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Microbiological and isotopic-geochemical investigations of the brackish meromictic lakes Shira and Shunet were performed in the steppe region of Khakasia in winter. Measurements made with a submersed sensor demonstrated that one-meter ice transmits light in a quantity sufficient for oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis. As in the summer season, in the community of phototrophic bacteria found in Lake Shira, the purple sulfur bacteria Amoebobacter purpureus dominated, whereas, in Lake Shunet, the green sulfur bacteria Pelodictyon luteolum were predominant. Photosynthetic production, measured using the radioisotopic method, was several times lower than that in summer. The rates of sulfate reduction and production and oxidation of methane in the water column and bottom sediments were also lower than those recorded in summer. The process of anaerobic methane oxidation in the sediments was an exception, being more intense in winter than in summer. The data from radioisotopic measurements of the rates of microbial processes correlate well with the results of determination of the isotopic composition of organic and mineral carbon (δ13C) and hydrogen sulfide and sulfate (δ34S) and suggest considerable seasonal variations in the activity of the microbial community in the water bodies investigated.
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Translated from Mikrobiologiya, Vol. 74, No. 4, 2005, pp. 552–561.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Savvichev, Rusanov, Rogozin, Zakharova, Lunina, Bryantseva, Yusupov, Pimenov, Degermendzhi, Ivanov.
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Savvichev, A.S., Rusanov, I.I., Rogozin, D.Y. et al. Microbiological and Isotopic-Geochemical Investigations of Meromictic Lakes in Khakasia in Winter. Microbiology 74, 477–485 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11021-005-0092-x
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