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Microbial Organic Matter Utilization in High-Arctic Streams: Key Enzymatic Controls.
Pastor, Ada; Freixa, Anna; Skovsholt, Louis J; Wu, Naicheng; Romaní, Anna M; Riis, Tenna.
Afiliação
  • Pastor A; Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Allé 1, Aarhus, Denmark. adapastor@bios.au.dk.
  • Freixa A; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Girona, Spain.
  • Skovsholt LJ; Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Allé 1, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Wu N; Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ole Worms Allé 1, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Romaní AM; Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Riis T; Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China.
Microb Ecol ; 78(3): 539-554, 2019 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30739147
In the Arctic, climate changes contribute to enhanced mobilization of organic matter in streams. Microbial extracellular enzymes are important mediators of stream organic matter processing, but limited information is available on enzyme processes in this remote area. Here, we studied the variability of microbial extracellular enzyme activity in high-Arctic fluvial biofilms. We evaluated 12 stream reaches in Northeast Greenland draining areas exhibiting different geomorphological features with contrasting contents of soil organic matter to cover a wide range of environmental conditions. We determined stream nitrogen, phosphorus, and dissolved organic carbon concentrations, quantified algal biomass and bacterial density, and characterized the extracellular enzyme activities involved in catalyzing the cleavage of a range of organic matter compounds (e.g., ß-glucosidase, phosphatase, ß-xylosidase, cellobiohydrolase, and phenol oxidase). We found significant differences in microbial organic matter utilization among the study streams draining contrasting geomorphological features, indicating a strong coupling between terrestrial and stream ecosystems. Phosphatase and phenol oxidase activities were higher in solifluction areas than in alluvial areas. Besides dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen availability was the main driver controlling enzyme activities in the high-Arctic, which suggests enhanced organic matter mineralization at increased nutrient availability. Overall, our study provides novel information on the controls of organic matter usage by high-Arctic stream biofilms, which is of high relevance due to the predicted increase of nutrient availability in high-Arctic streams in global climate change scenarios.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Bactérias / Proteínas de Bactérias / Rios / Substâncias Húmicas País/Região como assunto: America do norte / Europa Idioma: En Revista: Microb Ecol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Dinamarca

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Bactérias / Proteínas de Bactérias / Rios / Substâncias Húmicas País/Região como assunto: America do norte / Europa Idioma: En Revista: Microb Ecol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Dinamarca