title: Bacterial diversity of surface sand samples from the Gobi and Taklamaken deserts.
abstract: Arid regions represent nearly 30 % of the Earth's terrestrial surface, but their microbial biodiversity is not yet well characterized. The surface sands of deserts, a subset of arid regions, are generally subjected to large temperature fluctuations plus high UV light exposure and are low in organic matter. We examined surface sand samples from the Taklamaken (China, three samples) and Gobi (Mongolia, two samples) deserts, using pyrosequencing of PCR-amplified 16S V1/V2 rDNA sequences from total extracted DNA in order to gain an assessment of the bacterial population diversity. In total, 4,088 OTUs (using ≥97 % sequence similarity levels), with Chao1 estimates varying from 1,172 to 2,425 OTUs per sample, were discernable. These could be grouped into 102 families belonging to 15 phyla, with OTUs belonging to the Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria phyla being the most abundant. The bacterial population composition was statistically different among the samples, though members from 30 genera were found to be common among the five samples. An increase in phylotype numbers with increasing C/N ratio was noted, suggesting a possible role in the bacterial richness of these desert sand environments. Our results imply an unexpectedly large bacterial diversity residing in the harsh environment of these two Asian deserts, worthy of further investigation.
authors: Univ. Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Génomique et Biodiversité Microbienne des Biofilms (LGBMB), Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, CNRS UMR 8621, Bâtiment 409, 91405, Orsay, France.
authors: Shu
authors: S
authors: An
authors: Cécile
authors: C
authors: Couteau
authors: Fan
authors: F
authors: Luo
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Neveu
authors: Michael S
authors: MS
authors: DuBow
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D044822:Biodiversity; D002681:China; D003889:Desert Climate; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide
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