ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018
Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Promote the Development of Biological Soil Crusts.
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- The Community Structure of Aerobic Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria in Biocrusts on Tropical Coral Islands and Their Application in Ecological Restoration, South China Sea.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Extremophiles and Extremophilic Behaviour-New Insights and Perspectives.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Diurnal cycles drive rhythmic physiology and promote survival in facultative phototrophic bacteria.ISME communications · 2023Article
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- A Comprehensive Network Integrating Signature Microbes and Crucial Soil Properties During Early Biological Soil Crust Formation on Tropical Reef Islands.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Soil Chemistry and Nutrients Influence the Distribution of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria and Eukaryotic Phototrophic Microorganisms of Physical Soil Crusts at Different Elevations on the Tibetan Plateau.Microbial ecology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Chlorophyll-containing oxygenic photoautotrophs have been well known to play a fundamental role in the development of biological soil crusts (BSCs) by harvesting solar radiations and providing fixed carbon to the BSCs ecosystems. Although the same functions can be theoretically fulfilled by the widespread bacteriochlorophyll-harboring aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (AAnPB), whether AAnPB play a role in the formation of BSCs and how important they are to this process remain largely unknown. To address these questions, we set up a microcosm system with surface sands of the Hopq desert in northern China and observed the significant effects of near-infrared illumination on the development of BSCs. Compared to near-infrared or red light alone, the combined use of near-infrared and red lights for illumination greatly increased the thickness of BSCs, their organic matter contents and the microalgae abundance by 24.0, 103.7, and 1447.6%, respectively. These changes were attributed to the increasing abundance of AAnPB that can absorb near-infrared radiations. Our data suggest that AAnPB is a long-overlooked driver in promoting the development of BSCs in drylands.
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