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Table 3 Hydrochemical characteristics and dominant genera within worldwide soda lakes

From: Bacterial and archaeal communities within the alkaline soda Langaco Lake in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Lake name

N

E

pH

Salinity

(g/L)

CO32−

(g/L)

HCO3−

(g/L)

OTU

Shannon

Dominant Bacteria

Dominant Archaea

Ref.

Badong, Baxi, Xiaoshazao, Zhongnao, and Sangenjilin Lakes (China)i

39°55′–39°94′

101°59′–102°37′

9.69–10.83

2.1–397.3

0.04–31.67

0.60–16.82

16,381a

1.15–3.24

Spiribacter, Halomonas, Burkholderia

Halobellus, Halohasta, Halorubrum

(Aguirre-Garrido et al. 2016)

Khilganta, Dabasa Nur, Solenoye, Gurvany Nuur, ect (Mongolia)i

No

No

8.10–10.4

1.8–360.0

0.09–63.2

0.21–7.49

No

No

Geitlerinema, Coleofasciculus

No

(Banda et al. 2019)

Zabuye Lake (China)i

31°23′

84°04′

9.00

230.0

11.20

11.20

127g

No

Pseudomonas, Alkalimonas, Nitrincola

No

(Vavourakis et al. 2016)

Isabel Lake (Mexico)i

21°52′

W 105°54′

9.00–10.00

94.5

No

No

2799b, d, e

1.15–5.48

Salegentibacter, Formosa, Muricauda

No

(Paul et al. 2015)

Bitter–1 Lake (Russia)

51°67′

79°91′

9.60–10.50

85.0

60.00

No

No

No

Ectothiorhodospira

No

(Martin 2011)

Beseka, Arenguadi, Chitu, Abijata, and Shalla Lakes (Ethiopian)i

7°40′–8°90′

38°42′–39°87′

9.60–10.40

2.1–58.0

No

No

2704a

2.30–4.70

Ectothiorhodospira, Rhodobaca, Rhodobacter

Thaumarchaeota, Methanocalculus

(Biderre-Petit et al. 2019)

Doroninskoe Lake (Russia)i

51°14′

112°14′

9.93–10.09

22.2–36.0

5.73

6.62

2254a

1.49–3.46

Serratia, Achromobacter, Rhodobaca

Pacearchaeota, Woesearchaeotah

(Paul et al. 2015)

Van Lake (Turkey)

38°38′

42°57′

9.70–9.80

23.0

3.50

2.40

No

No

Proteobacteria, Firmicutesh

No

(Wang et al. 2013)

Qinghai Lake (China)i

36°32′–37°15′

99°36′–100°16′

8.80–8.86

10.1–12.8

0.32

0.71

B:743; A:592a

2.48–4.56

Loktanella, Pseudarthrobacter, Nitrincola

Woesearchaeota, Methanosarcina

(Wang et al. 2007)

Mono Lake (USA)i

37°56′

W119°13′

9.40–10.0

10.8–11.2

18.90

11.20

No

0.85–4.86

Rhodoplanes, Spiribacter

Methanocalculus, Methanosarcina

(Matyugina et al. 2018)

Lonar Lake (India)i

19°97′–19°98′

76°50′–76°51′

9.50–10.00

1.7–3.9

0.17–0.26

No

1568a

6.82–10.93

Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes

No

(Asnicar et al. 2015)

Namco Lake (China)i

30°30′–30°35′

90°16′–91°03′

9.21

1.1

0.023

0.55

83f

No

Polynucleobacter, Rhodoferax, Acinetobacter

No

(Dai 2020)

Langaco Lake (China)i

30°67′

81°30′

8.62

0.001

0.076

0.48

B:4871; A:1008a

2.98–6.07

Thiobacillus, Hydrogenophaga, Gemmobacter

Methanoregula, Thermocladium

This study

Last Chance, Probe, Deer, and Goodenough Lake (Canada)i

51°32′–51°45'

121°25'–121° 64'

10.10–10.70

No

3.42–16.44

2.07–20.4

1662c

No

Gemmatirosa, Rhodobacter

No

(Boros and Kolpakova 2018)

Nyos Lake (Cameroon)i

06°26′

10°18′

6.90–7.30

No

No

0.11–2.37

61d

1.50–2.70

Firmicutes, Actinobacteriah

Thaumacheota, Euryarchaeotah

(Caporaso et al. 2010)

Soda lake in Hoh Xil Basin (China)i

35°11′–35°41′

92°12′–93°29′

7.64–8.01

No

No

No

289a

9.16

Bacillus, Psychrobacter

No

(Chen et al. 2015)

Fazda, UmRisha, and Hamra Lakes (Kyrgyzstan)

30°19′–30°23′

30°19′–30°24′

8.50–9.80

No

No

No

B:345; A:198e

1.85–3.92

Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetesh

Halobacteriales, Methanosarcinalesh

(Deng et al. 2019)

  1. N northern latitude, E east longitude, W west longitude, B Bacteria, A Archaea
  2. aHigh throughput sequencing
  3. bpyrosequencing
  4. cshotgun metagenome
  5. dDGGE
  6. ecultivation
  7. fflow cytometer
  8. gculture-independent
  9. hThe dominant genus has not been described in the literature
  10. iThe lake located in the plateau