Details
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 8862 |
| Journal | Scientific reports |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 11 Jun 2018 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 11 Jun 2018 |
Abstract
The increase of extreme drought and precipitation events due to climate change will alter microbial processes. Perturbation experiments demonstrated that microbes are sensitive to environmental alterations. However, only little is known on the legacy effects in microbial systems. Here, we designed a laboratory microcosm experiment using aerobic methane-consuming communities as a model system to test basic principles of microbial resilience and the role of changes in biomass and the presence of non-methanotrophic microbes in this process. We focused on enrichments from soil, sediment, and water reflecting communities with different legacy with respect to exposure to drought. Recovery rates, a recently proposed early warning indicator of a critical transition, were utilized as a measure to detect resilience loss of methane consumption during a series of dry/wet cycle perturbations. We observed a slowed recovery of enrichments originating from water samples, which suggests that the community's legacy with a perturbation is a contributing factor for the resilience of microbial functioning.
Cite this
- Standard
- Harvard
- Apa
- Vancouver
- BibTeX
- RIS
In: Scientific reports, Vol. 8, No. 1, 8862, 11.06.2018.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental legacy contributes to the resilience of methane consumption in a laboratory microcosm system
AU - Krause, Sascha M.B.
AU - Meima-Franke, Marion
AU - Veraart, Annelies J.
AU - Ren, Gaidi
AU - Ho, Adrian
AU - Bodelier, Paul L.E.
N1 - Funding information: This study was part of the European Science Foundation EUROCORES Programme EuroEEFG and was financially supported by grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) (Grant number 855.01.150, 823.001.008). Many thanks to Dr. Sang Yoon Kim for his help measuring methane oxidation rates. This publication is publication nr. 6532 of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology.
PY - 2018/6/11
Y1 - 2018/6/11
N2 - The increase of extreme drought and precipitation events due to climate change will alter microbial processes. Perturbation experiments demonstrated that microbes are sensitive to environmental alterations. However, only little is known on the legacy effects in microbial systems. Here, we designed a laboratory microcosm experiment using aerobic methane-consuming communities as a model system to test basic principles of microbial resilience and the role of changes in biomass and the presence of non-methanotrophic microbes in this process. We focused on enrichments from soil, sediment, and water reflecting communities with different legacy with respect to exposure to drought. Recovery rates, a recently proposed early warning indicator of a critical transition, were utilized as a measure to detect resilience loss of methane consumption during a series of dry/wet cycle perturbations. We observed a slowed recovery of enrichments originating from water samples, which suggests that the community's legacy with a perturbation is a contributing factor for the resilience of microbial functioning.
AB - The increase of extreme drought and precipitation events due to climate change will alter microbial processes. Perturbation experiments demonstrated that microbes are sensitive to environmental alterations. However, only little is known on the legacy effects in microbial systems. Here, we designed a laboratory microcosm experiment using aerobic methane-consuming communities as a model system to test basic principles of microbial resilience and the role of changes in biomass and the presence of non-methanotrophic microbes in this process. We focused on enrichments from soil, sediment, and water reflecting communities with different legacy with respect to exposure to drought. Recovery rates, a recently proposed early warning indicator of a critical transition, were utilized as a measure to detect resilience loss of methane consumption during a series of dry/wet cycle perturbations. We observed a slowed recovery of enrichments originating from water samples, which suggests that the community's legacy with a perturbation is a contributing factor for the resilience of microbial functioning.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048446894&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-018-27168-9
DO - 10.1038/s41598-018-27168-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 29892072
AN - SCOPUS:85048446894
VL - 8
JO - Scientific reports
JF - Scientific reports
SN - 2045-2322
IS - 1
M1 - 8862
ER -