Microbial Diversity and Authigenic Mineral Formation of Modern Bottom Sediments in the Littoral Zone of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic (Central Asia).

ABSTRACT: This article presents geochemical, mineralogical and microbiological characteristics of five samples of modern bottom sediments in the littoral zone of the high-mountain salty lake Issyk-Kul. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing method shows that the microbial community consists of organic carbon degraders (representatives of phyla: Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Bacteroidota and Verrucomicrobiota and families Anaerolineaceae and Hungateiclostridiaceae), photosynthetic microorganisms (representatives of Chloroflexi, phototrophic Acidobacteria, purple sulphur bacteria Chromatiaceae and cyanobacteria) and bacteria of the reducing branches of the sulphur biogeochemical cycle (representatives of Desulfobacterota, Desulfosarcinaceae

SUBMITTER: Maltsev A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10215221 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature