生态环境学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 989-1000.DOI: 10.16258/j.cnki.1674-5906.2023.05.016

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

西藏东北部热泉水中硫氧化菌的多样性及分布特征

寇祝1,2(), 卿纯1,2, 袁昌果1,2, 李平1,2,*()   

  1. 1.中国地质大学(武汉)/生物地质与环境地质国家重点实验室,湖北 武汉 430074
    2.长江流域环境水科学湖北省重点实验室,湖北 武汉 430074
  • 收稿日期:2023-02-27 出版日期:2023-05-18 发布日期:2023-08-09
  • 通讯作者: *李平(1975年生),女,研究员,主要从事与环境地质成因的砷、硫、铁循环密切相关的微生物群落结构和功能及其生物地球化学方面的研究。E-mail: pli@cug.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:寇祝(1997年生),女,硕士研究生,主要从事环境微生物方面的研究。E-mail: kouzhu_kz@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(41772260)

Diversity and Distribution of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria in Hot Springs of Northeast Tibet, China

KOU Zhu1,2(), QING Chun1,2, YUAN Changguo1,2, LI Ping1,2,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology/China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
    2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Yangtze Catchment Environmental Aquatic Science/China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
  • Received:2023-02-27 Online:2023-05-18 Published:2023-08-09

摘要:

热泉中存在大量的硫氧化菌,而西藏东北部丰富的热泉资源中硫氧化菌的相关研究较少。为探究西藏东北部热泉水中不同类型硫氧化菌(Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria,SOB)的多样性、群落结构及其分布特征,采集西藏东北部5个地热区总共13个热泉的地球化学及微生物样品,构建硫氧化基因dsrAsoxB的功能基因克隆文库、qPCR定量分析dsrAsoxB基因丰度,结合水化参数对比分析热泉水中dsrA型SOB和soxB型SOB的群落结构及其分布特征的差异。结果表明,西藏东北部热泉水中的硫氧化菌主要为β变形菌纲(Betaproteobacteria)、α变形菌纲(Alphaproteobacteria)、γ变形菌纲(Gammaproteobacteria)和嗜氢菌纲(Hydrogenophilalia),其中dsrA型SOB和soxB型SOB的优势类群在纲水平上均为Betaproteobacteria,但目水平上则存在差异,即soxB型SOB优势菌目为亚硝化单胞菌目(Nitrosomonadales)(30.0%-91.7%);dsrA型SOB优势菌目为红环菌目(Rhodocyclales)(33.3%-96.0%)。冗余分析(redundancy analysis,RDA)表明,SO42-、S2-、HCO3-、pH、温度等是影响硫氧化菌群落分布的关键环境因子。soxB基因相对丰度主要与SO42-浓度、氧化还原电位(Oxidation-Reduction Potential,ORP)以及S2-浓度相关,dsrA基因相对丰度受总砷(AsT)浓度和HCO3-浓度影响较大。这些结果表明,soxB基因型SOB主要分布于偏氧化环境,而dsrA基因型SOB主要分布于砷浓度、碱度相对偏高的热泉。该研究进一步完善了关于西藏热泉水环境中SOB多样性和分布规律的认识,促进了对热泉硫的生物地球化学循环的理解。

关键词: 西藏, 热泉, 硫氧化菌, soxB基因, dsrA基因, 群落结构, 环境因子

Abstract:

Sulfur (S) -oxidizing bacteria (SOB) widely inhabit hot springs, but the diversity and distribution of SOB in hot springs of northeast Tibet are not well known. In this study, the diversity and distribution of SOB in hot springs of northeast Tibet were explored with gene clone libraries and qPCR of different types of SOB based on sulfur-oxidizing genes dsrA and soxB. Samples from 13 hot springs in 5 geothermal areas in northeast Tibet were collected. The results showed that the SOB in the hot springs mainly belonged to Betaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Hydrogenophilalia, and the dominant groups of dsrA-type SOB and soxB-type SOB were Betaproteobacteria at the class level. At the order level, soxB-type SOB were mainly composed of Nitrosomonadales (30.0%-91.7%), while dsrA-type SOB were predominant by Rhodocyclales (33.3%-96.0%). Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that SO42-, S2-, HCO3-, pH, and temperature were the key environmental factors shaping the distribution of SOB communities. The relative abundance of soxB genes was mainly related to SO42-, S2-, and oxidation-reduction potential, while the relative abundance of dsrA genes was greatly affected by the concentrations of total arsenic and HCO3-, indicating that soxB-type SOB was mainly distributed in the oxidizing environment, while dsrA-type SOB mainly existed in hot springs with relatively high arsenic concentration and alkalinity. This study improved the understanding of the distribution and diversity of SOB and biogeochemistry cycle of sulfur in hot springs.

Key words: Tibet, hot spring, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, soxB gene, dsrA gene, community structure, environmental factors

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