PMID- 16269781 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20051220 LR - 20181113 IS - 0099-2240 (Print) IS - 1098-5336 (Electronic) IS - 0099-2240 (Linking) VI - 71 IP - 11 DP - 2005 Nov TI - Anaerobic microbial communities in Lake Pavin, a unique meromictic lake in France. PG - 7389-400 AB - The Bacteria and Archaea from the meromictic Lake Pavin were analyzed in samples collected along a vertical profile in the anoxic monimolimnion and were compared to those in samples from the oxic mixolimnion. Nine targeted 16S rRNA oligonucleotide probes were used to assess the distribution of Bacteria and Archaea and to investigate the in situ occurrence of sulfate-reducing bacteria and methane-producing Archaea involved in the terminal steps of the anaerobic degradation of organic material. The diversity of the complex microbial communities was assessed from the 16S rRNA polymorphisms present in terminal restriction fragment (TRF) depth patterns. The densities of the microbial community increased in the anoxic layer, and Archaea detected with probe ARCH915 represented the largest microbial group in the water column, with a mean Archaea/Eubacteria ratio of 1.5. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis revealed an elevated archaeal and bacterial phylotype richness in anoxic bottom-water samples. The structure of the Archaea community remained rather homogeneous, while TRFLP patterns for the eubacterial community revealed a heterogeneous distribution of eubacterial TRFs. FAU - Lehours, Anne-C AU - Lehours AC AD - Laboratoire de Biologie des Protistes, UMR CNRS 6023, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177 Aubiere Cedex, France. A-Catherine.LEHOURS@univ-bpclermont.fr FAU - Bardot, Corinne AU - Bardot C FAU - Thenot, Aurelie AU - Thenot A FAU - Debroas, Didier AU - Debroas D FAU - Fonty, Gerard AU - Fonty G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Appl Environ Microbiol JT - Applied and environmental microbiology JID - 7605801 RN - 0 (DNA, Archaeal) RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotide Probes) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - OP0UW79H66 (Methane) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Anaerobiosis MH - Archaea/*classification/genetics/growth & development MH - DNA, Archaeal/analysis MH - DNA, Bacterial/analysis MH - *Ecosystem MH - France MH - Fresh Water/*microbiology MH - Methane/metabolism MH - Oligonucleotide Probes/genetics MH - Oxygen/pharmacology MH - Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria/*classification/genetics/growth & development PMC - PMC1287608 EDAT- 2005/11/05 09:00 MHDA- 2005/12/21 09:00 PMCR- 2005/11/01 CRDT- 2005/11/05 09:00 PHST- 2005/11/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/12/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/11/05 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2005/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 71/11/7389 [pii] AID - 0029-05 [pii] AID - 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7389-7400.2005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Nov;71(11):7389-400. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7389-7400.2005.