Seasonal and diel distributions of denitrifying and bacterial communities in a hypersaline microbial mat (Camargue, France)

Autor: Valérie Michotey, Aude Fourçans, Cui Zhizang, Christelle Desnues, Patricia Bonin, Andrea Wieland, Robert Duran
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de MicrobiologiE de Géochimie et d'Ecologie Marines (LMGEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2, Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry, Universität Hamburg (UHH), State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease prevention and Control, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne (EA 3525), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Moléculaire, IBEAS, EA 3525
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Water Research
Water Research, IWA Publishing, 2007, 41, pp.3407-3419
HAL
Water Research, 2007, 41, pp.3407-3419
ISSN: 0043-1354
Popis: Changes in spatio-temporal distribution of bacterial and denitrifying communities were qualitatively studied in a microbial mat from Camargue (France). During a diel and a seasonal cycle, patterns of 16S rRNA and nitrite reductase genes (nirS and nirK) were compared by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Statistical analysis of DGGE profiles showed a significant seasonal shift in the community structure of the nirS-containing bacteria with a winter superficial population that extended in summer, whereas the nirK-containing bacteria seemed more affected by vertical gradients rather than by month-to month-changes. Denitrifying activities remained stable during these sampling times. The bacterial community at the surface of the mat also changed according to season, but appeared stable over a day. Finally, during a diel cycle nirK populations were localized in zones with large fluctuations of environmental parameters (oxygen, pH, and sulfur levels) while nirS populations seemed more restricted to the permanent anoxic layer of the microbial mat.
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