Spatial and temporal variability of bacterial communities in high alpine water spring sediments
| Autor: | Sonia Ciccazzo, Michael Engel, Lorenzo Brusetti, Daniele Penna, Alfonso Esposito, Francesco Comiti, Stefan Zerbe, Luca Daprà |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Geologic Sediments
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Alps ARISA Bacteria Fingerprints Hydrochemistry Water springs Microbiology Molecular Biology Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer analysis 0208 environmental biotechnology 02 engineering and technology Biology 01 natural sciences Spatio-Temporal Analysis Spring (hydrology) Ecosystem 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology Community structure Electric Conductivity Water Natural Springs Biota Glacier General Medicine Elements DNA Fingerprinting 020801 environmental engineering Italy |
| Zdroj: | Research in microbiology. 167(4) |
| ISSN: | 1769-7123 |
| Popis: | Water springs are complex, fragile and taxa-rich environments, especially in highly dynamic ecosystems such as glacier forefields experiencing glacier retreat. Bacterial communities are important actors in alpine water body metabolism, and have shown both high seasonal and spatial variations. Seven springs from a high alpine valley (Matsch Valley, South Tyrol, Italy) were examined via a multidisciplinary approach using both hydrochemical and microbiological techniques. Amplified ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA) and electric conductivity (EC) measurements, as well as elemental composition and water stable isotopic analyses, were performed. Our target was to elucidate whether and how bacterial community structure is influenced by water chemistry, and to determine the origin and extent of variation in space and time. There existed variations in both space and time for all variables measured. Diversity values more markedly differed at the beginning of summer and then at the end; the extent of variation in space was prevalent over the time scale. Bacterial community structural variation responded to hydrochemical parameter changes; moreover, the stability of the hydrochemical parameters played an important role in shaping distinctive bacterial communities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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