Restructuring of the Aquatic Bacterial Community by Hydric Dynamics Associated with Superstorm Sandy.

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Bacterial community composition and longitudinal fluctuations were monitored in a riverine system during and after Superstorm Sandy to better characterize inter- and intracommunity responses associated with the disturbance associated with a 100-year storm event. High-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was used to assess microbial community structure within water samples from Muddy Creek Run, a second-order stream in Huntingdon, PA, at 12 different time points during the storm event (29 October to 3 November 2012) and under seasonally matched baseline conditions. High-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was used to track changes in bacterial community structure and divergence during and after Superstorm Sandy. Bacterial community dynamics were correlated to

SUBMITTER: Ulrich N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4959159 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature