Changes in freshwater bacterial community composition during measurements of microbial and community respiration
- Gattuso, Jp
- Peduzzi, S
- Pizay, Md
- Tonolla, M
DOIAbstract
The respiration rates of a pelagic community and of its microbial fraction (<1.2 μm) were measured at two depths in the oxic layer of a meromictic alpine lake (Cadagno, Switzerland) using the oxygen technique. The duration of the incubations were 12, 24 and 55 h. Bacterioplankton abundance (DAPI counts) and composition (whole cell hybridization using 11 group-specific rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes) were measured during the incubations. Respiration generally increased with time, especially in the microbial fraction, or remained similar. This result was not always consistent with changes in bacterial abundance and cell volume. The composition of the community also changed during the incubations. The abundance of β-Proteobacteri...
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