Environmental controls and composition of anoxygenic photoheterotrophs in ultraoligotrophic high- altitude lakes ( Central Pyrenees)
Environmental controls and composition of anoxygenic photoheterotrophs in ultraoligotrophic high- altitude lakes ( Central Pyrenees)
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DOI:
10.1111/1758-2229.12142
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发表时间:
2014-04-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Casamayor, Emilio O.
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作者:
Caliz, Joan;Casamayor, Emilio O.
The phylogenetic composition of freshwater anoxygenic photoheterotrophs (APs) has been poorly investigated as compared with their marine counterparts. In this study, we explored a set of ultraoligotrophic cold high mountain lakes (Central Pyrenees, Spain) by bothpufMgene denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis fingerprinting, and cloning and sequencing of selected lakes samples. Different ranges of limnological and physico‐chemical values were explored as environmental drivers of APs richness and composition. We did not observe significant relationships between richness/diversity ofpufMand any of the limnological characteristics measured or trophic status, but a negative correlation with ammonia concentration. Conductivity, pH and nitrate concentration were significantly related to changes in APs community composition, whereas lake area, altitude, temperature and trophic status did not. Most of the sequences (> 85%) had thepufMsequences ofLimnohabitans(Betaproteobacteria)as the closest relative in databases, whereas less abundant clones were more closely related toRhodobacter,SulfitobacterandBrevundimonas(Alphaproteobacteria), in agreement with 16S rRNA gene sequences previously found in the area.Congregibacter‐likeGammaproteobacteriawere not detected. Comparison with available studies in inland waters showed taxonomic partitioning along salinity gradients, andCongregibacter‐like sequences restricted to high saline conditions in continental water bodies.