Widespread Dominance of Kinetoplastids and Unexpected Presence of Diplonemids in Deep Freshwater Lakes

Kinetoplastid flagellates are generally abundant in the deep sea and recently they were even found to be dominant in the hypolimnion of a deep freshwater lake. Therefore, to understand the distribution of kinetoplastids in deep freshwater lakes, we have collected vertical samples from five lakes in...

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Main Authors: Indranil Mukherjee, Yoshikuni Hodoki, Yusuke Okazaki, Shohei Fujinaga, Kako Ohbayashi, Shin-ichi Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02375/full