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Article Dans Une Revue MICROBIOLOGY OF AQUATIC SYSTEMS Année : 2012

Seasonal Depth-Related Gradients in Virioplankton: Lytic Activity and Comparison with Protistan Grazing Potential in Lake Pavin (France)

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This study presents an original depth-related survey of virioplankton lytic activity in relation to prokaryotic production and potential protistan bacterivory in the deep (Zmax092 m) meromictic volcanic Lake Pavin (Massif Central, France). The sampling strategy was designed to be representative of the physico-chemical gradients of the water column of the lake, and of the seasonal variability as well, i.e. 12 different depths sampled in triplicates from April to December 2005. In the space, viral lytic activity estimated from the frequency of visibly infected prokaryotic cells and from burst size over the study period generally decreased with depth. This was viewed as a paradox compared to the abundances of viruses and prokaryotes and to the prokaryotic production which increased with depth. The seasonal variability in viral lytic activity was correlated with prokaryotic variables (abundance and production) in the deepest waters, i.e. from the hypolimnion downwards. Compared to previous studies known from the mixolimnion, we conclude that the deep waters in Lake Pavin represent an exclusive environment for heterotrophic prokaryotes whose seasonal activity offers an optimal and unique resource for thriving viral communities, some of which may be typical, endemic to the ambient dark, cold and stable deep water masses. Overall, the main findings in the present study get well around a previous statement that the ecology of the deepest waters of Lake Pavin is essentially driven by the dark viral loop (dissolved organic matter-prokaryotes- viruses) processes, which can sequester organic matters and nutrients for a long-lived turnover time. This is in agreement with recent demonstrations from marine systems that meso- and bathypelagic waters are optimal environments for viral survival and proliferation.

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hal-00787061 , version 1 (11-02-2013)

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Jonathan Colombet, Télesphore Sime-Ngando. Seasonal Depth-Related Gradients in Virioplankton: Lytic Activity and Comparison with Protistan Grazing Potential in Lake Pavin (France). MICROBIOLOGY OF AQUATIC SYSTEMS, 2012, 64, pp.67-78. ⟨hal-00787061⟩
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