Characterizing microbial community and geochemical dynamics at hydrothermal vents using osmotically-driven continuous fluid samplers
Characterizing microbial community and geochemical dynamics at hydrothermal vents using osmotically-driven continuous fluid samplers
Microbes play a key role in mediating aquatic biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of the relationships between microbial phylogenetic/physiological diversity and habitat physicochemical characteristics is restrained by our limited capacity to concurrently collect microbial and geochemical samples at appropriate spatial and temporal scales. Accordingly, we have developed a low-cost, continuous fluid sampling system (the Biological OsmoSampling System, or BOSS) to address this limitation. The BOSS does not use electricity, can be deployed in harsh/remote environments, and collects/preserves samples with daily resolution for >1 year. Here, we present data on the efficacy of DNA and protein preservation during a 1.5 year laboratory study as well as the results of two field deployments at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, wherein we examined changes in microbial diversity, protein expression, and geochemistry over time. Our data reveal marked changes in microbial composition co-occurring with changes in hydrothermal fluid composition as well as the temporal dynamics of an enigmatic sulfide-oxidizing symbiont in its free-living state. We also present the first data on in situ protein preservation and expression dynamics highlighting the BOSS’s potential utility in meta-proteomic studies. These data illustrate the value of using BOSS to study relationships among microbial and geochemical phenomena and environmental conditions.
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Robidart, Julie
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Callister, Stephen J.
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Song, Pengfei
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Nicora, Carrie D.
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Wheat, Charles G.
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Girguis, Peter R.
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March 2013
Robidart, Julie
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Callister, Stephen J.
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Song, Pengfei
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Nicora, Carrie D.
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Wheat, Charles G.
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Girguis, Peter R.
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Robidart, Julie, Callister, Stephen J., Song, Pengfei, Nicora, Carrie D., Wheat, Charles G. and Girguis, Peter R.
(2013)
Characterizing microbial community and geochemical dynamics at hydrothermal vents using osmotically-driven continuous fluid samplers.
Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (9), .
(doi:10.1021/es3037302).
Abstract
Microbes play a key role in mediating aquatic biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of the relationships between microbial phylogenetic/physiological diversity and habitat physicochemical characteristics is restrained by our limited capacity to concurrently collect microbial and geochemical samples at appropriate spatial and temporal scales. Accordingly, we have developed a low-cost, continuous fluid sampling system (the Biological OsmoSampling System, or BOSS) to address this limitation. The BOSS does not use electricity, can be deployed in harsh/remote environments, and collects/preserves samples with daily resolution for >1 year. Here, we present data on the efficacy of DNA and protein preservation during a 1.5 year laboratory study as well as the results of two field deployments at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, wherein we examined changes in microbial diversity, protein expression, and geochemistry over time. Our data reveal marked changes in microbial composition co-occurring with changes in hydrothermal fluid composition as well as the temporal dynamics of an enigmatic sulfide-oxidizing symbiont in its free-living state. We also present the first data on in situ protein preservation and expression dynamics highlighting the BOSS’s potential utility in meta-proteomic studies. These data illustrate the value of using BOSS to study relationships among microbial and geochemical phenomena and environmental conditions.
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Published date: March 2013
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374044
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