Bacterial Diversity and the Geochemical Landscape in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico

Bacterial Diversity and the Geochemical Landscape in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico

Marine sediments are an example of one of the most complex microbial habitats. These bacterial communities play an important role in several biogeochemical cycles in the marine ecosystem. In particular, the Gulf of Mexico has a ubiquitous concentration of hydrocarbons in its sediments, representing...

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Main Authors: E. Ernestina Godoy-Lozano, Alejandra Escobar-Zepeda, Luciana Raggi, Enrique Merino, Rosa Maria Gutierrez-Rios, Katy Juarez, Lorenzo Segovia, Alexei Fedorovish Licea-Navarro, Adolfo Gracia, Alejandro Sanchez-Flores, Liliana Pardo-Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
bacterial community structure
amplicon taxonomic profiling
hydrocarbon adaptation
Gulf of Mexico
ocean sediments baseline
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02528/full

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