太湖冬季军团菌（Legionella spp．）的分布和多样性

军团菌（Legionellas pp．）广泛存在于各种水体中，对人类的健康造成了一定的安全隐患．为了解太湖在冬季是否存在军团菌，以及它的分布和多样性，本研究于2010年2月，在全太湖32个点位采样，使用巢式PCR对样品中军团菌进行检测，并用变性梯度凝胶电泳（denaturing gradient gel eletrop...

Distribution and Diversity of Legionella spp.in Lake Taihu in the Winter

The Legionella spp. are ubiquitous in aquatic environment and could cause certain risks on human health. In order to investigate the distribution and diversity of Legionella spp. in Lake Taihu during winter time, water samples were collected from 32 sites of the whole lake in February 2010. The presence of Legionella spp. was screened by nested-PCR and their phylogenetic diversity was determined by denaturing gradient gel electrophorese(DGGE) and sequencing analysis of excised DGGE bands. The Legionella spp. was detected from 21 out of 32 sites in particle-associated bacterial samples and 11 out of 32 sites in free-living bacterial samples, which accounted for 65.63% and 34.38% of each type of bacteria, respectively. In total, 40 and 36 unique bands were identified among those particle-associated and free-living bacterial DGGE profiles, respectively. Community characteristic indices of different euthrophic areas showed that the diversity of Legionella spp. in mild eutrophic areas was higher than that in the moderate eutrophic areas. In total, thirty-four DGGE bands were excised and sequenced, which could be classified into 12 OTUs by 97% similarity. Among all the sequences, three showed a high similarity with two pathogenic Legionella species Legionella feeleii and Legionella longbeachae. This revealed potential healthy risks to the people lived around the Lake Taihu.