Distribution of exopolymeric substances in the littoral sediments of an oligotrophic lake.

Abstract:

:Bacteria and algae release exopolymeric substances (EPS) that perform a wide range of important functions in aquatic and terrestrial systems. In this study we measured EPS in sediments at nine littoral sites around a shallow oligotrophic basin, and tested whether the concentration and composition of EPS was related to sediment characteristics. The concentrations of both loosely bound (colloidal) and tightly bound (capsular) EPS carbohydrates ranged up to ~800 micro g glucose equiv. cm(-2) and were well within the range of concentrations reported from marine intertidal flats, where EPS play an important role in stabilizing sediments, affecting nutrient exchanges between sediments and the water column, feeding benthic invertebrates, and sequestering and increasing the transfer of contaminants to food webs. Proteins were an important component of the EPS in these littoral sediments, with protein:carbohydrate ratios of approximately 0.4. In summer, the concentrations of most EPS fractions were positively related ( P < 0.05) to the porewater and organic matter content of the sediments. Capsular EPS concentrations were lower in the fall, with a simultaneous increase in colloidal proteins but not in colloidal carbohydrates. This suggests that the carbohydrates in this colloidal EPS may be more labile than the proteins. Our results suggest that exopolymeric substances could be an important, but neglected, component of littoral sediments in lakes.

journal_name

Microb Ecol

journal_title

Microbial ecology

authors

Hirst CN,Cyr H,Jordan IA

doi

10.1007/s00248-002-1064-6

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-07-01 00:00:00

pages

22-32

issue

1

eissn

0095-3628

issn

1432-184X

journal_volume

46

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