Seasonal growth potential of rare lake water bacteria suggest their disproportional contribution to carbon fluxes.

@article{Neuenschwander2015SeasonalGP,
  title={Seasonal growth potential of rare lake water bacteria suggest their disproportional contribution to carbon fluxes.},
  author={Stefan M. Neuenschwander and Jakob Pernthaler and Thomas Posch and Michaela M. Salcher},
  journal={Environmental microbiology},
  year={2015},
  volume={17 3},
  pages={
          781-95
        }
}
We studied the seasonal growth potential of opportunistic bacterial populations in Lake Zurich (Switzerland) by a series of grazer-free dilution culture assays. Pronounced shifts in the composition of the bacterial assemblages were observed within one doubling of total cell numbers, from initially abundant Actinobacteria to other fast-growing microbial lineages. Small populations with growth potentials far above community average were detected throughout the year with striking seasonal… 
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