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Research Progress and Challenges on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Lakes
Lakes are the main reservoirs of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from land, atmosphere and rivers. POPs in lakes undergo complex exchange, transformation, and degradation between water-air-sediment-biota ...
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Fungal community composition and function in different spring rapeseeds on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
Fungi play a crucial role in the development of rapeseed and influencing the functioning of agroecosystems. However, the fungal composition and function in spring rapeseed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) re...
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Open AccessBacterial isolation and genome analysis of a novel Klebsiella quasipneumoniae phage in southwest China’s karst area
Southwest China is one of the largest karst regions in the world. Karst environment is relatively fragile and vulnerable to human activities. Due to the discharge of sewage and domestic garbage, the karst syst...
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Biological and Pollution Aerosols on Snow and Ice—Interplay between the Atmosphere and the Cryosphere
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Distinct Assembly Mechanisms for Prokaryotic and Microeukaryotic Communities in the Water of Qinghai Lake
Assembly processes of prokaryotic and microeukaryotic community is an important issue in microbial ecology. However, unclear remains about the relative contribution of deterministic and stochastic processes to...
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Source Analysis of Lithium Deposit in Dong-**-Tai**aier Salt Lake of Qaidam Basin, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
The Dong-**-Tai**aier Salt Lake (DXTSL) of Qaidam Basin is known as one of rich lithium reserves in China. However, the source of lithium deposits in this region remains unclear. The hydrochemistry and lithiu...
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Seasonal Interaction of River Water-Groundwater-Salt Lake Brine and Its Influence on Water-Salt Balance in the Nalenggele River Catchment in Qaidam Basin, NW China
Identifying interactions among river water, groundwater and salt lake brine is important for sustainable exploitation of brine mineral resources. In this study, we investigated the water exchange rate in dry a...
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Aquiflexum lacus sp. nov., isolated from a lake sediment sample
A novel Gram-staining negative, crescent-like or rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium, designated strain CUG 91378 T, was isolated from a sediment sample of Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Province, China. The strain was red-c...
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A comprehensive census of lake microbial diversity on a global scale
Despite recent interest in microbial diversity and community structure of lakes across various spatial scales, a global biogeographic distribution pattern and its controlling factors have not been fully disclo...
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Open Access26Al/10Be Burial Dating of the Middle Pleistocene Yiyuan Hominin Fossil Site, Shandong Province, Northern China
The Yiyuan hominin fossil site is one of the few localities in China where a partial skullcap and several loose teeth of Homo erectus have been discovered. Yiyuan was previously assigned broadly to the Middle Ple...
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Hydraulic connection affects uranium distribution in the Gas Hure salt lake, Qaidam Basin, China
The widespread hydraulic connection is necessary for the formation of a salt lake. However, only limited studies have ever been carried out to investigate the influence of the hydraulic connection on the distr...
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Halotolerant and Halophilic Microbes and Their Environmental Implications in Saline and Hypersaline Lakes in Qinghai Province, China
Abundant and diverse halophilic and halotolerant microbes exist in the lakes of Qinghai Province, China. However, it is poorly known about their roles in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and sul...
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Erratum to: Paracoccus gahaiensis sp. nov. isolated from sediment of Gahai Lake, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
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Halomonas xiaochaidanensis sp. nov., isolated from a salt lake sediment
A short-rod-shaped moderately halophilic bacterium, designated CUG 00002T, was isolated from the sediment of **aochaidan salt lake in Qinghai Province, China by using R2A medium. The cells were Gram-staining nega...
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A 12-kyr record of microbial branched and isoprenoid tetraether index in Lake Qinghai, northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction
Branched and Isoprenoid Tetraether (BIT) index was considered as a proxy for terrestrial organic matter input in lake sediments, based on the assumption that branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (bGD...
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Open AccessSalinity shapes microbial diversity and community structure in surface sediments of the Qinghai-Tibetan Lakes
Investigating microbial response to environmental variables is of great importance for understanding of microbial acclimatization and evolution in natural environments. However, little is known about how micro...
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Paracoccus gahaiensis sp. nov. isolated from sediment of Gahai Lake, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
An aerobic, orange-pigmented, Gram-negative, coccoid bacterium, named CUG 00006T, was isolated from the sediment of Gahai Lake, Qinghai Province, China. This organism was alkaline and grew optimally at pH 9 and 2...
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Open AccessA novel efficient β-glucanase from a paddy soil microbial metagenome with versatile activities
Cellulose, an abundant and renewable polysaccharides, constitutes the largest resource for bioconversion of biofuels. Plant polysaccharides hydrolysis is catalyzed by cellulases, which include endoglucanases, ...
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Open AccessTemporal Succession of Ancient Phytoplankton Community in Qinghai Lake and Implication for Paleo-environmental Change
Tibetan lake sediments in NW China are sensitive recorders of climate change. However, many important plankton members do not leave any microscopic features in sedimentary records. Here we used ancient DNA pre...
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Open AccessSedimentary archaeal amoA gene abundance reflects historic nutrient level and salinity fluctuations in Qinghai Lake, Tibetan Plateau
Integration of DNA derived from ancient phototrophs with their characteristic lipid biomarkers has been successfully employed to reconstruct paleoenvironmental conditions. However, it is poorly known that whet...
