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Do patterns of bacterial diversity along salinity gradients differ from those observed for macroorganisms?
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Wang Jianjun, Yang Dongmei, Zhang Yong, Shen Ji, van der Gast Christopher, Hahn Martin W, Wu Qinglong
Abstract excerpt
It is widely accepted that biodiversity is lower in more extreme environments. In this study, we sought to determine whether this trend, well documented for macroorganisms, also holds at the microbial level for bacteria. We used denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) with phylum-specific primers to quantify the taxon richness (i.e., the DGGE band numbers) of the bacterioplankton communities of 32 pristine...
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