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Microbial diversity associated with a Paralvinella sulfincola tube and the adjacent substratum on an active deep‐sea vent chimney
Author(s) -
PAGÉ A.,
JUNIPER S. K.,
OLAG M.,
ALAIN K.,
DESROSIERS G.,
QUÉRELLOU J.,
CAMBONBONAVITA M.A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.859
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1472-4669
pISSN - 1472-4677
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-4677.2004.00034.x
Subject(s) - biology , thermophile , phylogenetic diversity , mesophile , proteobacteria , euryarchaeota , ecology , microaerophile , hyperthermophile , phylogenetic tree , archaea , clostridiales , microbial ecology , 16s ribosomal rna , bacteria , genetics , gene
An extensive survey of the bacterial and archaeal phylogenetic diversity associated with a Paralvinella sulfincola tube and the adjacent substratum was conducted. Phylogenetic groups characterized by anaerobic and/or microaerophilic mesophiles dominated the bacterial 16S rDNA libraries (ɛ‐group F, Sulfurospirillum ‐group, δ‐ Proteobacteria ). The two libraries also contained groups with thermophilic lifestyles (ɛ‐group D, Caldithrix ‐group), groups comprising species with various phenotypes (ɛ‐group B, green non‐sulfur bacteria), and a group without cultured representative (ɛ‐group C). Archaeal 16S rDNA libraries from both samples were dominated by the novel lineage DHVE 9, and contained members of the uncultured group DHVE 3, as well as anaerobic hyperthermophiles from the families Thermofilaceae and Thermococcaceae . These results suggest the presence of mostly mesophilic and low oxygen conditions on the chimney surface, which is in accordance with descriptions of P. sulfincola 's habitat conditions. Although limited by the lack of replicates, our data on the P. sulfincola tube were compared to available data on the microbial communities associated with secretions from other deep‐sea vent polychaetes.