Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna

High Andean wetlands, particularly those known as vegas or bofedales, are essential conservation ecosystems due to their significant contribution to ecosystem services. The soil microbial communities in these ecosystems play a crucial role in fundamental processes such as decomposition and nutrient...

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Main Authors: Mlewski, Estela Cecilia, Saona, Luis A., Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina, Chiappero, María Fernanda, Vaieretti, María Victoria, Soria, Mariana, Farías, María Eugenia, Izquierdo, Andrea E.
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author Mlewski, Estela Cecilia
Saona, Luis A.
Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina
Chiappero, María Fernanda
Vaieretti, María Victoria
Soria, Mariana
Farías, María Eugenia
Izquierdo, Andrea E.
author_browse Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina
Chiappero, María Fernanda
Farías, María Eugenia
Izquierdo, Andrea E.
Mlewski, Estela Cecilia
Saona, Luis A.
Soria, Mariana
Vaieretti, María Victoria
author_facet Mlewski, Estela Cecilia
Saona, Luis A.
Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina
Chiappero, María Fernanda
Vaieretti, María Victoria
Soria, Mariana
Farías, María Eugenia
Izquierdo, Andrea E.
author_sort Mlewski, Estela Cecilia
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description High Andean wetlands, particularly those known as vegas or bofedales, are essential conservation ecosystems due to their significant contribution to ecosystem services. The soil microbial communities in these ecosystems play a crucial role in fundamental processes such as decomposition and nutrient cycling, sustaining life in the region. However, at present, these microbial communities are poorly understood. In order to contribute to this knowledge, we aimed to characterize and compare the microbial communities from soils of seven Argentine Puna vegas and to analyze their association with soil physicochemical characteristics. Proteobacteria (Gamma and Alphaproteobacteria) was the dominant phylum across all vegas, followed in abundance by Actinobacteriota, Desulfobacterota, and Chloroflexi. Furthermore, the abundance of specific bacterial families and genera varied significantly between the vegas; some of them can be associated with plant growth-promoting bacteria such as Rhodomicrobium in La Quebradita and Quebrada del Diablo, Bacillus in Antofalla and Las Quinuas. Laguna Negra showed no shared ASVs with abundance in genera such as Sphingomonas and Pseudonocardia. The studied vegas also differed in their soil physicochemical properties; however, associations between the composition of microbial communities with the edaphic parameters measured were not found. These results suggest that other environmental factors (e.g., geographic, climatic, and plant communities’ characteristics) could determine soil microbial diversity patterns. Further investigations are needed to be focused on understanding the composition and function of microorganisms in the soil associated with specific vegetation types in these high-altitude wetlands, which will provide valuable insights into the ecological dynamics of these ecosystems for conservation strategies.
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spelling INTA165282024-01-11T13:35:29Z Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna Mlewski, Estela Cecilia Saona, Luis A. Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina Chiappero, María Fernanda Vaieretti, María Victoria Soria, Mariana Farías, María Eugenia Izquierdo, Andrea E. Tierras Húmedas Suelo Propiedades Físico-Químicas Suelo Bacterias del Suelo Ecosistema Wetlands Soil Soil Chemicophysical Properties Soil Bacteria Ecosystems Región Puna Argentina Humedales High Andean wetlands, particularly those known as vegas or bofedales, are essential conservation ecosystems due to their significant contribution to ecosystem services. The soil microbial communities in these ecosystems play a crucial role in fundamental processes such as decomposition and nutrient cycling, sustaining life in the region. However, at present, these microbial communities are poorly understood. In order to contribute to this knowledge, we aimed to characterize and compare the microbial communities from soils of seven Argentine Puna vegas and to analyze their association with soil physicochemical characteristics. Proteobacteria (Gamma and Alphaproteobacteria) was the dominant phylum across all vegas, followed in abundance by Actinobacteriota, Desulfobacterota, and Chloroflexi. Furthermore, the abundance of specific bacterial families and genera varied significantly between the vegas; some of them can be associated with plant growth-promoting bacteria such as Rhodomicrobium in La Quebradita and Quebrada del Diablo, Bacillus in Antofalla and Las Quinuas. Laguna Negra showed no shared ASVs with abundance in genera such as Sphingomonas and Pseudonocardia. The studied vegas also differed in their soil physicochemical properties; however, associations between the composition of microbial communities with the edaphic parameters measured were not found. These results suggest that other environmental factors (e.g., geographic, climatic, and plant communities’ characteristics) could determine soil microbial diversity patterns. Further investigations are needed to be focused on understanding the composition and function of microorganisms in the soil associated with specific vegetation types in these high-altitude wetlands, which will provide valuable insights into the ecological dynamics of these ecosystems for conservation strategies. EEA Rafaela Fil: Mlewski, Estela Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Mlewski, Estela Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Mlewski, Estela Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Ecología y Recursos Naturales Renovables; Argentina Fil: Saona, Luis A. Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Facultad de Química y Biología. Departamento de Biología; Chile Fil: Saona, Luis A. Millennium Nucleus of Patagonian Limit of Life; Chile Fil: Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea (IDICAL); Argentina Fil: Chiappero, María Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Chiappero, María Fernanda. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Vaieretti, María Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Vaieretti, María Victoria. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Soria, Mariana. PUNABIO S.A. (Tucumán); Argentina Fil: Farías, María Eugenia. PUNABIO S.A. (Tucumán); Argentina Fil: Izquierdo, Andrea E. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Izquierdo, Andrea E. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Izquierdo, Andrea E. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas e Instituto M. Lillo; Argentina 2024-01-11T13:32:59Z 2024-01-11T13:32:59Z 2024-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16528 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-023-02316-5 0095-3628 1432-184X https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-023-02316-5 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Microbial Ecology 87: article number 6. (2024)
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Suelo
Propiedades Físico-Químicas Suelo
Bacterias del Suelo
Ecosistema
Wetlands
Soil
Soil Chemicophysical Properties
Soil Bacteria
Ecosystems
Región Puna Argentina
Humedales
Mlewski, Estela Cecilia
Saona, Luis A.
Boidi, Flavia Jaquelina
Chiappero, María Fernanda
Vaieretti, María Victoria
Soria, Mariana
Farías, María Eugenia
Izquierdo, Andrea E.
Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna
title Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna
title_full Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna
title_fullStr Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna
title_short Exploring Soil Bacterial Diversity in Relation to Edaphic Physicochemical Properties of High-altitude Wetlands from Argentine Puna
title_sort exploring soil bacterial diversity in relation to edaphic physicochemical properties of high altitude wetlands from argentine puna
topic Tierras Húmedas
Suelo
Propiedades Físico-Químicas Suelo
Bacterias del Suelo
Ecosistema
Wetlands
Soil
Soil Chemicophysical Properties
Soil Bacteria
Ecosystems
Región Puna Argentina
Humedales
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16528
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-023-02316-5
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-023-02316-5
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