Diversity and structure of soil bacterial communities in the Fildes Region (maritime Antarctica) as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing

This study assessed the diversity and composition of bacterial communities in four different soils (human-, penguin-, seal-colony impacted soils and pristine soil) in the Fildes Region (King George Island, Antarctica) using 454 pyrosequencing with bacterial-specific primers targeting the 16S rRNA ge...

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Main Authors: Neng Fei eWang, Tao eZhang, Fang eZhang, En Tao eWang, Jian Feng eHe, Hui eDing, Bo Tao eZhang, Jie eLiu, Xiang Bin eRan, Jia Ye eZang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01188/full