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Influence of ancient anthropogenic activities on the mangrove soil microbiome

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 645; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.094

1879-1026

Luciano F. Huergo, Daniel Vasconcelos Rissi, Andressa S. Elias, Maria Vanaina Souza Gonçalves, Marcos V. Gernet, Flávio Ataliba Flexa Daltro Barreto, Gilson W. Dahmer, Rodrigo Arantes Reis, Fábio O. Pedrosa, Emanuel Maltempi de Souza, Rose A. Monteiro, Valter A. Baura, Eduardo Balsanelli, Leonardo M. Cruz,

Cassava research and cyanide

Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems located at the transition between the terrestrial and marine environments. Mangroves play an important role in carbon storage, nutrient cycling and support for the marine food web. Mangrove soils are formed by fine particles rich in organic carbon and are subject to constant fluctuations in oxygen, salinity and nutrient availability due to fresh water flux and tidal variations. Microbes play an important role in nutrient cycling in mangrove soils; however, studies on the mangrove soil microbiome are scarce. Here we compare the microbiome of pristine mangrove soil located in an environmentally protected area in Guaratuba, Southern Brazil, with the microbiome of mangrove soil affected by the presence of carbonaceaous debris eroding from an archeological site known as Sambaqui. We show that although the Sambaqui site has a major effect on soil chemistry, increasing the soil pH by 2.6 units, only minor changes in the soil microbiome were detected indicating resilience of the microbial community to pH variations. The high alpha diversity indexes and predicted metabolic potential suggest that the mangrove soil microbiome not only provides important ecological services but also may host a broad range of microbes and genes of biotechnological interest.