Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa River

To provide a general overview of the microbial communities in environmentally conserved estuaries, the top 5 cm of sediment was sampled from the sandy estuary of the Shirakawa River and from the muddy estuary of the Midorikawa River. Higher amounts of organic matter were detected in the Midorikawa e...

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Main Authors: Tran Thanh Liem, Mitsuaki Nakano, Hiroto Ohta, Takuro Niidome, Tatsuya Masuda, Kiyoshi Takikawa, Shigeru Morimura
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Published: University of Brawijaya 2016-12-01
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Online Access:https://jels.ub.ac.id/index.php/jels/article/view/208
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author Tran Thanh Liem
Mitsuaki Nakano
Hiroto Ohta
Takuro Niidome
Tatsuya Masuda
Kiyoshi Takikawa
Shigeru Morimura
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Tatsuya Masuda
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description To provide a general overview of the microbial communities in environmentally conserved estuaries, the top 5 cm of sediment was sampled from the sandy estuary of the Shirakawa River and from the muddy estuary of the Midorikawa River. Higher amounts of organic matter were detected in the Midorikawa estuary sample than in the Shirakawa estuary sample. Measurement of redox potential revealed that the Shirakawa estuary was aerobic and the Midorikawa estuary was much less aerobic. Clone analysis was performed by targeting partial 16S rRNA gene sequences and using extracted DNA from the samples as a template. Various bacteria were detected, among which Gammaproteobacteria was dominant at both estuaries. Unclassified clones were detected in the Gammaproteobacteria group, mainly among samples from the Midorikawa estuary. Other detected bacterial groups were Alphaproteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. All the Deltaproteobacteria clones were anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacteria. Those aerobic and anaerobic bacteria coexisted in the top 5 cm of the estuary sediments indicating the surface layer have active sulfur and carbon cycle. Abundance of aerobic Gammaproteobacteria may be an indicator for conserved estuaries.
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spelling doaj-art-813fe1b6882348cb8cb2b8ac6ad841db2025-08-20T03:47:33ZengUniversity of BrawijayaJournal of Experimental Life Science2087-28522338-16552016-12-01626370https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.jels.2016.006.02.02Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa RiverTran Thanh Liem0Mitsuaki Nakano1Hiroto Ohta2Takuro Niidome3Tatsuya Masuda4Kiyoshi Takikawa5Shigeru Morimura6Kumamoto University, Kumamoto City, JapanKumamoto University, Kumamoto City, JapanKumamoto University, Kumamoto City, JapanKumamoto University, Kumamoto City, JapanKumamoto University, Kumamoto City, JapanKumamoto University, Kumamoto City, JapanKumamoto University, Kumamoto City, JapanTo provide a general overview of the microbial communities in environmentally conserved estuaries, the top 5 cm of sediment was sampled from the sandy estuary of the Shirakawa River and from the muddy estuary of the Midorikawa River. Higher amounts of organic matter were detected in the Midorikawa estuary sample than in the Shirakawa estuary sample. Measurement of redox potential revealed that the Shirakawa estuary was aerobic and the Midorikawa estuary was much less aerobic. Clone analysis was performed by targeting partial 16S rRNA gene sequences and using extracted DNA from the samples as a template. Various bacteria were detected, among which Gammaproteobacteria was dominant at both estuaries. Unclassified clones were detected in the Gammaproteobacteria group, mainly among samples from the Midorikawa estuary. Other detected bacterial groups were Alphaproteobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. All the Deltaproteobacteria clones were anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacteria. Those aerobic and anaerobic bacteria coexisted in the top 5 cm of the estuary sediments indicating the surface layer have active sulfur and carbon cycle. Abundance of aerobic Gammaproteobacteria may be an indicator for conserved estuaries.https://jels.ub.ac.id/index.php/jels/article/view/208conserved environmentclone analysisestuarymicrobial community16s rrna gene.
spellingShingle Tran Thanh Liem
Mitsuaki Nakano
Hiroto Ohta
Takuro Niidome
Tatsuya Masuda
Kiyoshi Takikawa
Shigeru Morimura
Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa River
Journal of Experimental Life Science
conserved environment
clone analysis
estuary
microbial community
16s rrna gene.
title Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa River
title_full Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa River
title_fullStr Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa River
title_full_unstemmed Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa River
title_short Microbial Community Composition of Two Environmentally Conserved Estuaries in the Midorikawa River and Shirakawa River
title_sort microbial community composition of two environmentally conserved estuaries in the midorikawa river and shirakawa river
topic conserved environment
clone analysis
estuary
microbial community
16s rrna gene.
url https://jels.ub.ac.id/index.php/jels/article/view/208
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