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First insight into microbial community composition in a phosphogypsum waste heap soil
- Source :
- Acta biochimica Polonica. 64(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to investigate the soil microbial communities of a phosphogypsum waste heap. The soil microbial community structures can differ over time, as they are affected by the changing environmental conditions caused by a long-term exposure to different kinds of pollutions, like is the case of soil in the post-production waste area in Wiślinka (in the northern part of Poland) currently undergoing restoration. Our analyses indicated that the most abundant phyla were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria, and generally such an abundance is common for most of the studied soils. The most dominant class were Alphaproteobacteria, with their participation in 33.46% of the total reads. Among this class, the most numbered order was Sphingomonadales, whereas among this order the Sphingomonadaceae family was the most abundant one. The Sphingomonadaceae family is currently in the center of interest of many researchers, due to the ability of some of its members to utilize a wide range of naturally occurring organic compounds and many types of environmental contaminants. This kind of knowledge about microbial populations can support efforts in bioremediation and can improve monitoring changes in the contaminated environments.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Phosphogypsum
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Calcium Sulfate
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
040501 horticulture
Actinobacteria
Soil
Bioremediation
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Soil Pollutants
Soil Microbiology
biology
Ecology
Microbiota
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Phosphorus
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
biology.organism_classification
Sphingomonadaceae
Microbial population biology
Environmental science
Poland
0405 other agricultural sciences
Soil microbiology
Acidobacteria
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Details
- ISSN :
- 1734154X
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta biochimica Polonica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ad53893df18301e46320e3dfb7fb1fb1