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Esposito, A./ S. Ciccazzo/ L. Borruso/ S. Zerbe/ D. Daffonchio/ L. Brusetti 2013: A three-scale analysis of bacterial communities involved in rocks colonization and soil formation in high mountain environments. - Current Microbiology 67(4): 472-479. [RLL List # 232 / Rec.# 34976]
Keywords: Bacterial communities/ Biodiversity/ Fingerprinting methods/ Glacier foreland/ High mountain environments
Abstract: Alpha and beta diversities of the bacterial communities growing on rock surfaces, proto-soils, riparian sediments, lichen thalli, and water springs biofilms in a glacier foreland were studied. We used three molecular based techniques to allow a deeper investigation at different taxonomic resolutions: denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, length heterogeneity-PCR, and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis. Bacterial communities were mainly composed of Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Cyanobacteria with distinct variations among sites. Proteobacteria were more represented in sediments, biofilms, and lichens; Acidobacteria were mostly found in proto-soils; and Cyanobacteria on rocks. Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were mainly found in biofilms. UniFrac P values confirmed a significant difference among different matrices. Significant differences (P < 0.001) in beta diversity were observed among the different matrices at the genus-species level, except for lichens and rocks which shared a more similar community structure, while at deep taxonomic resolution two distinct bacterial communities between lichens and rocks were found. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00284-013-0391-9
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