Dose–Response Effect of Nitrogen on Microbial Community during Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Simplified Model System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Microbial Consortium Isolation
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Analysis
2.4. Metabolic Activity Analysis
2.5. Genetic Analysis of Microbial Population
2.5.1. DNA Isolation
2.5.2. NGS Sequencing
2.5.3. Bioinformatic Analysis
2.5.4. PICRUSt Analysis
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Hydrocarbon Biodegradation
3.2. Microbial Activity
3.3. Biodiversity Analysis
3.4. Prediction of Metabolic Properties
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Designation | Estimated C:N Ratio | Experimental Variant Description |
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NP0 | No nitrogen supplementation (control sample) | |
NP1 | 1:1 | Low nitrogen supplementation |
NP2 | 10:1 | Moderate nitrogen supplementation |
NP3 | 30:1 | Excessive nitrogen supplementation |
Diversity Index | NP0 | NP1 | NP2 | NP3 |
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OTU number | 96 ± 4 | 101 ± 5 | 100 ± 2 | 85 ± 4 |
Simpson’s index | 0.85 ± 0.02 | 0.84 ± 0.02 | 0.84 ± 0.01 | 0.79 ± 0.02 |
Phylogenetic diversity | 4.41 ± 0.07 | 4.57 ± 0.11 | 4.43 ± 0.08 | 4.26 ± 0.07 |
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Staninska-Pięta, J.; Czarny, J.; Juzwa, W.; Wolko, Ł.; Cyplik, P.; Piotrowska-Cyplik, A. Dose–Response Effect of Nitrogen on Microbial Community during Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Simplified Model System. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 6012. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126012
Staninska-Pięta J, Czarny J, Juzwa W, Wolko Ł, Cyplik P, Piotrowska-Cyplik A. Dose–Response Effect of Nitrogen on Microbial Community during Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Simplified Model System. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(12):6012. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126012
Chicago/Turabian StyleStaninska-Pięta, Justyna, Jakub Czarny, Wojciech Juzwa, Łukasz Wolko, Paweł Cyplik, and Agnieszka Piotrowska-Cyplik. 2022. "Dose–Response Effect of Nitrogen on Microbial Community during Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Simplified Model System" Applied Sciences 12, no. 12: 6012. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126012