Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2022, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 149-158.doi: 10.11978/2021050CSTR: 32234.14.2021050

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Diversity of cultured bacteria isolated from three coral reef sediments in South China Sea

LI Cun1,3,4(), CUI Linqing1,3,4, YANG Hongqiang2, LONG Lijuan1,3(), TIAN Xinpeng1,3()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guangzhou 510301, China
    3. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China
    4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2021-04-15 Revised:2021-05-12 Online:2022-03-10 Published:2021-05-12
  • Contact: LONG Lijuan,TIAN Xinpeng E-mail:licun18@mails.ucas.ac.cn;xinpengtian@scsio.ac.cn;longlj@scsio.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA19060301);Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)(GML2019ZD0402);Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(2019BT02Y262)

Abstract:

There are a large number of uncultured microbial resources in coral reef environments. Microbial diversity research will help us understand their ecological functions, and also help develop and utilize microbial resources. In this study, a total of 349 pure bacterial strains were obtained by selective isolation media with multiple oligotrophic components, from three samples collected from three coral reef islands in the South China Sea. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, we found the cultivable bacteria belong to four phyla of Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes; and they spread into six class, 26 orders, 43 families, 73 genera, and 134 species. There are 18 potential new taxa with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities less than 97%. The dominant group is Actinobacteria, which accounts for 60% of all isolates. In this study, the improved and optimized oligotrophic media were used, which showed better isolation results including the composition of the microbial community and rare or new taxa in every sample. The results showed that the cultivable microbial resources are rich and diverse in coral reef island environments of the South China Sea, and the microbial community has comprehensive functions for material and energy metabolism; and the proportion is higher to obtain potential new taxa. This research has laid a good foundation for the methods to mine microbial resources in coral reef islands; it also accumulated abundant and rare microbial resources for the deep development and application in the future.

Key words: Coral reef island, oligotrophic medium, cultivable bacterial diversity, microbial resources

CLC Number: 

  • P735.51