About the Journal
In Memory of Professor Jerzy Radecki
Ownership and Management Statement
Editorial Office
Editorial Board
Scope
Impact Factor
Indexed by
Journal Impact Factor contributing items
Publication Frequency
Revenue Sources & Business Model
Contact
Subscription
Journals Statistics
Current issue
Online first
Instructions for Authors
Copyright & Licensing
Publication Fees
Editorial policies
Publication Policy Overview
Peer Review Policy
Research Ethics and Malpractice Policy
Plagiarism Policy
Conflict of Interest Policy
Open Access Policy
Instructions for Reviewers
Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies Policy
Advertising Policy
Direct Marketing & Manuscript Solicitation
Digital Archiving and Preservation Policy
CrossMark, Correction, and Retraction Policy
Complaints and Appeals Procedure
Archive
Publication Fees
Copyright & Licensing
Editorial policies
Publication Policy Overview
Peer Review Policy
Research Ethics and Malpractice Policy
Plagiarism Policy
Conflict of Interest Policy
Open Access Policy
Instructions for Reviewers
Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies Policy
Advertising Policy
Direct Marketing & Manuscript Solicitation
Digital Archiving and Preservation Policy
CrossMark, Correction, and Retraction Policy
Complaints and Appeals Procedure
eISSN: 2083-5906
ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Bacterial Community Structure and Diversity
in the Surface Water of a Plateau
Lake, Yangzonghai, China
1
Yunnan Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, No. 23, Wangjiaba, Qixiang Road,
Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
2
Yunnan Key Laboratory for Pollution Processes and Control of Plateau Lake-Watersheds,
No. 23, Wangjiaba, Qixiang Road, Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
Submission date: 2025-12-08
Final revision date: 2026-01-24
Acceptance date: 2026-02-15
Online publication date: 2026-07-16
Corresponding author
Fuzhou Li
Yunnan Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, No. 23, Wangjiaba, Qixiang Road, Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
Yunnan Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, No. 23, Wangjiaba, Qixiang Road, Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
To guide the ecological management of lake water resources, this study aimed to investigate
the bacterial community structure in the surface water of different zones of Lake Yangzonghai
and its correlation with physicochemical factors. Water samples were collected from various
sampling points, and SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) was used to analyze the
spatial differences in physicochemical parameters. Simultaneously, 16S rRNA gene high-throughput
sequencing was employed to analyze bacterial diversity and community structure. The results showed
that the physicochemical factors of the water body exhibited significant spatial heterogeneity, with the
Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) gradient being the most prominent (Yangzong River > South
Yangzonghai > Central Yangzonghai > North Yangzonghai). Bacterial diversity indices reached the
highest levels in the Central Yangzonghai zone. The dominant bacterial phyla in the surface water
were Actinobacteriota (34.63%), Bacteroidota (33.79%), and Proteobacteria (27.29%). Correlation
analysis revealed that Campylobacterota (at the phylum level) and Flavobacterium, Limnohabitans, and
Pseudarcicella (at the genus level) were all highly significantly correlated with Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
and Total Phosphorus (TP). Overall, the environmental factors (ORP, DO, and TP) in the different water
zones of Lake Yangzonghai exerted a significant selective driving effect on the bacterial community
structure and diversity.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
REFERENCES (54)
1.
JI B., LIU C., LIANG J., WANG J. Seasonal Succession of Bacterial Communities in Three Eutrophic Freshwater Lakes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (13), 6950, 2021.
2.
LINZ A. M., HE S., STEVENS S. L. R., ANANTHARAMAN K., ROHWER R. R., MALMSTROM R. R., BERTILSSON S., MCMAHON K. D. Freshwater carbon and nutrient cycles revealed through reconstructed population genomes. PeerJ, 6, e6075, 2018.
3.
NEWTON R. J., JONES S. E., EILER A., MCMAHON K. D., BERTILSSON S. A Guide to the Natural History of Freshwater Lake Bacteria. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 75 (1), 14, 2011.
4.
YU Z., YANG J., AMALFITANO S., YU X., LIU L. Effects of water stratification and mixing on microbial community structure in a subtropical deep reservoir. Scientific Reports, 4 (1), 5821, 2014.
5.
SHAO K., YAO X., WU Z., JIANG X., HU Y., TANG X., XU Q., GAO G. The bacterial community composition and its environmental drivers in the rivers around eutrophic Chaohu Lake, China. BMC Microbiology, 21 (1), 179, 2021.
6.
TANG X., XIE G., SHAO K., HU Y., CAI J., BAI C., GONG Y., GAO G. Contrast diversity patterns and processes of microbial community assembly in a river-lake continuum across a catchment scale in northwestern China. Environmental Microbiome, 15 (1), 10, 2020.
7.
MA G., XIAO J., LI Q., ZHANG L., AN B., SUN G., CHENG H., TANG J., LI H. Impact of the evolution of Plateau Lake landscape pattern on ecosystem service value in the Pearl River basin: a case study of Yilong Lake Basin in Yunnan Province, China. Acta Geophysica, 71, 1391, 2023.
8.
ZHANG Y., CHANG F., LIU Q., LI H., DUAN L., LI D., CHEN S., ZHANG H. Contamination and eco-risk assessment of toxic trace elements in lakebed surface sediments of Lake Yangzong, southwestern China. Science of The Total Environment, 843, 157031, 2022.
9.
YANG C., KOU J. Research on the Resilience Evaluation of Rural Ecological Landscapes in the Context of Desertification Prevention and Control: a Case Study of Yueyaquan Village in Gansu Province. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 33, 577, 2024.
10.
QI L., LU M., UDDIN M., WANG M., SU J., ZHANG X., HUANG J., HU J. Impacts of land use change on habitat quality and its driving mechanisms in the lake basin of Central Yunnan. Scientific Reports, 15, 18318, 2025.
11.
CHEN M., LI F., TAO M., HU L., SHI Y., LIU Y. Distribution and ecological risks of heavy metals in river sediments and overlying water in typical mining areas of China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 146, 893, 2019.
12.
LIU X. X., CHEN L., JIANG Y. E., SHANG L., ZHANG T., LI R., ZHAO S. Y., CHEN G. J. Spatiotemporal variation of phytoplankton communities and their relationship with environmental factors in Lake Fuxian. Journal of Lake Sciences, 32 (3), 793, 2020 [In Chinese].
13.
YUAN L., YANG C., LI X., LI S., SHEN S., LI Z., LIU R., LIU K. Effect of daily thermal stratification on dissolved oxygen, pH, total phosphorus concentration, phytoplankton and algae density of a deep plateau lake: A case study of Lake Yangzonghai, Yunnan Province. Journal of Lake Sciences, 26, 161, 2014 [In Chinese].
14.
ZHU X.H., LYU S.S., ZHANG P.P., CHEN X.G., WU D.D., YE Y. Heavy metal contamination in the lacustrine sediment of a plateau lake: influences of groundwater and anthropogenic pollution. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75, 98, 2016.
15.
LI B., BISHOP P. L. Oxidation-Reduction Potential Changes in Aeration Tanks and Microprofiles of Activated Sludge Floc in Medium‐and Low‐Strength Wastewaters. Water Environment Research, 76 (5), 394, 2004.
16.
Gao S., Tanji K. K., Scardaci S. C., Chow A. T. Comparison of redox indicators in a paddy soil during rice‐growing season. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 66, 805, 2022.
17.
KHUMALO S. M., BAKARE B. F., RATHILAL S., TETTEH E. K. Characterization of South African Brewery Wastewater: Oxidation-Reduction Potential Variation. Water, 14 (10), 1604, 2022.
18.
ZHU D., HANG X., XU M., YOU X., WANG X., ZHOU L., WANG Y. Interactions between iron and sulfur on the release and dynamics of phosphorus in eutrophic lake sediments. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 25 (1), 313, 2025.
19.
MA S., YU Y., XU T., XU F., LI D., FAN S., PANG W. Application of ORP in Water Environment Pollution Prevention and Control. Industrial Water Treatment, 40 (2), 14, 2020.
20.
KOSE E., TOKATLI C., CICEK A. Monitoring stream water quality: A statistical evaluation. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 23 (5), 1637, 2014.
21.
Copeland A., Lytle D.A. Measuring the oxidation-reduction potential of important oxidants in drinking water. Journal AWWA, 106 (1), pp. E10-E20, 2014.
22.
ZHAI F. R., YI Z. Z., CAI Q., SONG H. B., ZHANG L. L., WANG Q. B. Mineralogy and Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Coal Ash from Yang Zonghai Power Plant. Advanced Materials Research, 177, 497, 2010.
23.
KIM C., NISHIMURA Y., NAGATA T. Role of dissolved organic matter in hypolimnetic mineralization of carbon and nitrogen in a large, monomictic lake. Limnology and Oceanography, 51 (1), 70, 2006.
24.
WANG B., ZHENG X., ZHANG H., XIAO F., GU H., ZHANG K., HE Z., LIU X., YAN Q. Bacterial community responses to tourism development in the Xixi National Wetland Park, China. Science of The Total Environment, 720, 137570, 2020.
25.
YAN D., HAN Y., AN Z., LEI D., ZHAO X., ZHAO H., LIU J., CAPO E. Anthropogenic drivers accelerate the changes of lake microbial eukaryotic communities over the past 160 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 327, 108535, 2024.
26.
SHANG Y., WU X., WEI Q., DOU H., WANG X., CHEN J., ZHANG H., MA S., ZHANG H. Total Arsenic, pH, and Sulfate Are the Main Environmental Factors Affecting the Microbial Ecology of the Water and Sediments in Hulun Lake, China. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 548607, 2020.
27.
XING M., YAN D., HAI M., ZHANG Y., ZHANG Z., LI F. Arsenic Contamination in Sludge and Sediment and Relationship with Microbial Resistance Genes: Interactions and Remediation. Water, 16 (24), 3633, 2024.
28.
LU S., YANG Y., YIN H., SU X., YU K., SUN C. Microbial Community Structure of Arsenic-Bearing Groundwater Environment in the Riverbank Filtration Zone. Water, 14 (10), 1548, 2022.
29.
CALLIERI C. Picophytoplankton in freshwater ecosystems: The importance of small-sized phototrophs. Freshwater Reviews, 1 (1), 1, 2008.
30.
ROHWER R. R., HAMILTON J. J., NEWTON R. J. Species invasions shift microbial phenology in a two-decade freshwater time series. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2211796120, 2023.
31.
TIAN J.Y., GUO K.X., SUN Y.C., LIN R.X., CHEN T., ZHANG B., LIU Y.F., YANG T. Solvent-Free Synthesis of Magnetic Sewage Sludge-Derived Biochar for Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (1), 155, 2022.
32.
DAI W., XU M.L., ZHAO Z.L., ZHENG J.T., HUANG F., WANG H., LIU C.F., XIAO R.B. Characteristics and quantification of mechanisms of Cd2+ adsorption by biochars derived from three different plant-based biomass. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 14 (5), 103119, 2021.
33.
LI Y.Y., LIU H.Y., WANG L.E. Spatial Distribution Pattern of the Catering Industry in a Tourist City: Taking Lhasa City as a Case. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 11 (2), 191, 2020.
34.
YANG C., TANG H., ZHANG L., LI Y. Evaluation of Synergy between Water Environment and Health Services in Wetland Parks. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 33 (1), 563, 2024.
35.
XU Z., HU Y.L., GUO Z.H., XIAO X.Y., PENG C., ZENG P. Optimizing pyrolysis temperature of contaminated rice straw biochar: Heavy metal (loid) deportment, properties evolution, and Pb adsorption/immobilization. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 26 (2), 101439, 2022.
36.
DALEO P., ALBERTI J., CHANETON E.J., IRIBARNE O., TOGNETTI P.M., BAKKER J.D., BORER E.T., BRUSCHETTI M., MACDOUGALL A.S., PASCUAL J., SANKARAN M., SEABLOOM E.W., WANG S.P., BAGCHI S., BRUDVIG L.A., CATFORD J.A., DICKMAN C.R., DICKSON T.L., DONOHUE I., EISENHAUER N., GRUNER D.S., HAIDER S., JENTSCH A., KNOPS J.M., LEKBERG Y., MCCULLEY R.L., MOORE J.L., MORTENSEN B., OHLÉRT T., PÄRTEL M., PERI P.L., POWER S.A., RISCH A.C., ROCCA C., SMITH N.G., STEVENS C., TAMME R., VEEN G.F., WILFAHRT P.A., HAUTIER Y. Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass. Nature Communications, 14, 1809, 2023.
37.
CHANG Y.Q., GELWICK K., WILLETT S.D., SHEN X.W., ALBOUY C., LUO A., WANG Z.H., ZIMMERMANN N.E., PELLISSIER L. Phytodiversity is associated with habitat heterogeneity from Eurasia to the Hengduan Mountains. The New Phytologist, 240 (4), 1647, 2023.
38.
OEHRI J., SCHMIED B., SCHAEPERMAN-STRUB G., NIKLAUS P.A. Terrestrial land-cover type richness is positively linked to landscape-level functioning. Nature Communications, 11, 154, 2020.
39.
ANDRZEJ M.D., JOANNA S., MARCIN K., RADOSŁAW Ś. Stability in Planktonic Rotifer Assemblages Found in Four Old Diversified Forest Ponds of Eastern Poland. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 27 (1), 63, 2018.
40.
TING Y.F., YING X.C., YU L.W., WANG K.F., JIN H.P., CHUAN Q.L., WEI M.Z., QING X., LEI Z. Aquatic Microbial Community Characteristics and Influencing Factors in Urban Landscape Rivers. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 31 (6), 5661, 2022.
41.
LI Z.Y., ZHANG H., XU Y.J., WANG S.P. Composition of 'fast-slow' traits drives avian community stability over North America. Functional Ecology, 35 (12), 2831, 2021.
42.
ALI A., ULLAH Z., ALAM N., NAQVI S.M.S., JAMIL M., BUX H., SHER H. Genetic analysis of wheat grains using digital imaging and their relationship to enhance grain weight. Scientia Agricola, 77 (6), e20190069, 2020.
43.
REN Z., QU X., PENG W., YU Y., ZHANG M. Nutrients Drive the Structures of Bacterial Communities in Sediments and Surface Waters in the River-Lake System of Poyang Lake. Water, 11 (5), 930, 2019.
44.
WANG Y., GUO M., LI X., LIU G., HUA Y., ZHAO J., HUGUET A., LI S. Shifts in microbial communities in shallow lakes depending on trophic states: Feasibility as an evaluation index for eutrophication. Ecological Indicators, 136, 108691, 2023.
45.
ZHANG L., FANG W., LI X., GAO G., JIANG J. Linking bacterial community shifts with changes in the dissolved organic matter pool in a eutrophic lake. Science of The Total Environment, 719, 137387, 2020.
46.
LI X., MENG D., LI J., YIN H., LIU H., LIU X., CHENG C., XIAO Y., LIU Z., YAN M. Response of soil microbial communities and microbial interactions to long-term heavy metal contamination. Environmental Pollution, 231, 908, 2017.
47.
WANG A., HE M., LIU H., OUYANG W., LIU X., LI Q., LIN C., LIU X.Distribution heterogeneity of sediment bacterial community in the river-lake system impacted by nonferrous metal mines: Diversity, composition and co-occurrence patterns. Environmental Pollution, 338, 122715, 2023.
48.
WANG H., LIU X., WANG Y., ZHANG S., ZHANG G., HAN Y., LI M., LIU L. Spatial and temporal dynamics of microbial community composition and factors influencing the surface water and sediments of urban rivers. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 124, 187, 2023.
49.
ZHONG Z.-P., LIU Y., MIAO L.-L., WANG F., CHU L.-M., WANG J.-L., LIU Z.-P. Prokaryotic Community Structure Driven by Salinity and Ionic Concentrations in Plateau Lakes of the Tibetan Plateau. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82 (6), 1846, 2016.
50.
XIE G., TANG X., SHAO K., ZHU G., GAO G. Bacterial diversity, community composition and metabolic function in Lake Tianmuhu and its dammed river: Effects of domestic wastewater and damming. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 213, 112069, 2021.
51.
WANG L., TONG J., LI Y., ZHU J., ZHANG W., NIU L., ZHANG H. Bacterial and fungal assemblages and functions associated with biofilms differ between diverse types of plastic debris in a freshwater system. Environmental Research, 196, 110371, 2021.
52.
ZHENG L., XING Y., DING A., SUN S., CHENG H., BIAN Z., YANG K., WANG S., ZHU G. Brownification of freshwater promotes nitrogen-cycling microorganism growth following terrestrial material increase and ultraviolet radiation reduction. Science of The Total Environment, 853, 158556, 2022.
53.
WU Y., LIN H., YIN W., SHAO S., LV S., HU Y. Water Quality and Microbial Community Changes in an Urban River after Micro-Nano Bubble Technology in Situ Treatment. Water, 11 (1), 66, 2019.
54.
JING M.F., YANG W., DING X., RAO L., ZHANG Q., ZHU J.Environmental heterogeneity associated with boat activity shapes bacteria and microeukaryotic communities with discrepant response patterns. Science of The Total Environment, 903, 166943, 2023.
Share
RELATED ARTICLE
| eISSN: | 2083-5906 |
| ISSN: | 1230-1485 |
We process personal data collected when visiting the website. The function of obtaining information about users and their behavior is carried out by voluntarily entered information in forms and saving cookies in end devices. Data, including cookies, are used to provide services, improve the user experience and to analyze the traffic in accordance with the Privacy policy. Data are also collected and processed by Google Analytics tool (more).
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
