| spatial and temporal patterns in the microbial diversity of a meromictic soda lake in washington state. | the microbial community diversity and composition of meromictic soap lake were studied using culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. the water column and sediments were sampled monthly for a year. denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of bacterial and archaeal 16s rrna genes showed an increase in diversity with depth for both groups. late-summer samples harbored the highest prokaryotic diversity, and the bacteria exhibited less seasonal variability than the archaea. most-probable ... | 2008 | 18552187 |