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Psychrophilic algae blooms can be observed coloring the snow during the melt season in alpine snowfields. These algae are important primary producers on the snow surface environment, supporting the microbial community that coexists with algae, which includes heterotrophic bacteria and fungi. In this study, we analyzed the microbial community of green and red-colored snow containing algae from Mount Asahi, Japan. We found that  Chloromonas  spp. are the dominant algae in all samples analyzed, and  Chlamydomonas  is the second-most abundant genus in the red snow. For the bacterial community profile, species belonging to the subphylum  Betaproteobacteria  were frequently detected in both green and red snow, while members of the phylum  Bacteroidetes  were also prominent in red snow. Furthermore, multiple independently obtained strains of  Chloromonas  sp. from inoculates of red snow resulted in the growth of  Betaproteobacteria  with the alga and the presence of bacteria appears to support growth of the xenic algal cultures under laboratory conditions. The dominance of  Betaproteobacteria  in algae-containing snow in combination with the detection of  Chloromonas  sp. with  Betaproteobacteria  strains suggest that these bacteria can utilize the available carbon source in algae-rich environments and may in turn promote algal growth.

Microbial Community Analysis of Colored Snow from an Alpine Snowfield in Northern Japan Reveals the Prevalence of Betaproteobacteria with Snow Algae