南極海域の海洋ピコプランクトンでは,アルケアが豊富に存在する
E F DeLong1, K Y Wu, B B Prézelin
1Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106.
Nature
|October 20, 1994
まとめ
主要な生命体であるアルケアは,南極の冷たい水域で驚くほど豊富に存在する. これらの微生物は,海洋プロカリオットバイオマスの大部分を占め,以前の生態学的仮定に異議を唱える.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- マリン・バイオロジー マリン・バイオロジー
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
背景:
- 古代生物は,生命の3つの主要な進化系統の1つである.
- 以前は,アルカイアが温泉や塩分湖のような極端な環境のみに住んでいると信じられていた.
- 最近の発見は,海水における新しいアーカイアを示しているが,その役割は不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- 南極海の地表水におけるアーケアの豊富性と分布を調査する.
- 寒いペラジック環境におけるアーケアの生態学的重要性を理解する.
主な方法:
- 南極海の表面水の環境サンプル採取.
- 考古学的集団とバイオマスの定量化.
- プロカリオットコミュニティの組成の分析.
主要な成果:
- 極寒の南極の海面水域で異常な高量のアルケアが検出されました.
- ペラジック・アーケアは,南極沿岸の表面水域におけるプロカリオット生物質の最大34%を占めています.
- また,他の冷たい海底生息地でもアルカイアが豊富であることが判明しました.
結論:
- ペラジックアーキアは,海洋ピコプランクトンバイオマスの重要かつ以前は過小評価されていた構成要素です.
- 寒い海水,特に南極地域には,かなりの古代生物が棲んでいます.
- これらの発見は,アルカイアの生態学的分布と地球規模の生地化学的影響についての理解を広げています.
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