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To determine and compare the diversity and community composition of heterotrophic picoplankton across southern oligotrophic, northern mesotrophic, and deep oxygen minimum zone waters of the Arabian Sea.

January 1, 2005Aquatic Microbial EcologyOpen Access

Molecular identification of picoplankton populations in contrasting waters of the Arabian Sea

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BFBernhard M. FuchsMax Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology DWDagmar WoebkenUniversity of Vienna MZMikhail V. ZubkovBen-Gurion University of the Negev

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Observational study reveals distinct heterotrophic picoplankton communities across diverse oceanic zones, indicating that nutrient and oxygen regimes shape marine microbial ecology.

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To determine and compare the diversity and community composition of heterotrophic picoplankton across southern oligotrophic, northern mesotrophic, and deep oxygen minimum zone waters of the Arabian Sea.
Sorted picoplankton populations from different water masses via flow cytometry based on scatter and DNA content prior to PCR amplification.
Constructed and analyzed 16S ribosomal RNA gene clone libraries and performed fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using general and subgroup-specific oligonucleotide probes.
Southern oligotrophic waters were dominated by SAR11, SAR86, and Actinobacteria clades, northern mesotrophic waters by the 'Svalbard' Gammaproteobacteria group and Actinobacteria, and oxygen minimum zones by SAR11, SAR406, and sulfur-cycling bacteria.
FISH identified approximately 60% of DAPI-stained cells as Bacteria, Crenarchaeota, or Euryarchaeota, leaving 40% unidentified.
Proteobacterial subgroups SAR11, SAR86, and SAR116 were significantly more abundant throughout the water column in oligotrophic waters than in mesotrophic surface waters or the oxygen minimum zone.

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Fuchs et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a60af9be9d02581bda9b1 https://doi.org/10.3354/ame039145

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Observational study reveals distinct heterotrophic picoplankton communities across diverse oceanic zones, indicating that nutrient and oxygen regimes shape marine microbial ecology.

Molecular identification of picoplankton populations in contrasting waters of the Arabian Sea

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Molecular identification of picoplankton populations in contrasting waters of the Arabian Sea

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