title: Microbial Ecology and Evolution in the Acid Mine Drainage Model System.
abstract: Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a unique ecological niche for acid- and toxic-metals-adapted microorganisms. These low-complexity systems offer a special opportunity for the ecological and evolutionary analyses of natural microbial assemblages. The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented interest in the study of AMD communities using 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and community genomic and postgenomic methodologies, significantly advancing our understanding of microbial diversity, community function, and evolution in acidic environments. This review describes new data on AMD microbial ecology and evolution, especially dynamics of microbial diversity, community functions, and population genomes, and further identifies gaps in our current knowledge that future research, with integrated applications of meta-omics technologies, will fill.
authors.affiliation: College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
authors.forename: Li-Nan
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
authors.forename: Jia-Liang
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.affiliation: College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China. Electronic address: shuws@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wen-Sheng
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Shu
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D044822:Biodiversity; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D020745:Genome, Archaeal / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008906:Mining; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013440:Sulfides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013440:Sulfides; C011342:pyrite; D007501:Iron
keywords: Leptospirillum Group II; functional dynamics; meta-omics; microbial distribution patterns; population genomic analysis