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Microbial diversity and community structure in an antimony-rich tailings dump TEXT SIZE: A A A
To assess the impact of antimony (Sb) on microbial community structure, 12 samples were taken from an Sb tailings pile in Guizhou Province, Southwest China. All 12 samples exhibited elevated Sb concentrations, but the mobile and bioaccessible fractions were small in comparison to total Sb concentrations. Besides the geochemical analyses, microbial communities inhabiting the tailing samples were characterized to investigate the interplay between the microorganisms and environmental factors in mine tailings. In all samples, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were the most dominant phyla. At the genus level, Thiobacillus, Limnobacter, Nocardioides, Lysobacter, Phormidium, and Kaistobacter demonstrated relatively high abundances. The two most abundant genera, Thiobacillus and Limnobacter, are characterized as sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and thiosulfate-oxidizing bacteria, respectively, while the genus Lysobacter contains arsenic (As)-resistant bacteria. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) indicates that TOC and the sulfate to sulfide ratio strongly shaped the microbial communities, suggesting the influence of the environmental factors in the indigenous microbial communities.

Publication name

 APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 100 (17):7751-7763; 10.1007/s00253-016-7598-1 SEP 2016

Author(s)

 Xiao, Enzong; Krumins, Valdis; Dong, Yiran; Xiao, Tangfu; Ning, Zengping; Xiao, Qingxiang; Sun, Weimin

Corresponding author 

 XIAO Tangfu
 xiaotangfu@vip.gyig.ac.cn
 -Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang 500081, Peoples R China
 -Innovation Center and Key Laboratory of Waters Safety & Protection in the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education,Guangzhou University, Guiyang, People’s Republic of China
 SUN Weimin
 swm@envsci.rutgers.edu
 -Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang 500081, Peoples R China
 -Rutgers State Univ, Dept Microbiol & Biochem, 14 Coll Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
 -Guangdong Inst Ecoenvironm & Soil Sci, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China

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