Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Free-Living and Particle-Associated Vibrio Communities in the Northern Chinese Marginal Seas.

ABSTRACT: Vibrio species are associated with human health and play important roles in the carbon cycle. The interest in the Vibrio ecology in marine pelagic environments has increased in recent years, and the correlations between the Vibrio community structure and various environmental factors have been demonstrated. However, the identification of planktonic Vibrio species and their relationship with particulate matter are unclear. Here, we elucidated the spatiotemporal dynamics of Vibrio diversity and in relation to environmental factors in the northern Chinese marginal seas, which feature complex and ever-changing environmental conditions. Vibrio abundance derived from quantitative PCR analysis was higher in summer (∼1.4 × 10⁶ copies liter^-

SUBMITTER: Liang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6495765 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature