Mangrove bacterial diversity and the impact of oil contamination revealed by pyrosequencing: bacterial proxies for oil pollution.

BACKGROUND: Mangroves are transitional coastal ecosystems in tropical and sub-tropical regions and represent biologically important and productive ecosystems. Despite their great ecological and economic importance, mangroves are often situated in areas of high anthropogenic influence, being exposed...

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Main Authors: Henrique Fragoso dos Santos, Juliano Carvalho Cury, Flávia Lima do Carmo, Adriana Lopes dos Santos, James Tiedje, Jan Dirk van Elsas, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Raquel Silva Peixoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3047533?pdf=render