scholarly journals Microbial Diversity Assessment in Milkfish Culture Ponds

Author(s):  
L. M. M. Dalmacio ◽  
B. L. Ramirez ◽  
R. Estacio ◽  
I. Borlongan ◽  
J. M. Ramirez ◽  
...  

Aims: To determine bacterial diversity in milkfish culture ponds that contain different life-cycle stages of the milkfish (pond A: fry, pond B: juveniles and pond C: adults) by DNA sequence analysis of organisms and compare that microbial diversity to organisms found in soil adjacent to the ponds. Study Design: Comparative metagenomic study of aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity based on DNA sequence analysis of water and soil DNA. Place and Duration of Study: SEADEC milkfish ponds in Tingnauan, Iloilo. Philippines. All water and soil samples were collected over a three-day period.   Methodology: DNA sequence analysis of nucleic acids extracted from water samples collected from the three types of milkfish ponds along with soil adjacent to the ponds. DNA was extracted and PCR was performed using the 11F-1492R primer pair to amplify 16S rRNA gene. Purified 16S rDNA amplicons were cloned in using the TOPO-TA cloning kit for DNA sequencing. 16s rRNA gene sequences were analyzed with the use of software tools at the National Center for Biotechnology Information website and imported into the ARB phylogenetic analysis software. Distance matrices were exported using the neighbor-joining algorithm in ARB, in the form of PHYLIP-formatted lower triangular matrices. The distance matrices were then used to calculate Shannon-Weaver and Simpson diversity indices to evaluate the richness and evenness of the sampled populations. Rarefaction curves were determined to evaluate sampling efficiency. Results: Rarefaction curves indicated that the sampling effort was sufficient to reveal the majority of phyla present in the sample. Shannon-Weaver and Simpson indices suggested that the diversities of all the groups were statistically different from each other. It was observed that pond A was least diverse, followed by pond C and pond B. The soil was most diverse. DNA sequence analysis identified the various species of bacteria in soil and water. Conclusion: All three pond communities were significantly different in diversity. This study did not identify any significant human pathogens such as Vibrios, Salmonella or Shigella. Bacterial diversity of sites decreased in the following order: soil > fry pond > fingerling pond > adult pond. 

Biologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ieva Kieraite-Aleksandrova ◽  
Vilius Aleksandrovas ◽  
Nomeda Kuisiene

AbstractIn our work, microbial diversity of Krubera-Voronja cave was evaluated in the view of the frequency of human visits in different locations as well as the sampling depth. Sampling in this cave was performed at depths of 220 m to 1640 m. Cultivation-independent method, namely barcoded pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene, was used for this analysis. Our results demonstrated high bacterial diversity at the phylum and genus levels. We have shown that the bacterial diversity at the phylum level depends on both the sampling depth and the frequency of human visits in Krubera-Voronja cave. Frequently visited locations were more diverse at the phylum level than the rarely visited branches. The total number of bacterial genera both per phylum and per sample correlated with the frequency of human visits but not with the sampling depth. Some genera, found in Krubera-Voronja cave, seem to be absent or very rare in other caves. The present study represents the first report on the microbial diversity in Krubera-Voronja cave


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente D. Moreno Andrade ◽  
Carlos Saldaña Gutiérrez ◽  
Rosa P. Calvillo Medina ◽  
Andrés Cruz Hérnandez ◽  
Moisés A. Vázquez Cruz ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Bee pollen is a highly nutritive natural foodstuff. Because of its use as a comestible, the association of bacteria with bee pollen is commercially and biologically important. We report here the bacterial diversity of seven bee pollen samples (five from Europe, one from Chile, and one from Mexico) based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon metagenome sequencing.


2011 ◽  
Vol 225 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshinori Kawanami ◽  
Kazuhiro Yatera ◽  
Kazumasa Fukuda ◽  
Kei Yamasaki ◽  
Masamizu Kunimoto ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 949-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Jin Kim ◽  
Hang-Yeon Weon ◽  
Yi-Seul Kim ◽  
Rangasamy Anandham ◽  
Seung-Hee Yoo ◽  
...  

An ivory-coloured bacterium, designated strain 5YN7-3T, was isolated from a wetland, Yongneup, Korea. Cells of the strain were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and short rods. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that strain 5YN7-3T belongs to the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria and is closely related to Kaistia soli 5YN9-8T (97.8 %), Kaistia granuli Ko04T (97.6 %) and Kaistia adipata Chj404T (97.4 %). Strain 5YN7-3T showed DNA–DNA hybridization values of 28, 22 and 35 % with K. granuli Ko04T, K. soli 5YN9-8T and K. adipata Chj404T, respectively. The major fatty acids were C18 : 1 ω7c (51.2 %), C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c (25.0 %), C18 : 0 (12.9 %) and C16 : 0 (10.8 %) (>10 % of total fatty acids). Ubiquinone-10 was the major isoprenoid quinone and the DNA G+C content was 66.5 mol%. The phenotypic characteristics in combination with 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and DNA–DNA hybridization data clearly define strain 5YN7-3T as a novel species of the genus Kaistia, for which the name Kaistia terrae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 5YN7-3T (=KACC 12910T =DSM 21341T).


2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuo Sakamoto ◽  
Maki Kitahara ◽  
Yoshimi Benno

A bacterial strain isolated from human faeces, M-165T, was characterized in terms of its phenotypic and biochemical features, cellular fatty acid profile, menaquinone profile and phylogenetic position (based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis). A 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the isolate was a member of the genus Parabacteroides. Strain M-165T was closely related to Parabacteroides merdae strains, showing 98 % sequence similarity. The strain was obligately anaerobic, non-pigmented, non-spore-forming, non-motile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped and was able to grow on media containing 20 % bile. Although the phenotypic characteristics of the strain M-165T were similar to those of P. merdae, the isolate could be differentiated from P. merdae by means of API 20A tests for l-arabinose and l-rhamnose fermentation. DNA–DNA hybridization experiments revealed the genomic distinctiveness of the novel strain with respect to P. merdae JCM 9497T (⩽60 % DNA–DNA relatedness). The DNA G+C content of the strain is 47.6 mol%. On the basis of these data, strain M-165T represents a novel species of the genus Parabacteroides, for which the name Parabacteroides johnsonii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is M-165T (=JCM 13406T=DSM 18315T).


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