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Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Adaptative extremophiles are frequently found in various glacial ecological niches, such as glacial meltwater, ice, snow, and permafrost. However, no systematic study has investigated the diverse and temporary survival of culturable bacteria in newly exposed moraines around glacier s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9687651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36358257 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11111555 |
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author | Liu, Yang Xu, Yeteng Cui, Xiaowen Zhang, Binglin Wang, Xinyue Qin, Xiang Wang, Jinxiu Li, Yanzhao Zhang, Wei Liu, Guangxiu Chen, Tuo Zhang, Gaosen |
author_facet | Liu, Yang Xu, Yeteng Cui, Xiaowen Zhang, Binglin Wang, Xinyue Qin, Xiang Wang, Jinxiu Li, Yanzhao Zhang, Wei Liu, Guangxiu Chen, Tuo Zhang, Gaosen |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Adaptative extremophiles are frequently found in various glacial ecological niches, such as glacial meltwater, ice, snow, and permafrost. However, no systematic study has investigated the diverse and temporary survival of culturable bacteria in newly exposed moraines around glacier snouts. The findings of this study revealed the diversity of culturable heterotrophic bacteria in a newly exposed moraine and demonstrated the evolution, competition, and selective growth of bacteria facing primary succession. This study not only helps to understand the high diversity of culturable bacteria in the newly exposed moraine at a glacier snout but also provides a theoretical basis for the study of microbial resources surviving in the transition region between glaciers and retreats. ABSTRACT: Laohugou Glacier No. 12 is located on the northern slope of the western Qilian Mountains with a temperate continental wet climate and an extremely cold winter. Bacteria in a newly exposed moraine have to cope with various pressures owing to deglaciation at the glacier snout. However, limited information is available regarding the high diversity and temporary survival of culturable heterotrophic bacteria under various environmental stresses. To examine the tolerance of extremophiles against varying environmental conditions in a newly exposed moraine, we simulated environmental stress in bacterial cultures. The results showed that the isolated strains belonged to actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Deinococcus-Thermus, and Firmicutes. Actinobacteria was the most abundant phylum, followed by Proteobacteria, at both high and low temperatures. Pseudarthrobacter was the most abundant genus, accounting for 14.2% of the total isolates. Although several microorganisms grew at 10 °C, the proportion of microorganisms that grew at 25 °C was substantially higher. In particular, 50% of all bacterial isolates grew only at a high temperature (HT), whereas 21.4% of the isolates grew at a low temperature (LT), and 38.6% of the isolates grew at both HT and LT. In addition, many radiation-resistant extremophiles were identified, which adapted to both cold and oxidative conditions. The nearest neighbors of approximately >90% of bacteria belonged to a nonglacial environment, such as oil-contaminated soil, rocks, and black sand, instead of glacial niches. This study provides insights into the ecological traits, stress responses, and temporary survival of culturable heterotrophic bacteria in a newly exposed moraine with variable environmental conditions and the relationship of these communities with the non-glacial environment. This study may help to understand the evolution, competition, and selective growth of bacteria in the transition regions between glaciers and retreats in the context of glacier melting and retreat owing to global warming. |
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spelling | pubmed-96876512022-11-25 Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout Liu, Yang Xu, Yeteng Cui, Xiaowen Zhang, Binglin Wang, Xinyue Qin, Xiang Wang, Jinxiu Li, Yanzhao Zhang, Wei Liu, Guangxiu Chen, Tuo Zhang, Gaosen Biology (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Adaptative extremophiles are frequently found in various glacial ecological niches, such as glacial meltwater, ice, snow, and permafrost. However, no systematic study has investigated the diverse and temporary survival of culturable bacteria in newly exposed moraines around glacier snouts. The findings of this study revealed the diversity of culturable heterotrophic bacteria in a newly exposed moraine and demonstrated the evolution, competition, and selective growth of bacteria facing primary succession. This study not only helps to understand the high diversity of culturable bacteria in the newly exposed moraine at a glacier snout but also provides a theoretical basis for the study of microbial resources surviving in the transition region between glaciers and retreats. ABSTRACT: Laohugou Glacier No. 12 is located on the northern slope of the western Qilian Mountains with a temperate continental wet climate and an extremely cold winter. Bacteria in a newly exposed moraine have to cope with various pressures owing to deglaciation at the glacier snout. However, limited information is available regarding the high diversity and temporary survival of culturable heterotrophic bacteria under various environmental stresses. To examine the tolerance of extremophiles against varying environmental conditions in a newly exposed moraine, we simulated environmental stress in bacterial cultures. The results showed that the isolated strains belonged to actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Deinococcus-Thermus, and Firmicutes. Actinobacteria was the most abundant phylum, followed by Proteobacteria, at both high and low temperatures. Pseudarthrobacter was the most abundant genus, accounting for 14.2% of the total isolates. Although several microorganisms grew at 10 °C, the proportion of microorganisms that grew at 25 °C was substantially higher. In particular, 50% of all bacterial isolates grew only at a high temperature (HT), whereas 21.4% of the isolates grew at a low temperature (LT), and 38.6% of the isolates grew at both HT and LT. In addition, many radiation-resistant extremophiles were identified, which adapted to both cold and oxidative conditions. The nearest neighbors of approximately >90% of bacteria belonged to a nonglacial environment, such as oil-contaminated soil, rocks, and black sand, instead of glacial niches. This study provides insights into the ecological traits, stress responses, and temporary survival of culturable heterotrophic bacteria in a newly exposed moraine with variable environmental conditions and the relationship of these communities with the non-glacial environment. This study may help to understand the evolution, competition, and selective growth of bacteria in the transition regions between glaciers and retreats in the context of glacier melting and retreat owing to global warming. MDPI 2022-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9687651/ /pubmed/36358257 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11111555 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Yang Xu, Yeteng Cui, Xiaowen Zhang, Binglin Wang, Xinyue Qin, Xiang Wang, Jinxiu Li, Yanzhao Zhang, Wei Liu, Guangxiu Chen, Tuo Zhang, Gaosen Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout |
title | Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout |
title_full | Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout |
title_fullStr | Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout |
title_full_unstemmed | Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout |
title_short | Temporary Survival Increasing the Diversity of Culturable Heterotrophic Bacteria in the Newly Exposed Moraine at a Glacier Snout |
title_sort | temporary survival increasing the diversity of culturable heterotrophic bacteria in the newly exposed moraine at a glacier snout |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9687651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36358257 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11111555 |
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