Article ; Online: Small-scale spatial beta diversity of bacteria in the mixed upper layer of a lake.
2023 Volume 25, Issue 10, Page(s) 1847–1859
Abstract: Bacterial community composition among individual, experimentally generated 'lake snow' particles may be highly variable. Since such aggregates are seasonally abundant in the mixed upper layer of lakes, we hypothesized that particle-attached (PA) bacteria ...
Abstract | Bacterial community composition among individual, experimentally generated 'lake snow' particles may be highly variable. Since such aggregates are seasonally abundant in the mixed upper layer of lakes, we hypothesized that particle-attached (PA) bacteria disproportionally contribute to the small-scale spatial beta diversity of pelagic communities. Community composition was analysed in sets of small (10 mL) samples collected from a pre-alpine lake in May, July and October 2018. Bacteria were classified as free-living (FL) or PA depending on their presence in large, 5-μm pre-filtered reference samples. FL exhibited clear seasonal differences in community composition and assembly. They were spatially uniform in May and July, and only a few FL taxa exhibited significant spatial variability. Spatial heterogeneity of FL in October was caused by high alpha and beta diversity of rare taxa, many with a presumably 'tychoplanktic' (alternating attached and free-living) lifestyle. The spatial beta diversity of PA was always high, and only about 10% of their seasonal richness was present in any single sample. Thus, most compositional variability of pelagic bacteria at spatial scales of cm to m either directly or indirectly originated from PA. On a functional level, this genotypic heterogeneity might affect the spatial distribution of rare metabolic traits. |
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MeSH term(s) | Lakes/microbiology ; Biodiversity ; Bacteria ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | RNA, Ribosomal, 16S |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-05-12 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2020213-1 |
ISSN | 1462-2920 ; 1462-2912 |
ISSN (online) | 1462-2920 |
ISSN | 1462-2912 |
DOI | 10.1111/1462-2920.16399 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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