Shifts in microbial community structure and activity in the ultra-oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Sea driven by the deposition of Saharan dust and European aerosols

Shifts in microbial community structure and activity in the ultra-oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean Sea driven by the deposition of Saharan dust and European aerosols

The atmospheric deposition of gases and particulates from the Sahara Desert and European landmass is an important source of nutrients for the Mediterranean Sea. In this study, we investigated how such atmospheric input might affect bacterial metabolic activities and community dynamics in the ultra-o...

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Main Authors: Cui Guo, Xiaomin Xia, Paraskevi Pitta, Barak Herut, Eyal Rahav, Ilana Berman-Frank, Antonia Giannakourou, Anastasia Tsiola, Tatiana Tsagaraki, Hongbin Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
pyrosequencing
16S rRNA
Atmospheric deposition
bacterial production
bacterial community structure
Sahara dust
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2016.00170/full

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