Temporal Study of the Microbial Diversity of the North Arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S.
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Sample Collection
Sample Name | Sampling Date | pH | DO mg/L | § Temperature in °C | £ Lake Elevation (Meters) | Salinity % | Cell Enumeration (CFUs)/Ml * |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NA1 | JUN2003 | 7.62 | 1.36 | 23 | 1279.18 | 29 | 4 × 106 |
NA2 | OCT2003 | 7.62 | 1.17 | 18 | 1278.66 | 27 | 6.5 × 106 |
NA4 | JUN2004 | 7.62 | 1.36 | 22 | 1278.69 | 30 | 1.1 × 103 |
NA6 | FEB2005 | 7.62 | ND | 3 | 1278.57 | 24 | 4 × 105 |
NA7 | JUN2005 | 7.62 | 1.36 | 20 | 1279.00 | 29 | 3.5 × 106 |
NA9 | JUN2006 | 7.62 | 1.36 | 22 | 1279.24 | 30 | 3.5 × 104 |
NA10 | OCT2006 | 7.62 | 1.17 | 18 | 1278.84 | 28 | 2 × 103 |
2.2. Cultivation and Enumeration
2.3. Whole Community Fingerprinting
2.4. Cloning and Sequencing
2.5. Phylogenetic Analysis
2.6. Statistical Analysis
2.7. Accession Number
3. Results
3.1. Characterization of the Microbial Communities of the North Arm of Great Salt Lake
3.2. Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Temporal Diversity of Microbial Communities
3.3. Relatedness of Cloned Libraries and the Influence of Environmental Factors
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Almeida-Dalmet, S.; Sikaroodi, M.; Gillevet, P.M.; Litchfield, C.D.; Baxter, B.K. Temporal Study of the Microbial Diversity of the North Arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S. Microorganisms 2015, 3, 310-326. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms3030310
Almeida-Dalmet S, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Litchfield CD, Baxter BK. Temporal Study of the Microbial Diversity of the North Arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S. Microorganisms. 2015; 3(3):310-326. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms3030310
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlmeida-Dalmet, Swati, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Patrick M. Gillevet, Carol D. Litchfield, and Bonnie K. Baxter. 2015. "Temporal Study of the Microbial Diversity of the North Arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S." Microorganisms 3, no. 3: 310-326. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms3030310