Diversity of Microbial Communities and Quantitative Chemodiversity in Layers of Marine Sediment Cores from a Causeway (Kaichu-Doro) in Okinawa Island, Japan

Microbial community diversity and chemodiversity were investigated in marine sediments adjacent to the Okinawan “Kaichu-Doro” Causeway, which was constructed 46 years ago to connect a group of four islands (Henza-jima, Miyagi-jima, Ikei-jima, Hamahiga-jima) to the Okinawan main island. This causeway...

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Main Authors: Taha Soliman, James D. Reimer, Sung-Yin Yang, Alejandro Villar-Briones, Michael C. Roy, Holger Jenke-Kodama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
NGS
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02451/full