title: Distribution, diversity and abundance of bacterial laccase-like genes in different particle size fractions of sediments in a subtropical mangrove ecosystem.
abstract: This study investigated the diversity and abundance of bacterial lacasse-like genes in different particle size fractions, namely sand, silt, and clay of sediments in a subtropical mangrove ecosystem. Moreover, the effects of nutrient conditions on bacterial laccase-like communities as well as the correlation between nutrients and, both the abundance and diversity indices of laccase-like bacteria in particle size fractions were also studied. Compared to bulk sediments, Bacteroidetes, Caldithrix, Cyanobacteria and Chloroflexi were dominated in all 3 particle-size fractions of intertidal sediment (IZ), but Actinobacteria and Firmicutes were lost after the fractionation procedures used. The diversity index of IZ fractions decreased in the order of bulk > clay > silt > sand. In fractions of mangrove forest sediment (MG), Verrucomicrobia was found in silt, and both Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes appeared in clay, but no new species were found in sand. The declining order of diversity index in MG fractions was clay > silt > sand > bulk. Furthermore, the abundance of lacasse-like bacteria varied with different particle-size fractions significantly (p < 0.05), and decreased in the order of sand > clay > silt in both IZ and MG fractions. Additionally, nutrient availability was found to significantly affect the diversity and community structure of laccase-like bacteria (p < 0.05), while the total organic carbon contents were positively related to the abundance of bacterial laccase-like genes in particle size fractions (p < 0.05). Therefore, this study further provides evidence that bacterial laccase plays a vital role in turnover of sediment organic matter and cycling of nutrients.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Chao
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China. jdgu@hku.hk.
authors.forename: Ji-Dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D006723:Hong Kong; D042845:Laccase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D064307:Microbiota; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010316:Particle Size; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D042845:Laccase
keywords: Bacterial laccase-like genes; Diversity; Mangrove ecosystem; Nutrient availability; Particle-size fractions
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