Environmental and Microbial Interactions Shape Methane-Oxidizing Bacterial Communities in a Stratified Lake.

ABSTRACT: In stratified lakes, methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) are strongly mitigating methane fluxes to the atmosphere by consuming methane entering the water column from the sediments. MOB communities in lakes are diverse and vertically structured, but their spatio-temporal dynamics along the water column as well as physico-chemical parameters and interactions with other bacterial species that drive the community assembly have so far not been explored in depth. Here, we present a detailed investigation of the MOB and bacterial community composition and a large set of physico-chemical parameters in a shallow, seasonally stratified, and sub-alpine lake. Four highly resolved vertical profiles were sampled in three different years and during various stages of development of the stratified water colum

SUBMITTER: Guggenheim C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593551 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature