Taxonomic and Functional Differences between Microbial Communities in Qinghai Lake and Its Input Streams.

ABSTRACT: Understanding microbial communities in terms of taxon and function is essential to decipher the biogeochemical cycling in aquatic ecosystems. Lakes and their input streams are highly linked. However, the differences between microbial assemblages in streams and lakes are still unclear. In this study, we conducted an intensive field sampling of microbial communities from lake water and stream biofilms in the Qinghai Lake watershed, the largest lake in China. We determined bacterial communities using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing and predicted functional profiles using PICRUSt to determine the taxonomic and functional differences between microbial communities in stream biofilms and lake water. The results showed that stream biofilms and lake water harbored distinct microbial commun

SUBMITTER: Ren Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5702853 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature