Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake system
River–lake ecosystems are indispensable hubs for water transfers and flow regulation engineering, which have frequent and complex artificial hydrological regulation processes, and the water quality is often unstable. Microorganisms usually affect these systems by driving the nutrient cycling process...
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| author | Jiewei Ding Wei Yang Xinyu Liu Qingqing Zhao Weiping Dong Chuqi Zhang Haifei Liu Yanwei Zhao |
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| description | River–lake ecosystems are indispensable hubs for water transfers and flow regulation engineering, which have frequent and complex artificial hydrological regulation processes, and the water quality is often unstable. Microorganisms usually affect these systems by driving the nutrient cycling process. Thus, understanding the key biochemical rate-limiting steps under highly regulated conditions was critical for the water quality stability of river–lake ecosystems. This study investigated how the key microorganisms and genes involving nitrogen and phosphorus cycling contributed to the stability of water by combining 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing using the Dongping river–lake system as the case study. The results showed that nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations were significantly lower in lake zones than in river inflow and outflow zones (p < 0.05). Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and Microbacterium were the key microorganisms associated with nitrate and phosphate removal. These microorganisms contributed to key genes that promote denitrification (nirB/narG/narH/nasA) and phosphorus absorption and transport (pstA/pstB/pstC/pstS). Partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) revealed that environmental factors (especially flow velocity and COD concentration) have a significant negative effect on the key microbial abundance (p < 0.001). Our study provides theoretical support for the effective management and protection of water transfer and the regulation function of the river–lake system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ea13bfee95149eea7ee11f5e80910562023-10-13T08:17:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2023-10-011410.3389/fmicb.2023.12586591258659Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake systemJiewei Ding0Wei Yang1Xinyu Liu2Qingqing Zhao3Weiping Dong4Chuqi Zhang5Haifei Liu6Yanwei Zhao7State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Ji'nan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaRiver–lake ecosystems are indispensable hubs for water transfers and flow regulation engineering, which have frequent and complex artificial hydrological regulation processes, and the water quality is often unstable. Microorganisms usually affect these systems by driving the nutrient cycling process. Thus, understanding the key biochemical rate-limiting steps under highly regulated conditions was critical for the water quality stability of river–lake ecosystems. This study investigated how the key microorganisms and genes involving nitrogen and phosphorus cycling contributed to the stability of water by combining 16S rRNA and metagenomic sequencing using the Dongping river–lake system as the case study. The results showed that nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations were significantly lower in lake zones than in river inflow and outflow zones (p < 0.05). Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and Microbacterium were the key microorganisms associated with nitrate and phosphate removal. These microorganisms contributed to key genes that promote denitrification (nirB/narG/narH/nasA) and phosphorus absorption and transport (pstA/pstB/pstC/pstS). Partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) revealed that environmental factors (especially flow velocity and COD concentration) have a significant negative effect on the key microbial abundance (p < 0.001). Our study provides theoretical support for the effective management and protection of water transfer and the regulation function of the river–lake system.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1258659/fullriver-lake ecosystemsnutrient cycling processbiochemical rate-limiting stepskey microorganismskey genes |
| spellingShingle | Jiewei Ding Wei Yang Xinyu Liu Qingqing Zhao Weiping Dong Chuqi Zhang Haifei Liu Yanwei Zhao Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake system Frontiers in Microbiology river-lake ecosystems nutrient cycling process biochemical rate-limiting steps key microorganisms key genes |
| title | Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake system |
| title_full | Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake system |
| title_fullStr | Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake system |
| title_short | Unraveling the rate-limiting step in microorganisms' mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption/transport processes in a highly regulated river-lake system |
| title_sort | unraveling the rate limiting step in microorganisms mediation of denitrification and phosphorus absorption transport processes in a highly regulated river lake system |
| topic | river-lake ecosystems nutrient cycling process biochemical rate-limiting steps key microorganisms key genes |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1258659/full |
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