Syntrophic-methanogenic associations along a nutrient gradient in the Florida Everglades

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3475-3484

  Chauhan, Ashvini ^a   Ogram, Andrew ^a   Reddy, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

METHANOGENESIS; NUTRIENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACETIC ACID; FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RNA 16S; RUNOFF; WATER;

EUTROPHICATION; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GENE LIBRARY; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSAETA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SYNTROPHOBACTER; SYNTROPHOMONAS; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSAETA SP.; PROKARYOTA; SYNTROPHOBACTER; SYNTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 2942535902     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3475-3484.2004     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Altschul, S. F., W. Gish, W. Miller, E. W. Myers, and D. J. Lipman. 1990. Basic local alignment search tool. J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410.
2. Bachoon, D., and R. D. Jones. 1992. Potential rates of methanogenesis in sawgrass marshes with peat and marl soils in the Everglades. Soil Biol. Biochem. 24:21-27.
3. Burggraf, S., K. O. Stetter, P. Rouviere, and C. R. Woese. 2001. Methanopyrus kandleri: an archaeal methanogen unrelated to all other known methanogens. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 14:346-351.
4. Castro, H., K. R. Reddy, and A. Ogram. 2002. Composition and function of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in eutrophic and pristine areas of the Florida Everglades. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:6129-6137.
5. Cicerone, R. J., and R. S. Oremland. 1988. Biogeochemical aspects of atmospheric methane. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 2:299-327.
6. Cole, J. R., B. Chai, T. L. Marsh, R. J. Farris, Q. Wang, S. A. Kulam, S. Chandra, D. M. McGarrell, T. M. Schmidt, G. M. Garrity, and J. M. Tiedje. 2003. The Ribosomal Database Project (RDP-II): previewing a new autoaligner that allows regular updates and the new prokaryotic taxonomy. Nucleic Acids Res. 31:442-443.
7. Conrad, R. 1999. Contribution of hydrogen to methane production and control of hydrogen concentrations in methanogenic soils and sediments. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 28:193-202.
8. DeBusk, W. F., and K. R. Reddy. 1998. Turnover of detrital organic carbon in a nutrient-impacted Everglades marsh. J. Environ. Qual. 30:1438-1446.
9. Drake, H. L., N. G. Aumen, C. Kuhner, C. Wagner, A. Grießhammer, and M. Schmittroth. 1996. Anaerobic microflora of Everglades sediments: effects of nutrients on population profiles and activities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:486-493.
10. Dunfield, P., R. Knowles, R. Dumont, and T. R. Moore. 1993. Methane production and consumption in temperate and subarctic peat soils: response to temperature and pH. Soil Biol. Biochem. 25:321-326.
11. Gleason, P. J., and P. Stone. 1994. Age, origin and landscape evolution of the Everglades, the ecosystem and its restoration, p. 149-198. St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, Fla.
12. Großkopf, R., P. H. Janssen, and W. Liesack. 1998. Diversity and structure of the methanogenic community in anoxic rice paddy soil microcosms as examined by cultivation and direct 16S rRNA gene sequence retrieval. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:960-969.
13. Horn, M. A., C. Matthies, K. Kusel, A. Schramm, and H. L. Drake. 2003. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis by moderately acid-tolerant methanogens of a methane-emitting acidic peat. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:74-83.
14. Imachi, H., Y. Sekiguchi, Y. Kamagata, A. Ohashi, and H. Harada. 2000. Cultivation and in situ detection of a thermophilic bacterium capable of oxidizing propionate in syntrophic association with hydrogenotrophic methanogens in a thermophilic methanogenic granular sludge. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3608-3615.
15. Jackson, B. E., and M. J. McInerney. 2002. Anaerobic microbial metabolism can proceed close to thermodynamic limits. Nature 415:454-456.
16. Jetten, M. S. M., A. J. M. Stams, and A. J. B. Zehnder. 1992. Methanogenesis from acetate: a comparison of the acetate metabolism in Methanothrix soehngenii and Methanosarcina spp. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 88:181-198.
17. Koch-Rose, M. S., K. R. Reddy, and J. P. Chanton. 1994. Factors controlling nutrient profiles in a subtropical peatland of the Everglades. J. Environ. Qual. 23:526-533.
18. Lane, D. J. 1991. 16S/23S rRNA sequencing, p. 115-175. In E. Stackebrandt and M. Goodfellow (ed.), Nucleic acid techniques in bacterial systematics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y.
19. Moore, T. R., and R. Knowles. 1990. Methane emissions from fen, bog and swamp peatlands in Quebec. Biogeochemistry (Dordrecht) 11:45-61.
20. Mormile, M. R., K. R. Gurijala, J. A. Robinson, M. J. McInerney, and J. M. Suflita. 1996. The importance of hydrogen in landfill fermentations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1583-1588.
21. Reddy, K. R., J. R. White, A. Wright, and T. Chua. 1999. Influence of phosphorus loading on microbial processes in the soil and water column of wetlands, p. 249-273. In K. R. Reddy, G. A. O'Connor, and C. L. Schelske (ed.), Phosphorus biogeochemistry in subtropical ecosystems. Lewis Publishers, New York, N.Y.
22. Schink, B. 1997. Energetics of syntrophic cooperation in methanogenic degradation. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 61:262-280.
23. Thompson, J. D., T. J. Gibson, F. Plewniak, F. Jeanmougin, and D. G. Higgins. 1997. The ClustalX windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucleic Acids Res. 24:4876-4882.
24. Touzel, J. P., and G. Albagnac. 1983. Isolation and characterization of Methanococcus mazei strain MC3. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 16:241-245.
25. Uz, I., M. E. Rasche, T. Townsend, A. V. Ogram, and A. S. Lindner. 2003. Characterization of methanogenic and methanotrophic assemblages in landfill samples. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B (Suppl.). Biol. Lett. 270:S202-S205.
26. Vaithiyanathan, P., and C. J. Richardson. 1997. Nutrient profiles in the Everglades: examination along the eutrophication gradient. Sci. Total Environ. 205:81-95.
27. Voolapalli, R. K., and D. C. Stuckey. 1999. Relative importance of trophic group concentrations during anaerobic degradation of volatile fatty acids. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:5009-5016.
28. Warikoo, V., M. J. McInerney, J. A. Robinson, and J. M. Suflita. 1996. Interspecies acetate transfer influences the extent of anaerobic benzoate degradation by syntrophic consortia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:26-32.
29. White, J. R., and K. R. Reddy. 1999. Influence of nitrate and phosphorus loading on denitrification enzymes activity in Everglades wetland soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:1945-1954.
30. Wright, A. L., and K. R. Reddy. 2001. Heterotrophic microbial activities in northern Everglades wetland. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:1856-1864.
31. Wright, A. L., and K. R. Reddy. 2001. Phosphorus loading effects on extracellular enzyme activity in Everglades wetland soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:588-595.