东部热带太平洋氧气最小区的沉积物中的真菌多样性通过metabarcoding揭示
Judith Posadas1,2, Patricia Velez2, Silvia Pajares3
1Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
PloS one
|May 13, 2024
概括
墨西哥太平洋的氧气最小区 (OMZ) 的真菌多样性非常高,并且根据深度和位置而异. 这项研究揭示了对这些尚未探索的海洋微生物群落的新见解.
科学领域:
- 海洋微生物学 海洋微生物学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 菌类生态学 菌类生态学
背景情况:
- 氧气最小区 (OMZ) 覆盖全球海洋的8%,特别是在太平洋地区扩大.
- 这些区域拥有独特的无氧微生物群落,但真菌多样性仍然在很大程度上未被研究.
- 了解真菌的作用对于理解OMZ生态系统的运作至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析墨西哥太平洋OMZ沉积物的真菌多样性模式.
- 为了研究沿着浴度和垂直梯度的真菌群落的空间变化.
- 为了建立基线数据的真菌多样性在这个不足探索的海洋环境.
主要方法:
- 在墨西哥太平洋OMZ的浴度横断处收集的沉积物样本.
- 对ITS1区域的元编码分析,以确定真菌群落.
- 鉴定了353种属于Ascomycota,Basidiomycota和Rozellomycota的安普利康序列变异 (ASV).
主要成果:
- 在近岸和地下沉积物样本中观察到更高的真菌α多样性.
- 在真菌群落组成中显著的小规模异质性.
- 大多数确定的ASV (269) 是单个亚样本的特征,表明局部生物地质化学影响.
结论:
- 墨西哥太平洋OMZ拥有大量且空间可变的真菌多样性.
- 真菌群体表现出高度的异质性,受当地环境条件的影响.
- 这项研究为未来对OMZ真菌生态学的研究提供了重要的基线数据.
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