Coupled biodegradation of p-nitrophenol and p-aminophenol in bioelectrochemical system: Mechanism and microbial functional diversity

Biodegradation mechanisms and microbial functional diversity during coupled p-nitrophenol (PNP) and p-aminophenol (PAP) degradation were studied in a bioelectrochemical system. PNP in the biocathode and PAP in the bioanode were almost completely removed within 28hr and 68hr respectively. The degradation followed the steps including hydrating hydroxyalkylation, dehydrogenating carbonylation, and hydrolating ring cleavage, etc. Metagemomic analysis based on the KEGG and eggNOG database annotations revealed the microbial composition and functional genes/enzymes related to phenol degradation in the system. The predominant bacteria genera were Lautropia, Pandoraea, Thiobacillus, Ignavibacterium, Truepera and Hyphomicrobium. The recognized biodegradation genes/enzymes related to pollutant degradation were as follows: pmo, hbd, & ppo for phenol degradation, nzba, amie, & badh for aromatic degradation, and CYP & p450 for xenobiotics degradation, etc. The co-occurrence of ARGs (antibiotic resistant genes), such as adeF, MexJ, ErmF, PDC-93 and Escherichia_coli_mdfA, etc., were annotated in CARD database during the biodegradation process. The Proteobacteria & Actinobacteria phylum was the primary host of both the biodegradation genes & ARGs in this system. The microbial functional diversity ensured the effective biodegradation of the phenol pollutants in the bioelectrochemical system.     

北洛河流域植物多样性地理格局与环境关系

通过野外调查和历史文献及标本统计分析,确定并分析北洛河流域种子植物信息数据.结果表明：该区共有种子植物123科581属1671种,占黄土高原种子植物的83.67%、67.24%、51.83%,集中分布于大型科（>50种）、较大科（21~50种）和单种属（1种）、小型属（2~5种）内.11个干流流经的地理单元植物相似性聚类分为5组,较早分离的是黄龙县,最大类因子午岭山脉连接而包含4个地理单元（富县、合水县、宜君县、黄陵县）.富县、合水县和黄龙县植物丰富度SD值最高,洛川县、华池县和甘泉县SD值最低.该区地理成分在属级水平上有15个分布区类型16个变型,以温带分布及其变型为主（287属,占49.40%）,并与热带分布及其变型联系紧密（115属,占19.79%）,植物丰富度SD值与温带成分显著正相关;黄陵县、洛川县、黄龙县R/T值最高,热带性质最强,华池县、定边县R/T值最低,热带性质最弱.R/T值受海拔影响,随温度和降水从东南向西北递减.该区植物起源古老,分化程度高,物种多样性丰富,地理成分复杂,是重要的植物种质资源库.植物物种多样性地带性格局过渡性明显,体现出这些类群的生态位需求.需加强保护该区原生环境和植物,合理开发利用,可选择6大优势科（菊科、禾本科、蔷薇科、豆科、唇形科和毛茛科）中适地适树适草的物种（温带性质）,进行植被恢复和水土流失治理.     

纳木错夏季酵母菌多样性及其影响因素

以纳木错湖水为研究对象,采用膜过滤平置培养法分离纯化酵母菌,并结合ITS区域序列分析与经典分类法对酵母菌菌株进行鉴定,运用生物信息学和统计学方法分析水体可培养酵母菌的多样性及其与理化因子之间的相关关系.结果显示,从纳木错水体中分离出1067株酵母菌,分属于27个属45个种及2个潜在新分类单元,优势种为Vishniacozyma victoriae和Naganishia adeliensis.NMDS分析显示,纳木错不同区域水体可培养酵母菌群落β多样性差异明显.Pearson相关性分析结果表明,酵母菌总丰度与pH值、电导率、总溶解固体量、盐度呈极显著负相关（P<0.01）,与总氮、氨氮呈显著正相关（P<0.05）;物种数、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Simpson多样性指数均与总磷呈显著负相关（P<0.05）.冗余分析显示,pH值是影响纳木错水体酵母菌种群分布的主要理化因子.综上,纳木错水体酵母菌资源比较丰富且存在明显的空间异质性,水体理化因子对纳木错水体可培养酵母菌的分布有较大的影响.     

可培养细菌多样性及抗辐射-抗氧化相关性特征——以库姆塔格沙漠东缘为例

对库姆塔格沙漠东缘可培养细菌进行系统发育学多样性研究的基础上,对菌株的抗辐射和抗氧化能力进行筛选,利用辐射或氧化胁迫后细菌的存活率进行二者耦联关系的研究.研究表明,pH值、TOC和TN是影响库姆塔格沙漠东缘中可培养细菌群落结构的主要因素;分离出的105株细菌分别归属于放线菌门（Actinobacteria）、拟杆菌门（Bacteroidetes）、厚壁菌门（Firmicutes）和变形菌门（Proteobacteria）,在可培养细菌数量（9.96×10⁵CFU/g）和物种丰富度（9个属共72株菌）方面放线菌门均为最优势的门;除拟杆菌门以外,归属于放线菌门、厚壁菌门和变形菌门的可培养细菌中都筛选出了兼具抗辐射-抗氧化的菌株.通过抗辐射抗氧化性能研究表明可培养细菌的抗辐射能力与抗氧化能力具有一定的正相关性;UV-C辐照强度的D₁₀（致死率为10%）剂量高于100J/m²的菌株占可培养细菌总数的21.3%,过氧化氢耐受浓度的D₁₀剂量高于10mmol/L的菌株占70.2%,其中放线菌门的3株细菌K4-10、K5-3和K2-40兼具有很强的抗辐射和抗氧化能力.     

短期填埋龄垃圾堆体内微生物群落结构与种群分布特征

填埋垃圾的稳定化过程一般经历好氧过渡、水解酸化、初期产甲烷及稳定产甲烷阶段,固相垃圾的厌氧水解酸化阶段常被视为垃圾降解的限速步骤,而这一阶段微生物的降解作用是影响垃圾稳定化进程的关键.以青岛市小涧西生活垃圾填埋场短期填埋龄垃圾为研究对象,采用MiSeq高通量测序研究了填埋龄0～1、1.0～1.5、1.5～2 a垃圾堆体内微生物的群落结构多样性及种群分布特征.结果表明,0～1 a填埋龄垃圾微生物多样性高于1.0～1.5 a和1.5～2 a垃圾堆体,且微生物多样性整体上随填埋深度呈降低趋势.参与垃圾降解细菌多样性比真菌更丰富,而真菌多样性随填埋区域、填埋龄的不同呈现更显著的差异.参与短期填埋龄垃圾降解的细菌中,Firmicutes在填埋层上层为优势菌门,最大比例达到65%,Proteobacteria在填埋层中下层为优势菌门,最大比例达到88%.填埋上层细菌菌属以Defluviitoga、Aerococcus、Clostridium III和Proteiniphilum为主,而在中下层以Thiopseudomonas、Sporosarcina和Eionea为主.真菌主要包括3个菌门,Ascomycota在各点位均为最优势菌门,属水平上Kernia及Aspergillus作为常见的腐生菌属,在不同点位均有较高的丰度.冗余分析表明短期填埋龄垃圾堆体内微生物不同时空分布存在显著差异性,且细菌群落结构的变化受pH值影响较大,而真菌群落结构的变化与垃圾有机质密切相关.     

山西历山山地草甸生物多样性、优势种和土壤因素对群落生产力的影响

自然生态系统生产力同生物多样性、优势种功能性状和土壤性质等多因素紧密关联,因此,受到多变量过程的综合调控。利用结构方程模型研究了山西历山山地草甸物种多样性、功能多样性、优势种功能性状和土壤等多变量因素对群落生产力的影响。结果表明：除了物种多样性外（γ=0.10,P=0.69）,优势种功能性状（γ=0.61,P=0.00）、功能多样性（γ=0.47,P=0.04）和土壤因素（γ=0.34,P=0.02）直接影响群落生产力,并且土壤因素还通过改变优势种功能性状和功能多样性的方式间接影响群落生产力（间接影响系数分别为0.35、0.27）。优势种功能性状是预测群落生产力变化的最佳变量,其次是功能多样性和土壤因素。因此,理解自然生态系统生产力变化应在引入多元方法的前提下,重点考虑优势种功能性状因素。     

Vertical diversity of sediment bacterial communities in two different trophic states of the eutrophic Lake Taihu, China

Vertical diversity of sediment bacterial communities in 2 different trophic states (macrophyte-dominated and algae-dominated) of the large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu, China, were investigated using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Clustering analysis of DGGE profiles showed that different clusters were recognized in different depths of sediment cores in the 2 lake trophic states. Analyses of the bacterial diversity, as estimated by the Shannon index (H'), showed that different sediment layers of the macrophyte-dominated state had higher diversity than the algae-dominated state. In addition, bacterial diversity of the sediment in the macrophyte-dominated state changed abruptly throughout the layers, but bacterial diversity of the algae-dominated state decreased gradually with sediment depth. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum in the middle sediment of the 2 lake trophic states. In the macrophyte-dominated state, clone sequences related to Betaproteobacteria (50.0%) were the most abundant, followed by Epsilonproteobacteria (21.1%), Acidobacteria (7.9%), Deltaproteobacteria (7.9%), Chloroflexi (7.9%), and Bacteroidetes (5.3%); whereas in the algae-dominated state, sequences affiliated with Betaproteobacteria (84.4%) were predominant, followed by Deltaproteobacteria (12.5%) and Acidobacteria (3.1%). Canonical correspondence analysis showed that organic matter and pH play key roles in driving the vertical changes of bacterial community composition.     

柴达木盆地达布逊盐湖微生物多样性研究

本研究采用高通量测序与传统培养技术相结合的方式研究达布逊湖微生物的多样性。结果显示,达布逊盐湖中的细菌多样性与丰度远高于古菌。高通量测序所得的16SrRNA基因序列分别归属广古菌门(Euryarchaeota),放线菌门(Actinobacteria),拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes),变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和疣微菌门(Verrucomicrobia)。广古菌门序列占原核微生物(细菌与古菌之和)的5.5%,以嗜盐的盐杆菌科(Halobacteriaceae)为主,而属于放线菌门、拟杆菌门、变形菌门和疣微菌门的细菌序列分别占原核微生物的53.0%、25.8%、14.1%和1.6%。定量PCR结果显示,达布逊盐湖水体中的细菌和古菌16S rRNA基因丰度分别为3.27×107和4.35×104拷贝/毫升。培养分离获得的纯细菌菌株分别属于假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)和芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)。古菌菌株则分别属于盐杆菌科的盐盒菌属(Haloarcula)、盐红菌属(Halorubrum)和盐棍菌属(Halorhabdus)。本研究为青藏高原盐湖微生物资源的开发和利用提供了有利的数据支持。     

Modelling phytoclimatic versatility as a large scale indicator of adaptive capacity to climate change in forest ecosystems

CLIMPAIR is a new phytoclimatic model, correlative and niche-based, which simultaneously assesses non-linear, non-statistical and dual measurements of proximity/potentiality of a site with respect to a number of climatic ranges of species, defined by convex hulls, within a suitability space. This set of phytoclimatic distances makes it possible to evaluate the degree to which each species is suitable for that site. Considering not only the number of species compatible (expected species richness), but also all those compatible covers presenting a high level of suitability evenness and finally applying an indicator derived from Shannon's classic entropy index to the set of standardized phytoclimatic coordinates in the suitability hyperspace, we can evaluate the phytoclimatic entropy which may be considered as a means of estimating the phytoclimatic versatility of the site. A site with high phytoclimatic entropy would promise versatile future behaviour, characterized by a wide range of possibilities of adaptation to climate change, and hence versatility can be used as an index of resilience and ability of a forest ecosystem to adapt to climate change. The model has been applied to peninsular Spain for 18 forest tree species and 12 climatic variables between the current mean climate (period 1951-1999) and a future climatic scenario (period 2040-2069). The results generally point to a significant decrease in the versatility of forest tree formations in the area studied, which is not homogeneous owing to a dual altitudinal/latitudinal decoupling. The decrease in versatility is greater in Mediterranean biogeographical areas than in Euro-Siberian ones, where in some cases it actually increases. In altitudinal terms, areas at elevations of less than 1500 m tend to become less versatile than areas situated at higher elevations, where versatility increases partly as a result of enrichment of alpine conifer forests with broadleaf species.     

Comparing Spatially Explicit Ecological and Social Values for Natural Areas to Identify Effective Conservation Strategies

Abstract: Consideration of the social values people assign to relatively undisturbed native ecosystems is critical for the success of science‐based conservation plans. We used an interview process to identify and map social values assigned to 31 ecosystem services provided by natural areas in an agricultural landscape in southern Australia. We then modeled the spatial distribution of 12 components of ecological value commonly used in setting spatial conservation priorities. We used the analytical hierarchy process to weight these components and used multiattribute utility theory to combine them into a single spatial layer of ecological value. Social values assigned to natural areas were negatively correlated with ecological values overall, but were positively correlated with some components of ecological value. In terms of the spatial distribution of values, people valued protected areas, whereas those natural areas underrepresented in the reserve system were of higher ecological value. The habitats of threatened animal species were assigned both high ecological value and high social value. Only small areas were assigned both high ecological value and high social value in the study area, whereas large areas of high ecological value were of low social value, and vice versa. We used the assigned ecological and social values to identify different conservation strategies (e.g., information sharing, community engagement, incentive payments) that may be effective for specific areas. We suggest that consideration of both ecological and social values in selection of conservation strategies can enhance the success of science‐based conservation planning.