Comparison of Aerobic Methanotrophic Communities in Littoral and Profundal Sediments of Lake Constance by a Molecular Approach |
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| Authors: | Monali Rahalkar and Bernhard Schink |
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| Abstract: | Analysis of pmoA and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries of methanotrophic bacteria in Lake Constance revealed an overall dominance of type I methanotrophs in both littoral and profundal sediments. The sediments exhibited minor differences in their methanotrophic community structures. Type X methanotrophs made up a significant part of the clone libraries only in the profundal sediment and were also found only there as a prominent peak by T-RFLP analyses. |
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