Distribution of Archaeal Communities along the Coast of the Gulf of Finland and Their Response to Oil Contamination

The Baltic Sea is vulnerable to environmental changes. With the increasing shipping activities, the risk of oil spills remains high. Archaea are widely distributed in many environments. However, the distribution and the response of archaeal communities to oil contamination have rarely been investiga...

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Main Authors: Lijuan Yan, Dan Yu, Nan Hui, Eve Naanuri, Signe Viggor, Arslan Gafarov, Sergei L. Sokolov, Ain Heinaru, Martin Romantschuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00015/full