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Bacterial communities in sediments of a drinking water reservoir

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Sediment microbial communities play crucial roles in biogeochemical cycles of aquatic systems. Knowledge of microbial community structure could aid in our understanding of these roles. In this study, the sediment bacterial community structure of a drinking water reservoir in China was investigated. A large difference in major bacterial groups was observed at different sampling sites. Proteobacteria was the largest bacterial phylum, with a marked shift in the proportions of its major subdivisions. Microorganisms within phylum Proteobacteria might play important roles in various biogeochemical processes.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51076130).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Ecohydraulic Engineering in Shaanxi, **’an University of Technology, **’an, 710048, China

    Wen Cheng & Min Wang

  2. College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences (Ministry of Education), Peking University, Bei**g, 100871, China

    **gxu Zhang, Zhao Wang & Shuguang **e

  3. College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Bei**g, 100871, China

    Shuguang **e

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Cheng, W., Zhang, J., Wang, Z. et al. Bacterial communities in sediments of a drinking water reservoir. Ann Microbiol 64, 875–878 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13213-013-0712-z

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