A three-scale analysis of bacterial communities involved in rocks colonization and soil formation in high mountain environments
| Autor: | Lorenzo Brusetti, Stefan Zerbe, Alfonso Esposito, Luigimaria Borruso, Sonia Ciccazzo, Daniele Daffonchio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Geologic Sediments
biology Bacteria Ecology Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer analysis Altitude Bacteroidetes General Medicine Biodiversity biology.organism_classification Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology UniFrac Botany Glacier foreland Proteobacteria Lichen Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis Phylogeny Soil Microbiology Acidobacteria |
| Zdroj: | Current microbiology. 67(4) |
| ISSN: | 1432-0991 |
| Popis: | Alpha and beta diversities of the bacterial communities growing on rock surfaces, proto-soils, riparian sediments, lichen thalli, and water springs biofilms in a glacier foreland were studied. We used three molecular based techniques to allow a deeper investigation at different taxonomic resolutions: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, length heterogeneity-PCR, and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis. Bacterial communities were mainly composed of Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Cyanobacteria with distinct variations among sites. Proteobacteria were more represented in sediments, biofilms, and lichens; Acidobacteria were mostly found in proto-soils; and Cyanobacteria on rocks. Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were mainly found in biofilms. UniFrac P values confirmed a significant difference among different matrices. Significant differences (P < 0.001) in beta diversity were observed among the different matrices at the genus–species level, except for lichens and rocks which shared a more similar community structure, while at deep taxonomic resolution two distinct bacterial communities between lichens and rocks were found. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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