Lac de Melu explained

Lac de Melu
Pushpin Map:Corsica
Location:Corte, Haute-Corse
Coords:42.2131°N 9.0225°W
Lake Type:glacial
Outflow:Restonica
Basin Countries:France
Area:0.065km2
Max-Depth:20m (70feet)
Elevation:1710m (5,610feet)

Lac de Melu is a lake in Corsica, France. At an elevation of 1710m (5,610feet), its surface area is 0.065km2. The lake is the source of the Restonica River.

It is close to Lac de Capitellu, in the commune of Corte.

A new bacterial species, Polynucleobacter meluiroseus, was discovered in the lake and also named after the lake.[1]

References

  1. Pitt A., Schmidt J., Lang E., Whitman W.B., Woyke T., Hahn M. W. (2018). Polynucleobacter meluiroseus sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a lake located in the mountains of the Mediterranean island of Corsica. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68: 1975-1985 http://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/deliver/fulltext/ijsem/68/6/1975_ijsem002777.pdf?itemId=/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.002777&mimeType=pdf&isFastTrackArticle=