Eukaryotic richness in the abyss: insights from pyrotag sequencing.

BACKGROUND: The deep sea floor is considered one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. Recent environmental DNA surveys based on clone libraries of rRNA genes confirm this observation and reveal a high diversity of eukaryotes present in deep-sea sediment samples. However, environmental clone-libr...

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Main Authors: Jan Pawlowski, Richard Christen, Béatrice Lecroq, Dipankar Bachar, Hamid Reza Shahbazkia, Linda Amaral-Zettler, Laure Guillou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3070721?pdf=render