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The biogeographical distribution of closely related freshwater sediment bacteria is determined by environmental selection

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Neil GrayORCiD, Dr Angela SherryORCiD, Dr Darryl Nelson, Dr Arlene Rowan, Alison Pickard

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Abstract

The role of environmental selection in governing the structure of communities of freshwater sulfur bacteria (Achromatium spp.) was experimentally tested by mixing sediments from two geographically separated lakes (Rydal Water and Hell Kettles) that harboured Achromatium spp.. Community profiles of Achromatium spp. in sediment microcosms at day 0 and after 60 days were compared to determine whether initial Achromatium community composition or, subsequent selection by the sediment environment had greater influence in dictating the final Achromatium community structure. It was found that Achromatium spp. from the Hell Kettles community became established in mixed sediments at the expense of members of the Rydal Water community. This selection for the Hell Kettles Achromatium community was more pronounced when sediment composition was manipulated to resemble Hell Kettles sediments. Our findings definitively demonstrate that environmental selection is the primary determinant of Achromatium community structure in these sediments.

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Author(s): Gray ND, Brown A, Nelson DR, Pickup RW, Rowan AK, Head IM

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology

Year: 2007

Volume: 1

Issue: 7

Pages: 596–605

ISSN (print): 1751-7362

ISSN (electronic): 1751-7370

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2007.74

DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.74

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