Species-specific Microorganisms in Acid-tolerant Chironomus Larvae Reared in a Neutral pH Range under Laboratory Conditions: Single Dataset Analysis.

ABSTRACT: To obtain a more detailed understanding of organismal acid tolerance, the larval microbiomes of 11 Chironomus species collected from acidic or neutral pH areas in Japan and reared at pH 7-8 under laboratory conditions were systematically compared using an amplicon sequencing ana-lysis. Evenness values were lower for the larval microbiomes of acid-tolerant Chironomus cf. riparius, Chironomus fusciceps, and Chironomus sulfurosus than for eight acid-sensitive species based on an alpha diversity ana-lysis. The lower evenness observed suggested a biased abundance of microorganisms, which was consistent with the identification of Chironomus species-specific microorganisms (such as Agromyces mediolanus and Comamonas odontotermitis related bacteria) with high abundance in acid-tolerant larvae. The

SUBMITTER: Fujii S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728629 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature