Temperature mediates biodiversity and metabolism of culturable lignocellulose-degrading consortia from intertidal wetlands.

ABSTRACT: Coastal bacteria play an important role in the conversion of terrestrial organic carbon (TerrOC). However, their ecological patterns and drivers remains elusive. Here, 180 bacterial communities from 10 regions along the Chinese coastline, covering an 18 000 km transect between 18.27°N and 39.82°N, were cultured under three typical lignocellulosic substrates, hardwood (aspen), softwood (pine), and herbaceous (rice straw), respectively. All the consortia showed a broad spectrum of TerrOC utilization, and displayed degradation capacities comparable with those previously established though preliminary in situ lignocellulose enrichment. Moreover, following the metabolic theory of ecology, annual average temperature of the sites stimulated community metabolism, even though all were cultured at 3

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551453 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature