title: Dynamics and persistence of Dead Sea microbial populations as shown by high-throughput sequencing of rRNA.
abstract: 16S rRNA amplicon libraries from a haloarchaeal bloom in the hypersaline Dead Sea in 1992 were analyzed together with the 2007 residual population and simulated blooms in experimental mesocosms. Significant population shifts were observed during the bloom, and surprisingly a signature from the bloom was retained 15 years later.
authors.affiliation: Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: Aharon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: House
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D007557:Israel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019642:RNA, Archaeal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D054712:Salinity; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D019642:RNA, Archaeal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S