Seasonal Dynamics of Bathyarchaeota-Dominated Benthic Archaeal Communities Associated with Seagrass (Zostera japonica) Meadows
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site and Sampling
2.2. DNA Extraction and ILLUMINA Sequencing
2.3. Sequence Processing, Diversity Analysis, and Predicted Functional Profiles
2.4. Phylogenetic Analysis of Bathyarchaeota Sequences
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Seasonal Variations in Physicochemical Parameters
3.2. Variations in Alpha Diversity of Benthic Archaea Community
3.3. Archaeal Community Composition and Bathyarchaeota Populations
3.4. Seasonal Variability of Benthic Archaeal Communities in Z. japonica Meadows
3.5. Environmental Drivers of Variation in Archaeal Community Structure
3.6. Seasonal Variation in the Functional Profiles
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Grouping | All Samples (n = 6) | Within WH (n = 3) | Within DY (n = 3) | |||
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R | p | R | p | R | p | |
Season (global test) | 0.337 | 0.001 | 0.869 | 0.001 | 0.426 | 0.013 |
Spring vs. Summer | 0.761 | 0.002 | 0.761 | 0.002 | 0.593 | 0.100 |
Spring vs. Autumn | −0.02 | 0.452 | −0.020 | 0.452 | 0.111 | 0.500 |
Spring vs. Winter | −0.013 | 0.432 | −0.013 | 0.432 | 0.037 | 0.300 |
Summer vs. Autumn | 0.787 | 0.002 | 0.815 | 0.002 | 0.630 | 0.100 |
Summer vs. Winter | 0.759 | 0.002 | 0.833 | 0.002 | 0.667 | 0.100 |
Autumn vs. Winter | −0.169 | 0.959 | 0.792 | 0.100 | 0.111 | 0.500 |
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Liu, P.; Zhang, H.; Song, Z.; Huang, Y.; Hu, X. Seasonal Dynamics of Bathyarchaeota-Dominated Benthic Archaeal Communities Associated with Seagrass (Zostera japonica) Meadows. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9, 1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9111304
Liu P, Zhang H, Song Z, Huang Y, Hu X. Seasonal Dynamics of Bathyarchaeota-Dominated Benthic Archaeal Communities Associated with Seagrass (Zostera japonica) Meadows. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021; 9(11):1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9111304
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Pengyuan, Haikun Zhang, Zenglei Song, Yanyan Huang, and Xiaoke Hu. 2021. "Seasonal Dynamics of Bathyarchaeota-Dominated Benthic Archaeal Communities Associated with Seagrass (Zostera japonica) Meadows" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, no. 11: 1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9111304