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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 786, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147490
Keywords
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB); Human activities; Chinese intertidal sediments; Metals; Climatic parameters
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Funding
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB40000000]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41771506, 41725002, 4176114462, 41730646]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Open Foundation of East China Normal University (ECNU)
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Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in intertidal sediment along China's coastline show distinct spatial distribution patterns, influenced by various natural factors and pollutants from human activities. Anthropogenic factors can directly or indirectly affect the diversity and composition of the SRB community.
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), which are ubiquitous in intertidal sediments, play an important role in global sulfur and carbon cycles, and in the bioremediation of toxic metalloids/metals. Pollution from human activities is now a major challenge to the sustainable development of the intertidal zone, but little is known about how and to what extent various anthropic and/or natural factors affect the SRB community. In the current study, based on the dsrB gene, we investigated the SRB community in intertidal sediment along China's coastline. The results showed that dsrB gene abundances varied among different sampling sites, with the highest average abundance of SRB at XHR (near the Bohai Sea). The SRB community structures showed obvious spatial distribution patterns with latitude along the coastal areas of China, with Desulfobulbus generally being the dominant genus. Correlation analysis and redundancy discriminant analysis revealed that total organic carbon (TOC) and pH were significantly correlated with the richness of the SRB community, and salinity, pH, sulfate and climatic parameters could be the important natural factors influencing the composition of the SRB community. Moreover, metals, especially bioavailable metals, could regulate the diversity and composition of the SRB communities. Importantly, according to structural equation model (SEM) analysis, anthropic factors (e.g., population, economy and industrial activities) could drive SRB community diversity directly or by significantly affecting the concentrations of metals. This study provides the first comprehensive investigation of the direct and indirect anthropic factors on the SRB community in intertidal sediments on a continental scale. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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