RESEARCH ARTICLE A comparative study revealed first insights into the diversity and metabolisms of the microbial communities in the sediments of Pacmanus and Desmos hydrothermal fields Hai-liang Wang1,2,3, Jian Zhang1,2, Qing-lei Sun1,2, Chao Lian4, Li Sun1,2* 1 Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a1111111111 Qingdao, China, 2 Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, a1111111111 4 Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of a1111111111 Sciences, Qingdao, China a1111111111 a1111111111 *
[email protected] Abstract OPEN ACCESS Currently, little is known about the microbial diversity in the sediments of Pacmanus and Citation: Wang H-l, Zhang J, Sun Q-l, Lian C, Sun L Desmos hydrothermal fields in Manus Basin. In this study, Illumina-based sequencing of (2017) A comparative study revealed first insights 16S rRNA gene amplicons and metagenomic analysis were conducted to investigate the into the diversity and metabolisms of the microbial microbial populations and metabolic profiles in the sediments from four different regions in communities in the sediments of Pacmanus and Desmos hydrothermal fields. PLoS ONE 12(7): Pacmanus and Desmos hydrothermal fields. It was found that Gammaproteobacteria and e0181048. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. Thaumarchaeota were the most abundant bacterial and archaeal populations, respectively. pone.0181048 The autotrophic prokaryotes in the four communities probably fixed CO2 via four major path- Editor: Tzen-Yuh Chiang, National Cheng Kung ways, i.e.