Comparative analysis of microbial diversity in two hot springs of Bakreshwar, West Bengal, India.

ABSTRACT: Various aspects of hot springs at Bakreshwar (Lat. 23°52'48″N; Long. 87°22'40″E) in West Bengal, India have been investigated since the middle of 20th century, but comprehending the complete diversity and the complexity of the microbial population therein has been in the continuing process. Some of these microorganisms are found to have immense industrial importance. Microbes generally exist in milieus of varying complexities and diversities. Attempting the usually employed cultivation-based techniques in experimentation with those microbes had confronted various limitations. To overcome these limitations a strategy based on high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis was employed for studying the differential diversity and the detailed nature of microbial population of t

SUBMITTER: Chaudhuri B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423328 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature