Profiling microbial community in a watershed heavily contaminated by an active antimony (Sb) mine in Southwest China | |
Weimin Sun; Enzong Xiao; Yiran Dong; Song Tang; Valdis Krumins; Zengping Ning; Min Sun; Yanlong Zhao; ShiliangWu; Tangfu Xiao | |
Corresponding Author | Tangfu Xiao |
2016 | |
Source Publication | Science of The Total Environment
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Volume | 550Issue:2Pages:297-308 |
Abstract | Located in Southwest China, the Chahe watershed has been severely contaminated by upstream active antimony (Sb) mines. The extremely high concentrations of Sb make the Chahe watershed an excellent model to elucidate the response of indigenous microbial activities within a severe Sb-contaminated environment. In this study, water and surface sediments from six locations in the Chahe watershed with different levels of Sb contamination were analyzed. Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons revealed more than 40 phyla from the domain Bacteria and 2 phyla from the domain Archaea. Sequences assigned to the genera Flavobacteriam, Suifuricurvum, Hatortionas, SI-tem/awn, Lactobacillus, Acinetobacter, and Geobacter demonstrated high relative abundances in all sequencing libraries. Spearnian's rank correlations indicated that a number of microbial phylotypes were positively correlated with different speciation of Sb, suggesting potential roles of these phylotypes in microbial Sb cycling. Canonical correspondence analysis further demonstrated that geochemical parameters, including water temperature, pH, total Fe, sulfate, aqueous Sb, and Eh, significantly structured the overall microbial community in Chahe watershed samples. Our findings offer a direct and reliable reference to the diversity of microbial communities in the presence of extremely high Sb concentrations, and may have potential implications for in situ bioremediation strategies of Sb contaminated sites. |
Subject Area | 环境地球化学 |
Indexed By | EI |
Language | 英语 |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/352002/6148 |
Collection | 环境地球化学国家重点实验室_环境地球化学国家重点实验室_期刊论文 |
Corresponding Author | Tangfu Xiao |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Weimin Sun,Enzong Xiao,Yiran Dong,et al. Profiling microbial community in a watershed heavily contaminated by an active antimony (Sb) mine in Southwest China[J]. Science of The Total Environment,2016,550(2):297-308. |
APA | Weimin Sun.,Enzong Xiao.,Yiran Dong.,Song Tang.,Valdis Krumins.,...&Tangfu Xiao.(2016).Profiling microbial community in a watershed heavily contaminated by an active antimony (Sb) mine in Southwest China.Science of The Total Environment,550(2),297-308. |
MLA | Weimin Sun,et al."Profiling microbial community in a watershed heavily contaminated by an active antimony (Sb) mine in Southwest China".Science of The Total Environment 550.2(2016):297-308. |
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