Diversity of microbial community and its metabolic potential for nitrogen and sulfur cycling in sediments of Phu Quoc island, Gulf of Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Although Phu Quoc island, Gulf of Thailand possesses diverse marine and coastal ecosystems, biodiversity and metabolic capability of microbial communities remain poorly investigated. The aim of our study was to evaluate the biodiversity and metabolic potential of sediment microbial communities in Phu Quoc island. The marine sediments were collected from three different areas and analyzed by using 16S rRNA gene-based amplicon approach. A total of 1,143,939 reads were clustered at a 97% sequence similarity into 8,331 unique operational taxonomic units, representing 52 phyla. Bacteria and archaea occupied averagely around 86% and 14%, respectively, of the total prokaryotic community. Proteobacteria, Planctomycetes, Chloroflexi, and Thaumarchaeota were the dominant phyla in all sediments, whic

SUBMITTER: Quach NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8324613 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature