Diel-scale temporal dynamics recorded for bacterial groups in Namib Desert soil

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dc.citation.doiDOI: 10.1038/srep40189en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGunnigle, E.
dc.contributor.authorFrossard, A.
dc.contributor.authorGuerrero, L.
dc.contributor.authorSeely, M.
dc.contributor.authorCowan, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorRamond, J.-B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-09T10:55:22Z
dc.date.available2017-10-09T10:55:22Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.description.abstractMicrobes in hot desert soil partake in core ecosystem processes e.g., biogeochemical cycling of carbon. Nevertheless, there is still a fundamental lack of insights regarding short-term (i.e., over a 24-hour [diel] cycle) microbial responses to highly fluctuating microenvironmental parameters like temperature and humidity. To address this, we employed T-RFLP fingerprinting and 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA-derived cDNA to characterize potentially active bacteria in Namib Desert soil over multiple diel cycles. Strikingly, we found that significant shifts in active bacterial groups could occur over a single 24-hour period. For instance, members of the predominant Actinobacteria phyla exhibited a significant reduction in relative activity from morning to night, whereas many Proteobacterial groups displayed an opposite trend. Contrary to our leading hypothesis, environmental parameters could only account for 10.5% of the recorded total variation. Potential biotic associations shown through co-occurrence networks indicated that non-random inter- and intra-phyla associations were 'time-of-day-dependent' which may constitute a key feature of this system. Notably, many cyanobacterial groups were positioned outside and/or between highly interconnected bacterial associations (modules); possibly acting as inter-module 'hubs' orchestrating interactions between important functional consortia. Overall, these results provide empirical evidence that bacterial communities in hot desert soils exhibit complex and diel-dependent inter-community associations.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianEM2017en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGunnigle, E. et al. 2017. Diel-scale temporal dynamics recorded for bacterial groups in Namib Desert soil. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7, Article number 40189.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/23241
dc.journal.titleSCIENTIFIC REPORTSen_ZA
dc.journal.volume7en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Author(s) . This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_ZA
dc.subjectMicrobesen_ZA
dc.subjectbiogeochemical cyclingen_ZA
dc.subjectmicroenvironmental parametersen_ZA
dc.subjectNamib Deserten_ZA
dc.subjectActinobacteria phylaen_ZA
dc.titleDiel-scale temporal dynamics recorded for bacterial groups in Namib Desert soilen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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