Diversity of Microbial Mats in the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description and Sampling
2.2. Geochemical Characterisation
2.3. Micromorphology
2.4. Mineralogical Composition
2.5. Metagenomic Analysis
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Geochemistry
3.2. Microbial Mat Structure
3.3. Microbial Community Composition
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Name | Water Content (g/g) | pH | TOC (%) | TN (%) | C/N |
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Microbial Mats | |||||
MMA1 | N/A | 9.80 | 2.19 | 0.29 | 7.55 |
MMA2 | N/A | 9.76 | 1.06 | 0.09 | 11.7 |
MMA3 | N/A | 10.1 | 0.83 | 0.06 | 13.8 |
MMB1 | N/A | 9.63 | 0.93 | 0.08 | 11.6 |
MMB2 | N/A | 9.76 | 1.29 | 0.13 | 9.92 |
MMB3 | N/A | 9.73 | 1.27 | 0.14 | 9.07 |
MMC1 | N/A | 9.92 | 0.84 | 0.06 | 14.01 |
MMC2 | N/A | 10.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
MMC3 | N/A | 10.15 | 3.45 | 0.37 | 9.32 |
Underlying Sediment | |||||
USA1 | 0.264 | 9.87 | 0.71 | 0.06 | 11.8 |
USA2 | 0.227 | 9.97 | 1.35 | 0.12 | 11.2 |
USA3 | 0.261 | 9.51 | 0.45 | 0.02 | 22.5 |
USB1 | 0.218 | 9.31 | 0.74 | 0.06 | 12.3 |
USB2 | 0.139 | 9.43 | 0.86 | 0.05 | 17.2 |
USB3 | 0.179 | 9.72 | 1.50 | 0.13 | 11.5 |
USC1 | 0.151 | 9.98 | 0.74 | 0.04 | 18.5 |
USC2 | 0.132 | 9.90 | BDL | BDL | N/A |
USC3 | 0.188 | 10.0 | 0.77 | 0.06 | 12.83 |
Control | |||||
Surface sediment | 0.4103 | 10.28 | 0.18 | BDL | N/A |
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Filippidou, S.; Price, A.; Spencer-Jones, C.; Scales, A.; Macey, M.C.; Franchi, F.; Lebogang, L.; Cavalazzi, B.; Schwenzer, S.P.; Olsson-Francis, K. Diversity of Microbial Mats in the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010147
Filippidou S, Price A, Spencer-Jones C, Scales A, Macey MC, Franchi F, Lebogang L, Cavalazzi B, Schwenzer SP, Olsson-Francis K. Diversity of Microbial Mats in the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana. Microorganisms. 2024; 12(1):147. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010147
Chicago/Turabian StyleFilippidou, Sevasti, Alex Price, Charlotte Spencer-Jones, Anthony Scales, Michael C. Macey, Fulvio Franchi, Lesedi Lebogang, Barbara Cavalazzi, Susanne P. Schwenzer, and Karen Olsson-Francis. 2024. "Diversity of Microbial Mats in the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana" Microorganisms 12, no. 1: 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010147