This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Tonolla, M.
Right arrow Articles by Hahn, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Tonolla, M.
Right arrow Articles by Hahn, D.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Tonolla, M.
Right arrow Articles by Hahn, D.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 1999, p. 1325-1330, Vol. 65, No. 3
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

In Situ Analysis of Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria in the Chemocline of Meromictic Lake Cadagno (Switzerland)

Mauro Tonolla,* Antonella Demarta,1 Raffaele Peduzzi,1 and Dittmar Hahn2,3

Cantonal Institute of Bacteriology, Microbial Ecology (University of Geneva), CH-6904 Lugano,1 and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Soil Biology, CH-8952 Schlieren,2 Switzerland, and Department of Biology, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102-18113

Received 5 August 1998/Accepted 8 December 1998

Comparative sequence analysis of a 16S rRNA gene clone library from the chemocline of the meromictic Lake Cadagno (Switzerland) revealed the presence of a diverse number of phototrophic sulfur bacteria. Sequences resembled those of rRNA of type strains Chromatium okenii DSM169 and Amoebobacter purpureus DSM4197, as well as those of four bacteria forming a tight cluster with A. purpureus DSM4197 and Lamprocystis roseopersicina DSM229. In situ hybridization with fluorescent (Cy3 labeled) oligonucleotide probes indicated that all large-celled phototrophic sulfur bacteria in the chemocline of Lake Cadagno were represented by C. okenii DSM169, while small-celled phototrophic sulfur bacteria consisted of four major populations with different distribution profiles in the chemocline indicating different ecophysiological adaptations.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Cantonal Institute of Bacteriology, Microbial Ecology, Via Ospedale 6, CH-6904 Lugano, Switzerland. Phone: 41-91-923 25 22. Fax: 41-91-922 09 93. E-mail: mauro.tonolla{at}ti.ch.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 1999, p. 1325-1330, Vol. 65, No. 3
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Musat, N., Halm, H., Winterholler, B., Hoppe, P., Peduzzi, S., Hillion, F., Horreard, F., Amann, R., Jorgensen, B. B., Kuypers, M. M. M. (2008). A single-cell view on the ecophysiology of anaerobic phototrophic bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 17861-17866 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Tonolla, M., Peduzzi, R., Hahn, D. (2005). Long-Term Population Dynamics of Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria in the Chemocline of Lake Cadagno, Switzerland. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 3544-3550 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • McGarvey, J. A., Miller, W. G., Sanchez, S., Stanker, L. (2004). Identification of Bacterial Populations in Dairy Wastewaters by Use of 16S rRNA Gene Sequences and Other Genetic Markers. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 4267-4275 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Sekar, R., Pernthaler, A., Pernthaler, J., Warnecke, F., Posch, T., Amann, R. (2003). An Improved Protocol for Quantification of Freshwater Actinobacteria by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 2928-2935 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Lüthy, L., Fritz, M., Bachofen, R. (2000). In Situ Determination of Sulfide Turnover Rates in a Meromictic Alpine Lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66: 712-717 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Tonolla, M., Demarta, A., Peduzzi, S., Hahn, D., Peduzzi, R. (2000). In Situ Analysis of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Related to Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes in the Chemocline of Meromictic Lake Cadagno (Switzerland). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66: 820-824 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»