Characterization of bacterial communities at heavy-metal-contaminated sites |
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Authors: | Margesin Rosa P?aza Gra?yna A Kasenbacher Stefanie |
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Institution: | a Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria b Department of Environmental Microbiology, Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, 40-844 Katowice, Poland |
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Abstract: | The microbial community in soil samples from two long-term contaminated sites was characterized by using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. The two sites investigated contained high amounts of heavy metals and were located in the upper Silesia Industrial Region in southern Poland. The evaluation of the aerobic soil microbial population clearly demonstrated the presence of considerable numbers of viable, culturable bacteria at both sites. A high fraction of the bacterial population was able to grow in the presence of high amounts of metals, i.e. up to 10 mM Zn2+, 3 mM Pb2+ or 1 mM Cu2+. Site 1 contained significantly (P < 0.05) lower bacterial numbers growing in the presence of 10 mM Zn2+ than site 2, while the opposite was observed for bacteria tolerating 1 mM Cu2+. This coincided with the contents of these two metals at the two sites. Ecophysiological (EP) indices for copiotrophs (r-strategists) and oligotrophs (K-strategists) pointed to high bacterial diversity at both sites. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis indicated that Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria represent the physiologically active fraction of bacteria at the two sites. Shannon diversity (H′) indices for FISH-detected bacterial phylogenetic groups were not significantly different at the two sites. |
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Keywords: | Heavy metals Ecophysiological index Shannon diversity index FISH Actinobacteria Proteobacteria |
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