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Bacterial Community Shifts Driven by Nitrogen Pollution in River Sediments of a Highly Urbanized City.

ABSTRACT: Effects of nitrogen pollution on bacterial community shifts in river sediments remain barely understood. Here, we investigated the bacterial communities in sediments of urban and suburban rivers in a highly urbanized city, Shanghai. Sediment nitrate (NO₃^-) and ammonia (NH₄⁺) were highly accumulated in urban river. Operation Taxonomic Units (OTUs), Abundance-based Coverage Estimators (ACEs) and Chao 1 estimator in urban rivers were slightly lower than those in suburban rivers, while Shannon and Simpson indices were higher in urban rivers than those in suburban rivers. Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes were the dominant bacterial phylum communities, accounting for 68.5-84.9% of all communities. In particular, the relative abundances of Firmicutes and Nitrospirae were significantly higher in suburban rivers than in urban rivers, while relative abundances of Bacteroidetes, Verrucomicrobia, and Spirochaetes were significantly lower in suburban rivers than in urban rivers. NH₄⁺ was significantly and negatively correlated with abundances of Firmicutes, Nitrospirae, and Actinobacteria. Importantly, the significant and negative effects of sediment NH₄⁺ on bacterial richness and diversity suggested that nitrogen pollution likely contribute to the decrease in the bacterial richness and diversity. The results highlight that nitrogen enrichment could drive the shifts of bacterial abundance and diversity in the urban river sediments where are strongly influenced by human activities under the rapid urbanization stress.

SUBMITTER: Lin X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6843462 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bacterial Community Shifts Driven by Nitrogen Pollution in River Sediments of a Highly Urbanized City.

Lin Xianbiao X Gao Dengzhou D Lu Kaijun K Li Xiaofei X

International journal of environmental research and public health 20191009 20

Effects of nitrogen pollution on bacterial community shifts in river sediments remain barely understood. Here, we investigated the bacterial communities in sediments of urban and suburban rivers in a highly urbanized city, Shanghai. Sediment nitrate (NO3-) and ammonia (NH4+) were highly accumulated in urban river. Operation Taxonomic Units (OTUs), Abundance-based Coverage Estimators (ACEs) and Chao 1 estimator in urban rivers were slightly lower than t ...[more]

PMID: 31600966

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Project description:Nitrogen in surface sediments is becoming an ecological risk to the river environment and it is essential to clarify the relationship between the different forms of nitrogen and related microorganisms. A survey was conducted to analyze the distribution characteristics of the nitrogen and related microbial community in the sediments of the Songhua River during normal season and dry season. In the surface sediments of the Songhua River, no total nitrogen (TN) pollution risk was observed according to the U.S. EPA assessment criteria (1000 mg kg-1) for sediment contamination, but TN in several sampling sites (554.9-759.7 mg kg-1) exceeded the alert values (550 mg kg-1) should be concerned according to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Ontario, Canada. The average TN, NH4 +-N, NO3 --N and total organic nitrogen (TON) in the surface sediments of the Songhua River during normal season were higher than those in the dry period. TON was the main form of nitrogen in the sediment of Songhua River, NO2 --N content was lowest and no obvious difference was observed between normal and dry seasons. The highest average NH4 +-N of both seasons occurred in the Nenjiang River, and the highest average NO3 --N of both seasons were found in the main stream of the Songhua River. The community abundance of AOB genes (1.1 × 107 to 2.5 × 108 copies per g soil in normal season, 7.2 × 105 to 3.3 × 108 copies per g soil in dry season) was higher than that (1.2 × 106 to 9.7 × 107 copies per g soil in normal season, 6.6 × 104 to 3.2 × 107 copies per g soil in dry season) of AOA genes in both normal and dry seasons. The denitrifying nirS genes were predominant in both seasons, and their abundance (1.8 × 106 to 8.0 × 108 copies per g soil) in dry season was higher than that (9.7 × 105 to 4.6 × 108 copies per g soil) in normal season. Moreover, the moisture concentration, pH, dissolved oxygen and different formation of nitrogen were key factors affecting the variation of nitrogen-transformation microorganisms during normal and dry seasons. This research could help to explain the relationship between nitrogen transformation and the related microbial community in the surface sediment, which could provide a scientific basis for water ecological restoration and water environment improvement of Songhua River.

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Bacterial Community Shifts Driven by Nitrogen Pollution in River Sediments of a Highly Urbanized City.

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Bacterial Community Shifts Driven by Nitrogen Pollution in River Sediments of a Highly Urbanized City.

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