Preferential flow paths shape the structure of bacterial communities in a clayey till depth profile
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Preferential flow paths shape the structure of bacterial communities in a clayey till depth profile. / Bak, Frederik; Nybroe, Ole; Zheng, Bangxiao; Badawi, Nora; Hao, Xiuli; Nicolaisen, Mette Haubjerg; Aamand, Jens.
I: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Bind 95, Nr. 3, fiz008, 01.03.2019, s. 1-12.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Preferential flow paths shape the structure of bacterial communities in a clayey till depth profile
AU - Bak, Frederik
AU - Nybroe, Ole
AU - Zheng, Bangxiao
AU - Badawi, Nora
AU - Hao, Xiuli
AU - Nicolaisen, Mette Haubjerg
AU - Aamand, Jens
N1 - © FEMS 2019.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Preferential flow paths in subsurface soils serve as transport routes for water, dissolved organic matter and oxygen. Little is known about bacterial communities in flow paths or in subsoils below ∼4 m. We compared communities from preferential flow paths (biopores, fractures and sand lenses) with those in adjacent matrix sediments of clayey till from the plough layer to a depth of 6 m. 16S rRNA gene-targeted community analysis showed bacterial communities of greater abundance and diversity in flow paths than in matrix sediments at all depths. Deep fracture communities contained a higher relative abundance of aerobes and plant material decomposers like Nitrospirae, Acidobacteria and Planctomycetes than adjacent matrix sediments. Similarly, analyses of the relative abundances of archaeal amoA, nirK and dsrB genes indicated transition from aerobic to anaerobic nitrogen and sulphur cycling at greater depth in preferential flow paths than in matrix sediments. Preferential flow paths in the top 260 cm contained more indicator operational taxonomic units from the plough layer community than the matrix sediments. This study indicates that the availability of oxygen and organic matter and downward transport of bacteria shape bacterial communities in preferential flow paths, and suggests that their lifestyles differ from those of bacteria in matrix communities.
AB - Preferential flow paths in subsurface soils serve as transport routes for water, dissolved organic matter and oxygen. Little is known about bacterial communities in flow paths or in subsoils below ∼4 m. We compared communities from preferential flow paths (biopores, fractures and sand lenses) with those in adjacent matrix sediments of clayey till from the plough layer to a depth of 6 m. 16S rRNA gene-targeted community analysis showed bacterial communities of greater abundance and diversity in flow paths than in matrix sediments at all depths. Deep fracture communities contained a higher relative abundance of aerobes and plant material decomposers like Nitrospirae, Acidobacteria and Planctomycetes than adjacent matrix sediments. Similarly, analyses of the relative abundances of archaeal amoA, nirK and dsrB genes indicated transition from aerobic to anaerobic nitrogen and sulphur cycling at greater depth in preferential flow paths than in matrix sediments. Preferential flow paths in the top 260 cm contained more indicator operational taxonomic units from the plough layer community than the matrix sediments. This study indicates that the availability of oxygen and organic matter and downward transport of bacteria shape bacterial communities in preferential flow paths, and suggests that their lifestyles differ from those of bacteria in matrix communities.
U2 - 10.1093/femsec/fiz008
DO - 10.1093/femsec/fiz008
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30649315
VL - 95
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - F E M S Microbiology Ecology
JF - F E M S Microbiology Ecology
SN - 0168-6496
IS - 3
M1 - fiz008
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