Microbial diversity in the Central and Oriental Amazonian Anthropogenic Dark Earth: Detection of metanogenic Archaea, their functional role and contribution to the bacterial structure communities in ADE and adjacent sites

• Grant number: 06/06700-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2007
• End date: December 31, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology
• Principal Investigator: Tsai Siu Mui
• Grantee: Tsai Siu Mui
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Biodiversity and biological activity are related to functions and essential characteristics for the maintenance of the productive capacity of soils. The microorganisms are responsible for several essential activities for the functioning of the ecosystems, such as the fragmentation and decomposition of organic matter, the making available of soil nutrients, the aggregation of particles of soil, among others (Moreira & Siqueira, 2002). Biological structures and their functions are affected by the alterations and disturbances in the properties of the soil. Furthermore, the presence of stable organic material and large biological activity indicate that soils with high content of organic material can be places of high microbial diversity, constituting sources of microbial germplasm. There is a lack of detailed and organized information on this biodiversity, such as studies on the effect and management of these soils in their biodiversity and which characterizes the specific function of biodiversity in the development of their sustainable fertility. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TAKETANI, RODRIGO GOUVEA; YOSHIURA, CAIO AUGUSTO; FRANCO DIAS, ARMANDO CAVALCANTE; ANDREOTE, FERNANDO DINI; TSAI, SIU MUI. Diversity and identification of methanogenic archaea and sulphate-reducing bacteria in sediments from a pristine tropical mangrove. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, v. 97, n. 4, p. 401-411, MAY 2010. (06/06700-0)

TAKETANI, RODRIGO GOUVEA; TSAI, SIU MUI. The Influence of Different Land Uses on the Structure of Archaeal Communities in Amazonian Anthrosols Based on 16S rRNA and amoA Genes. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, v. 59, n. 4, p. 734-743, MAY 2010. (06/06700-0)

TAKETANI, RODRIGO GOUVEA; LIMA, AMANDA BARBOSA; JESUS, EDERSON DA CONCEICAO; TEIXEIRA, WENCESLAU GERALDES; TIEDJE, JAMES M.; TSAI, SIU MUI. Bacterial community composition of anthropogenic biochar and Amazonian anthrosols assessed by 16S rRNA gene 454 pyrosequencing. ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, v. 104, n. 2, p. 233-242, AUG 2013. (06/06700-0)