Abstract
The mangrove ecosystem harbors a complex microbial community that plays crucial role in biogeochemical cycles. In this study, we analyzed mangrove sediments from India using de novo whole metagenome next generation sequencing (NGS) and compared their taxonomic and functional community structures to mangrove metagenomics samples from Brazil and Saudi Arabia. The most abundant phyla in the mangroves of all three countries was Proteobacteria, followed by Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. A total of 1,942 genes were found to be common across all the mangrove sediments from each of the three countries. The mangrove resistome consistently showed high resistance to fluoroquinolone and acriflavine. A comparative study of the mangrove resistome with other ecosystems shows a higher frequency of heavy metal resistance in mangrove and terrestrial samples. Ocean samples had a higher abundance of drug resistance genes with fluoroquinolone and methicillin resistance genes being as high as 28.178% ± 3.619 and 10.776% ± 1.823. Genes involved in cobalt-zinc-cadmium resistance were higher in the mangrove (23.495% ± 4.701) and terrestrial (27.479% ± 4.605) ecosystems. Our comparative analysis of samples collected from a variety of habitats shows that genes involved in resistance to both heavy metals and antibiotics are ubiquitous, irrespective of the ecosystem examined.
Highlights
Mangroves are estuarine ecosystems composed of saline tolerant plants and are found in 60–70% of the coastal areas, exclusively in tropical and subtropical regions[1]
We have analysed the metagenomic profiles of mangrove sediments across in mangrove sediments of Sundarbans (India) and compared them with publicly available samples from Brazil and Saudi Arabia mangrove
Distinct patterns unique to the Brazilian and Saudi Arabian mangroves were observed which differentiated them from samples collected in India
Summary
Mangroves are estuarine ecosystems composed of saline tolerant plants and are found in 60–70% of the coastal areas, exclusively in tropical and subtropical regions[1]. Mangroves are a source of novel enzymes and small biomolecules such as LipA-like lipase[3], aspergilumamide-A peptide[4], pyrrolizidine alkaloid penibruguieramine-A5, GH44 family endoglucanase[6], pullularins E, F peptides[7] and salt-tolerant endo-β-1, 4-glucanase Cel5A8. They serve as a potential phytostabilizer to absorb heavy metal pollutants in industrial areas[9]. A robust analysis was performed for preferential metabolic process, drug and heavy metal resistomes, that were further compared among distinct ecosystems
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