Lac de Melu information

Lac de Melu
Lac de Melu
	Lac de Melu
Location	Corte, Haute-Corse
Coordinates	42°12′47″N 9°1′21″E / 42.21306°N 9.02250°E
Lake type	glacial
Primary outflows	Restonica
Basin countries	France
Surface area	0.065 km2 (0.025 sq mi)
Max. depth	20 m (66 ft)
Surface elevation	1,710 m (5,610 ft)

Lac de Melu is a lake in Corsica, France. At an elevation of 1,710 metres (5,610 ft), its surface area is 0.065 square kilometres (0.025 sq mi). 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]

^ 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 [1]

[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 [1]