The adaptations of the microbial communities of the savanna soil over a period of wildfire, after the first rains, and during the rainy season

Arid plant communities provide variable diets that can affect digestive microbial communities of free-foraging ruminants. Thus, we used next-generation sequencing of 16S and 18S rDNA to characterize microbial communities in the rumen (regurgitated digesta) and large intestine (faeces) and diet composition of lactating creole goats from five flocks grazing in native plant communities in the Sonoran Desert in the rainy season. The bacterial communities in the rumen and large intestine of the five flocks had similar alpha diversity (Chao1, Shannon, and Simpson indices). However, bacterial community compositions were different: a bacterial community dominated by Proteobacteria in the rumen transitioned to a community dominated by Firmicutes in the large intestine. Bacterial communities of rumen were similar across flocks; similarly occurred with large-intestine communities. Archaea had a minimum presence in the goat digestive tract. We detected phylum Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, and Apicomplexa as the main fungi and protozoa. Analyses suggested different diet compositions; forbs and grasses composed the bulk of plants in the rumen and forbs and shrubs in faeces. Therefore, lactating goats consuming different diets in the Sonoran Desert in the rainy season share a similar core bacterial community in the rumen and another in the large intestine and present low archaeal communities.

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Changes in microbial communities at different soil depths through the first rainy season following severe wildfire in North China artificial Pinus tabulaeformis forest

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111865 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 280 ◽

pp. 111865

Author(s):

Qianqian Qin ◽

Yanhong Liu

Keyword(s):

Microbial Communities ◽

Rainy Season ◽

North China ◽

Pinus Tabulaeformis

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Seasonal Variation in Microbial Communities in Rhizosphere and Non-Rhizosphere soil of Different Fruit Tree Species in Semiarid Irrigated Conditions of Haryana

International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management ◽

10.23910/1.2021.2414 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 468-476

Author(s):

Dinesh Kumar ◽

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R. P. S. Dalal ◽

Rakesh Kumar ◽

Jagdish Parshad ◽

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Keyword(s):

Microbial Communities ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Sweet Orange ◽

Winter Season ◽

Fruit Tree ◽

Microbial Count ◽

Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria ◽

Maximum Increase ◽

Nitrogen Fixers ◽

Phosphate Solubilizing

The present study was undertaken to analyze seasonal variations in microbial communities in different fruit tree orchards (mango, guava, ber, bael, jamun, aonla and sweet orange) during summer, rainy and winter season of 2018-19 under semiarid irrigated ecosystem. In rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere, maximum TBC, PSB and nitrogen fixers were found in mango orchard during summer and rainy season while maximum fungal count in jamun orchard during all the seasons. Maximum actinomycete was counted in guava orchard during summer and winter while in mango during rainy season. In rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere, the total microbial count, phosphate solubilizing bacteria and nitrogen fixers were maximum in rainy season while fungal and actinomycetes count in summer season. The maximum increase in total microbial count, PSB and nitrogen fixers or diazotrophs were found in mango orchard during summer (11.61%, 7.88%, 7.67%) and rainy season (11.16%, 7.57%, 6.93%) respectively, over the control while lowest total bacterial count, phosphate solubilizing bacteria and nitrogen fixers count were observed in ber (20.03%), guava (10.25%) and sweet orange orchard (13.58%). However, maximum increase in fungal count over control was found in jamun orchard during summer (25.77%), rainy (21.83%) and winter season (33.44%). Maximum increase in actinomycetes count over control was found in guava orchard during summer (8.72%) and (9.37%) during winter season. Whereas in mango orchard during rainy (10.71%).

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A peek in the micro-sized world: a review of design principles, engineering tools, and applications of engineered microbial community

Biochemical Society Transactions ◽

10.1042/bst20190172 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 399-409

Author(s):

Baizhen Gao ◽

Rushant Sabnis ◽

Tommaso Costantini ◽

Robert Jinkerson ◽

Qing Sun

Keyword(s):

Microbial Community ◽

Microbial Communities ◽

Environmental Remediation ◽

Real Life ◽

Design Principles ◽

Microbial Interactions ◽

Potential Applications ◽

New Gene ◽

Global Biogeochemical Cycles ◽

Synthetic Microbial Communities

Microbial communities drive diverse processes that impact nearly everything on this planet, from global biogeochemical cycles to human health. Harnessing the power of these microorganisms could provide solutions to many of the challenges that face society. However, naturally occurring microbial communities are not optimized for anthropogenic use. An emerging area of research is focusing on engineering synthetic microbial communities to carry out predefined functions. Microbial community engineers are applying design principles like top-down and bottom-up approaches to create synthetic microbial communities having a myriad of real-life applications in health care, disease prevention, and environmental remediation. Multiple genetic engineering tools and delivery approaches can be used to ‘knock-in' new gene functions into microbial communities. A systematic study of the microbial interactions, community assembling principles, and engineering tools are necessary for us to understand the microbial community and to better utilize them. Continued analysis and effort are required to further the current and potential applications of synthetic microbial communities.

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T-RFLP – a representative tool to study pulmonary microbial communities

Pneumologie ◽

10.1055/s-0029-1214114 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 63 (S 01) ◽

Author(s):

T Zakharkina ◽

C Herr ◽

A Yildirim ◽

M Friedrich ◽

R Bals

Keyword(s):

Microbial Communities

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Screening bioactive secondary metabolites from Costa Rican enviromental microbial communities

Planta Medica ◽

10.1055/s-0035-1556400 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 81 (11) ◽

Author(s):

JJ Araya ◽

M Chavarría ◽

A Pinto-Tomás ◽

C Murillo ◽

L Uribe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Secondary Metabolites ◽

Microbial Communities ◽

Costa Rican ◽

Bioactive Secondary Metabolites

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Extending the processing of cocoa beans into the rainy season and increasing production by application of newly developed drying methods

10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.178 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Global Cocoa Farmers and Processing Firms and Processing Firms ◽

IQUAIBOM AKPAN MEX (MEXICATEL SERVICES LIMITED)

Keyword(s):

Rainy Season ◽

Drying Methods ◽

Cocoa Beans

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EPIDEMIOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND PREVALENCE OF SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS FROM KOSHI REGION OF NORTH BIHAR.

FLORA AND FAUNA ◽

10.33451/florafauna.v24i1pp155-162 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

Author(s):

LAKSHMI CHOUDHARY ◽

PRABHAWATI PRABHAWATI

Keyword(s):

Relative Humidity ◽

Ascaris Lumbricoides ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Climatic Factors ◽

Trichuris Trichiura ◽

Hookworm Infection ◽

Soil Transmitted Helminths ◽

High Incidence ◽

Apparently Healthy

Prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes infections in apparently healthy school going children and other 528 people of different districts of Koshi regions of North Bihar were evaluated. Over all incidences of STHs infection was 39.39% during study. High incidence of STH was seen in the rainy season i.e., in the month of July and August, September, significantly higher (P<0.05) .The incidence of Ascaris lumbricoides was highest in the month of August (18.64%). The month of September was 15.25% followed by that of July (14.4%) and October with 10.16%. Also the incidence of hookworm registered the highest incidence in the month of June (19.27%) and lowest in the month of December (4.82%) during the study period. However prevalence of Trichuris trichiura was negligible and it was almost nil in the most of the months but was highest in month of September with 28.57% and lowest in October with 14.00% The climatic factors are responsible for soil transmitted helminthes which are temperature, rainfall and relative humidity. Ascariasis, Trichuriasis and Ancyclostomiasis (Hookworm infection) are found to be endemic in this region.

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STUDY ON DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN URBAN AND PERIURBAN AREAS OF AURANGABAD CITY, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

FLORA AND FAUNA ◽

10.33451/florafauna.v23i2pp404-410 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Author(s):

S. D. CHATE ◽

R. J. CHAVAN

Keyword(s):

Rainy Season ◽

Winter Season ◽

Seasonal Abundance ◽

Urban Region ◽

Ant Community ◽

Community Variation

The present study deals with the ant community variation in and around Aurangabad city. During the study total 16 species of ants belonging to twelve genera and four subfamilies were reported in eight habitat from urban and periurban regions. Abundance of ants was more in peri-urban region as compared to urban region. Subfamily myrmicinae was more dominant as compared to other subfamilies. Seasonal abundance of ants was seen to be more in winter season and less in rainy season.

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