Global Diversity of Desert Hypolithic Cyanobacteria

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aut.relation.issueMAYen_NZ
aut.relation.journalFrontiers in Microbiologyen_NZ
aut.relation.volume8en_NZ
aut.researcherGillman, Lennard
dc.contributor.authorLacap-Bugler, DCen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLee, KKen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorArcher, Sen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorGillman, LNen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLau, MCYen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLeuzinger, Sen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLee, CKen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorMaki, Ten_NZ
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, CPen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorPerrott, JKen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorde los Rios-Murillo, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWarren-Rhodes, KAen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorHopkins, DWen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorPointing, SBen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-14T23:14:55Z
dc.date.available2017-08-14T23:14:55Z
dc.date.copyright2017-05-16en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017-05-16en_NZ
dc.description.abstractGlobal patterns in diversity were estimated for cyanobacteria-dominated hypolithic communities that colonize ventral surfaces of quartz stones and are common in desert environments. A total of 64 hypolithic communities were recovered from deserts on every continent plus a tropical moisture sufficient location. Community diversity was estimated using a combined t-RFLP fingerprinting and high throughput sequencing approach. The t-RFLP analysis revealed desert communities were different from the single non-desert location. A striking pattern also emerged where Antarctic desert communities were clearly distinct from all other deserts. Some overlap in community similarity occurred for hot, cold and tundra deserts. A further observation was that the producer-consumer ratio displayed a significant negative correlation with growing season, such that shorter growing seasons supported communities with greater abundance of producers, and this pattern was independent of macroclimate. High-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA and nifH genes from four representative samples validated the t-RFLP study and revealed patterns of taxonomic and putative diazotrophic diversity for desert communities from the Taklimakan Desert, Tibetan Plateau, Canadian Arctic and Antarctic. All communities were dominated by cyanobacteria and among these 21 taxa were potentially endemic to any given desert location. Some others occurred in all but the most extreme hot and polar deserts suggesting they were relatively less well adapted to environmental stress. The t-RFLP and sequencing data revealed the two most abundant cyanobacterial taxa were Phormidium in Antarctic and Tibetan deserts and Chroococcidiopsis in hot and cold deserts. The Arctic tundra displayed a more heterogenous cyanobacterial assemblage and this was attributed to the maritime-influenced sampling location. The most abundant heterotrophic taxa were ubiquitous among samples and belonged to the Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Proteobacteria. Sequencing using nitrogenase gene-specific primers revealed all putative diazotrophs were Proteobacteria of the orders Burkholderiales, Rhizobiales, and Rhodospirillales. We envisage cyanobacterial carbon input to the system is accompanied by nitrogen fixation largely from non-cyanobacterial taxa. Overall the results indicate desert hypoliths worldwide are dominated by cyanobacteria and that growing season is a useful predictor of their abundance. Differences in cyanobacterial taxa encountered may reflect their adaptation to different moisture availability regimes in polar and non-polar deserts.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers of Microbiology, 8:867. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00867
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmicb.2017.00867en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1664-302Xen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/10734
dc.publisherFrontiers Media S.A.
dc.relation.urihttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00867/full
dc.rights© 2017 Lacap-Bugler, Lee, Archer, Gillman, Lau, Leuzinger, Lee, Maki, McKay, Perrott, de los Rios-Murillo, Warren-Rhodes, Hopkins and Pointing. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectBiogeography; Cyanobacteria; Desert; Dryland; Hypolith
dc.titleGlobal Diversity of Desert Hypolithic Cyanobacteriaen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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