Structure and Functional Properties of Bacterial Communities in Surface Sediments of the Recently Declared Nutrient-Saturated Lake Villarrica in Southern Chile
Structure and Functional Properties of Bacterial Communities in Surface Sediments of the Recently Declared Nutrient-Saturated Lake Villarrica in Southern Chile
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10.1007/s00248-023-02173-2
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2023-02
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3.6
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Marco Campos;Qian Zhang;J. Acuña;Joaquín I. Rilling;Tay Ruiz;Elizabeth Carrazana;Cristóbal Reyno;Anthony Hollenback;Katelynn Gray;D. Jaisi;A. Ogram;J. Bai;Ling Zhang;Rong Xiao;M. Elias;M. Sadowsky;Jingming Hu;M. Jorquera
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Marco Campos;Qian Zhang;J. Acuña;Joaquín I. Rilling;Tay Ruiz;Elizabeth Carrazana;Cristóbal Reyno;Anthony Hollenback;Katelynn Gray;D. Jaisi;A. Ogram;J. Bai;Ling Zhang;Rong Xiao;M. Elias;M. Sadowsky;Jingming Hu;M. Jorquera
Lake Villarrica, one of Chile’s main freshwater water bodies, was recently declared a nutrient-saturated lake due to increased phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) levels. Although a decontamination plan based on environmental parameters is being established, it does not consider microbial parameters. Here, we conducted high-throughput DNA sequencing and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analyses to reveal the structure and functional properties of bacterial communities in surface sediments collected from sites with contrasting anthropogenic pressures in Lake Villarrica. Alpha diversity revealed an elevated bacterial richness and diversity in the more anthropogenized sediments. The phylum Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria dominated the community. The principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and redundancy analysis (RDA) showed significant differences in bacterial communities of sampling sites. Predicted functional analysis showed that N cycling functions (e.g., nitrification and denitrification) were significant. The microbial co-occurrence networks analysis suggestedChitinophagaceae,Caldilineaceae,Planctomycetaceae, andPhycisphaeraefamilies as keystone taxa. Bacterial functional genes related to P (phoC,phoD, andphoX) and N (nifHandnosZ) cycling were detected in all samples by qPCR. In addition, an RDA related to N and P cycling revealed that physicochemical properties and functional genes were positively correlated with several nitrite-oxidizing, ammonia-oxidizing, and N-fixing bacterial genera. Finally, denitrifying gene (nosZ) was the most significant factor influencing the topological characteristics of co-occurrence networks and bacterial interactions. Our results represent one of a few approaches to elucidate the structure and role of bacterial communities in Chilean lake sediments, which might be helpful in conservation and decontamination plans.