The Cultivation of Halophilic Microalgae Shapes the Structure of Their Prokaryotic Assemblages.

ABSTRACT: The influence of microalgae on the formation of associated prokaryotic assemblages in halophilic microbial communities is currently underestimated. The aim of this study was to characterize shifts in prokaryotic assemblages of halophilic microalgae upon their transition to laboratory cultivation. Monoalgal cultures belonging to the classes Chlorodendrophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae, and Chlorophyceae were isolated from habitats with intermediate salinity, about 100 g/L, nearby Elton Lake (Russia). Significant changes were revealed in the structure of algae-associated prokaryotic assemblages, indicating that microalgae supported sufficiently diverse and even communities of prokaryotes. Despite some similarities in their prokaryotic assemblages, taxon-specific complexes of domi

SUBMITTER: Selivanova EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11509377 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature