Distinct bacterial communities in tropical island aquifers.

The groundwater biome is a poorly characterized habitat hypothesized to harbor uniquely diverse bacterial communities; the degree to which these communities differ from associated soils is a central question in environmental microbiology. We characterized the Bacterial community composition in 37 aq...

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Main Authors: Marek Kirs, Veljo Kisand, Craig E Nelson, Tineill Dudoit, Philip S Moravcik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232265