A Preliminary Metabarcoding Study of Prokaryotes in Gökçeada Salt Lake Lagoon, Turkey

Year 2021, Volume: 80 Issue: 1, 69 - 74, 15.06.2021

Sibel Kucukyildirim Celik

Abstract

Objective: Microorganisms play an important role in all ecosystem processes and a growing body of molecular and ecological evidence has shown that microbial biodiversity is much more diverse and complex than previously anticipated. This study aimed to determine the prokaryotic microorganisms present in Gökçeada Salt Lake Lagoon.

Materials and Methods: We used the metabarcoding approach to determine the microbial diversity in Gökçeada Salt Lake Lagoon.

Results: 16S rDNA targeted sequencing contained 5 Archaea and 31 Bacteria species and Archaea represented 63.2%. The most frequent Archaea genus was Halorubrum, which belongs to the Euryarchaeota phylum, and the dominant species of Bacteria was Halomonas sulfidaeris (Proteobacteria phylum).

Conclusion: This work will contribute to our understanding of the microbial community structure and composition however further surveys will improve our knowledge on microbiota in Gökçeada Salt Lake Lagoon.

Keywords

Biodiversity, halophile, 16S rDNA, metabarcoding

Supporting Institution

There are no funders to report for this submission.

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