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The effect of pH on the structure of the communities of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB) was studied under laboratory conditions. Samples of natural APB communities were inoculated into media that differed in pH values, which were 7, 9.5, or 10.5. The structure of the APB communities in the obtained enrichment cultures at all pH values depended also on the mineralization levels of the media, which were the same as in the lakes from which samples were taken. The same dependence of the community structure on salinity was observed as in the case of the natural communities that had been described previously. APB were most diverse in the enrichment cultures grown at pH 9.5. The shift of the pH to either neutral or extremely alkaline values restricted the species diversity within the APB community, resulting in marked predominance of the most adapted forms. It was shown that the status of Ectothiorhodospira species within the community could serve not only as an indicator of salinity but also as an indicator of pH in soda lakes with a water mineralization of higher than 5 g/l. The statuses of various APB groups in the community as dependent on pH and salinity are discussed, as well as possible changes in these statuses due to changes in the water level and other environmental parameters in the studied lakes.
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Original Russian Text © E.I. Kompantseva, 2007, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2007, Vol. 76, No. 6, pp. 872–878.
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Kompantseva, E.I. The effect of the pH level on the communities of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria of soda lakes of the southeastern Transbaikal Region. Microbiology 76, 775–781 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261707060185
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