Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystem
Estuaries are one of the most productive ecosystems and their productivity is maintained by resident microbial communities. Recent alterations driven by climate change have further escalated these stressors leading to the propagation of traits such as antibiotic resistance and heavy metal resistance...
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| description | Estuaries are one of the most productive ecosystems and their productivity is maintained by resident microbial communities. Recent alterations driven by climate change have further escalated these stressors leading to the propagation of traits such as antibiotic resistance and heavy metal resistance in microbial communities. Surface water samples from eleven stations along the Thakuran and Matla estuaries of the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR) of Sundarbans mangrove located in South Asia were sampled in monsoon (June) 2019 to elucidate resident microbial communities based on Nanopore sequencing. Metagenomic analyses revealed the widespread dominance of Proteobacteria across all the stations along with a high abundance of Firmicutes. Other phyla, including Euryarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Cyanobacteria showed site-specific trends in abundance. Further taxonomic affiliations showed Gammaproteobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria to be dominant classes with high abundances of Bacilli in SBR_Stn58 and SBR_Stn113. Among the eukaryotic communities, the most abundant classes included Prasinophyceae, Saccharyomycetes and Sardariomycetes. Functional annotation showed metabolic activities such as carbohydrate, amino acid, nitrogen and phosphorus metabolisms to be uniformly distributed across all the studied stations. Pathways such as stress response, sulphur metabolism and motility-associated genes appeared in low abundances in SBR. Functional traits such as antibiotic resistance showed overwhelming dominance of genes involved in multidrug resistance along with widespread resistance towards commonly used antibiotics including Tetracycline, glycopeptide and aminoglycoside. Metal resistance genes including arsenic, nickel and copper were found in comparable abundances across the studied stations. The prevalence of ARG and MRG might indicate presence of pollutants and hint toward deteriorating ecosystem health status of Sundarbans mangrove. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff672ee59c9846338f48f143b74ae11b2023-12-03T11:20:21ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592022-05-0110e1316910.7717/peerj.13169Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystemAnwesha Ghosh0Ratul Saha1Punyasloke Bhadury2Centre for Climate and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, IndiaWildlife and Habitats Division, WWF-India Sundarbans Landscape, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaCentre for Climate and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, IndiaEstuaries are one of the most productive ecosystems and their productivity is maintained by resident microbial communities. Recent alterations driven by climate change have further escalated these stressors leading to the propagation of traits such as antibiotic resistance and heavy metal resistance in microbial communities. Surface water samples from eleven stations along the Thakuran and Matla estuaries of the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR) of Sundarbans mangrove located in South Asia were sampled in monsoon (June) 2019 to elucidate resident microbial communities based on Nanopore sequencing. Metagenomic analyses revealed the widespread dominance of Proteobacteria across all the stations along with a high abundance of Firmicutes. Other phyla, including Euryarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Cyanobacteria showed site-specific trends in abundance. Further taxonomic affiliations showed Gammaproteobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria to be dominant classes with high abundances of Bacilli in SBR_Stn58 and SBR_Stn113. Among the eukaryotic communities, the most abundant classes included Prasinophyceae, Saccharyomycetes and Sardariomycetes. Functional annotation showed metabolic activities such as carbohydrate, amino acid, nitrogen and phosphorus metabolisms to be uniformly distributed across all the studied stations. Pathways such as stress response, sulphur metabolism and motility-associated genes appeared in low abundances in SBR. Functional traits such as antibiotic resistance showed overwhelming dominance of genes involved in multidrug resistance along with widespread resistance towards commonly used antibiotics including Tetracycline, glycopeptide and aminoglycoside. Metal resistance genes including arsenic, nickel and copper were found in comparable abundances across the studied stations. The prevalence of ARG and MRG might indicate presence of pollutants and hint toward deteriorating ecosystem health status of Sundarbans mangrove.https://peerj.com/articles/13169.pdfMetagenomicsSundarbansBacterioplanktonFunctional diversityNanopore |
| spellingShingle | Anwesha Ghosh Ratul Saha Punyasloke Bhadury Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystem PeerJ Metagenomics Sundarbans Bacterioplankton Functional diversity Nanopore |
| title | Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystem |
| title_full | Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystem |
| title_fullStr | Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystem |
| title_short | Metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a South Asian mangrove ecosystem |
| title_sort | metagenomic insights into surface water microbial communities of a south asian mangrove ecosystem |
| topic | Metagenomics Sundarbans Bacterioplankton Functional diversity Nanopore |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/13169.pdf |
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