Marine bacterial richness increases towards higher latitudes in the eastern Indian Ocean

We investigated the bacterial community structure in surface waters along a 2500 km transect in the eastern Indian Ocean. Using high throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, we measured a significant latitudinal increase in bacterial richness from 800 to 1400 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) (4...

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Published in:Limnology and oceanography letters 2018-02, Vol.3 (1), p.10-19
Main Authors: Raes, Eric J., Bodrossy, Levente, van de Kamp, Jodie, Bissett, Andrew, Waite, Anya M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Bacteria
Biodiversity
Biogeochemistry
Biogeography
Bioinformatics
Chlorophyll
Community structure
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Laboratories
Phytoplankton
Productivity
Surface water
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Summary:We investigated the bacterial community structure in surface waters along a 2500 km transect in the eastern Indian Ocean. Using high throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, we measured a significant latitudinal increase in bacterial richness from 800 to 1400 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) (42% increase; r2 = 0.65; p 
ISSN:2378-2242
2378-2242
DOI:10.1002/lol2.10058