Microbial Community Diversity and Differences in Cellar water of Typical Rainwater Harvesting Area

Abstract

In order to explore the natural change mechanisms for cellar water quality for typical rainwater harvesting and drinking water surfaces in China, the MiSeq high-throughput sequencing method was used to study the differences between characteristics of microbial communities and functional diversity regarding collecting and making use of rainwater. This is achieved through constructing combined modes of different types of catchment areas and water-storing cellars. The results of this study show that there is significant differences in microbial community structure and function. The main factors causing this difference are heterogeneity of internal and external environmental factors regarding cellar water. The diversity of microbial community structures in cellar water show patterns of a large number of rare species and few common species. There are different significant microbial communities at different water points. The differences in the functional diversity of microbial communities shows that gene sequences that encode metabolic functions have significant advantages over other functional gene sequences, and amino acid, carbohydrate, lipid, energy, vitamin, terpenoid and polyketide, nucleotide, and glycan metabolism, as well as the biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites, are the main functional groups that compose metabolic function. This shows that there are a large number of microorganisms with relatively specific ecological functions in cellar water and many active metabolic activities are involved. Cellar water quality can be improved through combined modes of concrete collecting surfaces and water-storing cellars for collection and storage of rainwater. The results of the study aim to deepen the understanding of cellar water microbial community structures and diversity to be used as a reference for improving water quality and selecting the water surfaces for rainwater harvesting.