Competition and niche separation of pelagic bacteria in freshwater habitats

J Pernthaler - Environmental microbiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater bacterioplankton assemblages are composed of sympatric populations that can
be delineated, for example, by ribosomal RNA gene relatedness and that differ in key …

Metagenomics of the water column in the pristine upper course of the Amazon river

R Ghai, F Rodŕíguez-Valera, KD McMahon, D Toyama… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
River water is a small percentage of the total freshwater on Earth but represents an essential
resource for mankind. Microbes in rivers perform essential ecosystem roles including the …

Effluents of wastewater treatment plants promote the rapid stabilization of the antibiotic resistome in receiving freshwater bodies

G Corno, Y Yang, EM Eckert, D Fontaneto, A Fiorentino… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Treated wastewater discharged into the environment acts as a disturbance of the natural
microbial communities in terms of taxonomic composition and of functional gene pool …

Constitutive presence of antibiotic resistance genes within the bacterial community of a large subalpine lake

A Di Cesare, EM Eckert, A Teruggi… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The fate of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG s) in environmental microbial communities is of
primary concern as prodromal of a potential transfer to pathogenic bacteria. Although of …

The role of methanotrophy in the microbial carbon metabolism of temperate lakes

PCJ Reis, SD Thottathil, YT Prairie - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Previous stable isotope and biomarker evidence has indicated that methanotrophy is an
important pathway in the microbial loop of freshwater ecosystems, despite the low cell …

Temporal and spatial dynamics of archaeal communities in two freshwater lakes at different trophic status

Y Yang, Y Dai, Z Wu, S Xie, Y Liu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In either eutrophic Dianchi Lake or mesotrophic Erhai Lake, the abundance, diversity, and
structure of archaeaplankton communities in spring were different from those in summer. In …

Seasonal dominance of CL500-11 bacterioplankton (phylum Chloroflexi) in the oxygenated hypolimnion of Lake Biwa, Japan

Y Okazaki, Y Hodoki, S Nakano - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Uncultured bacteria affiliated with the CL500-11 cluster (phylum Chloroflexi) were first
reported from the oxygenated hypolimnion of Crater Lake (USA) as a predominant …

High abundances of potentially active ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in oligotrophic, high-altitude lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

CJ Hayden, JM Beman - PLoS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Nitrification plays a central role in the nitrogen cycle by determining the oxidation state of
nitrogen and its subsequent bioavailability and cycling. However, relatively little is known …

Temporal and Spatial Coexistence of Archaeal and Bacterial amoA Genes and Gene Transcripts in Lake Lucerne

EW Vissers, FS Anselmetti, PLE Bodelier, G Muyzer… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite their crucial role in the nitrogen cycle, freshwater ecosystems are relatively rarely
studied for active ammonia oxidizers (AO). This study of Lake Lucerne determined the …

Survival of the fittest: overcoming oxidative stress at the extremes of acid, heat and metal

Y Maezato, P Blum - Life, 2012 - mdpi.com
The habitat of metal respiring acidothermophilic lithoautotrophs is perhaps the most
oxidizing environment yet identified. Geothermal heat, sulfuric acid and transition metals …