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Multilevel analysis of the bacterial diversity along the environmental gradient Río de la Plata–South Atlantic Ocean

2010; Inter-Research Science Center; Volume: 61; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/ame01439

1616-1564

Cecilia Alonso, Paola Gomez‐Pereira, Alban Ramette, Leonardo Ortega, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann,

Protist diversity and phylogeny

AME Aquatic Microbial Ecology Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials AME 61:57-72 (2010) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01439 Multilevel analysis of the bacterial diversity along the environmental gradient Río de la Plata–South Atlantic Ocean Cecilia Alonso1,*, Paola Gómez-Pereira2, Alban Ramette2, Leonardo Ortega3, Bernhard M. Fuchs2, Rudolf Amann2 1Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Av. Italia 3318, CP 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay 2Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany 3Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos, Constituyente 1497, CP 11200, Montevideo, Uruguay *Email: calonso@iibce.edu.uy ABSTRACT: The Río de la Plata is the world's largest estuary, draining the second largest basin of South America. In spite of its key significance at the local and global scale, this is the first attempt made so far to characterize the bacterial diversity of this system. We employed a suite of molecular methods to analyze the bacterial diversity at different phylogenetic levels, both in terms of richness and evenness, and we related these findings to physicochemical parameters. A clear environmental gradient was observed with 3 distinctive zones (riverine, frontal, and marine). In turn, the bacterial communities appeared highly diverse and strongly structured by the environment. A high number (324) of different operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were identified by automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA). The ARISA results suggested that the composition of bacterioplankton communities was strongly related to physicochemical water characteristics, and that the bacterioplankton had little overlap with the bacterial assemblage of the sediments. Catalyzed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH) indicated that Betaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria were more abundant in the riverine zone, whereas Gammaproteobacteria and Planctomycetes preferred the marine waters. The relative abundance of Bacteroidetes peaked in the frontal zone, and Alphaproteobacteria were numerically dominant throughout the estuary. The analysis of about 300 almost full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences pointed to the existence of ubiquitous phylotypes, but also suggested habitat preferences among certain groups. This first look into the bacterial community of the Río de la Plata demonstrated marked diversity patterns, providing further insights into the ecology of globally distributed groups of aquatic bacteria. KEY WORDS: Estuary · Bacteria · Río de la Plata · Diversity · FISH · ARISA · Cloning Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Alonso C, Gómez-Pereira P, Ramette A, Ortega L, Fuchs BM, Amann R (2010) Multilevel analysis of the bacterial diversity along the environmental gradient Río de la Plata–South Atlantic Ocean. Aquat Microb Ecol 61:57-72. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01439Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in AME Vol. 61, No. 1. Online publication date: August 30, 2010 Print ISSN: 0948-3055; Online ISSN: 1616-1564 Copyright © 2010 Inter-Research.