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Estuarine microbial diversity and nitrogen cycling increase along sand–mud gradients independent of salinity and distance.

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Název: Estuarine microbial diversity and nitrogen cycling increase along sand–mud gradients independent of salinity and distance.
Autoři: Boey, Jian Sheng, Mortimer, Redmond, Couturier, Agathe, Worrallo, Katie, Handley, Kim M.
Zdroj: Environmental Microbiology; Jan2022, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p50-65, 16p
Témata: MICROBIAL diversity, TIDAL flats, SALINITY, MICROBIAL communities, MUD, ELECTRODIALYSIS, NITROGEN cycle, COMMUNITIES
Abstrakt: Summary: Estuaries are depositional environments prone to terrigenous mud sedimentation. While macrofaunal diversity and nitrogen retention are greatly affected by changes in sedimentary mud content, its impact on prokaryotic diversity and nitrogen cycling activity remains understudied. We characterized the composition of estuarine tidal flat prokaryotic communities spanning a habitat range from sandy to muddy sediments, while controlling for salinity and distance. We also determined the diversity, abundance and expression of ammonia oxidizers and N2O‐reducers within these communities by amoA and clade I nosZ gene and transcript analysis. Results show that prokaryotic communities and nitrogen cycling fractions were sensitive to changes in sedimentary mud content, and that changes in the overall community were driven by a small number of phyla. Significant changes occurred in prokaryotic communities and N2O‐reducing fractions with only a 3% increase in mud, while thresholds for ammonia oxidizers were less distinct, suggesting other factors are also important for structuring these guilds. Expression of nitrogen cycling genes was substantially higher in muddier sediments, and results indicate that the potential for coupled nitrification–denitrification became increasingly prevalent as mud content increased. Altogether, results demonstrate that mud content is a strong environmental driver of diversity and N‐cycling dynamics in estuarine microbial communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstrakt:Summary: Estuaries are depositional environments prone to terrigenous mud sedimentation. While macrofaunal diversity and nitrogen retention are greatly affected by changes in sedimentary mud content, its impact on prokaryotic diversity and nitrogen cycling activity remains understudied. We characterized the composition of estuarine tidal flat prokaryotic communities spanning a habitat range from sandy to muddy sediments, while controlling for salinity and distance. We also determined the diversity, abundance and expression of ammonia oxidizers and N2O‐reducers within these communities by amoA and clade I nosZ gene and transcript analysis. Results show that prokaryotic communities and nitrogen cycling fractions were sensitive to changes in sedimentary mud content, and that changes in the overall community were driven by a small number of phyla. Significant changes occurred in prokaryotic communities and N2O‐reducing fractions with only a 3% increase in mud, while thresholds for ammonia oxidizers were less distinct, suggesting other factors are also important for structuring these guilds. Expression of nitrogen cycling genes was substantially higher in muddier sediments, and results indicate that the potential for coupled nitrification–denitrification became increasingly prevalent as mud content increased. Altogether, results demonstrate that mud content is a strong environmental driver of diversity and N‐cycling dynamics in estuarine microbial communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:14622912
DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.15550