Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan

The microbial communities inhabiting mud volcanoes have received more attention due to their noteworthy impact on the global methane cycle. However, the impact of temporal effects of volcanic eruptions on the microbial community’s diversity and functions remain poorly characterized. This study aimed...

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Autores principales:	Ho-Chuan Hsu, Jung-Sheng Chen, Viji Nagarajan, Bashir Hussain, Shih-Wei Huang, Jagat Rathod, Bing-Mu Hsu
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Materias:	mud volcano sulfur-reducing bacteria methanogens hydrocarbon degraders 16S rRNA gene sequencing PICRUSt2 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8e98fa0ea25c4db8b28ecf8f323555aa2021-11-25T18:25:03ZAssessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan10.3390/microorganisms91123152076-2607https://doaj.org/article/8e98fa0ea25c4db8b28ecf8f323555aa2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/11/2315https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2607The microbial communities inhabiting mud volcanoes have received more attention due to their noteworthy impact on the global methane cycle. However, the impact of temporal effects of volcanic eruptions on the microbial community’s diversity and functions remain poorly characterized. This study aimed to underpin the temporal variations in the bacterial community’s diversity and PICRUSt-predicted functional profile changes of mud volcanic sites located in southern Taiwan using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The physicochemical analysis showed that the samples were slightly alkaline and had elevated levels of Na<sup>+</sup>, Cl<sup>−</sup>, and SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup>. Comparatively, the major and trace element contents were distinctly higher, and tended to be increased in the long-period samples. Alpha diversity metrics revealed that the bacterial diversity and abundance were lesser in the initial period, but increased over time. Instead, day 96 and 418 samples showed reduced bacterial abundance, which may have been due to the dry spell that occurred before each sampling. The initial-period samples were significantly abundant in haloalkaliphilic marine-inhabiting, hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial genera such as <i>Marinobacter</i>, <i>Halomonas</i>, <i>Marinobacterium,</i> and <i>Oceanimonas</i>. Sulfur-reducing bacteria such as <i>Desulfurispirillum</i> and <i>Desulfofarcimen</i> were found dominant in the mid-period samples, whereas the methanogenic archaeon <i>Methanosarcina</i> was abundant in the long-period samples. Unfortunately, heavy precipitation encountered during the mid and long periods may have polluted the volcanic site with animal pathogens such as <i>Desulfofarcimen</i> and <i>Erysipelothrix</i>. The functional prediction results showed that lipid biosynthesis and ubiquinol pathways were significantly abundant in the initial days, and the super pathway of glucose and xylose degradation was rich in the long-period samples. The findings of this study highlighted that the temporal effects of a mud volcanic eruption highly influenced the bacterial diversity, abundance, and functional profiles in our study site.Ho-Chuan HsuJung-Sheng ChenViji NagarajanBashir HussainShih-Wei HuangJagat RathodBing-Mu HsuMDPI AGarticlemud volcanosulfur-reducing bacteriamethanogenshydrocarbon degraders16S rRNA gene sequencingPICRUSt2Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENMicroorganisms, Vol 9, Iss 2315, p 2315 (2021)
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topic	mud volcano sulfur-reducing bacteria methanogens hydrocarbon degraders 16S rRNA gene sequencing PICRUSt2 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
spellingShingle	mud volcano sulfur-reducing bacteria methanogens hydrocarbon degraders 16S rRNA gene sequencing PICRUSt2 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ho-Chuan Hsu Jung-Sheng Chen Viji Nagarajan Bashir Hussain Shih-Wei Huang Jagat Rathod Bing-Mu Hsu Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan
description	The microbial communities inhabiting mud volcanoes have received more attention due to their noteworthy impact on the global methane cycle. However, the impact of temporal effects of volcanic eruptions on the microbial community’s diversity and functions remain poorly characterized. This study aimed to underpin the temporal variations in the bacterial community’s diversity and PICRUSt-predicted functional profile changes of mud volcanic sites located in southern Taiwan using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The physicochemical analysis showed that the samples were slightly alkaline and had elevated levels of Na<sup>+</sup>, Cl<sup>−</sup>, and SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup>. Comparatively, the major and trace element contents were distinctly higher, and tended to be increased in the long-period samples. Alpha diversity metrics revealed that the bacterial diversity and abundance were lesser in the initial period, but increased over time. Instead, day 96 and 418 samples showed reduced bacterial abundance, which may have been due to the dry spell that occurred before each sampling. The initial-period samples were significantly abundant in haloalkaliphilic marine-inhabiting, hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial genera such as <i>Marinobacter</i>, <i>Halomonas</i>, <i>Marinobacterium,</i> and <i>Oceanimonas</i>. Sulfur-reducing bacteria such as <i>Desulfurispirillum</i> and <i>Desulfofarcimen</i> were found dominant in the mid-period samples, whereas the methanogenic archaeon <i>Methanosarcina</i> was abundant in the long-period samples. Unfortunately, heavy precipitation encountered during the mid and long periods may have polluted the volcanic site with animal pathogens such as <i>Desulfofarcimen</i> and <i>Erysipelothrix</i>. The functional prediction results showed that lipid biosynthesis and ubiquinol pathways were significantly abundant in the initial days, and the super pathway of glucose and xylose degradation was rich in the long-period samples. The findings of this study highlighted that the temporal effects of a mud volcanic eruption highly influenced the bacterial diversity, abundance, and functional profiles in our study site.
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author	Ho-Chuan Hsu Jung-Sheng Chen Viji Nagarajan Bashir Hussain Shih-Wei Huang Jagat Rathod Bing-Mu Hsu
author_facet	Ho-Chuan Hsu Jung-Sheng Chen Viji Nagarajan Bashir Hussain Shih-Wei Huang Jagat Rathod Bing-Mu Hsu
author_sort	Ho-Chuan Hsu
title	Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan
title_short	Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan
title_full	Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan
title_fullStr	Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan
title_sort	assessment of temporal effects of a mud volcanic eruption on the bacterial community and their predicted metabolic functions in the mud volcanic sites of niaosong, southern taiwan
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/8e98fa0ea25c4db8b28ecf8f323555aa
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Assessment of Temporal Effects of a Mud Volcanic Eruption on the Bacterial Community and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in the Mud Volcanic Sites of Niaosong, Southern Taiwan

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