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- Temporal and spatial impact of Spartina alterniflora invasion on methanogens community in Chongming Island, China
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Xue Ping Chen , Jing Sun , Yi Wang , Heng Yang Zhang , Chi Quan He , Xiao Yan Liu , Nai Shun Bu , Xi-En Long
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J. Microbiol. 2018;56(7):507-515. Published online June 14, 2018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-018-8062-y
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Abstract
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Methane production by methanogens in wetland is recognized
as a significant contributor to global warming. Spartina alterniflora
(S. alterniflora), which is an invasion plant in China’s
wetland, was reported to have enormous effects on methane
production. But studies on shifts in the methanogen community
in response to S. alterniflora invasion at temporal and
spatial scales in the initial invasion years are rare. Sediments
derived from the invasive species S. alterniflora and the native
species Phragmites australis (P. australis) in pairwise sites
and an invasion chronosequence patch (4 years) were analyzed
to investigate the abundance and community structure
of methanogens using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR)
and Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) cloning
of the methyl-coenzyme M reductase A (mcrA) gene. For the
pairwise sites, the abundance of methanogens in S. alterniflora
soils was lower than that of P. australis soils. For the
chronosequence patch, the abundance and diversity of methanogens
was highest in the soil subjected to two years invasion,
in which we detected some rare groups including Methanocellales
and Methanococcales. These results indicated a priming
effect at the initial invasion stages of S. alterniflora for
microorganisms in the soil, which was also supported by the
diverse root exudates. The shifts of methanogen communities
after S. alterniflora invasion were due to changes in pH, salinity
and sulfate. The results indicate that root exudates from
S. alterniflora have a priming effect on methanogens in the
initial years after invasion, and the predominate methylotrophic
groups (Methanosarcinales) may adapt to the availability
of diverse substrates and reflects the potential for high
methane production after invasion by S. alterniflora.
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Spartina alterniflora, an aggressive invasive plant species at
the estuarine wetlands of China’s coasts, has become a major
threat to the natural ecosystems. To understand its potential
influence on nitrification processes, the community structures
and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA)
and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were investigated
using 454-pyrosequencing and quantitative real-time PCR
(qPCR) in S. alterniflora invading salt marsh sediments at
the Yangtze River estuary in Chongming island, Shanghai,
China. Copy numbers of archaeal and bacterial ammonia
monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) genes did not show accordant
shifts with S. alterniflora invasion in the two sampling
sites. However, the copy numbers of archaeal amoA
gene were higher in summer than in spring. Phylogenetic
analysis indicated that more than 90% of the archaeal and
92% of the bacterial amoA gene sequences were closely related
to marine group I.1a and the clusters 13 and 15 in
Nitrosospira lineage, respectively. The effect of different seasons
(spring and summer) was important for the abundance
variation of AOA, while different stages of S. alterniflora
invasion did not show significant effect for both AOA and
AOB. Variation of AOA community was significantly related
to total carbon (TC) and sulfate concentration (P < 0.05),
whereas the AOB community was significantly related to
sulfate concentration, total nitrogen (TN), TC and pH (P <
0.05). In conclusion, the abundance and diversity of ammonia
oxidizing microbial communities were not strongly
affected by S. alterniflora invasion.
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