Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 76-91.doi: 10.11978/2022216CSTR: 32234.14.2022216

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Distribution of the microbial Carbohydrate-Active enzymes genes in the surface sediment of the Daya Bay, China

SUN Cuici1,2(), YUE Weizhong3,4, ZHAO Wenjie1,5, WANG Youshao1,2()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. Daya Bay Marine Biology Research Station (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shenzhen 518121, China
    3. Marine Environmental Center (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guangzhou 510301, China
    4. Yangjiang Offshore Wind Power Laboratory, Yangjiang 529500, China
    5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2022-10-10 Revised:2022-11-22 Online:2023-09-10 Published:2023-01-09
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(42073078); National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1901211); Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2020A1515011137); National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017FY100707)

Abstract:

The microbial carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) are important in the process of carbohydrate mineralization in marine sediment. In this study, metagenomic analysis is used to identify microbial CAZymes genes and predict glycan utilization in the surface sediments from the Daya Bay in spring. The microbial communities showed specific utilization for the different structure glycans. Delta-proteobacteria were dominant for encoding CAZymes genes for the degradation of peptidoglycan and chitin. Gammaproteobacteria, Bacteroides and Planctomycetes were the dominant groups encoding CAZymes genes for the degradation of complex polysaccharides (fucoidan, laminarin, cellulose and hemicellulose), which was associated with their highest Shannon diversity of CAZymes families. Acidobacter was the primary contributors of CAZymes genes for cleaving oligo-galacturonic acid. The contributions of Archaea to most CAZymes genes were less than 1%, while their contributions of genes encoding carbohydrate esterase, binding module relating cellulose and hemicellulose degradation ranged from 2.18 %to11.1%. According to the functional of glycoside hydrolases, the substrate of CAZymes were mostly derived from autochthonous debris, i.e., bacterial sugars (peptidoglycans and α- glucan), algal cell wall (fucoidan and laminarin) and chitin. The relative abundances of CAZymes genes in the mouth for the algal derived organic debris with complex chemical structure were higher than those in the east-northern of the bay. The relative abundances of Auxiliary Activity families (AAs) genes related to lignin degradation were the highest in the east-northern of the bay, and their dominant AAs may help to increase lignocellulose solubility and subsequently enhance the bioavailability of GHs to lignocellulose. The compositions of CAZymes genes were mainly related to the particulate organic matter deposition from water columns and the depth of water body.

Key words: microbial community, carbohydrate-active enzymes genes, sediment, metagenome, Daya Bay