Spatial and temporal distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria: key functional groups in biological soil crusts

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第一作者： Tang, Kai

作者： Tang, Kai;Jia, Lijuan;Jin, Ke;Tang, Kai;Yuan, Bo;Jia, Lijuan;Feng, Fuying;Yuan, Bo;Pan, Xin

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期刊名称：ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY （ 影响因子：5.491； 五年影响因子：6.438 ）

ISSN： 1462-2912

年卷期： 2021 年 23 卷 7 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Several significant ecosystem services are performed by biological soil crusts (BSCs) in drylands, wherein photoautotrophic microorganisms are commonly critical contributors. However, aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (AAnPB) are rarely reported in BSCs, despite being the second major branch of Earth's phototrophic microbes. Here, we collected different types of BSCs and their subsoils from temperate deserts, investigated distributions of AAnPB communities among BSCs using cultivation and high-throughput sequencing approaches, predicted keystone species by co-occurrence network analysis, and verified their effects on BSCs formation through microcosm experiments. The absolute abundances and diversity of AAnPB were higher in BSCs and were closely related with BSCs successional stages, as well as soil organic carbon contents. AAnPB communities in both BSCs and their subsoils were dominated by Proteobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria, specifically Acetobacteraceae, Rhodospirillaceae, Roseiflexaceae, Sphingomonadaceae and Caulobacteraceae families. Mean annual precipitation, pH and available nutrients were the primary factors that shaped AAnPB community structures. The predicted keystone species belonged to the families Acetobacteraceae, Rhodospirillaceae and Sphingomonadanceae. Microcosm experiments demonstrated that inoculation with strains from the three families greatly accelerated the formation and development of BSCs. These observations suggest that AAnPB are likely important functional groups in BSCs that significantly contribute to their formation and important ecosystem services.

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