Abstract
Genotypic and morphological diversity of cyanobacteria in the Rupite hot spring (Bulgaria) was investigated by means of optical microscopy, cultivation, single-cell PCR, and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Altogether, 34 sites were investigated along the 71–39 °C temperature gradient. Analysis of samples from eight representative sites shown that Illumina, optical microscopy, and Roche 454 identified 72, 45 and 19% respective occurrences of all cumulatively present taxa. Optical microscopy failed to detect species of minor occurrence; whereas, amplicon sequencing technologies suffered from failed primer annealing and the presence of species with extensive extracellular polysaccharides production. Amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene V5–V6 region performed by Illumina identified the cyanobacteria most reliably to the generic level. Nevertheless, only the combined use of optical microscopy, cultivation and sequencing methods allowed for reliable estimate of the cyanobacterial diversity. Here, we show that Rupite hot-spring system hosts one of the richest cyanobacterial flora reported from a single site above 50 °C. Chlorogloeopsis sp. was the most abundant at the highest temperature (68 °C), followed by Leptolyngbya boryana, Thermoleptolyngbya albertanoae, Synechococcus bigranulatus, Oculatella sp., and Desertifilum sp. thriving above 60 °C, while Leptolyngbya geysericola, Geitlerinema splendidum, and Cyanobacterium aponinum were found above 50 °C.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 35-48 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Extremophiles |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 22 Jan 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements We thank M. Dachev, H. Medová, V. Selya-nin, T. Stambolieva and V. Titlová for their technical assistance. The authors are particularly indebted to the editor and reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. This study was conducted with support from GAČR projects 15-00703S (to M.K., D.K. and K.K.), and 15-00113S (to O.S.), Czech Ministry of Education projects “CENAKVA” (No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0024), and “CENAKVA II” (No. LO1205 under the NPU I program), European Regional Development Fund-Project (No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000441) and Algatech Plus (LO1416). J. L. and P.P. thank the Mobility Program of the Bulgarian and Czech Academies of Science, “Study of biotechnological potential of extremophilic and extremotolerant algae and cyanobacteria”.
Funding Information:
We thank M. Dachev, H. Medová, V. Selyanin, T. Stambolieva and V. Titlová for their technical assistance. The authors are particularly indebted to the editor and reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. This study was conducted with support from GAČR projects 15-00703S (to M.K., D.K. and K.K.), and 15-00113S (to O.S.), Czech Ministry of Education projects “CENAKVA” (No. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0024), and “CENAKVA II” (No. LO1205 under the NPU I program), European Regional Development Fund-Project (No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000441) and Algatech Plus (LO1416). J. L. and P.P. thank the Mobility Program of the Bulgarian and Czech Academies of Science, “Study of biotechnological potential of extremophilic and extremotolerant algae and cyanobacteria”.
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Keywords
- Bulgaria
- Cyanobacteria
- Extremophile
- Hot spring
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Molecular Medicine