Southern South Australian groundwater microbe diversity.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol
; 94(10)2018 10 01.
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| ID: mdl-30107498
ABSTRACT
Groundwater is increasingly used globally for domestic, industrial and agricultural production. While many studies have focused on groundwater as a resource, the diverse ecosystems within are often ignored. Here, we assess 54 Southern South Australian groundwater microbial communities from the populated part of the state to assess their status and dynamics in isolated groundwater systems. We observed a strong site-to-site individuality in groundwater bacterial communities, likely due to the isolated nature of groundwater bodies leading to unique ecosystems. Rank abundance analysis indicates bacterial diversity is maintained even at low abundances and that the distribution fits classical ecological models for strong competition in resource-limited environments. Combined, our data indicates that despite overrepresentation of pollutant-associated bacterial orders in and around the Adelaide metropolitan area, microbial communities remain diverse and show little evidence of converging on a common pollutant-effected community.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Microbiología del Agua
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Agua Subterránea
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
FEMS Microbiol Ecol
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM