Microbial communities in a coastal cave: Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Mallorca, Western Mediterranean)

Busquets, Antonio; Fornós, Joan J.; Zafra, Freddy; Lalucat, Jorge; Merino, Antoni

doi:10.5038/1827-806x.43.2.8

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“…(40%). In correlation to our findings, a study by Busquets et al in 2014 reported two strains and two species of Brevundimonas from the alkaline waters of the cave pools at the Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Mallorca, Western Mediterranean, Spain) [33], while another study by Shabarova et al in 2010 reported Devosia spp. from the water sample collected from three pools of the Bärenschacht cave system (Switzerland) [34].…”

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“…Numerous studies reported Pseudomonas as the prevalent species in the cave environment. For instance, eight strains and five species of Pseudomonas were reported to play roles in the regulation of the biogeochemistry from the Majorcan Caves [33]. Similarly, another bacterial diversity study from the bacterial biofilms explored from five caves from the Meghalaya in India, and identified Pseudomonas spp.…”

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In Situ Cultured Bacterial Diversity from Iron Curtain Cave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

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Abstract:The culturable bacterial diversity from Iron Curtain Cave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada was examined. Sixty five bacterial isolates were successfully cultivated, purified, and identified based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Four distinguishable phyla, i.e., Actinobacteria (44.61%), Proteobacteria (27.69%), Firmicutes (20%) and Bacteroidetes (7.69%) were identified. Arthrobacter (21.53%) was identified as the major genus, followed by Sporosarcina (9.23%), Stenotrophomonas (9.23%), Streptomyces (6.15%), Brevundimonas (4.61%), and Crocebacterium (2.8%). Noteworthy, 12.3% of the population was recognized as unidentified bacteria. The isolates were evaluated for their potential antimicrobial activities against multidrug resistant microbial strains. Two species of the genus Streptomyces exhibited a wide range of antimicrobial activities against multidrug resistance (MDR) strains of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas spp. along with non-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli. However, all of the antimicrobial activities were only observed when the isolates were grown at 8 • C in different media. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study conducted on the Iron Curtain Cave's bacterial diversity, and reveals some bacterial isolates that have never been reported from a cave. Bacterial isolates identified with antimicrobial properties demonstrated that the Iron Curtain Cave can be further considered as a potential habitat for antimicrobial agents.

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In Situ Cultured Bacterial Diversity from Iron Curtain Cave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

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“…The MALDI-TOF MS is becoming increasingly essential for the characterization and identification of microorganisms in environmental microbiology and microbial diversity studies (Kopcakova et al 2014, Busquets et al 2014.…”

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“…MALDI-TOF MS has gained popularity as a microbial biotyping tool due to its speed, lowcost, simplicity, and applicability for a wide range of microbes. It is becoming an increasingly essential technique for microbial characterization and identification in environmental microbiology and microbial diversity studies (Patil et al 2015, Kopcakova et al 2014, Busquets et al 2014. MALDI-TOF MS has been used to identify environmental bacteria isolated from sludge (Ruelle et al 2004) and industrial waste disposal (Kopcakova et al 2014).…”

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Temporal variation of bacterial population and response to physical and chemical parameters along a petrochemical industry wastewater treatment plant

Antunes

Ballarini

Sand

2019

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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“…Little is known about the microbiota of Serbian caves (Popović et al, 2015), unlike many other European countries: Spain (Martinez and Asencio, 2010; Roldán and Hernández-Mariné, 2009;Urzì et al, 2010;Busquets et al, 2014), France (Borderie et al, 2011(Borderie et al, , 2014Bastian and Alabouvette, 2009), Italy (Cennamo et al, 2012;Giordano et al, 2000), Poland Mrozińska, 2009, 2011;Czerwik-Marcinkowska, 2013;Ogórek et al, 2013;Pusz et al, 2014), Slovenia (Klemenčić and Vrhovšek, 2005;Mulec et al, , 2012, Greece (Lamprinou et al, 2009(Lamprinou et al, , 2012(Lamprinou et al, , 2014Pantazidou and Roussomoustakaki, 2005), Czech Republic (Poulíčková and Hašler, 2007), Turkey (Selvi and Altuner, 2007), and Russia (Mazina and Maximov, 2011). We investigated cyanobacterial, algal, and fungal diversity in three karst caves in Serbia and related diversity to the environmental factors of light, temperature, and relative humidity and how these factors contribute to colonization by microorganisms.…”

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Cave biofilms: characterization of phototrophic cyanobacteria and algae and chemotrophic fungi from three caves in Serbia

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Simić²,

Stupar³

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Cyanobacteria, algae (Chlorophyta and Bacillariophyta), and fungi were identified from biofilm samples from three caves in western Serbia: Ribnička, Hadži Prodanova, and Rćanska. Temperature, light intensity, and relative humidity varied from 16.9 8C to 24.9 8C, 61% to 87%, and 215 Lux to 4400 Lux, respectively. In general, the highest number of documented taxa belonged to Cyanobacteria, with chroococcalean taxa prevailing and Gloeocapsa species as the most diverse. A large percentage of observed fungi were Ascomycetes or Zygomycetes, while the only representative of Basidiomycetes was Rhizoctonia s. lat. However, a redundancy analysis revealed that different taxonomic groups were dominant at different localities: cyanobacteria and fungi in Ribnička and Hadži Prodanova, and Chlorophyta and Bacillariophyta in Rćanska. The statistical analysis showed that relative humidity is an important physical parameter influencing the development of various microbial communities in different caves. Cyanobacteria were mostly found in places with lower relative humidity, while Chlorophyta and Bacillariophyta were found in places with higher humidity. The documented physical parameters did not have a significant impact on the distribution of fungi. Measured chlorophyll-a content was highest on horizontal surfaces, where the highest content of organic/inorganic matter were also recorded. The highest water content was observed in biofilm samples from which many cyanobacteria taxa were identified.

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Microbial communities in a coastal cave: Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Mallorca, Western Mediterranean)

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

In Situ Cultured Bacterial Diversity from Iron Curtain Cave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

In Situ Cultured Bacterial Diversity from Iron Curtain Cave, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Temporal variation of bacterial population and response to physical and chemical parameters along a petrochemical industry wastewater treatment plant

Cave biofilms: characterization of phototrophic cyanobacteria and algae and chemotrophic fungi from three caves in Serbia

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