Metagenomic Sequencing Identifies Highly Diverse Assemblages of Dinoflagellate Cysts in Sediments from Ships’ Ballast Tanks

Metagenomic Sequencing Identifies Highly Diverse Assemblages of Dinoflagellate Cysts in Sediments from Ships’ Ballast Tanks

Ships’ ballast tanks have long been known as vectors for the introduction of organisms. We applied next-generation sequencing to detect dinoflagellates (mainly as cysts) in 32 ballast tank sediments collected during 2001−2003 from ships entering the Great Lakes or Chesapeake Bay...

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Main Authors: Lixia Shang, Zhangxi Hu, Yunyan Deng, Yuyang Liu, Xinyu Zhai, Zhaoyang Chai, Xiaohan Liu, Zifeng Zhan, Fred C. Dobbs, Ying Zhong Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
harmful algal blooms
sediment
metabarcoding
invasive species
dinoflagellate resting cysts
Great Lakes
Chesapeake Bay
<i>Margalefidinium polykrikoides</i>
single-cell PCR
ballast water
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/7/8/250

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