A recent pyrosequencing study along the whole Baltic Sea salinity transect identified members of the Verrucomicrobia class Spartobacteria as an important component of Baltic Sea bacterioplankton. In this study, catalysed reporter deposition‐fluorescence in situ hybridization was used for cellular quantification. The published probes VER47 and SPA714 were optimized for samples from the Baltic Sea and a new, specific probe (SPA476) was used to quantify the dominant spartobacterial lineage ‘LD29’. The results confirmed that in the brackish surface waters of the Baltic Sea Spartobacteria comprise an important component, constituting up to 12% of all bacteria. The positive correlation and physical association of Spartobacteria with phytoplankton suggest their involvement in the utilization of phytoplankton‐derived organic matter in the Baltic Sea.

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在波罗的海沿盐度梯度分布的疣状分支斯巴氏杆菌。

沿着整个波罗的海的盐度断面确定成员最近的焦磷酸测序研究V errucomicrobia类š partobacteria为波罗的海浮游细菌的重要组成部分。在这项研究中，催化的记者沉积-荧光原位杂交被用于细胞定量。已对已发布的探针VER47和SPA714进行了优化，以用于来自波罗的海的样品，并且使用了一种新的特异性探针（SPA476）来量化占主导地位的分枝杆菌谱系“ LD29”。结果证实在波罗的海S部分细菌的微咸表层水中包含重要成分，占所有细菌的12％。S部分细菌与浮游植物的正相关和物理联系表明它们参与了波罗的海浮游植物衍生有机物的利用。