Diversity of Pelagic and Benthic Bacterial Assemblages in the Western Pacific Ocean

Despite numerous studies on marine prokaryotes, the vertical distribution patterns of bacterial community, either on the taxonomic composition or the functional structure, remains relatively unexplored. Using HiSeq-derived 16S rRNA data, the depth-related distribution patterns of taxonomic diversity...

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Main Authors: Mengmeng Wang, Yiyuan Ma, Chunhui Feng, Lei Cai, Wei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01730/full