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Microbial Communities at Seamounts Iron finger chimneys at Loihi Microbial Community Characterization • What microorganisms are present and how many? – the potential for biogeochemical processes to occur – just because organisms are present doesn't necessarily mean they are active • What are they doing and how fast? – activities = biogeochemical reactions – rates • What are the physical and chemical properties of the system? I I I I I I O2 I I + 14 I I NO3-/N2 I I + 12 0 +2 I I MnO2 + 10 -2 +4 I I Mn(II) -4 +6 I I NH4+ SeO3 NO2NO3- -6 +8 I I Fe(II) CO2 SO4= AsO43FeOOH Organic Carbon -8 + 10 I Organic H2 Carbon H2S So I Volcanic Hydrothermal Etc. Photoreductants I The Geological - 6 Environment -4 Supplies -2 Many Oxidants 0 And Reductants + 2 That +4 Life has Learned to + 6 Utilize !! +8 I -8 Relative Voltage (Pεo(W)) OXIDANTS -10 + 12 I I Relative Voltage (Pεo(W)) FUELS -10 + 14 What microorganisms are present and how many? – Whole cell assays • Cultivation and identification – <1% of the microbes observed have been cultured • Cell counts – Total epifluorescent counts – Particle counts – Specific group assays (molecular probes) What microorganisms are present and how many? – Cell extract assays • Biomarkers & biomass indicators – Lipids, pigments, etc. • Microbial community snapshots (PCR based) – – – – – 16S ribosomal gene clone libraries & sequencing Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) Terminal restriction length fragment polymorphism (TRFLP) Automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA) Polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) • Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) for specific phylotypes What are they doing and how fast? • (Geo)chemical methods – Detection of processes – Rate measurements of chemical reactions • Molecular methods – Detection of functional genes – Measurements of gene expression • Diagnostic proteins • Gene transcripts (mRNA) Cutting edge approaches • “–Omics” – Genomics/metagenomics (genes) – Proteomics (proteins) – Transcriptomics (mRNA) • Spatially-resolved mineralogical & phylogenetic approaches using synchotron technologies Today’s session • Katrina Edwards (WHOI) – CARD-FISH approaches for characterizing endolithic rockhosted microbial populations • David Emerson (ATCC) – Cultivation of novel marine Fe-oxidizing bacteria from the Loihi Seamount • Craig Moyer (WWU) – Spatial and temporal variability in microbial mat communities from pre- and post-eruption Loihi Volcano General Approaches for Studying Basalt Weathering Geochemical Characterization Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, Microprobe Biofilm Experiments LOIHI Molecular Characterization Pure culture & consortia, surface chemistry T-RFLP, sequencing, RubisCO Enrichment cultures & Isolations Aerobic and anaerobic Figure courtesy of Alexis Templeton