pH influences the importance of niche-related and neutral processes in lacustrine bacterioplankton assembly

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Lijuan RenQinglong L Wu

Abstract

pH is an important factor that shapes the structure of bacterial communities. However, we have very limited information about the patterns and processes by which overall bacterioplankton communities assemble across wide pH gradients in natural freshwater lakes. Here, we used pyrosequencing to analyze the bacterioplankton communities in 25 discrete freshwater lakes in Denmark with pH levels ranging from 3.8 to 8.8. We found that pH was the key factor impacting lacustrine bacterioplankton community assembly. More acidic lakes imposed stronger environmental filtering, which decreased the richness and evenness of bacterioplankton operational taxonomic units (OTUs) and largely shifted community composition. Although environmental filtering was determined to be the most important determinant of bacterioplankton community assembly, the importance of neutral assembly processes must also be considered, notably in acidic lakes, where the species (OTU) diversity was low. We observed that the strong effect of environmental filtering in more acidic lakes was weakened by the enhanced relative importance of neutral community assembly, and bacterioplankton communities tended to be less phylogenetically clustered in more acidic lakes. In summar...Continue Reading

References

Jul 22, 2004·The American Naturalist·J Cavender-BaresF A Bazzaz
Jan 13, 2005·Environmental Microbiology·Dirk F Wenderoth, Wolf-Rainer Abraham
Dec 8, 2005·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Eva S LindströmGabriel Zwart
Jan 13, 2006·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Noah Fierer, Robert B Jackson
Aug 23, 2006·Ecology·M Claire Horner-Devine, Brendan J M Bohannan
Jun 26, 2007·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Qiong WangJames R Cole
Sep 11, 2007·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Ryan J NewtonKatherine D McMahon
Nov 29, 2007·The ISME Journal·Stefan BertilssonNiels Ole Gerslev Jørgensen
Feb 5, 2008·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Sascha F PercentSandra A Nierzwicki-Bauer
Dec 2, 2008·Environmental Microbiology·Stuart E Jones, Katherine D McMahon
Apr 21, 2009·Molecular Biology and Evolution·Morgan N PriceAdam P Arkin
May 29, 2009·Ecology Letters·Jeannine Cavender-BaresSteven W Kembel
Jun 9, 2009·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Christian L LauberNoah Fierer
Dec 9, 2009·Ecology Letters·Orjan OstmanEva S Lindström
May 7, 2010·The ISME Journal·Johannes RouskNoah Fierer
Jul 24, 2010·Ecology Letters·John J WiensPatrick R Stephens
Oct 26, 2010·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Shipeng LuKirsten Küsel
Jan 15, 2011·Nature Reviews. Microbiology·Jay T Lennon, Stuart E Jones
Mar 5, 2011·Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews : MMBR·Ryan J NewtonStefan Bertilsson
Oct 15, 2011·PloS One·Eva S Lindström, Örjan Östman
May 15, 2012·Nature Reviews. Microbiology·China A HansonJennifer B H Martiny
Nov 30, 2012·Nucleic Acids Research·Christian QuastFrank Oliver Glöckner
Dec 21, 2012·The ISME Journal·Ramiro LogaresStefan Bertilsson
Feb 1, 2012·Environmental Microbiology Reports·Eva S Lindström, Silke Langenheder

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Apr 30, 2016·Microbial Ecology·I MoroenyaneJonathan Miles Adams
Oct 1, 2015·PloS One·Priyanka KumariSartika I A Sudiarto
Oct 25, 2016·Environmental Microbiology·Benjamin BergenKlaus Jürgens
Apr 4, 2017·Environmental Microbiology·Jakob Pernthaler
Aug 16, 2015·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Erland Bååth, Emma Kritzberg
Jan 10, 2016·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Zhi-Ping ZhongZhi-Pei Liu
May 28, 2019·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Jin ZhouZhong-Hua Cai
Feb 26, 2020·Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology·Khaled Metwally, Shinya Ikeno
Jun 6, 2019·Science China. Life Sciences·Jian YangYongqin Liu
Apr 30, 2019·Frontiers in Microbiology·Fabio Toshiro T HanashiroLuc De Meester
Aug 31, 2019·The Science of the Total Environment·Lixia XuanJinbo Xiong
Jul 31, 2021·The Science of the Total Environment·Kun GuoTenna Riis

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.