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Prokaryotic diversity in one of the largest hypersaline coastal lagoons in the world.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Jul 2008
Clementino M M, Vieira R P, Cardoso A M, Nascimento A P A, Silveira C B, Riva T C, Gonzalez A S M, Paranhos R, Albano R M, Ventosa A, Martins O B
Abstract excerpt
Araruama Lagoon is an environment characterized by high salt concentrations. The low raining and high evaporation rates in this region favored the development of many salty ponds around the lagoon. In order to reveal the microbial composition of this system, we performed a 16S rRNA gene survey. Among archaea, most clones were related to uncultured environmental Euryarchaeota. In lagoon water, we found some clones...
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