Functional diversity of microbial communities in pristine aquifers inferred by PLFA- and sequencing-based approaches

Schwab, Valérie F.; Herrmann, Martina; Roth, Vanessa-Nina; Gleixner, Gerd; Lehmann, Robert; Pohnert, Georg; Trumbore, Susan; Küsel, Kirsten; Totsche, Kai U.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2697-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2697-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2697-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

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31 May 2017

Research article |

| 31 May 2017

Functional diversity of microbial communities in pristine aquifers inferred by PLFA- and sequencing-based approaches

Valérie F. Schwab, Martina Herrmann, Vanessa-Nina Roth, Gerd Gleixner, Robert Lehmann, Georg Pohnert, Susan Trumbore, Kirsten Küsel, and Kai U. Totsche

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RC1: 'Review of Schwab et al. Functional diversity of microbial communities in pristine aquifers inferred by PLFA- and sequencing –based approaches', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Answer anonymous Referee # 1', Valerie F. Schwab, 29 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Review of paper titled: Functional diversity of microbial communities in pristine aquifers inferred by PLFA and sequencing based approaches by Schwab, V et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Answer anonymous Referee # 2', Valerie F. Schwab, 29 Jan 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Feb 2017) by Marcel van der Meer

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Mar 2017) by Marcel van der Meer

AR by Valerie F. Schwab on behalf of the Authors (23 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Apr 2017) by Marcel van der Meer

AR by Valerie F. Schwab on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2017)

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We used phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) to link specific microbial markers to the spatio-temporal changes of groundwater physico-chemistry. PLFA-based functional groups were directly supported by DNA/RNA results. O₂ resulted in increased eukaryotic biomass and abundance of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria but impeded anammox, sulphate-reducing and iron-reducing bacteria. Our study demonstrates the power of PLFA-based approaches to study the nature and activity of microorganisms in pristine aquifers.