Archaea diversity in vegetation gradients from the Brazilian Cerrado

Ademir Sergio Ferreira de Araujo; Lucas Wiliam Mendes; Walderly Melgaço Bezerra; Luis Alfredo Pinheiro Leal Nunes; Maria do Carmo Catanho Pereira de Lyra; Marcia do Vale Barreto Figueiredo; Vania Maria Maciel Melo

doi:10.1016/j.bjm.2017.08.010

Archaea diversity in vegetation gradients from the Brazilian Cerrado

Braz J Microbiol. 2018 Jul-Sep;49(3):522-528. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2017.08.010. Epub 2018 Feb 11.

Authors

Ademir Sergio Ferreira de Araujo¹, Lucas Wiliam Mendes², Walderly Melgaço Bezerra³, Luis Alfredo Pinheiro Leal Nunes⁴, Maria do Carmo Catanho Pereira de Lyra⁵, Marcia do Vale Barreto Figueiredo⁵, Vania Maria Maciel Melo³

Affiliations

¹ Federal University of Piauí, Agricultural Science Center, Soil Quality Lab., Teresina, PI, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² University of Sao Paulo USP, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture CENA, Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
³ Federal University of Ceara, Laboratório de Ecologia Microbiana e Biotecnologia, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
⁴ Federal University of Piauí, Agricultural Science Center, Soil Quality Lab., Teresina, PI, Brazil.
⁵ Agronomic Institute of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.

Abstract

We used 16S rRNA sequencing to assess the archaeal communities across a gradient of Cerrado. The archaeal communities differed across the gradient. Crenarcheota was the most abundant phyla, with Nitrosphaerales and NRPJ as the predominant classes. Euryachaeota was also found across the Cerrado gradient, including the classes Metanocellales and Methanomassiliicoccaceae.

Keywords: 16S rRNA; Microbial ecology; Soil microbiology; Tropical soils.

MeSH terms

Archaea / classification
Archaea / genetics
Archaea / growth & development
Archaea / isolation & purification*
Biodiversity
Brazil
Phylogeny
Plant Development
Plants / classification
Plants / microbiology*
Soil / chemistry
Soil Microbiology*

Substances

Soil