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Genotypic distribution of a specialist model microorganism, methanosaeta, along an estuarine gradient : does metabolic restriction limit niche differentiation potential?
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Carbonero, Franck, Oakley, Brian B., Hawkins, Robert J. and Purdy, Kevin J. (2012) Genotypic distribution of a specialist model microorganism, methanosaeta, along an estuarine gradient : does metabolic restriction limit niche differentiation potential? Microbial Ecology, 63 (4). pp. 856-864. doi:10.1007/s00248-011-9993-6 ISSN 0095-3628.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-011-9993-6
Abstract
A reductionist ecological approach of using a model genus was adopted in order to understand how microbial community structure is driven by metabolic properties. The distribution along an estuarine gradient of the highly specialised genus Methanosaeta was investigated and compared to the previously determined distribution of the more metabolically flexible Desulfobulbus. Methanosaeta genotypic distribution along the Colne estuary (Essex, UK) was determined by DNA- and RNA-based denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. Methanosaeta distribution was monotonic, with a consistently diverse community and no apparent niche partitioning either in DNA or RNA analyses. This distribution pattern contrasts markedly with the previously described niche partitioning and sympatric differentiation of the model generalist, Desulfobulbus. To explain this difference, it is hypothesised that Methanosaeta’s strict metabolic needs limit its adaptation potential, thus populations do not partition into spatially distinct groups and so do not appear to be constrained by gross environmental factors such as salinity. Thus, at least for these two model genera, it appears that metabolic flexibility may be an important factor in spatial distribution and this may be applicable to other microbes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Microbial Ecology | ||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||
| ISSN: | 0095-3628 | ||||
| Official Date: | May 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | 63 | ||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 856-864 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00248-011-9993-6 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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