PMID- 19191955 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100416 LR - 20090323 IS - 1365-2672 (Electronic) IS - 1364-5072 (Linking) VI - 106 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Mar TI - Bacterial and archaeal assemblages in sediments of a large shallow freshwater lake, Lake Taihu, as revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. PG - 1022-32 LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04069.x [doi] AB - AIMS: To explore the association of microbial community structure with the development of eutrophication in a large shallow freshwater lake, Lake Taihu. METHODS AND RESULTS: The bacterial and archaeal assemblages in sediments of different lake areas were analysed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of amplified 16S rDNA fragments. The bacterial DGGE profiles showed that eutrophied sites, grass-bottom areas and relatively clean sites with a eutrophic (albeit dredged) site are three respective clusters. Fifty-one dominant bacterial DGGE bands were detected and 92 corresponding clones were sequenced, most of which were affiliated with bacterial phylotypes commonly found in freshwater ecosystems. Actinobacteria were detected in the centre of the lake and not at eutrophied sites whereas the opposite was found with respect to Verrucomicrobiales. Twenty-five dominant archaeal DGGE bands were detected and 31 corresponding clones were sequenced, most of which were affiliated with freshwater archaeal phylotypes. CONCLUSIONS: The bacterial community structures in the sediments of different areas with similar water quality and situation tend to be similar in Taihu Lake. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study may expand our knowledge on the relationship between the overall microbial assemblages and the development of eutrophication in the shallow freshwater lake. FAU - Liu, F H AU - Liu FH AD - Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. FAU - Lin, G H AU - Lin GH FAU - Gao, G AU - Gao G FAU - Qin, B Q AU - Qin BQ FAU - Zhang, J S AU - Zhang JS FAU - Zhao, G P AU - Zhao GP FAU - Zhou, Z H AU - Zhou ZH FAU - Shen, J H AU - Shen JH LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090121 PL - England TA - J Appl Microbiol JT - Journal of applied microbiology JID - 9706280 RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (DNA, Ribosomal) RN - 0 (RNA, Archaeal) RN - 0 (RNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) SB - IM MH - Archaea/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - Bacteria/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification MH - DNA, Bacterial/analysis/genetics MH - DNA, Ribosomal/analysis/chemistry/genetics MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel/methods MH - Eutrophication/physiology MH - *Fresh Water MH - Gene Library MH - Geologic Sediments/*microbiology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - RNA, Archaeal/genetics MH - RNA, Bacterial/genetics MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - *Water Microbiology EDAT- 2009/02/05 09:00 MHDA- 2010/04/17 06:00 CRDT- 2009/02/05 09:00 PHST- 2009/02/05 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/02/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/04/17 06:00 [medline] AID - JAM4069 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04069.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Microbiol. 2009 Mar;106(3):1022-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04069.x. Epub 2009 Jan 21.