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Community analysis of picocyanobacteria in an oligotrophic lake by cloning 16S rRNA gene and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing

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JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue 5, Pages 171-176

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MICROBIOL RES FOUNDATION
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.61.171

Keywords

16S rRNA gene; amplicon sequencing; clone library; freshwater lake; picocyanobacteria; Synechococcus

Funding

  1. Health Labour Sciences Research Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan [H24-Kenki-Ippan-003]
  2. Strategic Research Project, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  3. JSPS KAKENHI [25289176]
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25289176, 15H04383] Funding Source: KAKEN

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In this study, the picocyanobacterial species composition of Lake Miyagase was examined by analyzing the 16S rRNA gene in a clone library and by amplicon sequencing using a benchtop next-generation sequencer. Five separate samples were analyzed from different days over a ten-month period. In the picocyanobacterial lineage, 9 and 12 OTUs were identified from a clone library and by amplicon sequencing, respectively. Both analyses suggested that a picocyanobacterium related to Synechococcus sp. MW6B4 was dominant in Lake Miyagase. Our findings suggest that 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing enables detailed evaluation of picocyanobacteria composition. One OTU identified was found to be a novel cluster that does not group with any of the known freshwater picocyanobacteria.

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