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Distributions of bacteriohopanepolyols in lakes and coastal lagoons of the Azores Archipelago
Department of Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI, USA
Ellen C. Hopmans
Department of Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
Danica Mitrović
Department of Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
Pedro M. Raposeiro
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos
Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, BIOPOLIS Program in
Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, Polo dos
Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity and Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores,
Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Vítor Gonçalves
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos
Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, BIOPOLIS Program in
Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, Polo dos
Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity and Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores,
Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Ana C. Costa
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos
Genéticos, CIBIO, InBIO Laboratório Associado, BIOPOLIS Program in
Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, Polo dos
Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity and Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade dos Açores,
Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Linda A. Amaral-Zettler
Department of Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI, USA
Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands
Laura Villanueva
Department of Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Darci Rush
Department of Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
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Bacteriohopanepolyols (BHPs) are a diverse class of lipids produced by bacteria across a wide range of environments. This study characterizes the diversity of BHPs in lakes and coastal lagoons in the Azores Archipelago, as well as a co-culture enriched for methanotrophs. We highlight the potential of BHPs as taxonomic markers for bacteria associated with certain ecological niches, which can be preserved in sedimentary records.
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