PMID- 20426769 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100720 LR - 20121115 IS - 1365-2672 (Electronic) IS - 1364-5072 (Linking) VI - 107 IP - 6 DP - 2009 Dec 1 TI - Comparison of DNA- and RNA-based bacterial community structures in soil exposed to 2,4-dichlorophenol. PG - 1883-93 LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04369.x [doi] AB - AIMS: To examine the effect of the pollutant 2,4-dichlorophenol on DNA- and RNA-based bacterial communities in soil. METHODS AND RESULTS: Soil was exposed to 100 mg kg(-1) of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), and degradation was monitored over 35 days. DNA and RNA were coextracted, and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) was used to report changes in bacterial communities in response to the presence of the chlorophenol. The phylogenetic composition of the soil during degradation was determined by creating a clone library of amplified 16S rRNA sequences from both DNA and reverse-transcribed RNA from exposed soil. Resulting clones were sequenced, and putative identities were assigned. CONCLUSIONS: A significant difference between active (RNA-based) and total (DNA-based) bacterial community structure was observed for both T-RFLP and phylogenetic analyses in response to 2,4-DCP, with more pronounced changes seen in RNA-based communities. Phylogenetic analysis indicated the dominance of Proteobacteria in both profiles. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study describes the response of soil bacterial communities to the addition of the xenobiotic compound 2,4-DCP, and highlights the importance of including RNA-based 16S rRNA analysis to complement any molecular study in a perturbed soil. FAU - Lillis, L AU - Lillis L AD - School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland. lorraine.lillis@ucd.ie FAU - Doyle, E AU - Doyle E FAU - Clipson, N AU - Clipson N LA - eng SI - GENBANK/EU247456 SI - GENBANK/EU247457 SI - GENBANK/EU247458 SI - GENBANK/EU247459 SI - GENBANK/EU247460 SI - GENBANK/EU247461 SI - GENBANK/EU247462 SI - GENBANK/EU247463 SI - GENBANK/EU247464 SI - GENBANK/EU247465 SI - GENBANK/EU247466 SI - GENBANK/EU247467 SI - GENBANK/EU247468 SI - GENBANK/EU247469 SI - GENBANK/EU247470 SI - GENBANK/EU247471 SI - GENBANK/EU247472 SI - GENBANK/EU247473 SI - GENBANK/EU247474 SI - GENBANK/EU247475 SI - GENBANK/EU247476 SI - GENBANK/EU247477 SI - GENBANK/EU247478 SI - GENBANK/EU247479 SI - GENBANK/EU247480 SI - GENBANK/EU247481 SI - GENBANK/EU247482 SI - GENBANK/EU247483 SI - GENBANK/EU247484 SI - GENBANK/EU247485 SI - GENBANK/EU247486 SI - GENBANK/EU247487 SI - GENBANK/EU247488 SI - GENBANK/EU247489 SI - GENBANK/EU247490 SI - GENBANK/EU247491 SI - GENBANK/EU247492 SI - GENBANK/EU247493 SI - GENBANK/EU247494 SI - GENBANK/EU247495 SI - GENBANK/EU247496 SI - GENBANK/EU247497 SI - GENBANK/EU247498 SI - GENBANK/EU247499 SI - GENBANK/EU247500 SI - GENBANK/EU247501 SI - GENBANK/EU247502 SI - GENBANK/EU247503 SI - GENBANK/EU247504 SI - GENBANK/EU247505 SI - GENBANK/EU247506 SI - GENBANK/EU247507 SI - GENBANK/EU514547 SI - GENBANK/EU514548 SI - GENBANK/EU514549 SI - GENBANK/EU514550 SI - GENBANK/EU514551 SI - GENBANK/EU514552 SI - GENBANK/EU514553 SI - GENBANK/EU514554 SI - GENBANK/EU514555 SI - GENBANK/EU514556 SI - GENBANK/EU514557 SI - GENBANK/EU514558 SI - GENBANK/EU514559 SI - GENBANK/EU514560 SI - GENBANK/EU514561 SI - GENBANK/EU514562 SI - GENBANK/EU514564 SI - GENBANK/EU514566 SI - GENBANK/EU514568 SI - GENBANK/EU514569 SI - GENBANK/EU514570 PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Appl Microbiol JT - Journal of applied microbiology JID - 9706280 RN - 0 (Chlorophenols) RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (RNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - R669TG1950 (2,4-dichlorophenol) SB - IM MH - Bacteria/*classification/genetics/isolation & purification MH - Biodegradation, Environmental MH - Biodiversity MH - Chlorophenols/*pharmacology MH - DNA, Bacterial/*genetics MH - Metagenome/*drug effects MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length MH - RNA, Bacterial/*genetics MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - *Soil Microbiology MH - Soil Pollutants/*pharmacology EDAT- 2010/04/30 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/21 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/30 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/21 06:00 [medline] AID - JAM4369 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04369.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Microbiol. 2009 Dec 1;107(6):1883-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04369.x.