Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 170-180.doi: 10.11978/2023183CSTR: 32234.14.2023183

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Diversity of culturable bacteria in the sedimentary sands of the Meiji Reef

JIANG Rouyun1,2,3(), JIAN Lili1,2,3, SHI Songbiao1,2,3, TIAN Xinpeng1,2()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shantou 515041, China
    3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2023-12-05 Revised:2024-02-21 Online:2024-11-10 Published:2024-12-05
  • Contact: TIAN Xinpeng
  • Supported by:
    Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(321CXTD447); National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170018); Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province of China(2021B1212050023)

Abstract:

The special environment of reefs in the South China Sea has created a rich and colorful microbial world, where a large number of microorganisms are yet to be excavated and utilized. Due to geographical conditions and other factors, there are few studies on them. In this paper, culturable microorganisms were selectively isolated from the sedimentary sands of the Meiji Reef by using oligotrophic media combined with high salt and high temperature conditions. And their diversity and distribution were also studied, a variety of functional media were used to explore the functions of these microorganisms. The 674 isolates belong to 5 phyla, 6 classes, 26 orders, 38 families, 62 genera, 146 species, respectively, and 42 potential new species with less than 98.65% similarity composes around 28.7% all of them. Among the cultured bacteria obtained, the Phyla of Actinobacteriota and Pseudomonadota are the most abundant, accounting for 61.6% of the total isolated strains. Functional analysis revealed that 2 species have the phospho-reducing activity, 36 species have the urease-producing activity and 57 species have the iron-bearing activity. The research results indicate that there are microbial abundance, much new species resources and high diversity of microorganism with special ecology functions in the reef environment. In study, these accumulates rich microbial species resources, laying the foundation for the deeply exploration of microbial resources utilization and the ecological restoration of the coral-sands ecosystem in the Meiji Reef.

Key words: coral sand on islands and reefs, oligotrophic medium, high temperature and salinity, culturable bacterial, functional diversity

CLC Number: 

  • Q938.8