Bacterial Community Composition and Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Temperate Streambed Sediment during Drying and Rewetting
Figure 2
Development of bacterial community composition in desiccating Breitenbach sediment.
The relative abundances of the different taxonomic groups are given for wet sediment (week 0) and after 2, 4, 8 and 13 weeks of different artificial desiccation: fast (A), intermediate (B) and slow desiccation (C). The determined groups were Alphaproteobacteria (ALF), Betaproteobacteria (BET), Gammaproteobacteria (GAM), Bacteroidetes (BAC), Actinobacteria (ACT) and Firmicutes (FIR) (n = 4).