Recovery of Smelter-Impacted Peat and Sphagnum Moss: a Microbial Perspective
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 26. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02289-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeatlands store approximately one-half of terrestrial soil carbon and one-tenth of non-glacial freshwater. Some of these important ecosystems are located near heavy metal emitting smelters. To improve the understanding of smelter impacts and potential recovery after initial pollution controls in the 1970s (roughly 50 years of potential recovery), we sampled peatlands along a distance gradient of 134 km from a smelter in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, an area with over a century of nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) mining activity. This work is ai...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 26, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: James Seward Suzanna Br äuer Peter Beckett Pascale Roy-L éveillée Erik Emilson Shaun Watmough Nathan Basiliko Source Type: research
Deterministic Development of Soil Microbial Communities in Disturbed Soils Depends on Microbial Biomass of the Bioinoculum
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 25. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02285-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite its enormous importance for ecosystem services, factors driving microbial recolonization of soils after disturbance are still poorly understood. Here, we compared the microbial recolonization patterns of a disturbed, autoclaved soil using different amounts of the original non-disturbed soil as inoculum. By using this approach, we manipulated microbial biomass, but did not change microbial diversity of the inoculum. We followed the development of a new soil microbiome after reinoculation over a period of 4 weeks using a molecula...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 25, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yuri Pinheiro Alves de Souza Michael Schloter Wolfgang Weisser Stefanie Schulz Source Type: research
Deterministic Development of Soil Microbial Communities in Disturbed Soils Depends on Microbial Biomass of the Bioinoculum
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 25. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02285-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite its enormous importance for ecosystem services, factors driving microbial recolonization of soils after disturbance are still poorly understood. Here, we compared the microbial recolonization patterns of a disturbed, autoclaved soil using different amounts of the original non-disturbed soil as inoculum. By using this approach, we manipulated microbial biomass, but did not change microbial diversity of the inoculum. We followed the development of a new soil microbiome after reinoculation over a period of 4 weeks using a molecula...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 25, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yuri Pinheiro Alves de Souza Michael Schloter Wolfgang Weisser Stefanie Schulz Source Type: research
Restoration Measures of Fencing after Tilling Guided Succession of Grassland Soil Microbial Community Structure to Natural Grassland in the Sanjiangyuan Agro-pasture Ecotone of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 24. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02287-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn the fragile Sanjiangyuan (SJY) agro-pasture ecotone of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), planting and fencing have been used to alleviate grassland degradation and to provide high-quality grass seeds for the implementation of the project of "grain for green". The soil microbe is the major driving factor in maintaining plant productivity and soil nutrient cycling. However, few studies have explored the effects of planting and fencing on soil microorganisms in the SJY agro-pasture ecotone. We explored the effects of tilling (TG) and ...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 24, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Xin Chen Qi Li Dongdong Chen Liang Zhao Chunwang Xiao Source Type: research
Environment and Host Genetics Influence the Biogeography of Plant Microbiome Structure
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 23. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02288-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo understand how microbiota influence plant populations in nature, it is important to examine the biogeographic distribution of plant-associated microbiomes and the underlying mechanisms. However, we currently lack a fundamental understanding of the biogeography of plant microbiomes across populations and the environmental and host genetic factors that shape their distribution. Leveraging the broad distribution and extensive genetic variation in duckweeds (the Lemna species complex), we identified key factors that governed plant micro...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 23, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Na Wei Jiaqi Tan Source Type: research
Environment and Host Genetics Influence the Biogeography of Plant Microbiome Structure
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 23. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02288-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo understand how microbiota influence plant populations in nature, it is important to examine the biogeographic distribution of plant-associated microbiomes and the underlying mechanisms. However, we currently lack a fundamental understanding of the biogeography of plant microbiomes across populations and the environmental and host genetic factors that shape their distribution. Leveraging the broad distribution and extensive genetic variation in duckweeds (the Lemna species complex), we identified key factors that governed plant micro...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 23, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Na Wei Jiaqi Tan Source Type: research
Environment and Host Genetics Influence the Biogeography of Plant Microbiome Structure
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 23. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02288-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo understand how microbiota influence plant populations in nature, it is important to examine the biogeographic distribution of plant-associated microbiomes and the underlying mechanisms. However, we currently lack a fundamental understanding of the biogeography of plant microbiomes across populations and the environmental and host genetic factors that shape their distribution. Leveraging the broad distribution and extensive genetic variation in duckweeds (the Lemna species complex), we identified key factors that governed plant micro...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 23, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Na Wei Jiaqi Tan Source Type: research
Environmental Drivers of the Moonmilk Microbiome Diversity in Some Temperate and Tropical Caves
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 22. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02286-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMoonmilk is a cave deposit that was used for medical and cosmetic purposes and has lately raised interest for its antimicrobial potential. We studied five moonmilk samples from four caves with different microclimatic conditions, two temperate in north-western and northern Romania (Ferice, Fața Apei, and Izvorul Tăușoarelor caves) and one tropical in Minas Gerais, Brazil (Nestor Cave). The physicochemical and mineralogical analyses confirmed the presence of calcite and dolomite as the main phase in the moonmilk. A 16S rRNA gene-based...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 22, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Mihail Theodorescu Ruxandra Bucur Paul-Adrian Bulzu Luchiana Faur Erika Andrea Levei Ionu ț Cornel Mirea Oana Cadar Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira Marconi Souza-Silva Oana Teodora Moldovan Source Type: research
Co-infection with Leucocytozoon and Other Haemosporidian Parasites Increases with Latitude and Altitude in New World Bird Communities
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 22. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02283-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEstablishing how environmental gradients and host ecology drive spatial variation in infection rates and diversity of pathogenic organisms is one of the central goals in disease ecology. Here, we identified the predictors of concomitant infection and lineage richness of blood parasites in New Word bird communities. Our multi-level Bayesian models revealed that higher latitudes and elevations played a determinant role in increasing the probability of a bird being co-infected with Leucocytozoon and other haemosporidian parasites. The het...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 22, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Alan Fecchio Jeffrey A Bell Emily J Williams Janice H Dispoto Jason D Weckstein Daniela de Angeli Dutra Source Type: research
A Study of Sponge Symbionts from Different Light Habitats
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 19. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02267-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amount of available light plays a key role in the growth and development of microbial communities. In the present study, we tested to what extent sponge-associated prokaryotic communities differed between specimens of the sponge species Cinachyrella kuekenthali and Xestospongia muta collected in dimly lit (caves and at greater depths) versus illuminated (shallow water) habitats. In addition to this, we also collected samples of water, sediment, and another species of Cinachyrella, C. alloclada. Overall, the biotope (sponge host spe...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 19, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: D F R Cleary N J de Voogd T M Stuij T Swierts V Oliveira A R M Pol ónia A Louvado N C M Gomes F J R C Coelho Source Type: research
A Study of Sponge Symbionts from Different Light Habitats
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 19. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02267-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amount of available light plays a key role in the growth and development of microbial communities. In the present study, we tested to what extent sponge-associated prokaryotic communities differed between specimens of the sponge species Cinachyrella kuekenthali and Xestospongia muta collected in dimly lit (caves and at greater depths) versus illuminated (shallow water) habitats. In addition to this, we also collected samples of water, sediment, and another species of Cinachyrella, C. alloclada. Overall, the biotope (sponge host spe...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 19, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: D F R Cleary N J de Voogd T M Stuij T Swierts V Oliveira A R M Pol ónia A Louvado N C M Gomes F J R C Coelho Source Type: research
A Study of Sponge Symbionts from Different Light Habitats
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 19. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02267-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amount of available light plays a key role in the growth and development of microbial communities. In the present study, we tested to what extent sponge-associated prokaryotic communities differed between specimens of the sponge species Cinachyrella kuekenthali and Xestospongia muta collected in dimly lit (caves and at greater depths) versus illuminated (shallow water) habitats. In addition to this, we also collected samples of water, sediment, and another species of Cinachyrella, C. alloclada. Overall, the biotope (sponge host spe...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 19, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: D F R Cleary N J de Voogd T M Stuij T Swierts V Oliveira A R M Pol ónia A Louvado N C M Gomes F J R C Coelho Source Type: research
Benthic Foraminifera as Pollution Biomarkers: a Morphological Approach
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 18. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02282-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCoastal areas are often intervened by anthropic activities, which increase the contamination of toxic agents such as heavy metals. This causes adverse morphological effects on benthic microorganisms, such as foraminifera. This group is one of the most susceptible to environmental deterioration, so they can be used as pollution biomarkers by identifying shell abnormalities. Therefore, 28 sediment samples from northern Chile were analyzed, calculating the Abnormality Index-FAI and its spatio-temporal distributions in benthic foraminifera...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 18, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Laura Tavera Mart ínez Margarita Marchant Roberto T Abdala D íaz Mar ía Ángeles Arrojo Praxedes Mu ñoz Source Type: research
Benthic Foraminifera as Pollution Biomarkers: a Morphological Approach
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 18. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02282-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCoastal areas are often intervened by anthropic activities, which increase the contamination of toxic agents such as heavy metals. This causes adverse morphological effects on benthic microorganisms, such as foraminifera. This group is one of the most susceptible to environmental deterioration, so they can be used as pollution biomarkers by identifying shell abnormalities. Therefore, 28 sediment samples from northern Chile were analyzed, calculating the Abnormality Index-FAI and its spatio-temporal distributions in benthic foraminifera...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 18, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Laura Tavera Mart ínez Margarita Marchant Roberto T Abdala D íaz Mar ía Ángeles Arrojo Praxedes Mu ñoz Source Type: research
Quantitative Amplicon Sequencing Is Necessary to Identify Differential Taxa and Correlated Taxa Where Population Sizes Differ
Microb Ecol. 2023 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02273-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHigh-throughput, multiplexed-amplicon sequencing has become a core tool for understanding environmental microbiomes. As researchers have widely adopted sequencing, many open-source analysis pipelines have been developed to compare microbiomes using compositional analysis frameworks. However, there is increasing evidence that compositional analyses do not provide the information necessary to accurately interpret many community assembly processes. This is especially true when there are large gradients that drive distinct community assemb...
Source: Microbial Ecology - August 10, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Dietrich Epp Schmidt Jude E Maul Stephanie A Yarwood Source Type: research
