title: Changes in community structure of sediment bacteria along the Florida coastal everglades marsh-mangrove-seagrass salinity gradient.
abstract: Community structure of sediment bacteria in the Everglades freshwater marsh, fringing mangrove forest, and Florida Bay seagrass meadows were described based on polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) patterns of 16S rRNA gene fragments and by sequencing analysis of DGGE bands. The DGGE patterns were correlated with the environmental variables by means of canonical correspondence analysis. There was no significant trend in the Shannon-Weiner index among the sediment samples along the salinity gradient. However, cluster analysis based on DGGE patterns revealed that the bacterial community structure differed according to sites. Not only were these salinity/vegetation regions distinct but the sediment bacteria communities were consistently different along the gradient from freshwater marsh, mangrove forest, eastern-central Florida Bay, and western Florida Bay. Actinobacteria- and Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi-like DNA sequences were amplified throughout all sampling sites. More Chloroflexi and members of candidate division WS3 were found in freshwater marsh and mangrove forest sites than in seagrass sites. The appearance of candidate division OP8-like DNA sequences in mangrove sites distinguished these communities from those of freshwater marsh. The seagrass sites were characterized by reduced presence of bands belonging to Chloroflexi with increased presence of those bands related to Cyanobacteria, gamma-Proteobacteria, Spirochetes, and Planctomycetes. This included the sulfate-reducing bacteria, which are prevalent in marine environments. Clearly, bacterial communities in the sediment were different along the gradient, which can be explained mainly by the differences in salinity and total phosphorus.
authors.affiliation: Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikenaga
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.forename: Amanda L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pisani
authors.forename: Joseph N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Boyer
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D044822:Biodiversity; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005431:Florida; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D006109:Poaceae / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D043982:Rhizophoraceae / Q000382:microbiology; D054712:Salinity; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014871:Water Microbiology; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D010758:Phosphorus
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