Abstract
The investigation of the microbial community of Lake Baikal by the methods of general and molecular microbiology showed that culturable bacterial strains were represented by various known genera. The lake water contains a great number of bacterial morphotypes, as revealed by electron microscopy, and a great diversity of nonculturable microorganisms belonging to different phylogenetic groups, as revealed by 16S rRNA gene fragment sequencing. The inference is made that the microbial community of Lake Baikal contains not only the known species but also new, possibly endemic to the lake, bacterial species.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Acetobacteraceae / genetics
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Acetobacteraceae / isolation & purification
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Actinobacteria / genetics
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Actinobacteria / isolation & purification
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Bacteria / cytology
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Bacteria / genetics
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Bacteria / isolation & purification*
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Cyanobacteria / genetics
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Cyanobacteria / isolation & purification
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Fresh Water / microbiology*
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Gene Silencing
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Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / genetics
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Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / isolation & purification
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Microscopy, Electron
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Phylogeny
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Proteobacteria / genetics
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Proteobacteria / isolation & purification
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RNA, Bacterial / analysis
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
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Russia
Substances
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RNA, Bacterial
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S