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Nikolaos Vlahos1, Konstantinos Ar Kormas, Maria G Pachiadaki, Alexandra Meziti, George N Hotos, Eleni Mente.
Abstract
We analysed the 16S rRNA gene diversity within the bacterioplankton community in the water column of the ornamental fish Pterophyllum scalare and Archocentrus nigrofasciatus aquaria during a 60-day growth experiment in order to detect any dominant bacterial species and their possible association with the rearing organisms. The basic physical and chemical parameters remained stable but the bacterial community at 0, 30 and 60 days showed marked differences in bacterial cell abundance and diversity. We found high species richness but no dominant phylotypes were detected. Only few of the phylotypes were found in more than one time point per treatment and always with low relative abundance. The majority of the common phylotypes belonged to the Proteobacteria phylum and were closely related to Acinetobacter junii, Pseudomonas sp., Nevskia ramosa, Vogesella perlucida, Chitinomonas taiwanensis, Acidovorax sp., Pelomonas saccharophila and the rest belonged to the α-Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria, candidate division OP11 and one unaffiliated group. Several of these phylotypes were closely related to known taxa including Sphingopyxis chilensis, Flexibacter aurantiacus subsp. excathedrus and Mycobacterium sp. Despite the high phylogenetic diversity most of the inferred ecophysiological roles of the found phylotypes are related to nitrogen metabolism, a key process for fish aquaria.Entities:
Keywords: 16S rRNA gene; Aquaria; Bacteria; Diversity; Fish; Ornamental; Water column
Year: 2013 PMID: 23519098 PMCID: PMC3601261 DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-66
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Springerplus ISSN: 2193-1801
Figure 1Temporal changes in (a) dissolved oxygen, (b) pH, (c) phosphate, (d) nitrate, (e) ammonia/DIN and (f) bacterial abundance (cells × 10ml) in the water column of the rearing tanks ofand DIN: dissolved inorganic nitrogen, i.e. total concentrations of nitrate, nitrite and ammonia.
Figure 2Venn diagrams of the common phylotypes occurring in the water column of the rearing tanks ofandat the beginning (t), middle (t) and the end (t) of the growth period.
Figure 3Phylogenetic tree of the common Bacteria (in bold) occurring in the water column of the rearing tanks ofandat the beginning (0d), middle (30d) and the end (60d) of the growth period. The tree of the Bacteria 16S rRNA gene phylotypes (ca. 1,500 bp, 1013 positions) was based on the neighbour-joining method as determined by distance using Kimura’s two-parameter correction. One thousand bootstrap analyses (distance) were conducted, and percentages ≥50% are indicated at nodes. Numbers in brackets are GenBank accession numbers. Scale bar represents 2% estimated distance.