Dynamics and persistence of Dead Sea microbial populations as shown by high-throughput sequencing of rRNA

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Apr;78(7):2489-92. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06393-11. Epub 2012 Jan 20.

Abstract

16S rRNA amplicon libraries from a haloarchaeal bloom in the hypersaline Dead Sea in 1992 were analyzed together with the 2007 residual population and simulated blooms in experimental mesocosms. Significant population shifts were observed during the bloom, and surprisingly a signature from the bloom was retained 15 years later.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biodiversity
  • Euryarchaeota / classification
  • Euryarchaeota / genetics
  • Euryarchaeota / growth & development
  • Euryarchaeota / metabolism
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Israel
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Archaeal / analysis
  • RNA, Archaeal / genetics
  • RNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
  • Salinity
  • Seawater / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • RNA, Archaeal
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/RA049809