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Bacterial diversity in the bacterioneuston (sea surface microlayer): the bacterioneuston through the looking glass.
Environmental microbiology - 1 May 2005
Franklin Mark P, McDonald Ian R, Bourne David G, Owens Nicholas J P, Upstill-Goddard Robert C, Murrell J Colin
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The bacterioneuston is defined as the community of bacteria present within the neuston or sea surface microlayer. Bacteria within this layer were sampled using a membrane filter technique and bacterial diversity was compared with that in the underlying pelagic coastal seawater using molecular ecological techniques. 16S rRNA gene libraries of approximately 500 clones were constructed from both bacterioneuston and...
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