Non-random assembly of bacterioplankton communities in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean

The exploration of bacterial diversity in the global ocean has revealed new taxa and previously unrecognized metabolic potential; however, our understanding of what regulates this diversity is limited. Using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) data of bacterial small-subunit r...

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Main Authors: Alexander eEiler, Darin H. Hayakawa, Michael S. Rappé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00140/full