Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 80-91.doi: 10.11978/2023186CSTR: 32234.14.2023186

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Diversity of culturable bacteria in different water layers in the upwelling area of eastern Guangdong

ZHANG Jing1,2(), LING Juan1, SHI Songbiao1,3, WEI Zhangliang1, FAN Like1,2()   

  1. 1. Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shantou 515041, China
    2. Testing Center of Marine Environment, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
    3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2023-12-05 Revised:2024-03-29 Online:2024-11-10 Published:2024-12-05
  • Contact: FAN Like
  • Supported by:
    Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China(2021B1212050023); Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(2019BT02Y262)

Abstract:

Upwelling promotes material cycling and energy flow in offshore ecosystems through enhanced diffusion and unique environmental drivers, which directly affects the growth, reproduction, and distribution of organisms in the environment. In this environment there are a large number of uncultivated or difficult to cultivate microorganisms and new gene resources, which need to be cultured and explored in deeply. In this study, 27 seawater samples were collected from the surface, middle and bottom layers of the upwelling area in eastern Guangdong to explore the diversity and distribution patterns of bacteria and their correlation with the depth. A total of 1928 bacterial strains were isolated by pure culture method, and identified by 16S rRNA gene sequences. Results showed that these bacteria were distributed in 5 phyla, 9 classes, 32 orders, 54 families, 121 genera and 262 species. Among them, Proteobacteria was the dominant phylum, accounting for 46.9%. Actinomycetia was the dominant class, accounting for 44.8%. Microbacteriales was the dominant order, accounting for 21.2%. In general, the diversity of species from the mid-level seawater was significantly lower than that from the surface and bottom seawater environments, but the dominant populations obtained from the three levels were basically the same, and the most optimal group was Microbacteriales. The number of potential new bacteria isolated from different water layers was ranked as bottom layer> surface layer> middle layer. The rate of potential new bacteria isolated from different media was ranked as follows of 2216E medium> R2A medium> ISP2 medium> MSM medium> IMK medium. CCA (canonical correspondence analysis) showed that the environmental factors that significantly affected the changes of bacterial diversity were Chl (chlorophyll content), ASS (active silicate salts), AP (active phosphate), Amm (ammonia) and BOD (biochemical oxygen demand). In this study, we systematically investigated the diversity and distribution of culturable marine bacterial in the upwelling area of eastern Guangdong. These results showed the key microbial information and data for the further study on culturabble bacterial diversity in the offshore upwelling area, and also provided reference for the exploration and utilization of species and gene resources in the typical ocean environment.

Key words: East Guangdong upwelling, culturable bacterial diversity, different isolation medium, different water layers

CLC Number: 

  • Q938.8