Shifts among Eukaryota, Bacteria, and Archaea define the vertical organization of a lake sediment

• Published in: Microbiome Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 41 - 16
• Main Authors: Wurzbacher, Christian, Fuchs, Andrea, Attermeyer, Katrin, Frindte, Katharina, Grossart, Hans-Peter, Hupfer, Michael, Casper, Peter, Monaghan, Michael T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 08.04.2017; BMC
• Subjects: Archaea; Archaea - classification; Archaea - genetics; Archaea - isolation & purification; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Beta-diversity; Bioinformatics; Carbon; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Community; Community composition; Community structure; Cores; Decomposition; deep; Deep sea; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA metabarcoding; Dominance; Ecology; Ecosystem; Energy; Eukaryota; Eukaryota - classification; Eukaryota - genetics; Eukaryota - isolation & purification; fresh-water lakes; Freshwater; Fuzzy sets; Geologic Sediments - microbiology; Geologic Sediments - parasitology; Germany; hill numbers; Lake; Lakes - microbiology; Lakes - parasitology; marine subsurface; microbial community structure; Microbiology; Microbiota - genetics; Mikrobiologi; Nutrients; Organic matter; profundal; Sediment; Sediments; species-diversity; Structure-function relationships; sulfate-reducing bacteria; Sulfur; Taxonomy; Turnover; Water column; Water Microbiology; Sediment; Eukaryota; DNA metabarcoding; Archaea; Beta-diversity; Turnover; Bacteria; Lake; Freshwater; Community

Lake sediments harbor diverse microbial communities that cycle carbon and nutrients while being constantly colonized and potentially buried by organic matter sinking from the water column. The interaction of activity and burial remained largely unexplored in aquatic sediments. We aimed to relate tax...