PMID- 26284035
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150818
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1664-302X (Print)
IS  - 1664-302X (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-302X (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2015
TI  - Microbial community changes along the active seepage site of one cold seep in the 
      Red Sea.
PG  - 739
LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00739 [doi]
LID - 739
AB  - The active seepage of the marine cold seeps could be a critical process for the 
      exchange of energy between the submerged geosphere and the sea floor environment 
      through organic-rich fluids, potentially even affecting surrounding microbial 
      habitats. However, few studies have investigated the associated microbial 
      community changes. In the present study, 16S rRNA genes were pyrosequenced to 
      decipher changes in the microbial communities from the Thuwal seepage point in 
      the Red Sea to nearby marine sediments in the brine pool, normal marine sediments 
      and water, and benthic microbial mats. An unexpected number of reads from 
      unclassified groups were detected in these habitats; however, the ecological 
      functions of these groups remain unresolved. Furthermore, ammonia-oxidizing 
      archaeal community structures were investigated using the ammonia monooxygenase 
      subunit A (amoA) gene. Analysis of amoA showed that planktonic marine habitats, 
      including seeps and marine water, hosted archaeal ammonia oxidizers that differed 
      from those in microbial mats and marine sediments, suggesting modifications of 
      the ammonia oxidizing archaeal (AOA) communities along the environmental gradient 
      from active seepage sites to peripheral areas. Changes in the microbial community 
      structure of AOA in different habitats (water vs. sediment) potentially 
      correlated with changes in salinity and oxygen concentrations. Overall, the 
      present results revealed for the first time unanticipated novel microbial groups 
      and changes in the ammonia-oxidizing archaea in response to environmental 
      gradients near the active seepages of a cold seep.
FAU - Cao, Huiluo
AU  - Cao H
AD  - Division of Life Sciences, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 
      Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
FAU - Zhang, Weipeng
AU  - Zhang W
AD  - Division of Life Sciences, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 
      Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
FAU - Wang, Yong
AU  - Wang Y
AD  - Division of Life Sciences, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 
      Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong ; Sanya Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, 
      Chinese Academy of Sciences Sanya, China.
FAU - Qian, Pei-Yuan
AU  - Qian PY
AD  - Division of Life Sciences, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 
      Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150721
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Microbiol
JT  - Frontiers in microbiology
JID - 101548977
PMC - PMC4523032
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - 16S rRNA gene
OT  - Red Sea
OT  - ammonia oxidizing archaea
OT  - cold seep
OT  - pyrosequencing
EDAT- 2015/08/19 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/19 06:01
PMCR- 2015/07/21
CRDT- 2015/08/19 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/07/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/08/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/08/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/19 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/07/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00739 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Microbiol. 2015 Jul 21;6:739. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00739. eCollection 
      2015.