title: Comparison of aerobic methanotrophic communities in littoral and profundal sediments of Lake Constance by a molecular approach.
abstract: Analysis of pmoA and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries of methanotrophic bacteria in Lake Constance revealed an overall dominance of type I methanotrophs in both littoral and profundal sediments. The sediments exhibited minor differences in their methanotrophic community structures. Type X methanotrophs made up a significant part of the clone libraries only in the profundal sediment and were also found only there as a prominent peak by T-RFLP analyses.
authors.affiliation: LS Mikrobielle Okologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Fach M 654, Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: Monali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahalkar
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schink
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005060:Europe; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000382:microbiology*; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism*; D008772:Methylococcaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D008697:Methane