Distribution of bacterial communities along the spatial and environmental gradients from Bohai Sea to northern Yellow Sea.

ABSTRACT: The eutrophic Bohai Sea receives large amount of suspended material, nutrients and contaminant from terrestrial runoff, and exchanges waters with the northern Yellow Sea through a narrow strait. This coastal region provides an ideal model system to study microbial biogeography. We performed high-throughput sequencing to investigate the distribution of bacterial taxa along spatial and environmental gradients. The results showed bacterial communities presented remarkable horizontal and vertical distribution under coastal gradients of spatial and environmental factors. Fourteen abundant taxa clustered the samples into three distinctive groups, reflecting typical habitats in shallow coastal water (seafloor depth ≤ 20 m), sunlit surface layer (at water surface with seafloor depth >20 m) and bot

SUBMITTER: Yu SX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5793709 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature