Linkage between community diversity of sulfate-reducing microorganisms and methylmercury concentration in paddy soil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1339-1348

  Liu, Yu Rong ^a   Zheng, Yuan Ming ^a   Zhang, Li Mei ^a   He, Ji Zheng ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Microbial community; Phylogenetic analysis; Rice field; Sulfate reducing microorganisms (SRM)

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; METHYLMERCURY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINING; PADDY FIELD; PHYLOGENETICS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

CHINA;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MINING; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 84891626847     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1973-6     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Acha D, Iniguez V, Roulet M, Guimaraes JR, Luna R, Alanoca L, Sanchez S (2005) Sulfate-reducing bacteria in floating macrophyte rhizospheres from an Amazonian floodplain lake in Bolivia and their association with Hg methylation. Appl Environ Microbiol 71: 7531-7535.
2. Barkay T, Miller SM, Summers AO (2003) Bacteria mercury resistance from atoms to ecosystems. FEMS Microbiol Rev 27: 355-384.
3. Benoit JM, Gilmour CC, Mason RP (2001) Aspects of bioavailability of mercury for methylation in pure cultures of Desulfobulbus propionicus (1pr3). Appl Environ Microbiol 67: 51-58.
4. Branfireun BA, Roulet NT, Kelly CA, Rudd JWM (1999) In situ sulphate stimulation of mercury methylation in a boreal peatland: Toward a link between acid rain and methylmercury contamination in remote environments. Glob Biogeochem Cycles 13: 743-750.
5. Cao P, Zhang LM, Shen JP, Zheng YM, Di HJ, He JZ (2012) Distribution and diversity of archaeal communities in selected Chinese soils. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 80: 146-158.
6. Castro H, Reddy KR, Ogram A (2002) Composition and function of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in eutrophic and pristine areas of the Florida Everglades. Appl Environ Microbiol 68: 6129-6137.
7. China National Environmental Monitoring Station (CNEMS) (1990) Background elemental concentrations of Chinese soils. Environmental Science Press, Beijing, China (in Chinese).
8. Choi SC, Chase T, Bartha R (1994) Metabolic pathways leading to mercuty in Desulfovibrio-desulfuricans LS. Appl Environ Microbiol 60: 4072-4077.
9. Coates JD, Anderson RT, Lovley DR (1996) Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under sulfate-reducing conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 62: 1099-1101.
10. Compeau GC, Bartha R (1985) Sulfate-reducing bacteria: principal methylators of mercury in anoxic estuarine sediment. Appl Environ Microbiol 50: 498-502.
11. Dhillon A, Teske A, Dillon J, Stahl DA, Sogin ML (2003) Molecular characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the Guaymas Basin. Appl Environ Microbiol 69: 2765-2772.
12. Duran R, Ranchou-Peyruse M, Menuet V, Monperrus M, Bareille G, Goni MS, Salvado JC, Amouroux D, Guyoneaud R, Donard OFX, Caumette P (2008) Mercury methylation by a microbial community from sediments of the Adour Estuary (Bay of Biscay, France). Environ Pollut 156: 951-958.
13. Ekstrom EB, Morel FMM, Benoit JM (2003) Mercury methylation independent of the acetyl-coenzyme a pathway in sulfate-reducing bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 69: 5414-5422.
14. Feng X, Li P, Qiu G, Wang S, Li G, Shang L, Meng B, Jiang H, Bai W, Li Z, Fu X (2008) Human exposure to methylmercury through rice intake in mercury mining areas, guizhou province, China. Environ Sci Technol 42: 326-332.
15. Fishbain S, Dillon JG, Gough HL, Stahl DA (2003) Linkage of high rates of sulfate reduction in Yellowstone hot springs to unique sequence types in the dissimilatory sulfate respiration pathway. Appl Environ Microbiol 69: 3663-3667.
16. Fitzgerald WF, Lamborg CH, Hammerschmidt CR (2007) Marine biogeochemical cycling of mercury. Chem Rev 107: 641-662.
17. Geets J, Borremans B, Diels L, Springael D, Vangronsveld J, Lelie DVD, Vanbroekhoven K (2006) DsrB gene-based DGGE for community and diversity surveys of sulfate-reducing bacteria. J Microbiol Methods 66: 194-205.
18. Gilmour CC, Henry EA, Mitchell R (1992) Sulfate stimulation of mercury methylation fresh-water sediments. Environ Sci Technol 26: 2281-2287.
19. Han S, Narasingarao P, Obraztsova A, Gieskes J, Hartmann AC, Tebo BM, Allen EE, Deheyn DD (2010) Mercury speciation in marine sediments under sulfate-limited conditions. Environ Sci Technol 44: 3752-3757.
20. He JZ, Liu XZ, Zheng Y, Shen JP, Zhang LM (2010) Dynamics of sulfate reduction and sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in anaerobic paddy soil amended with rice straw. Biol Fertil Soils 46: 283-291.
21. He JZ, Shen JP, Zhang LM, Zhu YG, Zheng YM, Xu MG, Di HJ (2007) Quantitative analyses of the abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea of a Chinese upland red soil under long-term fertilization practices. Environ Microbiol 9: 3152-3152.
22. Hsu-Kim H, Kucharzyk KH, Zhang T, Deshusses MA (2013) Mechanisms Regulating Mercury bioavailability for methylating microorganisms in the aquatic environment: a critical review. Environ Sci Technol 47: 2441-2456.
23. Heyes A, Mason RP, Kim EH, Sunderland E (2006) Mercury methylation in estuaries: Insights from using measuring rates using stable mercury isotopes. Mar Chem 102: 134-147.
24. Jiang L, Zheng Y, Peng X, Zhou H, Zhang C, Xiao X, Wang F (2009) Vertical distribution and diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in the Pearl River estuarine sediments, Southern China. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 70: 249-262.
25. Khwaja AR, Bloom PR, Brezonik PL (2010) Binding Strength of Methylmercury to Aquatic NOM. Environ Sci Technol 44: 6151-6156.
26. King JK, Kostka JE, Frischer ME, Saunders FM (2000) Sulfate-reducing bacteria methylate mercury at variable rates in pure culture and in marine sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol 66: 2430-2437.
27. Leloup J, Quillet L, Berthe T, Petit F (2006) Diversity of the dsrAB (dissimilatory sulfite reductase) gene sequences retrieved from two contrasting mudflats of the Seine estuary, France. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 55: 230-238.
28. Leloup J, Loy A, Knab NJ, Borowski C, Wagner M, Jorgensen BB (2007) Diversity and abundance of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in the sulfate and methane zones of a marine sediment, Black Sea. Environ Microbiol 9: 131-142.
29. Leloup J, Fossing H, Kohls K, Holmkvist L, Borowski C, Jorgensen BB (2009) Sulfate-reducing bacteria in marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark): abundance and diversity related to geochemical zonation. Environ Microbiol 11: 1278-1291.
30. Li JJ, Zheng YM, Yan JX, Li HJ, He JZ (2013) Succession of plant and soil microbial communities with restoration of abandoned land in the Loess Plateau, China. J Soils Sediments 13: 760-769.
31. 3 leaching/solvent extraction for isolation of methylmercury compounds from sediment/soil samples. Appl Organomet Chem 18: 264-270.
32. Lin H, Shi J, Chen X, Yang J, Chen Y, Zhao Y, Hu T (2010) Effects of lead upon the actions of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the rice rhizosphere. Soil Biol Biochem 42: 1038-1044.
33. Liu XZ, Zhang LM, Prosser JI, He JZ (2009) Abundance and community structure of sulfate reducing prokaryotes in a paddy soil of southern China under different fertilization regimes. Soil Biol Biochem 41: 687-694.
34. Liu YR, Zheng YM, Shen JP, Zhang LM, He JZ (2010) Effects of mercury on the activity and community composition of soil ammonia oxidizers. Environ Sci Pollut Res 17: 1237-1244.
35. Liu YR, He JZ, Zhang LM, Zheng YM (2012) Effects of long-term fertilization on the diversity of bacterial mercuric reductase gene in a Chinese upland soil. J Basic Microbiol 52: 35-42.
36. Meng B, Feng XB, Qiu GL, Cai Y, Wang DY, Li P, Shang LH, Sommar J (2010) Distribution patterns of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in tissues of rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants and possible bioaccumulation pathways. J Agric Food Chem 58: 4951-4958.
37. Pak KR, Bartha R (1998) Mercury methylation by interspecies hydrogen and acetate transfer between sulfidogens and methanogens. Nucleic Acids Res 64: 1987-1990.
38. Parks JM, Johs A, Podar M, Bridou R, Hurt RA Jr, Smith SD, Tomanicek SJ, Qian Y, Brown SD, Brandt CC, Palumbo AV, Smith JC, Wall JD, Elias DA, Liang L (2013) The Genetic Basis for Bacterial Mercury Methylation. Science 339: 1332-1335.
39. Ranchou-Peyruse M, Monperrus M, Bridou R, Duran R, Amouroux D, Salvado JC, Guyoneaud R (2009) Overview of mercury methylation capacities among anaerobic bacteria including representatives of the sulphate-reducers: implications for environmental studies. Geomicrobiol J 26: 1-8.
40. Schaefer JK, Rocks SS, Zheng W, Liang L, Gu B, Morel FMM (2011) Active transport, substrate specificity, and methylation of Hg(II) in anaerobic bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108: 8714-8719.
41. Scheid D, Stubner S (2001) Structure and diversity of Gramnegative sulfate-reducing bacteria on rice roots. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 36: 175-183.
42. Schmalenberger A, Drake HL, Kusel K (2007) High unique diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes characterized in a depth gradient in an acidic fen. Environ Microbiol 9: 1317-1328.
43. Sitte J, Akob DM, Kaufmann C, Finster K, BanerjeeD BEM, Kostka JE, Scheinost AC, Buechel G, Kuesel K (2010) Microbial Links between sulfate reduction and metal retention in uranium- and heavy metal-contaminated soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 76: 3143-3152.
44. Smith CJ, Nedwell DB, Dong LF, Osborn AM (2006) Evaluation of quantitative polymerase chain reaction based approaches for determining gene copy and gene transcript numbers in environmental samples. Environ Microbiol 8: 804-815.
45. Thompson JD, Higgins DG, Gibson TJ (1994) CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res 22: 4673-4680.
46. Todorova SG, Driscoll CT Jr, Matthews DA, Effler SW, Hines ME, Henry EA (2009) Evidence for Regulation of Monomethyl Mercury by Nitrate in a Seasonally Stratified, Eutrophic Lake. Environ Sci Technol 43: 6572-6578.
47. Walkley A, Black IA (1934) An examination of the Degtjareff method for determining soil organic matter, and a proposed modification of the chromic acid titration method. Soil Sci 37: 29-38.
48. Yu RQ, Adatto I, Montesdeoca MR, Driscoll CT, Hines ME, Barkay T (2010) Mercury methylation in Sphagnum moss mats and its association with sulfate-reducing bacteria in an acidic Adirondack forest lake wetland. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 74: 655-668.
49. Yu RQ, Flanders JR, Mack EE, Turner R, Mirza MB, Barkay T (2012) Contribution of coexisting sulfate and iron reducing bacteria to methylmercury production in freshwater river sediments. Environ Sci Technol 46: 2684-2691.
50. Zhang H, Feng XB, Larssen T, Shang L, Li P (2010) Bioaccumulation of methylmercury versus inorganic mercury in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grain. Environ Sci Technol 44: 4499-450.
51. Zhou ZF, Zheng YM, Shen JP, Zhang LM, Liu YR, He JZ (2012) Responses of activities, abundances and community structures of soil denitrifiers to short-term mercury stress. J Environ Sci 24: 369-375.