Bacterial diversity in two coastal lagoons deduced from 16S rDNA PCR amplification and partial sequencing

Amplification and sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA genes from DNA samples extracted directly from the environment allows the study of microbial diversity in natural ecosystems without the need for cultivation. In this study this methodology has been applied to two coastal lagoons. Activity and numbers of heterotrophic bacteria have indicated that, as expected, Prevost lagoon (located on the French Mediterranean coast) is more eutrophic than that of the Arcachon Bay (French Atlantic coast). Analysis of partial 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that, in both environments, a relatively large number of clones related to Cytophaga/Flexibacter/Bacteroides as well as to α-Proteobacteria were found. One hundred percent similarity with the sequences of the data bases were not found for any of the more than a hundred clones studied, in fact for most clones maximum similarity was below 95% for the approx. 200 bases sequenced. Similarity was not higher with any of the sequences found for the 14 isolates (pure cultures) obtained from the same samples. Redundancy, i.e. number of identical sequences, was higher in the samples from Arcachon. In addition, sequences related to representatives of ten major phylogenetic branches of Bacteria were obtained from Prevost lagoon; however only five branches were represented by the data from Arcachon. These findings indicated a higher bacterial phylogenetic diversity in the Prevost lagoon.

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