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- Title
Bacterial and archaeal communities in Lake Nyos (Cameroon, Central Africa).
- Authors
Tiodjio, Rosine E.; Akihiro Sakatoku; Akihiro Nakamura; Daisuke Tanaka; Fantong, Wilson Y.; Tchakam, Kamtchueng B.; Gregory Tanyileke; Takeshi Ohba; Hell, Victor J.; Minoru Kusakabe; Shogo Nakamura; Ueda, Akira
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the microbial diversity associated with Lake Nyos, a lake with an unusual chemistry in Cameroon. Water samples were collected during the dry season on March 2013. Bacterial and archaeal communities were profiled using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) approach of the 16S rRNA gene. The results indicate a stratification of both communities along the water column. Altogether, the physico-chemical data and microbial sequences suggest a close correspondence of the potential microbial functions to the physico-chemical pattern of the lake. We also obtained evidence of a rich microbial diversity likely to include several novel microorganisms of environmental importance in the large unexplored microbial reservoir of Lake Nyos.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL sciences; COMMUNITY organization; PLANNED communities; COMMUNITY life research; SCIENTIFIC community; COMMUNITY development; HUMAN settlements
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2014, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/srep06151