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Seasonal dynamics of bacterial communities in the surface seawater around subtropical Xiamen Island, China, as determined by 16S rRNA gene profiling

Wang, Yu, Liu, Yanting, Wang, Jianning, Luo, Tingwei, Zhang, Rui, Sun, Jia, Zheng, Qiang, Jiao, Nianzhi·2019·Marine Pollution Bulletin

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This study investigated the microbial structure in the surface seawater from five coastal sites around Xiamen Island, China, over four seasons to evaluate seasonal environmental fluctuations impact on them. This subtropical island is characterized by long, hot, humid summers, and short, mild, dry winters. All sites were dominated by Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, and Firmicutes; microbial community composition was similar across four seasons. However, larger proportions of Gammaproteobacteria and Bacillus were observed during the summer than during any other season. The high ratio of Bacillus, Bacteroidetes, and Clostridia richness to Alphaproteobacteria richness in the summer, suggested that the sites we tested were heavily affected by waste water to other seasons. Correlation-based network analyses among the bacterial species and environmental variables indicated important connections between physiochemical variables and specific taxonomic groups. Collectively, our results suggested that seasonal shifts and wastewater pollution together shape the structures of the microbial communities around Xiamen Island.

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  • Seasonal variations in coastal seawaters surrounding the subtropical Xiamen Island in China have been shown, where Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, and Firmicutes dominated all samples even though more than 400 bacterial groups were identified as unique to at least one season.

    “Such variations have been shown in the coastal seawaters surrounding the subtropical Xiamen Island in China, where Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, and Firmicutes dominated all samples even though more than 400 bacterial groups were identified as unique to at least one season (Wang et al., 2019).”

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Authors
Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, J., Luo, T., Zhang, R., Sun, J., Zheng, Q., & Jiao, N.
Affiliations
Xiamen University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zheng, Qiang
  • Jiao, Nianzhi
Venue
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-05
Volume
142
Pages
135-144
ISSN
0025-326X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2923514795
Cited by
45
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 1
FWCI
3.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Xiamen University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
Keywords
bacterial community composition, seasonal dynamics, surface seawater, coastal microbial communities, wastewater pollution, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Bacillus, Gammaproteobacteria, Clostridia, Alphaproteobacteria, physicochemical drivers, Xiamen Island
MeSH terms
Cyanobacteria, Bacteria, China, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Seasons, Seawater, Water Microbiology, Water Pollution, Proteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Wastewater, Islands, Estuaries

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