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- Trophic strategy of diverse methanogens across a river-to-sea gradient
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Bingchen Wang , Fanghua Liu , Shiling Zheng , Qinqin Hao
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J. Microbiol. 2019;57(6):470-478. Published online May 27, 2019
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-019-8482-3
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Methanogens are an important biogenic source of methane,
especially in estuarine waters across a river-to-sea gradient.
However, the diversity and trophic strategy of methanogens
in this gradient are not clear. In this study, the diversity and
trophic strategy of methanogens in sediments across the
Yellow River (YR) to the Bohai Sea (BS) gradient were investigated
by high-throughput sequencing based on the 16S
rRNA gene. The results showed that the diversity of methanogens
in sediments varied from multitrophic communities
in YR samples to specific methylotrophic communities in BS
samples. The methanogenic community in YR samples was
dominated by Methanosarcina, while that of BS samples was
dominated by methylotrophic Methanococcoides. The distinct
methanogens suggested that the methanogenic community
of BS sediments did not originate from YR sediment
input. High-throughput sequencing of the mcrA gene revealed
that active Methanococcoides dominated in the BS enrichment
cultures with trimethylamine as the substrate, and methylotrophic
Methanolobus dominated in the YR enrichment
cultures, as detected to a limited amount in in situ sediment
samples. Methanosarcina were also detected in this gradient
sample. Furthermore, the same species of Methanosarcina
mazei, which was widely distributed, was isolated from the
area across a river-to-sea gradient by the culture-dependent
method
. In summary, our results showed that a distribution
of diverse methanogens across a river-to-sea gradient may
shed light on adaption strategies and survival mechanisms
in methanogens.
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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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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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- Magnetite production and transformation in the methanogenic consortia from coastal riverine sediments
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Shiling Zheng , Bingchen Wang , Fanghua Liu , Oumei Wang
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J. Microbiol. 2017;55(11):862-870. Published online October 27, 2017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-017-7104-1
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Minerals that contain ferric iron, such as amorphous Fe(III)
oxides (A), can inhibit methanogenesis by competitively accepting
electrons. In contrast, ferric iron reduced products,
such as magnetite (M), can function as electrical conductors
to stimulate methanogenesis, however, the processes and effects
of magnetite production and transformation in the methanogenic
consortia are not yet known. Here we compare the
effects on methanogenesis of amorphous Fe (III) oxides (A)
and magnetite (M) with ethanol as the electron donor. RNAbased
terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism
with a clone library was used to analyse both bacterial and
archaeal communities. Iron (III)-reducing bacteria including
Geobacteraceae and methanogens such as Methanosarcina
were enriched in iron oxide-supplemented enrichment cultures
for two generations with ethanol as the electron donor.
The enrichment cultures with A and non-Fe (N) dominated
by the active bacteria belong to Veillonellaceae, and archaea
belong to Methanoregulaceae and Methanobacteriaceae, Methanosarcinaceae
(Methanosarcina mazei), respectively. While
the enrichment cultures with M, dominated by the archaea belong
to Methanosarcinaceae (Methanosarcina barkeri). The
results
also showed that methanogenesis was accelerated in
the transferred cultures with ethanol as the electron donor during
magnetite production from A reduction. Powder X-ray
diffraction analysis indicated that magnetite was generated
from microbial reduction of A and M was transformed into
siderite and vivianite with ethanol as the electron donor. Our
data showed the processes and effects of magnetite production
and transformation in the methanogenic consortia, suggesting
that significantly different effects of iron minerals on
microbial methanogenesis in the iron-rich coastal riverine
environment were present.
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- Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase (mcrA) Gene Based Phylogenetic Analysis of Methanogens Population in Murrah Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
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Prem Prashant Chaudhary , Sunil Kumar Sirohi , Dheer Singh , Jyoti Saxena
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J. Microbiol. 2011;49(4):558-561. Published online September 2, 2011
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-011-1052-y
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The aim of the present study was to decipher the diversity of methanogens in rumen of Murrah buffaloes
so that effective strategies can be made in order to mitigate methane emission from these methanogens.
In the present study diversity of rumen methanogens in Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from North
India was evaluated by using mcr-A gene library obtained from the pooled PCR product from four animals
and by using MEGA4 software. A total of 104 clones were examined, revealing 26 different mcr-A gene
sequences or phylotypes. Of the 26 phylotypes, 16 (64 of 104 clones) were less than 97% similar to any
of the cultured strain of methanogens. Seven clone sequences were clustered with Methanomicrobium mobile
and three clone sequences were clustered with Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii during the phylogenetic
analysis. Uncultured group of methanogens comes out to be the major component of the methanogens community
structure in Murrah buffaloes. Methanomicrobium phylotype comes out to be major phylotype
among cultured methanogens followed by Methanobrevibacter phylotype. These results help in making effective
strategies to check the growth of dominant methanogenic communities in the rumen of this animal
which in turn help in the reduction of methane emission in the environment and ultimately helps us in
fighting with the problem of global warming.
- Diversity of Bovine Rumen Methanogens In Vitro in the Presence of Condensed Tannins, as Determined by Sequence Analysis of 16S rRNA Gene Library
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Hui Yin Tan , Chin Chin Sieo , Chin Mei Lee , Norhani Abdullah , Juan Boo Liang , Yin Wan Ho
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J. Microbiol. 2011;49(3):492-498. Published online June 30, 2011
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-011-0319-7
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Molecular diversity of rumen archaeal populations from bovine rumen fluid incubated with or without condensed tannins was investigated using 16S rRNA gene libraries. The predominant order of rumen archaea in the 16S rRNA gene libraries of the control and condensed tannins treatment was found to belong to a novel group of rumen archaea that is distantly related to the order Thermoplasmatales, with 59.5% (15 phylotypes) and 81.43% (21 phylotypes) of the total clones from the control and treatment clone libraries, respectively. The 16S rRNA gene library of the control was found to have higher proportions of methanogens from the orders Methanomicrobiales (32%) and Methanobacteriales (8.5%) as compared to those found in the condensed tannins treatment clone library in both orders (16.88% and 1.68% respectively). The phylotype distributed in the order Methanosarcinales was only found in the control clone library. The study indicated that condensed tannins could alter the diversity of bovine rumen methanogens.