Virioplankton Assemblage Structure in the Lower River and Ocean Continuum of the Amazon

Virioplankton Assemblage Structure in the Lower River and Ocean Continuum of the Amazon

ABSTRACT The Amazon River watershed and its associated plume comprise a vast continental and oceanic area. The microbial activities along this continuum contribute substantially to global carbon and nutrient cycling, and yet there is a dearth of information on the diversity, abundance, and possible...

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Main Authors: Bruno S. de O. Silva, Felipe H. Coutinho, Gustavo B. Gregoracci, Luciana Leomil, Louisi S. de Oliveira, Adriana Fróes, Diogo Tschoeke, Ana Carolina Soares, Anderson S. Cabral, Nicholas D. Ward, Jeffrey E. Richey, Alex V. Krusche, Patricia L. Yager, Carlos Eduardo de Rezende, Cristiane C. Thompson, Fabiano L. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Amazon River
microbial communities
next-generation sequencing
river ecology
river plume
virome
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00366-17

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