Unraveling the Diversity of Eukaryotic Microplankton in a Large and Deep Perialpine Lake Using a High Throughput Sequencing Approach.

ABSTRACT: The structure of microbial communities, microalgae, heterotrophic protozoa and fungi contributes to characterize food webs and productivity and, from an anthropogenic point of view, the qualitative characteristics of water bodies. Traditionally, in freshwater environments many investigations have been directed to the study of pelagic microalgae ("phytoplankton") and periphyton (i.e., photosynthetic and mixotrophic protists) through the use of light microscopy (LM). While the number of studies on bacterioplankton communities have shown a substantial increase after the advent of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) approaches, the study of the composition, structure, and spatio-temporal patterns of microbial eukaryotes in freshwater environments was much less widespread. Moreover, the understand

SUBMITTER: Salmaso N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7221148 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature