Agricultural Freshwater Pond Supports Diverse and Dynamic Bacterial and Viral Populations.

ABSTRACT: Agricultural ponds have a great potential as a means of capture and storage of water for irrigation. However, pond topography (small size, shallow depth) leaves them susceptible to environmental, agricultural, and anthropogenic exposures that may influence microbial dynamics. Therefore, the aim of this project was to characterize the bacterial and viral communities of pond water in the Mid-Atlantic United States with a focus on the late season (October-December), where decreasing temperature and nutrient levels can affect the composition of microbial communities. Ten liters of freshwater from an agricultural pond were sampled monthly, and filtered sequentially through 1 and 0.2 μm filter membranes. Total DNA was then extracted from each filter, and the bacterial communities were characteri

SUBMITTER: Chopyk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928236 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature