Distinct Factors Shape Aquatic and Sedimentary Microbial Community Structures in the Lakes of Western China.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about the relative importance of spatial and environmental factors to structuring aquatic and sedimentary microbial biogeography in lakes. Here, we investigated the microbial community composition (MCC) of the water (n = 35) and sediment (n = 35) samples from 16 lakes in western China (salinity: freshwater to salt saturation; pairwise geographical distance: 9-2027 km) using high-throughput sequencing and evaluated the relative importance of spatial and environmental factors to microbial (including total, abundant, and rare) distributions. Our results showed that spatial factors were more important than environmental factors in shaping the biogeography of aquatic and sedimentary microbial communities in the studied lakes, and spatial factors on abundant microbi

SUBMITTER: Yang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5099527 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature