Heterogeneity of interactions of microbial communities in regions of Taihu Lake with different nutrient loadings: A network analysis.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the differences in the interactions of microbial communities in two regions in Taihu Lake with different nutrient loadings [Meiliang Bay (MLB) and Xukou Bay (XKB)], water samples were collected and both intra- and inter-kingdom microbial community interactions were examined with network analysis. It is demonstrated that all of the bacterioplankton, microeukaryotes and inter-kingdom communities networks in Taihu Lake were non-random. For the networks of bacterioplankton and inter-kingdom community in XKB, higher clustering coefficient and average degree but lower average path length indexes were observed, indicating the nodes in XKB were more clustered and closely connected with plenty edges than those of MLB. The bacterioplankton and inter-kingdom networks were considerably

SUBMITTER: Cao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995825 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature