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Anaerobic microflora of Everglades sediments : effects of nutrients on population profiles and activities

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Drake, Harold L. ; Aumen, Nicholas G. ; Kuhner, Carla H. ; Wagner, Christine ; Grießhammer, Anja ; Schmittroth, Martina:
Anaerobic microflora of Everglades sediments : effects of nutrients on population profiles and activities.
In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Bd. 62 (1996) Heft 2 . - S. 486-493.
ISSN 1098-5336

Abstract

Everglades sediments (wetland soils) near sources of agricultural runoff had low redox potentials, were blackened with sulfide, and displayed high porewater phosphorus (total) concentrations and high water column conductivities. These sediments yielded 103-104-fold higher numbers of culturable anaerobes, including methanogens, sulfate reducers, and acetate producers, than did sediments from Everglades and Lake Okeechobee comparative control sites not as directly associated with agricultural runoff. These observations demonstrated that there was a general, rather than specific, enhancement of the anaerobic microflora in the sediments most likey influenced by agricultural runoff. Despite these differences in microfloral patterns, methylmercury and total mercury levels were similar among these contrasting sediments. Although available sulfate and phosphorus appeared to stimulate the productivity of sulfate reducers in Everglades sediments, the number of culturable sulfate reducers did not directly correspond to the concentration of sulfate and phosphorus in porewaters. Microcosms supplemented with sulfate, nitrate, and phosphate altered the initial capacities of sediment microflora to produce acetate and methane from endogenous matter. For sediments nearest sources of agricultural runoff, phosphorus temporarily enhanced acetate formation and initially suppressed methane production, sulfate enhanced acetate formation but did not significantly alter the production of methane, and nitrate totally suppressed the initial production of both methane and acetate. In regards to the latter, microbes capable of dissimilating nitrate to ammonium were present in greater culturable numbers than denitrifiers. In microcosms, acetate was a major source of methane, and supplemental hydrogen was directed towards the synthesis of acetate via CO2-dependent acetogenesis. These findings demonstrate that Everglades sediments nearest agricultural runoff have enhanced anaerobic microbial profiles, and that the anaerobic microflora are poised to respond rapidly to phosphate, sulfate, and nitrate input.

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Begutachteter Beitrag: Ja
Zusätzliche Informationen: BAYCEER6936
Institutionen der Universität: Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren > Bayreuther Zentrum für Ökologie und Umweltforschung - BayCEER
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Biologie > Lehrstuhl Ökologische Mikrobiologie
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Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Biologie
Forschungseinrichtungen
Forschungseinrichtungen > Forschungszentren
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
Eingestellt am: 30 Sep 2015 05:56
Letzte Änderung: 30 Sep 2015 05:56
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/19995