PuSH - Publikationsserver des Helmholtz Zentrums München

Engel, A.S.* ; Meisinger, D.B.* ; Porter, M.L.* ; Payn, R.A.* ; Schmid, M. ; Stern, L.A.* ; Schleifer, K.H.* ; Lee, N.M.*

Linking phylogenetic and functional diversity to nutrient spiraling in microbial mats from Lower Kane Cave (USA).

ISME J. 4, 98-110 (2010)
Verlagsversion DOI PMC
Open Access Gold
Microbial mats in sulfidic cave streams offer unique opportunities to study redox-based biogeochemical nutrient cycles. Previous work from Lower Kane Cave, Wyoming, USA, focused on the aerobic portion of microbial mats, dominated by putative chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing groups within the Epsilonproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria. To evaluate nutrient cycling and turnover within the whole mat system, a multidisciplinary strategy was used to characterize the anaerobic portion of the mats, including application of the full-cycle rRNA approach, the most probable number method, and geochemical and isotopic analyses. Seventeen major taxonomic bacterial groups and one archaeal group were retrieved from the anaerobic portions of the mats, dominated by Deltaproteobacteria and uncultured members of the Chloroflexi phylum. A nutrient spiraling model was applied to evaluate upstream to downstream changes in microbial diversity based on carbon and sulfur nutrient concentrations. Variability in dissolved sulfide concentrations was attributed to changes in the abundance of sulfide-oxidizing microbial groups and shifts in the occurrence and abundance of sulfate-reducing microbes. Gradients in carbon and sulfur isotopic composition indicated that released and recycled byproduct compounds from upstream microbial activities were incorporated by downstream communities. On the basis of the type of available chemical energy, the variability of nutrient species in a spiraling model may explain observed differences in microbial taxonomic affiliations and metabolic functions, thereby spatially linking microbial diversity to nutrient spiraling in the cave stream ecosystem.
Impact Factor
Scopus SNIP
Web of Science
Times Cited
Scopus
Cited By
Altmetric
6.397
1.480
22
51
Tags
Anmerkungen
Besondere Publikation
Auf Hompepage verbergern

Zusatzinfos bearbeiten
Eigene Tags bearbeiten
Privat
Eigene Anmerkung bearbeiten
Privat
Auf Publikationslisten für
Homepage nicht anzeigen
Als besondere Publikation
markieren
Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Subsurface; Microbial mats; Redox; Nutrient spiraling; Biogeochemistry; Microbial diversity; Geomicrobiology
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2010
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1751-7362
e-ISSN 1751-7370
Zeitschrift ISME Journal
Quellenangaben Band: 4, Heft: 1, Seiten: 98-110 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Nature Publishing Group
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 20402 - Sustainable Plant Production
Forschungsfeld(er) Environmental Sciences
PSP-Element(e) G-504600-001
PubMed ID 19675595
Scopus ID 73449134067
Erfassungsdatum 2010-03-19