Comparative analysis of bacterial diversity in freshwater sediment of a shallow eutrophic lake by molecular and improved cultivation-based techniques.

ABSTRACT: Comparative analysis of bacterial diversity in freshwater sediment collected from a shallow eutrophic lake was performed by using 16S rRNA gene clone library and improved cultivation-based techniques. Our study demonstrated that the use of gellan gum as a gelling reagent instead of agar was more effective at increasing culturability, cultivating a diverse array of novel microbes, and reducing the gaps of the results between molecular and cultivation-based analyses.

SUBMITTER: Tamaki H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1082574 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature