Bacterial Community Composition and Function of Tropical River Ecosystem along the Nandu River on Hainan Island, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection
2.2. Water Property
2.3. DNA Extraction, PCR Amplification, and Sequencing
2.4. Sequenced Data Processing
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Properties of Water Samples
3.2. The Bacterial Diversity of the Surface Water
3.3. Bacterial Community Structure and Composition in the Water Samples
3.4. Correlation between Bacterial Communities and Environmental Factors
3.5. Bacterial Functional Genes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Properties | Reservoir | Upper | Middle | Lower |
---|---|---|---|---|
Temperature (°C) | 25.87 ± 1.26 a | 23.57 ± 0.60 ab | 23.33 ± 1.19 b | 25.00 ± 0.91 ab |
pH | 7.20 ± 0.30 a | 7.50 ± 0.48 a | 7.29 ± 0.15 a | 7.35 ± 0.29 a |
DO (mg L−1) | 7.05 ± 0.76 b | 8.53 ± 0.16 a | 8.47 ± 0.10 a | 8.08 ± 0.28 a |
EC (uS cm−1) | 81.27 ± 16.31 ab | 96.37 ± 11.63 ab | 78.30 ± 19.68 b | 117.28 ± 11.90 a |
Turbidity | 4.36 ± 2.00 b | 4.24 ± 1.19 b | 11.33 ± 2.95 ab | 17.13 ± 4.85 a |
TN (mg L−1) | 0.86 ± 0.20 c | 1.84 ± 1.06 bc | 4.75 ± 2.00 ab | 6.28 ± 1.68 a |
TP (mg L−1) | 0.10 ± 0.05 a | 0.13 ± 0.06 a | 0.15 ± 0.06 a | 0.17 ± 0.07 a |
CODMn (mg L−1) | 0.75 ± 0.18 a | 4.69 ± 5.91 a | 1.28 ± 0.91 a | 2.88 ± 3.68 a |
NH4+ (mg L−1) | 0.05 ± 0.03 a | 0.04 ± 0.04 a | 0.06 ± 0.03 a | 0.29 ± 0.34 a |
NO3− (mg L−1) | 0.59 ± 0.49 c | 1.56 ± 1.31 bc | 4.43 ± 2.04 ab | 6.07 ± 1.52 a |
NO2− (mg L−1) | 0.02 ± 0.03 b | 0.01 ± 0.01 b | 0.03 ± 0.02 b | 0.09 ± 0.02 a |
PO43− (mg L−1) | 0.03 ± 0.01 a | 0.02 ± 0.01 a | 0.08 ± 0.05 a | 0.14 ± 0.09 a |
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Li, J.; Zhai, Y.; Ge, G.; Xu, Y.; Wang, C.; Hu, A.; Han, Y.; Shan, N.; Liu, B.; Chen, J.; et al. Bacterial Community Composition and Function of Tropical River Ecosystem along the Nandu River on Hainan Island, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010382
Li J, Zhai Y, Ge G, Xu Y, Wang C, Hu A, Han Y, Shan N, Liu B, Chen J, et al. Bacterial Community Composition and Function of Tropical River Ecosystem along the Nandu River on Hainan Island, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(1):382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010382
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jinbiao, Yangni Zhai, Guojian Ge, Yang Xu, Can Wang, Anyong Hu, Yujie Han, Nan Shan, Bo Liu, Jinlin Chen, and et al. 2023. "Bacterial Community Composition and Function of Tropical River Ecosystem along the Nandu River on Hainan Island, China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 1: 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010382