Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Pantoea and Serratia. The bioassays of supernatant extracts revealed that a portion of the strains have a remarkable AHL profile for AHL induction activity using the two different biosensors, and one compound in the active extract of a representative isolate, NTL223, corresponded to 3-oxo-hexanoyl-homoserine lactone. A large population size and diversity of bacteria capable of AHL-driven QS were found to cohabit on leaves, implying that cross-communication based AHL-type QS may be common in the phyllosphere. Furthermore, this study provides a general snapshot of a potential valuable application of AHL-producing bacteria inhabiting leaves for their presumable ecological roles in the phyllosphere.     

Bacterial diversity in activated sludge from a consecutively aerated submerged membrane bioreactor treating domestic wastewater

The bacterial diversity of activated sludge from submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) was investigated. A 16S rDNA clone library was generated, and 150 clones were screened using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Of the screened clones, almost full-length 16S rDNA sequences of 64 clones were sequenced. Phylogenetic tree was constructed with a database containing clone sequences from this study and bacterial rDNA sequences from NCBI for identification purposes. The 90.6% of the clones were a?l...     

Characteristics of microbial community involved in early biofilms formation under the influence of wastewater treatment plant effluent

Effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) containing microorganisms and residual nutrients can influence the biofilm formation. Although the process and mechanism of bacterial biofilm formation have been well characterized, little is known about the characteristics and interaction of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes in the early colonization, especially under the influence of WWTP effluent. The aim of this study was to characterize the important bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic species in the early stage of biofilm formation downstream of the WWTP outlet. Water and biofilm samples were collected 24 and 48 hr after the deposition of bio-cords in the stream. Illumina Miseq sequencing of the 16S and 18S rDNA showed that, among the three domains, the bacterial biofilm community had the largest alpha and beta diversity. The early bacterial colonizers appeared to be “biofilm-specific”, with only a few dominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) shared between the biofilm and the ambient water environment. Alpha-proteobacteria and Ciliophora tended to dominate the bacterial and eukaryotic communities, respectively, of the early biofilm already at 24 hr, whereas archaea played only a minor role during the early stage of colonization. The network analysis showed that the three domains of microbial community connected highly during the early colonization and it might be a characteristic of the microbial communities in the biofilm formation process where co-occurrence relationships could drive coexistence and diversity maintenance within the microbial communities.     

亚硝化/电化学生物反硝化全自养脱氮工艺细菌形态及多样性研究

采用电镜观察和分子生物学手段16S rDNA克隆文库方法对亚硝化/电化学生物反硝化全自养脱氮工艺中的细菌进行了形态和多样性研究,从16S rDNA克隆文库中随机挑选60(61)个克隆子进行序列测定(约500bp),对测序结果进行BLAST比对和系统发育分析.结果表明,亚硝化段内的细菌主要为球状和椭球状的氨氧化细菌,以亚硝酸氮作为进水基质时,电化学反硝化生物段内细菌主要为短杆状和椭球状的脱氮菌.亚硝化/电化学生物反硝化脱氮系统中蕴藏着特有的微生物新资源.亚硝化段细菌类群的优势顺序为β-Proteobacteria类群(60.00%)、Bacteroidetes类群(28.33%)和Chloroflexi类群(11.67%).当电化学生物反硝化段进水氮基质为亚硝氮(429～543mg.L-1)和氨氮(412～525mg.L-1)时,细菌优势类群顺序为β-Proteobacteria(78.33%)类群和ε-Proteobacteria类群(21.67%);当电化学生物反硝化段进水氮基质为亚硝氮(519～578mg.L-1)时,细菌优势类群顺序为β-Proteobacteria类群(81.97%)、ε-Proteobacteria(16.39%)类群和γ-Proteobacteria类群(1.64%);优势类群变化不大,但每种类群中细菌的种类和数量变化较大,这主要是由进水基质变化导致.     

丹江口库区库滨带植被土壤细菌群落多样性及PICRUSt功能预测分析

微生物是土壤元素生物地球化学循环的主要驱动力,目前库滨带植物截留和消减污染物质过程中细菌群落及其功能研究尚未清楚.本研究选取适宜丹江口库区库滨带生长的4种典型植物(草本植物香根草、芦苇、乔木植物杜梨和灌木植物假奓包叶),采用16S r DNA Miseq高通量测序技术研究根际细菌群落组成,发现其主要由变形菌门、拟杆菌门、放线菌门等31个门、343个属的细菌组成,表现出群落组成的丰富性.细菌群落分析表明香根草和芦苇细菌群落结构较为相似,但和杜梨细菌群落结构差异最大.PICRUSt功能预测分析表明,库滨带植物根际细菌主要涉及次生产物代谢的生物合成、转录、多糖生物合成和代谢、细胞生长和死亡等38个子功能,表现出功能上的丰富性.库滨带植物根际细菌代谢能力整体趋势为假奓包叶芦苇香根草杜梨.本研究初步探讨了丹江口库区库滨带不同植物根际细菌群落和功能,为丹江口水库库滨带植被构建及其水环境保护提供了参考依据.     

垃圾填埋场中真细菌群落16S rRNA基因的分析

回灌式垃圾填埋场渗滤液中真细菌群落的多样性同样通过不依赖于微生物培养的分析而获得。利用特异性的引物对,选择性地扩增渗滤液DNA中的真细菌16S rRNA基因片断(16S rDNA),并用于构建16S rDNA克隆文库。文库内真细菌16S rDNA的遗传多样性通过限制片断长度多态性分析(RFLP,限制性内切酶Hin PII和Msp I)而获得。初步的结果表明,随机选出的200个真细菌克隆子被分为147个不同的RFLP型(组),当中丰度最高的两个型均仅含有9个克隆子,两者共占所有被分析克隆子的不到10%;克隆子数≥2的型共有21个(包括以上2个丰度最高的型),它们共代表74个克隆子,占所有被分析克隆子的37%;而剩下的126个型均只含有1个克隆子,它们共占整个基因文库的63%。由此可见,李坑垃圾渗滤液中的真细菌具有非常复杂的群落结构。     

底泥中红霉素耐受菌群的多样性分析

为了正确评估抗生素残留的环境风险,了解长期受低浓度红霉素污染条件下,水体底泥中红霉素耐受菌群结构的变化特点,采用传统的微生物培养法和分子生物学方法对长期受低浓度红霉素污染的水体底泥中红霉素耐受菌群结构的多样性进行了分析.结果表明:采用传统的培养方法,从底泥中可分离筛选出3株对红霉素有耐受能力的菌株,根据其形态学特征及16S rDNA序列分析,初步鉴定为赖氨酸芽孢杆菌(Lysinibacillussp.)、土壤芽孢杆菌(Solibacillus silvestris)以及蜡样芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus),其中敏感菌蜡样芽孢杆菌经低浓度红霉素诱导对红霉素表现出一定的耐药性.进一步构建底泥耐药菌群16S rDNA克隆文库发现,底泥中红霉素耐受菌群可分为三大类群,其中未获培养的细菌(Uncultured bacterium)在整个文库中比例最大,占65.06%,其次为芽孢杆菌纲(Bacilli)和梭菌纲(Clostridia),分别占文库比例33.73%和1.20%.文库中可培养的耐药菌优势类群为芽孢杆菌纲,与传统培养方法得到的结果相一致.上述研究表明,在长期受低浓度红霉素污染的环境中,红霉素耐药菌的存在具有一定的广泛性和潜在性,将可能威胁人类健康和生态系统,应当重视其生态风险评价与管理.     

不同营养程度湖泊中细菌群落组成及其分子生态网络特征

长江中下游地区是我国淡水湖泊的主要集中区，随着社会和经济的快速发展，该地区绝大部分湖泊正处于富营养状态.作为湖泊生态系统中的分解者和生产者，细菌群落在维持物质循环和能量流动中扮演着极为重要的角色，然而其组成及种间关系对富营养化过程的响应机制仍不明确.利用16S rDNA测序技术和分子生态网络技术探讨了长江中下游10个湖泊水体中细菌群落的组成、结构及其网络拓扑关系等特征.结果表明:①根据湖泊水体的富营养化指数，长江中下游地区的湖泊可分为中度富营养湖泊和重度富营养湖泊两种，并且这两种湖泊中细菌群落的α多样性均无显著性差异.②在这两种湖泊中细菌群落的优势类群基本一致，如在纲水平上均以Actinobacteria、Acidimicrobiia、Sphingobacteriia和Betaproteobacteria为主，在属水平上均以Hgcl_clade和CL500-29_marine-group为主.然而，与丰富种亚群落相反，稀有种亚群落在这两种湖泊中具有显著的区别.③中度富营养湖泊中细菌群落生态网络的节点和边的数量均小于重度富营养湖泊，并且前者网络具有更多的物种协作关系，其网络的中心性也显著大于后者.研究显示，湖泊富营养化的加剧使得水体中细菌群落的组成，尤其是稀有种亚群落发生了显著的演替，并且明显地削弱了细菌群落物种之间的协作关系.      

Phylogenetic diversity and specificity of bacteria associated with Microcystis aeruginosa and other cyanobacteria

Interactions between bacteria and cyanobacteria have been suggested to have a potential to influence harmful algal bloom dynamics; however, little information on these interactions has been reported. In this study, the bacterial communities associated with five strains of Microcystis aeruginosa, three species of other Microcystis spp., and four representative species of non-Microcystis cyanobacteria were compared. Bacterial 16S rDNA fragments were amplified and separated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) followed by DNA sequence analysis. The similarities among bacterial communities associated with these cyanobacteria were compared to the digitized DGGE profiles using the cluster analyses. The bacterial community structure of all cyanobacterial cultures di ered. Cluster analysis showed that the similarity values among M. aeruginosa cultures were higher than those of other cyanobacterial cultures. Sequence analysis of DGGE fragments indicated the presence of bacteria including, Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria in the cyanobacterial cultures. Members of the Sphingomonadales were the prevalent group among the Microcystis-associated bacteria. The results provided further evidence for species-specific associations between cyanoabcteria and heterotrophic bacteria, which are useful for understanding interactions between Microcystis and their associated bacteria.     

石油污染地下水中细菌多样性研究

采集了某废弃炼油厂的石油污染地下水样品,提取水中微生物总DNA,构建细菌16S rDNA克隆文库,并通过16S rDNA序列的系统发育分析,对样品中的细菌种群多样性以及群落结构进行了研究.结果表明,文库中阳性克隆的16S rDNA序列分属10个细菌类群,分别为γ-Proteobacteria(49.1%)、α-Proteobacteria(12.9%)、β-Proteobacteria(11.1%)、Bacteroidetes(9.2%)、Verrucomicrobia(6.7%)、Acidobacteria(2.5%)、δ-Proteobacteria(1.2%)、Actinobacteria(1.2%)、Planctomycetes(0.6%)、Unidentifiedbacteria(5.5%).在这一生态系统中,γ-Proteobacteria类细菌占据主导地位,接近50%,尤其是假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)微生物在文库中的比例达35.6%.该石油污染地下水样品中细菌与许多其它已知的降解菌亲缘关系较近,如鞘胺醇单胞菌(Sphingomonas)、红球菌(Rhodococcus)和短波单胞菌(B...     

不同植被群落表层土壤中细菌群落多样性

对3种不同植被群落(海桐、雪松、桂花)表层土壤中的pH、w(TOC)、w(TN)和w(TP)进行了测定,采用DGGE(变性梯度凝胶电泳)方法对各植被群落表层土壤细菌的16S rDNA V3~V6可变区扩增片段进行了分析,利用分析得到的图谱数据与表层土壤中的pH、w(TOC)、w(TN)和w(TP)进行了群落-理化因子相关性分析以及CCA(典范对应分析). 结果表明,不同植被群落表层土壤的pH和养分含量不同,其中w(TOC)和w(TN)的差异显著(P<0.05),而pH和w(TP)的差异不显著(P>0.05). DGGE图谱分析结果揭示,不同植被群落表层土壤的细菌群落结构明显不同. 聚类分析显示,海桐和雪松的细菌群落组成和结构最为相似(82%),而它们与桂花样地的相似性(55%)相对较低,桂花样地的Shannon-Wiener指数最高且与其他2个样地差异显著,雪松样地的均匀度指数最高. 相关性分析和CCA结果进一步表明,w(TOC)和w(TN)是表层土壤细菌群落结构和多样性的显著影响因素,并且植被群落可能通过其根系分泌物产生间接影响.      

过量氮输入对寡营养海水细菌群落代谢潜力的影响

细菌在海洋氮循环中起关键作用,而过量氮输入对细菌群落代谢潜力的影响还未被充分阐明.本研究通过构建3组寡营养海水生态微宇宙,包括对照组、一次性输入组(一次性输入硝酸盐使体系中硝氮浓度为1.0 mg·L-1)和连续性输入组(每隔2 d输入一次硝酸盐,使体系中硝氮浓度每次增加0.125 mg·L-1,直至与一次性输入组达到相同水平),利用Biolog-Eco板技术和16S rDNA PICRUSt(Phylogenetic investigation of communities by reconstruction of unobserved states)功能基因预测,研究过量氮输入下细菌群落代谢潜力的动态变化.结果表明,实验第16 d,氮的连续性输入提高了细菌群落的碳源利用能力,对照和连续性输入组中碳源利用特征随采样时间发生了显著变化.此外,预测到的功能基因家族组成随时间明显变化,并与亚硝酸盐、铵盐、磷酸盐、化学需氧量、溶解氧、pH和总磷密切相关,固氮、异化硝酸盐还原、反硝化、异化硝酸盐还原到铵和同化硝酸盐还原相关基因的相对丰度受到了氮输入的影响,而氮连续输入导致的氮代谢相关基因变化较一次性输入更为普遍.本研究初步揭示了过量氮输入对寡营养海水细菌群落代谢潜力的影响,为探明近岸海域过量氮输入的微生态效应提供了基础数据.     

植被恢复对刺萼龙葵根际土壤细菌群落结构与功能的影响

入侵植物可以改变入侵地土壤微生物群落,从而有助于其入侵,在前期研究中发现,植被恢复措施可有效控制刺萼龙葵（Solanum rostratum）的入侵,但植被恢复前后刺萼龙葵根际土壤细菌群落结构与功能尚未清楚.选取了前期研究中的2个植被组合：沙打旺（Astragalus adsurgens）+披碱草（Elymus dahuricus）+无芒雀麦（Bromus inermis）（T1）;沙打旺+苇状羊茅（Festuca arundinacea）+冰草（Agropyron cristatum）+羊草（Leymus chinensis）（T2）,并选取刺萼龙葵（SR）及本地植被（NR）作为对照,采用16S rDNA MiSeq高通量测序技术研究刺萼龙葵入侵及植被恢复后刺萼龙葵根际细菌群落组成,同时采用PICRUSt功能预测分析其功能.结果表明,刺萼龙葵入侵（SR）后Simpson指数和Chao1指数均高于本地植被（NP）,但未达到显著水平,而植被恢复（T1和T2）后,Shannon指数和Chao1指数显著降低（P<0.05）.刺萼龙葵（SR）显著降低了变形菌门（Proteobacteria）中的微枝形杆菌属（Microvirga）、斯科曼氏菌属（Skermanella）、鞘氨醇单胞菌属（Sphingomonas）及酸杆菌门（Acidobacteria）的Bryobacter属相对丰度（P<0.05）,而植被恢复后,这些菌属丰度也随之上升.RDA分析结果显示,土壤有机质、总氮、总磷、总钾和速效钾是影响细菌群落组成的重要因素.PICRUSt功能预测分析表明,刺萼龙葵入侵显著提高了氨基酸合成（biosynthesis of amino acids）、嘌呤代谢（purine metabolism）、嘧啶代谢（pyrimidine metabolism）、核糖体（ribosome）和氨酰-tRNA合成（aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis）等方面的功能,而植被恢复以后其相对丰度显著降低.本文探讨了刺萼龙葵入侵及植被恢复后根际细菌群落和功能,为刺萼龙葵的入侵机制及生态恢复提供理论依据.     

武昌湖典型退化湿地菰草根际微生物群落结构

为研究淡水湖泊湿地微生物群落结构与退化湿地环境之间的关系,选取武昌湖湿地菰草根际水体、根际土壤、根下湖泊沉积物3组环境样本,提取样本微生物基因组DNA,并利用16S r DNA基因进行454高通量测序,共得到优质序列17 051条,产生2 062条OUTs。结果表明:武昌湖退化湿地菰草根际具有较为复杂的微生物群落结构,涉及15门48属,其中以变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)、酸杆菌门(Acidobacteria)和绿弯菌门(Chloroflexi)为主要门类;菰草根际不同微环境微生物群落结构存在明显差异,生物多样性指数Shannon、Chao、ACE指数及OTUs均呈现根际土壤湖泊沉积物根际水体的变化特征。探究湿地退化过程中植被菰草根际微生物群落结构特征,对揭示长江中下游浅水湖泊湿地退化机理具有重要意义。     

Bacterial diversity in soils around a lead and zinc mine

Five samples of soil collected from a lead and zinc mine were used to assess the effect of combined contamination of heavy metals on soil bacterial communities using a polyphasic approach including characterization of isolates by culture method, community level catabolic profiling in BIOLOG GN microplates, and genetic community fingerprinting by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA fragments amplified by PCR from community DNA （PCR-DGGE）. The structure of the bacterial community was affected to a certain extent by heavy metals. The PCR-DGGE analysis of 16S rRNA genes showed that there were significant differences in the structure of the microbial community among the soil samples, which were related to the contamination levels. The number of bacteria and the number of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis （DGGE） bands in the soils increased with increasing distance from the lead and zinc mine tailing, whereas the concentration of lead （Pb） and cadmium （Cd） was decreased. Heavily polluted soils could be characterized by a community that differs from those of lightly polluted soils in richness and structure of dominating bacterial populations. The clustering analysis of the DGGE profiles showed that the bacteria in all the five samples of soil belonged to three clusters. The data from the BIOLOG analysis also showed the same result. This study showed that heavy metal contamination decreased both the biomass and diversity of the bacterial community in soil.