期刊
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
卷 4, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmse4010022
关键词
live-counting; liquid-aliquot; fixation; next generation sequencing; pressure; deep-sea nanofauna
资金
- BMBF [ProtAbyss-03G0237B, TransGeoBiOc-03G0828A]
Extreme environmental conditions in the deep sea hamper access to protist communities. In combination with the potentially highly diverse species composition, it demands a wide range of methods to be applied at the same time to guarantee a high resolution of quantitative and qualitative studies of deep-sea heterotrophic flagellates (HF). Within this study, we present a possible combination of several culture-independent and culture-dependent methods available for investigating benthic deep-sea HF communities. Besides live-counting and fixation of HF, we refer to cultivation methods and molecular surveys using next generation sequencing. Laboratory ecological experiments under deep-sea conditions (high pressure, low temperature) could allow the approval of the potential deep-sea origin of sampled HF. The combination of different methods offers a unique possibility to receive detailed information on nanofaunal life in the deep sea. Specific fixation techniques to preserve samples directly at the sampling depth must be applied in further studies to reflect the real biodiversity of the largest habitat on earth.
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