Table 1 Differences between the performed transplantation experiments

From: Complete ecological isolation and cryptic diversity in Polynucleobacter bacteria not resolved by 16S rRNA gene sequences

Experiment

Organism(s) inoculated

Environment

Temperature (°C)

Presence of

    

Bacteria a

Algae

Predators b

Metazooplankton

Home-and-away

Nine strainsc

Sterile lake/pond water

15

−

−

−

−

Microcosm experiment

QLW-P1DMWA-1

<100 μm Lake Mondsee water

15

+

+

+

−

Transplantation experiment I

Community Pond-1d

Garden pond

21.6–27.5

+

+

+

+

Transplantation experiment II

Community Pond-1d

Garden pond

15.6–22.4

+

+

+

+

  1. aProkaryotes affiliated with other taxa (that is, potential competitor and potential partners for beneficial interspecies interactions).
  2. bProtistan predators and other microzooplankton.
  3. cPure culture strains, separately inoculated; Supplementary Materials Table S1.
  4. dIncludes three Polynucleobacter lineages represented by strains investigated in the home-and-away experiments.
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