Kammerlander B, Breiner HW, Filker S, Sommaruga R, Sonntag B, Stoeck T (2015) High
diversity of protistan plankton communities in remote high mountain lakes in the European
Alps and the Himalayan mountains. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 9: fiv010
Kim M, Oh HS, Park SC, Chun J (2014) Towards a taxonomic coherence between average
nucleotide identity and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity for species demarcation of
prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64:346–351
Liu Y, Yao T, Jiao N, Kang S, Zeng Y, Huang S (2006) Microbial community structure in moraine
lakes and glacial meltwaters, Mount Everest. FEMS Microbiol Lett 265:98–105
Llorens-Marès T, Auguet JC, Casamayor EO (2012) Winter to spring changes in the slush
bacterial community composition of a high mountain lake (Lake Redon, Pyrenees) Environ
Microbiol Repo 4:50–56
Llorens-Marès T, Liu Z, Allen LZ, Rusch DB, Craig MT, Dupont CL, Bryant DA, Casamayor EO
(2017) Speciation and ecological success in dimly lit waters: horizontal gene transfer in a green
sulfur bacteria bloom unveiled by metagenomic assembly. ISME J 10:201–211. doi:10.1038/
ismej.2016.93
Locey KJ, Lennon JT (2016) Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity. Proc Nat Acad
Sci USA 113:5970–5975
Madigan MT, Martinko JM, Bender KS, Buckley DH, Stahl DA (2015) Brock biology of
microorganisms, 14th edn. Pearson, Boston
Margulis L, Chase D, Guerrero R (1986) Microbial communities: invisible to the scrutiny of
naturalists, most microbial communities have escaped description. Bioscience 36:160–170
Methé BA, Nelson KE, Pop M, Creasy HH et al (2012) A framework for human microbiome
research. Nature 486:215–221
Nelson CE (2009) Phenology of high-elevation pelagic bacteria: the roles of meteorologic
variability, catchment inputs and thermal stratification in structuring communities. ISME J
3:13–30
Newton RJ, Jones SE, Eiler A, McMahon KD, Bertilsson S (2011) A guide to the natural history
of freshwater lake bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 75:14–49
Ordoñez OF, Flores MR, Dib JR, Paz A, Farias ME (2009) Extremophile culture collection from
Andean Lakes: extreme pristine environments that host a wide diversity of microorganisms
with tolerance to UV radiation. Microb Ecol 58:461–473
Ortiz-Alvarez R, Casamayor EO (2016) High occurrence of Pacearchaeota and Woesearchaeota
(superphylum DPANN) in surface waters of oligotrophic high-altitude lakes. Environ
Microbiol Rep 8:210–217
Pérez MT, Sommaruga R (2011) Temporal changes in the dominance of major planktonic bacterial
groups in an Alpine Lake: discrepancy with their contribution to bacterial production. Aquat
Microb Ecol 63:161–170
Pernthaler J, Glockner FO, Unterholzner S, Alfreider A, Psenner R, Amann R (1998) Seasonal
community and population dynamics of pelagic bacteria and archaea in a high mountain lake.
Appl Environ Microbiol 64:4299–4306
Peter H, Sommaruga R (2016) Shifts in diversity and function of lake bacterial communities upon
glacier retreat. ISME J 10:1545–1554
Pla S, Camarero L, Catalan J (2003) Chrysophyte cyst relationships to water chemistry in
Pyrenean lakes (NE Spain) and their potential for environmental reconstruction. J Paleolimnol
30:21–34
Raes J, Bork P (2008) Molecular eco-systems biology: towards an understanding of community
function. Nat Rev Microbiol 6:693–699
Reche I, Pulido-Villena E, Morales-Baquero R, Casamayor EO (2005) Does ecosystem size
determine aquatic bacterial richness? Ecology 86:1715–1722
Restrepo-Ortiz C, Casamayor EO (2013) Environmental distribution of two widespread uncultured
freshwater Euryarchaeota clades unveiled by specific primers and quantitative PCR. Environ
Microbiol Rep 5:861–867
Rosselló-Mora R, Amann R (2001) The species concept for prokaryotes. FEMS Microbiol Rev
25:39–67
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diversity of protistan plankton communities in remote high mountain lakes in the European
Alps and the Himalayan mountains. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 9: fiv010
Kim M, Oh HS, Park SC, Chun J (2014) Towards a taxonomic coherence between average
nucleotide identity and 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity for species demarcation of
prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64:346–351
Liu Y, Yao T, Jiao N, Kang S, Zeng Y, Huang S (2006) Microbial community structure in moraine
lakes and glacial meltwaters, Mount Everest. FEMS Microbiol Lett 265:98–105
Llorens-Marès T, Auguet JC, Casamayor EO (2012) Winter to spring changes in the slush
bacterial community composition of a high mountain lake (Lake Redon, Pyrenees) Environ
Microbiol Repo 4:50–56
Llorens-Marès T, Liu Z, Allen LZ, Rusch DB, Craig MT, Dupont CL, Bryant DA, Casamayor EO
(2017) Speciation and ecological success in dimly lit waters: horizontal gene transfer in a green
sulfur bacteria bloom unveiled by metagenomic assembly. ISME J 10:201–211. doi:10.1038/
ismej.2016.93
Locey KJ, Lennon JT (2016) Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity. Proc Nat Acad
Sci USA 113:5970–5975
Madigan MT, Martinko JM, Bender KS, Buckley DH, Stahl DA (2015) Brock biology of
microorganisms, 14th edn. Pearson, Boston
Margulis L, Chase D, Guerrero R (1986) Microbial communities: invisible to the scrutiny of
naturalists, most microbial communities have escaped description. Bioscience 36:160–170
Methé BA, Nelson KE, Pop M, Creasy HH et al (2012) A framework for human microbiome
research. Nature 486:215–221
Nelson CE (2009) Phenology of high-elevation pelagic bacteria: the roles of meteorologic
variability, catchment inputs and thermal stratification in structuring communities. ISME J
3:13–30
Newton RJ, Jones SE, Eiler A, McMahon KD, Bertilsson S (2011) A guide to the natural history
of freshwater lake bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 75:14–49
Ordoñez OF, Flores MR, Dib JR, Paz A, Farias ME (2009) Extremophile culture collection from
Andean Lakes: extreme pristine environments that host a wide diversity of microorganisms
with tolerance to UV radiation. Microb Ecol 58:461–473
Ortiz-Alvarez R, Casamayor EO (2016) High occurrence of Pacearchaeota and Woesearchaeota
(superphylum DPANN) in surface waters of oligotrophic high-altitude lakes. Environ
Microbiol Rep 8:210–217
Pérez MT, Sommaruga R (2011) Temporal changes in the dominance of major planktonic bacterial
groups in an Alpine Lake: discrepancy with their contribution to bacterial production. Aquat
Microb Ecol 63:161–170
Pernthaler J, Glockner FO, Unterholzner S, Alfreider A, Psenner R, Amann R (1998) Seasonal
community and population dynamics of pelagic bacteria and archaea in a high mountain lake.
Appl Environ Microbiol 64:4299–4306
Peter H, Sommaruga R (2016) Shifts in diversity and function of lake bacterial communities upon
glacier retreat. ISME J 10:1545–1554
Pla S, Camarero L, Catalan J (2003) Chrysophyte cyst relationships to water chemistry in
Pyrenean lakes (NE Spain) and their potential for environmental reconstruction. J Paleolimnol
30:21–34
Raes J, Bork P (2008) Molecular eco-systems biology: towards an understanding of community
function. Nat Rev Microbiol 6:693–699
Reche I, Pulido-Villena E, Morales-Baquero R, Casamayor EO (2005) Does ecosystem size
determine aquatic bacterial richness? Ecology 86:1715–1722
Restrepo-Ortiz C, Casamayor EO (2013) Environmental distribution of two widespread uncultured
freshwater Euryarchaeota clades unveiled by specific primers and quantitative PCR. Environ
Microbiol Rep 5:861–867
Rosselló-Mora R, Amann R (2001) The species concept for prokaryotes. FEMS Microbiol Rev
25:39–67
7 Towards a Microbial Conservation Perspective …
179