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Microbial communities in sea cucumber ( Apostichopus japonicus ) culture pond and the effects of environmental factors
Author(s) -
Xu Hanchen,
Wang Luo,
Bao Xueyu,
Jiang Ningjin,
Yang Xiaopei,
Hao Zhenlin,
Chang Yaqing,
Ding Jun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/are.14002
Subject(s) - apostichopus japonicus , biology , microbial population biology , species richness , ecology , proteobacteria , ecosystem , gammaproteobacteria , community structure , sea cucumber , 16s ribosomal rna , bacteria , genetics
This study investigated microbial community composition as well as their correlation with environmental factors of Apostichopus japonicus culture ponds in northern China by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The results showed that microbiota richness varied consistently with diversity in the pond ecosystem. Microbiota richness and diversity were highest in sediment, followed by gut of A. japonicus and water. The dominant bacterial phylum in the pond ecosystem is Proteobacteria. Gammaproteobacteriaeria and Flavobacteria are two dominant bacterial classes in the ecosystem. There is significant difference ( p < 0.05) between dominant bacterial communities at the levels of order, family and genus. There is also remarkable regional difference ( p < 0.05) between microbial community composition in the pond ecosystems. Specifically, microbial community composition in Changhai and Yingkou show a high similarity, so do those of Laoting and Rushan. According to the redundancy analysis of the microbial community composition and pond environmental factors, chemical oxygen demand is the dominant environmental factor determining microbial community composition in pond water; sulphide has the greatest influence on the microbial community composition in pond sediment; the rest of environmental factors have varied influence on microbial community composition in pond ecosystems.