Succession of Particle-Attached and Free-Living Microbial Communities in Response to the Degradation of Algal Organic Matter in Lake Taihu, China.

ABSTRACT: Decomposition of Cyanobacterial blooms frequently occurs in Lake Taihu, releasing various fractions of algal organic matter into the water through cell lysis. These fractions influence the production and consumption of dissolved organic matter, nutrient dynamics, and bacterial succession in the lake. However, the interactions between free-living and particle-attached bacterial communities with different algal organic matter fractions remain poorly understood. Herein, we investigated the effects of two distinct algal organic matter fractions, obtained through a fractionation procedure simulating cyanobacterial bloom collapse, on freshwater bacterial communities. The degradation of both fractions resulted in stage-specific changes in the chemical properties of lake water, which were divided

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12009638 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature