| Title |
Microbial life in Champagne Pool, a geothermal spring in Waiotapu, New Zealand
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Extremophiles, April 2007
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00792-007-0073-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Adrian Hetzer, Hugh W. Morgan, Ian R. McDonald, Christopher J. Daughney |
| Abstract |
Surveys of Champagne Pool, one of New Zealand's largest terrestrial hot springs and rich in arsenic ions and compounds, have been restricted to geological and geochemical descriptions, and a few microbiological studies applying culture-independent methods. In the current investigation, a combination of culture and culture-independent approaches were chosen to determine microbial density and diversity in Champagne Pool. Recovered total DNA and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) content of spring water revealed relatively low values compared to other geothermal springs within New Zealand and are in good agreement with low cell numbers of 5.6 +/- 0.5 x 10(6) cells/ml obtained for Champagne Pool water samples by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining. Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) and 16S rRNA (small-subunit ribosomal nucleic acid) gene clone library analyses of environmental DNA indicated the abundance of Sulfurihydrogenibium, Sulfolobus, and Thermofilum-like populations in Champagne Pool. From these results, media were selected to target the enrichment of hydrogen-oxidizing and sulfur-dependent microorganisms. Three isolates were successfully obtained having 16S rRNA gene sequences with similarities of approximately 98% to Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis, 94% to Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense, and 99% to Thermococcus waiotapuensis, respectively. |
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| Australia | 1 | 100% |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Colombia | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 14 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 18% |
| Professor | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 3% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 43% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 13 | 22% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 7% |
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