生物多样性 ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 24247.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2024247  cstr: 32101.14.biods.2024247

• 研究报告: 微生物多样性 • 上一篇    下一篇

纳木措流域岸边带湿地产甲烷古菌群落多样性与分布特征

刘源1,2, 杜剑卿3,4(), 马丽媛4, 杨刚1,*()(), 田建卿2,*()()   

  1. 1.西南科技大学生命科学与工程学院, 四川绵阳 621010
    2.中国科学院植物研究所植被与环境变化重点实验室, 北京 100093
    3.中国科学院大学, 北京燕山地球关键带国家野外科学观测研究站, 北京 101408
    4.中国科学院大学资源与环境学院, 北京 100049
  • 收稿日期:2024-06-19 接受日期:2024-09-24 出版日期:2025-01-20 发布日期:2024-12-19
  • 通讯作者: * E-mail: tianjq@ibcas.ac.cn; yanggang903@163.com.
  • 基金资助:
    第二次青藏高原综合科学考察(2019QZKK0304)

Diversity and distribution of methanogen communities in the riparian wetlands of the Nam Co basin

Yuan Liu1,2, Jianqing Du3,4(), Liyuan Ma4, Gang Yang1,*()(), Jianqing Tian2,*()()   

  1. 1 School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan 621010, China
    2 Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
    3 Beijing Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
    4 College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2024-06-19 Accepted:2024-09-24 Online:2025-01-20 Published:2024-12-19
  • Contact: * E-mail: tianjq@ibcas.ac.cn; yanggang903@163.com.
  • Supported by:
    The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition(2019QZKK0304)

摘要:

高寒河流型湿地生态系统是甲烷排放的重要区域。产甲烷古菌是湿地生境中甲烷产生的主要来源之一, 其群落组成变化显著影响全球碳循环过程。然而, 高寒河流型湿地产甲烷古菌群落的组成与分布特征尚不明确。因此, 本研究以青藏高原纳木措湖尼亚曲流域为研究对象, 利用mcrA基因扩增子测序技术, 对横向(岸边带湿地、过渡带、高寒草甸)和纵向(4,980 m、4,843 m、4,777 m、4,752 m 4个海拔梯度)两个维度上的土壤产甲烷古菌进行分析, 探讨其多样性、群落结构及分布模式。结果表明, 从岸边带湿地至过渡带再到高寒草甸, 产甲烷古菌群落的α多样性逐渐降低, 岸边带湿地群落组成显著不同于高寒草甸和过渡带。在所有样点中, 氢营养型甲烷杆菌属(Methanobacterium)是最主要的产甲烷古菌(高寒草甸、过渡带和岸边带湿地的平均相对丰度依次为45.78%、42.90%及34.17%)。中性群落模型表明, 随机过程是岸边带湿地产甲烷古菌群落构建的主要驱动因素, 但随机过程对高寒草甸及过渡带群落贡献较少。FEAST溯源分析表明, 横向维度上, 高寒草甸和过渡带对岸边带湿地产甲烷古菌群落的贡献率分别为17.62%和13.04%; 纵向维度上, 低海拔(样点S4)岸边带湿地产甲烷古菌群落主要由河流上游岸边带湿地(49.71%)和高寒草甸(21.45%)输入, 表明高寒草甸是岸边带湿地产甲烷古菌群落的重要物种库。本研究揭示了高寒流域土壤产甲烷古菌群落的多样性组成及分布模式, 对理解高寒生态系统功能具有重要意义。

关键词: 岸边带湿地, 产甲烷古菌, 群落组装, 微生物来源

Abstract

Aims: Alpine riverine wetland ecosystems are significant sources of methane emissions. Methanogenic archaea, which act as the sole producers of methane in wetland environments, play a critical role in global carbon cycling. However, their community composition and distribution patterns in alpine riverine wetlands remain unclear. Here, our study aims to: (1) investigate the diversity and compositional changes of methanogen communities in a riverine wetland, and (2) elucidate the assembly mechanisms and sources that drive their community distribution.

Methods: Our study site was located in the riparian zones of the Niyaqu basin in the Nam Co basin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Using mcrA gene amplicon sequencing, we analyzed methanogens in soils across two dimensions: Lateral dimension (riparian wetland, transitional zone, and alpine meadow) and longitudinal dimension (at four elevation gradients: 4,980 m, 4,843 m, 4,777 m, and 4,752 m).

Results: Methanogen community α diversity of methanogens was the highest in riparian wetland, followed by the transitional zone, and then to the alpine meadow ecosystem. With community composition, the riparian wetland was significantly different from that of the transitional zone and alpine meadow. Among all sampling sites, hydrogenotrophic methanogens were the most abundant and Methanobacterium was the most predominant. In particular, the average relative abundances of alpine meadows, transitional zone, and riparian wetland was 45.78%, 42.90% and 34.17%, respectively. Neutral community models also indicated that community assembly in the wetland was primarily driven by stochastic processes. However, these processes contributed less to the communities in the alpine meadow and transitional zone. Additionally, FEAST source tracking analysis indicated that in the lateral dimension, alpine meadow and transitional zone contributed 17.62% and 13.04%, respectively, to the methanogen communities in the riparian wetland. In the longitudinal dimension, methanogen communities in low elevation riparian wetlands (S4) were primarily sourced from upstream riparian wetlands (49.71%) and alpine meadows (21.45%).

Conclusions: This data suggests that the alpine meadows serve as a significant species reservoir for methanogens that funnel to the riparian wetland. Ultimately, our work described the diversity and distribution patterns of methanogen communities in alpine river basin soils, which holds significant importance to understand the functionality of alpine ecosystems.

Key words: riparian wetlands, methanogens, community assembly, microbiological sources