Comparison of aerobic methanotrophic communities in littoral and profundal sediments of Lake Constance by a molecular approach.

ABSTRACT: Analysis of pmoA and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries of methanotrophic bacteria in Lake Constance revealed an overall dominance of type I methanotrophs in both littoral and profundal sediments. The sediments exhibited minor differences in their methanotrophic community structures. Type X methanotrophs made up a significant part of the clone libraries only in the profundal sediment and were also found only there as a prominent peak by T-RFLP analyses.

SUBMITTER: Rahalkar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1932771 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature