Salinity drives archaeal distribution patterns in high altitude lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateau

dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yongqin
dc.contributor.authorPriscu, John C.
dc.contributor.authorXiong, Jinbo
dc.contributor.authorConrad, Ralf
dc.contributor.authorVick-Majors, Trista J.
dc.contributor.authorChu, Haiyan
dc.contributor.authorHou, Juzhi
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T23:55:19Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T23:55:19Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractArchaeal communities and the factors regulating their diversity in high altitude lakes are poorly understood. Here, we provide the first high-throughput sequencing study of Archaea from Tibetan Plateau lake sediments. We analyzed twenty lake sediments from the world\'s highest and largest plateau and found diverse archaeal assemblages that clustered into groups dominated by methanogenic Euryarchaeota, Crenarchaeota and Halobacteria/mixed euryarchaeal phylotypes. Statistical analysis inferred that salinity was the major driver of community composition, and that archaeal diversity increased with salinity. Sediments with the highest salinities were mostly dominated by Halobacteria. Crenarchaeota dominated at intermediate salinities, and methanogens were present in all lake sediments, albeit most abundant at low salinities. The distribution patterns of the three functional types of methanogens (hydrogenotrophic, acetotrophic and methylotrophic) were also related to changes in salinity. Our results show that salinity is a key factor controlling archaeal community diversity and composition in lake sediments on a spatial scale that spans nearly 2000 km on the Tibetan Plateau.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB956100); National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41425004, 41171050)en_US
dc.identifier.citationLiu, Yongqin , John C. Priscu, Jinbo Xiong, Ralf Conrad, Trista Vick-Majors, Haiyan Chu, and Juzhi Hou. "Salinity drives archaeal distribution patterns in high altitude lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateau ." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92, no. 3 (March 2016). DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw033 .en_US
dc.identifier.issn0168-6496
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/12481
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectarchaeaen_US
dc.subjectsalinityen_US
dc.subjectlake sedimenten_US
dc.subjectTibetan Plateauen_US
dc.titleSalinity drives archaeal distribution patterns in high altitude lake sediments on the Tibetan Plateauen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
mus.citation.issue3en_US
mus.citation.journaltitleFEMS Microbiology Ecologyen_US
mus.citation.volume92en_US
mus.contributor.orcidVick-Majors, Trista J.|0000-0002-6868-4010en_US
mus.data.thumbpage3en_US
mus.identifier.categoryChemical & Material Sciencesen_US
mus.identifier.categoryLife Sciences & Earth Sciencesen_US
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Agricultureen_US
mus.relation.departmentLand Resources & Environmental Sciences.en_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US

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