基于磷脂脂肪酸的热带西太平洋沉积物生源要素矿化过程探析

甄别生源要素参与的海洋沉积物矿化过程对探析生源要素的生物地球化学循环有重要的作用,矿化作用包括有氧呼吸、硝酸盐还原、铁锰异化还原及硫酸盐还原等多个过程,但如何区分这些过程一直是海洋沉积物矿化研究的难点。本研究采用气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)联用对热带西太平洋沉积物中的磷脂脂肪酸(phospholipid fatty acid, PLFA)的组成进行了解析,并分析不同矿化过程中的主要PLFA种类及其影响因素,探究PLFA对沉积物矿化的指示作用。结果表明,PLFA总量在有氧呼吸过程中最高,而在硝酸盐还原过程中最低;且14:0、i14:0、i15:0和i19:0是有氧呼吸过程中微生物PLFA的主要组成,当其含量明显降低时可以指示沉积物矿化从有氧呼吸转变为硝酸盐还原;而10:0、17:0、20:0和22:0含量之和显著增加时则指示了硫酸盐还原过程的发生。在热带西太平洋沉积物中,总有机碳(TOC)和总有机氮(TON)含量以及间隙水NO₃-N含量是PLFA含量的重要影响因素,PLFA总量随着TOC和TON含量的减少而减少,并且TOC和TON的降解能够促进PLFA降解的发生,对PLFA组成有更直接的影响。     

大兴安岭多年冻土区不同林型土壤微生物群落特征

高纬度多年冻土区是全球变化的敏感区域,揭示不同林型土壤微生物群落的演变规律,对于理解气候变化对寒区生态系统的影响机制具有重要意义。以大兴安岭多年冻土区3种典型林型（落叶松林、樟子松林和白桦林）为研究对象,运用磷脂脂肪酸法（PLFA）系统研究土壤微生物群落结构间差异及与土壤因子的关系。结果表明：不同林型土壤中共检测到38种PLFA生物标记,含量较高的PLFA为16∶0、18∶0、19∶0和18∶2ω6c;各类群微生物中,细菌PLFA含量最高,占总磷脂脂肪酸的83.78%~90.55%,其次为真菌,放线菌最低;白桦林土壤总磷脂脂肪酸、革兰氏阴性菌、革兰氏阳性菌、真菌和放线菌的含量最高分别为22.03、5.13、4.90、1.88和0.77 nmol·g^-1,而樟子松林最低分别为14.25、2.75、2.75、1.34和0.51 nmol·g^-1。Shannon-Wiener多样性指数主要表现为白桦林 > 落叶松林 > 樟子松林。冗余分析结果为：土壤含水量、全氮、总有机碳与总磷脂脂肪酸、细菌、革兰氏阳性菌和革兰氏阴性菌呈显著正相关（P<0.05）;铵态氮、硝态氮、全磷与真菌和放线菌呈显著正相关（P<0.05）。大兴安岭多年冻土区不同林型间土壤微生物群落特征存在显著差异,土壤含水量、全氮和总有机碳是影响多年冻土微生物群落结构的主要因素。     

森林土壤微生物与植物碳源的磷脂脂肪酸及其单体同位素研究

森林生态系统的土壤微生物群落组成和活性,是影响生物地球化学循环、有机质代谢和土壤质量的关键因素.磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)是一类可有效表征活体微生物群落结构的生物标志物,而其单体稳定碳同位素(δ13C)水平对土壤微生物植物碳代谢具有独特的指示作用.本次研究以土壤PLFA为对象,分析了我国位处纬度梯度带上(24°N～47°N...     

神农架大九湖不同生境表土磷脂脂肪酸揭示的微生物群落结构差异

磷脂脂肪酸(phospholipid fatty acid,PLFAs)是活体微生物细胞膜的重要组成部分,微生物通过改变细胞膜中PLFA组成,快速响应环境变化.目前,表土PLFAs研究主要集中于季节和植被群落变化对微生物群落结构影响,对于不同生境下表土PLFAs揭示的微生物群落结构的差异性尚不明确.基于此,对神农架大九湖7种不同生境表土进行PLFAs研究.结果表明,表土样品PLFAs集中分布于C₁₄到C₁₉;除湿生泥炭沼泽和湿生半退化沼泽生境外,其他生境以n16:0为主峰.不同生境的PLFAs含量差异较大,沼泽生境TPLFAs含量是草甸及阔叶林生境下的3~8倍.PLFAs组成还揭示出生境间主要受到pH和含水率的影响,微生物群落结构存在差异.不同生境下表层土壤PLFAs揭示的微生物丰度和群落结构具有一定的相似性及差异性.运用PLFAs对微生物量及微生物群落结构的划分将有助于更好的了解区域生态系统中微生物群落结构的变化,为研究微生物参与碳循环及古生态研究奠定基础.      

南海北部海马冷泉区表层沉积物的AOM生物标志化合物特征及意义

选取采自南海天然气水合物赋存区海马冷泉,管状蠕虫区（ROV06站位）和贻贝区（HM101站位）的2个表层沉积物柱状样品,提取其中的生物标志化合物,对其种类和稳定碳同位素进行了测定,用以探讨海底表层沉积物中的有机质来源、微生物种群分布及其对冷泉渗漏活动的响应特征. 两个站位的沉积物中均发现了大量与甲烷厌氧氧化古菌（ANME）有关的生物标志物,如2,6,11,15?四甲基十六烷（crocetane）、2,6,10,15,19?五甲基二十烷（PMI）等类异戊二烯烃,古醇（archaeol）、sn2?羟基古醇（sn2?OH?Ar）等,以及来源于硫酸盐还原菌（SRB）的异构/反异构脂肪酸iso?C₁₅和ai?C₁₅等. 这些生物标志物均具有极低的碳同位素特征（古菌生标δ13C值低至-126‰,硫酸盐还原菌生标δ13C值低至?89‰）,表明沉积物中发生了甲烷厌氧氧化作用（AOM）. ROV06和HM101站位沉积物中均检测到了crocetane,大多数sn2?羟基古醇/古醇大于1,同时ai?C₁₅/iso?C₁₅脂肪酸比值小于2,这说明两个站位沉积物中的甲烷厌氧氧化古菌主要以ANME?2/DSS为主,指示甲烷渗漏强度较强. ROV06站位的表层沉积物含有crocetane,但sn2?羟基古醇/古醇小于1,且ai?C_15/iso?C₁₅脂肪酸比值大于2.1,指示了ANME?1/DSS和ANME?2/DSS混合存在的种群特征,说明ROV06站位顶部甲烷渗漏强度有减小的趋势. 根据古菌种群ANME?2化合物对甲烷的碳同位素分馏（Δ:-50‰）及古菌生物标志物（PMI、古醇、sn2?羟基古醇）的平均δ13C值,计算得到甲烷δ13C值（-58‰~-53‰）,显示甲烷为热成因和生物成因混合气. 虽然ROV06和HM101站位的甲烷具有相近的δ13C值,但ROV06站位的SRB生物标志物比HM101站位要更加亏损13C（Δδ13C:18‰）,这可能与管状蠕虫的共生菌（硫氧化菌）吸收硫化物并释放出硫酸盐有关,因为其不断释放出的硫酸盐很可能极大地增强了甲烷厌氧氧化作用,使沉积物中含有更多13C亏损的无机碳.      

人工回灌过程中地下水微生物群落变化

人工回灌过程中,回灌水的注入使目的含水层地下水环境发生变化,微生物条件也会随之改变,从而影响地下水环境质量及水文地球化学作用。以上海市某人工回灌试验场为例,在分析人工回灌过程中水化学演化特点的基础上,应用DGGE技术对场地回灌过程中地下水中的微生物群落结构变化进行研究,为评价人工回灌对地下水水质安全的影响提供科学的理论依据。结果表明:人工回灌作用使目的含水层地下水中的Eh值及DO质量浓度升高,分别由64.0 mV、1.12 mg/L升至534.4 mV、1.44 mg/L;同一位置处微生物群落结构与原始地下水状态的相似性随时间降低;同一时刻距离回灌井越远的监测井的微生物群落结构越接近于原始地下水状态。随着回灌的进行,目的含水层地下水中优势菌属(种)共有7种,其中Rubrivivax gelatinosus和Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis clade IIA str.的反硝化能力以及Rhodoferax ferrireducens对Fe³⁺的还原能力,对地下水水化学组分产生影响。     

湖北清江和尚洞洞穴滴水脂肪酸分布特征及其古生态意义

对采自湖北省清江和尚洞滴水样品,采用XAD大孔径树脂吸附法及气相色谱-质谱联用仪(GC-MS)检测出种类丰富的脂肪酸,包括直链(nC12:0～nC30:0)与支链(iC14:0～iC26:0,及aC15:0和aC17:0)饱和脂肪酸,直链单不饱和脂肪酸(nC15:1,nC16:1,nC17:1和nC18:1),多不饱和脂肪酸(nC18:2)及微量的支链不饱和脂肪酸(iC17:1).滴水脂肪酸分布特征显示有机质以微生物来源为主,兼有高等植物贡献.占优势的偶碳直链饱和脂肪酸(主要是nC16:0,nC18:0和nC14:0),含量相对较高的单不饱和脂肪酸及多不饱和脂肪酸可能主要来源于地下水微藻.滴水中还检出含量较高的nC17:1和nC15:1及微量的iC17:1和iC15:1,它们很可能来自洞顶土壤厌氧层中的硫酸盐还原菌.洞顶土壤、滴水与现代石笋碳酸钙沉积脂肪酸分布对比揭示,石笋有机质主要来源于土壤,也有地下水微生物及洞穴原地微生物贡献.     

南海珠江口盆地西部海域海马冷泉区表层沉积物的生物标志物特征

2015年3月,我国用自主研制的“海马”号4500 m级非载人遥控潜水器,首次发现了海底巨型活动性“冷泉”——“海马冷泉”。为揭示冷泉区地表沉积物中地质微生物的发育和演化特征,本研究选择海马冷泉区3个站位表层沉积物样品(活动冷泉区ROV1、ROV2和背景区QDN22),对其中的地质微生物标志物进行对比研究,探讨海底表层沉积物甲烷缺氧氧化作用(AOM)的发育状况。研究表明,冷泉区表层沉积物中存在强烈地与甲烷相关的微生物活动,主要表现在:(1)相对增高的总有机碳(TOC)含量和明显偏负的?~(13)C_(org)值;(2)发育大量与AOM有关的生物标志物,如带1?3个环戊烷结构的类异戊二烯类甘油二烷基甘油四醚脂(iso-GDGTs)、一些特殊的类异戊二烯烷烃(如2,6,11,15-四甲基十六烷(Crocetane)、2,6,10,15,19-五甲基二十烷(PMI)和2,6,10,15,19,23-六甲基二十四烷(Squalane))以及C_(15:0)和C_(17:0)异构/反异构脂肪酸等,表明海底存在一定的甲烷渗漏;(3)冷泉区ROV2站位的生物标志物含量和碳同位素组成表明,此站位表层沉积物AOM作用更强,指示其下部可能存在更大甲烷通量。     

太湖沉积物中微生物多样性垂向分布特征

运用化学分析方法和PCR-DGGE技术,从沉积物化学及分子生物学角度对太湖沉积物理化性质(pH、Eh)、营养盐及微生物多样性的垂向分布及相关性进行研究。结果表明:沉积物-上覆水接触界面处于轻度还原状态,在表层8.0cm左右以下,Eh随沉积深度的增加迅速下降,还原性逐渐增强,到15.0～22.5cm深度区间内,Eh值基本稳定,还原性最强,之后随深度的进一步增加,Eh呈"之"型缓慢升高。沉积物pH随深度的增加先降低后缓慢升高,pH在整个剖面上变化幅度不大,在7.2～7.6变动。沉积物中含有丰富的营养盐,总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)最高含量分数和有机质(OM)的最高百分比分别为2.436mg/g、0.731mg/g和3.817%,其剖面特征表明,沉积物表层TN和OM远高于底层,其含量随深度增加而降低。TP随着沉积深度的增加呈"之"型缓慢减少。不同深度沉积物的微生物群落呈现出明显的空间分布多样性差异,不同深度沉积物的微生物群落结构之间的相似性和动态性存在差异。多元相关分析结果显示,TN与OM显著相关,理化指标、营养盐中任一指标含量与微生物群落多样性指标之间存在相关性,但不显著,微生物多样性是营养盐及环境物理、化学和生物等多方面共同作用的结果。     

造礁生物群落演化在海平面变化研究中的运用-以中扬子台地下奥陶统红花园组生物礁为例

中扬子台地下奥陶统红花园组造礁生物群落主要有五种 :蓝绿藻群落 (S群落 )、Calathium 蓝绿藻群落 (C S群落 )、Batostoma-Calathium群落 (B C群落 )、Archaeoscyphia-Calathium群落 (A C群落 )和Batostoma-Calathium 蓝绿藻群落 (B C S群落 )。群落的演化模式有两种 :①A C群落 /B C群落→C S群落 /B C S群落→S群落;②S群落→C S群落 /B C S群落→A C群落 /B C群落,它们分别对应于上下两期生物礁。群落最大的生态差别可能是其最适合的水深,说明其演化的主要动力可能是相对海平面的变化,根据各群落适应的水深特征,可推测红花园建礁期为一个海平面下降到上升的一个过程,相对海平面变化的最大幅度约为 15m。生物礁内生物群落的演化是海平面变化的灵敏示踪剂,可识别 5m左右的相对海平面的变化.     

农业旅游活动对岩溶地区土壤微生物群落结构的影响——以重庆市铜梁区黄桷门奇彩梦园为例

开展农业旅游活动对土壤生态环境影响的专题研究,可为休闲农业旅游区的合理开发和有效保护提供理论基础,为评估未来农业旅游活动对环境的影响提供科学依据。本文以重庆市铜梁区黄桷门奇彩梦园为例,通过对游步道两侧的土壤进行调查采样,并运用磷脂脂肪酸（PLFAs）谱图分析法,研究了土壤微生物群落组成、受农业旅游活动影响的距离及其受冲击程度。结果显示:微生物群落结构受冲击范围在4 m以内（p<0.01）,微生物生物量在土壤中的分布随着离游径的距离变小而明显下降趋势;在受农业旅游活动冲击的范围内细菌、革兰氏阳性细菌、革兰氏阴性菌、真菌的生物量随着离游径的距离变小而明显下降,放线菌在部分样区表现出该规律,原生动物无此规律;对所测PLFAs数据进行多样性和冲击指数分析后得出假单胞菌（16:0）受影响程度最大,节杆菌（17:0）受影响程度最小,受冲击程度大小与该微生物在生物总量中所占的比重呈正相关;农业旅游活动对土壤微生物群落结构造成了破坏,土壤生态系统的稳定性已受到冲击。      

Natural-abundance radiocarbon as a tracer of assimilation of petroleum carbon by bacteria in salt marsh sediments

The natural abundance of radiocarbon (¹⁴C) provides unique insight into the source and cycling of sedimentary organic matter. Radiocarbon analysis of bacterial phospholipid lipid fatty acids (PLFAs) in salt-marsh sediments of southeast Georgia (USA)—one heavily contaminated by petroleum residues—was used to assess the fate of petroleum-derived carbon in sediments and incorporation of fossil carbon into microbial biomass. PLFAs that are common components of eubacterial cell membranes (e.g., branched C₁₅ and C₁₇, 10-methyl-C₁₆) were depleted in ¹⁴C in the contaminated sediment (mean Δ¹⁴C value of +25 ± 19‰ for bacterial PLFAs) relative to PLFAs in uncontaminated “control” sediment (Δ¹⁴C = +101 ± 12‰). We suggest that the ¹⁴C-depletion in bacterial PLFAs at the contaminated site results from microbial metabolism of petroleum and subsequent incorporation of petroleum-derived carbon into bacterial membrane lipids. A mass balance calculation indicates that 6-10% of the carbon in bacterial PLFAs at the oiled site could derive from petroleum residues. These results demonstrate that even weathered petroleum may contain components of sufficient lability to be a carbon source for biomass production by marsh sediment microorganisms. Furthermore, a small but significant fraction of fossil carbon is assimilated even in the presence of a much larger pool of presumably more-labile and faster-cycling carbon substrates.     

Effects of seawater irrigation on soil microbial community structure and physiological function

Irrigation with diluted seawater would be an alternative water resource which can play an important role under scarce resources of freshwater for promoting agricultural production in coastal areas. Salvadora persica Linn. was irrigated with different concentrations of seawater (0, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 % seawater), and their effect on plant growth, nutrient contents in soil and plants, shift in soil microbial community structure (phospholipid fatty acid; PLFA) and community-level physiological profiling (CLPP, Biolog ECO MicroPlate) were studied. Plant dry matter was significantly increased with all seawater treatments, and highest increase was at 20 % seawater treatment. Sodium and chloride contents were significantly increased, whereas ratios of K/Na and Ca/Na were significantly decreased in plants with seawater irrigation. Soil electrical conductivity (EC), available K and Na were significantly increased with increasing the concentration of seawater. Total PLFA concentration and PLFA profile of soils were used as indices of total microbial biomass and community composition, respectively. The concentrations of total PLFA, gram-positive, gram-negative and actinomycetes biomarker PLFAs were significantly reduced at 20, 40, 80 and 40 % concentrations of seawater, respectively. The application of different concentrations of seawater induced a clear shift in the soil microbial community structure toward the bacterial abundance. The microbial community structure and community-level physiological profiling in seawater irrigation treatments had significantly differentiated. It can be concluded that irrigation with different concentrations of seawater had significant impact on soil chemical and microbial properties which is attributed due to the salinity stress.     

A comparison of sediment microbial communities associated with<Emphasis Type="Italic">Phragmites australis</Emphasis> and<Emphasis Type="Italic">Spartina alterniflora</Emphasis> in two brackish wetlands of New Jersey

The extensive spread ofPhragmites australis throughout brackish marshes on the East Coast of the United States is a major factor governing management and restoration decisions because it is assumed that biogeochemical functions are altered by the invasion. Microbial activity is important in providing wetland biogeochemical functions such as carbon and nitrogen cycling, but there is little known about sediment microbial communities inPhragmites marshes. Microbial populations associated with invasivePhragmites vegetation and with native salt marsh cordgrass,Spartina alterniflora, may differ in the relative abundance of microbial taxa (community structure) and in the ability of this biota to decompose organic substrates (community biogeochemical function). This study compares sediment microbial communities associated withPhragmites andSpartina vegetation in an undisturbed brackish marsh near Tuckerton, New Jersey (MUL), and in a brackish marsh in the anthropogenically affected Hackensack meadowlands (SMC). We use phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis and enzymataic activity to profile sediment microbial communities associated with both plants in each site. Sediment analyses include bulk density, total organic matter, and root biomass. PLFA profiles indicate that the microbial communities differ between sites with the undisturbed site exhibiting greater fatty acid richness (62 PLFA recovered from MUL versus 38 from SMC). Activity of the 5 enzymes analyzed (β-glucosidase, acid phosphatase, chitobiase, and 2 oxidases) was higher in the undisturbed site. Differences between vegetation species as measured by Principal Components Analysis were significantly greater at the undisturbed MUL site than at SMC, and patterns of enzyme activity and PLFAs did not correspond to patterns of root biomass. We suggest that in natural wetland sediments, macrophyte rhizosphere effects influence the community composition of sediment microbial populations. Physical and chemical site disturbances may impose limits on these rhizosphere effects, decreasing sediment microbial diversity and potentially, microbial biogeochemical functions.     

Fatty acids of bacterial origin in contemporary marine sediments

Contributions by bacteria to recent sediments have been recognized as one important source of input for the extractable lipids. It has, however, proved difficult so far to conclusively relate the components identified to the contributing bacteria. This fact is primarily related to the lack of information on both the lipid chemistry of marine bacteria, and of detailed structures of the sedimentary lipids. In this paper a study of the fatty acids from a tropical marine sediment selected because of its high biomass content is reported, and relationships between the sedimentary extracts of the surface layer to fatty acid components of bacteria cultured from the sediment sample are detailed. By selecting specific structural features, a group of fatty acids have been identified as valid markers for bacteria in this environment: these include iso- and anteiso-branched chain acids; 10-methylpalmitic acid; cyclopropyl 17:0 and 19:0 acids of which ▽19:0 (11,12) is unique to bacteria; cis-vaccenic acid; and the 15:1, 17:1 ω6 and ω8 isomers especially when these occur in pairs; iso Δ7–15: 1 and iso Δ9–17:1 are branched unsaturated acids apparently unique to bacteria. Trans-monoene fatty acids are likely to be a direct bacterial input, and the hydroxy acids identified are probably of bacterial cell wall origin. This study, whilst emphasizing the necessity for detailed structural information on fatty acids in order to use them validly as biological markers, considerably extends the range of fatty acids as markers of bacterial input to contemporary sediments.     

Geochemical and Microbiological Analysis of Sambe Hot Springs,Shimane Prefecture,Japan

Microbiological contribution to the formation of the manganese deposits in Sambe hot springs, Shimane, was investigated in combination with water chemistry, characterization of sediments and microbial community structure. Analysis of bacterial and fungal community structure based on DNA extracted from a Mn‐oxidizing enrichment culture indicated close matches with Pseudomonas putida, Phoma sp. and Plectosphaerella cucumerina, all Mn‐oxidizing microorganisms. These sediments were poorly crystalline and formed at neutral pH values, which is characteristic of biogenic precipitates. The EPMA results demonstrated a positive correlation between Mn and Ba contents in well‐crystalline Mn oxide grains. Substantial Ba contents were observed inside Mn oxide grains. These findings indicated that Ba contents in sediments are influenced by not only aqueous Ba²⁺ concentrations but also crystallinity of biogenic birnessite. Barium would be incorporated in birnessite during biomineralization.     

Sediment Phosphorus Chemistry and Microbial Biomass along a Lowland New Zealand Stream

An evaluation of the distribution of P concentrations in streamflow, P fractions andthe microbial biomass P pool was made of bed and bank sediments along a lowlandstream in New Zealand. Agricultural intensification increased downstream. However,most P fractions decreased downstream (total P decreased from c. 400 to 250 mg kg^-1) in bed sediments, while P in streamflow remained relatively constant (generally < 0.005 mg l^-1) and sediment microbial P increased from 2 to 8 mg kg^-1. An investigation of P release from dried and rewetted sediments showed that solution P (CaCl2-P) increased, on average > 300%, and proportional to the size of the microbial biomass P pool before drying, except in sediments with much organic carbon (OC). When supplied with a P source (1 mg l^-1) and then simultaneously with a C source (glucose, 100 mg l^-1), all sediment behaved similarly and biotic sorption accounted for, on average, 27 and 34% of the total sediment uptake, respectively (maximum of 58%). The quantity of P taken up was related to the initial size of the microbial biomass P pool, and the availability of P as influenced by organic P complexes and OC. The sediment microbial biomass represents a transient, but small store of P could be useful to indicate bioavailable P inputs.