Biophysical properties at patch scale shape the metabolism of biofilm landscapes
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Biophysical properties at patch scale shape the metabolism of biofilm landscapes. / Depetris, Anna; Tagliavini, Giorgia; Peter, Hannes; Kühl, Michael; Holzner, Markus; Battin, Tom J.
In: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, Vol. 8, 5, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Biophysical properties at patch scale shape the metabolism of biofilm landscapes
AU - Depetris, Anna
AU - Tagliavini, Giorgia
AU - Peter, Hannes
AU - Kühl, Michael
AU - Holzner, Markus
AU - Battin, Tom J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Phototrophic biofilms form complex spatial patterns in streams and rivers, yet, how community patchiness, structure and function are coupled and contribute to larger-scale metabolism remains unkown. Here, we combined optical coherence tomography with automated O2 microprofiling and amplicon sequencing in a flume experiment to show how distinct community patches interact with the hydraulic environment and how this affects the internal distribution of oxygen. We used numerical simulations to derive rates of community photosynthetic activity and respiration at the patch scale and use the obtained parameter to upscale from individual patches to the larger biofilm landscape. Our biofilm landscape approach revealed evidence of parallels in the structure-function coupling between phototrophic biofilms and their streambed habitat.
AB - Phototrophic biofilms form complex spatial patterns in streams and rivers, yet, how community patchiness, structure and function are coupled and contribute to larger-scale metabolism remains unkown. Here, we combined optical coherence tomography with automated O2 microprofiling and amplicon sequencing in a flume experiment to show how distinct community patches interact with the hydraulic environment and how this affects the internal distribution of oxygen. We used numerical simulations to derive rates of community photosynthetic activity and respiration at the patch scale and use the obtained parameter to upscale from individual patches to the larger biofilm landscape. Our biofilm landscape approach revealed evidence of parallels in the structure-function coupling between phototrophic biofilms and their streambed habitat.
U2 - 10.1038/s41522-022-00269-0
DO - 10.1038/s41522-022-00269-0
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35115555
AN - SCOPUS:85124061641
VL - 8
JO - n p j Biofilms and Microbomes
JF - n p j Biofilms and Microbomes
SN - 2055-5008
M1 - 5
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