辽河口芦苇湿地细菌和古菌群落周期日变化特征

采用实时荧光定量PCR和Illumina高通量测序技术对秋季辽河口芦苇湿地水体中一昼夜细菌和古菌群落特征进行了研究.测序共获得52802条细菌和106091条古菌高质量序列,以97%的相似性聚类并抽平后共划分了530和979个OTU.结果表明,湿地水体中浮游细菌和古菌群落丰度均在早上达到最高值,夜晚达到最低值.细菌和古菌群落多样性指数均存在周期日变化,不同时间细菌和古菌群落结构和组成具有显著差异.此外,古菌群落组成特征表明辽河口芦苇湿地具有较高的潜在甲烷生成能力.本研究为进一步认识河口湿地细菌和古菌群落特征和功能奠定了基础.     

缺氧嗜甲烷古菌研究进展

综述了缺氧嗜甲烷古菌的分布、生态位、形态与代谢特征的新发现,并讨论了其与产甲烷菌的关系.在无氧条件下,缺氧嗜甲烷古菌与硫酸盐还原菌互养,氧化甲烷气体以阻止其进入大气.缺氧嗜甲烷古菌主要分布于深海甲烷渗漏区和冷泉区域,在其他多种缺氧环境中也能发现,由于还未获得纯培养,对这类微生物的生态位知之甚少.其细胞呈球状、杆状,有时聚集成球状集合体或连接形成丝状体.缺氧甲烷氧化可能经过"反甲烷合成"、"甲基合成"等路径.嗜甲烷古菌与产甲烷菌有着较近的亲缘关系,并且存在许多相似点.图1表1参37     

双氰胺和3,4-二甲基吡唑磷酸盐对蔬菜种植土壤氨氧化细菌和古菌的影响

硝化抑制剂双氰胺(DCD)和3,4-二甲基吡唑磷酸盐(DMPP)在抑制农业土壤硝化作用和提高氮肥利用率等方面效果显著,为了探讨它们对蔬菜种植土壤氨氧化细菌(AOB)和古菌(AOA)的作用机制,选取40 a以上蔬菜种植土壤,在施加尿素(CK)基础上,分别添加DCD和DMPP进行室内培养,系统监测了土壤中NH_4~+-N、NO_3~--N和硝化势的变化,同时运用荧光定量PCR和高通量测序等技术揭示了AOB和AOA种群丰度和多样性的演替规律.结果表明,相比CK处理,DCD处理和DMPP处理的NH_4~+-N含量升高了213%和675%; NO_3~--N含量降低了13. 3%和37. 2%;硝化势降低了20. 4%和82. 4%;同时,AOB丰度降低了51. 2%和56. 5%; AOA丰度降低了6. 0%和27. 0%.不同抑制剂处理间AOB和AOA的α多样性指数没有显著差异; nork-environmental-samples、unclassified-Nitrosomonadaceae、unclassified-Bactertia和Nitrosospira是AOB序列属水平的主要优势类群; norank-Crenarchaeota、norank-enviromental-samples和Nitrososphaera是AOA序列属水平的主要优势类群,施用DCD和DMPP显著改变了AOB和AOA的群落组成.综上所述,尿素与DCD和DMPP配施显著抑制NH_4~+-N的转化,降低AOB和AOA的种群丰度并改变其群落组成.相比DCD,DMPP对硝化作用的抑制和对AOB和AOA群落的影响更强.     

土壤硝化和反硝化微生物群落及活性对大气CO2浓度和温度升高的响应

硝化和反硝化微生物参与土壤氮循环转化过程,大气CO_2浓度和温度升高可能会影响它们的群落结构和活性.本试验依托稻-麦轮作农田系统气候变化平台研究大气CO_2浓度单独升高(CE)、升温(WA)以及两者同时升高(CW)对麦田土壤硝化和反硝化微生物基因丰度、群落结构和活性的影响.结果表明,在小麦分蘖期,大气CO_2浓度和温度升高对氨氧化细菌(AOB)和反硝化细菌丰度没有影响,而在抽穗和成熟期,CO_2浓度单独升高显著提高了氨氧化古菌(AOA)和反硝化细菌丰度,升温处理对其没有显著影响.通过对T-RFLP数据分析发现,大气CO_2浓度和温度升高对土壤AOA、AOB和反硝化细菌群落结构没有显著影响,但是在一定程度上改变了AOA和反硝化细菌多样性.另外,CO_2浓度单独升高处理显著提高了成熟期的土壤硝化速率,不同气候变化处理对反硝化速率没有显著影响.研究表明大气CO_2浓度和温度升高对不同生育期的微生物群落影响存在差异,而且功能微生物对不同气候变化因子处理的响应也各不相同.     

草海湖滨带沉积物微生物群落对磷形态的影响

为探究高原湖泊湖滨带沉积物中微生物群落对磷赋存形态的影响,以草海湖滨带沉积物为研究对象,分析了磷素赋存形态;通过高通量测序技术分析了细菌和古菌的群落组成.结果表明,草海湖滨带表层沉积物的总磷含量范围在662.89~881.26mg/kg之间,平均值为750.36mg/kg;各磷形态中NaOH-NRP＞Res-P＞BD-P＞HCl-P＞NaOH-SRP＞NH₄Cl-P.细菌群落由变形菌门(Proteobacteria)等59个门和硫杆菌属(Thiobacillus)、厌氧粘细菌属(Anaeromyxobacter)等1259个属组成;古菌群落由泉古菌门(Crenarchaeota)等8个门和甲烷丝菌属(Methanosaeta)等67个属组成.冗余分析、主成分分析和共现性网络分析表明,微生物群落能驱动草海沉积物中磷的形态转化,细菌主要通过影响铁的氧化/还原和碱性磷酸酶的活性;古菌则通过改变有机质和酸性磷酸酶活性来调控沉积物磷形态.     

Abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in response to various habitats in Pearl River Delta of China, a subtropical maritime zone

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are widely considered key to ammonia oxidation in various environments. However, little work has been conducted to simultaneously investigate the abundance and diversity of AOA as well as correlations between archaeal amoA genotypes and environmental parameters of different ecosystems at one district. To understand the abundance, diversity, and distribution of AOA in Pearl River Delta of China in response to various habitats, the archaeal amoA genes in soil, marine, river, lake, hot spring and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) samples were investigated using real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR and clone libraries. Our analyses indicated that the diversity of AOA in various habitats was different and could be clustered into five major clades, i.e., estuary sediment, marine water/sediment, soil, hot spring and Cluster 1. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the structure of AOA communities in similar ecological habitats exhibited strong relation. The canonical correspondence method indicated that the AOA community structure was strongly correlated to temperature, pH, total organic carbon, total nitrogen and dissolved oxygen variables. Assessing AOA amoA gene copy numbers, ranging from 6.84×10⁶ to 9.45×10⁷ copies/g in dry soil/sediment, and 6.06×10⁶ to 2.41×10⁷ copies/L in water samples, were higher than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) by 1-2 orders of magnitude. However, AOA amoA copy numbers were much lower than AOB in WWTP activated sludge samples. Overall, these studies suggested that AOA may be a major contributor to ammonia oxidation in natural habitats but play a minor role in highly aerated activated sludge. The result also showed the ratio of AOA to AOB amoA gene abundance was positively correlated with temperature and less correlated with other environmental parameters. New data from our study provide increasing evidence for the relative abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in the global nitrogen cycle.     

浑河底泥古菌群落结构季节性变化特征

为探究不同水期河流底泥古菌群落结构特征,选取浑河底泥为研究对象,并于2014年4月(枯水期),9月(丰水期),11月(平水期)对浑河流域进行样品采样,通过PCR-DGGE技术获得3个水期古菌的DGGE指纹图谱,并进行数据分析.结果表明,平水期的古菌多样性和种群丰度都要好于枯水期和丰水期,多样性指数均高于2.10,种群丰度均高于0.94,且上游到下游均匀度波动平缓,数值维持在0.90左右,说明平水期浑河底泥古菌群落结构变化相对稳定.聚类分析结果表明,不同水期浑河底泥古菌群落结构多样性并没有明显的地区特征,但3个水期位于城市段的采样点的古菌亲缘性较为接近.冗余梯度分析(RDA)结果表明,枯水期时水中BOD5、p H和DO是影响古菌群落的主要因素;丰水期时水中的p H和NO-3-N是影响古菌群落的主要因素;平水期时水中的TP和NO-2-N是影响古菌群落的主要因素.     

Long- and short-chain AHLs affect AOA and AOB microbial community composition and ammonia oxidation rate in activated sludge

Quorum sensing (QS) regulation of the composition of ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidising bacteria (AOB) communities and functions in wastewater treatment was investigated. Specifically, we explored the role of N-acyl-l-homoserine lactones (AHLs) in microbial community dynamics in activated sludge. On average, the specific ammonia-oxidising-rate increased from 1.6 to 2.8?mg?NH₄⁺-N/g?MLSS/hr after treatment with long-chain AHLs for 16?days, and the addition of AHLs to sludge resulted in an increased number of AOA/AOB amoA genes. Significant differences were observed in the AOA communities of control and AHL-treated cultures, but not the AOB community. Furthermore, the dominant functional AOA strains of the Crenarchaeota altered their ecological niche in response to AHL addition. These results provide evidence that AHLs play an important role in mediating AOA/AOB microbial community parameters and demonstrate the potential for application of QS to the regulation of nitrogen compound metabolism in wastewater treatment.     

Abundance and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in Tibetan and Yunnan plateau agricultural soils of China

As low oxygen and high ultraviolet （UV） exposure might significantly affect the microbial existence in plateau, it could lead to a specialized microbial community. To determine the abundance and distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea （AOA） in agricultural soil of plateau, seven soil samples were collected respectively from farmlands in Tibet and Yunnan cultivating the wheat, highland-barley, and colza, which are located at altitudes of 3200-3800 m above sea level. Quantitative PCR （q-PCR） and clone library targeting on amoA gene were used to quantify the abundances of AOA and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria （AOB）, and characterize the community structures of AOA in the samples. The number of AOA cells （9.34 × 10^7-2.32× 10^8 g^-1 soil） was 3.86-21.84 times greater than that of AOB cells （6.91 × 10^6-1.24 × 10^8 g^-1 soil） in most of the samples, except a soil sample cultivating highland- barley with an AOA/AOB ratio of 0.90. Based Kendall＇s correlation coefficient, no remarkable correlation between AOA abundance and the environmental factor was observed. Additionally, the diversities of AOA community were affected by total nitrogen and organic matter concentration in soils, suggesting that AOA was probably sensitive to several environmental factors, and could adjust its community structure to adapt to the environmental variation while maintaining its abundance.     

铁矿区内重金属对土壤氨氧化微生物群落组成的影响

以密云水库上游某铁矿区为研究对象,采用荧光定量PCR和变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)分析了矿区内不同采样点的土壤中氨氧化微生物的数量和群落结构的变化,结果表明,土样中氨氧化细菌(AOB)和氨氧化古菌(AOA)的数量变化范围分别为3.01×107~1.08×109copies/g干土和8.65×107~2.69×109copies/g干土.重金属含量与氨氧化微生物数量的相关性分析以及氨氧化微生物群落结构的冗余分析结果表明,该矿区内重金属污染改变了土壤中的氨氧化微生物的数量和结构.Cu污染对AOA的数量起到了显著抑制作用(r= -0.653*, P<0.05),但是对AOB则没有明显作用;Zn污染对尾矿库区域土壤的AOA/AOB比值影响显著(r= -0.606*, P<0.05);Cd污染改变了AOB的种群分布,降低了AOB的多样性水平.土壤中Cr长期干扰并没有改变氨氧化微生物的数量和结构,但是明显得抑制了氨氧化速率,表明重金属污染在一定程度上也影响了土壤生态系统的氮循环.