scholarly journals Bacterial Communities from Shoreline Environments (Costa da Morte, Northwestern Spain) Affected by the Prestige Oil Spill

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (11) ◽  
pp. 3407-3418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Alonso-Gutiérrez ◽  
Antonio Figueras ◽  
Joan Albaigés ◽  
Núria Jiménez ◽  
Marc Viñas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Mycolic Acids ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Northwestern Spain

ABSTRACT The bacterial communities in two different shoreline matrices, rocks and sand, from the Costa da Morte, northwestern Spain, were investigated 12 months after being affected by the Prestige oil spill. Culture-based and culture-independent approaches were used to compare the bacterial diversity present in these environments with that at a nonoiled site. A long-term effect of fuel on the microbial communities in the oiled sand and rock was suggested by the higher proportion of alkane and polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degraders and the differences in denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis patterns compared with those of the reference site. Members of the classes Alphaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria were the prevailing groups of bacteria detected in both matrices, although the sand bacterial community exhibited higher species richness than the rock bacterial community did. Culture-dependent and -independent approaches suggested that the genus Rhodococcus could play a key role in the in situ degradation of the alkane fraction of the Prestige fuel together with other members of the suborder Corynebacterineae. Moreover, other members of this suborder, such as Mycobacterium spp., together with Sphingomonadaceae bacteria (mainly Lutibacterium anuloederans), were related as well to the degradation of the aromatic fraction of the Prestige fuel. The multiapproach methodology applied in the present study allowed us to assess the complexity of autochthonous microbial communities related to the degradation of heavy fuel from the Prestige and to isolate some of their components for a further physiological study. Since several Corynebacterineae members related to the degradation of alkanes and PAHs were frequently detected in this and other supralittoral environments affected by the Prestige oil spill along the northwestern Spanish coast, the addition of mycolic acids to bioremediation amendments is proposed to favor the presence of these degraders in long-term fuel pollution-affected areas with similar characteristics.

Effects of Long-Term Elevated CO2 on Rhizosphere and Bulk Soil Bacterial Community Structure in Pinus sylvestriformis Seedlings Fields

2011 ◽  
Vol 343-344 ◽  
pp. 351-356
Author(s):  
Xia Jia ◽  
Chun Juan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Pinus Sylvestriformis ◽  
Soil Bacterial Community Structure ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polymerase Chain

The effect of long-term elevated CO2(as open top chambers) on rhizosphere and bulk bacterial community structure in Pinus sylvestriformis seedlings field was investigated in July, August, and September. The bacterial communities were processed by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of bacterial 16S rDNA fragments amplified by PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) from DNA extracted directly from soil. DGGE profiles from rhizosphere samples showed large changes in rhizosphere bacterial community under elevated CO2compared to ambient except for that in September. For bulk samples, bacterial community structure changed when exposed to elevated CO2in three months. With the exception of bulk samples in August, a similitude of bacterial communities structures existed between different elevated CO2concentrations by analyzing UPGMA dendrogram based on Jaccard’s coefficient.

scholarly journals Succession of Bacterial Community Structure along the Changjiang River Determined by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Clone Library Analysis

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 5142-5150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Sekiguchi ◽  
Masataka Watanabe ◽  
Tadaatsu Nakahara ◽  
Baohua Xu ◽  
Hiroo Uchiyama
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Clone Library ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Changjiang River ◽  
The Changjiang River ◽  
Clone Library Analysis ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

ABSTRACT Bacterial community structure along the Changjiang River (which is more than 2,500 km long) was studied by using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and clone library analysis of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) with universal bacterial primer sets. DGGE profiles and principal-component analysis (PCA) demonstrated that the bacterial community gradually changed from upstream to downstream in both 1998 and 1999. Bacterial diversity, as determined by the Shannon index (H′), gradually decreased from upstream to downstream. The PCA plots revealed that the differences in the bacterial communities among riverine stations were not appreciable compared with the differences in two adjacent lakes, Lake Dongting and Lake Poyang. The relative stability of the bacterial communities at the riverine stations was probably due to the buffering action of the large amount of water flowing down the river. Clone library analysis of 16S rDNA revealed that the dominant bacterial groups changed from β-proteobacteria and the Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides group upstream to high-G+C-content gram-positive bacteria downstream and also that the bacterial community structure differed among the stations in the river and the lakes. The results obtained in this study should provide a reference for future changes caused by construction of the Three Gorges Dam.

scholarly journals Soil and Rhizosphere Bacterial Diversity in Maize Agro- Ecosystem

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Teresa Federici Rodriguez ◽  
Natalia Bajsa Valverde ◽  
Paula Lagurara ◽  
Santiago Revale ◽  
Jackson Antonio Marcondes de Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Phenological Stages ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Maize Cultivars ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

Management practices used in maize production have an impact on soil agro- ecosystems where different microbial communities coexist. Soil inhabiting bacteria are numerous and diverse, but we know very little about their ecological distribution. Here we analyzed the bacterial community diversity in the rhizosphere of two transgenic maize cultivars, in agricultural soil before sowing and in non-cultivated soil in an experimental site in the south region of Uruguay. We followed two culture-independent methods: DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) and 454-pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicon. Through pyrosequencing, the three environments analyzed presented differences in terms of bacterial composition. However, no differences were found in the relative abundance of the ten most represented phyla in the rhizosphere of the two cultivars at different phenological stages. We found significant differences of Bacteroidetes, Gemmatimonadetes, Planctomycetes, Proteobacteria and Verrucomicrobia phyla when comparing agricultural and non-cultivated soils, as well as a significant enrichment of members of the phylum Gemmatimonadetes in all rhizosphere samples compared to soil. Through DGGE analysis we evidenced that maize rhizosphere bacterial communities changed at different phenological stages in both cultivars. We also provided baseline information about bacterial specific taxa within maize agro- ecosystem for further evaluation of possible rhizosphere bacterial community shifts of genetically modified maize cultivars under different management practices.

scholarly journals Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and multi-SIR profiles of soil microbial communities from a karst doline at Aggtelek National Park, Hungary

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márton Mucsi ◽  
Gergely Krett ◽  
Tibor Szili-Kovács ◽  
János Móga ◽  
Andrea K. Borsodi
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Soil Microbial Communities ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

Abstract Soils play an important role in the ecosystem of karstic landscapes both as a buffer zone and as a source of acidity to belowground water. Although the microbiota of karstic soils is known to have a great effect on karstification processes, the activity and composition of these communities are largely unknown. This study gives a comparative analysis of soil microbial profiles from different parts of a doline located at Aggtelek, Hungary. The aim was to reveal the relationships between the vegetation type and genetic fingerprints and substrate utilisation (multi-SIR) profiles of the soil microbiota. Soil samples were collected in early and late springs along a transect in a doline covered with different types of vegetation. Genetic fingerprints of bacterial communities were examined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) based on the 16S rRNA gene, along with multi-SIR profiles of the microbial communities measured by the MicroResp method using 15 different carbon sources. Genetic fingerprinting indicated that vegetation cover had a strong effect on the composition of soil bacterial communities. Procrustean analysis showed only a weak connection between DGGE and multi-SIR profiles, probably due to the high functional redundancy of the communities. Seasonality had a significant effect on substrate usage, which can be an important factor to consider in future studies.

scholarly journals Inter- and Intraspecific Variations of Bacterial Communities Associated with Marine Sponges from San Juan Island, Washington

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (11) ◽  
pp. 3513-3521 ◽  
Author(s):  
On On Lee ◽  
Yue Him Wong ◽  
Pei-Yuan Qian
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Marine Sponges ◽  
San Juan ◽  
Specific Sequence ◽  
Intraspecific Variations ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Bacterial Associations ◽  
Species Specific

ABSTRACT This study attempted to assess whether conspecific or congeneric sponges around San Juan Island, Washington, harbor specific bacterial communities. We used a combination of culture-independent DNA fingerprinting techniques (terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis [DGGE]) and culture-dependent approaches. The results indicated that the bacterial communities in the water column consisted of more diverse bacterial ribotypes than and were drastically different from those associated with the sponges. High levels of similarity in sponge-associated bacterial communities were found only in Myxilla incrustans and Haliclona rufescens, while the bacterial communities in Halichondria panicea varied substantially among sites. Certain terminal restriction fragments or DGGE bands were consistently obtained for different individuals of M. incrustans and H. rufescens collected from different sites, suggesting that there are stable or even specific associations of certain bacteria in these two sponges. However, no specific bacterial associations were found for H. panicea or for any one sponge genus. Sequencing of nine DGGE bands resulted in recovery of seven sequences that best matched the sequences of uncultured Proteobacteria. Three of these sequences fell into the sponge-specific sequence clusters previously suggested. An uncultured alphaproteobacterium and a culturable Bacillus sp. were found exclusively in all M. incrustans sponges, while an uncultured gammaproteobacterium was unique to H. rufescens. In contrast, the cultivation approach indicated that sponges contained a large proportion of Firmicutes, especially Bacillus, and revealed large variations in the culturable bacterial communities associated with congeneric and conspecific sponges. This study revealed sponge species-specific but not genus- or site-specific associations between sponges and bacterial communities and emphasized the importance of using a combination of techniques for studying microbial communities.

scholarly journals Bacterioplankton Community as a Biological Element for Reservoirs Water Quality Assessment

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 2836
Author(s):  
Ivo Pinto ◽  
Rita Calisto ◽  
Cláudia R. Serra ◽  
Olga M. Lage ◽  
Sara C. Antunes
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Water Quality Assessment ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Bacterioplankton Community ◽  
Biological Element ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is used to evaluate the water quality of aquatic ecosystems. Phytoplankton is the only biological element considered in the reservoirs water quality assessment. In this study, we aimed to assess the use of the bacterioplankton community as an indicator of water quality, using a culture-independent assay (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, DGGE). Four Portuguese reservoirs (Miranda, Pocinho, Aguieira and Alqueva) were analysed in four periods (autumn 2018, spring and autumn 2019, and spring 2020). Bacterial total abundance had similar values for Miranda, Pocinho and Aguieira, and generally lower values for Alqueva. Diversity and richness values did not show a clear trend. Negative correlations were observed between some nutrients and the bacterial community. Overall, members of Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Nitrospirae and Proteobacteria were identified in all sampling sites. In Alqueva, no spatial, temporal or water body quality relationships with bacterial community were observed, which may be due to its higher size, low water velocity rate and higher residence times. However, in Miranda, Pocinho and Aguieira, a strong spatial and temporal bacterial community dynamic was observed. Furthermore, the presence of some species (e.g., Acinetobacter sp.) may reflect the poor water quality that was not detected by the WFD approach.

Spatial distribution of bacterial communities in sediment of a eutrophic lake revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and multivariate analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1053-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Zeng ◽  
Liu-Yan Yang ◽  
Yi Liang ◽  
Jia-Yun Li ◽  
Lin Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
Eutrophic Lake ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Scaling Analysis ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Lake Xuanwu

Bacterial community structure and the effects of several environmental factors on the microbial community distribution were investigated in the sediment of the eutrophic Lake Xuanwu. Profiles of bacterial communities were generated using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), and the results were interpreted with multivariate statistical analysis. Five major variables in sediment were examined in a principal component analysis, which indicates notable differences of physicochemical parameters among different sites of the lake. To assess changes in the genetic diversity of bacterial communities of different sampling sites, DGGE band patterns were analyzed by multidimensional scaling analysis, which indicated that sampling sites having similar environmental characteristics also have the similar microbial communities. Canonical correspondence analysis demonstrated that pH and redox potential had significant effects on the bacterial community composition in the sediments. Analysis of DNA sequences revealed that the dominant bacterial groups in Lake Xuanwu belonged to Proteobacteria , Actinobacteria , Verrucomicrobia , and Nitrospirae , which are commonly isolated from freshwater ecosystems.

scholarly journals   Long-term agrichemical use leads to alterations in bacterial community diversity

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 452-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tan ◽  
M. Barret ◽  
O. Rice ◽  
D.N. Dowling ◽  
J. Burke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Spring Barley ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Soil Bacterial Communities ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Concomitant Reduction ◽  
Soil Bacterial

  Bacterial communities are key drivers of soil fertility and agriculture productivity. Understanding how soil bacterial communities change in response to different conditions is an important aspect in the development of sustainable agriculture. There is a desire to reduce the current reliance on high inputs of chemicals and fertilisers in agriculture, but limited data are available on how this might impact soil bacterial communities. This study investigated the bacterial communities in a spring barley monoculture site subjected to two different input regimes for over 12 years: a conventional chemical/fertiliser regime, and a reduced input regime. A culture independent approach was performed to compare the bacterial communities through 16S rRNA gene PCR-DGGE. PCO analysis revealed that the rhizosphere has a strong structuring effect on the bacterial community. Moreover, high inputs of agrichemicals lead to an increase of phosphorus level in the soil and a concomitant reduction of the bacterial diversity. These results may help to evaluate the environmental risks associated with agrichemical usage.  

scholarly journals Bacterial Community Composition in Produced Water of Diyarbakır Oil Fields in Turkey : Bacterial communities in produced waters of south-eastern Turkey reported in detail for the first time

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-466
Author(s):  
Tuğçe Tüccar ◽  
Esra Ilhan-Sungur ◽  
Gerard Muyzer
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Bacterial Community Composition ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
First Time

Oil fields harbour a wide variety of microorganisms with different metabolic capabilities. To examine the microbial ecology of petroleum reservoirs, a molecular-based approach was used to assess the composition of bacterial communities in produced water of Diyarbakır oil fields in Turkey. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified 16S rRNA gene fragments was performed to characterise the bacterial community structure of produced water samples and to identify predominant community members after sequencing of separated DGGE bands. The majority of bacterial sequences retrieved from DGGE analysis of produced water samples belonged to unclassified bacteria (50%). Among the classified bacteria, Proteobacteria (29.2%), Firmicutes (8.3%), Bacteroidetes (8.3%) and Actinobacteria (4.2%) groups were identified. Pseudomonas was the dominant genus detected in the produced water samples. The results of this research provide, for the first time, insight into the complexity of microbial communities in the Diyarbakır oil reservoirs and their dominant constituents.

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