Cyanobacteria in New Zealand inland waters: Experimental studies   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Anthony B. Viner 《新西兰海洋与淡水研究杂志》2013,47(3):503-507

A small volume of experimental work with cyanobacteria in New Zealand has been produced through the last two decades. Except for some studies with geothermal organisms biased to New Zealand conditions, most work has followed the world‐wide trends in cyanobacterial research. There has been some emphasis on N₂‐fixing species, but symbiotic relationships, metabolic kinetics, nutrient and other environmental factors promoting ecological dominance, and toxicity have been investigated.  相似文献   

Bacterial symbiosis forming laminated iron‐rich deposits in Okuoku‐hachikurou hot spring,Akita Prefecture,Japan     

CHIZURU TAKASHIMA  TOMOYO OKUMURA  SHIN NISHIDA  HIROKO KOIKE  AKIHIRO KANO 《Island Arc》2011,20(2):294-304

Banded iron formations are the most characteristic of Archean–Paleoproterozoic sediment records. Laminated textures resembling banded iron formations can be observed in modern hot‐spring environments. Using sedimentological and microbiological techniques, we investigated the processes of laminar formation and considered the origin of lamination textures. An iron‐rich deposit at the Okuoku‐hachikurou hot spring in Japan exhibits sub‐millimeter laminations consisting of bacteria‐induced ferrihydrite and aragonite. The ferrihydrite particles are spherical and exhibit fine lamination, up to 100 µm thick in ferrihydrite‐rich parts. In aragonite‐rich parts, ferrihydrite particles form filamentous textures with diameters of 10–30 µm, but not laminations. Textural analysis using scanning electron microscopy and phylotype analysis using 16S rRNA indicated the bacterial contribution to ferrihydrite precipitation. A sheath‐like fabric showing a meshwork of nanometer‐order organic filaments, and sheath‐forming bacteria were observed in the deposit specimen etched by citric acid. Phylotype analysis detected in the iron‐rich deposits some bacterial types related to cyanobacteria, purple bacteria, and iron‐oxidizing bacteria. Iron‐oxidizing bacteria probably were responsible for precipitation of the ferrihydrite. Chemolithoautotrophic iron‐oxidizing bacteria are microaerophilic and thrive on Fe(II) in a redox gradient, but dissolved oxygen was not detected in the Okuoku‐hachikurou hot spring. Thus, a certain supply of oxygen is needed for metabolism of the microaerophilic iron‐oxidizing bacteria. The distribution of photosynthetic pigments in the iron‐rich parts indicates that the most likely source of oxygen is photosynthesis by cyanobacteria. This symbiotic relationship between cyanobacteria and iron‐oxidizing bacteria can explain the laminated texture of iron‐rich deposits in the Okuoku‐hachikurou hot spring. These laminations may reflect changes in photosynthetic intensity. There is presently some debate about the bacterial groups that may have played roles in precipitation of banded iron formations. This study presents a new bacterial model for iron precipitation and may provide a mechanism for sub‐millimeter laminations in banded iron formations deposited in shallow water.  相似文献   

Modelling the growth of cyanobacteria (GrowSCUM)     

A. Howard  M. J. Kirkby  P. E. Kneale  A. T. McDonald 《水文研究》1995,9(7):809-820

Toxic cyanobacteria have become a common nuisance in freshwater lakes and reservoirs throughout the world, sometimes resulting in the closure of sites with high amenity value. Cyanobacteria are able to regulate their buoyancy state in response to changing photosynthetic rates. Additionally, the cyanobacteria are liable to become entrained within wind-induced near-surface turbulent currents, resulting in mixing and mass transport. These movement processes have been modelled. A mathematical function is presented which describes light- and nutrient-limited cyanobacterial growth. The growth model is integrated with a previous movement model (SCUM: simulation of cyanobacterial underwater movement) as movement patterns and wind-induced lake mixing strongly affect the intensity and duration of light received by the cyanobacteria and thereby determine the photosynthetic potential. Results of the model suggest that cyanobacteria are resistant to periods of lake mixing and continue to increase their biomass, but at a depressed rate. Growth is most rapid under calm conditions. The results agree well with field-based findings, confirming the validity of the growth function.  相似文献   

SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATES OF SYNECHOCOCCUS SPP. GROWTH AND GRAZING MORTALITY RATES IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

宁修仁 《中国海洋湖沼学报》1996,(1)

The marine chroococcoid phycoerythrin-containing Synechococcus spp.cyanobacterium has been impli-cated as a subsetantial component of the photosynthetic picoplankton in the ocean. Although its imppr-tance as food source for heterotrophic nanoplankton is now recognized, information about the cycling ofSynechococcus biomass and its diel pattern is limited and study methodology varies among authors. Theselective metabolic inhibitor method was used to simultaneously estimate growth and grazing disappearancerates of Synechococcus in the English Channel where growth rates ranged from 0.25 to 0.72/d (mean±SD=0.51±0.17/d) and grazing mortality rates ranged from 0.19 to 0.64/d (mean ±SD=0.48±0.17/d).Size-fractionated experiments demonstrated that up to 70% of Synechosoccus disappearance could be attri-buted to grazers going through a 2 μm Nuclepore filter. Synechococcus grazing mortality rates (mean=0.74±0.25/d) during the day were alwnys higher than that (mean=0.21±0.20d) during the night, while growthrat  相似文献   

Zooplankton Feeding Ecology: Grazing by Marine Copepods and Cladocerans upon Phytoplankton and Cyanobacteria from Kingston Harbour, Jamaica     

Jefferson T.  Turner  Russell R.  Hopcroft  Jean A.  Lincoln  Cameran Sassman  Huestis  Patricia A.  Tester John c.  Roff 《Marine Ecology》1998,19(3):195-208

Abstract. Grazing by the copepods Temora turbinata and Acartia lilljeborgii and the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris on natural phytoplankton and cyanobacteria assemblages from Kingston Harbour. Jamaica, was examined in summer 1992. Food assemblages were often dominated by an unidentified filamentous cyanobacterium. with abundances of up to 1.16 × 10⁴ filaments. ml^-1. Other abundant phytoplankters included microflagellates and diatoms of the genus Niteschia. Mean clearance rates for the entire food assemblage ranged from 0.10 to 2.41 ml animal^-1. h^-1, although most mean clearance rates were between 0.5 and 1.5 ml. animal^-1 h^-1. Patterns of selection of different food items by various grazers on different dates were variable and inconsistent. Microscopic measurements revealed that cyanobacterial filament lengths were shorter in grazed than initial aliquots during a cyanobacterium bloom in August. This suggests that grazers reduced lengths of many filaments by biting off portions, in addition to consuming entire filaments. Such ‘filament clipping’ of cyanobacteria filaments has been recorded previously in freshwater studies and suggests that grazers impact a larger portion of the phytoplankton assemblage than is accounted for by ingestion and clearance rates based only upon removal of filaments. Grazers exhibited no adverse effects from consuming cyanobacteria. Cyanobacterkd are often considered to be toxic or of poor food quality for planktonic grazers. but due to the high abundance and dominance of filamentous cyanobacteria in Kingston Harbour. if these cyanobacteria were ungrazed. there would at times be little alternative phytoplankton food for copepods and cladocerans. Our results suggest that the trophic role of tilamentous cyanobacteria in pelagic food webs of the tropical ocean should be further investigated and possibly reconsidered.  相似文献   

Alkaline phosphatase activity of water column fractions and seagrass in a tropical carbonate estuary, Florida Bay     

Marguerite S. Koch  Demetris C. Kletou  Rosanna Tursi 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2009,83(4):403-413

Few phosphorus-depleted coastal ecosystems have been examined for their ability to hydrolyze phosphomonoesters. We examined seasonal (August 2006–April 2007) alkaline phosphatase activity in Florida Bay, a phosphorus-limited shallow estuary, using fluorescent substrate at low concentrations (≤2.0 μM). In situ dissolved inorganic and organic phosphorus levels and phosphomonoester concentrations were also determined. Water column alkaline phosphatase activity was partitioned into two particulate size fractions (>1.2 and 0.2–1.2 μm) and freely dissolved enzymes (<0.2 μm). Water column alkaline phosphatase activity was also compared to leaf and epiphyte activity of the dominant tropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Our results indicate: (1) potential alkaline phosphatase activity in Florida Bay is high compared to other marine ecosystems, resulting in rapid phosphomonoester turnover times (2 h). (2) Water column alkaline phosphatase activity dominates, and is split equally between particulate and dissolved fractions. (3) Alkaline phosphatase activity was highest during cyanobacterial blooms, but not when normalized to chl a. These results suggest that dissolved, heterotrophic and autotrophic alkaline phosphatase activity is stimulated by phytoplankton blooms. (4) The dissolved alkaline phosphatase activity is relatively constant, while the particulate activity is seasonally and spatially dynamic, typically associated with phytoplankton blooms. (5) Phosphomonoester concentrations throughout the bay are low, even though potential hydrolysis rates are high. We propose that bioavailable dissolved organic P is hydrolyzed by dissolved and microbial alkaline phosphatase enzymes in Florida Bay. High alkaline phosphatase activity in the bay is also promoted by long hydraulic residence times. This background activity is primarily driven by carbon and phosphorus limitation of microorganisms, and regeneration of enzymes associated with cell lysis. Pulses of inorganic phosphorus and labile organic phosphorus and nitrogen may stimulate autotrophs, particularly cyanobacteria, which in turn promote biological activity that increase alkaline phosphatase activity of both autotrophs and heterotrophs in the bay.  相似文献   

准噶尔盆地古尔班通古特沙漠生物结皮蓝藻研究   总被引：14，自引：0，他引：14  

张丙昌  张元明  赵建成  张茹春 《地理与地理信息科学》2005,21(5):107-109

通过对古尔班通古特沙漠中9个样地73份生物土壤结皮蓝藻的研究,分析该沙漠生物结皮中蓝藻的区系组成、生态分布特点和蓝藻在生物结皮中的作用机制。研究表明,该沙漠中有蓝藻门植物6科25属77种,其中以丝状种类占优势;蓝藻在不同地貌部位分布略有差异,在丘间低地种类最为丰富;不同种类的蓝藻对地貌部位的选择性不同,大部分对地貌部位具有选择性;蓝藻种类和数量在结皮层较多,在结皮下层明显减少。生物结皮的显微观察揭示了丝状蓝藻和胞外多糖形成错综复杂的网状结构,起着捆绑、黏结沙粒和固定沙粒的作用。  相似文献   

Ultrastructural Evidence for a Novel Accumulation of Ca in a Microbial Mat from a Slight Acidic Hot Spring     

PENG Xiaotong  ZHOU Huaiyang  YAO Huiqiang  LI Jiangtao  WU Zijun 《《地质学报》英文版》2010,84(3):624-631

<正>Microbial mats are ecosystems that can control or induce the precipitation of calcium(Ca) carbonate on Earth through geological time.In the present study,we report on a novel accumulation of Ca,together with iron(Fe),in a microbial mat collected from a slight acidic hot spring(pH=5.9) in south China.Combining an array of approaches,including environmental scanning electron microscopy,X-ray microanalysis,transmission electron microscopy,and selected area electron diffraction,we provide ultrastructral evidence for amorphous acicular aggregates containing Ca and Fe associated with cyanobacteria precipitating in the microbial mats.Cyanobacterial photosynthesis and exopolymeric organic matrixes are considered to be responsible for the precipitation of Ca.These amorphous acicular aggregates might imply the early stage of calcification occurring in microbial mats.Ca and Fe coprecipitation indicates another potential important way of inorganic element precipitation in hot spring microbial mats.Our results provide insight into the possible mechanism of cyanobacterial calcification and microfossil preservation in slight acidic hot spring environments.  相似文献   

Grazing on microcystin-producing and microcystin-free phytoplankters by different filter-feeders: implications for lake restoration     

Luis M. Dionisio Pires  Babette M. Bontes  Larysa Samchyshyna  Jacco Jong  Ellen Van Donk  Bas W. Ibelings 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》2007,69(4):534-543

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The fluctuating environment associated with the episodic biotic crisis during the Permo/Triassic transition:Evidence from microbial biomarkers in Changxing,Zhejiang Province     

HUANG XianYu  JIAO Dan  LU LiQiang  XIE ShuCheng  HUANG JunHua  WANG YongBiao  YIN HongFu  WANG HongMei  ZHANG KeXin & LAI XuLong Key Laboratory of Biogeology  Environmental Geology  Ministry of Education  and the State Key Laboratory of GPMR  China University of Geosciences  Wuhan  China  Faculty of Material Science  Chemical Engineering  China University of Geosciences  Wuhan  China  School of Environmental Studies  China University of Geosciences  Wuhan  China 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》2007,50(7):1052-1059

The environmental conditions and the biotic crisis during the Permo-Triassic (Tr/P) transition received increasing attention in the past decades. Presented herein are the molecular fossil records of cyano-bacteria and green sulfur bacteria,the base of the marine ecosystem,to highlight the episodic nature of both the environment and the biotic crisis during this critical period. At least two episodes of cyano-bacterial expansion are documented by 2-methylhopanes ranging from C28 to C32 in carbon number,indicative of the instable marine ecosystem and the fluctuant aquatic nutrients. Meanwhile,the index of 2-alkyl-1,3,4-trimethylbenzenes (biomarkers of green sulfur bacteria) and the ratio of pristane to phy-tane (Pr/Ph) witness the fluctuation of sedimentary environmental redox conditions. The above mo-lecular evidence suggests the occurrence of highly fluctuating environmental conditions during the Tr/P transition,which is consistent with,and probably the cause of,the multi-phased biotic crisis and the prolonged faunal recovery.  相似文献