%0 Journal Article
%T Abundance and Diversity of the Phototrophic Microbial Mat Communities of Sulphur Mountain Banff Springs and Their Significance to the Endangered Snail, <i>Physella johnsoni</i>
%A Michael Bilyj
%A Dwayne Lepitzki
%A Elizabeth Hughes
%A Jolantha Swiderski
%A Erko Stackebrandt
%A Charlie Pacas
%A Vladimir V. Yurkov
%J Open Journal of Ecology
%P 488-516
%@ 2162-1993
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/oje.2014.48041
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<span style=\"font-family:'} ';\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Seasonal population
fluctuations and diversity of anoxygenic phototrophs and cyanobacteria at the
Sulphur Mountain thermal springs, Banff, Canada were investigated and compared
to drastic population changes of the endangered snail </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Physella johnsoni</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">.
The microbial community revealed new species of anoxygenic phototrophic
bacteria with novel spectral and morphological characteristics. Major
mat-forming organisms included densely growing </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Thiothrix-</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">like species,
oxygenic phototrophs of the genera </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Spirulina</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Oscillatoria</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">, and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Phormidium </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">and purple nonsulfur bacteria </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Rhodobacter</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\"> Rhodopseudomonas </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">Rhodomicrobium</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">. Aerobic anoxygenic
phototrophs comprised a significant portion, upwards of 9.6 กม 10</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">4</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\"> CFU/cm</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">2</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\"> of mat or 18.9% of total aerobic heterotrophic isolates,
while PNSB and purple sulfur bacteria were quantified at maximum abundance of
3.2 กม 10</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">5</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\"> and 2.0 กม 10</span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\">6</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;line-height:1.5;\"> CFU/cm</span><sup><span
%K &lt
%K i&gt
%K Physella johnsoni&lt
%K /&gt
%K Cyanobacterial Mats
%K Thermal Springs Banff
%K Canada
%K Phototrophic Bacteria
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=46472