ArticleEnvironmental microbiology2017
Unveiling microbial interactions in stratified mat communities from a warm saline shallow pond.
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- The dynamic history of prokaryotic phyla: discovery, diversity and division.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2024Review
- Exploring the prokaryote-eukaryote interplay in microbial mats from an Andean athalassohaline wetland.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Protist communities of microbial mats from the extreme environments of five saline Andean lagoons at high altitudes in the Atacama Desert.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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- Genomic insights into versatile lifestyle of three new bacterial candidate phyla.Science China. Life sciences · 2022Article
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- Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of field living and laboratory cultured stromatolites from the hypersaline Laguna Interna, Salar de Atacama (Chile).Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2021Article
- Electrical conductivity as a driver of biological and geological spatial heterogeneity in the Puquios, Salar de Llamara, Atacama Desert, Chile.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Archaeal Communities: The Microbial Phylogenomic Frontier.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Review
- Carbon fixation and rhodopsin systems in microbial mats from hypersaline lakes Brava and Tebenquiche, Salar de Atacama, Chile.PloS one · 2021Article
- The Syntrophy hypothesis for the origin of eukaryotes revisited.Nature microbiology · 2020Review
- Metagenomics of Atacama Lithobiontic Extremophile Life Unveils Highlights on Fungal Communities, Biogeochemical Cycles and Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes.Microorganisms · 2019Article
- Asgard archaea: Diversity, function, and evolutionary implications in a range of microbiomes.AIMS microbiology · 2019Review
- Disentangling the drivers of functional complexity at the metagenomic level in Shark Bay microbial mat microbiomes.The ISME journal · 2018Article
- Functional Stability and Community Dynamics during Spring and Autumn Seasons Over 3 Years in Camargue Microbial Mats.Frontiers in microbiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Modern phototrophic microbial mats are complex communities often used as analogs of major Precambrian ecosystems. Characterizing biotic, notably metabolic, interactions among different microbial mat members is essential to gain insights into the ecology and biogeochemistry of these systems. We applied 16S/18S rRNA metabarcoding approaches to characterize the structure of archaea, bacteria and protist communities from microbial mats collected along strong physicochemical (oxygen, salinity, temperature, depth) gradients in a shallow pond at the salar de Llamara (Chile). All mats were highly diverse, including members of virtually all known high-rank eukaryotic and prokaryotic taxa but also many novel lineages. Bacterial candidate divisions accounted for almost 50% of sequences in deeper mats, while Archaea represented up to 40% of sequences in some mat layers. Molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed six novel deeply divergent archaeal groups, along abundant and diverse Pacearchaeota and Woesearchaeota. Multivariate statistical analyses showed that local environmental conditions strongly influenced community composition. Co-occurrence network structure was markedly different between surface mats located in the oxygenated zone and mats located in transition and anoxic water layers. We identified potential biotic interactions between various high- and low-rank taxa. Notably, a strong positive correlation was observed between Lokiarchaeota and the poorly known candidate bacterial division TA06.
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