@article{fdi:010075339, title = {{C}ontrasting the genetic patterns of microbial communities in soda lakes with and without cyanobacterial bloom}, author = {{D}ini {A}ndreote, {A}.{P}. and {R}igonato, {J}. and {D}ini {A}ndreote, {F} and {S}ilva, {G}. and {C}osta {E}vangelista {S}ouza, {B}. and {B}arbi{\'e}ro, {L}aurent and {T}avares {R}ezende {F}ilho, {A}. and {F}iore, {M}.{F}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{S}oda lakes have high levels of sodium carbonates and are characterized by salinity and elevated p{H}. {T}hese ecosystems are found across {A}frica, {E}urope, {A}sia, {A}ustralia, {N}orth, {C}entral, and {S}outh {A}merica. {P}articularly in {B}razil, the {P}antanal region has a series of hundreds of shallow soda lakes (ca. 600) potentially colonized by a diverse haloalkaliphilic microbial community. {B}iological information of these systems is still elusive, in particular data on the description of the main taxa involved in the biogeochemical cycling of life-important elements. {H}ere, we used metagenomic sequencing to contrast the composition and functional patterns of the microbial communities of two distinct soda lakes from the sub-region {N}hecolândia, state of {M}ato {G}rosso do {S}ul, {B}razil. {T}hese two lakes differ by permanent cyanobacterial blooms ({S}alina {V}erde, green-water lake) and by no record of cyanobacterial blooms ({S}alina {P}reta, black-water lake). {T}he dominant bacterial species in the {S}alina {V}erde bloom was {A}nabaenopsis elenkinii. {T}his cyanobacterium altered local abiotic parameters such as p{H}, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen and consequently the overall structure of the microbial community. {I}n {S}alina {P}reta, the microbial community had a more structured taxonomic profile. {T}herefore, the distribution of metabolic functions in {S}alina {P}reta community encompassed a large number of taxa, whereas, in {S}alina {V}erde, the functional potential was restrained across a specific set of taxa. {D}istinct signatures in the abundance of genes associated with the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur were found. {I}nterestingly, genes linked to arsenic resistance metabolism were present at higher abundance in {S}alina {V}erde and they were associated with the cyanobacterial bloom. {C}ollectively, this study advances fundamental knowledge on the composition and genetic potential of microbial communities inhabiting tropical soda lakes.}, keywords = {{BRESIL} ; {PANTANAL}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}rontiers in {M}icrobiology}, volume = {9}, numero = {}, pages = {art. no 244 [13 ]}, ISSN = {1664-302{X}}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.3389/fmicb.2018.00244}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075339}, }